Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 229 The emperors: I want to see how the immortal master traveled through Zhao Gou

The ministers looked at each other in shock and confusion.

What surprised me was why the officials suddenly became tall and strong. What made them confused was what their attitude was, whether they supported war or peace.

Qin Hui, the leader of the hundred officials, was quite at ease. He was just a little surprised why the official family suddenly wanted to play hard, but he never thought about whether he wanted to change his tune.

Lao Zhu suddenly felt tired.

Tired, tired.

He was fed up with these stupid things and just wanted to clean up the mess as soon as possible.

When the dynasty dispersed, all the ministers had their own thoughts and were considering their respective positions. The main war faction only had two or three kittens, but they had been fighting with Qin Hui for many years, and they had long put life and death aside. The main war faction reunited at Qin Hui's mansion, and felt relieved under Qin Hui's comfort.

Lao Zhu received the news that the ministers were meeting at Qin Hui's house that night. He just sneered and didn't say much. He just asked Yang Yizhong to bring more people with him the next day.

The next day at the court meeting, the officials found a rigid bow with a dragon head beside the dragon chair.

Lao Zhu knows everything, and he always adheres to the principle of trying not to argue too much when he can take action.

But even if you do it, you won't be punished without being taught. You have to make people understand.

When the court meeting officially began, Lao Zhu picked up the dragon-headed bow and placed it on his lap.

"Let's talk about it. Jin Envoy is here. Tell us your opinions. Is it war or peace?"

Lao Zhu saw Jin Zhi's triumphant face, but he didn't express anything.

Han Shizhong was the first to leave work and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Officials! Since ancient times, we have never heard of anyone seeking peace after victory. The new defeat of the Jin people is already difficult to support, otherwise Wanyan Zongbi would definitely not take the initiative to seek peace. Moreover, "The Theory of Six Kingdoms" once said, the more enemies you fight, the more enemies you invade. Urgent, now we, the Song Dynasty, are bribing the Kingdom of Jin with annual coins for a truce. Isn’t this just hurting the Song Dynasty and enriching the gold, making them strengthen their troops and horses, and then try to plot against our Song Dynasty?”

What Han Shizhong said makes sense. This kind of thing has happened before. At that time, the Song Dynasty also gave a lot of annual coins to the Liao Kingdom, and it did not delay the Liao Kingdom's eating, sleeping, and fighting against the Song Dynasty. Now that we are in the Kingdom of Jin, can we imagine that the Kingdom of Jin will be merciful and not attack the Song Dynasty?

Seeing that the grassroots faction started to nod, Qin Hui immediately stood up and refuted Han Shizhong.

"I dare not agree with what Privy Han said. It is a good thing that Dajin is willing to be his uncle and nephew with Song Dynasty and have been friendly for generations. Moreover, once the war starts, several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will surely be devastated by the military. Isn't it because Privy Han's words are meant to set aside Is the Song Dynasty in the flames of war?"

After Qin Hui finished speaking, he aroused responses from many advocates and factions, especially Wan Qixi and others.

"So what Prime Minister Qin wants me to do is to bow down to the Jin people?" Lao Zhu asked expressionlessly.

"I just think that we, the Song Dynasty, should avoid the spotlight for the time being and pursue it slowly." Qin Hui replied immediately.

At this time, the Jin envoy also began to speak: "If we want peace, the leader of the Southern Dynasty should comply with the conditions stated by my Lord Wolf, and must kill Yue Fei first and then make peace."

As soon as these words came out, Han Shizhong became furious like a firecracker being lit. Zhang Jun, who was behind him, had quick eyes and quick hands and held him in place, but was hit by three elbows.

"For fuck's sake, I'll kill you first!" Han Shizhong yelled, but Zhang Jun hugged him tightly with both arms and refused to let go even though he was banging there.

"Let go!" He turned around and glared at her, but Zhang Jun was unmoved at all.

Just hit him twice, but I don't dare to let him ruin the official's plan.

Ambassador Jin was initially shocked, but when he saw Han Shizhong being held down, he stood on the spot and said sarcastically: "The Southern Dynasty is nothing but..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold light protruded from his mouth, bringing out patches of blood.

Han Shizhong looked at the envoy Jin in shock, who was shot through the back of his head by an arrow, and then at the official who continued to draw his bow and arrow on the dragon throne. He didn't say anything for a long time.

Lao Zhu drew his bow and nocked an arrow, turning his target towards Qin Hui.

"Prime Minister Qin, I can't bear to leave this colorful world in the south of the Yangtze River, but my knees are also very hard and I can't kneel down. What should I do?"

Qin Hui swallowed. The golden envoy was shot in front of him, and alarm bells rang in his heart.

The official didn't look like he was joking at all, but when he thought about the mission Jin Wushu had given him as his master, he didn't dare to give up.

In the Kingdom of Jin, he had long been trained into the shape of Jin Wushu, and now he only wants to contribute to the Kingdom of Jin.

"minister……"

As soon as Qin Hui said the word "chen", he was shot in the knee by an arrow.

In pain, Qin Hui let out a violent cry.

"Whose minister are you?" Lao Zhu asked coldly.

"minister……"

Another arrow hit Qin Hui's other knee.

"Wan Qixi, tell me, should Song and Jin Dynasties fight or make peace?" Lao Zhu turned his eyes to Wan Qixi who was standing aside.

Wan Qixi trembled, walked up and said respectfully: "I think we should fight! The Jin invaders have gone too far to bully others, and I and the Jin invaders are inseparable!"

"What about you?" Lao Zhu said, and hit Qin Hui's shoulder with an arrow.

The officials secretly looked at Lao Zhu and found that the official's expression was as usual, calm and calm, as if he was shooting at a target on a shooting range, rather than shooting at a living person.

In fear, the ministers immediately said: "I think we should fight!"

Such uniformity is definitely not because the long bow in Lao Zhu's hand is being unfurled, but mainly because... Yang Yizhong has led a group of people to wrap up the three floors outside the palace.

"I know that some of you don't want to make the Northern Expedition."

Lao Zhu looked down at the ministers with a cold expression.

"You are afraid that the Northern Expedition requires you to provide money and recruit people. In the northern territory that is finally conquered, the northern scholars will compete with you for official positions. You never care whether you are standing or kneeling from the court. Come on, just close the door and live your life of one-third of an acre."

"Perhaps you are also thinking in your heart, what is so great about the Zhao family? Even if there is no Zhao family's court, there is still the Wanyan family's court. As long as you can be an official, it does not matter whether he is a Khitan or a Jurchen's court. ,right?"

"I'm telling you, as long as I'm here, you can put away your peace of mind for me. The Northern Expedition will be carried out at any time. I swear there will be no truce until Jingkang is disgraced!"

Lao Zhu's last words were almost shouted. What burst out together with the last sentence was the sharp arrow he shot.

Qin Hui died, shot alive in the court hall by Lao Zhu, and the envoy Jin also died with him.

Han Shizhong led the war ministers to kneel on the ground and shouted long live the official Shengming Emperor.

Everything next happened naturally, Yue Fei was released and the Northern Expedition was carried out.

The main peace faction in the court was uprooted by Yang Yizhong's Jinyiwei. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were in the front during the Northern Expedition, and Lao Zhu was in the rear carrying a sword to kill the Jiangnan nobles.

Lao Zhu was not an emperor who cared much about the evaluation of future generations. In addition, his posthumous name was Zhao Gou and not Lao Zhu's, so he acted unusually vigorously. He doesn't care whether he rules the world with the scholar-bureaucrats or not. Just say whether you are willing to do the Northern Expedition.

Okay, if you don't want to, Huang Dun - the art of stripping away the nine races!

OK, if you want, you choose to pay or hire people.

What? you are not willing? Do you want to talk to Yang Yizhong?

For a moment, Jiangnan almost heard that Yang Yizhong's expression changed, and it had the effect of stopping a child crying at night.

The scholar-bureaucrats also wanted to deceive the people, and they tried to blame Lao Zhu for his policies. As a result, the common people were not of the same mind as them.

It is you scholar-bureaucrats who are causing trouble to Zhao Guan's family. What does it have to do with us common people? Besides, it’s you officials who don’t want to go to the Northern Expedition. I’m a bloody person!

Since October, there have been three big leather bags standing at the entrance of the palace. One is Qin Hui, the other is Qin Hui's daughter-in-law Wang, and the last one is Wan Qixi. Brand-new scarecrow, brand-new treatment method, every day people come to Lin'an City from thousands of miles away just to spit on Qin Hui's skin. While he was vomiting, some people were scolding him, saying that the straw was really innocent and had been inserted into Qin Hui's skin.

As for Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, Lao Zhu had no time to be suspicious of them. This Song Dynasty is not his, and he has no son. He can only adopt an eldest nephew from the clan who does not know how many generations have passed, and even intermarriage will not cause the problem of incest to become the prince. Therefore, the generals of the Song Dynasty did not die as badly as the Ming Dynasty.

The main reason is that Lao Zhu lived too long in this life. When Yue Fei died of illness, Lao Zhu was only in his fifties. He even felt a little regretful that Yue Fei died too early.

After the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and other northern lands were recovered, Lao Zhu once again devoted himself to bridging the relationship between the north and the south. All the officials from the south who proposed that "southerns return to the south and northerners return to the north" were taken out and stripped of their skins, leaving the court empty. And when he was in Shaoxing for forty years, he moved the capital to Youzhou and officially changed the name of Youzhou City to Yingtianfu. Firstly, it was to stabilize the imbalance problem between the north and the south, and secondly, it was because of the extremely deformed military system of the Song Dynasty. The trunk is strong and the branches are weak. If the position of the trunk is placed on the branch, wouldn't it be a dilemma?

The South... Oh, stop making trouble. Except for him, Lao Zhu, no one has ever heard of a successful Northern Expedition since ancient times.

In the 61st year of Shaoxing, Lao Zhu's version of Zhao Gou finally died and even killed his eldest nephew, the crown prince.

Since the eldest nephew's son was not very good, in the 50th year of Shaoxing, Lao Zhu chose an heir from the clan and took him with him to teach him every day.

Still unfinished, Lao Zhu's simulation ended.

"Lao Zhu, six." Zhao Kuangyin took the lead in giving a thumbs up.

While congratulating his father, Zhu Xi stretched out his hand and beat Zhao Gou.

If nothing else, the weather is nice today and the man is in a good mood, so I went along with him to beat his son of a bitch.

Lao Zhu smacked his lips without saying anything, turned to Li Qing and said, "Brother Xian, we have always wanted to see what it would be like if you traveled through time and became Zhao Gou..."

"Me?" Li Qing pointed to himself and couldn't help but smile: "I've never been an emperor..."

"Don't say it, I want to see it too." Li Shimin suddenly said from behind Li Qing: "When Lao Zhu said this, my curiosity was also aroused."

"Yes, yes, Master Immortal, try it quickly." Liu Bang was watching the excitement and said, "You can't be worse than the big guy. Anyway, you can't be surrounded by people like an iron barrel..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Yu grabbed his head.

"Just arrange it for me!" Xiang Yu said angrily.

Li Qing was actually not very interested in this matter. Just when he was about to refuse, he felt a soft feeling on his arm.

Looking left and right, Li Xiuning and Shangguan Wan'er each held an arm, with "want to see" written in their eyes.

"If you try, then we can spend the night together..." Li Xiuning whispered in Li Qing's ear with a seductive tone.

Li Qing's expression became firm. He was not doing it for Li Xiuning's promise, but mainly because he felt that he should give it a try.

"Just give it a try. What version do you want? Choose one from the left, center or right." Li Qing stretched out his sleeves.

"What do you mean?" Everyone was confused.

After Li Qing explained it carefully, Li Shimin said: "Right, the first two are not suitable."

"Okay, you are right." Li Qing said with a smile: "There is no emperor who is left-handed, so let's go right."

With that said, Li Qing started the simulation.

After a moment, Li Qing opened his eyes again.

In the picture, Li Qing's simulation process emerged.

None of the emperors expected that Li Qing would have such a style of painting.

It is so strange that one cannot imagine what kind of mental state it is like.

On the third day of Li Qing's journey, he launched the "Zhongshu Province Arson Case" with the Dianqian Army as the backbone, and used this case as a reason to kill Qin Hui and his party; not long after, he launched the "Night of the Long Sword" ", and killed all the leaders and factions in the court. Not only did they eliminate the capitulationists and hostile forces, they even enriched the national treasury.

Three days after the Night of the Long Sword, Li Qing did not sit firmly in the court, but took Yue Fei and others to the market.

Everyone thought he was going for a walk, but they didn't expect that he was going to speak.

And this kind of speech is not the usual kind of chat, but in an impassioned way, mobilizing people's inner blood.

A very new form that makes people excited when listening to it.

"Do you know how much money the Jin people want from us? Two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver and two hundred and fifty thousand bolts of silk! These coins can't even be loaded into hundreds of carts! And with these coins, it's enough for me, the Great Song Dynasty. Arm a hundred thousand troops!"

……

"You may want to say: Your Majesty, I need a cooking cake and a piece of land to plant... Yes, you are right, life is really important. But I want to tell you. There is another thing in this world than Life is more important, that is glory! That is dignity!"

"As long as the national flag of the Jin Kingdom is still flying over Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Bianliang, our dignity will not exist! As long as those Jin people and Xixia people are tyrannical in our land, our dignity will not exist! As long as those Jin people and Xixia people are arrogant in our land, our dignity will not exist! On the territory of China, this country called the Song Dynasty is divided and weak. Our dignity does not exist! As long as people from other countries say the word Song Dynasty in a chat, they will let out a contemptuous laugh. , our dignity does not exist!”

"What we need is not a piece of cake! But a living space! The living space of a nation! This living space is not achieved by begging and protesting, but by iron and blood!"

The effect of the speech was very good. Such inflammatory words instantly ignited the anger in Lin'an City, ranging from the Imperial Academy students to the traffickers and lackeys. People of the right age in Lin'an City enthusiastically joined the army, and those who could not join the army donated money and materials.

The simple enthusiasm of the people is fiery, especially under the agitation of nationalism in this era, which can be called a dimensionality-reducing blow.

Not to mention the group of common people, even Zhu Ping, who was listening to the speech outside, burst into roars.

"Second brother! What are you going to do?" Lao Zhu scolded.

"I don't know what I'm going to do!" Zhu Xi picked up the belt in his hand and slapped Zhao Gou on the butt.

Since you don't know what to do, you might as well whip Zhao Gou.

In the picture, Li Qing's speech was made into various edicts, which were carried by Yang Yizhong's palace troops and read out in various places.

In fact, there was already the embryonic form of nationalism in this era, at least the Huayi debate, but it was not as profound as the nationalism of later nation-states. But the common people also know what Hulu is and what Yi Di is.

The effect of the propaganda was naturally excellent. In a short period of time, the Song Dynasty prepared enough military supplies to support the Northern Expedition. Moreover, the armies of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Qi expanded rapidly. In just three months, millions of people came to join the army. Some even brought their families with them, and there were even octogenarians carrying pots on their backs to support the army. Cook.

Another kind of stone trench is the official.

Tou Shihao Village at dusk, there was no one in the village. The old man went to the army, and the old woman prepared food for the army.

Under Li Qing's iron-fisted integration, the country of the Song Dynasty glowed with unprecedented vitality and became a sophisticated war machine.

Li Qing promulgated a series of laws, for example, as long as he served as a corvee to build roads, he could get rid of his humble status. And relying on the theory of Confucius, he launched the "Hua-Yi Debate" and denounced the Jin people as Yi and Di, equivalent to beasts. As for those Han people who fell into the hands of the Jin people, those who sympathize with the Han people are still Han people. Our great mission is to rescue these compatriots who are controlled by the Jin people.

Suddenly, the masses burst into great enthusiasm for corvee labor. Even if you are not a lowly person, you will be paid wages if you go to do corvee work, and there will be no arrears and the wages will be paid every day.

At the same time, Li Qing did not forget the more important Northern Expedition. After Yue Fei was acquitted, Li Qingdang reinstated Yue Fei to his post and established a staff. Every day he brought Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Zhang Jun and others to the staff to discuss and study the Northern Expedition plan.

Finally, after discussion among several people, a plan was made. Han Shizhong would lead the West Route Army, Liu Qi would lead the East Route Army, and Yue Fei would lead the Middle Route Army. The troops would be divided into three groups and launch an attack on the Jin Kingdom at the same time.

The code name was all figured out, so we used the name of our ancestors and called it "Operation Tang Taizong".

Li Qing repeatedly stated that Han people also lived in the occupied areas of the Jin Kingdom. Wherever we go, we must show the king's style and make no mistakes. We must let the Han people know that we are here to save them from fire and water. We must strictly enforce military discipline and cannot be as barbaric as the Jin invaders' troops.

After everything was ready, Li Qing signed the "Tang Taizong Action" resolution and officially prepared for the Northern Expedition.

(Please give me a monthly ticket, I have some autonomic nervous system disorder...)

(End of this chapter)