Chapter 407: Song Gaozong can do it with just a little effort...

[In the intercalary eleventh month of 1126 AD, King Kang Zhao Gou went on a diplomatic mission to the Jin camp and returned to Xiangzhou halfway.]

[On the first day of December, he received a wax letter from Emperor Qinzong of Song appointing him as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Horses, and established his government in Xiangzhou.]

[When Bianjing was in danger, he received an imperial edict in Damingfu asking him to come to the capital immediately.]

[Deputy Marshal Zong Ze advocated that Zhao Gou should lead his army south to aid Bian Jing, but was opposed by Zhao Gou and Wang Boyan, who advocated that they should move to Dongping Prefecture (Dongping, Shandong).]

[So he ordered Zong Ze to lead several thousand troops, with Chen Cui as the commander, and led the vanguard commander Liu Hao and others to Kaide Prefecture (Puyang, Henan), and claimed that Zhao Gou was also in the camp and was going to Bianjing to fight against the Jin army in order to attract the Jin army. ]

【Zhao Gou himself led a large group of troops to flee to Dongping.】

[In the first month of 1127 AD, Zhao Gou led his troops to Jeju (Juye, Shandong)]

……

Cao Wei.

Cao Cao stroked his gray beard and passed by.

I sincerely sighed:
"This guy can really run... Why do I feel like I've seen him before?"

"Xuan De, do you think this person's style of doing things is familiar?"

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes, and his tone expressed no emotion.

"I thought the King of Wei was respectful to us."

"I never thought you would humiliate me like this!"

Sun Quan on the side quickly handed over the wine cup.

"Look at you! Why are you so anxious? The King of Wei is talking about me!"

"King Wei! We didn't know the destiny at first, but now we know that the will of heaven is on Cao!"

"I offer a toast to the King of Wei!"

Cao Cao remained calm, glanced at Liu Bei, and said with a smile:

"Hahahaha! Drink it up! Drink it up!"

Seeing Liu Bei's face turn pale, Zhuge Liang kicked him secretly.

Liu Bei snorted coldly and took a sip from his glass.

……

[On the eighth day of the fourth month in 1127, after receiving the imperial seal sent by Zhang Bangchang, he knew that he was the only prince among Huizong's sons who had not been captured and taken north, and was the most qualified to ascend the throne.]

[On April 22, Queen Mother Meng sent people to Jeju several times to ask him to return to Bianjing. He flatly refused.]

……

Great Sui.

Yang Jian looked at the words "King Kang" and thought about it.

"That's not right... Isn't he the one who was held hostage in the Golden Camp?"

“That should be very courageous, right?”

"He just easily exposed such a huge shame?!"

Dugu Jialuo smiled maliciously and said:
"Some people face difficulties and move forward bravely, while others are unable to recover!"

"He is Zhao Ji's son! How could he be the former?!"

"Humph, Jiuzi! He would never be the emperor in his eight lifetimes. Yet he became the emperor!"

"What good luck."

……

Datang.

"Tsk."

Li Shimin leaned against the couch and glanced at the sky.

"I'm afraid this person is frightened."

Li Chengqian said thoughtfully:

"The two sieges of Bianjing City have exposed the city's shortcomings clearly."

"It lacks natural obstacles, and the Jin army was able to cross the Yellow River and reach the city every time."

"King Kang may not want to follow in the footsteps of his father and brother and become a new captive in the next war."

Li Shimin glanced at him and snorted.

"When the capital was established, Emperor Taizu of Song was actively trying to destroy Liao."

"Although we failed to destroy them, at that time, the capital in Bianjing was still safe."

"The capital is in the north. We can advance to control the Central Plains, and retreat to preserve our strength."

"My descendants were unfilial and lost the land in Hedong and Hebei."

“Are we going to start scolding our ancestors for choosing the wrong location?”

Li Chengqian's face turned red after being scolded.

"Aye..."

……

[On April 25, seeing that Prince Kang Zhao Gou did not want to return, Queen Mother Meng had no choice but to order the dispatch of carriages, staffs, etc. to welcome Prince Kang.]

【Zong Ze suggested that Zhao Gou should take the throne in Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, so Zhao Gou led his troops to Yingtian Prefecture. Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi also led their troops to Yingtian Prefecture. Liu Guangshi was appointed as the commander of the five armies.】

[The ministers in Bianjing were also divided into two groups, one group stayed behind and the other group went to Nanjing.]

[On the first day of May in 1127 AD, Prince Kang Zhao Gou ascended the throne in Nanjing. ]

[In order to commemorate the two emperors who "hounded the north", King Kang built a high altar in Nanjing, named "Zhongxing Shouming Altar"]

[He first ascended the altar and looked far to the north, then cried loudly. After descending the altar, he entered the main government office of Nanjing Prefecture.]

【Amid the congratulations of new and old officials, Prince Kang Zhao Gou became the new emperor, Emperor Gaozong of Song. He changed the reign title to Jianyan.】

[Along with his ascension to the throne, the debate between the pro-war and pro-peace factions has returned. ]

【At this time, those who advocated war were Zong Ze, Li Gang and others, while those who advocated peace were Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan. 】【There was only one issue: should the capital be moved? 】

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Later Zhou Dynasty: Emperor Shizong's reign
Guo Rong really felt that his eyes had been opened and his knowledge had been broadened!

But Zhao Gou...his considerations do make some sense.

He does not have any strong evidence to support his legitimacy.

He was neither the eldest son nor had any evidence that his father or elder brother explicitly intended to pass the throne to him.

Even though it was a special moment, the Queen Mother would guarantee it.

But his power is somewhat self-appointed.

In the future, the Jin Kingdom could use this to attack his legitimacy.

And if you want to establish legitimacy... you have to welcome those two bastards back.

"Tsk."

"Those two bastards actually have the nerve to live."

Hurt self and others!

……

Great Song.

"Idiot! Idiot!"

Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he fell backwards!
"Is now the time to argue about this?!"

"Why don't you quickly deploy defenses along the Yellow River?"

"Are you going to wait for the Jin Kingdom to come back and fight you?"

Zhao Kuangyi covered his head.

Just say it, why are you hitting my head!

"That Zhang Bangchang is a fake emperor established by the Jin Kingdom!"

"The false emperor has been deposed now! Wouldn't the Jin Kingdom turn around and march south again?"

"Move the capital? Move your mother's servant!"

"Are you going to hand over the entire North to others?"

……

On the canopy.

The borders of the two countries are displayed in the sky.

Yanjing is the dividing line.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the areas north of Taiyuan in Shanxi all belonged to the Jin Kingdom.

Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, southern Hebei, and southern Shaanxi still belonged to the Song Dynasty.

……

[Bianjing was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, but Emperor Gaozong of Song did not intend to make it the capital.]

【Mongze advocated not to move the capital, but to use Tokyo as the base for the war of resistance. 】

[Li Gang believed that the capital could be moved, but it would be better to move it to Shaanxi, and choose one of the three cities of Chang'an, Dengzhou, and Xiangyang as the temporary capital, and use the natural barrier of Shaanxi to compete with the Jin Kingdom.]

【Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others advocated moving south to Jiankang or Jingzhou. 】

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Later Tang Dynasty: Mingzong Period
Li Siyuan looked at several people and was also a little unsure.

"What do you think of these places?"

Guo Wei said directly:

"We can't stay in Bianjing anymore. We have lost all the strategic locations in the north."

"If the Jin Kingdom moves south... it will just repeat the same mistakes."

"At the same time, the Jin Dynasty was blocking the Central Plains, and it was difficult to transport the financial resources from Jiangnan to the capital."

"Although Chang'an has a solid terrain, it cannot be defended with only a large river since Hedong has been ceded to the Jin Dynasty."

"Dengzhou has natural advantages but is not strong, and it is difficult to get through, so it is far away to be the capital."

"Only in Xiangyang, the Han River connects to the Yangtze River, and the grain and financial resources from the south of the Yangtze River can be transported by water."

"It is surrounded by water on three sides, with Xian Mountain at its back and the Nanyang Basin, and it is also close to the Central Plains."

"Unlike Jiankang and Lin'an, they are too far away from the Central Plains."

"Among these places, Xiangyang is feasible."

……

[In July, Emperor Gaozong of Song issued a handwritten edict to "tour the southeast", with Jiankang as the destination]

[Li Gang strongly opposed it, and brought up the promise made by Emperor Gaozong of Song not long ago to "leave the Central Plains alone", forcing him to withdraw his order, but this incurred the hatred of Emperor Gaozong of Song.]

[In August, Li Gang was promoted to the position of Left Prime Minister, Huang Qianshan replaced him as Right Prime Minister, and Wang Boyan was promoted to the Privy Council, thus constraining Li Gang.]

【At that time, the soldiers and civilians in the two rivers spontaneously set up camps to defend their hometowns and fight against the Jin army. 】

[Li Gang appointed Zhang Suo as the pacification envoy of Hebei West Route and Fu Liang as the governor of Hedong to recover the lost territory.]

[However, Huang and Wang wanted to abolish Zhang Suo's Recruiting and Appeasement Department and Fu Liang's Economic Control Department, ruining the good situation of resisting the Jin in the two rivers. Li Gang argued with reason, and Song Gaozong favored Huang and Wang and approved it with his imperial approval.]

[Huang Qianshan asked Zhang Jun, the censor he recommended, to impeach Li Gang, and Li Gang resigned in anger. He never entered the court again until his death.]

……

{The emperors of the Song Dynasty were weaker than the others, without any backbone, which made people feel sick. Although there were ministers like Li Gang, there was no emperor who could support them in advocating war and holding on.}
{I thought it was a token of my gratitude to the Central Plains Dynasty, but I never thought it was an assistant to the Jin Dynasty.}
{Wanyan Gou, this is what he looked like when he first ascended the throne!}

{Xiang Yu's desperate decision to burn his boats and break his cauldrons is a real pleasure to read.}
{The more I read history, the more I feel how magnificent these people are. I have never felt such a strong contrast before.}
{Only after reading the History of Song Dynasty can one better understand the feelings of Li Qingzhao when she wrote: "I still miss Xiang Yu, who refused to cross the Yangtze River." }
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(End of this chapter)

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