Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

When Fan Qiong arrived with his own soldiers, three groups of guests had already visited Prince Yun's Mansion.

Most of the first group were ordinary people, including many gangsters. They rushed in not looking for treasures, but first looking for food. Every one of them was so hungry that their eyes glowed green.

The second and third groups were all rebels.

Everyone knows that when the Emperor was still in Tokyo, King Yun was the most favored, and there was no telling how many treasures were hidden in his family.

The first group of rebels had just driven away the people who were snatching food, and the second group of rebels rushed to the gate of the palace. The two groups of rebels did not fight at first, but soon they had conflicts over the treasure and started a bloody battle directly inside the palace.

"Put down your weapons, I am the chief of staff in front of the palace..."

Fan Qiong suddenly remembered that the Song Dynasty was gone and that it was useless to say that he was in charge of the front office. He immediately changed his words and said: "I am Fan Qiong, the Tokyo pacifier appointed by Marshal Zhu. I have taken over Prince Yun's palace. You can't wait to return to camp as soon as possible." mistaken!"

There is a lively fight going on inside, how can it stop with just a few words?

"Fight in!" Fan Qiong could only act forcefully.

His soldiers were all wearing armor and riding good horses, killing the rebels like tigers among sheep.

In the blink of an eye, the two groups of rebel soldiers were killed and dispersed, leaving corpses on the ground and fled.

Fan Qiong called two of his confidants and asked them to lead troops to carry the goods.

Then, Fan Qiong led his troops and rushed to the inner house. He wanted to eat the treasures secretly, and he would not let go of his great achievements in capturing King Yun.

But on the wall of the inner house, a civil servant suddenly appeared, it was Wang Sima Yuan Mao.

Yuan Mao pointed at Fan Qiong and angrily yelled: "I was ordered by Prime Minister Li to capture the whole family of the false King Yun, and I was just waiting for Marshal Zhu to lead his troops into the city. You don't know what is good for you, why don't you retreat quickly!"

Fan Qiong was surprised. This was probably true. Yuan Mao had already taken refuge with Li Bangyan.

Could it be that my journey was in vain?

Just when Fan Qiong was hesitating to leave, a confidant came running over on horseback: "General, I didn't see any valuables in the warehouse of Prince Yun's Mansion. There wasn't even much money left. I'm afraid it would have been robbed by the rioters."

Fan Qiong looked at Yuan Mao on the wall and saw the man with a sneer on his face, and immediately understood.

The valuables in Prince Yun's Mansion must have been moved away in advance by Yuan Mao, Wang Sima!

"You dare to embezzle property behind Prime Minister Li's back. I will arrest you today for interrogation," Fan Qiong ordered, "Kill in!"

There must be many cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings in the palace, which can be dedicated to Marshal Zhu. After catching Yuan Mao, he tortured and interrogated him about the whereabouts of other property. Afterwards, he hacked him to death and silenced him, so that he could pass on the lost things to the dead.

Yuan Mao was horrified: "How dare you do this, my bastard!" He turned to the leader of the guards and said, "General Guo, guard the inner palace of the palace and don't let the rebels step in."

Guo Yuntong encouraged the guards and said: "Cheer up, we are the eight handsome men, the real elite of the Tokyo Forbidden Army. He, Fan Qiong, is just a candidate officer for the lower-level Forbidden Army. He only makes up for the shortage by giving gifts to superior officers." . A bastard who is not even worthy of carrying our shoes can actually lift the entire city's troops and horses. It is unforgivable that the king will not be destroyed until the country is destroyed! Guarding King Yun's family can keep the wealth and wealth in the sky. You will fight with me today!"

"King Yun, protect your wealth!" the deputy general took the opportunity to shout.

"Guard King Yun and protect wealth and honor!"

The palace guards followed and shouted.

Fighting soon broke out between the two sides.

Fan Qiong's soldiers all dismounted, brought wood from outside to knock on the door, and got ladders from nowhere to climb the wall.

This was the most intense and only "siege war" that broke out in the capital of the Song Dynasty during Ju Ming's attack on the Song Dynasty.

The two forbidden armies, which usually had no morale, now burst out with astonishing fighting will.

Fan Qiong's soldiers had finally suppressed bandits in Shandong. They had actually seen blood, and the armors they wore were all genuine.

The guards of Prince Yun's Palace are usually very pampered, and their armors appear to be made of iron, but are actually patterns drawn on the surface of leather. Some people don't even bother to wear leather armor, and just draw patterns on cloth armor.

The battle lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and Fan Qiong led his troops in. The guards fled and planned to climb out from the back garden wall.

"Don't let anyone go!" Fan Qiong wanted to kill and silence him.

Even if they can't be wiped out completely, the more people die, the better, lest everyone report him for embezzling property.

Yuan Mao was quickly caught and had several of his fingers cut off, and he said everything.

Fan Qiong divided his troops to retrieve the hidden treasures, and rushed to the room where King Yun was. The guard in charge had already escaped, so he kicked the door open.

Zhu Ying had already untied Zhao Kai. Hearing the sound of fighting outside, King Yun's family hid inside and shivered.

There was a loud noise when the door was kicked open, and Zhao Kai was so frightened that he hid under the table. When he saw that it was Fan Qiong who came in, Zhao Kai immediately shouted: "General Fan, save me, these guards are trying to kill me!"

Fan Qiong said happily: "It is indeed King Yun, tie him up!"

Zhao Kai, who had been tied up for half a night, his hands and feet were still numb, and he was tied up with ropes.

Large boxes of cultural toys, calligraphy and paintings were moved to the garden and stacked by the soldiers. These were packed by Yuan Mao. It is difficult to get rid of such treasures, and selling them will definitely attract attention. Fan Qiong plans to dedicate them all to Marshal Zhu.

As for the treasures that Yuan Mao and his guards smuggled outside, they could steal them quietly.

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In the south of the city, there is the Imperial College Library, where Ju Ming once worked.

Ten years ago, Huang Ai was the bookkeeper of Jiupin Library.

Ten years later, Huang Ai was still the director of the library, but his official salary had been promoted two levels, and he had a few more gray hairs on his temples.

From the moment the chaos broke out, the officials and craftsmen of the Imperial College Library followed the plan drawn up by Huang Ai and took refuge here with their families, relatives and friends.

Once the rebels approached, everyone would shout in unison: "We are Marshal Zhu's former subordinates. Anyone who dares to come here will be beheaded!"

No one dares to harass me!

"Entering the city, the rebels have entered the city..."

Hearing shouts from outside, Huang Ai's legs went weak and he sat on the ground in a daze.

"Dad, go and greet Marshal Zhu quickly," the son reminded.

Huang Ai immediately regained his strength and went out with many proofreading, printing and engraving craftsmen.

Ju Ming's army entered the city from three directions: east, west, and south, and he himself took the Nanxun Gate.

People were kneeling on the ground outside the city. Xu Churen, the nominal left prime minister, was not present. The leader was Wu Min, who had been responsible for the whole thing.

Bai Shizhong, Zhao Ye and others, who were urging the Lianjin team to suppress the bandits, all knelt on the ground with their buttocks in the air.

Qin Hui hesitated for a few seconds and was about to kneel down, but saw Huang Guinian making a bow, so he straightened up his knees and made a bow instead.

Being involved in the whirlpool of political struggle, many people's personalities will change drastically.

Nie Shan, who was strong and upright before entering the capital, had already become a leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China after only three months as a central minister. At this moment, he knelt down to Ju Ming without any psychological burden.

Ju Ming's face was very ugly and he scolded: "You are all pretending to be important ministers of the Song Dynasty. You can't even maintain basic order. The city is in chaos. The fire has not subsided yet, but you still have the nerve to come out to greet it!"

Wu Min said: "Marshal Langjun, Xu Churen, Zhong Shizhong, Zhang Shuye and others are in the city to calm the chaos and appease the people. We were afraid of neglecting Marshal Langjun, so we went out of the city to greet him."

Li Bangyan walked to Ju Ming and muttered: "This person is Wu Min."

Ju Ming sneered and said: "Of course I know him. He is the first person to be invited to write. When I was Tanhua Lang, he was already Zuosi Langguan."

Wu Min's expression changed after hearing this, and he quickly defended: "Mr. Lang, please calm down. The imperial pen was not invited by me, but by the treacherous minister Cai Jing."

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty passed imperial edicts to govern the country directly, bypassing the three provinces, and ushered in a chaotic political ecology.

The first time Cai Jing asked for a royal pen was to promote Wu Min.

At that time, Wu Min was not qualified enough, and Liu Zhengfu prevented him from taking up the post. Cai Jing asked the emperor to use his pen to specially recruit Wu Min to the palace, and this was the beginning of his rule of the country.

The title of "the first person to ask for imperial pens" is too heart-breaking. Once confirmed, Wu Min will be named in the history books, and Wu Min will become the person responsible for the demise of the Song Dynasty.

This pot was too big and Wu Min was unwilling to carry it, so he had to pass it on to Cai Jing.

"Take it!" Zhu Ming said expressionlessly.

Wu Min instantly went limp and was pinned to the ground by two sergeants.

Bai Shizhong and Zhao Ye were so frightened that they secretly winked at Li Bangyan with pleading expressions on their faces. The meaning was very obvious. He wanted Li Bangyan to say a few kind words, and he would definitely spend countless money as a thank you afterwards.

Li Bangyan looked ahead and pretended not to see it.

"Quickly go and quell the chaos." Ju Ming ordered.

Zhu Dunru, who temporarily served as the prefect of Kaifeng, immediately rode into the city. Deng Chun and Geng Zhongnian brought cavalry at his disposal.

While riding through the ministers, Zhu Dunru saw one person and shouted: "Brother Ji Shen, follow me into the city!"

Fu Zhirou, who was kneeling on the ground, quickly got up and followed.

After entering the city, Fu Zhirou said with envy: "It's great to congratulate Brother Xizhen that he is appreciated by Marshal Langjun."

"It's not recommended by brother (Chen Yuyi)." Zhu Dunru said.

Chen Yuyi, Zhu Dunru, and Fu Zhirou are all among the "Eight Talents in Luozhong". Fu Zhirou is the grandson of Fu Bi.

At the beginning of Zhao Huan's accession to the throne, Zhu Dunru and Fu Zhirou went to Beijing together under the imperial edict. The former refused to conquer the new emperor because he felt that he was not good enough, while the latter was granted the title of Jinshi and stayed as an official.

The two of them rode a horse together and led the cavalry straight to the government office.

Shi Cao sent Zhao Ding to lead the officials to greet him: "Who is the chief?"

Zhu Dunru said: "I have been ordered to know the Kaifeng Mansion."

Zhao Ding said: "Please give the governor an order quickly to calm down the chaos in the city as soon as possible."

Zhu Dunru said: "I am not familiar with the details of the city, and I still need your help."

"As long as there is food, everything will be easy," Zhao Ding asked, "Has Marshal Zhu brought food?"

Zhu Dunru said: "Military rations are being transported to the city by ship. The marshal has also ordered the transportation of grains from Huaihei, Jingxi, Sichuan and Shaanxi in advance. Today we will give porridge by mouth, and we will sell grain by mouth from tomorrow."

"Then there's no need to worry," Zhao Ding looked at the cavalry, "please lend me a sergeant."

Zhu Dunru felt that Zhao Ding was an official, so he said: "You can do your best."

Zhao Ding called all the officials from Kaifeng Prefecture, assigned tasks in units of Xiangfang, and designated the responsible persons for the subdistrict areas.

The people responsible for these areas each led a team of cavalry and announced the news of the arrival of food into the city along the street. There is no need to suppress the troublemakers, just say that if they get home late, they will have no food. After arriving at the relevant chamber, the chief of armor was called to assign tasks. If the chief of armor was not found, a few were appointed temporarily.

Zhao Ding could explain the matter of hundreds of thousands of people in just a few words.

The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture received the task and immediately led the cavalry to execute it. They spread the news along the street, and the chaos quickly subsided. The people automatically ran back to the street where they were registered, and went home to wait for Marshal Zhu's soldiers to enter the city to release grain.

The officials called the chief of security and assigned the task to every street and alley, and then to every household.

You can even re-count the registered population in Tokyo by distributing grain and giving porridge to see how many people died during this period.

Without the common people making trouble, the remaining rebels and gangsters would be easy to deal with. Zhong Shizhong, Zhang Shuye, Yang Yun and others could lead troops to suppress them, not to mention that many other troops also came in.

Zhu Dunru sighed sincerely: "You have a great talent, and I will definitely recommend it to Marshal Langjun."

"It's just a matter of duty." Zhao Ding said with his hands in hand.