Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Don't be afraid of your opponent's strength at every turn. Walk the road by yourself. People in the world are not fools. Merchants who trade at sea also know who they should and shouldn't aim their artillery at!"

"You have the Dao in your heart, why are you panicking?"

Seeing Wang Zonglin trembling with fear, Zhao Ning patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "Let's go, let's not talk about government affairs tonight, and accompany your nephew to have a few drinks with me."

May [-], Kyoto, Japan.

The news of Dazaifu's defeat finally reached Kyoto slowly.

After Emperor Chongde saw this battle report, his face was instantly pale as paper. He stayed there for a while, and then suddenly shouted out hoarsely: "Go! Let Guan Bai Fujiwara come to see me immediately! Let them all come! See me! Let them see what they have caused me!"

Chapter 1295 Emperor Sutoku Roasted on the Fire (first update)

Dazaifu's battle report undoubtedly caused a political tsunami in Kyoto.

When Fujiwara Tadashi heard the news, he fainted on the spot.

Not pretending to be dizzy, but fainting from fright.

It's like a gambler who bet all his wealth, put all his eggs in one basket, and lost everything.

In fact, the Fujiwara family, which has been in power for hundreds of years, has already had many internal problems in this era.

The corruption within the Gongqing family and the rise of the local samurai class have been unstoppable, and Japan is already on the eve of the samurai era.

Naturally, Fujiwara's faithful behavior was not for no reason, let alone a slap on the head without thinking.

Killing the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty was a dangerous move that intensified the conflict between the Song Dynasty and Japan. He had reason to use the Song-Japanese War to recruit troops and control the military power to revive the power of the Fujiwara family and suppress the increasingly powerful samurai class represented by Hira Tadamori.

Naturally, he also expected possible defeat, but after all, it was a local battle, and even if he lost, there was still a lot of room for relaxation.

But he never expected that the main force of the main army was almost wiped out in the battle of Dazaifu.

Annihilation of the entire army and retreat of the enemy are both defeats, but they are completely two concepts.

At this time, Emperor Chongde's heart was bleeding, and his face was extremely ugly.

Taizheng officials, internal ministers, Tibetan Suobiedang, Nayan officials, Shangqing, counselors, Dabian officials and many other officials are all listed here.

They were silent.

Emperor Chongtoku roared: "Everyone, where is the momentum of approving Fujiwara's faithful dispatch of troops?"

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger!" Santiao Xing, the right minister of Taizheng, said.

"How can I appease my anger! Now you have to give me an explanation!"

"Now only the defeat of the Dazaifu has been reported. The Minister of the Left Yuan Yuren is still in Ishimi Country. There is no news of his defeat on the front line. Our army is still elite. Right now there is still a chance to confront the Song Army. We just need to delay..."

"Delaying time?" Emperor Sutoku interrupted him, "The main force is all lost, how to delay time! Let Fujiwara Tadashi come to see me! Let him come to see me!"

"Your Majesty, you should immediately recruit warriors from the north to escort you to Kyoto."

"Don't go soon!"

The ministers went down one after another, with bleak faces.

The city of Kyoto is also shrouded in dark clouds.

In the evening, Fujiwara Tadashi woke up from a coma. He looked slumped, asked about the emperor, and learned that Emperor Chongtoku was very angry, so he asked him to see his majesty immediately after waking up.

Fujiwara Tadashi tidied up, but instead of going to see Emperor Sutoku, he went to see Emperor Toba.

"I see His Majesty the Emperor!"

"You came."

"We lost the battle at Dazaifu."

Emperor Toba closed his eyes and seemed to be meditating. He said lightly, "I heard about it."

"His Majesty the Emperor thinks it's the minister's fault." Fujiwara Tadashi said.

After a short silence, Emperor Toba said: "This matter is not your fault, it is Chongde's mistake, and he made the decision."

Tadashi Fujiwara felt at ease immediately, what he was waiting for was Emperor Toba's words.

The real power of Kyoto City is actually in the hands of Emperor Toba. Emperor Sutoku has his own power, but compared with his father, Emperor Toba, it is still a lot worse.

At the beginning, Emperor Toba's father Shirakawa forced Emperor Toba to give up to Emperor Sutoku, and forced Emperor Toba to become Emperor Toba. Emperor Toba's power was actually emptied.

After the death of Empress Shirakawa, in order to regain his power, Emperor Toba immediately took Fujiwara's daughter to the palace to show his win over Fujiwara.

Tadashi Fujiwara also became Kanbai as he wished, and the Fujiwara family held great power, and this power did not depend on Emperor Sutoku, but on Emperor Toba.

Emperor Toba was able to continue to hold power behind his back, but also relied on Fujiwara Tadashi.

So, now that Emperor Sutoku wanted to move Fujiwara Tadashi, there was nothing he could do without Emperor Toba's nod.

Emperor Toba will never touch Fujiwara Tadao, because Fujiwara Tadao is one of the most important implementers of his power.

Since Fujiwara Tadada won't touch Fujiwara Tadada, and now he has made such a big mess, someone has to take the blame, right?

Even if ordinary people jump out and take the initiative to take over this big basket, I'm afraid they won't be able to pick it up.

That's right, Emperor Sutoku insisted on going his own way!

No, it's Emperor Chongtoku and his henchman Hira Tadamori who insist on going their own way!

It was just dark, and Fujiwara faithfully arrived at Emperor Sutoku's palace.

But he also came with Fujiwara Gongbao, who is also the general of the guards, and a kind of guards.

"Your Majesty!" Fujiwara Tadashi showed a trace of solemnity and anxiety on his face.

"Fujiwara faithfully, you are guilty!" Emperor Chongde said angrily.

"Your Majesty, what is your crime?"

"You killed the envoy of the Song Dynasty without authorization, angered the emperor, attracted the Song army, and caused our army to be defeated in Dazaifu, and the country is in danger. This is all because of your willful behavior!"

"Your Majesty misunderstood."

"I misunderstood?"

"Your Majesty has indeed misunderstood the minister. The chief culprit in this matter is not the minister."

"It's not who you are! You were sitting here that day and told me that you had sent someone to kill the envoy of Song Dynasty!"

"The minister didn't say this at the time, it was His Majesty who said it, and His Majesty sent someone to kill the envoy of the Song Dynasty without authorization."

Emperor Chongde's face was startled, and suddenly he was furious. He stood up from the futon, pointed at Fujiwara Tadada and shouted loudly: "How dare you open your eyes and speak nonsense in front of me!"

"At first, His Majesty wanted to do business with the Song Dynasty, so he agreed to the emperor's silver mine digging, but then he saw that Shi Jianguo really had a lot of silver mines, so he regretted it, and sent people to kill those silver mine diggers in Shijianguo Song people, I have witnesses here."

Without waiting for Emperor Chongde to say anything, Fujiwara Tadashi continued: "After killing the Song people who were digging silver mines, the Song people counterattacked. Not only did His Majesty not repent, but he insisted on going his own way and continued to increase troops. All the court ministers opposed sending troops. , I don’t want to offend the emperor, but His Majesty asked Ping Zhongsheng to arrange assassins to kill the envoys of the Song Dynasty, so as to make a complete break and force the ministers to agree to go to war with the Song Dynasty!"

Emperor Chongde was stunned.

It was the first time he had seen someone so calmly frame the despicable and shameless things he did on others.

"Now you actually want to put all the responsibility on my head!" Emperor Chongtoku scolded angrily, "All the ministers in the court heard what you said with their own ears!"

"Your Majesty!" Konoe General Fujiwara Gongbao stood up and said, "Don't try to fall into black and white again. Guan Bai tried his best to dissuade you at that time, but you insisted on going your own way and made a big mistake!"

"You!" Emperor Chongde saw that even Fujiwara Gongbao started to fart like this, and immediately realized that the situation was not good.

At this time, his confidant Hira Tadamori was no longer in Kyoto, and Fujiwara Gongbao belonged to Emperor Toba.

Fujiwara Tadashi immediately said grandly: "Your Majesty, please issue an edict of guilt and abdicate immediately to appease public anger."

Chapter 1296 The most strategic strategy to deal with Japan (second update)

Emperor Sutoku was forced to abdicate and was quickly placed under house arrest.

Tiren, who was only one year old, succeeded him as Emperor Konoe.

In the early morning of the next day, the imperial edict of Chongde's crime was issued first, which immediately shocked everyone in the capital.

Especially the Gongqing family.

Of course, the Gongqing family knew about it before they announced the news last night. The reason why they are shocked now is that they need to be shocked and cooperate with the process.

What shocked them was not Emperor Sutoku's abdication, but Emperor Sutoku's insistence on going his own way, which brought disaster to Kyoto.

So that day, the Gongqing family gathered in Emperor Toba's palace and had a heated discussion on the current situation.

The result of the discussion was actually doomed long ago: send envoys to Da Song to plead guilty, the war criminal Chongde, we were caught by Da Song, all of this is his fault.

To carry it out in detail, you have to send people to Ishi Jianguo and Dazaifu first, and at the same time send people to Da Song.

Just do what you say, the envoy packed his luggage and set off on the same day, divided into three routes.

Early in the morning on the first day of June, Han Shizhong finished reading Liang Hongyu's letter, and began to reply to the letter.

Liang Hongyu's letter was written very implicitly, and most of the time it expressed his longing for Han Shizhong and his family's safety.

A small part of the text reveals the current political trend in Tokyo, especially the political evaluation of King Liao.

Almost positive reviews.

It can be said that the King of Liao in the 14th year of Jingkang had reached the extreme prestige due to his outstanding military achievements.

But Liang Hongyu also implicitly expressed her concerns in the letter.

As a prince, Liao Wang has become a rising political star, and this will inevitably attract more people to secretly express their loyalty to Liao Wang.

Today, Zhao Guan's family is a powerful lord, a powerful king, will he allow a prince to be surrounded by too powerful forces?

Liang Hongyu finally said something more cryptic: The moon waxes and wanes.

It means that after the full moon, you start to lose money.

Han Shizhong couldn't help feeling that his beloved's insight into the political situation far surpassed his own.

King Liao is indeed very prosperous now, but what really determines whether he can continue to go up in the future is just now.

Han Shizhong simply replied to Liang Hongyu about some daily affairs without saying anything.

After all, as a border commander, he needs to be extra cautious when it comes to letters. If the presumptuous remarks in the letter are intercepted midway, the guys in the Military Governor's Mansion will definitely cause trouble.

After writing the letter, Han Shizhong walked to the front hall, and the people below brought breakfast.

Breakfast is still very rich, fish, shrimp, meat and porridge.

It is midsummer now, and cold drinks are prepared for breakfast, and there are even coconuts shipped from Qiongzhou.

While Han Shizhong was eating breakfast, Liu Chu hurried in: "Han Shuai, Han Shuai!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"A Japanese army arrived at the port. The leader claimed to be Hira Tadamori. He said he wanted to see you on something important."

"Japanese army? How many people? All weapons and armor were removed, and they were imprisoned and distributed to dig silver mines!"

"Have you seen Hira Tadamori?"

"This commander doesn't know what Ping Zhongsheng is not Ping Zhongsheng!"

"Han Shuai, I have something to say." Liu Chu said boldly.

He is now a military commander in the Eastern Expeditionary Army. He is not a big official, but because he can speak Japanese dialect and understands Japan, he often assists Han Shizhong in some important things.

Of course, Liu Chu is not the only one.

Lu Song, who came with the army, is also a student of the Hangzhou Naval Academy, and he also has a sesame official position.

Those who accompanied him included Sima Du, Zhang Yang and Liu Bing who had come to mine earlier, although they had no official positions, they had already become Han Shizhong's advisory group.

Although the imperial court dispatched officials from Liaodong to assist Han Shizhong in governing Shi Jianguo's civil affairs, Han Shizhong was more willing to ask them when he encountered problems.

"If you have anything, just say, oh, by the way, did you have breakfast?"

"Use it, use it!" Liu Chu nodded again and again, "This Ping Zhongsheng is not an ordinary person. There were originally a hundred of those families in Japan who were unwilling to do business with us, and it was Ping Zhongsheng who resisted everyone's opinions before opening it." It changed the pattern of Song and Japan's commerce and trade."

Han Shizhong was surprised and said: "So, this Ping Zhongsheng is still kissing me, Da Song?"

"Yes, Ping Zhongsheng not only kisses Da Song, he also has another very special identity, which can also be used by us."

"What identity?"

"This man is a samurai. In Japan, a samurai is equivalent to the soldiers of our Great Song Dynasty. The Japanese government is controlled by the Gongqing family, especially the Fujiwara and Genji families. These people look down on samurai. Hira Tadamori relies on his own ability. Being promoted to a senior official in the Japanese court, the two sides are in a state of conflict."

Han Shizhong put down his chopsticks, looked at Liu Chu thoughtfully, and said, "You mean, we can rely on Hira Tadamori to deal with the Japanese minister?"

"That's exactly what I mean. I'm against the direct execution of the Japanese ruler."

"Why?"