One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Gang was terrified in the bathroom courtyard. He was shocked and worried about the riots taking place outside. This happened because of him, but the situation was definitely beyond his control. Faced with the emperor's edict, he "didn't dare to follow through on his words." However, the edicts came one after another, constantly forcing and urging him, so he had no choice but to get on his horse and walk out of the bathroom courtyard.

Li Gang arrived at Yujie Chi Road from Dongmen Street, and then went straight to Donghua Gate. Donghua Gate was crowded with people and noisy. "The soldiers and civilians were so crowded that it was almost impossible to enter." Under the protection of the imperial guards, Li Gang entered the palace from Donghua Gate and met Song Qinzong in the pavilion of Funing Hall. Li Gang "wept and prayed for death", and Song Qinzong also wept.

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty immediately issued an order to restore Li Gang to the position of Minister Youcheng, and concurrently served as the guardian of the four walls in the west of Beijing, and dismissed Cai Mao. Li Gang tried his best to refuse, but Song Qinzong refused and ordered Li Gang to immediately go to the area from Donghua Gate to Youye Gate to appease the soldiers and civilians.

Li Gang went forward with the order. When everyone saw Li Gang, they all called out: "Your Majesty, please take charge of the people."

Li Gang replied: "Gang is already here, so he will go to the city. The people have nothing to worry about, so they can go back and take care of the young and old."

Seeing that Li Gang had indeed resumed his duties, everyone dispersed a little. But there were still some people who refused to disperse. They shouted that they would not retreat until they saw Master Zhongdao.

Li Gang quickly went back to report to Song Qinzong. Song Qinzong then sent people to the Western Army outside the city to supervise Zhong Shidao and asked him to enter the city immediately to suppress it. Soon, Master Zhong came in a car. Everyone went up and opened the curtain of the car to see that it was indeed Master Zhudao, so they shouted loudly: "My father-in-law, Mr. Guo!"

So, "the soldiers and the people cheered, raised their hands to their foreheads, and bowed before retreating." The crowd gradually dispersed, and it took a long time for the Donghuamen and Xuandemen areas to settle down.

In order to avoid being chased and beaten by the people, Dazai Li Bangyan ran into the palace and hid in Qishengyuan to the west of the inner west corner tower, and did not dare to come out for a long time. Later, he heard that the crowd had dispersed, so he came to Funing Hall and suggested to Song Qinzong: "Chen Dong threatens the emperor with cloth clothes and is hopeless."

Li Bangyan hated Chen Dong and other imperial students deeply. He wanted to use the help of Song Qinzong to get rid of these imperial students who crazyly supported Li Gang.

It should be said that Song Qinzong was still relatively clear-headed at this time, and he did not agree to massacre the imperial students. He believed that despite the riots and the heinous brutality of the thugs, Chen Dong and other Tai students had good intentions in writing the letter and they were innocent.

Seeing that the emperor did not support him, Li Bangyan felt that the situation was not good. He understood that the emperor would definitely reuse Li Gang again. Once Li Gang takes power, he will not let him go. He was a little frightened and immediately asked Song Qinzong to become an official. On the one hand, he wanted to test the emperor's true attitude towards him; on the other hand, he also wanted to use retirement strategies to protect himself.

However, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty did not approve of his becoming an official. He only agreed to remove him from the position of prime minister and let him serve as a bachelor of Guanwen Palace and an envoy of Taiyi Palace. Song Qinzong knew very well that Li Bangyan was a representative of the peace faction and Li Gang was a representative of the war faction. The two were incompatible. Now, due to social pressure, Li Gang has to be reactivated, but this does not mean that the national policy has returned to the track of main war. Although Song Qinzong did not say it explicitly, Li Bangyan already understood it.

Although the crowds outside Donghua Gate and Xuande Gate had gradually dispersed, Li Bangyan was still very scared. He was still worried about being chased and beaten by the crowd. That night, when he left the palace and went home, he sat in a small sedan chair for women and lowered the curtain of the sedan chair in a yellow skirt to prevent anyone from recognizing him.

That night, some people suddenly gathered to cause trouble. "Dozens of people killed the servants and destroyed their homes." After Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty learned about it, he immediately issued an edict: "The scholars wrote to Fu Que, willing to use Li Gang and Zhong Shi Dao. I have personally read it and deeply understand your loyalty. I have ordered Gang and Shi Dao to spread the edict. If there is more time, Relying on the crowd, he acts indiscriminately and beats him, so he ordered Gang and Shidao to carry out the work according to military law."

Soon after Li Gang was reinstated, he climbed to the city wall to inspect defenses, express condolences to officers and soldiers, and boost morale. The military orders he issued were exactly the opposite of Cai Mao. Cai Mao once ordered the soldiers: "When the Jin is approaching the city, don't use it at will." Some soldiers disobeyed the order. When they saw the Jin approaching, they fired cannons and fired crossbows. As a result, these soldiers were all beaten with sticks and their skin and flesh were bruised. The soldiers were very angry about this. Li Gang clearly announced: "If you use it against the enemy, you can draw the cannon at your own convenience. Those who can hit the thieves will be rewarded generously." When the soldiers heard the news, they were all happy and excited. On the night of the fifth day of February, the soldiers of the Song Army violently fired thunderbolt cannons outside the city, severely beating the Jin people gathered outside Xianfeng Gate. The Jin people all screamed and retreated, and in the blink of an eye, "no one could escape".

In order to prevent the Jin people from attacking the city at night, Li Gang did not bother to go home that night and stayed on the upper floor of Xianfeng Gate.

Late at night, when Li Gang had not yet fallen asleep, he led a group of generals to patrol the city wall. Suddenly he saw two red lights hanging high in the Jin army camp in the distance, as bright as torches. Li Gang immediately thought that a red lantern and a one-legged soap flag had been found in the city recently, but he didn't know who erected them or what they were used for. Now, Li Gang suddenly realized that there was probably a golden agent among the officers and soldiers. They were using red lights to communicate and convey some kind of information.

Li Gang immediately ordered a vigorous search for traitors among the soldiers guarding the city. Not long after the order was conveyed, several people jumped from the city wall and committed suicide. After finding out the identities of these people, Li Gang was shocked. It turned out that these people were all chamberlains.

The next day, someone reported to Li Gang that Liang Fangping was also a traitor because he was also an internal servant. Li Gang summoned him to his tent, arrested him, and then handed him over to the Yushitai for interrogation and punishment. From this day on, all the chamberlains who participated in the defense of the city were dismissed by Li Gang.

In fact, there is no direct evidence that these chamberlains collaborated with the enemy. It is all based on speculation and there are many doubts. At that time, neither the civilians nor the military had a good impression of the chamberlain. People thought that the chaos in the government was caused by these chamberlains. The massacre of chamberlains was a trend that spread everywhere that day. Therefore, these chamberlains did not necessarily commit suicide by jumping over the wall, but they might have been pushed off the city wall. Their deaths were probably closely related to the beheading of the chamberlain alive during the day. There are also doubts about the arrest of Liang Fangping. Liang Fangping abandoned the river and fled, which had serious consequences and extremely bad influence. He should be punished according to military law, but the accusation that he was a Jin traitor may have no factual basis.

That night, another large-scale mass gathering took place. The "rebellious people in the capital" took advantage of the chaos and chaos to "rob more than ten houses of the chamberlains" and killed and injured dozens of chamberlains. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty had issued an edict, ordering Li Gang and Zhong Shidao to "engage with military law."

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