One Piece of Song Dynasty

After reading this letter, Song Qinzong felt very heavy. Obviously, the Jin man's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and his demands are getting more and more arrogant. Song Qinzong wanted to cry loudly, but he had to hold back when facing the Jin envoy.

Yang Tianji said: "The army is approaching the river, just a short distance from the capital. The two countries have been warring for many years, and the people have been in ruins for a long time. This is the reason why the villain is doing something to do, and this army is launched. Now I want to stop the army and send my ministers with an oath. Later, we will restore the happiness between the two countries, and we only want to use the Yellow River as the boundary. I wonder if your majesty agrees."

Song Qinzong was helpless and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Wang Ru said: "Your Majesty has sincerely believed in the promise of peace. It is a good thing that the two dynasties have stopped fighting. I don't know who will be sent to apply for the job."

Song Qinzong said: "After discussing with the ministers, we will decide to send him."

Wang Rui said: "This spring, we will discuss peace and retreat, and we will make an agreement with three towns. Your Majesty sent Zhang Bangchang and Lu Yundi to cede territory. These two people are not prime ministers, and they were promoted suddenly at the last minute. They went as ordered, but they gave up halfway. Now we have conquered the country. I came here to deal with the official matter of breach of trust. If I don't send my trusted ministers to the left and right, I will not gain trust."

Song Qinzong also nodded in agreement to Wang Ru's request.

When Yang Tianji and Wang Ru saw that Song Qinzong agreed to both requests, they smiled. Then, Yang Tianji proposed to take away nine family members, including Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Ma Kuo, Wu Min, Li Gang, Zhang Xiaochun, Zhan Du, and Chen Yu.

Song Qinzong said that this matter would be difficult to accomplish in a short time. He said: "Cai Jing is dead, Wang Fu and Tong Guan have been killed, Ma Kuan is missing, Wu Min is responsible for the resettlement in Fuzhou, Li Gang is responsible for the resettlement in Kuizhou, and Zhang Xiaochun knows Taiyuan. Zhan Du is settled in Hunan, and Chen Yu now knows Zhongshan. Their family members are not in the capital. Some of them are far away, and some have disappeared. We need to search slowly and send them to you when they are found."

Probably Yang Tianji and Wang Ru felt that Song Qinzong's words were very true, so they didn't make any further demands.

Song Qinzong then ordered Wang Shiyong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Qiu, who brought the imperial equipment, and Wang Wailang, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to serve as the accompanying envoys, and ordered them to arrange for the Jin envoys to be received at Duting Post.

The arrival of the golden envoys such as Yang Tianji, Wang Rui, and Sa Limu completely broke the naive idea and absurd arrangement of the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers to exchange three towns for peace. The drastic change in the situation was far beyond their feeble imagination, making them panic and confused.

Of course, Song Qinzong was very reluctant to draw rivers and govern them. However, the Jin army has crossed the Yellow River and will soon approach the city again. This is what Song Qinzong is most worried about. In order for the Jin people to stop attacking, all their requirements must be met. In addition, Song Qinzong felt that he had no choice.

After a night of thinking, Song Qinzong finally decided to agree to the Jin people's request.

The next day, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Tang Ke to draft and sign the imperial edict. When He Li saw the imperial edict, he was shocked and said, "Why not obey the edict of the Three Towns but the order of Huahe?" He refused to sign and asked to resign.

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty dismissed He Li from his post as Minister of Internal Affairs and ordered him to know Hangzhou as a bachelor of Zizheng Palace, but to stay in the capital and take charge of Kaifeng government affairs. At the same time, Chen Guoting, the minister Zuocheng, was appointed as the minister of Zhongshu. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty also made an imperial comment: "If the Jin people want to cede territory, they need two people from the two houses to tell them separately and send envoys if they are willing."

Chen Guoting first expressed his position: "The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, and I am willing to die." Tang Ke, Cao Fu and others all hesitated to answer. Geng Nanzhong declined because of his old age, and Nie Chang said that there were elderly people in the family who needed to be cared for. And refused to send an envoy.

After hearing this, Qinzong of Song Dynasty shed tears and sighed. Then, he made another imperial comment: "The loyalty and friendship in the court are commendable, and we are exempted. We can send the exempted person Geng Nanzhong to envoy Aoli Buhebei, and Nie Chang to Nianhan Hedong. We will go out in the afternoon."

Geng Nanzhong and Nie Chang saw that the emperor was angry and ordered them to send envoys to the Jin army to handle the delivery of Hebei and Hedong. They did not dare to disobey, so they had to agree, but they did not leave the capital immediately.

At this time, the north, west and south gates of the capital were closed, leaving only one gate on the east for people to enter and exit. Some people moved out of the city and planned to go to other places to avoid the disaster of war; some people moved in from outside the city and planned to stay in temples or Taoist temples to seek safety. People are coming and going, bustling, helping the old and bringing the young, and the road is endless. Some soldiers and Baojia with bad conduct took the opportunity to cause chaos, plundered treasures and burned down houses. The citizens were deeply disturbed by the misdeeds of these criminals. Chengdong Inspector Long Qing, who was in charge of local security, and others arrested and killed more than people in a row, and then the chaotic situation was somewhat stabilized.

On October th, a group of people suddenly walked into the capital. They claimed to be from Heyang. They spread the news everywhere that those who crossed the Yellow River were actually Zhe Yanzhi's defeated troops, not the Jin people.

Song Qinzong and his ministers were all overjoyed when they heard about it. It turned out that Zheyan was defeated and crossed the river. It turned out to be a false alarm. Song Qinzong then ordered that all the other three gates of the capital be opened to allow citizens to enter and exit freely. Then, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Kaifeng Prefecture to put up a notice to show to the public: "The soldiers who came from the north the day before yesterday were defeated by Zhe Yanzhao. They have been recruited. All orders to clear the country will no longer be implemented, and the residents outside the city are ordered to return to their jobs." The citizens heard the news. , all rejoiced.

Kang Wang Zhao Gou and Wang Yun and other people left the capital at noon on November and rode northward. That evening, they arrived at Changyuan. Early on the morning of the th, they set off from Changyuan and arrived at Huazhou before dark. On this day, in order to commend Kang Wang Zhao Gou for his quality and spirit of relieving the country's worries and not fearing life and death, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty promoted Zhao Gou's mother, Longde Palace Wanrong Wei, to the title of virtuous concubine, and Zhao Gou was appointed as the envoy of Anguo and Anwu.

On November , they continued northward from Huazhou, crossed the Yellow River by boat, and arrived in Junzhou.

On this day, the weather was extremely cold. When crossing the Yellow River, King Kang saw a lot of ice floating on the river and flowing down the river. He pointed to the ice cubes and said to Geng Yanxi and Gao Shize: "Many people say that the Yellow River does not freeze in leap years, but this is actually the case. I am afraid that the Yellow River cannot stop the Jin people from going south."

At that time, Zong Han's West Route Army and Zong Wang's East Route Army had crossed the Yellow River, but King Kang did not know this. On the th, they set off from Junzhou and headed north, heading straight to Xiangzhou.

After Wang Boyan, the magistrate of Xiangzhou, learned about it, he immediately led his troops to meet him and protect King Kang as he entered the city. Because there were Jin soldiers and horses stationed in Wei County, Junzhou, southwest of Xiangzhou, which was less than a hundred miles away from Xiangzhou.

On that day, the people in Xiangzhou City "wore pots to burn incense and covered the roads to celebrate." They all hoped that King Kang could stay in Xiangzhou City for the night. Wang Boyan reported the wishes of the people of Xiangzhou to King Kang and arranged for King Kang to stay in the official government office of the state.

Wang Boyan said to King Kang: "The good offices will not last until the fourteenth day, and we will cross the river from Li Gu, Wei County, Daming Prefecture. I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up. I hope that the king will stay here temporarily to review the national affairs."

King Kang said: "I am ordered to go forward, but I dare not stop at the middle way."

Wang Yun, Geng Yanxi, Gao Shize and others said: "If we go all the way together, even if Yi Li has to cross the river, we can still catch up and leave early tomorrow morning."