One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhao Gou received Zongze's memorial recommending Wang Yan and immediately approved it. Now on Zhao Gou's map, except for Kaifeng, the entire northern part of the Central Plains is already covered with Jin troops. Zhao Gou was blaming Li Gang for talking nonsense, but something unexpected happened, which caused the relationship between Zhao Gou and Li Gang to completely break down.

Song Qiyu, who kept complaining to Zhao Gou, suddenly found that all his memorials against Li Gang's recruitment of troops and horses and raising people's wealth had been withheld by Zhang Jun, so he ignored it and started arguing loudly with Zhang Jun in front of the government office. Zhao Ding tried hard to persuade him and told him clearly that he was detaining your memorial to save Song Qiyu's life. Song Qiyu was a frivolous scholar, so he grabbed the memorial and left: "Why can't Li Gang impeach me? Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has been no precedent for killing people without permission. What can Li Gang do to me?"

"It's his own fault, let him be." Zhang Jun grabbed Zhao Ding, shook his head and left.

Song Qiyu held the memorial in his arms and waddled into the government office. Unexpectedly, a memorial fell down and was picked up by Chen Dong who came from behind.

If Wang Lun is a scoundrel in the market, Chen Dong is a Hun Bu Zao in the literary circle. In the first year of Jingkang, Chen Dong went to Shuqinzong many times and led the imperial students to demonstrate, asking for the dismissal of Cai Jing and other six thieves. From then on, he became famous. Later, the imperial court dismissed Li Gang due to the defeat in the war. Chen Dong led hundreds of Tai students to the Xuande Gate in front of the palace to protest and petition, demanding that Li Gang be reinstated. He broke all the drums and even rushed into the court, attracting tens of thousands of people. People in Kaifeng watched. Many of the scoundrels took advantage of the situation to rob, killing dozens of people, and petitions turned into riots. Only then did Wang Lun be given the sword by Qin Zong and appointed Minister of War to stop the turmoil.

To be fair, Shangshu bluntly denounced Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other six thieves, which showed that Chen Dong had extraordinary insight and awe-inspiring aura. However, Chen Dong could not escape the blame for using his loyalty to hold the emperor hostage and turning petitions into riots.

After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, Zhu Shengfei recommended Chen Dong to Nanjing out of the need for the war of resistance. At this time, Chen Dong, the leader of the student movement, had already formed a sworn friendship with Li Gang.

When Chen Dong saw that the memorial was full of words about Song Qiyu openly impeaching Li Gang to the emperor, he was shocked and hurriedly ran to hand the memorial to Li Gang. After Li Gang looked at it, old and new hatreds welled up in his heart. He slowly raised his head angrily, with murderous intent already in his heart. He categorically ordered Song Qiyu to be taken to the execution ground. Before Song Qiyu died, he shouted: "Your Majesty Li Gang violated the ancestral family law and killed the minister for personal gain. Your Majesty will redress Song Qiyu's grievances."

With one slash of the knife, Song Qiyu was cut in half, setting a precedent for the killing of civil servants in the Song Dynasty. The onlookers saw blood splattered on the spot.

Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding came panting and looked at Song Qiyu's body. They stopped in shock and couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation. They were furious: "Brother Song, please go away. Li Gang is good at killing ministers. I, Zhang Jun, will seek justice for Brother Song."

"Get out of the way of Hebei Jizuo Hebei Jizo" a scout came galloping on horseback in embarrassment. Zhang Jun and the people ducked aside. Zhao Ding watched the scout's horse go away worriedly, shaking his head secretly: "Hebei is lost."

Zhao Gou received an urgent report from the scouts and learned that Wang Yan had failed to cross the river and Bianjing had become an isolated island. He didn't know how Zongze would deal with it, so he hurriedly recruited Li Gang, Huang Qianshan and Zhu Shengfei to discuss the military situation. Li Gang introduced that Zongze recruited a group of bandits, forcing the Jin soldiers not to invade, and Tokyo was in order. Zongze went back to Luanshu and asked Zhao Gou to return to the capital. Zhao Gou felt a little relieved.

"Knowing that Tokyo is in danger, Zongze wants His Majesty to return the capital. What is his intention?" Huang Qianshan curled his lips. Li Gang immediately retorted: "Zongze thought that since His Majesty is still driving the Northern Expedition at this time, our army will move forward bravely, so there is no need to worry about the Jin army not retreating."

"Tokyo is heavily surrounded and has been the site of the Fourth War. Is it possible to continue the Northern Expedition today? Even if His Majesty returns to Beijing, where should he go back from? Do you want Your Majesty to fight a bloody road and return to Beijing to repeat the mistake of the Second Emperor being captured?" Huang Qianshan tapped the map with great energy. Li Gang once again persuaded Zhao Gou: "Zongze simply wanted to persuade His Majesty to imitate the Zhenzong. Back then, Kou Zhun urged the Zhenzong to conquer personally and win decisively with force. Only then did the Chanyuan Alliance come into being."

Zhao Gou pondered and turned to ask Zhu Shengfei for his opinion. Zhu Shengfei answered truthfully: "Today we are reborn after the disaster and have suffered a new defeat. The national strength is not the same as it was in the Zhenzong years. It is already a luxury to talk about the Northern Expedition now."

"What's more, after the Chanyuan Alliance, Prime Minister Wang Qinruo impeached Kou Zhun and took Emperor Zhenzong as a bet. Didn't the Prime Minister forget?" Huang Qianshan immediately added fuel to the fire. Li Gang shook his head angrily: "Huang Qianshan, you are making heart-breaking remarks."

Zhao Gou stopped their argument: "Zongze advocated returning to the capital. Although his intentions were good, he did not understand the general situation and went against everyone's opinions. At present, our army's defense has failed, and the Jin army is taking advantage of the victory to advance deeper. The top priority is to shift strategy as soon as possible. Decide where to visit."

Unexpectedly, these three ministers had their own opinions on where to go: Huang Qianshan suggested making Yangzhou the capital because of its rich products and financial resources; Zhu Shengfei believed that Jiankang was the ancient capital of six dynasties and that the danger of the Yangtze River could protect the south of the Yangtze River; To support Jiangbei, Jiankang should be the capital. When Li Gang came to Nanjing, he offered ten strategies, among which he said that Chang'an should be the first, followed by Xiangyang, and Jiankang should be the second. After nearly three months of thinking, he now proposed the idea of ​​establishing three capitals simultaneously, that is, Chang'an, Xiangyang and Jiankang would be established as capitals at the same time.

Zhao Gou said: "Don't mention building a new capital again. Kaifeng will always be the capital of the Song Dynasty and a holy place in the hearts of the people. From now on, the place I visit will only be called a place of travel, not a capital."

"Your Majesty is wise, but the three lines of construction can be built together. First, in the name of Your Majesty's patrol, the country will not show weakness; second, not to set up a capital, so that the Jin people's troops can be dispersed and have nothing to watch; third, looking forward to the four directions can make all places Traitors dare not separate their empires." Li Gang did not see through Zhao Gou's thoughts, and continued to analyze, but was interrupted by Zhao Gou: "Building the three industries in parallel will cost a lot of money, where will the money come from?"

Li Gang was stunned and speechless: "Where does Your Majesty think is the most suitable place to travel?"

Zhao Gou picked up the pen and was about to mark the location of his trip on the map when he was interrupted by Zhang Jun rushing into the door and shouting: "Your Majesty impeached Li Gang for violating the country's exclusive power and killing the minister Song Qiyu without authorization."

Zhang Junning frowned, and Zhao Ding who followed him was also panting and looking excited. Zhao Gou turned around and was stunned for a long time, and then asked in disbelief: "Song Qiyu was killed."

Zhang Jun submitted a memorial: "Song Qiyu repeatedly impeached Li Gang. Li Gang engaged in favoritism and malpractice, and killed him out of resentment. As a censor, I am now impeaching Li Gang for his wild and reckless behavior, arbitrary power and killing, empty talk, and harming the country. I firmly request that your majesty remove Li Gang."

Li Gang argued: "Your Majesty, when I kill the rebellious Song and Qi Yu, I kill a pig and a dog, but when it comes to me who misuses the country's exclusive power, it is a crime that I want to inflict."