One Piece of Song Dynasty

While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of fighting outside. Zhao Gou alerted: "What happened outside? Go and have a look, little basket."

Lan Gui was about to go out after receiving the order, when he saw Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao running in disheveled clothes and saying: "Your Majesty, it's not good, there are thieves on the ship, and the thieves have already broken into the cabin."

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they saw a guard being kicked in. Several soldiers from the Water Ghost Team rushed in through the door, holding crossbows and saying, "No one is allowed to move. Whoever moves will be shot to death."

Zhao Gou and others did not dare to move after hearing this. Wu Shaofen stood in front of Zhao Gou and asked, "Who are you? How dare you break into the emperor's ship."

In response to Wu Shaofen's question, several soldiers of the Water Ghost Team did not answer. They just raised their crossbows and aimed at Zhao Gou and others.

After a while, after the sound of fighting outside disappeared, Zhang Rongcai led people in and said: "Bring in the woman with the child, and lock everyone else in other cabins."

Gillian and the prince were all brought in. After the prisoners were gathered in the cabin, Zhang Rong looked at Zhao Gou who was wearing a dragon robe and said, "You must be Song Emperor Zhao Gou."

Zhao Gou replied: "You must be their leader. Since you know it is me, why do you want to break into my ship?"

Just as Zhao Gou wanted to persuade Zhang Rong with words, he was interrupted by Zhang Rong: "Since it's Zhao Gou, that's fine. Our lord will come to see you soon, so you just stay here."

Then Zhang Rong gave an order to the men next to him: "Go and inform the lord that we have succeeded. Let the lord bring people over. Then tell Deputy Commander Wen Chong and ask him to lead people to watch over the prisoners and make sure not to let anyone go." "

After giving the order, Zhang Rong sat down on the floor. After sitting down, he saw that Zhao Gou and others were still standing and said: "You guys should stop standing. You're too tired. Sit down. As long as you don't move around, I promise you won't." Hurt you."

Zhao Gou and others slowly sat down. After sitting down, Zhao Gou glanced at Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao. Zhao Ding cupped his fists and asked, "Isn't this little brother from the Jinren?"

Zhang Rong shook his head and said: "No, we are not from the Jin people. You can rest assured on this."

Zhao Ding asked again: "What are you?"

Zhang Rong waved his hand and said, "You will know this when our lord arrives."

The two sides were silent for a while. Zhang Rong felt bored and spoke first: "Sitting is boring anyway, Zhao Gou, let's chat for a while."

Lu Yihao said angrily: "You are so outrageous. How can you shout about the emperor's name?"

Zhao Gou signaled Lu Yihao to calm down: "Okay, I don't know what the little brother wants to talk about."

Zhang Rong ignored Lu Yihao and said, "I said that you, the Zhao family, are quite thick-skinned. The Jingkang crisis brought the country to this state, but you still have the nerve to sit in that position."

Zhao Ding was also angry when he heard this: "How presumptuous, what does the Jingkang crisis have to do with the emperor? It was caused by Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others who deceived the emperor. The emperor was not in power at that time."

Zhang Rong sneered and said: "Haha, don't blame the minister for all your faults. Whoever makes the final decision is not the person sitting in that position. The responsibility of the Zhao family cannot be shirked by the minister. Besides, Who promoted those ministers? They were not promoted by the person sitting in that position. Even if the Jingkang crisis had nothing to do with Zhao Gou, then in the more than two years since Zhao Gou ascended the throne, the Jin soldiers went south several times, and now they have all been defeated. Jiangnan, this is not Zhao Gou’s responsibility.”

Wu Shaofen interjected: "This is indeed the emperor's responsibility, but the emperor was also misunderstood by Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others, and the emperor also issued edicts several times."

Zhang Rong said: "Putting it on the minister again, I would like to ask if Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan were not popular when Zhao Gou ascended the throne. What else is there to say about the edict to sin against oneself? Is it useful to issue the edict to sin against oneself? Can the edict to sin against oneself make Jin If the army retreats, it can still save the people from the suffering of war."

Lu Yihao argued: "Issuing the imperial edict at least shows the emperor's attitude of admitting his mistakes."

Zhang Rong retorted: "What's the use of expressing your attitude to do practical things? But what did Zhao Gou do? He has been fleeing south for more than two years."

Wu Shaofen said: "It seems that your lord is also a staunch anti-gold faction. He rebelled because he was dissatisfied with the behavior of the imperial court."

Zhang Rong nodded and said: "It can be said that our lord is not only dissatisfied with the court, but also with the Zhao family. It can be said that he hates the Zhao family very much."

Zhao Gou asked: "Little brother, why did our Zhao family offend your lord somewhere?"

Zhang Rong shook his head and said: "That's not true. It's just that our lord does not see the hope of the revival of the Han people in your Zhao family. The Song Dynasty claims to be the orthodox Han Dynasty, but it is far worse than the previous Tang Dynasty. The territory of the Song Dynasty is not even large. Less than half of the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Liaodong, Hexi Corridor, and the Western Regions were all lands that should have belonged to us Han people. They were all thrown away by your Zhao family. Compared with any previous unified dynasty, the Qin and Han Dynasties , Jin, Sui, and Tang were all larger than the Song Dynasty. You think your Zhao family is a disgrace to our Han ancestors, but your Zhao family still has the honor to sit in that position. I feel ashamed for you."

Zhao Gou and others were choked and speechless. Zhang Rong ignored them and continued: "The dynasties before the Song Dynasty were never as weak and incompetent towards foreign races as the Song Dynasty, even if they occasionally Weakness is just a matter of lying down and tasting courage for revenge. How Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Huns, and how Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty attacked the Turks. I think all of you knowledgeable people should know it. Why did it change in the Song Dynasty? Let’s talk about Liao and Chanyuan first. During the alliance, when the Liao army came, Emperor Zhenzong did not first think about defending against the enemy, but first thought about escaping. If Kou Zhun hadn't forced Zhenzong to go to the front line, the outcome of the Battle of Chanyuan would have been uncertain. Let's talk about the Xia Kingdom, a The Song Dynasty, a small country with millions of people, was able to fight it for more than a hundred years without deciding the outcome. I don’t know how to evaluate it. Your emperors of the Zhao family, since Taizong, have basically been weak. Shenzong and Zhezong are still weak. There are quite a few, but unfortunately they are all short-lived."

Lu Yihao smiled and said: "It seems that little brother knows a lot."

Zhang Rong said proudly: "Of course, our lord often tells us historical things, the glorious history and sad history of our Han people. Not only do I know about it, but my subordinates also know about it."

Zhao Ding became interested and said: "Oh, sad history. What sad history did your lord talk about?"

Zhang Rong said: "Of course it was the Wuhu chaos in the late Western Jin Dynasty. It was a tragic history. The Central Plains were sinking, and the clothes were transferred to the south. We Han people were called two-legged sheep by the foreigners. I don't know how many Han people died under the butcher knives of the foreigners. Do you think today's situation is very similar to that of the late Western Jin Dynasty, when the Central Plains was once again in ruins, and countless people in the Central Plains died under the butcher's knife of the Jin."