Xianxia version of Water Margin

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“Some ministers of this dynasty did not care about the big plans and always caused trouble. They followed the private requests of Tian Hu and Tian Zuo, and almost went to war with the Yuan Dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not want to cause the people to suffer, and was willing to make peace with our Song Dynasty, and only ceded land. Now the court will cede Shandong, Hebei, and Hedong to the Yuan Dynasty. From now on, the two countries will use the river as the boundary, and swear to make peace so that the people of both regions can live in peace. In addition, the Yuan Dynasty is just beginning, and it urgently needs 3,000 talents to govern the country, including officials, students, Rural talents who are interested can go to Dutingyi to sign up for the assessment. If selected, the monthly income of the three teachers is 360 strings, the prime minister is 900 strings, the vice-chancellor is 600 strings, the six ministers are 180 strings, the assistant minister is 160 strings, the nine ministers are 135 strings, the junior minister is 105 strings, the county magistrate of Chixian is 90 strings, and the county magistrate of Chixian is 45 strings..."

In early February of the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, such a notice was posted in all the conspicuous places in the streets and alleys of Tokyo Bianliang City.

Undoubtedly, the people of the Zhao Song Dynasty were greatly embarrassed, and it also aroused fierce opposition from many patriots.

After seeing the notice, many people who loved the Zhao Song Dynasty gathered from all directions to the square in front of the Xuande Gate of the Zhao Song Imperial Palace. People crowded in front of the gate, bustling, shoulder to shoulder, noisy, and chaotic.

Soon, Chen Dong, a student of the Imperial Academy, led hundreds of students to the front of Xuande Gate and wrote a letter to Zhao Ji, asking him to withdraw his order and advocating that the land of ancestors should not be ceded.

This incident soon caused a sensation in the whole city and attracted widespread attention from the whole society.

Not long after, more people came from all directions and unexpectedly gathered outside Xuande Gate. Among them were citizens and soldiers.

More and more people gathered, and soon there were tens of thousands of people, which was a huge crowd and a huge momentum.

These people came spontaneously, and they all came for the same purpose. They were all very excited and encouraged each other, saying: "Your Majesty must withdraw the order to cede the land. How can the land of ancestors be given to others?"

At this time, it happened that all officials were leaving the court, and the officials came from Donghua Gate to Xuande Gate one after another.

When Wang Fu walked to the door, someone suddenly recognized him. Everyone rushed up and accused him, listing his crimes. Some people even shouted, "Wang Fu, how can you be the prime minister when the country is in such a mess?!!!"

Some people even walked straight up to Wang Fu and wanted to hit him. What's more, some people picked up the rubble on the ground and threw it at Wang Fu!

Fortunately, Wang Fu's personal guards desperately protected him, so Wang Fu escaped.

Of course, there were also Song officials who supported the patriotic actions of the students and the people. Some Song officials even raised their whips and bowed to Chen Dong and others, saying, "You are loyal and righteous for this."

The guards patrolling under the gate hurriedly reported the situation outside the gate to Zhao Ji.

After Zhao Ji learned about it, he immediately issued an order to send someone to accept Chen Dong's memorial.

Wang Fu also ran into the palace and asked Zhao Ji to kill Chen Dong and other troublemakers.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji not only did not agree to Wang Fu's request, but also quickly hinted that Wang Fu should retire.

Wang Fu's fall from favor was not entirely because the Zhao Song Dynasty began to decline after he came to power. Now he openly ceded land to seek peace, which made Zhao Ji lose face. In fact, there was another perhaps more important reason, that is, Zhao Ji suddenly discovered that Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng were neighbors, and the two families were connected by a side door.

In other words, Zhao Ji finally realized that the reason why Wang Fu understood him so well and was a confidant with him was entirely because Liang Shicheng was an insider.

In any dynasty, it was taboo for ministers to associate with eunuchs, and the emperor was very sensitive to this.

It was the same in the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Court officials were not allowed to associate with eunuchs, and eunuchs were not suitable to associate with court officials. This was an important principle of the Zhao Song Dynasty to prevent eunuchs from monopolizing power. According to the regulations, if the two have intercourse with each other, they will be punished.

However, during the Zhao Ji period, especially since Xuanhe, the relationship between eunuchs and court officials has become a common trend in the Zhao Song Dynasty. Almost all the scholars and officials ran around the eunuchs' door. They became accustomed to it and were proud to be attached to the eunuchs. All the powerful eunuchs, such as Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Li Yan, Tan Zhen, Zhang Di, etc., all had a large number of people. The major eunuchs set up their own doors, accepted bribes, and sold official titles.

The reason for this is that Zhao Ji liked to use eunuchs and made the eunuchs powerful, even above the prime minister.

In addition, after Wang Fu came to power, everything went from bad to worse.

Zhao Ji felt that Wang Fu had disappointed him too much.

At the beginning, Zhao Ji, against all odds, promoted Wang Fu as prime minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty, replacing Cai Jing, who had made outstanding achievements. It can be said that he had high hopes for Wang Fu.

Zhao Ji's treatment of Wang Fu was also the highest among the prime ministers of his dynasty. Not only did he give him a mansion, he also personally inscribed his mansion with the words "Dexian Zhiding" and even personally inscribed seven plaques such as Zaigeng Hall for Wang Fu's mansion.

As a result, Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng sang the same tune in front of Zhao Ji, pretending to obey but secretly disobeying.

Zhao Ji felt that Wang Fu had harmed him badly.

Of course, you can also understand that someone must stand up and take the blame for such a big thing, and Wang Fu was the one who took the blame.

Wang Fu had a keen political sense, and he also felt that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to him. So, seeing that Zhao Ji's attitude towards him had changed, he quickly took the initiative to submit a memorial to request retirement.

Zhao Ji quickly approved Wang Fu's request and gave Wang Fu the same retirement benefits as Cai Jing when he retired.

After Wang Fu became official, Zhao Ji quickly asked Cai Jing to come back to his post, and he also headed the Council of Ministers. He was still in charge of the affairs of the three provinces. He went to the court every five days to attend to the affairs of the capital hall, which made Cai Jing once again appear on the political stage of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

This is the fourth time Cai Jing has served as prime minister.

Cai Jing was already seventy-six years old this year. He was blind and unable to write, and he was too tired to kneel down. Whenever Cai Jing needed to sign documents, Cai Jing had his youngest son Cai Sui take over. replace.

In other words, Cai Jing is the prime minister in name, but Cai Sui is actually in charge. At least Cai Sui is handling many things.

Every time Cai Sui went to court, the attendants and the following people bowed to him, cheered in front and embraced him, and dozens of court officials followed him with documents in their hands.

Cai Sui's arrogance and arrogance aroused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, laying hidden dangers for the subsequent politics of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

So why did Zhao Ji re-enable Cai Jing?

This is actually a helpless move.

The current situation of the Zhao and Song Dynasties is really bad. When Cai Jing was still the prime minister, the situation of the Zhao and Song Dynasty was much better than it is now. The iron triangle of him, Cai Jing, and Tong Guan also achieved brilliant political achievements.

Zhao Ji felt that with Cai Jing's sophistication, he would be able to find a way to solve the current difficulties and overcome the crisis in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, so he still had great expectations for Cai Jing.

After Cai Jing and his son came to power, they suppressed the objections of the imperial students and the people to the cession of territory and peace talks with thunderous force, and completely passed all the responsibilities of the Zhao and Song Dynasty to Wang Fu. It was an expedient measure to buy some time for the Zhao and Song dynasties.

The Dayuan Empire's recruitment of three thousand literati in Bianliang City, Tokyo, is progressing very smoothly.

Some people may ask, didn’t the imperial students love the Zhao and Song dynasties, and didn’t they oppose the cession of territories and peace talks? How could they agree to the recruitment of the Yuan Empire?

There are actually many reasons for this.

First, anyone with a little foresight can see that the Zhao and Song Dynasties are now in decline, while the Yuan Empire is rising. Not only will they not be able to develop their political ambitions if they stay in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Chances are, he might have to be buried with the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Er Nai, the redundancy of officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties was really serious. One official position would often be filled with six or seven people (one official, five or six candidates), or even more, and even those who became officials might not be in politics. Opportunities, not to mention those who have never become officials at all, such as children from poor families, such as imperial students who are not particularly outstanding and do not have a good family background. To put it bluntly, even if the Zhao and Song Dynasty can survive this hurdle, they will The Zhao and Song dynasties did not have the opportunity to serve as officials, but when they went to the Yuan Empire, they could immediately start working in politics.

Third, the treatment given by the Yuan Empire is really good. The salary is the same as that of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. When you go there, you will be assigned houses, wives, and all your family members. Even if your family has 800 people, Even the Yuan Empire didn't mind, dividing fields, grains, and arranging places to live.

Fourthly, many of the officials who came to recruit literati and civil servants this time were literati who went to the Yuan Empire from the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Among them were many literati who had a very average life in the Zhao and Song Dynasty or had relatively average abilities. .

——Seeing this, many literati will think: "They can all be officials in Dayuan. If I go there, I can't be worse than them?" This is more convincing than any words.

Also, not all literati and imperial students are as courageous as Chen Dong and others.

You know, in history, with the fall of Bianliang City in Tokyo, many Tai students took the initiative to sell themselves and join the Jin people. They not only gave advice and suggestions to the Jin army's southern invasion, but also followed the Jin people's requirements and destroyed the mountains and rivers of their hometowns (mainly in the south). He drew it exactly as it was, and even served as a guide to the Jin man. Some Tai students heard that the Jin people might massacre Bianliang City after leaving Tokyo. In order to escape death, they rushed to identify prostitutes as their wives, hoping to follow the Jin people northward as their family members. As a result, even the Jin people felt that They were not worthy of being scholars, so more than sixty of them were dismissed.

Therefore, it is said that those who are righteous often slaughter dogs, and those who are unfaithful are mostly scholars. Since ancient times, most literati have no character.

In short, almost everything Jiang Hongfei wanted was achieved. Tian Bao, Shen An, as well as Emperor Chengde Ji Zhao Huer, Xunde Emperor Ji Zhao Fujin, Huifu Emperor Ji Zhao Jinxian, and Xiande Emperor Zhao Qiaoyun had already gone north in the first month of this year. After arriving in Yanjing, these three thousand literati will also go to Yanjing in batches to further solve the problem of insufficient talents for governing the country in the Yuan Empire.

The key point is that the relationship between the Zhao Song Dynasty and Tian Hu will definitely break off completely. I am afraid that no one will trust the Zhao Song Dynasty and form an alliance with it in the future, and the rule of the Yuan Empire will be more stable.

Of course, Chai Jin later made some concessions on behalf of the Yuan Empire and gave Zhao Ji a step forward.

That is, the Dayuan Empire not only did not ask for the three million stones of food, but also agreed not to mention the four emperor concubines in the announcement, which was to help Zhao Ji and his ministers conceal that they not only ceded land, but also made peace, and the four emperors were The two emperors married Jiang Hongfei together as concubines.

Otherwise, even if Zhao Ji and his ministers push Wang Fu out to take the blame, they may not be able to pass this test.

Let’s talk about Tian Hu.

In fact, Jiang Hongfei did not first send Chai Jin and Xiao Rong as envoys to the Zhao and Song Dynasties, but first sent Wen Huanzhang and Wang Jieru as envoys to Tian Hu's Jin State to talk to Tian Hu about the merger of his Jin State into his Yuan Empire. .

Jiang Hongfei wrote a personal letter to Tian Hu: "I heard that those who obey the heavens will prosper, and those who go against the heavens will perish. Those who win the hearts of the people can build a country, and those who lose the hearts of the people will not be able to defend the country..."

To put it simply, Jiang Hongfei stated in the letter that he did not care that Tian Hu had secretly formed a conspiracy with the Zhao and Song dynasties to jointly attack him, and was also preparing to steal his concubines. As long as Tian Hu was willing to abandon the dark side and surrender to the bright side, he would give him a prince, and then give him He built a large house with a thousand rooms in Yanjing City, a hundred beauties, and treated everyone in his family and all his ministers favorably.

But Tian Hu didn't know whether it was because he didn't believe Jiang Hongfei, or because he felt that he would not lose if the Zhao and Song dynasty joined forces with him, or because he was reluctant to let go of his dream of becoming an emperor. In short, he simply disagreed.

Wen Huanzhang and Wang Jieru were of no use to Tian Huxiao's reasoning or emotion.

There was no other way, so Jiang Hongfei had no choice but to change his strategy and pull the trigger, that is, sending Chai Jin and Xiao Rong as envoys to the Zhao and Song dynasties.

But even so, Jiang Hongfei still had a glimmer of hope in Tian Hu. To put it bluntly, Jiang Hongfei did not want to take over Hedong by force.

Based on this, after Jiang Hongfei broke off the alliance between the Zhao Song Dynasty and Tian Hu, he sent someone to show Tian Hu a copy of the peace treaty signed between the Yuan Empire and the Zhao Song Dynasty, and told Tian Hu that his younger brothers Tian Bao and Shen An were in In his own hands, Zhao Ji promised Zhao Huer to him, and Zhao Ji also gave it to him. Zhao Ji had no sincerity in forming an alliance with him.

Jiang Hongfei also said that as long as Tian Hu was willing to surrender to him, he would return Tian Bao and Shen An to him, reward him with Zhao Huer, and give Tian Hu an imperial concubine from the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In short, Jiang Hongfei is already very sincere.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei also sent people to contact Qiao Daoqing and other important officials under Tian Hu, including Tian Hu's concubines Wu Fei, Fan Meiren, etc., and asked them to persuade Tian Hu to surrender.

But Tian Hu is a bastard who is determined not to surrender.

After all the good things to say, Jiang Hongfei stopped talking nonsense and went straight to action.

Jiang Hongfei exchanged Tian Bao and Shen An for Wen Huanzhang and Wang Jieru, and then gathered all the ministers and generals to discuss, and finally decided: Xu Guanzhong was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy, Mrs. Jia was appointed as the capital commander, Liu Qi and Yue Fei were appointed as the left and right forwards, and Gongsun Sheng , Fan Rui, Xu Qingniang, Wang Gongren, and Wen Huanzhang served as the army's staff officers, and the horse army leaders Du Bo, Sun An, Hua Rong, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, Suo Chao, Sun Li, Yang Zhi, Shi Jin, and the infantry leader Yan Shude, Yu Cheng, Liu Guang, Xie Zhen, Wu Song, Liu Tang, and Yan Xiaoguang led a total of 200,000 troops to attack Hedong from south to north.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei personally led an army of 300,000 troops to attack Hedong from north to south.

In early May of the second year of Hongwu in the Great Yuan Dynasty, the army of tigers cutting down fields from the south gathered in Daming Mansion, and then moved into Weizhou to camp.

Wu Song once stationed troops here and knew Tian Hu's arrangements here well. He said to Xu Guanzhong, Mrs. Jia and others: "Tian Hu's bandit army is huge and cannot be underestimated. Zezhou is guarded by Niu Wenzhong, a pseudo-privy minister under Tian Hu, who sent his subordinate Zhang Xiang , Wang Ji, led 10,000 troops to garrison in Hui County, which belongs to this state, Shen'an, Qin Sheng, led 10,000 troops, and garrisoned in Wushe, a county in this state."

Wen Huanzhang suggested: "Lingchuan is an important area of ​​Gaizhou. If we don't lead troops to attack Lingchuan, the two counties will be destroyed without attack."

Yue Fei stepped forward and asked for orders: "The last general is willing to lead the troops to capture Lingchuan."

Xu Guanzhong, Mrs. Jia and others agreed.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei personally led an army of 300,000 people to an important pass on the Great Wall, which is known for its "danger" and is known as "the first pass in China". It is said that "there are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the leader." Together with Ningwuguan and Pianguan, it is known as the "Three Outer Passes" in front of Yanmen Pass...

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