Qian Song

Chapter 258 Zhao Huan: Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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From the original intention, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers were actually very worried about Li Cun's second attack on Song Dynasty.

However, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers naively believed that although they had torn up the peace treaty, but now they have admitted the treaty that was torn up by them, as long as they send someone to explain it to Li Cun, Li Cun should not continue to lead troops went south.

Moreover, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers thought that in addition to sending people to negotiate peace with Li Cun, they also set up four general administrations in the east, south, west, and north for defense.In this way, in case Li Cun leads his troops to attack the Zhao Song Dynasty again, they can also use force to defend against the invasion of the Dagan Dynasty.

Zhao Huanjun and his ministers thought that if they worked together, the Zhao Song Dynasty would be as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, in the view of Zhao Huan and his ministers, at this stage, the external aggression of the Zhao Song Dynasty is an important problem that does not need to be resolved urgently. In other words, it is the struggle between the reformers and the conservatives, which is the most urgent matter related to the future and destiny of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Under such cognition, after a few days of silence, Mr. Zhao Huan and his ministers began to settle again.

But the five thieves are all dead now, and even the powerful officials in Zhao Ji's era have been almost liquidated by Zhao Huan.

Who is to be blamed now?
Soon, the conservative ministers around Zhao Huan pointed out that the most urgent task is to summarize and liquidate the mistakes made by the former minister when he was in power.

As a result, Wu Min has become the key target of exposing and criticizing.

There are many accusations against Wu Min, including his lack of ability to work, his dereliction of duty, his cronyism, his corrupt and degenerate life style, and what is more serious is that he Politically, he belonged to the party of Cai Jing, Cai You and his father. He was the successor trained and promoted by Cai Jing, and he was Cai You's confidant and eyes and ears carefully placed in the Zhao Song court.

Therefore, during his tenure as prime minister, Wu Min tried every means to protect Cai Jing and Cai You (in fact, he said a few words for Cai Jing), and interfered and destroyed the Zhao Song court's exposing and criticizing campaign against Cai Jing, Cai You and his son.

What surprised people inside and outside the government and the opposition is that Zhao Huan also publicly stated in the form of a hand edict that the so-called Wu Min's suggestion that Zhao Ji was enthroned was false, and it was a conspiracy planned by Cai You.

in fact--

There is no problem with Wu Min's accusations, such as insufficient work ability, dereliction of duty, and nepotism.

But it is a bit ridiculous to say that Wu Min has a corrupt life style.

Wu Min's flair didn't start after Wu Min became a young master.

——Wu Min's family has long had concubines, and Wu Min also has a maid named "Yuan Shan" who is very famous. She is not only beautiful, but also knows how to make a fuss.Whenever Wu Min writes articles according to the case, Yuan Shan grinds ink and brushes paper to wait for the brush and inkstone.The court of Zhao and Song Dynasties knew about this matter and envied it very much.

The key point is that in this era, not only Wu Min is like this, but whoever has the qualifications does not have a few concubines?

It can even be said that if a man does not have a few concubines, he will be ashamed to say hello to others when he goes out.

But Zhao Huan is an exception, he is really not interested in women.

Not only that, but Zhao Huan also particularly dislikes men who are seductive.

Maybe, in Zhao Huan's eyes, women only affect his speed of drawing his sword.

Therefore, originally Zhao Huan still trusted Wu Min very much, but after the conservatives exposed and criticized him, Zhao Huan's view of Wu Min has undergone a major change, and he has decreed: Wu Min is responsible for granting Chongxin Military Jiedu Deputy envoy, resettled in Fuzhou.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Wu Min is the "remnant" of the reformists still in the Zhao Song Dynasty, so the conservative ministers cannot keep him. After all, Wu Min is young, and there is no guarantee that there will be a comeback. If they become prime ministers again, and attack their conservatives like Cai Jing did back then, then it will be their turn to eliminate the conservatives.

It has to be said that the concerns of conservatives are not groundless.

You know, Wu Min is not yet 40 years old, and he has made great achievements in support. Although he has been dismissed now, he is still a bachelor of Guanwen Temple. Careless.

As for Zhao Huan, he was cold-natured and ungrateful. In addition, Wu Min was a womanizer, which aroused his disgust.

More importantly, Zhao Huan is as stupid as a pig, and he doesn't understand the art of balance at all, and he doesn't understand the overall situation.

To be fair, Zhao Huan is far behind his father Zhao Ji in this regard.

When Zhao Ji was in power, neither Cai Jing nor Tong Guan was the talent of the prime minister, and he played with the applause on which one, whether it was conservative or reformist, he balanced it very well.

In short, I don't know what Zhao Huan is pretending to be in his head. At this critical moment, he didn't want to think about how to dispatch troops, how to face Li Cun's attack on Song Dynasty, but actually focused his energy on helping the conservatives The ministers completely knocked Wu Min and other reformist ministers to the ground.

Historically, even Li Gang, who made great contributions in the first defense of Tokyo, was not spared in the liquidation of Zhao Huan's monarch and ministers. The Chang army was resettled, and then relegated to Kuizhou.

When the Jin army went south again to besiege Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhao Huan thought of using Li Gang again on the eve of being captured.

When Li Gang learned of this order in Changsha, the Northern Song Dynasty had perished.

At this time, while Zhao Huanjun and his ministers were still eager to liquidate, Li Cun had already personally led two armies to the south, and another army was ready to go north at any time under the leadership of Yan Xiaoguang.

Even if Li Miao sent more than 40 secret letters to the court of Zhao and Song Dynasties to remind Zhao Huan and his ministers to prepare to meet the enemy before Zhending Fucheng was breached, Zhao Huan and his ministers just sent Wu Ge, the Hemen Xuanzanshe Negotiate a peace with Li Cun.

Originally, the 66-year-old Zong Ze should have gone to meet Li Cunyihe.

——Censor Zhongcheng Chen Guoting and others jointly recommended Zong Ze to Zhao Huan as a peace envoy.

But after Zongze arrived in Bianliang City, Tokyo, Geng Nanzhong routinely brought Zongze in for a conversation, hoping to see if Zongze was up to the important task of negotiating peace.

As a result, as soon as the conversation started, Zong Ze said: "I will definitely not survive this trip."

Geng Nanzhong asked curiously: "Why?"

Zong Ze replied: "If the enemy can repent and quit the teacher, it will be fine, otherwise, I will be able to humiliate the emperor and humiliate the king's life?"

When Geng Nanzhong heard that Zong Ze was so staunch and unsuitable to be a peace envoy, he hurriedly asked Zhao Huan to replace Zong Ze, lest Zong Ze delay the peace negotiation.

Zhao Huan therefore changed Zongze to be the magistrate of Cizhou.

At this time, although Zhao Huan and his ministers were keen on liquidation, internal strife and internal strife, and did not pay much attention to Li Cun's attack on the Song Dynasty, many people were very clear about the situation and knew that Li Cun would definitely attack the Song Dynasty. It is the most dangerous area, so all the officials who were sent to Hebei and Hedong tried their best to shirk, and they would not take up their posts if they were beaten to death (sent to death).

Zong Ze despised and was very angry about this. He said in public: "It is impossible to take refuge on food."

So, on the day he was ordered, Zongze took a dozen old and weak soldiers to take office.

Cizhou is in the south of Hebei, and its strategic location is very important.

After Zong Ze took office, he immediately organized the people to repair the city wall, dredge the moat, arrange equipment, recruit volunteers, and began to make preparations to defend the city.

Then, Zong Ze wrote a memorial to Zhao Huan: "If the five prefectures of Xing, Ming, Ci, Zhao, and Xiang each have 10 elite soldiers, and the enemy attacks one county, all four counties will respond. There are often [-] soldiers in one county. Everyone."

Zhao Huan was very happy after seeing it, and immediately appointed Zongze as the chief of the Hebei volunteer capital.

Hebei and Hedong lost again and again. Although it has nothing to do with the way of cultivating teachers, after all, the way of cultivating teachers bears the name of Xuanfu envoys of Hebei and Hedong.

Now, all the armies have been defeated, and the remnants of the defeated generals have gone south one after another.

Zhong Shidao wanted to gather these remnants and defeated generals, and then take them to Henan to deploy defenses along the Yellow River.

But just halfway there, Zhong Shidao passed out.

Someone advised Zhong Shidao not to go north again.

But Zhong Shidao sighed lightly, and said: "You can't bear to read the words of His Majesty's Linxuan?", so he continued to go north.

Ever since he died in the battle, the body of the teacher Tao has failed.

But in order to repay Zhao Huan's kindness, Zhong Shidao has been enduring his illness to plan and run for Zhao Huan.

It is also because of working day and night during this period of time that he did not cultivate well, Zhong Shidao's condition worsened, and he even fell into a coma many times.

After Zhao Huan heard about this, he ordered Zhong Shidao not to go north again, but to return to Bianliang City in Tokyo for treatment.

Although Zhong Shidao's health is getting worse and worse, his grasp of the situation is becoming more and more thorough.

The teacher predicted that Li Cun would definitely attack Song Dynasty again, and this time he would use all the power of the whole country to attack Song Dynasty, so he dragged his seriously ill body to give Zhao Huan the last memorial:
"Emperor Daqian has invited the money to reward the army to go back safely. If he comes back now, the whole country will be invaded by the enemy, and the sharpness cannot be stopped. The ministers did not listen to the previous plan. Qing, Cang, Wei, and Hua have no soldiers and no help from the fence. I want to beg for the good fortune of Chang'an, so as to avoid the front. As for the defense and attack, the responsibility lies with the general, and the battle is not the right thing for everyone."

Ordinarily, Zhong Shidao, a loyal and courageous veteran, gave Zhao Huan advice when he was dying, and Zhao Huan should follow his advice no matter what.

However, many ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties believed that it was timid to cultivate the way of teachers, and they did not take seriously the suggestion of cultivating the way of teachers.

——At this time, the ministers surrounding Zhao Huan, whether they are the main combat faction or the main peace faction, actually lack the minimum understanding and judgment of the current situation, although they also want to keep the Zhao Song Dynasty subjectively However, objectively, they are all pushing the Zhao Song Dynasty into the abyss step by step.

The key point is that the emperor Zhao Huan chose to trust these people who only know how to intrigue, instead of trusting veterans with rich military experience like Zhong Shidao. The key point is that it’s fine if Zhao Huan’s monarch and ministers understand military affairs, they don’t know anything about military affairs at all. .

In this regard, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers are not even as good as Cai You, Li Bangyan, and Bai Shizhong. When they face such a major national defense issue, they still know how to draw Tong Guan to discuss countermeasures. , I don't understand, and I don't want to listen to the good strategies of people who understand.

On October [-]th, Tianning Festival, Zhao Ji's birthday, Zhao Ji, who had been imprisoned by Zhao Huan for more than six months, filled a glass of wine and drank it all at once, and then filled another glass for Zhao Ji After drinking it, Zhao Huan didn't drink it under Geng Nanzhong's reminder. Zhao Ji was heartbroken and cried into the palace.

But after Zhao Ji was overwhelmed, he still couldn't let go of the nearly 200-year-old Jiangshan Sheji of the Zhao Song Dynasty and his own old life.

Relying on his rich experience in governing, Zhao Ji concluded that Li Cun would definitely lead his army south again.

Therefore, Zhao Ji chose to forgive Zhao Huan, a dutiful son, at least superficially, and then wrote to Zhao Huan, suggesting that he flee to Chang'an with Zhao Huan.

In order to please the filial son Zhao Huan, every time Zhao Ji wrote a letter to the filial son Zhao Huan, he called himself "Old Clumsy" and called Zhao Huan "Your Majesty" to clarify their status as monarchs and ministers between father and son.

Zhao Ji hopes that through this method, Zhao Huan, a filial son, will understand that he has no intention of competing with Zhao Huan for the position of emperor, and he is not interested in the position of emperor. I hope that their father and son can let go of their suspicions and work together to preserve the country of the Zhao Song Dynasty Sheji, save the lives of their father and son.

But even though Zhao Ji was already so servile, his suggestion was still not adopted by Zhao Huan. Not only that, Zhao Huan still guarded against his own father Zhao Ji like a thief.

But then again, although Zhao Huan did not choose to adopt the advice of Zhong Shidao and Zhao Ji, and left Bianliang City, Tokyo, and went to Chang'an to seek refuge, but since Li Miao, many people have given to the court of Zhao and Song Dynasties, even directly. Zhao Huan himself gave an early warning, including Li Ruoshui and Wu Ge who were envoys to Li Cun's place under Zhao Huan's order. They all sent people back and told Zhao Huan convincingly: "Emperor Daqian has the intention of devouring, and entering the bandits is inevitable. Beg to deal with the border affairs, and send soldiers from the west to help the capital."

After reading these memorials, Zhao Huan was hesitant and dubious.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan still felt that negotiating peace should be able to deal with Li Cun. After all, he was already willing to give Hebei and Hedong to Li Cun, and Li Cun should be content, otherwise he would be too greedy.

Therefore, Zhao Huan still has great hopes for Li Cun's withdrawal through peace talks.

On the other hand, Emperor Zhao Huan and his ministers engaged in liquidation, which made a large number of ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties unable to be trusted and used.

After Zhao Huan recalled it for a while, he was surprised to find that the Zhao Song Dynasty, which was full of talents, suddenly became a little short of talents, especially the ministers who could help Zhao Huan make decisions at the national level.

Zhao Huan hurriedly issued an edict and said: "The construction of political affairs depends entirely on talents. Talents are very difficult, and should be cherished. How can they be abolished for life because of a small mistake? Except for the fact that they are rape and harm the government, the crime is clear, and they cannot be used. The rest are collected as they are. Don’t say that Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng were recommended by generations, and they were all discarded. The common people changed their minds and used them in accordance with the times. The three provinces and Taiwan’s admonishing officials deeply understand this meaning to show their sincerity male."

It's a pity that Zhao Huan realized at this time that he and his ministers who were fighting insiders and outsiders were fighting all the talents of the Zhao Song Dynasty, but it was a bit too late.

Soon, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers received the news that Fenzhou was captured by the Qian army.

Knowing that the city was lost, Zhang Kejian, the magistrate of Fenzhou, put on court clothes, lit incense, and faced the Bianliang direction of Tokyo. People, causing the city to fall. I know that I can't go out to see His Majesty, so I can only repay the court with my death!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Kejian wanted to hang himself to die for his country, and the other eight members of his family also wanted to die together.

However, Zhang Kejian's family was rescued by the soldiers of the Gan army who invaded his house and sent to Li Cun.

At this point, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers began to believe that Li Cun led an army to attack Song Dynasty again.

Although they knew that Li Cun was coming again, Zhao Huanjun and his ministers still insisted that as long as they agreed to give Li Cun Hebei and Hedong, Li Cun would definitely lead his troops to retreat.

But it's not that no one with insight has noticed that Li Cun's attack on the Song Dynasty this time came to destroy the Zhao and Song Dynasty, so he would definitely cross the Yellow River and attack Bianliang City in Tokyo again.

Both Zhong Shidao and Zhao Ji saw this, and wrote to Zhao Huan, asking Zhao Huan to escape from Bianliang City in Tokyo immediately, flee to Shaanxi, and raise troops to resist.

However, Zhao Huan, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong, Nie Chang and other ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties believed that the Song Army could not be the opponent of the Qian Army because the Song Army had repeatedly defeated the Qian Army. Ceded Hebei and Hedong to the Dagan Dynasty in exchange for the ancestral temple and peace of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

And if peace was negotiated with the Dagan Dynasty, Zhao Huan would not have to go to Shaanxi to seek refuge.

Therefore, Zhao Huan did not seize his last chance.

On the other hand, He Li went to the table and reminded Zhao Huan that he had to order the states of the Zhao Song Dynasty to come to King Qin.

Zhao Huan accepted He Li's suggestion and ordered all the states in the world to work hard for the king. If they dare to delay coming, the officials should follow the military law.

On this day, Zhong Shidao, who was dying of illness, was carried back to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

After Zhao Huan sent his servants to visit Zhong Shidao, he appointed Fan Na to replace Zhong Shidao as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei East Road, and Zhe Yanzhi, the former Xuanfu envoy's staff officer, served as the deputy Xuanfu envoy of Hebei East Road.

A few days later, Zhong Shidao died of illness in Bianliang City, Tokyo at the age of 76.

Zhao Huan personally went to pay homage to Zhong Shidao, and wept for it.

In memory of Zhong Shidao's more than 60 years of fighting for the Zhao Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan decreed to stop watching the dynasty for five days, and gave Zhong Dao's robes, coffins, borneols, and musk navels for burial, as well as Kaifu Yitong Sansi.

It can be said that Zhong Shidao was the most sober military strategist in the Zhao Song Dynasty during this period. He had offered Zhao Huan many times to save the country.

The first time was that after Yao Pingzhong failed to rob the camp, he suggested to go to rob the camp again, and he went every night, and he would definitely be able to defeat the enemy within ten days.

The second time was that when the Gan army retreated northward, he suggested to take advantage of it to attack while crossing the Yellow River, so that it would be possible for the Qian army to dare not come back next year.

The third time was that when he first became the envoy of Hebei Hedong Xuanfu, he suggested that Zhao Huan dispatch troops from Guanzhong, Hebei, and Hedong to fortify along the lines of Cang, Wei, Meng, and Hua, and concentrate superior forces for fortification.

The fourth time, he suggested to Zhao Huan not to remotely control the Song Army to rescue Taiyuan Mansion, but let him command the Song Army to rescue Taiyuan Mansion.

The fifth time was shortly before his death, he suggested to Zhao Huan to leave Bianliang City, Tokyo, and go to Chang'an to avoid the sharp edge of the enemy.

It's a pity that Zhao Huan never listened to Master Zhong's advice.

Not only that, Zhao Huan and the important ministers around him who didn't understand military at all, after listening to the military advice of the military strategist Zhong Shidao, they still laughed and doubted.

After hearing the news of Zhong Shidao's death, many people with lofty ideals looked up to the sky and sighed, thinking that the Zhao Song Dynasty was about to come to an end!
Someone wrote a hymn for cultivating teachers:
This old man is so strong, he has a lot of energy.From the beginning to the end, bless my three saints.After a hundred battles, he is expected to win.When the teacher is promoted to help, the thief prestiges the order.There is no one to listen to the good strategy of stacking paintings.Ceding the land and increasing the currency will make the ugly captive better.The Great Wall is regarded as a fan screen.If there is no prosperity, there is no order in chaos.The flags are dark, and the soldiers and the people are choking.Yu Lie showed his strength, Fang Ce was dominant.

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