She Song

Chapter 324 Han Xiaoyao and Li Gang file a lawsuit
Just when Wanyan Wushu's more than [-] troops were exhausted and fled thousands of miles away, the [-] Taiwanese and Japanese contingents that the Sihai Fleet landed in Jinzhou by sea did not go south to pursue them, but were ordered to fight under the leadership of Su Ge. Advancing towards Zhongjing, threatening the [-] Jin army preparing to attack Gubeiguan.

At this time, the Huanglong Mansion learned that Wanyan Wushu went south to Tokyo and fled in the northwest. Xie Ye immediately united with dozens of Jurchen nobles, gathered thousands of private soldiers, and launched a sudden attack, entering the palace to control Wanyan Wu.

After Xie Ye took control of the Huanglong Mansion, he immediately secretly killed Wuben, followed by a bloody cleansing. The forces originally attached to Wanyan Wushu were suddenly overwhelmed. The birth of the first powerful minister.

The first thing Xie Ye did after he came to power was to recall the [-] gold army from Zhongjing. When the news reached Zhongjing, the West Route Army suddenly split.

After a big quarrel, most of the Jin army retreated to Huanglong Mansion. A few generals loyal to Wanyan Wushu led an army of [-] people westward into the grassland, hoping to meet the fourth prince who was in Dangxiang territory.

As the Jin army's strategy shrank, Su Ge naturally regained Zhongjing and Shengzhou and re-consolidated the border to its pre-war position.

However, Wanyan Wushu, who was entrenched outside Xingqing Mansion, was currently riding a tiger.

No one else, but Li Qianshun mobilized an army of 500 infantry and cavalry in the name of "protection" and stationed them outside the Jin Army's camp. They provided a limited supply of food for [-] people every day... as long as they didn't starve to death.

Li Qianshun himself met secretly with Qinglong, the special envoy of the Zhenguo Army.

The emperor of the party was extremely intelligent since he was a child, so he communicated with Qinglong in Tokyo Mandarin.

"Taken together, your army's request is difficult to handle!" Li Qianshun immediately gave three reasons.

First, Jin Guo and Dangxiang have a clan relationship, and there are differences within Dangxiang on how to deal with it.

Second, the Zhen Guojun is not a formal representative of the Chinese court, and the Xingqing Mansion needs an official note from Tokyo.

Three, the five thousand Jurchens are very powerful, and if they are forcibly captured, both sides will suffer losses.

Therefore, Li Qianshun's final answer was that he needed more time to plan carefully.

Qinglong smiled and said: "The situation in Tokyo and even China has long been clear. The Jurchens have completely failed and will not have any chance to rise again. Although the Zhenguo Army has always advocated good neighborliness and friendship, I hope you understand that there may be a turnaround before the dust settles. But patience is not endless.”

This is a blatant threat!

Li Qianshun looked extremely ugly, but he could only bear it. When King Zhenbei got married, he also sent a royal envoy to Yanjing to congratulate him. Now, the Zhenguo army has beaten more than 20 Jurchen elites to the ground, and there is no trace left. Have the courage to resist.

Qinglong will not spoil the Dangxiang people, even if the other party is the emperor of the Dangxiang people.

According to what he saw and knew, except for a few Qingtong cannons at the top of the city, the entire Dangxiang army did not even have a decent artillery. At this moment, the [-]-strong army of the First Division on the border of Chen Bing and the Western Army had been repaired and could be used to destroy the enemy at any time. Enter Xingqing Mansion.

However, the damage caused by the Jin army was very extensive, so Han Xiaoyao did not take advantage of the situation to wipe out the party's plan. After wiping out the Jurchens in the territory, he had to digest the power of the Western army. At the same time, political negotiations were in full swing, and the four capitals needed to further stabilize order, so he first attacked Li Qianshun. This also laid an excuse for future crusade.

However, the northwest can only be regarded as a corner, and the real core of competition among various forces has always been Tokyo City.

When the Jin army withdrew from Tokyo, they almost plundered all the main officials and the royal family, and most of the rest were small fish and shrimps, such as Qin Huizhi, Zhang Bangchang, and Shi Kun, who all escaped by chance, and now they have become Song officials. represent.

However, with preparations for the Political Consultative Conference of the State Council, powerful people from all over the country keenly sensed opportunities for power, and almost every well-informed military state sent representatives to Tokyo.

Almost the vast majority of civil and military generals believe that Han Xiaoyao, who holds the Zhen Guojun in his hand, is the best candidate for the new ruler, and the Yanjing forces will absorb the greatest power in Tokyo. Enough for everyone to eat and drink.

However, after arriving in Tokyo, the royalists headed by Li Gang loudly preached that loyal ministers and good generals should return power to Zhao and Song Dynasties to continue the orthodoxy of Chinese civilization, otherwise they would be colluding with Jin Kouhang's wolfish ambitions.

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar. There were both echoes and refutations. Both sides quoted scriptures and argued their own opinions.

The melon-eating crowd was waiting for Han Xiaoyao to suppress the royalists with thunderous means. However, for several days in a row, the Zhenguo Army and Han Ji's internal guards did not have any intention to intervene. This made Li Gang and others happy, and the argument of returning power to Zhao and Song became more and more popular. Very loud.

It was not until half a month after the Jin army fled into Dangxiang that the royal family, officials and people who had been kidnapped from Tokyo returned to Tokyo, and the incident suddenly took a dramatic turn.Zhao Huan, the deposed Qin Emperor, publicly declined the petition from the royalists asking him to re-proclaim himself emperor.

"The position of the Emperor should be occupied by a virtuous person! I am exhausted both physically and mentally, please don't try to persuade me any more!"

Li Gang and others were stunned as they watched the carriage drive into the Royal Courtyard and close the door to prevent anyone from visiting.

However, the royalists obviously did not give up and used conspiracy theories to speculate that Han Xiaoyao used threats to force Zhao Huan to refuse to return to power.

So in addition to going to the Royal Court every day to remonstrate, he also fanned the flames in the city, slandered Han Xiaoyao and the Zhenguo Army, and even scolded Qin Huizhi, Zhang Bangchang, Lu Tong and others as ungrateful dog slaves.

At this time, Qin Huizhi broke up with Zhang Bangchang and immediately asked Han Xiaoyao to severely punish Li Gang and his like.

Han Xiaoyao asked whether the Provisional State Council has legitimate judicial authority?
Xiao Qian, as the interim prime minister, replied: "Yes, before the new dynasty was established, all cases were judged in accordance with the original laws of the Song Dynasty. Zhang Bangchang is currently acting as the Minister of Punishment."

Han Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Then let's litigate the case openly and openly!"

So, a summons from the Criminal Department of the Provisional State Council was sent to the yard where Li Gang was temporarily staying. Li Gang frowned and felt that it was very hot.

People around Li Gang then saw the summons. The reason turned out to be that someone was suing Li Gang for defamation, and the plaintiff was the king of Zhenbei, Han Xiaoyao. The trial would be held in the lobby of the Kaifeng government office three days later, and it was a public trial that allowed spectators to attend.

What is this operation?
Everyone, including Li Gang, had thought about many scenarios. Even if they were arrested, driven away, or even assassinated, they would be able to accept it. However, the powerful King of Zhenbei actually used a lawsuit to clear his name. This is really inexplicable.

"Master Li, what are they doing?"

"Master Li, you can't go! They have no good intentions and are taking control of the temporary palace. They will definitely give in when the time comes..."

"They are going to do something evil. Master Li should go to the south to take shelter!"

Although Li Gang has an upright personality, his IQ is still above the line. Since the other party has made it clear that there will be a public interrogation, it must be impossible to torture him into tricks and black hands.

It looked like it was just slander and slander, but it involved the righteousness of Zhao Song's restoration. As the leader of the royalist faction, he would not escape anyway. He decided to meet the rumored unrivaled hero Han Xiaoyao for a while.

Seeing that Li Gang was determined to accompany the King of Zhenbei to litigate the case, everyone hurriedly went to Kaifeng Mansion to apply for spectator seats.

On the third day, there was a huge crowd outside Kaifeng Mansion. The 50 people who were allowed to observe came from various forces, all trying to get a glimpse of opportunities from this lawsuit.

Li Gang waited early. Soon, the internal guards and government officials began to clean up the order on the street, and security measures were taken. Han Xiaoyao also entered the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion accompanied by his personal guards.

It was the first time for Li Gang to see the other party's true self, and he couldn't help but be surprised by the other party's youth and calmness, and secretly sighed that Han Xiaoyao was indeed an extraordinary person.

Afterwards, Zhang Bangchang took his seat and immediately went to the court to ask questions. After the routine questioning, the two sides began to confront each other head-on.

"Li Gang, I want to ask you, did you come from many of the defamatory and slanderous words listed in the plaintiff's complaint?"

The internal guards had long recorded the words and deeds of Li Gang and others, so they not only noted the specific words, time and place, but also the list of people present at the time.

Li Gang frowned and could only admit that he was the one who said it, and the royalists had nothing to do.

Zhang Bangchang nodded and asked loudly: "Li Gang, you publicly claimed that Han Xiaoyao 'colluded with the Jin Army in order to steal the country of the Song Dynasty, and is a sinner of China!', 'Instigated his minions to imprison and coerce the deposed Qin Emperor Zhao Huan', 'Used high-ranking officials to Houlu bribed officials of the Provisional State Council, and suppressed and massacred hundreds of thousands of rebels in the name of suppressing bandits. Are there any real evidence for the above accusations?"

(End of this chapter)