In the 35th year of Shaoxing, an edict came from Shengjing, which immediately shocked the entire Song Dynasty——

Facing the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, on the third day after the Wuguan Pass of the Song Dynasty was breached, Emperor Zhao Gou actually chose to give up resistance and surrender to the Ming Dynasty unconditionally.

From then on, the territory of the Song Dynasty will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Song Dynasty will also be merged into the Ming Dynasty and become the people of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as this news came out, the whole world was shocked.

During the Ming Dynasty's invasion, many knowledgeable people from the Song Dynasty were already preparing to go to Wuguan to resist the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition and protect their homes and country.

But before they could take action, Zhao Gou actually chose to surrender? !
For a time, everyone was stunned.

Not long after, the whole Song Dynasty began to be agitated, and the roars of sorrow and anger could not be heard.

Many bold people directly criticized Zhao Gou as unworthy of being the emperor of the Song Dynasty and did not recognize Zhao Gou's intention to surrender at all.

Many areas even directly launched rebellions to overthrow the decadent and mediocre Song Dynasty court, regroup, and defend their homeland.

In less than half a month, the entire Song Dynasty was in chaos.

But the central court has fallen, and resistance elsewhere is in vain.

In order to resist the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition, Zhao Gou recruited almost all the troops from the country and sent them all to Wuguan.

But in the end, the millions of troops who fled and surrendered were considered useless.

Now that the imperial court has chosen to surrender, no matter how unwilling they are, it will be of no avail.

The simplest truth is, no one.

If you want to rebel and overthrow the imperial court, you will never be able to do it without hundreds of thousands of troops.

But now, even if all the vassal kings from all over the Song Dynasty were added together, they would only have 20 or [-] people at most.

Facing the menacing Ming Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army, what could a mere 20 people do?
No matter how fierce the resistance is, it will only be destroyed in the end.

At this time, the only one who has the ability to resist is Da Song Jianghu.

Compared with other countries, the Song Dynasty has always been relatively strong. Not only are there many famous masters, but there are also many people.

The total number of hundreds of large and small sects is probably tens of thousands.

Moreover, they are all people in the martial arts world, and most of them have martial arts skills.

If these forces unite, even the Ming Dynasty's 50-strong Western Expeditionary Army may not be able to compete.

Although these sects usually fight against each other endlessly and fiercely, but now that the Song Dynasty is facing such a crisis, in this atmosphere of common hatred and hatred, it is very possible to unite to resist the Ming Dynasty and protect their homeland.

As a result, many sects joined forces with other factions to organize manpower to resist the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition.

In their view, now that the court is incompetent and the country is in crisis, the various sects will definitely put aside their differences and join forces to resist the Ming Dynasty.

But the final result was beyond everyone's expectations.

Faced with the alliance letters sent by many small and medium-sized sects, most of the sects chose to participate. However, none of the top first-class forces in the Song Dynasty chose to attend the meeting. They all chose to remain silent.

Among them, such as the Beggar Gang, Shenzhou Alliance, Power Gang, Twelve Links, Quanzhen Sect, Shaolin Temple, Lost Sky Alliance, Xiaoyao Sect, etc., all remained silent, as if they acquiesced to the imperial court's order to surrender and did not want to interfere. this matter.

Once the attitudes of these top sects came out, the small and medium-sized sects that were originally high-spirited were immediately confused.

How is this going?

The Song Dynasty is almost gone, how can you just sit still?

Do you really want to watch the Song Dynasty being destroyed and the world of the Song Dynasty being invaded?
Many people in the world cried out in sorrow and asked questions.

But these top forces remained silent.

It’s not that they are cowardly and don’t want to defend, they really can’t!

During the Battle of Wuguan, these sects all sent people to take action, but in the end, this seemingly strong alliance was shattered with Guo Jing's surrender.

During the battle at Jingyan Palace, the masters of these major sects saw with their own eyes the strength of the top experts on the Ming Dynasty.

Especially Xiao Qiushui, Li Chenzhou, Guan Qi and Wang Chongyang.

If Yuhuatian hadn't been merciful, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to come back in the end.

How could they dare to resist?

What's more, now that even the imperial court can't bear it and has chosen to surrender, what's the point of them continuing to resist?

Even if we really block the Ming Dynasty, who will be the emperor?
Then there will be another civil war.

This is obviously not what they want to see.

Therefore, instead of taking risks and resisting now, it is better to accept the reality honestly.

Anyway, even if the Song Dynasty is destroyed, it will not affect them.

As long as they accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty honestly, they can still protect themselves and the inheritance of the sect.

If they are still stubborn and try to resist, King Wu of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not let them go.

By then, I'm afraid the entire sect will be wiped out.

Therefore, regardless of the rumors outside, these top sects all kept silent, and strictly ordered their disciples not to go out, let alone make any response, and wait honestly for Ming Dynasty to take over the territory of Song Dynasty.

If you dare to disobey, you will be expelled from the school.

Many disciples were puzzled, but they could only accept the arrangement.

As a result, the originally fierce turmoil in the world was declared to be shattered with the silence of the top sects.

The court surrendered and the world fell silent.

The fall of the Song Dynasty seems to be a foregone conclusion!

In the end, that's what happened.

As the Song Dynasty court announced its surrender and the various states gave up resistance, the Ming Dynasty's 50-strong Western Expeditionary Army entered the Pass in a mighty manner, coming from Wuguan and heading west.

Along the way, any force or government army that dared to resist was defeated.

In just seven days, the Ming Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army took over Shengjing, the power center of the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Zhao Gou even personally led all the civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the Ming army into the city. He respectfully presented the jade seal of the Song Dynasty and the map of the Song Dynasty. He even personally helped King Wu of the Ming Dynasty to rain on the fields and led his horses to ride on them to show his surrender.

Since then, the Song Dynasty, which lasted for 200 years, was completely destroyed.

The territory of the Song Dynasty also became the fourth state of the Ming Dynasty - Songzhou.

The third day when the Ming army entered Shengjing.

The Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty, in the political hall.

In Yuhuatian, he wears a python robe and a royal crown on his head, sitting high on the throne, with infinite majesty.

In the main hall, stood many generals from the Western Expedition, as well as masters such as Jian Yue, Dongfang Bubai, Ye Gucheng, etc.In addition, there were other martial arts representatives including Guo Jing, Huang Rong and his wife, Wang Chongyang, Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, and Qiao Feng who had surrendered in Wuguan.

As for the original officials of the Song Dynasty, many of them could not accept Zhao Gou's surrender. In grief and anger, most of them chose to resign and go into seclusion, leaving less than one-third.

This third of the officials were standing quietly on the side of the hall at this moment, with lowered eyebrows and complex expressions, but no one spoke.

Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Zhuge Zhengwo and others were all among them.

"The fact that all of you can stand here today proves that you will all be members of the Ming Dynasty from now on. I will not say any more nonsense and go straight to the topic."

Yu Huatian glanced at everyone and said calmly: "The Song Kingdom is in the past tense. The territory of the Song Dynasty will be our Songzhou of the Ming Dynasty. Your next task is to assist me and completely incorporate Songzhou into our territory. Ming territory.”

"I will take your orders and ask the prince for your instructions." Everyone replied respectfully.

Yu Huatian nodded, then looked at Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting, and ordered: "Two marshals, the Western Expedition is not over yet, you are still the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army."

"The next task for you two is to lead troops to various places to suppress rebellions in various places."

"I want to continue my westward expedition to destroy the Sui Dynasty after three months, so your time is limited. Within three months, I don't want to hear about any areas in Songzhou that are not willing to submit to my Ming rule."

Continue the Western Expedition to destroy the Sui Dynasty after three months? !

Everyone was shocked and shocked by Yuhuatian's decision.

So fast? !

Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting were also slightly surprised, and then they quickly handed over their hands: "I obey the prince's order."

Yu Huatian nodded without any nonsense, then looked at Ma Jinliang and others, and said: "Ma Jinliang, you will cooperate with the two marshals to suppress the rebellion. In addition, send people back to the court as soon as possible to report the war in the Song Dynasty. By the way, let the Queen Mother send people to the Song Dynasty as soon as possible. The state takes over and appeases the people.”

"I humbly accept my order!" Ma Jinliang and the other six people saluted in unison.

Yuhuatian looked at Fan Zhongyan again, his expression softened slightly, and he cupped his hands in the distance and said: "Gong Lao Fan has cooperated in this matter. I will personally write a letter to the Queen Mother, appointing Duke Fan as the pastor of Songzhou and in charge of all government affairs of Songzhou, except for some important matters." The Queen Mother will personally send someone to take charge of the duties, please Mr. Fan understand this."

Fan Zhongyan looked responsible, sighed in his heart, then suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, since Fan has agreed to His Majesty, he will try his best to cooperate with the court and conquer all parts of Songzhou."

Yuhuatian smiled slightly and nodded without saying anything.

Then, he looked at Guo Jing, Huang Rong, his wife, Wang Chongyang and others, and said, "You must be very concerned about how I will deal with the martial arts in Songzhou."

Guo Jing and others were shocked. This was indeed an issue they were concerned about.

Yuhuatian said calmly: "You don't need to think too much. I have no prejudice against Songzhou Wulin and treat everyone equally."

"Like the other three states of the Song Dynasty, as long as the martial arts community keeps its own rules, obeys the court's control, and pays taxes on time, I will not interfere with the martial arts community in Songzhou, let alone deliberately suppress it."

"Martial arts is the inheritance of our ancient Chinese civilization. I also hope to see a scene where hundreds of martial arts schools in China flourish and prosper in the future."

Hearing this, Guo Jing and others felt relieved.

But at this time, Yu Huatian narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "But please remember one thing."

"Xia uses force to break the law. This is absolutely not allowed in our Ming Dynasty."

"No matter what your status is or what level of martial arts you have reached, you must abide by my Ming law."

"I don't care about the fights in the martial arts world, but as long as innocent people are involved, no matter who they are, I can't escape the sanction of the law."

"You can pass this sentence to each faction on my behalf. If anyone is dissatisfied, I will personally come to your door and explain it to him again."

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly handed over their hands: "We obey your order."

Yuhuatian nodded slightly and continued: "There is one more thing. You can also tell the various sects on my behalf. After three months, I will march westward. All sects must send people to go together. I don't care how many come. But I want to see the attitude of each faction."

"This……"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and frowned slightly.

The Song Dynasty had just been overthrown, and various factions in the world were about to be mobilized. This might not be easy.

"What? Are you having trouble?" Yu Huatian asked quietly after seeing everyone's expressions.

Wang Chongyang calmed down and stepped forward, cupping his hands and saying: "Since it is a call from the imperial court, we are naturally willing to go, but we cannot guarantee that all factions will obey the prince's call and send people there..."

Yuhuatian waved his hand and said calmly: "You only need to convey the message to each faction. You don't need to worry about the rest. Remember, I only give you three months to prepare."

Having said that, before Wang Chongyang could continue to speak, Yu Huatian looked at Ma Jinliang and the others and said, "Ma Jinliang, please investigate the world of Songzhou. How many sects there are and how many disciples each sect has. All of them are listed on the throne."

"I humbly accept my order." Ma Jinliang and others saluted solemnly.

Guo Jing and other people in the Song Dynasty were awestruck. Yu Huatian's words meant that he did not intend to give the Song Dynasty Wulin any room to refuse.

Many people sighed in their hearts.

Because they knew very well that after today, the situation where the Song Dynasty court and Jianghu stood side by side and did not interfere with each other has passed.

The future Song Dynasty... no, it should be Songzhou.

The authority of the imperial court is supreme.

Even people in the martial arts world will be completely subordinate to the rule of the imperial court.

Otherwise, the ending will definitely not be too good...

Yuhuatian ignored their thoughts and arranged everything. He stood up from the throne and waved his hand: "Dismissal of the court. If you have any other important matters, you can go directly to Mr. Fan. There is no need to ask me for instructions."

After saying that, he wanted to leave.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that requires your decision."

Yu Huatian paused and said, "Fan Gong has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Fan Zhongyan looked solemn and said: "Your Majesty, in this battle between the Ming and Song Dynasties, almost all the troops of the Song Dynasty were transferred to Wuguan, and the border defense was empty. Especially the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north were almost in a state of no government. The trauma of being invaded by foreign tribes such as Liao, Jin and others has not yet recovered.”

"The last time foreigners such as Liao and Jin invaded, our Song Dynasty lost the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Later, although it signed an armistice agreement with the Liao and Jin Dynasties and redeemed the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, it is difficult to protect the Liao, Jin, etc. in this war between the Ming and Song Dynasties. The aliens will not tear up the agreement and invade again."

"Please also ask the prince to send troops to the north to garrison as soon as possible to prevent the aliens from going south and killing our people in the Central Plains again!"

As soon as these words came out, other people's hearts tightened.

Indeed, the foreign races in the north have always been a major problem for all Central Plains dynasties.

For thousands of years, the foreign tribes in the north surrendered and rebelled again, rebelled and surrendered again, and repeatedly invaded southward, killing countless people in the Central Plains.

This time, in order to resist the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition, Zhao Gou transferred almost all of the Song Dynasty's troops to Wuguan, leaving the border defense empty.

If foreign tribes such as Liao and Jin take the opportunity to go south to plunder, the people of Yanyun land will surely suffer again.

Above the main hall, Yu Huatian was startled when he heard this, and then he looked deeply at the north, with a cold smile on his face, and said: "Over there in the north, you don't have to worry, there will naturally be someone to take care of those foreign races. This At that time, they would not have the energy to invade southward."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Someone is going to deal with the aliens?
Could it be that Yuhuatian had already made arrangements? (End of chapter)

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