The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Huarong was used to seeing dead people, and seeing the emperor's appearance, he was completely dead.

Although he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect the person to die.

This is not what my father-in-law said was very bad, but it was extremely bad.

In the big tent, everyone was surprisingly silent, thinking about a problem.

What about the army? !

Liang Shicheng, the emperor's personal eunuch, was the first to speak. He looked at Tong Guan, "Now, what should we do?"

His lips were trembling and his legs were weak. If the official died in such a way, he would be held accountable if he didn't stop him.

Tong Guan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, stared blankly at Gao Qiu and Hua Rong, "The official... died?"

The ending sound is picked up, which sounds like an interrogative sentence.

Gao Qiu thought to himself, is there even a need to ask?

At this time, the imperial doctor who was called for consultation also arrived. When he saw the emperor's body with the medicine box, he was so frightened that the medicine box fell to the ground with a bang, and he was dumbfounded. Then he raised his voice: "Officer -"

Before he could yell out, Hua Rong covered his mouth, "Don't yell!"

After the imperial doctor calmed down a bit, Hua Rong let go of him, and he fell limp on the ground. After a while, he got up and showed Zhao Ji the situation, and said in shock, "The official died... This symptom... is a symptom of detoxification. body."

Everyone's heart is clear, that is, the wind will come immediately.

The imperial doctor tremblingly said: "... such a big event as death, you have to make it known."

Tong Guan quickly shook his head, "No! Absolutely not! The morale of the army must not be disturbed!" He warned the doctor, "Don't say a word!"

The death of the emperor must be kept secret.

But the problem is that with the current weather conditions, the body will soon emit a smell, and it is impossible to hide it for a long time.

Hua Rong kept silent, but he thought in his heart that the capital of Xixia was right in front of him, and he absolutely couldn't just withdraw his troops.

Gao Qi pretended to be sad, and wiped his tears with his sleeves, "Everyone must hold back your grief and don't cry, lest the news leak out."

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

At first, I was worried about not crying and being reprimanded and questioned, but now the pressure is gone, and I can discuss countermeasures in a down-to-earth manner.

It's not the time to cry after all.

"Where are those women?" Gao Qiu asked.

Tong Guandao: "I have sent someone to imprison him. As for the next step, what countermeasures does the Taiwei have?"

He handled the scene in a timely manner. Liang Shicheng found that the situation was not good. After finding him, he immediately asked someone to silence the mouths of these women, so as not to cause any more commotion.

However, it is not difficult to seal now, but the difficult thing is to keep it secret.

Gao Qiu weighed the situation and suggested: "I can't hide it. The Xixia envoy Wei Ming Anhui is still waiting for a reply. Unless the troops are withdrawn, the emperor will not show up before the attack. How can it be justified?! But if the troops are withdrawn, isn't it? Agree to Xixia's peace request? This is not something we can decide."

Tong Guan's heart froze, "I also don't think we can withdraw the troops, how much manpower has been poured into it to get to this point! Xingqing Mansion is right in front of us!"

The emperor passed away on the road of his own conquest. He who encouraged the emperor to go on the expedition at the beginning had absolutely no good fruit to eat.

It's better to go all out to conquer Xixia in one fell swoop, and let the future emperor save his life.

If he went back like this, Qing would wait for Zhao Kai to cut off his own head.

So the question is, what to do with the emperor's body?It will stink.

Gao Qiu frowned, "I can only tell the sergeants that the official family was assassinated by Xi Xia."

Everyone immediately understood, Huarong said coldly: "It's the Xixia people who assassinated the officials."

Tong Guan suddenly hated: "That's right! The vicious Xixia people can't defeat the Great Song Shenjun, and they even thought of such a despicable and shameless way to assassinate officials!"

Only Liang Shicheng was left. If he wanted to survive, he had to shirk his responsibility. The emperor took too much medicine, but he didn't stop him. After the fall, he must be on the beheading list. Taking the lives of the officials, this kind of bloody revenge must be avenged!"

It was the Xixia people who did it!It's all the Xixia people's fault!

Your Royal Highness, you must be aware of the details, and don't kill me if you kill anyone.

Throwing the responsibility to the Xixia people, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu hit it off, and then let Huarong do it. To maintain military discipline, he wanted to inform the sergeant that the emperor had passed away.

After that, an army was sent to escort the remains of the official family back to Beijing, and the rest continued to attack Xixia.

That night, Tong Guan picked up his head and announced to everyone that he was named Anhui. The Xixia dog thief sent assassins into the big tent and assassinated the officials.

Unfortunately, it worked.

"Kill the dog thief Li Ganshun, avenge the officials!"

"Vengeance Snow Hate!"

Gao Qi pretended to be grief-stricken, looking at the enraged soldiers, he couldn't help thinking that if his son was present, his mobilization ability would definitely be a hundred times better than Tong Guan's.

However, it is okay now, the fact that the officials were killed by the enemy's tricks is enough to arouse hatred.

When a person dies, everyone is more willing to think of him well.

What's more, although the Qin Wangchuan victory was not personally commanded by the officials, it has more or less established prestige in the army.

Sorrow can be contagious. The soldiers were immersed in the sad atmosphere of the death of the emperor. They didn't even have time to think about how the assassination happened. They only knew that it was Xixia's poisonous hands.

The officials first regained Youzhou and restored the northern barriers. Seeing that the middle-aged people were working hard to lead the Song Dynasty to a more glorious tomorrow, they did not expect that they would go like this.

What a fine official, you hateful summer dog!

There was not enough white cloth in the barracks for everyone to wear filial piety, so they were torn into strips, and everyone tied it on their foreheads to serve the emperor as a filial piety.

Wipe away the tears, vow to conquer the Xixia Kingdom, and cut Li Qianshun into pieces!

-

"Dead? Revenge?" Li Qianshun couldn't believe his ears when he heard the news of Emperor Song's death.

When I heard that Shangshu Lingwei's name An Hui had been killed by the Song army to sacrifice the flag, I was even more grief-stricken.

He swears to God, he sent ten beauties to Zhao Ji, it was really kind, who knew that this guy was in such poor health that he died from the stomach.

I am afraid that in the whole world, there is no more unlucky briber than him.

"How could such a thing happen? It's really Heaven's death!"

The death of the emperor of the Song Dynasty was already a fact, and the Song army was so angry that they came to the Xingqing Mansion with a murderous look, and they were powerless.

Looking at the bloody sunset, he seemed to have seen his end.

If the emperor of the Song Dynasty did not die, if he surrendered, he still had a chance of survival. Unfortunately, at the moment of Zhao Ji's death, there was no room for him to survive.

"Your Majesty, the Song army has already begun to attack the city—"

Hearing the report, he put on his armor and boarded the city wall, and saw that the Song army was already below the city. They were not good at defending the city, and many people had already seen the end and fled the city on horseback.

He could only hope that the city wall was strong, and waited a little longer, but after hearing a loud noise, the city gate was already broken by a gap.

He brushed off the dust all over his face, pushed away the fleeing soldiers, and walked staggeringly, in a daze, not knowing where he was going. When he found out, he was already surrounded by the Song army.

"Haha——" At the last moment of his life, for some reason, he actually laughed out loud.

It is precisely because he is afraid of death that he keeps performing scenes of surrender and betrayal among the great powers.

As a result, he and his country did not survive after all.

At least, at the last moment, be true to your duty as a monarch.

Li Ganshun lifted the knife, and when everyone thought he was going to make the last resistance, the blade cut on his neck, and he swiped hard, and the blood splashed even splashed on the face of the nearest Song Bing.

When he fell, he looked in the direction of the palace.

Concubine Ren... I hope you will do the last thing I entrusted to you.

The queen belongs to Liao, but the prince is the prince of Daxia.

……

-

Imperial Concubine Ren of Xixia looked at the poisoned wine on the table tremblingly, beside her was the 11-year-old Crown Prince Li Renai who was also trembling.

According to the emperor's previous order, if she heard the news that the Song army had invaded the palace, she would first poison the prince to death, and then poison herself.

Prince Renai looked at her with tears in his eyes, "Where is the queen mother?"

The prince was born by Yelu Nanxian, not her own son, but that doesn't mean she can poison him to death.

The crown prince died at her hands, and no matter who caught her, she would not end well.

His Majesty knew that the country was about to collapse, but instead of poisoning the prince himself, he asked her to do it.

If he can't do it, can she?

Suddenly, the court lady shouted: "The outer city is broken—His Majesty died—"

It means that the Song army has entered the city and will soon arrive at the palace.

Hearing the news, the crown prince tremblingly stretched out his hand towards the poisoned wine. She looked at him, couldn't hold back her tears, took away both glasses of poisoned wine and hit them on the ground, "Your mother must be alive, we are also alive." To live! Find her!"

The palace maid fled in all directions, and the palace was in chaos. She dragged the prince and hid in a corner of the palace.

I don't know how long it took, but they were still discovered by Song Jun.

In front of him was a young General of the Song Dynasty. Concubine Ren was a Han Chinese. He hurriedly said, "This is the Crown Prince Li Ren'ai, and I am the noble concubine Ren. We are willing to surrender and surrender to the Song Dynasty. I implore the general to save our lives."

Hua Rong looked at the Prince Xia in front of him, saw that his face was pale with fright, and his expression was in a trance, and said: "Don't be afraid." After finishing speaking, he pulled Li Ren'ai away, pulled him to his side, and told the others Don't insult this noble concubine, so she took Li Ren'ai to see Gao Qiu.

-

Gao Ming and Zhao Kai, the two left-behind people, joined forces with the left-behind soldiers to fight the flood, and finally the flood receded.

As the flood receded, there was Tai Fu Cai Jing.

After all, I am too old, and I am sick like a mountain. Since I got sick, I have been coughing and having a high fever.

I drank one after another of the decoction, but it didn't work.

One night, he yelled: "The official—"

When the family members came to see, they found that their eyes were closed and they were out of breath.

Zhao Kai was shocked when he heard that Cai Jing had died, and couldn't help worrying that his father would blame him for his recklessness when he returned to Beijing. Knowing that Cai Jing was old, he took him to the city tower to control the water, so that he fell ill and passed away.

After Zhao Kai heard the news, he asked the personal eunuch to visit Cai Jing's family to express his condolences.

Alas, Cai Jing has served his father for more than ten years. To put it bluntly, even a dog has deep feelings.

If he left like this suddenly, Father would definitely complain to some extent.

Zhao Kai was worrying about how to explain Cai Jing's death to his father.

At this time, Gao Ming told him, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. The news of Cai Jing's death has spread, and someone in the city has already set off firecrackers."

The folks may have already compiled a set. The black-bellied prince took advantage of the emperor's westward expedition and used a roundabout method to get rid of the treacherous minister Cai Jing.

Zhao Kai sighed, alas, Cai Jing's reputation is so hated.

He died of illness, and hoped that his father would come back and select a virtuous minister as prime minister.

In the end, he turned a blind eye to the person who fired the cannon among the people, as if he didn't know.

When Cai Jing died, the post of prime minister was first called Zheng Juzhong, and Zheng Juzhong was so happy that he wished to set off a few firecrackers to celebrate.

But not long after, everyone in the capital was not allowed to fire cannons.

Because a shocking news came back: the emperor died.

Not only Zhao Kai, but even Gao Ming's jaw dropped in shock. Zhao Ji was famous for his iron waist and strong body. Even if he was caught in the extremely cold Jin Kingdom, he could still continue to cultivate and sow. Why did he die? !

Defeated, hit by a stream arrow?

If that's the case, then what happened to the father and Hwa Jung?

Gao Ming was so frightened that his face turned pale, but when he looked at Zhao Kai, he found that his face was full of tears and he couldn't even speak.

He also hurriedly blushed his eyes, pretending to be filled with tears.

Although Zhao Ji himself has been criticized a lot and has treated many people badly, but to Zhao Kai, he is a well-deserved good father.

Gao Ming could understand Zhao Kai's sadness, and was somewhat affected by his deep emotions. He said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, Liang Shicheng is back, so I'll ask him to come in."

Liang Shicheng insisted on meeting the prince alone first, and would not say anything until he saw the prince.

Zhao Kai didn't speak, just nodded silently, and blew his nose before Liang Shicheng came in.

But when he saw Liang Shicheng, he choked up again and couldn't say a word.

Seeing this, Gao Ming asked Liang Shicheng on behalf of the prince, "How did His Majesty die? What was the situation at that time? Why did you come back alone, what about the rest?"

Liang Shicheng knelt down with a plop, and explained the process of how the Xixia detailed work compiled on the road entered the official camp through the peace talks, and carried out the assassination.

Gao Ming heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out that the army would not be defeated, so his father and Hua Rong should be safe.

But in action, he wiped his tears with his sleeves.

Zhao Kai's eyes were red, and he wanted to speak, but it was very difficult, so he looked at Gao Ming.

Gao Ming understood, and said sharply, "I'm not asking you to shirk your responsibility now. What you said just now has a lot of doubts. Just tell the truth, otherwise the truth will be revealed when other people come back."

He could hear something was wrong, and Zhao Kai must have heard it too.

Liang Shicheng thought that Gao Qiu was Gao Ming's father, and that he couldn't hide it, so he cried and said, "The ten assassins are all women, beauties who paid tribute from Xixia... When the officials 'meet' these women at night, I ate ten pills from Daoist Gongsun in one go..."

Zhao Kai couldn't help being startled, this is indeed something that his father can do.

The sadness was diluted by this feeling of absurdity and humiliation, and he was able to speak in full, "Why didn't you stop him? You knew the danger of Ye Yushu girls!"

Liang Shicheng called Qu, "There is no woman with me, and I won the victory of Qin Wangchuan. The officials want to relax and have fun. I am a slave, how can I persuade you? Your Highness, let the slave die."

In fact, Zhao Kai also knew that his father was [-]% responsible for this matter, but he still couldn't accept this reality and asked someone to drag Liang Shicheng down and lock him up.

He was distraught, and repeated several times in a row, "How could this happen?!"

As his father's favorite son, he has grown up since he was a child, and nothing is unsatisfactory.

Even, his life can be so perfect that he can win the title of Wenkui.

But now, he must accept the loss in his life.

He understands everything, he understands that he shouldn't be so sad that he can't help himself, and he needs to cheer up to deal with state affairs, but he still can't control his emotions on the verge of collapse. '

Gao Ming stood aside, not knowing how to comfort Zhao Kai, he could only "weep" with him.

Everything you say now is useless.

Zhao Kai choked up his breath, raised his head, and saw that Gao Ming was already in tears, his shoulders shrugged, no less sad than him, thinking, Father did not promote him in vain.

He reluctantly said: "You go, tell Ben Gong to stay alone..."

Gao Ming bowed to Zhao Kai and backed out. As soon as he left the palace gate, he heard Zhao Kai's sobs from inside.

He couldn't help looking at the sky, ah, Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji, you didn't love your son for nothing.

He suddenly remembered Gongsun Shenglai, he made the elixir for Zhao Ji, even though Zhao Ji overdosed himself, he must be found.

In the end, they sent someone to investigate, only to find out that when Gongsun Sheng heard about Zhao Ji's death, he used the excuse of picking medicine from the sky and disappeared.

It is worthy of being a dragon entering the cloud, the dragon sees the head but does not see the end.

-

The emperor passed away, and the world was destroyed.

Zhao Kai was busy with the funeral, and gave his father the temple name of Wenzong.

At the same time, Tong Guan didn't criticize too much for his decision to continue attacking Xia with an army.

The merits and demerits will be discussed after the class teacher returns to court.

In Gao Ming's busy schedule, he did not forget to send someone to remind Wanyan and his party in Tokyo, don't go out for a stroll at this time, otherwise the prince will be angered, and he will not be able to protect them even if he wants to.

Wanyan Zongqiang has been familiar with all the fun and delicious food in Tokyo in the past year.

Suddenly the emperor of the Song Dynasty passed away, so he could only stop all entertainment activities, he was very depressed, so he got another Luo Hong dog, and gave birth to this one he raised.

When Zhao Ji passed away, Zhao Kai automatically succeeded to the throne and became emperor, but this year has not yet passed, and the new year name can only be used in the first month of the second year.

As he said, Gao Ming missed Zhao Kai's canonization as the crown prince, but he did not miss his enthronement as emperor.

Looking at Zhao Kai sitting on the dragon chair, Gao Ming was finally sure that history had indeed changed.

Cai Jing died, and someone fired a cannon in the city.

But now the emperor is dead, but no one dares to set off firecrackers, everyone behaves properly.

The ministers in the court also felt Zhao Kai's sadness, and they all cried to death. Whether they can gain a foothold in the next year or not, this crying is very important.

But at the same time, the courtiers also murmured in their hearts, how did the officials die?

Xixia assassination?Is Li Qianshun stupid?The emperor of the Song Dynasty died, and he must pay for his life.

Besides, what kind of master can sneak into the enemy's camp and take the emperor's life?

Throughout the ages, there have been no such examples.

Even if this is the case within the imperial court, folk speculation cannot be absent.

However, gradually, one of the rumors, that Zhao Ji was the reincarnation of Immortal Erlang and Cai Jing was the reincarnation of Xiao Tiangou, gradually became the mainstream.

The people's attention has also changed from exploring the cause of Zhao Ji's death to exploring the relationship between Zhao Ji and Cai Jing.

No wonder the ruler and minister passed away one after another. It turned out that such a relationship was hidden.

Looking back at Zhao Ji's life, it doesn't seem so hateful. He suppressed Tianhu Fangla and other rebellions, and took back Youzhou. Seeing that Xixia was about to be pacified, maybe the heavens did not allow him to interfere too much in human affairs, so he and his dog were suddenly called back. up.

After all, Cai Jing and Zhao Ji passed away, and the former yelled at the official before he died.

Such novel rumors were quickly accepted by the people.

Zhao Ji was not able to be a god in his lifetime, but after his death, he was tainted with immortality.

Behind this, there is naturally Gao Ming's push.

It's not that he wants to see Zhao Ji, it's because he is the father of the future emperor, his image is not good, and the face of his successors is also dull.

Zhao Ji's image has been restored, and he can have a grand burial.

During this period of time, there were no "happy events" in Tokyo City until the news of success came from the Northwest Front.

Song State broke through Xixia Xingqing Mansion, Li Qianshun committed suicide, Prince Renai was captured alive and was being escorted back to Beijing by the army.

The memorandum was jointly written by Tong Guan and Gao Qiu. It stated the reason why they did not kill Li Ren'ai. This man was only 11 years old, and it would be very useful to keep him alive. It can appease the hearts of Xixia people.

Xixia has a vast territory, how to digest it cannot be solved by "killing".

Li Renai is only 11 years old, just right to be a puppet emperor.

Zhao Kai also felt that the advantages of keeping this person for a few years would outweigh the disadvantages, so he agreed to escort this person back to Beijing.

Gao Ming was relieved when he heard that the army conquering Xixia had returned triumphantly. The victory report did not report the death or injury of his father or Hua Rong, which meant that both of them were safe.

In front of Zhao Kai, he didn't dare to show joy, his face was expressionless, and when he got home, he happily poked his chin and counted the days looking forward to Huarong's return.

As a result, Huarong didn't expect to come, but waited for Yelu Dashi.

Gao Ming was very surprised by this person's arrival, because he turned out to be Da Song who entered from Youzhou City after applying.

According to his temper, he would never set foot on the homeland of "Daliao" easily.

Gao Ming knew very well that there must be a big event when this person came, so under Zhao Kai's order, he went to the Liao State embassy in Song State to meet him.

The fatigue visible in Yelu Dashi's eyes.

Gao Ming found that in the past few years, almost every time he met, he was less energetic than the last time. From him, he could see that the Liao Kingdom was going from bad to worse.

Yelu Dashi first said politely: "Our Emperor Daliao expresses our deep condolences for the death of your majesty."

Gao Ming showed a sad look, and around Zhao Ji's death, the two sides exchanged pleasantries, and then got to the point, "I don't know, Brother Dashi, what is the reason for coming here?"

"..." Yelu Dashi was silent for a moment, and said: "I have to start from what you said last time to persuade me. You guessed well. I went to Jurchen to call, because of the Donghuai Kingdom, I was almost detained by Jurchen. This I want to thank you."

"No matter what, I'm already very happy if my words can help you."

Sure enough, he was almost chopped off by Aguda and his sons.

"Therefore, I offer a message to His Majesty the Emperor, grant Jurchen the Kingdom of Jin, and remarry the princess to appease them." Yelu Dashi sighed: "Our Taifu Xiao sent Jurchen again to bring these two news. Yes, everything was going well. But... on marrying the princess, something went wrong..."

Gao Ming couldn't help being nervous. Historically, because of the canonization, the Jurchen completely broke with the Liao Kingdom and sent troops to attack the Liao Kingdom's hometown, Linhuang Mansion. Afterwards, half of the Liao Kingdom's land was taken into its pocket, and it grew stronger day by day.

If the Liao Kingdom changes history and can suppress the rise of the Jin Kingdom, it will be beneficial to both the Liao and Song Dynasties.

"What's the problem?" Yelu Yanxi was even weirder than Zhao Ji in some respects.

"Your Majesty wants to marry the returned Princess Cheng'an to Wanyan Zongbi." Seeing that Gao Ming did not respond, Yelu Dashi further explained: "The other identity of Princess Cheng'an is the Queen of Xia. She was driven back to the Liao Kingdom by Li Qianshun recently. Your Majesty wants to marry her to Wanyan Zongbi."

Gao Ming frowned, Yelu Nanxian, Empress of Xia Kingdom?Isn't this the mother of Li Renai who is being escorted to the capital? !

He raised his forehead, wanting to scold Yelu Yanxi for messing around!Wanyan Wushu wanted to marry a princess, not a queen.

Yelu Nanxian's sons are all 11 years old, and she is at least 25-[-] years old, older than Zong Bi.

"Jurchen must disagree." Gao Ming said.

Yelu Dashi nodded wearily, more than disagreed, he was furious, "Well, not only disagreed, but also detained our Grand Tutor Xiao Xinilie."

Poor Mrs. Xiao, who escaped once, but never escaped the second time. After all, he was caught by Jurchen.

Gao Ming found out that Yelu Yanxi really didn't want A Guta to ride on his head, he was always unwilling to "admit defeat" completely, and he wanted to make the other party unhappy all at once.

Yelu Nanxian is notoriously stubborn. In history, after the fall of the Liao Kingdom, she was saddened by the fall of her mother country and the death of her son, and died of a hunger strike.

Gao Ming said: "And then?"

"Yelu Nanxian... I heard that the capital of the Xia Kingdom was captured and her husband committed suicide, and he has already hanged himself." Yelu Dashi said: "And it seems that Your Majesty does not intend to choose another princess to marry. For the sake of brotherly countries, help us a little bit."

Forget about the demise of the Xia Kingdom, let alone the Liao Kingdom, let's help from other places.

Gao Ming frowned. He really came to rescue soldiers. Not to mention that Xixia had just been conquered. It’s too late to go back to court.”

Yelu Dashi didn't think Song Guo would send troops directly, "It doesn't matter if you don't send troops, just lend us some firearms, and at least guard Linhuang Mansion."

Gao Ming was startled, he came to buy weapons, and wanted Da Song to export weapons.

This is not something he can decide, he has to ask Zhao Kai for instructions, "This... depends on what the officials want."

Yelu Dashi said: "I know, but your opinion is also very important, I hope you can help the Liao Kingdom."

His tone was sincere, and he looked forward to Gao Ming.

Gao Ming could feel his powerlessness, and he did his best to save Daliao.

He really wanted to persuade him, alas, it's better to go west, create your own empire, and establish Xiliao.

Tell Yelu Yanxi, the foolish king, to go to the Kingdom of Jin to be a prisoner by himself.

But no, Gao Ming hopes that Yelu Dashi's protection of the Liao Kingdom can withstand the impact of the Jin Kingdom and buy time for the Song Dynasty.

"Since you trust me so much, I will definitely try my best to persuade the officials to help me for the sake of the big battle."

Yelu Dashi's nose soured, Gao Ming was indeed a rare pro-Liao faction, willing to work so hard for the fate of the Liao Kingdom.

He stood up excitedly, held Gao Ming's shoulders, looked into his eyes and said, "You are really a good brother of my Yelu Dashi! If you need help in the future, I will definitely be willing to help you."