The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The next day, Wang Yun asked Zong Ze to accompany him to review the troops in Cizhou. Zhao Qi followed him and wanted to see it. Because in "Shuo Yue", it can be said that he was a loyal minister who was as famous as Li Gang, who summoned the rebel army to protect him.

Zhao Gou ascended the throne and was called "Grandpa Zong" by the soldiers and civilians in Hebei. This time he met, so he naturally wanted to see it.

When he arrived outside Cizhou City, Wang Yun asked Zong Ze, saying that you had not submitted a report to the emperor to summon 15,000 soldiers and horses, and put them in the city, but now there are not many people outside the city. Where are the soldiers now? Zong Ze said he had summoned them.

All of them were militia, all nearby, and the enemy came when they arrived, and they worked as farmers on weekdays, so that they did not have to provide food and wages in the court.

"Haha, this Zong Ze is not an honest person either!" Nie Shan looked around and said to the prince.

"Mr. Nie, why did you say this?" Zhao Qi asked strangely, but he also felt that Zong Ze's statement that he had summoned 15,000 soldiers was a bit humble. Even if he had really recruited so many soldiers as he said, the size of the camp was

But it can't tolerate so many people.

"Zong Ze submitted a report to recruit 10,500 soldiers. The court allocated food and salary as much as possible, and promoted Zong Ze to a compiler. Now it seems that what he reported is untrue!" Nie Shan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"You have reported that 15,000 people were trapped in the city and defrauded the position of editor. Where are the soldiers now? Where are the villages?" Wang Yun began to question Zong Ze.

""If you take leave to farm, you can naturally order a collection when the enemy cavalry comes." Zong Ze still replied.

"Why did the two of them quarrel endlessly as soon as they met? Do they have any old grudges?" Zhao Qi was a little surprised. Such things were everywhere in the Song Dynasty, and Wang Yun was not a person who didn't know the world affairs, but why did the two of them say that

But it was filled with gunpowder.

"The prince doesn't know anything. Recently, Wang Shangshu was traveling between Song and Jin to discuss peace. When he saw Zhending City breaking back to Beijing, he passed by Cizhou and told the prefect of Zong. He said that the Jin army was about to come down south to attack and asked him to strengthen the walls and clear the fields to prevent the Jin army from plundering.

.So the prefect Zong ordered the food in the hands of the people to be put into the city. But who knew that the Jurchens were short of food and found out that there was no food in Cizhou. So he turned to attack Daming." Nie Chang explained to the prince, "The Jin army will be in the future, but

The matter of strengthening the walls and clearing the country caused resentment from the people. The prefect called Wang Shangshu an affair with the Jurchens and submitted a memorial to impeach him for the detailed work of the Jin Dynasty. The emperor thought this matter was ridiculous, so he read the memorial to Wang Shangshu!"

"Oh, Wang Shangshu was dissatisfied. He was accusing him of a crime!" Zhao Qi understood. However, he didn't believe that Wang Yun was a spy. Wang Yun was ordered by the emperor to negotiate peace, and it was normal for the Song and Jin dynasties to work.

This is a very far-fetched way to say that he is a spy.

"Yes, Shangshu Wang has taken care of both public and private!" Nie Shan chuckled, but he had no intention of persuasion.

"The official's impeachment a few days ago is the reason?" As the two of them spoke, Wang Yun began to attack.

"It's not just impeachment of Wang Shangshu, but all the lords and ministers who misunderstood the country. Zong Mou impeached! Anyone who gains the power of the enemy will be jealous and hates everyone in the world, and it's not just Zong Mou dissatisfied." Zong Ze also retorted without showing any weakness.

Zhao Qiong looked at Nie Shan's face and flushed. He must have been involved in Zong Ze, no wonder he also sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.

"How did Lord Zong know that Wang Yun is a spy?" Zong Ze was speechless...

"Where is the evidence? Where is the witness?" Zong Ze was ashamed... After Wang Yun's repeated questioning, Zong Ze was speechless. When he lied about military merits, everyone saw that what he said was clearly untrue. He was a little angry and just emphasized that he was just a little embarrassed.

He advocated peace talks and was a spy from the Jin Kingdom.

"What do you think of Lord Nie?" Zhao Qi was speechless as he watched the two arguing.

"Shangshu Wang cannot be a spy. He has a deep feud with the Jurchens. How could he be a spy of the Jurchens!" Nie Shan said.

"Oh, I'd like to hear it carefully!" Zhao Qi was not familiar with Wang Yun and frowned. He quickly learned something about him from Nie Shan's mouth.

Wang Yun is also a second-generation official. Wang Yun's father admires the Tang Dynasty's "Nan Jiyun". He hopes that his two sons will die from the king's affairs and become a famous minister for all time, so he named the two " Wang Ji, a "Wang Yun". He was also a Jinshi, just like most people in the court, but his father stood in the wrong team and was beaten to the Yuanyou Party, so he was dismissed. His brother Wang Ji impeached Cai Jing , Tong Guan was demoted to Hainan.

After Cai Jing and Tong Guan fell, his brother Wang Ji was ordered to return to the capital and sent to Zhong Shizhong's army to assist in the siege of Taiyuan. The Song army was defeated and Zhong Shizhong died in battle. Wang Ji also died in the king's affairs. Wang family It is also considered a family of heroes. Therefore, Wang Yun and the Jurchens have become enemies. Since he was ordered to go on an envoy, he has forgotten his own selfishness and his country and his family. He faithfully carried out Zhao Huan's order, and he did not hesitate to show off his servitude as a coquettish person. .If you look at it from Zhao Huan's perspective, Wang Yun can be called a loyal minister and a subordinate who does his best to serve the country. The subsequent development of things gradually exceeds Zhao Qi's common sense...

The quarrel between Zong Ze and Wang Yun gradually attracted the attention of the people around him, and they gathered together. Zong Ze was very popular in Cizhou, and the people of Cizhou knew that since the Jin soldiers went south, the magistrate of Cizhou, which the imperial court had repeatedly appointed, was unwilling to take office. It is easy to have this Lord Zong who is willing to come and recruit soldiers to build the city to fight against the Jin soldiers and protect their homes.

It was Wang Yun's suggestion that the people of Cizhou were spared from a war. Because Wang Yun's kindness saved the people of both places, it was a good thing that should be thankful. But the people saw that the Jin soldiers did not come. Everyone believed that the Qingye act was useless to destroy walls and houses, transport grain and grass. After all, they scolded Wang Yun for being a fine work by the Jin people, bluffing for the Jin soldiers and scaring the people of the Song Dynasty.

Now I heard that Wang Yun wanted to send King Yan to the Jin camp, and ceded the land north of the Yellow River, so that all the people of Cizhou would be destroyed by the Jin soldiers and let the Jin soldiers kill and plunder and ravage them. Also, Lord Zong wanted to persuade King Kang not to negotiate peace. He vowed to defend his territory and protect the people. Wang Yun even shouted to Lord Zong, saying that Lord Zong had deceived the emperor, clearly trying to plead guilty for Lord Zong to deceive the emperor.

Compared with the two, the tendency of the people can be imagined. So when he heard the rumors of Wang Yun and Zong Ze quarrel, he was immediately dissatisfied with Wang Yun and scolded him as a spy from the Jin Kingdom and shouted that he would be beaten to death. Of course, Wang Yun had to prove his integrity, so he had an argument with the people, but how could he be able to defeat the people with one mouth alone? He could only keep retreating amid the shouts of killing.

However, in the face of the people's besieging important officials of the court, Zong Ze did not come forward to stop it, did not explain, and did not use the appropriate means to calm the situation, but waited and let it deteriorate. This made Zhao Zhen very puzzled. Could it be that Zong Ze really Are you not afraid of being impeached again and being punished? Or is he who has other purposes?

Seeing that Wang Yun was about to be drowned by the spit of the people, Zhao Qiong, who was standing on the city wall, could not ignore it. He ordered people to go down the city and snatch Wang Yun out of the crowd and escort into the city. Of course, the people made such a fuss. Who would have They didn't have the intention to care about whether Zong Ze had summoned 15,000 soldiers, and everyone hurried back to the inn.

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After dinner, Zhao Qi was still thinking about what happened during the day. In his memory, he vaguely remembered that a major event occurred in Cizhou in the history of the Song Dynasty, that was, Zhao Gou, who was on the Jin Dynasty, accepted Zong Ze's suggestion here.

He stopped and went to Jin camp to negotiate peace. He went to Xiangzhou since then. Bianjing was besieged and he was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the World, asking him to lead troops to serve the king. Zhao Gou also got rid of his fate of being captured and achieved success

After a period of imperial career, Wang Yun, who insisted on going north to negotiate peace, was beaten and killed by the people here.

"Second Master, Zong Ze, the governor of Cizhou, asked for a meeting!" The guard guard outside the courtyard came in and reported.

"Let him wait in the hall and I'll be there later!" Zhao Qi thought for a while and said, vaguely feeling that things that happened back then would definitely not be as simple as recorded in historical books.

"Goodbye to the prince!" Zong Ze hurriedly said when he saw the prince coming.

"Mr. Zong is exempted from gifts. Is there something important at this late at night?" Zhao Qi looked at Zong Ze up and down. The old man was over 60 years old, but he was in good spirits. Although he was a civil servant, he was wearing military uniform and carrying a serpent around his waist.

The sword and his behavior were somewhat like a general who was strategist, but the scholar's aura between his eyebrows was hard to hide, and he was less of the murderous aura of blood-stained Zhengyi.

"Prince, the officials found out that the Jin army had captured Wei County and were preparing to cross the Yellow River to the east and go south!" Zong Ze replied. The prince looked at him, and he also looked at Zhao Qi carefully. It was said that Prince Yan was good at fighting, but

It only looks like he did not have the killing aura of ordinary generals, but he looked like an ordinary scholar. It was hard to believe that he had led his troops to conquer Xixia, rescued Taiyuan, and defeated the Jin army's Western Road Marshal Zong Han.

"Oh, what is that Master Zong going to deal with it?" Zhao Qi took the tea handed over by Jianxi and said, "A sipped it.

"The lower officials are to warn the whole city. The chief of the North Road Chief Executive, Daming Prefecture, left behind, Lord Zhao Ye, sent an edict to all states to request support!" Zong Ze replied, but his eyes were always staring at the prince. Cizhou and Daming Prefecture were only a short distance away. The Jin army

It is available at any time, but when he heard this news, the King of Yan didn't seem to have much reaction. If he was not calm, he would have been frightened.

"Well, once the Jin army crosses the Yellow River, there is no danger to defend the south bank. The Jin army can reach the capital in two days. When will Lord Zong go out for help?" Zhao Qi nodded and asked.

"The officials originally wanted to raise all the troops in our mansion to reinforce, but the prince's carriage was here. The officials received reports that the Jin army's reconnaissance cavalry was pursuing the whereabouts of the prince, so they did not dare to dispatch troops without authorization!" Zong Ze replied.

"It's okay. I will leave Cizhou tomorrow and go to Jinying to discuss peace. Lord Zong should not think about me. Reinforce Daming as soon as possible. Do not let them cross the river east!" Zhao Qi waved his hands repeatedly.

"Does the prince still want to go north? The Jin people are fierce. King Su has not returned for a long time. King Yan is like a meat entering the mouth of a tiger. The prince must not go again!" Zong Ze suddenly stood up and said anxiously.

"I am ordered by the saint to go to the Jin camp to negotiate peace. This is both a state and a family matter. With important officials accompanying me, how can I be afraid of going forward!" Zhao Qi said with a chuckling, he knew that the play meat was coming... (I haven't finished waiting for it.

Continued...)