Xianxia version of Water Margin

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If Qin Hui was really a loyal and faithful minister who was ready to die, Yue Fei might have hesitated to kill him!

But Qin Hui wanted to be a whore and a saint at the same time. He enjoyed everyone's respect, but in the end he wanted to live in shame. He was a treacherous and cowardly villain.

How could Yue Fei have any psychological burden to kill Qin Hui?

There is nothing to say.

After Yue Fei strangled Qin Hui to death with a bowstring, he was ordered to raid Qin Hui's house with Zhao Ding and arrested all nine clans of Qin Hui.

As a result, hundreds of men from Qin Hui's nine clans, including many relatives of Qin Hui's wife Wang, such as Qin Hui's father-in-law Wang Zhongshan and uncle Wang Zhongyi, were all beheaded, while women were all criminals and distributed to meritorious soldiers.

Seeing this, someone asked: "Why did the Great Yuan Emperor only kill Qin Yushi's clan? Is it because Qin Yushi refused to surrender and was loyal to the Zhao family?"

Someone who knew the truth said: "No, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, Li Shilang and more than 20 people swore to die rather than surrender. The Great Yuan Emperor gave poisoned wine to these 20 Song officials who were loyal to the Zhao family. The others drank it without hesitation, but Qin Yushi refused to drink it and begged for life. Who would have thought that the Great Yuan Emperor respected loyal and righteous people and tested their loyalty with fake poisoned wine. As a result, the loyal officials who drank the fake poisoned wine were pardoned by the Great Yuan Emperor and taught to serve the Zhao family. Only Qin Yushi, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was killed by the Great Yuan Emperor with nine clans."

The people around him suddenly realized and said: "This person should be killed. At this time when the country is destroyed and the family is ruined, he still wants to take advantage of the situation. The Great Yuan Emperor killed him well and eliminated this harm!"

It is worth mentioning that Wang was given to Yue Fei by Jiang Hongfei

Yue Fei wanted to refuse, but it was a gift from the emperor, so he couldn't refuse.

It was said that Yue Fei's original wife Liu was not a good person. She betrayed Yue Fei because Yue Fei was away fighting all year round and eloped with other men to marry him.

Later, Jiang Hongfei made the decision to let Yue Fei marry Li Wa, and gave Yue Fei four concubines, so that Yue Fei could have many children and produce more outstanding talents for the country, and Yue Fei had a family again.

Now with Wang, Yue Fei can be said to have enjoyed the blessing of having many wives.

Yue Fei was not an exception.

Although Jiang Hongfei did not give away any of the daughters of the royal family and clan of various countries, and took them all into his harem, all those who followed Jiang Hongfei, from the prime minister to the meritorious soldiers, were given women, and even enjoyed the blessing of having many wives.

To achieve this goal.

More importantly, to consolidate the foundation of his rule.

Jiang Hongfei followed the convention and had people place many evil collection boxes in Bianliang City to collect the most treacherous and evil people, that is, to prepare for the public trial.

Soon, a large number of Song officials such as Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, etc. were on the list of public trial, including Cai Jing, Cai You, Wang Shiyong, Xu Bingzhe, Fan Qiong and many other former Song officials who had already surrendered to the Yuan Empire.

Let's put it this way, at least two-thirds of the Song officials were on the list of public trial.

Among them, there are some Song officials with good reputation or good ability.

The reason for this situation is that in addition to the officials of the Zhao Ji Dynasty and the Zhao Huan Dynasty (especially the former), there are indeed many treacherous officials in power, slanderous and monopolistic, and they will not use anyone who is not related to them, and will not take anything without money.

There is also a conflict caused by land.

You know, during the Zhao Song Dynasty, if land annexation was not suppressed, the powerful class would definitely accumulate land by any means, and in this process, they would inevitably commit numerous crimes, causing conflicts between the landlord class and the peasant class.

In order to completely solve this problem, Jiang Hongfei and his ministers discussed and decided that, like other areas of the Yuan Empire, all the land in the capital area would be nationalized, and then rented to the peasant class in the form of land tax per mu.

Those who opposed this policy, even those who complained about it, were all put on the public trial platform.

In addition, those who were so evil that they could not be saved were all put on the public trial platform.

——There is an exception here, that is, those who surrendered to Jiang Hongfei before Jiang Hongfei entered Bianliang City.

The most typical examples are Cai Jing, Cai You, Wang Shiyong, Xu Bingzhe, Fan Qiong and others.

Although these people were extremely evil, they had already taken the initiative to surrender to Jiang Hongfei, and Jiang Hongfei could not kill them no matter what. Otherwise, who would dare to surrender to Jiang Hongfei, and it would be difficult to fight in this world.

Jiang Hongfei only confiscated the property of these people and hinted that he would find an excuse to reward them with some money and help them make up for it after the storm passed.

Those who took the initiative to surrender to Jiang Hongfei had their property confiscated. Those who did not surrender to the Yuan Empire, or those who followed the wind, especially those who were not capable enough, needless to say, all went to public trial as long as they were reported.

It can be said that although Jiang Hongfei pardoned many people, the nobles, wealthy families, and gentry in Bianliang City were still subjected to a major purge, and the ruling foundation of the Zhao Song Dynasty in Bianliang City was completely eliminated...

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei exempted the remaining people from debt, land, and grain, and exempted them from taxes for two years...

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Just as the poor people in Bianliang City were reveling and the powerful class was trembling, the royal daughters and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty in the harem were also sad and worried!

You know, the daughters of the royal family and clan of the fallen country will basically become playthings of the powerful people of the new dynasty.

Not to mention the distant past, when the Zhao Song Dynasty destroyed the Later Shu Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin took in Lady Huarui; when the Zhao Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi had sex with Consort Xiao Zhou in Xiling Mausoleum.

Therefore, the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao and Song dynasties knew very well what fate they would have.

really!

Soon, Zhao Yupan and other ten imperial concubines and concubines entered the harem, and then told Empress Dowager Zheng, Empress Zhu and others that Jiang Hongfei had taken all the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao and Song dynasties into his harem.

Seeing that they all became Jiang Hongfei's women, some cried, some made trouble, some couldn't accept it, and some wanted to die for their country.

As soon as the voice of sacrificing one's life for the country came out, some people objected: "The flag was lowered on the king's city. I learned about it in the palace. One hundred and forty thousand people were all disarmed, and not a single man was a man."

Those who clamored to die for the Zhao and Song dynasties fell silent after listening to this poem.

yes.

The Zhao Song Dynasty was not lost by women like them, so why did they die for the Zhao Song Dynasty?

Also, are Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi only allowed to rob other people's women, but others are not allowed to rob Zhao's women?

Zhao Yupan and other emperor concubines and concubines who had been taken in by Jiang Hongfei also advised the girls that Jiang Hongfei was magnanimous, young and handsome, and was not at all as cruel and murderous as the outside world reported. Now that the matter had come to this, everyone should accept the situation.

After listening to what Zhao Yupan and the others said, Empress Dowager Zheng felt relieved!

To be honest, Queen Mother Zheng really doesn't think the current situation is worse than before.

First of all, Empress Dowager Zheng felt that although she looked about thirty years old, her actual age was already in her early forties after all, and Jiang Hongfei might not touch her.

To say the least, Empress Dowager Zheng felt that even if Jiang Hongfei was sexually interested in her, it would not matter. She didn't care.

She was like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty. She had been away from home for many years and she just took this opportunity to become a woman again.

In other words, Queen Mother Zheng was not afraid of losing her virginity. She wished Jiang Hongfei was sexually interested in her, and was even worried that Jiang Hongfei would think she was too old and would not be sexually interested in her.

The reason why Queen Mother Zheng is like this is not that she is mean, but that she knows that this is the best choice.

No.

It should be said that it was Jiang Hongfei who gave Empress Dowager Zheng new choices and even opportunities.

When Empress Dowager Zheng was young, she was beautiful, knowledgeable, talented, and good at obeying the emperor's heart and understanding the emperor's will, so she doted on the Sixth Palace.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Zheng also inherited the Song Palace's tradition of "entertaining ladies", encouraged Zhao Ji to recruit more women, and was willing to take care of those palace ladies who were pregnant with Zhao Ji's children.

For example, Zhao Gou's mother, Webster, received much care from her.

Also, when Zhao Ji's beloved Concubine Liu (also Zhao Fujin's mother) passed away, she took the initiative to adopt Concubine Liu as her adopted daughter, and generously supported Zhao Ji in pursuing the title of Queen Mingda, which not only made Zhao Ji grateful to her She is considerate and considerate, and retains the queen's dignity to a certain extent.

Later, Xiao Guifei entered the palace as a special favor, and the limelight faintly overshadowed her in the middle palace, but she still did not fight for it and took it indifferently.

After the death of Concubine Liu, Zhao Ji was very sad and wanted to make Concubine Liu the Queen of Ming Festival. Empress Dowager Zheng also happily supported it.

Empress Dowager Zheng had done too many things like this.

Therefore, all the women in Zhao Ji's harem thought highly of Empress Dowager Zheng. Even Zhao Ji admitted that the prosperity of his children was due to Empress Dowager Zheng.

Empress Dowager Zheng was also the queen for nearly twenty years because of her high qualifications, great achievements, wide connections, the most favored by Zhao Ji, and the respect of everyone. Even if her only son died young, no woman could shake her status. .

In short, Queen Mother Zheng is a very capable woman.

Ordinarily, a woman like Empress Dowager Zheng would definitely have a good ending.

But Empress Dowager Zheng had calculated everything and all the agencies, but she still missed one person—Zhao Huan.

No.

It cannot be said that Empress Dowager Zheng missed Zhao Huan.

The impeccable Empress Dowager Zheng had already planned for Zhao Huan.

First of all, after the death of Empress Wang, Empress Dowager Zheng took the initiative to adopt Zhao Huan and his sister Zhao Jinnu, and took great care of them;

Secondly, it was precisely because of the secret support of Empress Dowager Zheng, his adoptive mother, that Zhao Huan was able to secure his position as prince.

Later, Empress Dowager Zheng also bought an insurance policy, which was to use Zhao Ji's hand to give her two nieces, Zheng Qingyun and Zheng Yaogong, to Zhao Huan, preparing them to follow her old path.

Ordinarily, Empress Dowager Zheng has been so well prepared that she will never lose.

But Queen Mother Zheng lost in the end.

Empress Dowager Zheng never expected that Zhao Huan, as a hot-blooded man, was not fond of women. He did not touch Zheng Qingyun and Zheng Yaogong who were trained by Empress Dowager Zheng, and they were still virgins until now, let alone get them. Zhao Huan's love and support gave Zhao Huan a lot of love.

Empress Dowager Zheng never expected that Zhao Huan, who had been humble, filial, and well-behaved when he was the prince, would turn out to be a beast who would even imprison his biological father who passed the throne to him for the sake of power, and did not care at all about the kindness of her adoptive mother.

As a result, Empress Dowager Zheng was also placed under house arrest by Zhao Huan, who was afraid of her doing bad things.

It is no exaggeration to say that Empress Dowager Zheng, who had dominated the harem for more than 20 years, was completely defeated at the hands of the ruthless Zhao Huan.

Let's put it this way, if Jiang Hongfei hadn't called, Empress Dowager Zheng would have been under house arrest by Zhao Huan until she died.

Not only that, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, because he had no money, he first attacked her Zheng family, raped her father Zheng Shen and her two brothers Zheng Yizhi and Zheng Cheng, and ransacked her Zheng family completely. He didn't care at all about her as an adoptive mother and the Queen Mother of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Empress Dowager Zheng rarely hated someone because she felt that it was a sign of incompetence.

But now, Queen Mother Zheng hated Zhao Huan, very much.

Not only Zhao Huan, Queen Mother Zheng also hated Zhao Ji, who passed the throne to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Ji was a playboy, so be it.

Queen Mother Zheng could tolerate such things, could accept it, or even accept it with pleasure, but she could not tolerate Zhao Ji's incompetence and stupidity. How could Zhao Ji pass the throne to a useless person like Zhao Huan?

In the eyes of Queen Mother Zheng, fortunately, God rewards hard work, and God did not let her lose completely and fail miserably. He sent Jiang Hongfei to rescue her and gave her a chance to turn the tables.

Zhao Ji had a total of 143 concubines and female officials with titles, 479 palace maids without titles, 604 concubines, and 1,314 singing girls.

A group of imperial concubines, a group of princesses, concubines, a group of clan princesses, a group of clan princesses, clan women, clan women, noble women, and their maids, all these women together, there are more than 3,000 people.

These more than 5,000 women are the bargaining chips for Queen Mother Zheng to turn things around.

Queen Mother Zheng thought: "As long as I manage these women for the Great Yuan Emperor and make him happy in the harem, I will definitely win his favor. If I don't become the queen mother, I can still be a housekeeper!"

Thinking of this, Queen Mother Zheng said to the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty: "The rise and fall of a family and a country has its own time. Why should the people of Wu blame Xi Shi. If Xi Shi could help the country of Wu to fall, who would be the one who destroyed the country of Yue?"

Queen Mother Zheng's words resonated with the women.

They all thought: "This war was fought by men. What does it have to do with women like me in the harem? Why should we die for our country?"

Queen Zhu Lian felt that what Queen Mother Zheng said was not right.

But Zhu Lian didn't know how to refute it.

After thinking about it, Zhu Lian could only persuade the girls, saying, "Your Majesty will certainly mediate. We may not have no other way out."

Empress Dowager Zheng nodded and agreed with Zhu Lian's naive idea on the surface, but she was thinking in her heart, "When the Song Dynasty still had a million troops, a full court of civil and military officials, and millions of miles of territory, that unfilial son was defeated miserably, not to mention that the victory and defeat have been decided now?"

Although she thought so, Empress Dowager Zheng could not say so.

Empress Dowager Zheng took Zhu Lian's hand and said, "Now that my Zhao family has encountered a great disaster, you and I, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, should work together to save lives."

Hearing what Empress Dowager Zheng said, Zhu Lian was very relieved, but at the same time felt a little sorry.

Zhao Huan treated Empress Dowager Zheng so badly, which could be said to be extremely ungrateful, but now that things have come to this, Empress Dowager Zheng has repaid grievances with virtue and is still protecting Zhao Huan and the Zhao Song Dynasty, which is really rare.

To be honest, Zhu Lian felt that her vision was really not as good as Empress Dowager Zheng's.

Seeing that the two palaces did not fight internally, but worked together to face the disaster together, the daughters of the royal family and the daughters of the royal clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty were all relieved.

Of course, there were also many daughters of the royal family and the royal clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty who were united around Queen Mother Zheng and Queen Zhu on the surface, but in fact, they were planning for themselves and their families like Queen Mother Zheng.

After pacifying the daughters of the royal family and the royal clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty and letting them leave, Queen Mother Zheng kept Zhu Lian.

After hesitating again and again, Queen Mother Zheng still hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Zhu Lian took the initiative to say: "Empress Dowager, the country has come to this point. There is still something to be avoided between you and me as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. You can speak freely."

After hearing what Zhu Lian said, Empress Dowager Zheng said hesitantly: "Since the queen is so sensible, then I will tell you something from the bottom of my heart."

"Alas!"

After a long sigh, Empress Dowager Zheng said bluntly: "Queen, you should be prepared to serve the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty..."

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