pjbooks Chapter 366 Grand Marshal Zhao Gou
Chapter 366 Grand Marshal Zhao Gou
"When the Jin army entered Bianjing, they only broke through Kaifeng. The Northern Song Dynasty still controlled a large area."
"So, if you were a local resident or a person in power, wouldn't you be shocked by the news that the emperor was captured and a large number of imperial relatives and concubines were taken north?"
People from other places: (°ー°〃) Shocking for a hundred years!!!
Zhao Gou, secretly preparing to don the imperial robe: Wait for me, let me put on some clothes first!!!
"By April of the second year of the Jingkang era, the drama on the Song Dynasty side had nothing to do with Emperors Huizong and Qinzong anymore; to do anything more would only bring shame!"
"The pressure is there. Zhao Gou, serving as Grand Marshal in a distant region, must be wondering what his feelings were upon learning of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and how he, as the only prince far from home, must have felt!"
Lin Ke's words left the people of Wanchao speechless. What else could they feel? Probably half and half!
What's gratifying is that he can now wield absolute power. After all, he's a prince, and all the officials would surely support him!
But most of these worries stem from the belief that the Jurchens were too brutal, and they are afraid!
Not long after, Lin Ke's voice came again.
"While Zhao Huan was in a state of utter distress, Zhao Gou had already received a letter from Kaifeng pleading for help in the eleventh month of the intercalary year, but throughout the entire process, Zhao Gou did not show up at all!"
"Generally speaking, the Jin army besieged the city at the beginning of the intercalary eleventh month. After receiving the letter from Kaifeng pleading for help, Zhao Gou gathered troops in the two rivers region and returned to defend the emperor."
"For example, old acquaintances Zong Ze, Huang Qianshan, the prefect of Hejian, Zhang Jun, Tian Shizhong and other commanders have all come to this place to join us, and it seems that the team is constantly growing."
"Then why didn't Zhao Gou send reinforcements to Kaifeng?!"
"This is a problem. Perhaps Zhao Gou also struggled with it at the time, but first of all, the responsibility for this part lies with Emperor Qinzong of Song, Zhao Huan."
"Back then, the Jurchens breached the outer city, and a bunch of defeated soldiers looted their own people. We don't even care to talk about what the Song court was like at that time. That's why the Jurchens thought of seeking peace."
"Emperor Qinzong of Song was such a fool that he was afraid of the Jin people. He was afraid that returning to defend the capital would interrupt the Jin people's peace negotiations, so he specially sent someone to tell Zhao Gou: 'We are discussing peace... you can station troops... but do not move!'"
People from the Song Dynasty: Ah, this...
The people of the late Northern Song Dynasty were truly enraged; they had previously harbored illusions about such a court.
Therefore, they tolerated the actions of Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, but they never expected this.
It turns out that Kaifeng was not beyond saving. If they could wait for the emperor to come to their aid, or if the whole city united to resist, they might be able to fight their way out!
Who would have thought that their emperor would be so cowardly and irresponsible!
Compared to such a monarch, they desperately wanted a monarch who could lead them to fight back and rebuild their empire!
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Meanwhile, numerous comments emerged in the live stream:
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: This bastard, is his brain full of water?!
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: I think this grandson is mentally challenged. He is so afraid of the Jurchens that he actually hindered the return of the army to defend the emperor. He performed shamanistic rituals and cut off his own path to survival. If he dares to claim to be number one, no one will claim to be number two!
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: I was shocked. Such behavior at the end of the Song Dynasty! Even Emperor Tianzuo next door was better than this guy!
Judy, the Grand General Who Conquers the North: He doesn't even want to run! He's not even as good as his ancestors!
First Emperor: ...This is it...How did they even come up with such a stupid idea?! It's utterly foolish!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: If we had descendants like this, we'd rather smash our heads against a block of tofu and die!
Clearly, Zhao Huan's ideas were beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, which made a group of ambitious individuals even angrier!
Damn it, my aversion to stupidity has flared up again!!!
After a moment, Lin Ke continued, "Besides this imperial edict as a guarantee, surrenderists like Huang Qianshan took the opportunity to advise Zhao Gou, 'If His Majesty won't listen, then we shouldn't do anything!'"
"But we also know that such a suggestion will definitely be rejected by Zong Ze, who advocates war. He saw it very clearly from the side. The Jurchens are a bunch of cunning men."
Zong Ze, who desperately wanted to shake Zhao Gou awake, exclaimed: "Peace talks are just a delaying tactic! Wake up!"
"Zong Ze was a fierce man who shouted 'Cross the river!' even on his deathbed. He always hated the Jin soldiers."
Therefore, he suggested to Zhao Gou that since the emperor and father were in danger, they should lead their troops directly to Chanyuan to relieve the siege of Bianjing.
"Regardless of whether Zong Ze's plan was feasible, from the perspective of the time, the Jingkang Incident was an extremely shameful event."
"Even going back several hundred years, we only hear about emperors fleeing, but we rarely hear about emperors leading the exploitation of the people or acting like grandsons in front of the enemy!"
"This is probably extremely despairing for the pro-war faction and the common people, because at this time, they have no idea that throughout their lives, the Song court has never recovered its lost territories."
"I never expected that more than a hundred years later, a young man of humble origin would emerge and rebuild another Han dynasty on this land."
"So, going back in time, from Zhao Gou to Zhao Bing, none of them fulfilled their wish to recover lost territory. Just think how frustrated the ambitious civil and military officials must have felt!"
Upon hearing this, the civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were filled with despair. It turned out that their Song Dynasty, for over a hundred years, had failed to recover its lost territories!
To put it bluntly, they shouldn't have placed their hopes on the government!
Southern Song Dynasty
The officials in the court were whispering amongst themselves. Zhao Gou, sitting upright above, felt resentful but said nothing. He knew that many people were criticizing him.
But was it easy for him to maintain the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty? Were the Jurchens so easy to defeat?
I don't know what's wrong with that guy surnamed Zhu, he actually drove the Mongols away! Judging from his exploits, he's quite a ruthless person! He could never learn that!
Besides, it's not that he doesn't want to fight; he just needs to think it over carefully!
Zhu Yuanzhang: I, Old Zhu, am incredibly powerful!!!