Chapter 63 Qin Hui's happy life

That day, Zhao Gou stared at Qin Hui eagerly, waiting for him to announce the shocking secret. Unfortunately, Zhao Gou was disappointed after all. Qin Hui's two ingenious strategies for governing the country and the world are actually nothing new. One is the "south from south, north from north" mentioned many times before; the second is to add another one on this basis: "If you want to return the people of Hebei to the Kingdom of Jin, the people of the Central Plains will return to Liu Yu".Its core content is to divide the original land of the Song Dynasty into three parts. The land and people north of the Yellow River are assigned to the Kingdom of Jin, the land and people south of the Yellow River and north of the Huai River are assigned to the Puppet Qi, and the remaining land and people below the Huai River are classified as Jin. The southern region is where the Southern Song Dynasty settled down. ("If you want to return the people of Hebei to the Kingdom of Jin, and the people from the Central Plains to return Liu Yu.")

There is no doubt that this is a naked begging and surrender plan. When Qin Hui said it, it really "sensated the world" and shocked the government and the public. The soldiers of the Southern Song Army were mainly composed of people from Northwest, Hebei, and Shandong. According to the "two strange strategies", Zhao Gou not only had to dedicate all the land north of the Huai River, but also a large number of northern people who went south. They all have to go back to accept the rule of the Jin people, which is tantamount to asking the Southern Song Dynasty to automatically disarm and completely give up its armed resistance to the Jin.

Zhao Gou was very discouraged when he saw Qin Hui's expression that he didn't want to be beaten. Although Zhao Gou and Qin Hui both pursued capitulationism, the connotation of surrender is still different. What Zhao Gou longs for is to surrender on the basis of maintaining the existing independence. The purpose is to sell the country in exchange for security, but you, Qin Hui, are selling your sovereignty and territory, and you have to disarm and disarm automatically. Selling oneself into slavery is thorough!How can you do this!We absolutely cannot agree with this proposition, let the people of the whole country despise and cast aside Qin Hui's shameless thoughts together!

After being sullen for a long time, Zhao Goucai said resentfully: "Oh, you said 'Southerns return to the South, Northerners return to the North', I belong to the Northerners, do I also have to go to the North to accept the management of the Jinren?!" "This..." Qin Hui was momentarily at a loss for words. From then on, "people began to know the traitor of juniper", and many loyal and upright people planned to expel this traitor from the power center of the country. Lu Yihao was the first to go mad. The left prime minister who was murdered by Qin Hui, took the opportunity of returning to the court to report on his duties, and connected with the governor Zhu Shengfei, the imperial servant Huang Guinian, the right secretary Liu Wei, and the political adviser Quan Bangyan, etc., in front of Zhao Gou. Accused Qin Hui of "dedicated to peace negotiations, prevented recovery, planted party and monopolized power, and gradually failed to grow" since he became prime minister, and classified Qin Hui as a small person like Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo.

Zhao Gou, whose expectation was in vain, looked lonely and unhappy.He had lost interest in Qin Hui, and with an imperial edict, he was dismissed as a scholar of Guanwen Hall, in charge of Jiangzhou Taiping Temple, and expelled from the court. Thinking about it, I added another supplement: never reuse it again. However, God did not make Qin Hui wait long.Only one year later, Zuo Xiang Lu Yihao was impeached by Yushitai and forced to resign. It was Zhao Ding, a doctor of Zuozhong and a member of the Privy Council, who took the stage to pay homage to the prime minister. However, during the Outang War in the sixth year of Shaoxing (1136), Zhao Ding was squeezed out by Zhang Jun, resigned sadly, and was released as the prefect of Shaoxing.

Once Zhao Ding left, Qin Hui's opportunity came. This year, Han Xiaozhou, who was on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, returned to the south, and he brought Li Yongshou and Wang Yikai, the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin.When these two people met Zhao Gou, they asked Zhao Gou to expel all the Ren families who were originally from the north back to the north, and the northerners returned to the north. Northerners return to the North?Isn't this Qin Hui's tone? !Zhao Gou was shocked suddenly, thinking of Qin Hui who had a special identity, and suddenly missed him.Qin Hui was forced to resign by his head before, but now Qin Hui is still indispensable if he wants to realize his long-cherished wish to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin.It happened that in order to squeeze Zhao Ding away, Zhang Jun recommended Qin Hui in front of Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou followed suit and immediately activated Qin Hui from the substitute list, making him and Zhao Ding switch positions, and returned to the court as a privy secretary. Make.

When Qin Hui came back, he kept a low profile, "There is nothing to build, but to serve Zhang Jun", but it seemed that he was waiting for the right time. When Huaixi changed generals, he made a few small moves in a subtle way, which caused the mutiny to be detonated. Zhang Jun was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, unable to tell what he was suffering.He first persuaded Zhao Gou with Zhang Jun to change the Huaixi Army's original intention to belong to Yue Fei. Later, he prevented Zhang Jun from going to Luzhou in person on the grounds that "the governor's government held the army as a suspicion", in order to intensify Wang De and Li Qiong. Human contradictions create objective conditions.

Because of this, Zhang Jun also saw clearly the true face of his deep city, cruelty and cunning, but he had no choice but to take full responsibility for the Huaixi Mutiny, and resigned from office. After reading Zhang Jun's resignation letter, Zhao Gou didn't hold back, but asked: "After you leave, who is suitable to take over?" Zhang Jun didn't answer in silence. Zhao Gou thought about it and asked, "How is Qin Hui?" Zhang Jun immediately said: "I have been working with him recently, and I discovered his dark and treacherous side." (When leaving office, Zhang Jun seized the last opportunity to remind Zhao Gou to beware of this person.)

Zhao Gou asked again: "Then use Zhao Ding?" Zhang Jun didn't speak ill of Zhao Ding because he was his political enemy, but his political views were too different from Zhao Ding's, so he kept silent. "That's Zhao Ding!" Zhang Jun was ordered to draft an edict to call Zhao Ding into the court.At the same time, Zhao Gou personally wrote a hand edict: "A scholar of Guanwendian, an ambassador of the Liangzhe East Road appeasement system, and also knows Shaoxing Mansion Zhao Dingchong Wanshou Guanshi and attendant. Go and go as soon as possible." Zhang Jun withdrew from the court, Qin Hui has been waiting in the capital hall, Qin Hui's new privy envoy not long ago, coveted the position, and according to the official system of the Song Dynasty, the first-rank privy envoy is lower than the first-rank prime minister, but higher than the second-rank Chanzhi In terms of political affairs, Zhang Jun's abdication should be due to Qin Hui's promotion from a first-rank privy envoy to prime minister.Therefore, "Hinoki must recommend himself", took Zhang Jun's hand, and chatted a lot of irrelevant things very intimately.

When he finally knew Zhao Gou's edict to summon Zhao Ding, he couldn't help but "come out in astonishment". A few days later, when Zhao Ding came back from Shaoxing Mansion, Qin Hui was furious with Zhang Jun, so he spoke ill of Zhang Jun in front of Zhao Ding, saying, "The Holy Majesty originally called you to come back to take over the phase, but Zhang Jun pushed back and deliberately delayed." Try to separate the two.It's a pity that Zhao Ding didn't like him. At the beginning of the journey to the south, Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding got along very well. As soon as Qin Hui returned to the country, the two talked about this person secretly. Zhang Jun didn't really know Qin Hui, and praised Qin Hui as a good person. Once you succeed, you and I will have no place to stand!"

Zhang Jun didn't take it seriously, firmly believed in his own vision, and vigorously cited Qin Hui as the deputy prime minister. After working together for a period of time, "only knew the secret", and voluntarily severed all contacts with Qin Hui. Zhao Ding's return to the prime minister was only two months before and after his last resignation. He behaved very gracefully, and he was very gracious. Although he opposed radical ideas, he defended Zhang Jun himself in every possible way.Zhao Gou hated Zhang Jun for ruining himself in Fuping and Huaixi, and said to Zhao Ding, "Zhang Jun has repeatedly delayed state affairs, so he should be relegated to remote areas." He planned to exile him in Lingnan. Zhao Ding persuaded: "Zhang Jun's mother is very old, and he himself has made great contributions to the king. I hope the emperor can punish him lightly." As a prime minister, but during his tenure as a phase, it is hard to hide his merits." Zhao Ding bowed down and said: "Zhang Jun's crime is all in the wrong employment. Your Majesty, who did not make a mistake? Everyone will definitely take into account the factors of success and failure before implementing a strategy, but who can Guaranteed to be safe? If you are so strict because of a misstep, who will dare to offer you strategies in the future? This matter is related to the future development of the court, and Zhang Jun alone cannot affect the overall situation." Listen. After Zhao Ding's words, half of Zhao Gou's anger finally dissipated, and he agreed to relocate Zhang Jun to Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan) and deal with it leniently. Qin Hui saw that his estrangement plan didn't work, so he put his tail between his legs and acted like a man. He only followed Zhao Ding's lead in everything, and behaved very low-key. Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills.If Qin Hui is an actor, he will definitely win an Oscar.His acting skills deceived all the audience, including Zhao Ding.After a short period of time, "Ding Su hates juniper, because he believes it deeply, and he is obsessed with it", Zhao Ding's attitude towards him has undergone a 180-degree change, from disgust to appreciation. When Zhao Ding was in high position, Zhao Gou once said to him: "Since you are in high position, then the ministers in the court, who will be used and who will be abandoned, will be up to you." Zhao Ding's answer was actually: "Now the ministers in the court, Only one person is indispensable, and he is Qin Hui." Later, Zhao Gou appointed Shen Yuqiu and others as the heads of the Privy Council, and appointed Wang Shu as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and sent him to Jianghuai to re-arm. Regarding the defense of the Jianghuai River, Yue Fei said: "Your Majesty moved to Jiankang and started to restore the Central Plains. Recently, it was rumored that the Huaixi army was defeated and rebelled, and Li Qiong and others threatened the army and the people to leave. The sudden incident was not the original intention of the soldiers. , I heard that there are a lot of people fleeing halfway, and the losses caused are not as great as imagined. The emperor needn't worry too much. According to the recent situation, Liu Yu's thieves still dare not act rashly, and there are currently no thieves in Xiangyang. Only Huaidian is approaching, and I am willing to lead the whole army into the village. If the enemy invades, I will try my best to resist and seek to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop. I hope the emperor can arrange another army to station in the area of ​​Xiangyang, just in case .” Zhao Gou "delivered imperial edicts, rewarded edicts but did not allow them." Yue Fei also proposed to lead some soldiers to patrol the border of the defense zone. Zhao Gou wrote him a "Royal Letter" and said: "You have worked hard in stationing troops abroad, and you can tell me something secret. After the Huaixi rebellion, I was also worried about Huaixi. The Yangtze River area is all dependent on Aiqing. You have to rectify the army and horses, be on guard at all times, and never let up. The naval forces from Qiyang and Jiangzhou can be sent to garrison Xiangyang. It’s really rare for someone like Aiqing to think about the country, so I won’t say much, everything will be said In the middle." ("In the autumn of the Qing Dynasty, the troops were raised to press the border. The wind and frost are already cold, and the conquest is bitter. If there are other matters, they can be played in secret. After the imperial court rebelled with the Huaixi army, every time it was worried. In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, When it is urgent, it is all up to Qing's army to take care of it. You can even watch out for the army and horses left behind, and train them neatly, so that they are often invaded by bandits. Qiyang and Jiangzhou's two naval forces should also be dispatched to prevent accidents. Like Qing Tiguo, Don’t wait too long.”) Yue Fei received this "Royal Letter", so he had no choice but to obey the order "to station in Jiangzhou with the boat division to support Huaihe and Zhejiang". Wang Shu dispatched troops to Jianghuai, and transferred Liu Kai, who knew Luzhou, to Zhenjiang, thinking that Jiangzuo was the root; Zhang Zongyan was appointed to know Luzhou and in charge of the pacification department on Huainan West Road, and led 7,000 people from his department to garrison Luzhou. , sent Jushigu to lead 3,000 people to garrison Taiping Prefecture (now Dangtu, Anhui); and separated two troops from Han Shizhong's troops to garrison Tianchang and Sizhou, and finally rebuilt the breakpoint of the defense line.