Chapter 67 Suppress public outrage and betray the country

The contract is completed, and Jin Ren is of course willing to fulfill it as soon as possible! In November of this year, Gou Long Ruyuan, the censor Zhongcheng, reported to Zhao Gou: "The Kingdom of Jin sent two ambassadors to bring the contract, which is clearly written in black and white, and all the land south of the Yellow River belongs to us." !" Zhao Gou was overjoyed. "But..." Gou Long Ruyuan said hesitantly, "These two envoys entered our country, they...they demanded too much. They called the contract an imperial edict, and referred to our country as Jiangnan. Sit in the middle, and let our envoys stand by. The prefectures and counties they pass must be greeted grandly by the officials with generous gifts. We meet the etiquette of the emperor's imperial edict, and they...they..." Gou Long Ruyuan He murmured and stopped talking.

Zhao Gou was surprised and asked, "What happened to them?" Gou Long Ruyuan looked at Zhao Gou, and boldly said: "They... also said that after the contract arrives in Lin'an, you must bow down to the emperor before you can..." Before he could finish speaking, the officials immediately panicked. In a ball, some people will even take a knife to fight the golden man desperately. The two envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, one is Zhang Tonggu, the emissary to Jiangnan, and the other is Xiao Zhe, General Mingwei.Judging from their official names, "edict" and "Mingwei", this is clearly the attitude of the central government to treat the localities, implementing a condescending edict and raising its prestige.

It's nothing more than state and county officials kneeling down to greet the "edict", but Zhao Gou himself was required to bow down in "the ceremony of welcoming the emperor's edict", which was something that the ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty could not accept anyway.Because Zhao Gou at this time not only represented him personally, but also represented a country. Lin'an, Changzhou, Runzhou, Kuaiji and other places were "uneasy", and the people who opposed the peace talks were outraged. But Zhao Gou didn't think so. He put on a compassionate face and said that he could bear any grievances for the well-being of the people.For this reason, a decree with the same content as last time was issued, saying: "Dajin sent an envoy to the border, I thought Zigong had not yet returned, mother and queen were far away, the mausoleum and palace were closed for a long time, and the brothers and clans did not get together. The residents were not allowed to rest for more than ten years, and if they wanted to subjugate themselves, they made peace. The ministers who served in the court and admonished them, thought carefully and acted accordingly."

But a sentence was added later: one-day entry only. "Limited entry for one day" is a deliberate limitation of the time, so that the town's generals cannot enter.But as soon as the edict came out, the memorials still flew like snowflakes, which made him overwhelmed.In addition to Zhang Tao, Wei Wei and others who were in the court, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong who were outside, as well as Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding who had just been relegated, wrote letters to express their protest after learning the news. Yang Yizhong, who was in charge of the affairs of the Dianqian Division, led Xie Qian, who was in charge of the affairs of the Ma Jun Division, and Han Shiliang, who was in charge of the affairs of the Infantry Division, and others warned Qin Hui face to face, saying: "I heard that the emperor is going to kneel down to accept the imperial edict of the gold thief. Let me tell you in advance, if the army and civilians can't accept this fact and cause trouble, we can't handle it." And submitted a letter of opinion to the imperial envoy Zhongcheng Goulong Ruyuan, pointing to Goulong Ruyuan's nose and said : "It's not that we are troublesome, it's all because Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei are out. In the future, they will accuse us of being ministers of the old guard but watching the emperor kneel down to the gold thief. We can't bear it."

Under such tremendous pressure, Zhao Gou and Qin Hui had no choice but to send people to make accommodations with the Jin envoy Zhang Tonggu and the others to see if they could "courtesy of officials". There was no room for negotiation, so Zhang Tonggu refused straight away. If Zhao Gou didn't comply with the minister's courtesy, there would be no need to talk about the peace agreement, and the Jin envoy would leave immediately to return home. When Zhao Gou heard this answer, he was really suffering and couldn't express it. Qin Hui said dissatisfiedly at the side: "Ninety-nine prayers have passed, and the last shiver is missing?"

Zhao Gou was obviously stimulated by this sentence, and lost his temper with the Taiwanese admonishers Gou Long Ruyuan, Li Yi and others, playing with his temper: "Nowadays, the scholar-bureaucrats want to save face! When I was fleeing in Mingzhou that day, I almost fell into the sea. Hey bastard, at that time, it is estimated that no one would stop me from kneeling down to the golden man, but now it is good, everyone will come to stop me, why should I be at ease?!" When I was in Mingzhou, even though I worshiped him a hundred times, I never asked questions again.") A living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine. After a long time, someone came up with a bad idea and said, "How about this, Your Majesty, when you kneel down to worship the imperial edict, don't think that it is an edict from the Kingdom of Jin. Just think of your ancestors in your heart, and treat it as an imperial edict. Just kneel down and pay homage to the ancestors."

Another person was inspired and added: "If you think it is too difficult to do so, you can simply display the portrait of my emperor Taizong's remains in the hall, and let the Jinren put the imperial edict in front of the portrait. On the surface, we are worshiping the imperial edict. In fact, it is a portrait worship, which is justifiable in face and not shameful." ("Or ask the ancestors to look after their faces and place a golden edict to worship them.") If there is no other better way, it can only be like this. Zhao Gou had already made up his mind to bow down to the Jin people. There was a man called Shi Zhonglou who read a lot, and he didn't read dead books. He had a flexible mind. He remembered that there was a record in the Confucian classic "Shangshu": , Three years of silence", "Hundreds of officials have always listened to the prime minister" - Yin Gaozong Wuding did not speak a word for three years during his filial piety, and all state affairs were represented by the prime minister.He said: "Now the emperor is also in mourning, so he told the Jin people that the emperor is not in the mood to meddle in state affairs, so he cannot kneel down to accept the imperial edict of the Kingdom of Jin, and ask Qin Xianggong to kneel down and accept this "credentials" instead of the emperor according to the plot in the allusion. Isn't everything done?!"

What a talent! Applause, applause! Zhao Gou hurriedly sent someone to report to Zhang Tonggu, saying that this is a Chinese etiquette, and it cannot be violated.Moreover, our emperor was in bad luck when he was in mourning. It would be unlucky for you to meet you. The same is true for Qin Xianggong, who on behalf of him, led the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty to kneel down to receive the imperial edict of the Kingdom of Jin. After all, Zhang Tonggu's teeth finally loosened. But he made two more points: Qin Hui fully agreed to these two conditions.However, Qin Hui couldn't do the second thing at all.Because most patriotic officials heard about it and refused to participate.Shrimp have their way, and crabs have their way. This trivial matter did not bother our treacherous Qin.

On December 28th in the eighth year of Shaoxing (1138), the treacherous Qin Hui led a large group of officials to appear at the gate of the Jin embassy as scheduled, kneeling on behalf of Zhao Gou to accept the imperial edict of the Kingdom of Jin.Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that these officials are all fakes.Qin Hui ordered the subordinate officials of the three provinces in the court to wear scarlet or green court clothes, pretending to be officials of the fifth to ninth ranks, and let the subordinate officials of the Privy Council wear purple court clothes, pretending to be officials of the fourth rank or above, intending to pass the customs.Fortunately, the deception plan worked.

Without knowing it, Zhang Tonggu and others were very satisfied with the arrangement and performance of the Southern Song Dynasty. They nodded their heads triumphantly. A set of grand and complicated etiquette was held, and the first meeting between Song and Jin was considered a "successful" end. In the first month of the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), Song and Jin formally reached the following agreement under the "joint efforts" of Qin Hui and Ta Lan: Obviously, this is an unequal agreement. Zhao Gou's biological mother, father's bones, Henan, Shaanxi and other places were originally owned by the Song Dynasty, and now they are just paying ransom to the robbers.Sadly, this also meant that the Southern Song Dynasty agreed to permanently give up the land north of the Yellow River and all the Han people living there.

At the end of the first month, Zhang Tonggu set off to return to China accompanied by the "Thanks Envoy" Han Xiaozhou. Jingdong and Huaidong Xuanfu made Han Shizhong arrange a large group of soldiers with high martial arts skills to ambush in the area of ​​Hongze Town, wearing a red scarf on their heads, pretending to be a red scarf hero, and preparing to clean up Zhang Tonggu and destroy the peace agreement.But someone informed that Han Xiaozhou took Zhang Tonggu from Zhenzhou (now Yizheng City, Jiangsu Province) and Hezhou (now Chaohu City and County) skillfully bypassing the blockade of the red scarf heroes, and went north smoothly. Then it fell through. Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and others fulfilled their wish, announced the amnesty of the world, promoted all generals to ranks, and held a banquet in the palace to reward meritorious deeds, which was very lively. When the wine was hot, an untimely letter was played from Xiangyang. The watchman was Yue Fei. When dealing with the crimes of the second government, there is reason to speak out, and dare not remain silent. The husband and the captive are treacherous, and the minister has already tasted it in the face of it. But today's affairs are dangerous but not safe, worrying but not congratulatory. You can train soldiers Commander, be prepared for any danger; you can't reward and criticize meritorious deeds and make fun of Yidi.") Zhao Gou and Qin Hui were greatly disappointed and furious. But the peace talks were newly completed, and it was inconvenient to break out. Zhao Gou suppressed his anger and issued an edict to Yue Fei, promoting Yue Fei from the second-rank Taiwei to the first-rank Kaifu Yitong Third Division, hoping to make a fortune through the promotion to stop Yue Fei's mouth.In the imperial edict, Zhao Gou duplicityly praised Yue Fei for his great contribution to the Song-Jin peace talks, comparing him to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in the Western Han Dynasty, and Cen Peng and Jia Fu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhao Gou later added a letter, saying: "Thanks to your hard work in training troops and boosting up the country's prestige, this has completely changed the enemy's view of us. Now that peace has come, you have contributed a lot. I will never forget it! ("Qing and others worked hard to train troops, and the country's prestige was slightly strengthened, which caused the enemy to change their minds." "Qing and others have achieved the effect of supporting the crisis and supporting the British. I will forget it.") Faced with such a big face sent by Zhao Gou, everyone has to bear it first, but Yue Fei does not. Yue Fei read this dumbfounding edict, and angrily said to his staff: "Dogs and sheep are safe and trustworthy!" Infected by Yue Fei, all the staff discussed and became very angry.Zhang Jiefu, the staff member, even made full use of Yue Fei's words of "dogs and sheep are safe and trustworthy", splashing ink on the spot, writing a thank you letter generously. Zhang Jiefu, whose name is Ziheng, was born in Heshuo, with a heroic temperament and integrity. In his expression, he emphasized in his words: "The barbarians are merciless, dogs and sheep have no faith, and if you don't keep the promise of gold and stone, it is difficult to satisfy the demands of the streams and valleys." Then he shouted: "I hope to plan for a complete victory, and I hope to reclaim the land in Lianghe. I want to take revenge and serve the country at the end!" However, such a magnificent masterpiece can't arouse Zhao Gou's blood. What a shame, what a shame! The monarchs and ministers of the next generation still cried, but the father and son were ruthless at that time! Just think, the hatred of killing one's father and prostitute's mother can be laughed off, if nothing happened, what effect can words have?Zhao Gou stuffed the thank you form indiscriminately, and wrote back firmly urging Yue Fei to accept the credit and obey the imperial court's reward. Yue Fei regarded the award as a disgrace, and continued to make a strong speech: "If the minister takes the liberty to accept it, in the future, the captives will rebel against the alliance, and it will seem to hurt the dignity of the court." , I really want to be loyal to the royal family. I want to chase after the bed quickly, showing that the barbarians are unpredictable. If the officials take the liberty to accept it, the captives will rebel against the alliance in the future, and it will hurt the body of the court.”) Too ignorant of flattery! Zhao Gou was so angry that he personally wrote an imperial edict, severely reprimanded Yue Fei, and asked Yue Fei to honestly award and accept rewards by referring to the historical stories of Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, and Yang Hu who had enough to eat. Don't meddle in other people's business while farming the land. Cao Cao was under Xu to farm the fields, and within a few years, he accumulated millet and his granary was full; Zhuge Liang divided his troops to cultivate in Weinan, the people were happy, and the army was selfless; Yang Hu was even more terrible. When he first took office in Nanxia, ​​his army was insufficient. One hundred days of rations, but in the third year, there will be a ten-year accumulation, and the people of Jianghan are more at ease.Look at you, you know how to shout and shout all day long, can fighting alone solve the problem?Can't you learn from them? ! Yue Fei's answer was, why is it so difficult to make the army rations sufficient through farming?Now, though, I'd rather be reluctant to do things that improve morals through loyalty.As for whipping the barbarians, strengthening the national power, restoring the country, assisting the emperor, and enabling the people to enjoy endless peace and happiness, etc., I really don't know if these ambitions can be realized? ("The ministers are mediocre and lack talents, and I dare not make false comments on the ancients. His Majesty Fu Meng personally Sa Chenhan, spread out the second and third sons, and the matter of farming enough food, and bowed down to bestow them on the ministers. Dare the ministers not to be rude and blunt, and to worship the holy will." One? Husbands obey the fields, and there is also autumn. Farmers work. It is not difficult to use the farmland to feed the soldiers. The ministers are not arrogant. I hope that the years will be delayed, and I will dare to obey the imperial edict. To make loyalty and trustworthiness, do not do it. If a gentleman is abandoned, the minister will encourage him to catch him. If the husband scolds the barbarians, respects and strengthens China, helps the clan to be safe again, and assists the emperor to enjoy the rest of the world, the minister has a mere ambition, I don’t know if I can extend it and also!") He also reminded Zhao Gou that although Zhuge Liang was stationed in the army and farming, his lifelong ambition was to look down on the world and to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, it took years to hate Weinan; The heart of the world's aspirations, after Wu was pacified, he did not see it in person. His two sons intended to inherit their father's aspirations, but they were not able to complete it for a long time. What a pity! (Guan Liang Suzhi, wanting to see the dragon and the tiger, including the four seas, to prosper the Han Dynasty, the sky is not false, and there is a sudden hatred of Weinan. Hufu Jinwu, he has the heart of annexation, Houping Wu body is too late to see, the second son intends Because of fame and fame, but Zhifuke stretches out, what a pity!) Indeed, the mountains and rivers are incomplete, and the survivors have shed tears. As the commander-in-chief of a hundred thousand soldiers, how can he abandon the Central Plains eagerly? !With his ambitions unfulfilled, Yue Fei had no choice but to ask Zhao Gou sadly, "Retire from military affairs and retreat to Linquan." After reading Yue Fei's reasonable reply, Zhao Gou was dumbfounded.Originally thought Yue Fei could be shocked by bringing out a few famous historical figures, but he was neither soft nor hard, neither humble nor arrogant, and Zhao Gou was at a loss for words.However, he was determined not to agree to Yue Fei's resignation ("Gu Anwei pay attention, how can I forget my military equipment; but from the beginning to the end, you also think about the merits of the army. I don't want to say anything about this meaning. I don't want to ask for it. "Yun"), and put him firmly in the Xiangyang barracks. But since then, Zhao Gou, who insisted on signing the peace agreement under the banner of "filial piety", soon indulged in a sensual life of pleasure. Minister Fan Rugui couldn't see it anymore, and said face to face: "Since the two capitals have been taken back, the nine temples and eight tombs of the Great Song Dynasty are within easy reach, but if you don't send envoys to sweep the sacrifices, how can you comfort the gods? Minzhi?!" Zhao Gou was speechless and ashamed.After a long time, he replied with a blushing face and a bad voice: "Thank you for your reminder, I will arrange personnel to go to sacrifice and sweep." Turning around, he instructed Qin Hui to expel Fan Rugui from the court, and sent Zhang Tao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to Luoyang. Make a show, worship and sweep the graves of the ancestors. Yue Fei learned that he went to Zhao Gou and applied to go with Zhang Tao, intending to take the opportunity to spy on the enemy's situation so as to decide a crusade strategy. Qin Hui panicked, and urged Zhao Gou to stop Yue Fei immediately, for fear of offending the Jin people. So timid!What else can I say? !