Chapter 21 201 Tai student petition

Jin Jiang Zongwang proposed very harsh conditions for peace. He asked the Northern Song Dynasty to pay the Jin Dynasty a large amount of gold, silver, cattle, horses, and silk; ceded the land of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian; , The prime minister went to Jinying as a hostage.Song Qinzong and Li Bangyan sought peace wholeheartedly and were ready to accept all of them. Li Gang's lungs exploded when he heard that the court was going to accept these conditions of humiliating power and humiliating the country.He tried his best to oppose the cession of land by indemnity, and advocated delaying the negotiation time with the Jin people, and he could counterattack as soon as the reinforcements from the four directions arrived.

Song Qinzong said impatiently: "You just lead the troops to defend the city, let's talk about the peace talks slowly." Ten days later, the Song army from various places to rescue Tokyo arrived outside the city one after another, with a total of 200,000 people.The morale of the Tokyo defenders was high.There were only 60,000 golden soldiers besieging the city.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zong Wang quickly withdrew his troops and hid in the fortress. Reinforcement generals Zhong Shidao and Yao Pingzhong all supported Li Gang's proposition of the war of resistance.Zhong Shidao is an experienced veteran who advocates a long-term stalemate, and when the enemy is forced to retreat due to insufficient food and grass, he will find an opportunity to counterattack;This sneak attack strategy happened to be leaked again, and Jin Jun got the information and made preparations in advance.Yao Pingzhong's sneak attack was unsuccessful, but he was ambushed by the Jin army and lost more than a thousand horses.

As a result, a group of surrendering ministers took pleasure in other's misfortune, spread rumors wantonly, saying that the reinforcements had been completely annihilated, and even attacked Li Gang to cause a catastrophe.Song Qinzong listened to the words of the capitulation faction and panicked. While sending envoys to Jinying to make amends, he dismissed Li Gang and Zhong Shidao. As soon as the news came out, the whole city of Tokyo was in turmoil, and the soldiers and civilians were all angry.Especially the students in Taixue, the group is passionate. Tai student Chen Dong is a young man with high patriotism.After Tokyo was besieged by the Jin people, he once led the imperial students to write to Song Qinzong three times, asking Qinzong to kill six national thieves including Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Zhu Xi, which shocked the court inside and outside, forcing Song Qinzong to punish the six thieves.Chen Dong and Li Gang did not know each other, but they admired Li Gang's resolute resistance.

On this day, Chen Dong led hundreds of Tai students to flock outside the Xuande Gate of the imperial palace, and wrote a petition, asking the court to restore Li Gang and Zhong Shidao to their original positions, and punish traitors such as Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong.They said earnestly in the petition: "The order to dismiss Li Gang made all the soldiers and civilians in the city cry bitterly. They all said that sooner or later they would become subjugated slaves. Isn't this playing into the enemy's plan?" When the soldiers and civilians in Tokyo City heard about the Tai students' petition, they came to the Xuande Gate by coincidence, and tens of thousands of people gathered at once.At this time, Li Bangyan just retreated from the palace. When the crowd saw the traitor, their eyes were red, and they pointed at Li Bangyan's nose and scolded. Throwing it away, Li Bangyan was so frightened that he hugged his head and shrank his neck, and fled into the palace quickly.

Song Qinzong was terrified when he heard the crowd rioting in the palace, and quickly sent an official to deliver an order, saying: "Li Gang failed in using troops, and the court had no choice but to dismiss him; as soon as the Jin soldiers retreat, he will be reinstated immediately." How could the crowd agree, and they rushed into the court hall angrily, beating the "Dengwen drum" there (drums played when there are urgent matters) desperately, and broke the drum surface.The outcry of protest was overwhelming. The magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture came and threatened Tai Xue, saying: "How can you coerce the emperor?"

The Tai student replied loudly: "It is better for us to coerce the emperor with loyalty than treacherous officials to coerce the emperor to betray the country." While saying this, he wanted to arrest the prefect, so that the prefect ran away in despair. The general of the imperial guards saw that the situation was too big to deal with, so he went to the palace to persuade Song Qinzong to agree to everyone's request.Song Qinzong had no choice but to send someone to call Li Gang into the palace, and sent someone to announce in public that Li Gang and Zhong Shidao would be restored to their posts.The masses were still worried, at this time, Zhong Shidao was coming by car.Everyone lifted the curtain of the car and saw that it was indeed an old general. There was a burst of thunderous cheers before they dispersed one after another.

Tai students' petition finally won.After Li Gang was reinstated, he reorganized the team and ordered that anyone who can kill the enemy bravely should be rewarded heavily.The Song army has a neat lineup and high morale.Seeing this situation, Zong Wang was also a little scared, and retreated in a hurry before the Song Dynasty paid the full compensation.