nashuaworldcup Chapter 345 Zhao Gou
Chapter 345 Zhao Gou
"Zhao Gou was actually a little hesitant about going to the Jin camp. After all, he had been there before. After Zong Ze said that, his already wavering heart became even more wavering!"
"However, Wang Yun said that we were ordered by Emperor Qinzong to go, otherwise it would be disobeying the imperial decree!"
"But when the local people learned of this, the Song people, who already had little affection for the Jin people, all came forward to ask Zhao Gou to stay and not go to the Jin camp."
"What happened next was something no one expected. At the time, news came from somewhere that a mink coat was found in Wang Yun's bag, and people assumed it was related to the Jurchens."
People: (｀へ′) You great villain! Beat him!
"What Wang Yun did already made the local people hate him, and now, with the suspicion that he's a Jurchen spy, he's incurred even greater public wrath."
"So this group of people completely ignored what Zhao Gou said on behalf of Wang Yun, and actually managed to kill Wang Yun!"
"As for whether he was a spy, it's unclear. In any case, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong posthumously conferred upon him the title of 'Duke Zhongxian' and ordered the construction of the Liying Temple in Ziyan using the national treasury."
"Wang Yun even became a model of loyalty and righteousness, standing up to die for his country." (Source: Baidu Encyclopedia)
"But the consequences of this incident didn't end there. Because Zhao Gou witnessed the whole thing, it left him with a deep psychological trauma!"
"He thought the people here were so violent. Aren't they supposed to be patriots? Now they dare to beat officials to death in public. They're just a mob!"
"As a result, Zhao Gou's impression of Zong Ze also deteriorated considerably, so Zhao Gou took the rest of the people back to Xiangzhou. As for the Jin Kingdom, I don't think he'll go there either!"
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: So I'm going back to Xiangzhou just like that!
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: Actually, Zong Ze is someone you can trust!
A Tang Dynasty official: Alas, it's all about timing and luck...
A scholar-official from the Han Dynasty: By now, the Western Route Army should be almost at Kaifeng! Time is running out!
Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xu: ...You just left like that!?
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Lin Ke didn't know what to say about Zhao Gou. If he had stayed in Zongze, back then he was still young and impetuous, would he have made a different choice?
"Upon arriving in Xiangzhou, the prefect there, Wang Boyan, even sent people to welcome Zhao Gou. Now that we've finished talking about Zhao Gou, let's look at Geng Nanzhong's side!"
"This group was also inquiring about Zhao Gou's whereabouts. When they learned that Prince Kang, Zhao Gou, was in Xiangzhou, they rushed to Xiangzhou without stopping. They even forged an imperial edict, ordering him to lead troops to rescue Kaifeng."
"Zhao Gou was not unaware of the extent to which a prince could lead troops, so he did not take it seriously at first, insisting on waiting for concrete evidence from the court!"
"However, the Northern Song court seemed like a dead city, with no news coming in at all. This made everyone uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen!"
"This tense atmosphere was broken when a large number of refugees poured into Xiangzhou. Refugees only appear when the country is devastated or when natural disasters make survival impossible."
"But we hadn't heard a word about what was happening in other states. Just when everyone was feeling uneasy yet hopeful, the appearance of one person completely determined the course of history."
"On a certain day, a man resembling a beggar, his face covered in blood, appeared in Xiangzhou City. He brought with him urgent news and a wax pill to Prince Kang."
"This man is named Qin Zai, a military scholar. He broke out of the siege of Kaifeng and delivered a letter written by Emperor Qinzong to Prince Kang. Zhao Huan asked Zhao Gou to gather troops to support Kaifeng."
"However, by this time, a month had passed since Kaifeng was besieged, and the Northern Song Dynasty would be completely swallowed up by the long river of history in just over fifty days."
"This letter of support for the emperor, I don't know whether it's too late or not. Perhaps the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty was already determined in the hands of Emperors Huizong and Qinzong. But more than 20 years ago, under Emperor Zhezong, it was clearly a scene of prosperity."
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: Historical experience tells us that choosing a good successor is more important than anything else!
A spoiled young man from the Tang Dynasty: It seems every dynasty has its spendthrift sons!
The First Emperor, whose son was a spendthrift: ...
Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty, whose son was a spendthrift: ...
A Qing Dynasty official: It seems now that mediocrity is better than incompetence!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: ?????…
A strong peasant girl from the Qin Dynasty: What a pity! The Song Dynasty was clearly very economically developed, how did it fall to such a state!?
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In another timeline, Wang Yun thought that his name would rarely be remembered.
After all, he wasn't a big shot, and he never expected history to bring him such an end.
It was such a tragic event that it aroused public outrage, and then he was killed.
Well, leaving before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty might not be a bad thing!
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Southern Song Dynasty
Upon hearing this, the elderly Zhao Gou couldn't help but recall his youth.
It feels like just yesterday that I was coming and going from the Jin camp, but in an instant, one by one, the people I knew fell!
Bianjing, the capital of the Jin dynasty, was a bustling city, yet even such a fortified city could not stop the iron cavalry of the Jurchens!
Miss Lin called him a sinner, and people in the future will think so too.
But he didn't recognize him. Without him, the Song Dynasty would have ended long ago, and might have been like the Ming Dynasty, without any direct descendants!
He clearly made contributions to the Song Dynasty!
Lin Ke & System: Bah!!!
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Back to the live broadcast room.
Lin Ke sighed again, "Compared to Zhao Gou's side, let's go back and take a look at the Song Dynasty."
"In fact, the Song Dynasty's ability to fall for the Jin's delaying tactics was largely due to the appeasement faction (surrender faction) within the court. However, their unwavering commitment to the Jin was not taken seriously by the Jin."
"But don't be sad, the Jurchens invited you to travel and sightsee in the north in just a few days! Can't we say that this is a two-way street?"
Jin soldiers: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!
Song ministers: We are not! We did not!
Lin Ke's merciless sarcasm was like a sharp knife, piercing the hearts of these Song court officials.
The language was so direct and sharp, it felt like a series of slaps across their faces.
This enraged these ministers who were "giving orders and pointing out the flaws in the country," and an uncontrollable rage surged within them!
Their eyes were wide open, their faces were flushed, the veins on their foreheads were bulging, and their whole bodies were trembling slightly with anger. Anyone could tell that they were furious!
If it weren't for the scholarly refinement they possessed, and the fact that it was during a court assembly, they probably would have cursed him out, regardless of the fact that Lin was a person from a later era!
However, Emperor Qinzong's gloomy face made them silent and afraid to make any unnecessary moves. So they could only suppress their anger towards Lin Ke and swallow the words that were about to come out!
However, they didn't consider that their classical Chinese phrases alone would be enough to defeat them.
There's no way it could harm Lin Ke. After all, the swear words used in later generations are far more uncivilized than those spoken by these people!
So let their anger run rampant in these people's minds!
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"As for the Song court, due to the instigation of this group of surrenderers, the local reinforcements did not set off early. At that time, everything was done by manpower, so how could they have arrived so quickly?"
"Therefore, the preparations for the Jinrenwei siege were already incomplete before it was even opened."
"Not only did the local reinforcements fail to arrive on time, but Zhao Huan himself insisted on hearing that Wanyan Zongwang had already crossed the Yellow River before he was willing to stop deceiving himself."
"Sigh... but isn't it getting a bit late? He's now resorting to the pro-war faction, so the defense of the city will have to rely on Tokyo's own reserves."
"The capital city of Tokyo itself has very weak reserves of strength. If the local reinforcements could arrive earlier, they might be able to hold out for a longer period of time."
"Of these, only about 70,000 can be considered as resistance troops, but these 70,000 are composed only of the emperor's imperial guards and the troops that fled after Zhe Yanzhi's defeat."
"So, whether this defense can succeed is actually quite uncertain, mainly because the troop strength is simply too poor!!!"
Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan: ( ˉ ¨? ˉ?? )…