Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Because of disagreement, King Qin's army divided into two groups. Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi did not go with the other groups, but went south from Shanzhou to Guozhou, and then detoured southeast to Ruzhou.

Fan Zhixu disregarded the opposition of the generals, and claimed 20 cavalry in one step, under the command of Ma Changyou, the right military official, and marched eastward to King Qin.He ordered Du Chang to send [-] militiamen to the capital, and Xia Chu to guard the mausoleum in Xijing with [-] people.

At this time, the Jin army had broken through Bianliang City in Tokyo, and Emperor Zhao Huan had also surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.

Jin Jun and Song Ting sent people to Fan Zhixu's army with the imperial edict of ascending the city, telling him that the Song Dynasty had surrendered to Jin, and ordered him to stop aiding Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Fan Zhixu beheaded the envoy in anger, thinking that the imperial court was forced by the Jin army to let him retreat.Therefore, Fan Zhixu decided to resist orders and advance eastward.

Fan Zhixu sent his troops out of Tongguan, although there were a large number of them, they were ignored by the Jin army. Even the Han generals who surrendered to the Jin army thought Fan Zhixu was worthless.

Gao Shiyou, who was temporarily appointed by the Kingdom of Jin to stay behind in Xijing, was originally the prefect of Zezhou in the Song Dynasty. He surrendered to the Jin army when Wanyan Zonghan's army went south.

After Wanyan Loushi captured Luoyang in Xijing, the Jin army appointed Gao Shiyou to stay behind in Xijing.

After learning the news that Fan Zhixu's troops were leaving the Guandong, Gao Shiyou said to Wan Yan Zonghan: "Fan Zhixu is a scholar and doesn't understand military affairs. He only needs to send 3000 scouts, and he will kill himself."

Fan Zhixu led the main force out of Wuguan to Qianqiu Town, Dengzhou, where he encountered the Wanyan Loushi Department of the Jin Army who had heard the news.

Just as Gao Shiyou said, Fan Zhixu was completely incapable of leading troops in battle, and his former army had just encountered Wanyan Loushi's army before being dispersed by the golden cavalry.

Fan Zhixu's defeated front army turned around and dispersed the rear army, and the rear army also gave a cry, and fled together with the retreating front army.

Wanyan Lou's family chased and killed them, Fan Zhixu's [-] Qin Wangjun abandoned their luggage, the whole line collapsed, and only one out of ten escaped.

Because the former generals Du Chang and Xia Chu ran away when they met the enemy, Fan Zhixu took them as scapegoats for the defeat and beheaded them.

Afterwards, Fan Zhixu collected the remaining soldiers and retreated into Shaanxi.

After Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy Fan Zhixu made such a toss, the strength of the Western Army was once again damaged. Facing the Jin Army and the Xixia Army, it was very difficult to defend the five roads of Shaanxi.

In Bianliang City, Tokyo, Emperor Zhao Huan could not wait for King Qin to rescue the army, but he waited for a big creditor.

As soon as Zhao Huan returned to the court, the Jin army came to ask for the agreed military expenses of 1000 million ingots of gold, 2000 million ingots of silver, and 1000 million pieces of silk.

With such a large amount of labor and military expenses, in the isolated city of Bianliang City in Tokyo, the search has been exhausted, and it is impossible to get it together.Moreover, most states and counties in other places are on the sidelines, and no one will transport gold and silver money into Bianliang City, Tokyo at this time.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Huan was terrified by the gold man, bent on humiliation and concession, and ordered the Kaifeng government to collect gold and silver in the city.

The Jin army asked for mules and horses, and the Kaifeng government rewarded them with a heavy code. Just now they found more than [-] horses in the city and sent them all to the Jin army's camp.

The horses in the capital were all empty, and some bureaucrats in the city even went to court on foot because they lost their horses.

The Jin army asked for another 500 girls, and Emperor Zhao Huan did not dare to neglect, and even asked his concubines to pay for it.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, according to Zhao Huan-song's wishes, Song officials Wu Kai and Mo Yu took two princes, two ministers, and two daughters each, two thousand crowns, chariots, and treasures, and 500 folk girls and female musicians each. Pay tribute to the Jin army.

Regarding the gold, silver, cloth and silk needed by the Jin army, Zhao Huan deeply felt that the treasury was not enough, so he ordered the powerful, wealthy families, and businessmen to pay for the army.

The so-called investment is actually snatching.

The Kaifeng government raided the city's dignitaries and wealthy households wantonly, and would sack the rebels at every turn.

After being forced to a dead end, Emperor Zhao Huan treated the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in Bianliang City of Tokyo equally, and was very fair and just, that is to say, he would not spare any of them, even Queen Zheng's family was not spared.

At this time, many people in Bianliang City in Tokyo regretted why they didn't flee south with the Supreme Emperor, but pushed the little emperor Zhao Huan to take the throne and stick to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Now, the city of Tokyo has not been defended, and everyone's wealth has been looted, it is really miserable, I regret it!

Even so, there was still not enough gold and silver, and four ministers including Mei Zhili, who was in charge of searching for gold and silver, were executed for this, and other officials who were punished with sticks abound.

Many people were forced to commit suicide, and the city of Kaifeng was in chaos and depression.

Although the Northern Song court headed by Emperor Zhao Huan frantically flattered the Jin army, the Jin army's request was still not met.

In order to force the Song people to hand over all the gold and silver treasures, the Jin army threatened to send troops into the city to rob, and asked the Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Huan to come to the Jinying again to negotiate.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang had asked Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu for instructions on how to deal with the emperor and the royal family of the Song Dynasty.According to their estimates, the emperor's will will arrive in the near future, so they let the Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Huan go out of the city again, in fact, for the convenience of announcing the final verdict on the Song Dynasty emperor in the future.

For the invitation of Wanyan Zonghan and others, Zhao Huan broke out in a cold sweat from fright.

The shadow of being trapped in the golden camp last time has not yet dissipated, and new fears have struck his heart again. Zhao Huan thinks that this time may be more ominous than good.

At this time, in order not to anger the Jin army, Li Ruoshui and others also encouraged Emperor Zhao Huan to go.

"Man is the sword, I am the fish." After all, Zhao Huan did not dare to disobey the will of the Jinren, so he had to go to the Jinying again.

After Emperor Zhao Huan arrived at Jinying, he received an incomparably cold reception.

The commanders-in-chief of the Jin Army, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang and others did not meet with Zhao Huan at all, and placed him in three huts in the west wing of the Zhai Palace in the Jin Army Barracks in Qingcheng.

The furnishings in the house are extremely simple, except for tables and chairs, there is only one kang for sleeping and two mats of felt.

There were Jin soldiers guarding the house closely, and at dusk the door was also chained by Jin soldiers, and Emperor Zhao Huan and his subjects completely lost their freedom of movement.

At this time, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the area around Bianliang City in Tokyo was raining and snowing, and the weather was extremely cold.

In addition to suffering from hunger during the day, Emperor Zhao Huan also had to endure the biting cold wind at night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Thinking of all this before him, Zhao Huan's heart was pierced like a knife, and tears welled up like a fountain.

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Huan, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, was reduced from an unattainable emperor to a prisoner of the Jin people.

However, in the final analysis, he and his father, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, caused all these shame and humiliation, and it can be said that it is their own fault.

Zhao Huan, who was imprisoned in the camp of the Jin Army, lived like a year, and his longing for returning was beyond words.

The officials of the Song Dynasty in the city also repeatedly asked the Jin Army to release Emperor Zhao Huan, but the Jin Army ignored it.

The Jin army declared to Sun Fu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty who stayed in the city, and others that if the gold, silver, cloth and silk were not collected for a day, they would not be released and returned to Emperor Zhao Huan.

Song court officials heard the news and could only intensify their search in the city.

Except for the powerful and wealthy households, the imperial court included all the people in the city, no matter how high or low, they were included in the search list.

The Kaifeng government sent officials to directly break into the residents' homes to search, and the officials ran amok, like arresting rebels.

9Chapter 16 The Song Dynasty

In Bianliang City, Tokyo, the Kaifeng Mansion implemented the Baojia system for the common people in order to search for gold and silver from millions of people in the city.

According to the regulations of the government, the five families of the common people supervise each other for protection, and if anyone hides gold and silver, they can report to each other.If the government finds out that there are hidden gold and silver without reporting and exposing, the five families will sit together.

There are no eggs under the nest, even the poor, monks, craftsmen, advocates and other people in Futian courtyard in the city are also searched.

The butcher monks at the Roasting Pig Yard of Daxiangguo Temple couldn’t hide the money they earned by roasting pork, and were seized by the Kaifeng government.

Because of the siege of Bianliang City in Tokyo, the monks' roast pig business could not be done, and the bustling pilgrims disappeared.