The people of the Southern Song Dynasty stared blankly at the sky above.

Many of them had experienced what Zhu Qinggu described. When the Jurchens' blades came at them, all they remembered was running and running. Only by running could they save their lives.

Even if they didn't experience it themselves, it was their grandparents or parents.

Some people vowed to kill the Jin dogs, but what did they get in the end?

General Yue was wronged!

Would any martial artist still be willing to die for the Zhao family?

……

This wasn't even the most humiliating moment. The veins on Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead bulged out as he stared intently at the sky.

Zhu Qinggu continued, “When they didn’t have enough gold and silver, they looted. Even the Empress Zheng’s family was not spared. Many people were forced to commit suicide. But the Jin people were still not satisfied. They sent Emperor Qinzong of Song to their camp and declared that they would not release him until they had enough gold and silver. Officials in Kaifeng even broke into the homes of ordinary people to plunder. Even the poor, monks, Taoists, and entertainers were plundered.”

"At this time, the wind and snow continued, and the people had nothing to eat. They ate everything edible in the city, and an epidemic began to spread. The Jin people did not stop there. They used other things to pay for gold and silver and also plundered women."

“Each princess or royal consort will be worth one thousand ingots of gold, each imperial princess five hundred ingots, each clan princess two hundred ingots, and each clan wife five hundred ingots of silver…”

"In order to curry favor with the Jin people, Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe even sent disheveled and sickly women to the Jin camp after they had put on makeup."

"After looting a large amount of gold and silver treasures, the Jin army took Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, Empress Zheng, princes, imperial grandsons, and others back north."

"Thus, the Northern Song Dynasty came to an end!"

"Later generations have judged the Jingkang Incident as a great shame, and now is the time to avenge it."

"On the way, many women were brutally raped and died. The remaining women returned north and were given to different Jurchen people. Another group remained in the laundry house and were forced to follow the old Jurchen customs... the sheep-leading ceremony."

"That is, they were stripped to the waist, dressed in sheepskin, and led around by the Jin people like sheep, and were humiliated. After the sheep-leading ceremony, many women were insulted by the Jin soldiers. Empress Zhu could not bear the humiliation and attempted suicide by hanging. After being rescued, she drowned herself."

"Princess, royal wives, and many other women were sold into brothels and sold at fixed prices. Emperor Huizong of Song, who was given the title of Duke of Hunde, and Emperor Qinzong of Song, who was given the title of Marquis of Chonghun, managed to survive for some time."

"Why don't you two just die? Why don't you just die?!" Zhao Kuangyin stared at the sky with bloodshot eyes. "As emperor, you have failed the country and its people, and you have failed our ancestors!"

No wonder those celestial beings always spoke ill of the Song Dynasty; the crimes of those two inhuman beings are simply too numerous to count!

Zhao Kuangyin was burning with rage, wishing he could rush over to those two scoundrels, tie them up, and kill them to appease the wronged souls of the world!

How could he be ashamed that they even shared the surname Zhao? Zhao Kuangyin felt that even if he died now, he would be too embarrassed to face his ancestors or the forefathers of those people!

Now he wants to bring Zhao Guangyi's corpse back and whip it a thousand times, a hundred times!

Even so, it wasn't enough to vent his anger!

The Jurchens, huh? Good, good, let's kill the enemy!

In the third year of Yuanfu, just yesterday Zhang Dun had finished arguing with Empress Dowager Xiang, saying, "Prince Duan is frivolous and cannot rule the world."

Today, having witnessed the Jingkang Incident and the events surrounding Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong in the sky, I am filled with rage and have rushed to the palace. This time, I am determined to persuade the Empress Dowager not to install Prince Duan as the new emperor.

At that time, let alone whether the Zhao family can sit on the throne securely, there will definitely be uprisings and rebellions sweeping across the land.

As soon as they left the mansion, they saw chaos erupting in the streets. The people were all red-eyed, grabbing their weapons and running around, not knowing where to go. Even the soldiers patrolling the city or the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture ignored them.

He sent a servant to investigate, and soon the servant returned, trembling, saying, "Disaster! Disaster! This group of people broke into the Prince Duan's residence and trampled the Prince Duan into a pulp! They're also going to find Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe, whom were mentioned on the celestial screen..."

Zhang Dun also sighed.

Who among these men didn't have a wife and daughters? Who would want their wife and daughters to be ravaged by the Jurchens? Who would want to starve to death, be killed, be trampled on, or die in humiliation?

Countless people sighed beneath the sky.

Li Shimin felt the suffering of war even more deeply, especially for the people. He used the shame of the Jingkang Incident as a warning to his descendants, emphasizing that they must never fall into such a state. Even if the country was weak, they should still have integrity. If they were to perish, it would be fate.

The emperors of the Han Dynasty finally understood why later generations said that Liu Bei gave the Han Dynasty a dignified end.

Although they didn't know what happened to the Shu Han dynasty in the end, it was at least better than the shameful end of the Jingkang Incident.

Just seeing the humiliation of Jingkang filled them with a burning fire and rage, and they wished they could rush in and kill a few Jurchens to see if they had become invulnerable to swords and spears, and why the Song people were so afraid of them!

It's a really big giveaway!

Ying Zheng then saw the fleeting comment that mentioned Qin Er Shi (Hu Hai)...

It was Huhai? Why wasn't it Fusu who ascended the throne? What happened after his death?!

Perhaps he liked Hu Hai more, but he also knew that Hu Hai was reckless and had no ambition. How could Hu Hai have ascended to the throne and ultimately caused the Qin Dynasty to perish after only two generations?

Furthermore, he is listed alongside Emperor Yang of Sui. 'Yang' is not a good word. It means to be rebellious and cruel to the people, ambitious and corrupt, heartless and ungrateful, and to be immoral and degenerate in governing a country.

The fact that Hu Hai is ranked alongside Emperor Yang of Sui suggests that his subsequent actions must have been similar, otherwise he wouldn't have been mentioned in this way by Tianmu...

Ying Zheng glanced at Zhao Gao, and that one glance filled Zhao Gao with deep fear. However, he remained calm and lowered his head, quickly kneeling down to beg for forgiveness, "Your Majesty, I am guilty."

Ying Zheng once asked Hu Hai to consult Zhao Gao, so Zhao Gao taught Hu Hai for a period of time.

Many things in the palace could not be hidden from Ying Zheng's eyes and ears. For example, Zhao Gao and Hu Hai had been getting along very well during this period.

Previously, Hu Hai had no ambition, and Ying Zheng mostly let him do as he pleased. But now that Tianmu has said this... the relationship between Zhao Gao and Hu Hai has changed.

Zhao Gao was the Grand Secretary and also Ying Zheng's close attendant. Moreover, Ying Zheng favored Zhao Gao. Once, Zhao Gao was imprisoned for a crime, and Meng Tian suggested sentencing him to death. However, Ying Zheng eventually pardoned Zhao Gao because Zhao Gao was quite to his liking.

If Huhai had succeeded in usurping the throne, Ying Zheng could probably guess how much Zhao Gao had interfered in the process.

Therefore, Zhao Gao's act of pleading guilty is no longer effective against Ying Zheng.

"You are guilty." Ying Zheng gave him a deep look, no longer wanting to say anything more. He directly ordered the palace guards to drag him away and lock him up.

Hu Hai was terrified to see so many soldiers outside his residence, who surrounded him tightly, preventing him from escaping.

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