Correspondingly, although the main war faction headed by Prime Minister He Su seems to stand on the height of morality and righteousness, in the argument with the weaklings of the main peace faction, it is restrained in every way, and its voice is obviously unable to overpower the other party. . What's worse is that they don't seem to be very confident in their own hearts from the beginning - after all, the previous Song army was defeated again and again on the battlefield. Two hundred thousand so-called elite Kansai Forbidden Army rescued the siege in Taiyuan. Only 20,000 people were killed during the war The partial divisions of the Jin army were defeated to a pulp, and the 120,000 heavy troops stationed on the Yellow River defense line were frightened by the Jin people's war drums and the whole army collapsed... Who else dares to fight against such a useless army with such a weak kidney that it can no longer be used? Are they confident?
Perhaps, even in the eyes of the warring ministers, the alliance under the city that ceded territory and paid compensation was indeed very humiliating; the large sum of money paid to the Jin Army was indeed heartbreaking, but if at such a price, the war could be temporarily settled The crisis of national subjugation seems to be barely worth it?
During the century-old confrontation between Song and Liao, didn't the Song Dynasty pay protection fees to the Khitan people to buy peace?
Now, it is not completely unacceptable for scholar-bureaucrats like them to pay protection fees to the Jin people from a rational and emotional point of view.
Therefore, He Su and others' war ideas are actually not that firm.
The only reason why many scholar-bureaucrats of the main fighting faction insist on fighting the main battle is that they completely do not believe in the credibility of the Jin people: Who can guarantee that after the signing of the peace treaty, the Jin army will obediently accept the money and leave, instead of turning their backs and denying their credit?
——This...I'm afraid no one can tell for sure...
On the other hand, if Jin Jun can really keep his promise, collect the money and leave, the only war factions in the court may also turn to Zhu He.
In short, most of the so-called war factions are currently just asking the peace faction to endorse military orders and provide guarantees for the credit of the Jin people. Otherwise, if the Jin people break the contract and fight again as soon as they get the benefits, this person will lose his power and humiliate the country. Who should bear the responsibility?
The problem is that the scholar-bureaucrats of the peace faction do not even have this responsibility - of course they have to express their opinions on national affairs, and the court must obey them to the letter, otherwise they will be cowardly and traitorous officials who will bring disaster to the country and the people. As for how the situation will develop next, it is none of their business. What happened is that their admonishment was meritorious, but what happened is that the person in charge was incompetent. Do you want to hold scholar-bureaucrats like them accountable? dream!
——These scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty are so cowardly that it makes people laugh, and they are so shameless that it makes people sad.
The only thing that surprised Guo Jing was that Qin Hui, who would become a model of traitor and traitor in the future, was now a standard "angry youth" of the main war faction - Master Qin Hui, who is now serving as the censor Zhongcheng, at this time He seemed to be a young force of the main war faction. He almost fought alone in the court, arguing passionately with a group of veterans of the main war faction, and spitting on his opponent's face several times...
"... In your opinion, if we, the Song Dynasty, seek war, we will be defeated, and if we seek peace, the Jin people may not keep their promises, but we, the Song Dynasty, still have to bend our knees and seek peace? It is really a joke in the world! Such an approach is the same as cutting flesh. What’s the difference between feeding tigers? It’s clearly a strategy to subjugate the country!”
"...Hey, the Jin people are tyrannical and invincible. Once a war starts, it will be detrimental to our Song Dynasty. Defeat will definitely lose power and humiliate the country, and victory will make it difficult for the military to control it. Both are not beautiful. Since victory or defeat is disadvantageous, then The only option is to sue for peace. No matter how much it costs, it is worth it... We cannot wait to think about whether the Jin people will withdraw as promised, but we must first see if we are sincere in suing for peace..."< br>
"...Just like your Excellency did before, you forged military orders to disperse all the troops who served the king, and allowed the Jin soldiers to march straight into the capital city? This is treason!"
"... You are so unbridled that you, those who are leading the war, speak words of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and do things that harm the country and the people. Regardless of the decline of the country, you rashly provoke powerful enemies and bring war to the Song Dynasty. This is the chief culprit of the current predicament. The culprit!
What's more, the capital is currently in turmoil, and mobs are everywhere. Countless local powerful people have recruited troops and plotted evil under the pretext of fighting against the Jin Dynasty, but the imperial government's economic and political army has been completely lost. Under this situation, you continue to allow martial artists to become powerful, are you still worthy of being scholar-officials? ”
Seeing that Qin Hui, who was still an angry young man, was besieged by the gang leaders and ministers and was almost speechless, Guo Jing finally couldn't help but speak.
"...Everyone, please be patient for a moment and listen to Pindao's words for now..."
Since the court hall was already as noisy and chaotic as a vegetable market, Guo Jing had no choice but to take out a tweeter from his sleeve, turn it up to the highest volume in one breath, and roar loudly at the top of his lungs, shaking the sound. The ears of everyone in the hall were buzzing...
Then, before the frightened scholar-bureaucrats jumped to their feet and cursed, he continued speaking loudly:
"... As far as I know, there are two types of peace treaties throughout the ages. One is that one really does not want to fight, and is ready to stop fighting and return home as long as he can get enough benefits; the other is that he is not afraid of deceit, and deliberately proposes a false peace. Demandingly, beyond the minimum bottom line, and ready to break the contract at any time. , This kind of peace negotiation by the Jin Army has always been imaginary. In fact, it is to gradually consume the strength of our country and reduce the people's will to resist the Jin. When the officers and soldiers of our country are disengaged and lose their fighting spirit, the Jin Army will be there. Finally, he launched a surprise attack and chopped us all like pigs!
Obviously, such a peace treaty cannot be agreed to at all. Once agreed, it will be completely over. The Jin people will continue to increase the stakes in the negotiations, using the gold, silver and silk paid by the court to reward the soldiers and boost morale. At the same time, they will wipe out our last bit of fighting spirit, squeeze out the last bit of oil and water in Bianliang, and then suddenly fall out, and in some traitors With their cooperation, they destroyed the city in one fell swoop and completely destroyed our Song Dynasty.
In fact, Pindao has just figured out the secret, and there is a piece of latest information for you to know. The Jin Army recently sent envoys to the city to extort grain, fodder and property from the imperial court, and at the same time summoned Wanyan Lou's family from Luoyang and Zhengzhou. , Wanyan Huonv's troops, as well as some small groups of Jin soldiers from Hebei and Hedong, gathered the Jurchen army in one breath, nearly 200,000 strong, and they all marched towards Bianliang City. As soon as all the armies gathered, they would Massively destroy the city. And the reinforcements that I, the Song Dynasty, gathered in Guanxi are still far away in Chang'an, and they don't even dare to come out of Tongguan... In such a one-sided and desperate situation, how can the Jin people be willing to negotiate peace sincerely? ”
"...Because the Jin people are so powerful, our court is invincible and has no choice but to surrender! Continuing to provoke powerful neighbors is a sure way to death!"
Geng Nanzhong, the leader of the peace faction, shouted, "...please your majesty to intensify the intensity of peace talks, and at the same time, strictly deal with this devil's crime of slandering the country and roaring at the court!"
Wang Shiyong, Xu Bingzhe and other traitors immediately followed: "...I second the proposal!"
"...I second the motion!"
"...I also second the proposal!"
……
Faced with the shameless voice of this faction in the court, He Su, the leader of the war faction, turned red with anger, his hands and feet trembled, and was speechless for a long time, but there was nothing he could do - Geng Nanzhong was the Qin Zong The emperor's former ministers when he was in the Prince's East Palace had a very deep friendship with each other. If he had not made too many mistakes and messed up things during the Jingkang period, which created a situation on the verge of destruction for the Song Dynasty, he would not have been driven off his high position as Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty.
But even so, the officials would not deal with Geng Nazhong harshly out of old sentiments from the East Palace era. Therefore, He Su, who is currently in charge, still had nothing to do with him. He could only stare at this die-hard capitulationist jumping up and down, shouting and spreading rumors. Various expressions of surrender have hindered preparations for war.
However, Guo Jing, who has become the focus of the storm and is clamoring for punishment, still looks calm and composed at the moment:
"...Tsk, tsk! Seeing how you behave like this, none of them look like officials of the Song Dynasty, but more like slaves of the Jurchens! What about the difference between Yi and Xia? What about the Huayi defense? I really don't know what your situation is. Have you read all the sages’ books in the dog’s belly?”
"...Although Pindao is a foreigner, he also understands the truth that as a dignified man, he must use his life to protect his relatives and home. Nowadays, the Jurchen cavalry travels across the Central Plains, ravaging the capital, killing millions of people in the Song Dynasty surname, and kidnapped countless women from my Song Dynasty, harming thousands of families The separation, the unrest in the imperial capital, and the countless losses of property... How can we not avenge such a deep hatred? Shi Jingtang's cession of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun would have been infamy for thousands of years. If our government cedes dozens of prefectures in Hebei and Hedong, Aren’t you afraid of not being able to enter your ancestor’s grave?”
Guo Jing said in a bitter tone, and finally shouted, "...If you still think of yourself as a man, you should show some backbone!"
However, although Guo Daxian's words were inspiring, they clearly overestimated the moral integrity of these traitorous ministers - after years of ups and downs in the officialdom, they had already developed a face thicker than the city wall, and they had no sense of shame at all. After hearing Guo Daxian's warning, they didn't even blush, and immediately shouted loudly like a boo, "...Please your Majesty to kill this demon quickly and strengthen your determination to negotiate peace..."
At this point, Guo Jing was completely disappointed with the moral integrity and quality of these guys - even if they cheated on them, don't do it so obviously, okay?
It seems that the Jurchens have never given you any benefit! Why do you want to be a Jurchen spy who brings your own food?
Alas, the Song Dynasty was a paradise for scholar-bureaucrats. The Song Dynasty had been raising scholars for hundreds of years, but the vast majority of the scholars did nothing to benefit the country and the people except picking up girls, composing poems, and engaging in corruption. When the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty fell, the literati who enjoyed the preferential treatment from the state were more likely to cause trouble and betrayal than to die bravely for the country. People like Wen Tianxiang were really rare. When the Southern Song Dynasty fell, there were hundreds of thousands of corpses floating on the cliffs. More of them were ordinary soldiers and civilians than literati and officials. Most of those literati and officials had become officials in the Yuan Dynasty, including Wen Tianxiang's younger brother!
——The Song Dynasty can be said to be the dynasty with the best treatment and the highest tolerance for literati, but it was also the most shameless and unscrupulous era for literati.
These literati and officials desperately suppressed the Han people's national force, wishing that the country would be defenseless, so that every Han people in the world would be ashamed of war, and they wanted to trample all the Han generals into the mud... but they turned their backs on the horses of the foreigners in every possible way. Kneel down and lick, you are simply a typical born slave!
"...Haha, interesting! Interesting! The imperial court respected the scholar-bureaucrats in every possible way and treated them favorably for more than a hundred years, but in the end they actually raised a bunch of wolf-hearted things like you! Since you like the Jurchens so much, you can't wait to Pouring the wealth of the Central Plains to please the Jin people, Pindao will not be able to fulfill your wishes! At noon tomorrow, Pindao will go out to defeat the enemy and kill all the Jin captives in the suburbs! "
He dusted off the dust with his hand, shouted loudly, and at the same time took out Doraemon's magical prop [Somersault Cloud] from his sleeve, and went out of the palace in the clouds and mist...
Seeing the cloud throne under Guo Jing's butt, the scholar-bureaucrats who had just been shouting "kill the demon" suddenly couldn't help but tremble. At the same time, the Jin army outside the city, which had just been tortured by the sweltering heat, had fallen into another round of more terrible disasters.