"kill--"

"kill--"

Blood, corpses, collapsed buildings, and the thick smoke produced by burning are densely covered with the streets and alleys of Hangzhou City.

The long-lost sunshine falls between the streets and alleys, but it reflects a scene of the apocalypse, with corpses and blood, burning, killing, looting and looting.

The locust-like bandits poured in from the gap in the city wall, and the Xiang army started street fighting with the vanguard troops of the Fang La army among the fleeing people. The soldiers of the Xiang army who had been enjoying peace for many years were almost defeated when they met the bandits who had experienced two months of bloody battles. These Xiang army in Hangzhou discovered during the fight that the opponent's armor and weapons were actually more sophisticated than them.

With the excellent equipment sent by Yan Tan, Wang Xiu and others, and the captured capture of two prefectures, Fang La's army built an elite soldier of nearly 20,000 people as a vanguard, and fully armed the armor to the teeth. Once the Hangzhou defenders no longer have the advantages of the indestructible city wall and armor, in terms of individual soldiers, how can they compare to these bandits who have been working hard since childhood and fought for two months. As long as they occupy a street, ladder, rope and other objects beside the city wall, they will continue to throw out the city wall, and they will enter one after another with many bandits. The defeat is already unstoppable.

As for reinforcements? The court never thought that Hangzhou would be destroyed, where did reinforcements come from?

Hangzhou City is over.

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In the early winter of the second year of Zhaohong, a bad news spread all over the world.

Fang La's rebels attacked Hangzhou, killed Chen Jian, the commander of Liangzhe Road, Zhao Yue, and Zhao Ting, the governor of the state. The people who had been resentful for a long time captured officials in Hangzhou, excavated the tomb of Cai Jing's father and ancestors, and exposed their bones. People from all over the world watched the flags of the rebels and welcomed them, and those who participated in the rebels were like crucian carp crossing the river. The fall of Hangzhou also cut off the economic lifeline of the Song Dynasty.

When the news reached Bianjing, the whole city fell into silence.

Zhao Jielongyan was furious and threw the note with the war report on the face of the right prime minister Wang Fu, and cursed angrily: "Is this what you are talking about? But a group of ten thousand people were about to collapse at one touch? With nearly one million troops in three months, Hangzhou was beaten down. Who is the mob?"

Wang Fu was speechless and just bowed to apologize.

Even the old empress dowager who had not appeared for a long time heard the news and called Zhao Jie to the sickbed.

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The palace lanterns were swaying, and the figures in the deep palace were depressed. The palace maids in the old costumes had been over 60 years old, and they stood at the door with a tray in their arms.

The old empress was over 70 years old and went through three emperors, from the crown prince to the queen, and then from the queen to the queen. After his husband passed away, he helped the young crown prince to the throne, and then Zhao Jie, who ruled behind the curtain for nearly 30 years. At that time, even Cai Jingdu had just passed the imperial examination.

His once charming face has turned into wrinkles on his face. Restoration and Zhao Jie gradually faded behind the scenes, and the old people around him have passed away one after another, becoming an old woman who enjoys her old age, no longer showing her sharpness when she was in power behind the curtain.

People have ups and downs, beginning and end. After watching Xue Jiuquan, who was promoted and appointed by himself, the Empress Dowager felt that things had changed. Her generation had become a thing of the past and had nothing to do with the current court. After putting down government affairs, the Empress Dowager did not interfere in the government affairs anymore. She just sat in the deep palace, looking at the various things inside and outside the palace, without admonition or reminding, these things must be experienced by young people themselves. Her remaining power is still there, and if the young eagle is interfering in political affairs, the eagle will never grow up.

The concubines and beauties in the palace kept their distance from her. Every day, those who dared to go to the sick to pay tribute, except for the emperor Zhao Jie, were left with the queen who was indifferent to the world. Zhao Jie had actually wanted to depose the queen and make the more favored Concubine Wan the queen. The only thing the queen can do now is to talk about family matters with the queen so that the concubines in the harem could understand their position.

He has been in charge of the power behind the curtain for decades and has been obeyed by a generation of people. However, when he was old, he was involved in the intrigues in the harem. The empress dowager did not feel sad about spring and autumn, but just was at ease to play in a situation until the day when he closed his eyes.

But the recent news has made the Empress Dowager unable to settle down.

Hangzhou is broken, and wars are everywhere in Jiangnan. If you leave it alone, the eagle will probably break its legs before spreading its wings.

The incense lingers in the bedroom. After the palace maid comes in to report, Zhao Jie, wearing a dragon robe, quickly enters the palace, and is still talking to himself angrily:

"It's really a big deal, and Hangzhou can be defeated..."

"The Lord."

On the bed, the old lady's gray hair was neatly tidy. She leaned against the head of the bed and called out with a friendly face.

Zhao Jie respected the empress dowager who helped him ascend the throne and treated him as his biological mother. At this time, he respectfully stepped forward and bowed, then sat down on the imperial bench beside the bed, calmed the anger on his face, and said softly:

"The Queen Mother called the son minister to come, but I don't know what happened?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Jie for a few glances, her face remained calm and said slowly:

"I heard that Hangzhou was captured?"

Zhao Jie held his knees, with a little anger on his face, and said in a deep voice: "The news just came that the heavy rain in Jiangnan caused floods to collapse the city walls for several days. Fang La's thief joined 200,000 troops to attack Hangzhou. My son... is discussing countermeasures with all officials."

The Empress Dowager nodded: "Fang La followed the public's opinion, and the court officials looked down on him and was so arrogant that he swept across the south of the Yangtze River like fire. However, after all, he had no foundation. It was difficult for the people to resist the heavy army to clear the troops. As long as they were dealt with properly, they would not hurt the foundation of the country."

"My son thinks so too." Zhao Jie felt as if he had taken a reassurance pill and his complexion improved a lot.

But the empress dowager quickly shook her head: "Have the Lord ever thought about why Fang La could have taken the lead within three months and get a response from millions of people?"

"Fang La used Manichaeism to demagogue people and incite ignorant people to rebel. This kind of thing happened frequently, but this time it made a big deal."

The Empress Dowager sighed quietly, and after a long time of silence, she raised her wrinkled hands, took out a letter from under the pillow, and placed it on Zhao Jie's hand:

"A few days ago, King Kang sent me a letter, you can take a look."

Zhao Jie was stunned, frowned slightly and opened the envelope, looking at the handwriting.

The Empress Dowager did not disturb her, but just looked at Zhao Jie's face.

Zhao Jie was silent all the time, and read it carefully, hesitated for a moment, and put down the letter paper:

"King Kang's words are too exaggerated and inappropriate. The Song Dynasty has its own national conditions. The Huashigang and the creation of the situation are indeed excessive, but using culture to build martial arts was a national policy established by the Zhao family when they founded the country, and they formed an alliance with the Jin Kingdom..."

The Empress Dowager raised her hand gently and thought for a while: "The last emperor died of illness back then, do you know why I helped you ascend the throne, not your brother?"

Zhao Jie's expression was slightly condensed, and his hand holding the letter tightened unconsciously, and his face gradually slowed down:

"Please also ask the Queen Mother to say it clearly."

After considering it for a long time, the empress dowager said slowly: "King Kang is both talented and knowledgeable, and his character is impeccable, but he is irritable by nature and is aggressive and advocates fighting against Liao and Jin. He refutes the general trend of rescuing martial arts and cultivating culture in the Song Dynasty. If the world is handed over to him, he will definitely use military personnel to suppress civil officials, causing unrest and hurting the foundation of the country. Even if he clears the court, he may not be able to defeat the powerful enemy of Liao and Jin. If he loses, the Song Dynasty will be destroyed by him. The ruler who governs the country must seek progress steadily, and King Kang is not suitable."

Zhao Jie nodded: "King Kang...is indeed more impulsive since childhood..."

"When you first succeeded to the throne, you were very talented in governing the world, worked hard to rectify the administration, opened up the road of advice, humbly accepted advice, and accepted loyal advice. You abolished the poison depot, used the Diankui Office to pick up all officials, dismissed officials who were inappropriate, formed cliques for personal gain, and embezzled and accepted bribes. I also gave you high hopes for the people and court officials who had made great moves.

But after a long time, after hearing the flattery of the ministers, he forgot his original intention and was too suspicious. Diankui Si also changed from a mirror to a rope tied to a courtier's neck.

I established Diankuis and spyed secretly throughout the Song Dynasty, so that you can see anything you want at any time.

But if you don’t want to see it yourself, no matter how powerful you are, it’s meaningless.

During Fang La's rebellion, Cao Hua wrote letters to the imperial case many times through Diankuissi. You did not pay attention to it because once you believed Cao Hua's words, you would admit that the refugees in the south of the Yangtze River were related to your love for strange flowers and stones.

Wang Xiang, Cai Taishi and others are smart people and do not want to cause your dissatisfaction, so they only say what you want to hear, not what you cannot say.

But these things either disappear if you pretend to be invisible. Hangzhou City is an example.

King Kang has been in Jiangnan for many years and has worn away the edges and corners of the past, but he can see the situation better than you are now."

After listening to it, Zhao Jie understood the Queen Mother’s meaning and nodded slightly:

"My son...follow the Queen Mother's teachings."

The Queen Mother nodded and said no more.
Chapter completed!