Chapter 557 Returning to the South, Still Missing Huanglong Mansion

【In fact, the correspondence between Yue Fei and Zhao Gou basically runs through the entire Fourth Northern Expedition.

According to historical records, there were "hundreds of chapters" of handwritten edicts sent by Zhao Gou to Yue Fei.

Although most of them have been lost, some of Yue Fei's memorials before he finally withdrew his army and returned to the capital were still preserved.

On the 18th, Yue Fei was still against returning to the capital, believing that "the strength and weakness have been revealed, and the achievement is about to be completed!"; on the 19th, he sent Zhang Xian's victory report in Linying; on the 20th, he reported to Zhao Gou that an official who fled in fear was prosecuted.

The 21st was particularly complicated. On the morning of this day, Yue Fei defeated Jin Wushu's resistance in Zhuxian Town, and said to his subordinates in a jubilant manner, "This time we will kill the Jin people until we reach Huanglongfu, and I will drink with you all!" At the same time, he also met with Han Chang's envoy in the army to discuss the surrender.

But just half a day later, Yue Fei received several stern imperial edicts from Zhao Gou asking him to withdraw. It is not difficult to see from the record of "respectfully obeying the imperial edicts" that Zhao Gou mostly threatened Yue Fei to withdraw by demotion or even expulsion, which is also recorded in the history books as "receiving twelve golden tablets in one day".

Liu Bei: It is a pity that the people of Henan and Hebei are in the tiger's mouth again.

In fact, it is not difficult to see that Yue Wumu has three goals, the lowest is to recover the homeland of the Northern Song Dynasty, the second is to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north, and the most ideal is to directly overthrow Huanglong Mansion, but Zhao Gou...

If you are not happy, just find a way to vent your anger. Zhao Kuangyin simply nodded and signaled to the eunuch:

〖Great victory in Yancheng, great victory in Linying, great victory in Yingchang, great victory in Zhuxian Town, no match for twelve golden tablets.

This analysis made Liu Han silent, and finally shook his head and said reluctantly:

Three days later, they retreated to Caizhou. A Jinshi kowtowed to Yue Fei and cried, saying that it would be twelve years since we were occupied. I heard that the general had been leading the army north and felt like he was living a long time. Now that our homeland is gradually recovering, we also thought that our hometown can finally return to China. Why did the general abandon the work that was about to be completed?

Yue Fei could only take the imperial edict to return to the army again. Inside and outside the government office, there was crying again. Finally, he had to stay in Caizhou for an extra five days to relocate the local people to Xianghan.

Li Shimin: It is a pity that the ambition cannot be fulfilled.

After dealing with a troublesome matter, Zhao Kuangyin sighed:

"With such a brave general, but no one to help and being suspected, the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty is no surprise."

"Liu Fengyu doesn't know that Zhao Gou's name has been heard in the past, and later generations regard him as a rare mediocre and evil king in the history books."

Yue Fei had no other choice but to take the imperial edict with tears in his eyes and show it to the people, saying "I cannot stay without permission", so there was a loud cry outside the Kaifeng Mansion.

After all, the "Song Criminal Code" was established at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, which stipulated the calculation method of breaking the cane. One hundred canes actually meant twenty canes on the buttocks, which was still a long way from death.

In other words, Zhao Gou did not need Yue Fei, but a hero like Liu Yu to wake him up physically.

"If such loyal ministers are still unjustly imprisoned, Hebei and Henan will be alienated, and the Song Dynasty will never be able to fight the Northern Expedition again."

The people of Kaifeng heard the news and stopped Yue Fei's army and cried, saying that the Jin army knew that we welcomed the general with food and drink, and now that the general has retreated, where will we live?

Seeing that no one questioned it, a sensible eunuch immediately walked out of the palace gate quickly to announce the order to the King of Jin to execute it with the imperial army.

Liu Han thought of his hometown Cangzhou, and then thought of the Jin people coming and going wantonly. For a moment, he said this with a feeling of tears, but in the end, he was ruthlessly sneered by Zhao Pu:

"Liu Fengyu said that Zhao Gou, the famous general who resisted the Song Dynasty, didn't care."

And now, Zhao Pu has also initially understood the shameless nature of his offspring and made a guess:

For a moment, even the doubts about the names of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Zhaolie floating on the light curtain were temporarily suppressed, and he felt that the official's guess was too ridiculous:

Whether the students under Jin Wushu's command are real or fictitious, the saying "Since ancient times, there has never been a powerful minister inside, and a general can make merit outside" does accurately reveal Yue Fei's dilemma. Facing Zhao Gou's threat, he has no other choice. Even if he knows that "ten years of effort will be wasted in an instant", he can only choose to withdraw his troops.

"Yue Fei has won victory after victory. The soldiers and civilians in Henan and Hebei are probably looking forward to the fifth Northern Expedition and returning to the Song Dynasty."

After the Yue Family Army returned, Jin Wushu was the first to stand up. He first suppressed the army to "recover lost territory" and then sent people to the north to suppress the various rebel forces to restore contact with Yanjing.

I think Zhao Gou is really not stupid. He is too smart and extremely selfish. After all, looking back at history, there was a man named Liu Yu who also won the Northern Expedition all the way, and then he came back and abolished the emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin could only respond silently to the accusations of future generations, but seeing that the Northern Expedition, which had obviously won all the way and sang the song of victory and momentum, suddenly stopped, he was a little bit difficult to breathe.

Zhao Pu hesitated for a while and chose to tell the truth:

"Absolutely impossible!" Liu Han was shocked by the official's speculation and took two steps back.

Liu Han was stunned. Hearing the voice of Prime Minister Zhao full of disdain, but from his angle, he actually saw a bit of pain on his face.

How could I leave Zhuxian Town without seeing the general's victory song? What a pity.

"At the beginning of the fourth northern expedition, Jin Wushu violated the agreement of Tianjuan and invaded the south. Although Yue Fei won victory after victory, it was only two months. Zhao Gou was in the rear and was probably still in a state of compromise."

"This Zhao Gou... is he going to kill Yue Fei unjustly and negotiate peace again?"

Especially since the younger generation has described Yu Qian's experience clearly, it is reasonable to speculate based on this.

Zhao Kuangyin: What a pity...

"Even if Yue Fei violated some rules, he was not sentenced to death. It is absurd that a military official was sentenced to death for his victory. Why do you speculate like this?"

Zhao Da, don't compare. It's a good start to release the military power with a cup of wine. 〗

"I will announce my oral order to the King of Jin. The King of Jin has bad behavior and will be punished with 100 strokes of the cane and ordered to reflect on his mistakes."

Liu Han naturally had no right to speak here, and Zhao Pu thought about it and felt that it would be difficult to kill someone with 100 strokes of the cane, so he simply let Zhao Kuangyin go.

The fourth Northern Expedition failed. 】

"At this time, Qin Hui, who was raised by the Jin people, was still the prime minister. General Yue hated Zhao Gou. How can it be resolved?"

Zhao Gou was really selfish. Later, the Ming Dynasty was the same. Zhu Qizhen knew better than anyone that Yu Qian was wronged but still killed Yu Qian. They were the kind of people who knew that they had lost the support of the people, but still didn't care and were very happy, which lowered the personal morality of the emperor by a large margin.

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu were both silent. They didn't know how to tell Liu Han that Zhu Qizhen, who was compared with him, was a tyrant and cruel ruler of the Ming Dynasty after the Song Dynasty.

Then he remembered that this Zhao Xianggong was from Youzhou, and later moved his family to Luoyang. The people who stopped in front of Yue Fei's army and cried and complained might be the descendants of this Zhao Xianggong.

So he finally sighed softly and stopped talking.