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In September, the Chang'an Tianshu headquarters released a shocking news: Those who want to return to the south of the Yangtze River can return to the south of the Yangtze River; those who want to stay in the Central Plains can stay in the Central Plains.

From this moment on, Di Lie began to clean up dissidents, first rituals and then soldiers. All the royal families of the former dynasty, former Song officials and scholars in the Tianshu power could freely choose whether to return to Song or stay. Even if they wanted to leave, the Tianshu power occupied the entire Central Plains, with a vast territory, not in the slightest part of the Song and Jin countries, and there were many talents in the territory, and there were endless people to go to Chang'an to seek officials every day. At this time, Tianshu City had no shortage of talents.

If you want to stay, it is okay. After all, you have made contributions to the growth of Tianshu's power - but if you stay, don't be stubborn, ride on the wall and look at the wind, eat in the bowl and look in the pot. Otherwise, the secret spies of the Secret Bureau are not vegetarians.

When Tianshu was weak and was nesting in the deep mountains of Taihang, many royal families and former Song officials and scholars did intend to return south, but were restricted by Di Lie. In addition, the wars were constantly incessant, so they delayed. As Tianshu's power continued to grow, the army and territory were more and more, and the reputation was getting higher and higher. However, it had become a trend of winning over the top in just a few years. However, in the Jianyan Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, since the first year of Jianyan, it was pressed on the ground by the Jin people and was constantly beaten up. Every year, it was covered in bruises and scarred, and the territory was constantly shrinking. It was driven by the Jin people from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River.

Tianshu is rising and Jianyan is in decline. As long as you are not blind and your ears are not deaf, you can clearly understand the new situation in the world.

Should we stay in a vibrant emerging force and look forward to a greater future, or to return to the Jianyan Song Dynasty, where rivers are falling and starting over. Everyone must make a choice.

Nearly two thousand children of the Zhao Song royal family were held under the surveillance of the Bureau of Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by King Zhao Wei of Yue, and all the powerful figures of the royal family attended. There was only one topic: go or stay.

The debate at the meeting was extremely fierce. Even when it was quarrels, they would stay and leave, and there was serious polarization. Basically, the royal families with higher seniority and higher titles wanted to return to the Southern Song Dynasty - after all, it was the Zhao family. The royal relatives and nobles should enjoy special treatment. When they stayed in Tianshu City, they were no different from ordinary officials and received the same salary. Their status was treated equally, even worse than those military generals. How could they balance their psychology?

The children of low-level royal families who are relatively distant, have very low titles, and have long been marginalized are more willing to stay. Anyway, even if they return to the Southern Song Dynasty, they may not have a better future except for receiving an extra imperial grain. Many royal children have already achieved good positions and futures in the continuous expansion of Tianshu's power. Civil officials, such as Zhao Zhong, have become the chief minister of Taiyuan Prefecture; military officials, such as Zhao Neng, have become the General of the Carriage and Cavalry, and have led a brigade alone. They are role models for the younger generation of royal families.

Surprisingly, the princes who should go back to the Southern Song Dynasty most: King Zhao Wei of Yue, King Zhao Zhen of Xin, Duke Zhao Fang of Prime Minister Zhao Yan and others all expressed their stay.

It is understandable that King Zhao Wei of Yue chose to stay. He was originally a benchmark figure in the royal family within the Tianshu power. Even if Di Lie acted in a posture, he had to use him seriously. In addition, Zhao Wei's successive missions were effective and the contribution was real. Not to mention his daughter, Princess Wuyang Zhao Tanxiang, was very likely to become the concubine of the Prince of the Hua Kingdom. With such a relationship, how could he leave?

Although the Prime Minister Zhao Jun has a low position in the army and has only been a hundred people long, this kid is determined to be a military leader and only determines one goal - to eliminate the Jurchens. Among all the royal families, this Prime Minister is the most determined rooted faction.

The most surprising thing is the choice of King Xin Zhao Zhen. This King Xin has been under house arrest for a long time until after the army was reorganized last year, his influence on the Wuma Division adapted from the original Wuma Mountain Village was almost gone, and he was able to be free and never been appointed. He relied on his savings from his income in the Wuma Mountain Village. Such a dilemma and such a frustration were the first choice to leave angrily, but the result was the opposite, why isn't it amazing?

Zhao Zhen always looked so gloomy. His years of imprisonment seemed to make him have some psychological abnormality, which made people feel cold. Regarding the confusion of the royal family, he only said lightly: "The Jiangnan court first had a seventh brother, and now there is another ninth brother. If I, Zhao Shiba, wouldn't it be too crowded?"

This statement came to my ears, and all the royal families felt cold, as if they had guessed some terrible result, and the meeting room of thousands of people suddenly became silent.

Zhao Zhen's words hit Di Lie's unpredictable intention to return Zhao Gou to him.

That's right, Di Lie was not the life-sustainer of the Song Dynasty, but the gravedigger.

Captured one Zhao Jiu and another Zhao Qi, so that this peaceful small court would develop happily along the established track of history without frequent invasions and harassment from tigers, wolves and gold men. Under the leadership of Xinjun - Did Di Lie be full and overwhelmed? Do such boring and thankless things?

To capture Zhao Jiu, the Southern Song Dynasty was to lose the king; to send Zhao Qi to take advantage of the situation; to release Zhao Jiu, and the two tigers fought each other, this was a linked situation. How can one mountain accommodate two tigers? How can one country have two kings? To return to Zhao Jiu, the Southern Song Dynasty would be in chaos, and this chaos was limited to the palace and not exceeding Lin'an at most. In this way, it would not cause large-scale turmoil and would not cause substantial damage to the people's livelihood in Jiangnan.

I believe that after some turmoil in the Southern Song Dynasty, there will be internal injuries, hidden worries, many troubles, panic, disconnection of the king and minister, and suspicion from the top and the bottom.

At this time, it is the best time to take Song.

Compared with the Zhao Song royal family, the former former officials of the Northern Song Dynasty were much more unanimous, and most of them chose to stay in the Tianshu power. Where are they not the same officials? Of course, there are exceptions. Although these people were grateful for the kindness of the Saint Queen and the favor of the Tianshu City Lord, it is obvious that Tianshu City is not the same as the Southern Song Dynasty. As Song ministers, they must return to the Song realm for themselves and for their relatives who moved to Jiangnan. However, three famous figures stayed.

One is Zhang Xiaochun, the master of Taiyuan Prefecture, who fought side by side with Wang Bing in Taiyuan, and fought against tens of thousands of Jinxi Road Army. He defended the city for nearly nine months, and had no arrows and food. He had no hope of reinforcements, and the city was finally broken. Wang Bing died of water and Zhang Xiaochun was captured and forced to surrender. He lost his battle and was covered with such a stain on his life. Zhang Xiaochun could not fall even if he returned to the Southern Song Dynasty. But Zhang Xiaochun never expected that the first one was the one on the list of Empress Yuansheng who received the returnees.

As soon as the Lord of Tianshu City under the back of the Holy Seat met, he said to Zhang Xiaochun: "The ancestors said that they would not judge heroes by success or failure. Even if Duke Yongxi was defeated, he was still honored. He was actually a hero in Taiyuan."

Zhang Xiaochun stuttered at that time: "Xiaochun is just a person who loses his integrity. How can he deserve this reputation? Don't kill me."

The Lord of Tianshu City said: "As a soldier, you have fulfilled your responsibility for the country; after the defeat, you are responsible for your life. This is beyond reproach. Like Wang Bing, you are still a hero in Taiyuan."

Zhang Xiaochun burst into tears on the spot. This was the only unbiased evaluation he had ever heard in the past five years. A man over fifty years cried like a young man.

If Zhang Xiaochun stayed because of his confidant, then Yuwen Xuzhong had to stay - his family was sent to Chang'an by the Southern Song Dynasty, what else could he do?

The third person who stayed is the most surprising, because this person should go back to the Southern Song Dynasty - Hong Hao.

After learning about the beginning and end of the third battle of Naohe, Hong Hao immediately understood what role he played in it that day. Although he didn't know about it that day, even though he was just an errand, the guilt of his accomplice still made him feel so angry that he was so ashamed.

Hong Hao immediately asked to see the saint, and asked to die. After being rejected, he asked to go to prison. If he was not punished, he would kneel down and not get up.

Di Lie was finally impatient by this stubborn guy. He just wanted to get the guy away from a distance and asked casually: "There is an errand. We want to send a deputy envoy to Shangjing with the Jin envoy Wuling Silai to help Zhengma Bukuo and negotiate the tea and horse market between the two dynasties. Are you willing to go?"

Hong Hao didn't blink for a moment: "I'm willing to go."

Di Lie was surprised: "I just asked casually... By the way, you have just come back."

Hong Hao's face remained unchanged, and he still said the same thing: "I am willing to go."

So Wuling Simou has a companion.

...

At the end of September, the deadline for the team was deadline. Those who should go and those who wanted to stay were staying. Tianshu City sent ten large ships to send more than 1,000 royal families, officials, scholars and their families and servants who returned south onto the large ships, went down the Danshui River, walked into the Yangtze River, and followed Di Lie's previous route to Huang Tiandang for thousands of miles, and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

The Tianzhu army sent a team of 100 people to protect the safety of the officials of the Nangui clan.

The guards of Yidu seem to be a little less, but within the Tianshu sphere of influence, all the remaining Jin soldiers and bandits were swept cleanly and safely by the combination of the third reorganized division of the Tianzhu Army, the Shaanxi Army, Wangwu Mountain Village and other powerful dragons and local snakes.

By mid-October, when the fleet reached Yingzhou and was about to enter Jiangling Prefecture on Jinghu South Road, it was the dividing line between the Tianshu forces and the Southern Song Dynasty. At this point, the Tianzhu Army Guard must return, and the safety of the fleet will be left to the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Southern Song Dynasty had long received a notice from Tianshu City, but I don’t know if there was no monarch in the court, the ministers were arguing, the efficiency of work was too poor, or the military quality of the Southern Song Dynasty was just like that, and it was delayed and there was no trace. As a result, the Tianzhu Guards left, and the guards on the Southern Song Dynasty were not seen for a long time, which made the group of officials who returned to the South feel extremely uneasy.

Just as the fleet that was placed in Yingzhou was impatient and was about to set off before the officers and soldiers came, the officers and soldiers appeared - but it was not the escort officers and soldiers they were looking forward to, but a group of yamen runners who were chasing the criminals. However, this yamen runners team was a little more, with more than 120 people, and I was afraid that the yamen runners in the entire Yingzhou City would be dispatched.

What kind of criminal needs to send so many people to pursue him?

The officials in the south were talking and pacifying their family members. The head of the arrest team, a young army general in his twenties, with a strong expression and short moustache on his chin, carried a bow and knife on his back, and held a roll of graphic drawings. He shook the sound of the more than a thousand Nangui people on the big ship: "I am Li Chong, the head of the archer of Yingzhou, and is now pursuing a bloody fugitive. This person is very likely to be involved in the fleet of the Lords. For the safety plan of the Lords, Li must defend one by one, and do not let the real murderer escape. If you offend me, I pray for forgiveness."

If it were ordinary officials, the fleet of the inner family members would have been in trouble. However, these Nangui clan officials, including their inner family members and servants, have suffered a lot and experienced hardships, are not very frightened and willing to cooperate.

The archer in Yingzhou is very humble and polite. He only checks the figures in hand, and never harasses the female family, nor takes the opportunity to extort money and property. Judging from his concentration and even with indescribable tension, he is a rare military officer who is loyal to his duties.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong." Qin Hui whispered to Zhao Gou wearing a straw hat.

Among these more than a thousand people, only Qin Hui and Zhao Gou's identity were only two confidant eunuchs Lan Gui and Zeng Ze. The current Emperor Jianyan wants to protect but not guards, and has no force. There is no security guarantee. Of course, he dare not reveal his identity. Who can guarantee that the thousands of people in the boat will be loyal?

Once Zhao Gou reminded him, he also noticed that the person inspected by the head was all young people. His body was so tall and so pretty that he was quite close to his family...

Qin Hui whispered to Zeng Ze a few words, Zeng Ze nodded and left.

Soon, Zeng Ze stumbled back, his face frightened, his body couldn't control himself and his teeth were shaking up and down: "I fell down on the pretext and rolled to the bottom of the head and feet. I saw... I saw... it was the official's figure..."

Zhao Gou's face was extremely difficult to see. With his IQ, how could he not understand what this happened? He smiled bitterly: "Good Seventh Brother, Good Brother!"

Qin Hui did not dare to touch him, and thought for a moment, and then smeared his eyebrows and long beard on his chest, saying, "I have a plan to keep Your Majesty safe."

Zhao Gouzheng was so sad and angry that he did not speak for a while. Instead, Lan Gui was impatient and said: "He Ce? Please tell me clearly."

Qin Hui looked directly at Lan Gui, his voice cold: "This strategy is right on you."

"Me?" Lan Gui was confused.

"Yes, are you willing to sacrifice for His Majesty?"

Lan Gui looked at Qin Hui's gloomy face, turned his head to look at the official family's muddy expression, his feet softened, he knelt on the ground, desperately suppressing the thunder that wanted to cry loudly, and nodded vigorously: "I'm given my life by the official family, I'd like to return it to the official family..."

Zhao Gou's lips trembled, and he supported Lan Gui with force, his eyes turned red, and his voice was choked: "Don't worry, I should bury him with the courtesy of the Duke of the State, and I will make you feel extremely mournful and honored..."

When Na Dutou checked the third big ship, he suddenly heard a puff, and one person jumped into the water with his bag on his back. The ships suddenly burst into noise and exclaimed. No one expected that there was a fugitive!

Li Du rushed to the stern of the boat and found that the man was going downstream and gradually wandering farther away. He immediately took the bow and took the arrow, and opened the string like a full moon. The arrowhead with cold light aimed at the half-shaped figure on the water surface that was rising and falling with the waves. However, his body trembled slightly and he never dared to shoot an arrow... Seeing that the figure was getting farther and farther away, he escaped from the range after a while.

Li Du's head suddenly roared in a low voice, looking at his sacrifice, and his fingers loosened! The bow string trembled violently, and the arrows flew over the river, and blood splashed into his mind...

After the fugitive was caught in the arrow, he swelled with the waves and sank into the bottom of the river in the blink of an eye, but his package floated on the water and was then taken up.

Li Dutou ignored the package and was eager to check it out. When he took out a white jade seal the size of his thumb, his face was happy. After seeing the seal characters clearly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was exhausted all over and sat on the board...

The fugitive was killed and the mission was completed. Li Du repeatedly apologized to the south, and then led more than a hundred yamen runners to roar away.
Chapter completed!