Rationally speaking, Zhao Jiu should not have killed Liu Guangshi, because doing so would have too many disadvantages, not just a matter of what was already done.
First of all, the Song Dynasty favored scholars and officials, but the Song Dynasty did not have the tradition of killing all the generals who voluntarily gave up their military power! It can even be said that this seriously violated the established strategy of Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty, not to mention that it was such a bad thing for the government to kill people with their own hands?
Therefore, what Lu Haowen said was right, and the prime minister was indeed competent at this time... Zhao Jiu was destroying the Song Dynasty system with his own hands, and the Song Dynasty system was precisely the real weapon to maintain the authority of Emperor Zhao in this precarious time.
In other words, Zhao Jiu was digging up Zhao Song's roots with his own hands and messing with the rotten chair under his butt!
Secondly, from another perspective, the Jin army had already arrived in Huaibei at this time, and the two sides were separated by a river, in a state of imminent war. So what was the point of killing such a high-ranking general at this time?
Wang De and Fu Qing were manipulated by Emperor Zhao to rebel, but what if he had failed?
Moreover, Wang De and Fu Qing were fine. One of them was a famous general with a high rank in the central government and had many connections with the central government; the other was a new surrenderer and his subordinates were relatively independent... The relationship between these two people and Liu Guangshi was not so close that they would not have been controlled by him, otherwise they would not have been caught.
But at this moment, since Liu Guangshi was dead, and was killed by Emperor Zhao himself, what about the 3,000 Western Army troops he left at the foot of the mountain? Qiao Zhongfu and Zhang Jing, the two commanders from the Western Army, were still at the foot of the mountain at this time. Who knows what the result would be? !
What if it’s the other way around?
If we don't resist, what will happen if they mutini and flee?
Even if nothing happened, would there be any good outcome once the news got out?
It can be said that after killing Liu Guangshi, at this moment, among the few armed forces of the Song Dynasty near the Central Plains, except for Zong Ze's Tokyo Garrison and the two generals Zhang and Han, the rest of those messy generals became unreliable!
For example, Fan Qiong, who had a very dark history, had forced the two emperors to surrender with a knife, and killed countless civilians who blocked the way. He was a Zhang Bangchang among military officials. He was finally appeased by Li Gang before, but now he was leading troops to suppress rebellions in Xiangyang and Nanyang. There was another commander in the imperial camp, named Wang Yi, who was also famous for his poor military discipline and excessive domineering. At this time, he was leading troops in Jiangning Prefecture (now Nanjing) behind him to prepare for the emperor's arrival. There were even Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, who had spent so much time relying on Liu Yan's strategy to capture Ding Jin, and had delayed such a big event. They had long been worried, and they were also generals of the Western Army, so they couldn't help but have wild thoughts...
Speaking of Liu Guangshi's identity as a general of the Western Army, the remnants of the Western Army were still the main reliance of the Song Dynasty at this time. Qu Duan in Guanxi, the Liu brothers, the Wu brothers, and Yang Weizhong in Hebei... Although everyone should be trustworthy, what if anyone is indecisive?
In short, it would be normal for any of these people to rebel after the news got out. And the words of Zhang Jun, the Chief Censor, were also very pertinent. Zhao Jiu was just messing around on the dangerous edge of national destruction!
But didn't Emperor Zhao say that he would rather lose his country than do this? In other words, he knew about these dangers, but he still did it! Or in other words, when he did this, he knew there would be these dangers!
In fact, compared to these predictable and inferred things, the civil and military officials were more worried about what this desperate official would do next? If he would rather lose his country than live a few more times, what would they say when they saw Li Gang and the other officials?
"What does the mountain say?"
At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Looking from the top of Bagua Mountain, the view of the opposite bank was excellent, which made it impossible to conceal the arrival of the Jin army's large group of troops. As if prepared, as the Jin army's large group of troops slowly appeared on the north bank one after another, the south bank of Bagua Mountain, which had been quiet for a whole morning, suddenly became restless and noisy again... Zhao Jiu, who was sitting alone on the top of the northern peak of Bagua Mountain observing the situation, heard the noise and almost without turning his head, he started to inquire.
"Report to the Emperor!"
After returning from the foot of the mountain, Yang Yizhong first reported the situation to several important civil and military officials in the hall, and then he had no choice but to disregard the official order and opened the curtain to come here. "Good instructor, you know, in the morning, thanks to the advance relocation of the camp by Wang (Wang De) and Fu (Fu Qing), and the two commanders Qiao (Qiao Zhongfu) and Zhang (Zhang Jing) who were able to see the overall situation, the situation was stabilized. But when the main force of the Jin army arrived, the whole camp was in turmoil, and even the subordinates of Wang and Fu were in a panic..."
"Just don't rebel, what's the big deal about being in a hurry?" Zhao Jiu turned around and revealed a hint of sarcasm. I don't know if it was an illusion, but this official Zhao actually gave people a feeling of relief and ease. "Then what? If Wang and Fu's subordinates are like this, what about the three thousand Western troops? They are the ones who are leading the commotion now, right?"
"Exactly!"
"They don't rebel but just make noise. What do they want?" Zhao Jiu seemed to be more and more indifferent. It was unclear whether he was just giving up or opened up a new world after killing someone with his own hands yesterday.
“They want a reward!”
Yang Yizhong lowered his head and carefully glanced at the emperor who stood up and passed by him. He had to admit that after yesterday, he was more or less afraid of Zhao Jiu, because it was so rare for an emperor like Zhao to kill people with his own hands. "They were making trouble, saying that it was a precedent that the emperor would give rewards to the imperial guards when he ascended the throne, but this time the emperor has not given any rewards since he ascended the throne, and he wants them to work so hard..."
"At least you didn't say it directly because of Liu Guangshi's matter." Zhao Jiu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, sighing slightly.
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