This is even more true as we count further down.
For example, Zhao Mingcheng, who had similar experience to himself but was older and more experienced, and who also fled to Bagong Mountain, could not enter any court because he could not and did not want to fight. In the court, if you don't advance, you will retreat. He failed to stand firm several times, so he naturally had to go back to his hometown to study his knowledge of epigraphy... In comparison, the saying that Emperor Zhao admired the poetry of Yi An Jushi and brought disaster to Zhao Mingcheng was simply a joke to the real high-level bureaucrats.
The same was true for the Imperial Camp Army, where some were capable of fighting, others were brave enough to fight, and at least none of them were afraid of the Northern Expedition. There were also people from Hebei who were crazy about their old homeland, such as Yue Fei and Li Qiong, and people who had endured many years of suffering and were almost dying of anger, such as Li Yanxian and Ma Kuo.
As for the so-called prudent generals, they had been purged repeatedly with the success of military operations. In the past, the Xin brothers had five governors, how glorious they were? Now their staff member Hu Hongxiu has become the governor of Ningxia, where are they? The Miao and Liu people who were known as Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun were also gradually expelled from the imperial camp.
In a sense, what the official said at the martial arts conference was that he was pushed forward, which was honest.
At this time, the government would take a cautious stance to prevent the people below from getting out of control, which could be considered a reasonable imperial strategy.
In this way, Liu Hongdao sat in front of the window, listening to the drizzle of the night rain and the occasional cry of the crows, thinking over and over again. Instead of polishing a single word, he thought more and more. In the end, he even recalled all kinds of past events that he had personally experienced in the past nine years, from the first year of the Jing Kang period to the ninth year of the Jian Yan period.
From the grief and indignation over the Jingkang Incident, to the haste of being suddenly appointed to Qingzhou, to the panic after a fierce battle with Wuzhu, to the embarrassment on Bagua Mountain, to the caution and diligence in Jiangxi, to the busyness and desire to avenge the humiliation after returning to Tokyo, to the situation today...and, thinking back to the thing I mentioned to Guo Zhongxun in the evening, that is, although there were disasters in the eight or nine years before the Song Dynasty, they were all minor disasters. The large-scale rain that has spread across the north and south this year is really rare...I am even more filled with emotion.
In short, his mind was full of thoughts and he had all kinds of words in mind, but he couldn't put anything to paper. Instead, he gradually became stupid.
In the end, Minister Liu simply lay down on his desk and fell asleep in a daze, without being able to type even a few words.
However, this sleep was not so peaceful. Suddenly, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was awakened by a roar in the mountains, and was shocked and confused.
It was indeed a roaring sound. Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound like thunder on Phoenix Mountain. Then countless crows were startled and woke up. Regardless of the rain, they kept crying all over the mountain.
Liu Hongdao was distracted for a moment, then he immediately opened the door and shouted:
"What happened?"
However, there was chaos in Shengguo Temple. Not to mention the monks, even the imperial guards and their own followers who hurriedly stood up around the room were unable to answer.
Liu Hongdao had no choice but to put on his clothes quickly, find his attendants, call two squad leaders, and go straight to the main hall of Shengguo Temple. Although this place with many eternal lamps lit became the place where everyone gathered instinctively, it was also in chaos, and no one knew what had happened... However, it can only be said that Liu Hongdao was an official with many years of experience after all, and he knew the importance of things. In fact, he had figured it out on the way here. It didn't matter if something happened elsewhere, he was just worried that something might happen to the emperor.
Therefore, he made a prompt decision and issued an order in the Main Hall to gather the monks and guards and rush to the palace on the other side of the mountain to rescue the emperor.
Just as the minister was trying to command the monks, he looked up and saw that Ren Baozhong, the gate attendant whom he had met last night, had gathered a team of guards stationed in the temple and was heading towards the palace regardless of everything.
Liu Hongdao cursed himself for being useless. He ignored all taboos and threw the monks to Lv Benzhong, who had just arrived at the main hall and was still in a trance. Then he almost caught up with Ren Baozhong and the squad and went to the palace together.
The mountain road was difficult to travel on at night, and was slippery and muddy due to the rain. Before reaching the top of the mountain, the two older leaders, Liu and Ren, fell several times. Even a Western Mongolian prince named Toli, who was accompanying the imperial guard, hit his knee on the stone steps and was killed.
But when the team reached the top of the mountain, they saw that the palace was full of lights despite the rain, and there were many people running around asking questions and shouting. They knew that something had happened in the palace... In fact, they could all guess what had happened without even thinking. It was obviously the continuous rain that collapsed the palace... At this moment, almost everyone, including the two of them and the accompanying Imperial Guard and the Red Heart Team, was horrified.
Under the lantern that had already been broken in half, Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong could not help but look at each other, and they saw fear in each other's eyes.
But the next moment, the two of them completely ignored the difficulties of the rainy night and rushed into the palace with the help of the people around them.
"The emperor... where is the emperor?" Liu Hongdao arrived at the palace in a panic and saw collapsed houses and piles of materials. Covered in mud, he tried several times before he could shout out, but he was still trembling.
Maybe it was because the whole mountain was filled with voices and lanterns, and even the city of Hangzhou was alarmed. In addition, the frightened crows kept cawing, so no one answered at first.
In desperation, Liu and Ren could only shout in trembling voices while rushing towards the seemingly tidy bedroom.
"Is it Liu Qing and Ren Qing? Don't panic, I'm fine here." On a rainy night, a familiar voice came from an open space behind the bedroom, which made Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong feel relieved and they sat down on the ground.
The next moment, the Ziyouban class stepped forward, picked up the two men, and brought them in front of Emperor Zhao.
However, for some reason, in the brightly lit place, when they saw Emperor Zhao standing under a big umbrella, not only was he not hurt at all, even his clothes were not wet, Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong, who had been standing upright, both fell to the ground and covered their faces and burst into tears.
Now it was Zhao Jiu's turn to be stunned.
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