"We pay our respects to our emperor. Long live his life!"
Without saying a word, Dong Songchen, Wang Jian, and Zhang Yu immediately knelt down to pay their respects... Outside the door, there were also eunuchs and others who were lying in ambush, and they all knelt down, and their voices went straight into the room.
Zhao Yun sighed softly. After staying in the Wulin Alliance for a few days, he had become accustomed to the atmosphere of equality in the alliance... There, no one treated him as an emperor, and subordinates could refute inappropriate opinions from their superiors... Compared to the respect shown by Dong Songchen, Wang Jian, and Zhang Yu now, he really felt that the Wulin Alliance was more comfortable.
"What are you talking about, 'Long Live'? How many people in this world are over a hundred years old? Alright, everyone, get up. Today, I'm not the protagonist."
Zhao Yun sighed and stepped forward to help the few people up...
"Your Majesty! What are you saying again?" Dong Songchen grabbed Zhao Yun's arm tightly, refusing to let go. "Did the Wulin Alliance capture you from the palace? Don't worry, I'm here to protect you and escort you back to the palace!"
As he spoke, Dong Songchen pushed Zhao Yun behind him. Wang Jian and Zhang Yu blocked Xiaolongnu's attack route, as if they wanted to rescue Zhao Yun from the sea of suffering.
Xiao Longnu found it funny and didn't move. She just sat there quietly and let them do what they wanted... Well, it was like watching a lousy show?
"Hey, Dong Banban, General Wang, General Zhang, please let me go. I wasn't captured by the Wulin Alliance, nor was I threatened. It's not like what you think it is. I went to the Wulin Alliance on my own, and I joined the Wulin Alliance on my own!"
"emperor!"
Dong Songchen, Wang Jian, and Zhang Yu looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief... Their expressions were just like the ones on the faces of Di Fan, Zhong Mingliang, and the others when he said he would surrender!
We, your Majesty, have devoted all our energy to this cause, why is Your Majesty plotting a rebellion?
"Alright, if you still regard me as your Majesty, then listen to me first!"
Zhao Yun became impatient and forcibly suppressed several people... Then, he expressed his true feelings in front of them!
"The Song Dynasty is beyond salvation..."
In the following time, Zhao Yun recounted his life, from the time he first ascended the throne and wanted to revive the Song Dynasty, reforming the country and allying with the Mongols to destroy the Jin Dynasty, to the failure of the Duanping invasion of Luoyang, the dragging of the literati, which led to the complete decline of the great cause and the exhaustion of the last bit of vitality of the Song Dynasty...
Zhao Yun looked at the three men with a wry smile. "General Wang, General Zhang, you were the ones who nearly led the army to capture Luoyang back then. You said that with that bunch of corrupt scholars dragging down the army, everyone is only concerned with their own glory. During the war, they still didn't forget the struggle between civil and military officials. Is there any hope for the Song Dynasty?"
Wang Jian and Zhang Yu were silent, and Dong Songchen didn't know how to respond... As one of the treacherous ministers, Dong Songchen, despite his current allies with the treacherous prime minister Jia Sidao and his overwhelming power, was once just a small eunuch, wholeheartedly helping Zhao Yun secure his throne...
Isn't it that the situation has become like this today because we see that the civil officials are so powerful and we have no choice but to join in because we can't resist?
"Your Majesty, but this... this... doesn't have to be this bad!"
Wang Jian sighed, "As long as the emperor is willing to work hard to govern the country, I will help the Song Dynasty eradicate the treacherous officials, even if it costs me my life..."
Halfway through, Wang Jian couldn't even continue...
Reforms were not without precedent throughout the Song Dynasty! During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Wang Anshi's reforms were also for the benefit of the country and the people. But what happened in the end?
Could it be that Ouyang Xiu and others who strongly opposed it at the time were corrupt officials, treacherous villains, and a disaster?
As the last famous generals of the Song Dynasty, how could Wang Jian and Zhang Yu be ignorant of politics and history?
"General Wang, you know it yourself, right? The real reason why the Song Dynasty has no chance so far is not because of those one or two treacherous ministers, but because of the entire system!
If you want to save the people of the Central Plains, no matter how much you reform, no matter how much you change, as long as it touches the interests of the scholars of the world, you will definitely be opposed! You can kill one or two treacherous ministers, but can you kill all the Confucian scholars in the world? Kill all the gentry in the world? Kill all the local tyrants?
General Wang, the Song Dynasty is beyond salvation! This is a fact! It cannot be refuted!
"Then Your Majesty, you can't join the Wulin Alliance! They are just a bunch of warriors. How can they understand how to govern a country?"
Wang Jian pointed at Xiaolongnu and shouted angrily. His words were so fierce that he had completely forgotten that Xiaolongnu was a Xiantian Zhenren!
Xiao Longnu's mouth twitched, and she wanted to punish him very much. However, facing Zhao Yun's pleading eyes, she suppressed her anger, lowered her hand, and motioned Zhao Yun to continue...
Zhao Yun quickly listed out what he had seen and heard in the Wulin Alliance, the facts he had witnessed with his own eyes, as well as some base data, the changes in people's lives, and the establishment of hundreds of free schools.
Dong Songchen, Wang Jian, and Zhang Yu were dumbfounded, completely unable to believe it! The Wulin Alliance actually had such a perfect uprising program and action plan. Everything they did, every goal, was traceable and had a clear purpose!
To put it simply, it means eliminating all inequalities in classes, supporting the people, and all policies are to protect the interests of the people!
"This... what the Wulin Alliance is doing might work in border cities, but inland..."
Wang Jian found the flaw immediately...
"So, this is why I asked to come here in person to personally persuade the two generals to surrender!"
Zhao Yun looked at the two men sincerely. "I know that both of you, Generals, care deeply about your country and your country. You have also fought against the Mongolian army and witnessed with your own eyes how the Han people lived a life worse than pigs and dogs at the hands of the Mongols. To prevent the Central Plains from being engulfed in war and to protect the lives of the people of the world, I, Zhao Yun, on behalf of the Great Song Royal Family, beg you to surrender to the Wulin Alliance. Leaving behind the elite troops of the Great Song will help the Wulin Alliance suppress the various regions and free up sufficient troops for the upcoming war with Mongolia!"
"emperor……"
Wang Jian and Zhang Yu looked at Zhao Yun with complicated eyes... They had never imagined they would encounter this scene. They were clearly leading troops to protect the Song Dynasty, but in reality, they were faced with the emperor personally trying to persuade them to surrender...
The two were still struggling, and Zhao Yun simply bowed deeply...
"General, please surrender to the Wulin Alliance for the sake of the people of the Central Plains and the people of the world!"
Wang Jian and Zhang Yu exchanged a glance... gave up resistance, tears streaming down their cheeks...
"Your Majesty, I will obey your command!"
Dong Songchen also replied: "I am old and don't want to return to Lin'an. If Your Majesty does not abandon me, then let me stay with Your Majesty and accompany you through this final journey!"
Xiao Longnu stood up and walked out of the room, leaving the space for the four people...
Finally, without a single drop of blood, they defeated the last remaining resistance of the Song Dynasty! The journey to destroy the Song Dynasty was now unstoppable!
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