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Chapter 622 Blackmail



After the Jin army controlled the city of Bianliang, Wanyan Zonghan first asked Zhao Huan to leave the city to join the alliance, and then after Zhao Huan submitted the surrender form, he sent Zhao Huan back with full-length tail.

Afterwards, Wanyan Zonghan increased the bargaining chips bit by bit, making Zhao Huan and his ministers think that they would not subvert the Song Dynasty, but just wanted to blackmail some money and property.

The initial development of the matter seemed to be similar to what Zhao Huan and his ministers guessed.

The Jin army first took over the internal storage warehouse of the Song State, which was the sealed pile warehouse that Zhao Kuangyin had set up to recover Yan Yun.

The five seasons lost their maps, and they were sent to Kong Chi. The art ancestors built a country, and they were based on recruiting scholars. The mother was generous and wanted to follow the legacy. If I could not defeat this, how could I achieve success? Dragons and tigers prospered and prosperous, mountains and rivers conquered the capital. Turtle fields extended their fortunes, and phoenix virtue showed their talismans. Taoism flourished Yao and consulted the Yue, and the great achievements of Yu met. Nine levels of land held the elephant, and thousands of miles of land settled the world.

This poem has 72 words in total, each of which is the name of the sealing pile warehouse. In this way, there are 72 libraries.

Each treasury was full of gold, silver, brocade and various treasures accumulated over 170 years of the Song Dynasty.

In recent years, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan and his son took out all the gold and silver in it to recover Yanjing and provide the Jin people with disaster relief.

But even so, there are mountains of treasures piled up inside, including many silk, tens of millions of pieces.

Xiao Qing, who was sent by Wanyan Zonghan, only found Chiku, that is to say, he could not find it after only checking the tenku, because there were too many treasures in the warehouse, so he didn't dare to look at it.

Later, Wanyan Zonghan sent people close to him again to seal all the internal warehouses and seal them up, preparing to bring them all back to the Jin Kingdom in the future.

Soon, Wanyan Zonghan sent people into the city and asked the State of Song for 10,000 good horses.

Zhao Huan not only handed over all the war horses of the army in the city, but also took away all the horses of the noble families in the city, and forced himself to collect enough of these ten thousand horses for the Jin people, so that He Li and others could only walk to the court.

Since then, Zhao Huan and his ministers completely lost the possibility of breaking out of the capital, and they all became turtles in the jar, and they could not fly, which made Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang feel relieved.

However, after collecting the horses in Bianliang City, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang thought that there were still a large number of weapons in the city, which could also enhance the courage of the Song people, which was also a big hidden danger.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan soon sent people into the city and asked Zhao Huan for these weapons.

The reason given by Wanyan Zonghan was that these weapons were hidden among the people, which could easily cause civil strife in the capital and be unfavorable to restore order in Bianliang City.

Wanyan Zonghan asked Zhao Huan to order Kaifeng Prefecture to confiscate these weapons and hand them over to the Jin camp.

At this time, Zhao Huan had no intention of resisting and did everything without saying a word.

Kaifeng Prefecture quickly issued a notice, requiring citizens to pay their weapons within a time limit, and those who fail to submit their weapons after the deadline will be dealt with in accordance with military law.

The citizens all knew that this was the order of the Jin people, so who dared to disobey? So they handed over the weapons one after another.

Finally, there were a wide variety of weapons and piled up like mountains. Kaifeng Prefecture quickly organized manpower, transported them with chariots, and carried them with civilians. After several days, all of these weapons were sent to the Jin camp.

At this point, Zhao Huan's monarch and ministers were all under the control of the Jin people.

Wanyan Zonghan then proposed to ask Zhao Huan to send people to those areas where they were still resisting, and let the people there give up their resistance.

Zhao Huan shirked his responsibility and said, "It's not that I don't give orders, but that they don't respect my orders."

As a result, the Jin envoy Xiao Qing threatened Zhao Huan on the spot and said, "Do they did not obey the imperial edict or the emperor refused to issue an edict? Is the emperor going to betrayal again? The Jin Dynasty has now captured Tokyo, and the reason why the soldiers did not enter the city was to preserve the Zhao family's country and live a whole city of creatures. If the emperor refused to issue an edict, the two generals would definitely take it with their troops. At that time, there were only more than twenty prefectures and counties left in the two rivers, and the Iron Cavalry of the Jin Dynasty could be wiped out in one fell swoop, and then the lives were ruined, which were all the emperor's crimes!"

Zhao Huan quickly ordered to send wave after wave of land cedes to cooperate with the Jin army to surrender the area where it was still resisting.

A minister named "Ouyang Xun" came to the city of Shenzhou with the Jin people. He cried to the city's people and shouted loudly: "The court was mistaken by treacherous ministers and lost his troops and humiliated the country. I came here to die, just to tell you that you must not open the city and robbers, and to serve the country with loyalty and righteousness!"

The Jin people were furious and sent Ouyang Xun to Yanjing.

Ouyang Xun was steadfast and unyielding, and he kept scolding along the way.

Finally, the golden man poured oil on Ouyang Xun's whole body, and then lit the fire to burn Ouyang Xun to death.

His loyalty and strength are inspiring the sun and the moon!

And from this point on, the Jin people began to be unscrupulous.

The Jin people first asked for more than 20 families including Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Zhang Xiaochun, Cai Jing, Li Siben, as well as Li Gang, Wu Min, Xu Churen, Chen Go, Liu Li, Zhe Kejiu, Zhe Keqiu and others, and asked Zhao Huan, the ministers of the ministers to send them to the Jin army.

Zhao Huan, the king and his ministers, sent all the things they could find to the Jin people, regardless of whether these people made contributions to the Song Dynasty.

The Jin people asked for the 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, and million pieces of satin that Wanyan Zongwang had extorted before.

Zhao Huangang said that you have sealed my Song Dynasty’s inner warehouse and asked me to pay for it. Xiao Qing, the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, said: “The Prime Minister Marshal said that if the emperor feels embarrassed and cannot pay as much as possible, then let the troops enter the city and let them take it themselves.”

When Zhao Huan heard the words, he quickly issued an edict to search for gold and silver in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Once the edict was promulgated, the capital was immediately in panic again. The people thought that the horses and weapons should be handed over, and the matter should be almost over. Unexpectedly, they would have to loot gold, silver and wealth again!

According to the imperial edict issued by Zhao Huan, the Secretariat then formulated a specific standard for donating gold and silver for officials below the previous consul.

With the approval of Zhao Huan, Kaifeng Prefecture announced that there were six former ruling ministers in Beijing, each donating 20 taels of gold, 500 taels of silver, and 30 pieces of color; the minister gave advice to the minister, the emperor, Chengxuan, the general of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, had 33 people, each donating 10 taels of gold and 40 taels of silver.

Soon, Kaifeng Prefecture issued a list again, urging the powerful and wealthy families in the city to pay their property quickly, and warned that if anyone dared to hide and bury them and allowed other people to report, he would take out three-tenths of the property as a reward, and first use official money instead of the money. The prisoner would deal with it according to military law, and those who knew that the information would not be reported will also be the same as the prisoner.

According to the imperial edict, King Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe supervised Empress Zheng's father Zheng Shen many times and asked him to pay gold and silk quickly.

But Zheng Shen was unwilling to donate all the gold and silk, and planned to hide some of them, but was reported.

When Zhao Huan learned about the situation, he was furious and immediately issued an edict to conceal gold and silk, and to pursue and destroy all official positions of Empress Zheng’s father and ancestor.

Because of this matter, many people were revoked, and the specific envoys of Kaifeng Prefecture were even shackled and ordered to the city.

In order to shock Zhao Huan, the Jin army captured Yingchang Prefecture, and the Jin soldiers entered the city and plundered property everywhere. They robbed away gold, silver, silk, saddles and horses. Not only did they make plans, but they set fire to the city for three days, and countless people died.

The news was soon returned to Bianliang City. Zhao Huan and the king and minister immediately accelerated the speed of transporting gold, silver, jewelry and silk to the outside of the city, hoping to end the nightmare as soon as possible.

Zhao Huan, who was looking forward to the Jin people's withdrawal soon, issued an edict to the Censorate, Dali Temple and Kaifeng Prefecture: The Jin people's supervision was very serious because the amount of gold and silver failed to be completed. He hoped that the Censorate, Dali Temple and Kaifeng Prefecture should be promptly cured. For those who failed to pay the deadline, no matter who they were arrested, no matter who they failed to pay.

The officials led by King Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe launched a severe plundering of gold and silver in the city under the name of order. Whether it is the powerful and powerful family in the city, the officials of Chengxuan, or even the women of the fief, the people must pay gold and silver. Otherwise, they will be taken to Kaifeng Prefecture to seize the gold and silver until they take out the gold and silver.

Zhao Huan also issued an edict, allowing people to use gold and silver to purchase tea and salt banknotes. The agreed price was: one tael of gold is 32 jin, and one tael of silver is 200 jin.

Zhao Huan even ordered Kaifeng Prefecture three times, ordering him to make an announcement.

The first announcement is: Anyone who comes to Beijing for business and business operations must be cashed in cash and silver, and go to Kaifeng Prefecture as soon as possible from now on. Those who hide will follow the military law.

The second announcement is: All wealthy businessmen and businessmen in the capital should pay the gold and silver income from all shops and houses to Kaifeng Prefecture as soon as possible, and allow reporting. If you know the information and do not report the same crime, those who conceal will follow the military law.

The third announcement is: The officials below the magistrate should pay the gold and gold belts together to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zhao Huan even issued an edict to remove all the golden treasure wheels in the Shenxiao Palace to recharge gold.

From this we can see that in order to make up the amount of gold and silver, Zhao Huan and his ministers racked their brains and tried their best to make up for the money.

In fact, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang had no right to make a decision on how to deal with the Song Dynasty politically. They had already sent people back to Shangjing to ask the Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai for instructions on this matter.

In other words, what should be done with the Song Dynasty depends on Wanyan Wu Qimai.

Therefore, so far, all the promises made by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang to Zhao Huan and his ministers were deceived by Zhao Huan and his ministers, and the purpose was nothing more than to let Zhao Huan and his ministers cooperate with them to extort.

On the other hand, the Jin army may have been immersed in the dazzling treasures that have accumulated over the mountains. Until now, they still don’t know that the Shuibo Liangshan has sent troops.

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