Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 4

Zhao Kuangmei's plan is actually very simple. It is to use these merchants to take the lead in forming a petition force in Kaifeng City, leading the people in the city to use marches and protests to force Han Tong to hand over military power and give up resistance.

In fact, it is the path to peaceful evolution in modern society.

Although these merchants have little influence in the court, their influence in the market is huge. Now the people in the city have long been panicked. With these merchants taking the lead, they will inevitably lead to many ordinary civilians. It is easy to join in the fun and start a wave of opposition to Hantong.

If Han Tong is sensible, it would be best if he really hands over his military power and surrenders. If he refuses to hand over his military power, at least he and his troops can be blocked in the Guards Department and unable to get out. And if he happens to Instead of handing over power, he ordered the massacre of the people... That's actually not bad.

If Han Tong really led his troops to massacre innocent people in Kaifeng City, then he would be a confirmed bad guy.When the time comes and I kill him after the eldest brother enters the city, who can say that he killed him wrong?
This is to save thousands of innocent people in Kaifeng City!
Anyway, it doesn't matter to him whether it succeeds or not.

Now that things have come to this, what else can these merchants do?Besides, they really don’t want to see a military disaster, and what Zhao Kuangmei said does make sense. Although the attack on the Guards Department does sound audacious to them, but nowadays, people are fighting for their own benefit, so it can’t really be true. Should he be Han Tong's lackey and be buried with him later?

In less than half an hour, everyone quickly called their servants, clerks, and a lot of old, weak, sick and disabled people they found from nowhere, and took to the streets in a mighty manner, shouting slogans. :

"Peace, not war!"

"For the sake of the lives of the 70 people in Kaifeng, please Commander Han hand over power and surrender!"

"The people of Kaifeng deserve nothing more than to be buried with the Zhou Dynasty!"

There are so many messy slogans.

Less than half an hour later, the foot soldiers on the Bianhe Pier spontaneously joined the team.

After a while, countless promiscuous women joined the parade holding slogans.

After another half an hour, the vendors, officials, and even waiters in restaurants, workers in various workshops, even some students from Imperial College, and even some low-ranking officials in Kaifeng Mansion all came together. Joined it.

A huge flow of people gathered from all directions, like a vast sea of ​​people, all surrounding the Guards Department where Han Tong was located.

This sudden change made Han Tong stunned.

To be honest, although Han Tong's ability to use troops is indeed inferior to Zhao Kuangyin, he is definitely not mediocre.

In fact, he had already made his debut during the Later Tang Dynasty. In terms of qualifications, he was of the same generation as Zhao Hongyin. It could be said that he had been fighting for a lifetime and had extremely rich experience. He thought he had fought every battle in his life.

However, facing the whole city surrounded by ordinary people, and listening to the slogans outside that wanted to curse his eighteen generations of ancestors, he was really confused for a moment. He only felt that his hands and feet were numb, and his mind was blank, and he had no idea. What should I do.

"Han Tong, are you selfish and willing to risk the lives of all the people in this city?"

"Han Tong! In the future, you, this despicable and shameless villain, will be remembered in history books for thousands of years!"

"Are you going to bring shame to your ancestors?"

Naturally, these ordinary people have no ability to seriously attack his bodyguard department. He still has thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, while the ordinary people are all bare-handed. After these soldiers form a formation, none of these unscrupulous people can rush through. In fact, as long as Han Tong gives an order, this dense crowd will definitely be dispersed within half an hour.

But how could he give such an order?

He could only fall helplessly on the chair and face the crowd outside and kept murmuring: "No, that's not the case. Zhao Kuangyin is the rebel, Zhao Kuangyin is the rebel, I... I am... a loyal minister ah."

"Han Tong! You, a fatherless and motherless beast, do you want to order the massacre of innocent people like us?"

Another person shouted: "Soldiers of the Guards Department, you are also from Kaifeng. You also have families here, parents, wives and children. Are you going to help the evil tyrants and point your weapons at your fellow villagers?"

"Come on! Whoever wants to kill, kill, point your weapons at your fellow villagers, kill women, kill old people, kill children, for Han Tong's selfish interests, come on!"

These common people are also very smart. What is the natural way to do? They simply target all the soldiers who are guarding the Guards Department with weapons, and those who rush in front are except for some prisoners specially arranged by Zhao Kuangmei. , except for shouting slogans and jumping up and down to stir up the atmosphere, they are really all old, weak, women and children.

For a moment, all the weapons in the hands of these soldiers were weakly lowered, and no one dared to lift them up to face the crowd. You look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to do.

After a short while, a sudden soldier threw down his weapon with a loud cry, then turned around and knelt on the ground in the direction of the Guards Department, crying loudly and shouting: "Han Ambassador! We...we surrendered Bar!"

If there is one, there are two, and if there are two, there are three. In the beginning, it was just scattered, but later it became one piece after another, so that except for a few stubborn ones, they still stood loyally blocking the door. , most of Han Tong's soldiers also knelt down.

Seeing this, the people in the darkness stopped cursing. I don't know who raised the head, but they all knelt down one after another, layer after layer, and knelt down for dozens of miles.Thousands of words that were originally noisy gradually converged into one sentence:

"Master Han, please surrender."

"Master Han, please surrender."

"Master Han, please surrender."

But on the contrary, Zhao Kuangmei, who was still standing in the crowd, looked a bit special.

Finally, Han Tong, dressed in full armor, staggered out of the Guards Department, holding a sword in his hand, his eyes red, and yelled like a dying old psychopath:

"You are helping Zhou to commit evil, are you going to follow the rebels and do things that go against heaven? You...you...you are confused! Although Zhao Kuangyin has powerful soldiers, we still have a strong city in hand. As long as the soldiers and civilians in our city can work together as one , Yes, if we work together, we may not be unable to hold it. As long as there is a slight delay, the governors from all over the country will definitely come to the capital to serve the king, and attack Zhao Ni internally and externally with us. This is the right way! This is the right way. !!”

The street, filled with at least [-] people, was completely silent for a moment. No one spoke to Han Tong anymore. No one spoke, they just knelt down.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangmei also knew that a big deal had been decided. At this time, Han Tong had already deserted his relatives. Dangjie walked forward slowly, bowed his hands slightly and said: "Zhao Kuangmei, the third son of the Zhao family, has met Han Tong. Commander."

"Is it you? Are you the third child of the Zhao family? Hahahahahaha, did you do this? Okay, okay, you can do such a big thing at such a young age. Zhao Hongyin is really born. What a wonderful brood of sons, but it’s a pity that they are all rebellious officials and traitors!”

Zhao Kuangmei smiled and said: "Whether the traitor is a traitor or not, I dare not say, but at least the word thief, I think we should not count it. Commander Han might as well take a look, who is the thief? As the saying goes, what the people want Xiang, since it is the way of heaven, can't Commander Han see who is going against heaven?"

"As for you saying that you want to defend the city and the army and the people are united, why? My eldest brother was forcibly supported by the army officers and became the emperor. Needless to say, where the military's morale lies, but as for the people's heart, is it possible? Isn’t it obvious enough? The hearts and minds of the military and the people belong to my brother. Doesn’t this mean that the military and the people are of the same mind?”

"The sage said that whatever the people want, God will follow it. Furthermore, the people are the foundation of the country, and the country is peaceful. Since Commander Han has gone against the morale of the military and the people in the world, he may not be a rebellious minister, but is he not a thief? ?!”

When Han Tong heard this, he couldn't help laughing sadly: "What a sharp-tongued Zhao Laosan, so it turns out that I am the thief? Am I the thief? Hahahahaha, okay, okay, okay, I am a thief, you... win." "

As he said that, he knelt down in the direction of the palace and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I have failed to live up to your Majesty's trust, and I have failed to live up to my trust."

"Commander Han, wait a minute! Do you want to be a sinner for the ages?"

Han Tong, who had wiped half of his neck, stopped, and while he was bleeding, he pointed his sword at Zhao Kuangmei angrily: "I've already given up the damn defeat, what else do you want? I can't kill the thief, I only have to die." To repay the king, isn’t this also possible?”

"Of course not."

"Haha, even if your Zhao family is planning to usurp the throne, you can control the living. How can you control the dead?"

Zhao Kuangmei clasped his fists respectfully and said in salute: "Although Kaifeng has been established, there are still more than ten powerful Jiedu envoys supporting troops outside. In particular, Li Chongjin, the commander of the guard Ma Bujun, is in Yangzhou. He has powerful troops and seniority. Even I My eldest brother must also avoid him. If Commander Han does not die, then my eldest brother's benevolence can be shown, and only then can I influence Mr. Li with his benevolence."

"If Commander Han dies, people in the world may mistakenly think that my brother is cruel. Li Chongjin and other Jiedu envoys will be worried about gains and losses. They will do what Shi Jingtang did and meet my brother in battle, attracting the Khitan and Southern Tang Dynasties. If you think of foreign aid, won't the people of Kaifeng suffer another military disaster? In this way, because of your selfishness under the command of Han, Kaifeng and even the whole world have been plunged into war. Isn't this still the work of a traitor and should not be infamy for thousands of years?"

After that, he saluted again and said: "For the sake of the country and the people of Kaifeng, please Commander Han, please keep the common people in mind and live."

"I...I...I...can't even die?"

"Commander Han, please think of the common people!"

After saying that, Zhao Kuangmei lifted up her robe, knelt down and kowtowed to Han Tong.

For things like changing dynasties, it is natural that no one dies in order for the merits to be considered complete. Then the history books can write that everyone in the Zhao family has returned to his heart, and his eldest brother has indeed made an oath not to kill the ministers of the dynasty, even if Suicide, isn't it beautiful after all?

It seems like our family is rebelling.

Seeing this, the people behind them all shouted in unison: "Please Commander Han, please take the common people into consideration!"

With a clang, the sword fell to the ground. Han Tong pointed at Zhao Kuangmei's nose and his whole body trembled: "You...you...you Zhao family are too bullying!"

After saying that, the old man sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangmei breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Commander Han is already tired. Please help him go into the house to rest. Brothers, please work harder and come with me to the palace to see the Queen Mother. "

(End of this chapter)