Shezhou has a strong cultural atmosphere. It is not that Shezhou has many scholars, but that Shezhou has a very developed industry in pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and there are many cultural supplies sold along the streets. It is obviously a place of commercial prosperity, but the items sold are elegant and seem more elegant.

Shezhou's economy has always been dominated by agriculture.

Due to the large number of mountains and small land, forest tea income has become the main source of life for farmers.

If food cannot be self-sufficiency, it must be transferred from other places.

In a narrow and densely populated area and living in poverty, the people of Shezhou, who are brave and enterprising, have to leave their hometowns and go to other places to engage in commercial and trade activities in order to get rid of difficulties and sell local specialty products such as forest tea.

As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Southern and Northern Dynasties, merchants in Shezhou traded in towns in Jiangnan.

The same is true now. There are many Shezhou merchants active in Jiangnan, but Shezhou has not been renamed Huizhou yet, so the famous Huizhou name has not yet appeared.

Then it was not until the third year of Xuanhe that Shezhou was renamed Huizhou.

Shezhou is elegant, but for Zhao Xu, this place is still too poor and remote.

Zhao Xu, who fled here, established a court in exile in Shezhou again, with the office of the Shezhou government office. Shezhou was limited to its own reasons. The government office was broken and small, and it leaked when it rained. The officials of the Song Dynasty were squeezed into the small government office and were wet by the sudden autumn rain. People were crowded together, trembling with cold, just like a group of little chickens sheltering from the rain.

I don’t know who cried first, and then the crying sounded.

Zhao Xu cried very sadly.

Can you not be sad?

It was already aggrieved enough to be driven from Bianjing to Lin'an. Now it was actually driven from Lin'an to Shezhou, a remote village. Not to mention the question of how to meet his ancestors in the future, he said that he was aggrieved enough to be now.

However, what is even more aggrieved is still behind.

Because the autumn rain was lingering, all officials were unwilling to suffer, so fewer people came to the court meeting the next day. Zhao Xu quickly sent someone to search for it, but found that the people who did not come had already disappeared and had sneaked away.

On the third day, fewer people came, and they also sneaked away, fewer and fewer people from the imperial guards sneaked away.

Zhao Xu didn't know what he could do. After the court meeting, he sat in the signing room of the state yamen and cried, cursed Ouyang Bian, and cursed the officials who were sneaking away.

But these are not very beneficial to the current situation.

Zhao Xu issued an edict on the road to the troops stationed in the Yangtze River, but after arriving in She County for half a month, there was no news there. Zhao Xu felt that he had been abandoned.

Actually, it doesn't.

When Zhao Xu's edict arrived on the banks of the Yangtze River, the Xia army crossed the Yangtze River under the internal and external cooperation of the rebel general Yao Yi, and broke the natural danger of the Yangtze River. The Cao family generals knew that they were irreconcilable with Ouyang Bian, so they could only resist. They were quite firm and loyal to the country, but their strength was too different after all, and they were defeated soon.

The Cao family could only fight and retreat. When they received the edict, the army had already retreated to Jingxian. Originally, the Cao family wanted to escape to Hangzhou, but on the way, they heard that Hangzhou had fallen, so they had to escape to Jiangnan East Road. When they arrived in Jingxian, they received the edict from Zhao Xu. The Cao family generals were very happy and quickly took their troops to Shezhou to pay homage to Zhao Xu.

When Zhao Xu saw the embarrassed general Shoujiang, he couldn't help crying, and the generals of the Cao family also cried to each other.

Now, the trend is over!

There were only more than 10,000 imperial guards around Zhao Xu, and the Cao family also had 20,000 to 30,000 yuan at the foot of the mountain. The total number was only more than 40,000 yuan, and a group of civil officials who were powerless, the Song Dynasty... was in danger!

Cao Mi, the general of the Cao family, asked: "Your Majesty, I wonder if you have issued a order to serve the king and call on all prefectures and counties to form troops to rescue the horses?"

Zhao Xu woke up from his dream and said, "Yes, I have the order to serve the king. I have many prefectures and counties in the world. As long as there are still prefectures and counties that are loyal to the emperor, the Song Dynasty will not be destroyed!"

Zhao Xu quickly wrote down many edicts and issued them with seals, and then he didn't know what to do. The king and his ministers were speechless.

Zhao Xu was particularly uncomfortable. He was originally busy with all kinds of things and was a very diligent person. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't read hundreds of memorials a day, but he hid in Shezhou, let alone memorials, and he didn't even have an impeachment, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

When Cao Mi arrived, it seemed that he had started a chain reaction. The defenders in other places also wrote letters, but they were not as good as letters to announce good news, but instead asked for help.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the Xia army attacked everywhere, Jiangning lost, Changzhou lost, Suzhou lost, Taipingzhou lost, Guangde army lost, and Huzhou lost.

Seeing that Xuanzhou, which was in Shezhou, was about to be lost, Zhao Xu ran away again and fled towards Qianzhou.

The coastal areas are incredible.

Now Zhao Xu knows that his life is only in the deep mountains and forests of Qianzhou.

But how could the Xia army not have expected that when Di Xiang's navy went south, when Zhong Yi and Di Hu's army went south, they knew that the Song army had already been in chaos at this time and were not afraid of being encircled and suppressed, so they directly set off and struggled to chase Zhao Xu.

Di Xiang blocked Zhao Xu in Nanchang. Ten thousand navy troops fought a fierce battle with more than 40,000 imperial guards of Zhao Xu. Forty thousand imperial guards were defeated and Zhao Xu was protected by more than 1,000 imperial guards and continued to go southwest.

Di Xiang chased him reluctantly. If Zhao Xu could be caught, such a merit might have been a merit of being a marquis before. Now there is no title, but the benefits are definitely something that makes people look so meticulous. How could they be let go?

Zhao Xu ran away without a chance, but how could the prey run past the hunter? He was blocked again when he was in Tanzhou. This time Di Xiang did not give Zhao Xu a chance to surround Zhao Xu.

The imperial guards surrendered one after another. Zhao Xu wanted to jump into the Xiangjiang River, but was grabbed by Zeng Bu.

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

Zhao Xu shed tears and said, "It's better to die at this time, it's better than not being able to keep the body intact in the future!"

Zeng Bu also shed tears and said, "Why is this? Although Ouyang Bian is domineering, he is still a little tolerant. After the Emperor Li Bingchang of the Western Xia abdicated, he also lived a good life? He could tolerate Li Bingchang, so why can't he tolerate you, Your Majesty? After all, he is not willing to bear the bad reputation of regicide."

Zhao Xu stopped crying: "Take it serious?"

...

"Kill Zhao Xu?"

Di Xiang said in surprise.

The subordinate nodded: "That's right, just say that Zhao Xu died among the chaos army and was killed by the chaos army."

Di Xiang asked in confusion: "Why do you have to do this? The credit for catching life is even greater."

The subordinate smiled sinisterly and said, "General, you think badly. This Zhao Xu is your majesty's old master. Let's capture Zhao Xu back. What should you do if you ask Your Majesty to deal with it? Killing Zhao Xu is a lord. If you don't kill Zhao Xu, there will be many troubles. Now that you kill Zhao Xu, you are fighting a war. If you die, you will die. It is not a mistake for you. At most, it is just a reprimand. The credit is not a small amount. But in Your Majesty's heart, you will leave the impression that you can do things!"

Di Xiang was quite moved. At this moment, a fast horse galloped over.

The Kuaima was stopped, and his subordinates sent the Kuaima's letter in a while. It was Ouyang Bian's urgent letter.

Di Xiang was shocked and quickly opened it to see it. However, Ouyang Bian told him to send Zhao Xu to Bianjing alive and not to hurt Zhao Xu. In addition, Cai Que, Cai Jing, Zeng Bu and others were the same.

Di Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, killing Zhao Xu was also a psychological burden to him. Anyway, this person was also from his former king.

Zhao Xu was escorted north in tears. Because it was not convenient to take the land route, Di Xiang himself was a navy, so he personally took Zhao Xu on a sea boat to the north.

It was probably the first time Zhao Xu went out to sea. When he boarded the boat, he was frightened by a huge sea boat like a mountain: "This...is this a sea boat?"

Di Xiang was still quite polite to Zhao Xu. Although he was closely guarded, he was not shackled. He smiled and said, "That's right, this is a sea ship. Strictly speaking, this is a sea warship. In fact, the merchant ship is much larger than this."

Zhao Xu looked at the sea warship deeply and sighed deeply. It turned out that the Song Dynasty was defeated by this warship.

Zhao Xu was a little annoyed that he had not noticed the importance of sea earlier. He had not paid much attention to it for so many years that Ouyang Bian used it.

That's why the ships in the Song Dynasty were unable to leave the sea later. This was one of the reasons for the economic collapse of the Song Dynasty and was also an important reason for the fall of Lin'an. The fall of Lin'an caused the army on the front line to lose command, and therefore all confidence was lost, so the Western Xia army drove straight in.

After all, it is ultimately because it ignores the power of the sea.

Zhao Xu regretted it, and when he remembered the sad things, he burst into tears.

Di Xiang looked at it and felt both funny and unbearable, so he comforted him: "You don't have to worry. Your Majesty is not a kind person. After arriving in Bianjing, you probably can enjoy good treatment. Look at Li Bingchang, although he is already a civilian, he is rich. Your Majesty is not allowed to harass him. Now he lives a very relaxed life by paying dividends."

Zhao Xu burst into tears and said, "How could I compare to that salted fish?"

Di Xiang smiled and said, "You should accept the reality. The Song Dynasty has been destroyed today. Even if someone dares to support the Zhao family, it is just a matter of perseverance. The army of Daxia is unparalleled in the world. Whether on land or on sea, it has truly achieved the kingdom under the world. No matter where they want to establish a country, they cannot escape the iron hoof of Daxia. Don't think too much."

Zhao Xu said angrily: "You were also Song ministers. Why do you thieves betray the Song Dynasty? Is the Song Dynasty not good to you? It's a traitor!"

Di Xiang was not angry and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, do you know what I am from?"

Zhao Xu didn't speak.

Di Xiang continued, "...Although his surname is Di, he is only a fellow tribe of Duke Wuxiang. Duke Wuxiang is also from a poor family, so my fellow tribe is just a humble person. Not long after following Duke Wuxiang, Duke Wuxiang was demoted by you emperors and civil servants. In his worries, Duke Wuxiang entrusted us to Your Majesty. From then on, we have a settlement.

I don’t say this is why we should be loyal to His Majesty. I mean, I used to be the bottom of society. I planted fields at home and had a lot of labor. We worked hard, but the family was still very poor and could not survive.

But the landlords in the town are all working hard but eating well. Isn’t this a strange thing?

I didn't understand at that time, but later His Majesty told us that this is the evil landlord class. With the landlord class, the people at the bottom would not live well because they were all exploited.

So Your Majesty led us to revolution. At that time, in the Song Dynasty, my family did live a good life because of the reform, but soon after, because Your Majesty was soon exiled by you, and the results of the reform were quickly destroyed.

At that time, I understood that these landlords would not allow anyone to infringe on their interests. Once someone infringes on their interests, they would do everything possible to get the other party out of office.

So, later, His Majesty pretended to die in Xixia. After I knew it, I made up my mind to follow. Mr. Zhao, you are also clear about what happened next.

I said this not to defend myself, and I also think I am a traitor, but if the Song Dynasty does not perish, the people will never live a good life."

Zhao Xu was excited: "If the Song Dynasty does not perish, the people will not be able to live a good life?"

Is our Zhao family not good to the people? Look at our Zhao family, don’t we develop culture and education? Everyone in the world can become officials through the imperial examinations and serve as a farmer in the morning and ascend to the emperor’s hall in the evening. There is a golden house in the books and a Yan Ruyu in the books. As long as you read poetry well, you can become a superior person. Isn’t this an opportunity for everyone? In the past dynasties, Is it like me like Zhao Song?

Also, our Zhao family did not give sincere efforts to the people. Every time there were famines everywhere, they were not actively rescued disasters. Why was Emperor Renzong become Emperor Renzong? He was not kind to the people. When Renzong returned to heaven, the people in the world cried and cried. Could it be that the people did not understand right and wrong?

You traitors, you know that you are the one who is the one who is the one who is not the world, and you are not the one who is the one who is in the world!”

Facing Zhao Xu's accusations, Di Xiang was still not arrogant or impatient, and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, the Zhao family is so kind, but the people in the world are still poor and poor, and most of them are poor. Why is that?"

Zhao Xu said depressedly: "The population is getting more and more, and the land is only so small. God often does not do good things, and droughts and floods are coming from time to time. This is God's will, and God's will cannot be violated!"

Hearing this, Di Xiang finally got a little angry. He said, "God's will is hard to disobey... Haha, Mr. Zhao, does the court know about the landlords and gentry taking advantage of the land acquisition and annexation?

Local officials and landlords and gentry joined forces to impose heavy taxes and add so many heavy taxes to the people?

There is also the Shiyisi you set up personally, which can seize the assets of merchants and cause countless merchants to break up their families and separate their wives and children. You won’t say that you don’t know about this, right?”

Zhao Xu's face was flushed red.

Where can I not know? Ouyang Bian and Wang Anshi talked to him countless times, how could he not know?
Chapter completed!