Chapter 9: Review of the 8th place on the Huaxia Hero List

The next day, 7:59:59 AM.

Gu Shanhe was woken up by a mechanical sound.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 340,000 emotion points!】

Gu Shanhe sat up from the bed with a start, rubbing his eyes to look at the system panel.

"How much?"

【Current emotion point income: 340,000 points, already arrived.】

Gu Shanhe was stunned, then grinned.

Added to the 150,000 left before, he now had 490,000 emotion points.

490,000.

How many things could he exchange for?

He rolled off the bed, washed up simply, and went downstairs to buy four buns and a cup of soy milk—

Bought two more buns than yesterday to reward himself.

Gu Shanhe finished breakfast in the shop, then returned to the rented room and turned on the computer.

He planned to change the style of today's video.

The previous Ran Min and Shi Kefa were both tragic types, heroes at the end of their road, making people feel sorry for them.

Today, he wanted something different.

Li Gang, a famous anti-Jin minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, the commander of the Tokyo Defense War.

This person fought for war all his life, was squeezed out all his life, but never lowered his head all his life.

The most critical thing is that Li Gang lived to be fifty-eight.

Not short-lived in that era, but Gu Shanhe felt it wasn't enough.

Why should good people be suffocated to death?

He opened the editing software and started working.

Pictures were spliced one by one, background music was timed section by section, and the narration was carefully considered word by word.

Four hours passed in a flash, Gu Shanhe rubbed his sore eyes and clicked post.

【Posted successfully.】

The sky screens of all dynasties lit up at the same time.

……

Qin Dynasty, Xianyang Palace.

The morning court had just started when a guard rushed in, stumbling:

"Your Majesty! The sky screen! The sky screen is lit up!"

Ying Zheng put down the bamboo slip in his hand and walked out.

The civil and military officials followed him out of the hall in a rush.

On the sky screen, golden light flowed, and new pictures were condensing.

【Review of the 8th place on the Huaxia Hero List: Li Gang】

"Li Gang?"

Meng Tian frowned, "Who is this again?"

Meng Yi shook his head: "Never heard of him."

Wang Jian pondered: "Listening to this name, it sounds like a civil official."

Li Si nodded: "General Wang is right. Military generals usually don't take such names."

Ying Zheng didn't speak, but he was looking forward to what reward this eighth place could get.

The picture on the sky screen began to play:

【Li Gang (born 1083 – died 1140), courtesy name Boji, pseudonym Master Liangxi, a famous anti-Jin minister of the late Northern Song and early Southern Song Dynasties, a national hero.】

"Northern Song? Southern Song?"

Meng Yi was stunned, "What kind of dynasty is this?"

Li Si thought for a while and said slowly: "It should also be a dynasty after our Great Qin."

Meng Tian scratched his head: "Then this Li Gang is also a person of later generations?"

Ying Zheng gave an "um" and continued watching.

The pictures on the sky screen changed constantly, and Li Gang's life unfolded slowly.

【Li Gang was born in Xiuzhou Huating in the sixth year of Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty (1083), and later moved to Wuxi. He came from a scholarly family and became a Presented Scholar in the second year of Zhenghe (1112), stepping into his official career. He was upright and was repeatedly demoted for criticizing the government.】

"Upright."

Ying Zheng repeated these two words slowly,

"Repeatedly demoted, yet still able to continue speaking out?"

Li Si said softly: "Your Majesty, such figures are usually hard bones."

Wang Jian nodded: "I was like this when I was young, I didn't like anything I saw, and I wanted to impeach everything I saw. Later, I was demoted a few times and learned to be obedient."

Meng Tian smiled: "General Wang also had a young time?"

Wang Jian glared at him: "I was also young once!"

On the sky screen, the picture changed.

【Li Gang's core achievement: Tokyo Defense War】

【This is the most brilliant chapter of Li Gang's life, and also the origin of his title "First Loyal Minister of Anti-Jin."】

【In the first year of Jingkang (1126), the Jin army went south on a large scale, approaching the Northern Song capital Bianjing, Emperor Huizong of Song fled in a panic, and the court was in chaos.】

"The emperor fled?"

Meng Yi widened his eyes, "The capital was surrounded, and the emperor ran away first?"

Meng Tian was also stunned: "This... this is too..."

Ying Zheng was a bit angry, obviously feeling ashamed of such a cowardly emperor.

Li Si sighed: "It seems that the emperor of this Song Dynasty is not very good."

【Li Gang was ordered in a time of crisis, appointed as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the Commander of the Personal Expedition, responsible for the defense of the capital. He overcame all opposition, firmly opposed ceding land and seeking peace, and advocated "organizing troops, recruiting civilian soldiers, uniting the hearts of the people, and waiting for the army to save the king."】

Wang Jian's eyes lit up: "This person is interesting. The emperor has run away, and he, a civil official, dares to stand up and defend the city?"

【Next, Li Gang turned the tide again, organized the army and civilians to reinforce the city defenses, manufactured equipment, and repelled the Jin army's attacks many times. Under his defense, the Jin army failed to break the city and was eventually forced to retreat because the army to save the king arrived one after another, and the Northern Song capital was preserved.】

"Defended!"

Meng Tian slapped his thigh,

"Good! As a civil official, he did the work of a military general and defended the capital!"

Meng Yi was also excited: "This is real ability!"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, a look of appreciation appearing in his eyes.

The sky screen continued to play Li Gang's life.

【Li Gang's life was a life of struggle between the "War Party" and the "Surrender Party," full of bumps and tragedy.】

【Jingkang Incident (1126-1127): After the victory of the Tokyo Defense War, Li Gang was squeezed out of the court because of his advocacy for war. Soon the Jin army returned, broke through Bianjing, captured Emperors Huizong and Qinzong, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished (historically known as the Shame of Jingkang).】

"What?"

Meng Tian stood up abruptly, "Defended the city and was still squeezed out? What were those surrenderers doing?"

Meng Yi was also angry: "Just finished defending the capital, and turned around to kick people out? Does this court have any conscience?"

Wang Jian sighed without speaking.

Ying Zheng's face sank, he hated this kind of internal fighting the most, the enemy was already at the door, and they were still fighting among themselves.

Li Si muttered: "Shame of Jingkang... the emperor was captured, this is a great humiliation."

【1127, Southern Song established: After Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne, he once appointed Li Gang as Prime Minister. Li Gang proposed the national policy of "repairing the inside and resisting the outside," "using war as defense," and recommended anti-Jin generals such as Zong Ze and Zhang Suo. But because he offended the interests of the surrender party, he was dismissed after only 75 days as Prime Minister.】

"Seventy-five days?"

Meng Tian stomped his feet in anger,

"Dismissed just after becoming Prime Minister? This emperor is also a muddled egg!"

Meng Yi echoed: "Exactly! It's hard to find someone who can fight, and he still doesn't use him!"

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment and said slowly: "This Song Dynasty, its fate is exhausted."

【(1128-1140): Li Gang spent his later years in displacement, being demoted again and again, first exiled to Ezhou, Wanan Army, and other places. But he always cared about the cause of anti-Jin and repeatedly wrote to state his anti-Jin strategies. In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), Li Gang died of illness in Fuzhou at the age of 58. In the time of Emperor Xiaozong of Song, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Preceptor, with the posthumous title "Zhongding" (Loyal and Determined).】

The picture froze on the portrait of Li Gang in his later years, white-haired, but with firm eyes.

The Qin Dynasty crowd was silent.

After a long time, Ying Zheng spoke: "This person is worthy of the word hero."

Meng Tian nodded: "Defended the capital, but couldn't defend the court. This kind of person is more suffocating than dying on the battlefield."

Wang Jian sighed: "Fifty-eight years old... if he could live a few more years, maybe he could wait for the opportunity to restore the country."

On the sky screen, the last line of characters emerged:

【In short, Li Gang ranks eighth on the Huaxia Hero List, well-deserved.】 ===== CHAPTER 10 =====