Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 243

"You, Song Zhenzong, are really shameless. You have no merits. With only a few sporadic achievements, you dare to imitate Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. I am panicked for you."

"You, Song Renzong, have given out benevolence all your life, nourished scholars, and gained your own reputation, but you didn't think about the glorious common people, and you didn't think about conquering the lost land of China."

"You, Song Shenzong, failed in the political reform and the conquest of Xixia, but have you ever succeeded in doing a major event?"

"You, Song Weizong, came to the throne to paint mountains of flowers and birds, the shame of Jingkang, and you were taken away by the golden man. The majestic Ninety-Five Lord has become a lowly slave who is neither human nor ghost, old Zhao family, how could you Give birth to something selfish like you!"

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"And you, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, obviously had the opportunity to wipe out the alien race, and obviously could restore the Central Plains, but chose to compromise and reuse the traitor, and even killed a great general who served the country loyally, and in the end, hid in the south of the Yangtze River Trembling and trembling in such a difficult place, have you lived for decades, did you have the guts to live on a mouse? It’s a disaster that will last for thousands of years!"

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Tonight's Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was really angry.

Thunderous roars pierced the sky and resounded over the gloomy palace.

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was extremely depressed.

The white-haired Song Gaozong Zhao Gou covered his face, facing Taizu's angry reprimand, he didn't dare to breathe.

Taizu is angry, blood is suppressed, who dares to say anything?
Looking at such a scene.

People can't help but sigh with emotion, a 300-year-old Song Dynasty, compared with the emperors of the previous dynasties, the emperors of the Song Dynasty are the weakest, but are they really bloodless?

The emperor is the lord of the Ninth Five-Year Period, and he speaks a lot, "When the emperor is angry, he lays down millions of corpses and bleeds for thousands of miles." Weak, because they were not only bullied by foreign enemies, they were taught a lesson at every turn, and they dared not answer back when they were asked for this or that; they were also bullied by the scholar-bureaucrats they relied on. Founder Song Law stipulates that punishments cannot be applied to scholar-bureaucrats, and there are rules that the emperor cannot kill literati, so everyone often argues with the emperor, spit at the emperor, and the emperor dares not do anything to him, and often cares about this and that. Makes the emperor very uncomfortable...

But was the emperor of the Song Dynasty really bloodless?

Maybe not!
From the view of the host Lin Feng, the main reason is that those raised in the deep palace do not know the strength of the enemy. They lose once in a fight, and then they really dare not fight again. Things that can be solved with money are really not a problem, and Once the enemy has a problem, they really dare to fight desperately. When the Liao Kingdom was about to be destroyed, the Song Dynasty sent troops to attack. Of course, the hundreds of thousands of troops were easily defeated, and they were defeated...

As for the civil official group, that is what small officials do to make a name for themselves. If you look at the prime minister, you can’t do it. Moreover, although the emperor can’t kill literati, he can play with them. I will exile you for thousands of miles to see if you die! ! !

Inside the pavilion.

The atmosphere was extremely suppressed, and Zhao Kuangyin paced back and forth with a ferocious aura, like a tiger about to eat people.

He was very angry, very sad, more disappointed and desperate.

Why do the successor emperors of other people's families always give birth to a few talented people.

The descendants of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty include Emperor Wenjing, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and so on.

Although Yang Guang, a descendant of Sui Wendi Yang Jian, destroyed the country, he also made two great achievements.

The descendants of Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty successively produced Ming emperors such as Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Li Longji.

Look at yourself.

What about the emperors of the old Zhao family?

It is definitely more weird than the other, and more cheating than the other.

There are those who have no skin and no face to go to Taishan to enshrine Zen, some who are scolded by the courtiers, some who have done nothing all their lives, some who are kidnapped by aliens, and some who are frightened by the enemy so that their butts piss.

"If the ancestors, seeing you like this, and knowing the details of your life, one by one, I'm afraid they will be so angry that the graves will smoke, and they will rush out of the graves of their ancestors, and you..."

I don't know how long it has been, but Zhao Kuangyin is really tired of scolding.

Zhao Kuangyin was still in a good mood before Lin Feng traveled from time and space thousands of years later.

He was still fantasizing.

After his own death, the emperors who ascended the throne in the previous generations of the Song Dynasty had the ambition to swallow the world. They could conquer the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and they could beat down the Kingdom of Jin, Liao, Xixia, etc., and continuously expand the territory of the Song Dynasty. , completely complete the great cause of great unification, and establish a Great Song Dynasty that will be beyond the reach of future generations. In this way, even if he, the founding emperor, dies, he can rest in peace.

The results of it?
The dream is perfect, but the reality is very skinny, and even hit him hard.

Eh!
Zhao Kuangyin sighed, probably dying in the future.

Lin Feng comforted, "Senior, the giant wheel of time is rolling forward. It has passed a thousand years, so there is no need to be too entangled."

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head while reading, "The Song Dynasty, which is biased towards the south of the Yangtze River, also had several emperors. Are there any ones with towering foreheads? Are there any ones who are desperate for the country and society?"

Was there a good emperor in the Southern Song Dynasty?
Lin Feng looked around, but it was hard to find one!

According to the standard of a good emperor, the only one may be the seventh grandson of Taizu——Zhao Yan.

Who is Zhao Yan?

Zhao Gou's adopted son, later generations generally believed that Zhao Min was the most accomplished emperor in the Southern Song Dynasty.During his reign, he rehabilitated the unjust case of Yue Fei, appointed people from the main combat faction, and determined to regain the Central Plains; in terms of internal affairs, he strengthened the centralization of power, actively rectified the administration of officials, eliminated redundant officials, punished corruption, attached importance to agricultural production, and made the people live in a healthy life. ".

Besides.

The greatest contribution and greatest achievement of Song Xiaozong Zhao Yan was to help the Southern Song Dynasty survive for a hundred years.

Without him, the Southern Song Dynasty would not have survived for a few years.

Well known.

Song Gaozong was fatuous and incompetent. When he was in power, the national power was already weak, and the people were often displaced and starved to death.The life of the people is difficult, and life is bleak.

After the death of the good general Yue Fei, the military strength was even more vulnerable. Even the workshops that made weapons for the barracks changed from thousands of people to hundreds of people.Moreover, they are still old and disabled. If foreign enemies suddenly attack, they will not even have enough weapons to prepare.

Even some elite soldiers don't even have winter clothes to keep out the cold. It's hard to believe that the defense line of this dynasty can be so weak.

If there is not even an army of soldiers who can go to battle to kill the enemy, let alone deal with foreign enemies, it is not even certain how long the Song Dynasty can develop steadily.

Song Gaozong left this mess for Song Xiaozong to clean up. Seeing that the national strength was so weak, Song Xiaozong determined to use a "cruel" method to change quickly, trying to use the fastest way to pull the country out of the quagmire. This "cruel" method It is to eliminate corruption in the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Song Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, he immediately ordered the restoration of the original official evaluation system and strictly implemented it.

Officials need to have an assessment document when they take office. This assessment document records the official's performance. When the official is about to leave office, he will be promoted or demoted based on his performance.

If officials forged documents or concealed them, they would be severely punished.

With such a strict implementation of the assessment system, many big corrupt officials have already been dismissed and punished, and some small corrupt officials dare not be corrupt anymore.

The officialdom of the imperial court has changed significantly.

It can be said that the mess at that time in the Southern Song Dynasty, if it was not because of Song Xiaozong's effective anti-corruption, perhaps this country would be eaten away by these corrupt officials.

Under Song Xiaozong's governance, grain production increased, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national economy and people's livelihood were in good shape, and they were no longer as bleak as before.

The officialdom of officials is clear, officials dare not be corrupt, dare not bribe, and the strength of the army has also made great progress. With enough good and strong armaments, they are also able to deal with foreign enemies.

Song Xiaozong relied on his own strength to continue the life of this weak Song Dynasty for a hundred years.

Relax some standards.

Song Xiaozong Zhao Yan is also one of the few emperors in history who lived long and made achievements.

"Zhao Yan, you have done a good job. As an emperor, you should care about the country and the people..."

Zhao Kuangyin rarely showed a smile, and praised Zhao Yan.

Just in the eyes of the audience.

Song Taizu's approach is more or less a bit like picking the big one out of the short ones and picking the general out of the short ones.

Next.

Lin Feng continued to introduce the other emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty. There is not much space, because there is really nothing to introduce.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard about the forces that destroyed the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't believe it, and said dumbfounded:

"The one who died in the Song Dynasty was the regime in the Mongolian grasslands farther north? It wasn't Jin? It wasn't Liao?"

In the era thousands of years ago, after the prosperity of Shengzong and Xingzong, the Liao Kingdom began to decline.

In 1101 AD, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao came to the throne. At this time, with the rise of the Jurchens, the rule of the Liao Kingdom was gradually threatened.

In 1115 A.D., Jin soldiers captured Huanglong Mansion, an important town in the Liao Kingdom, and then entered into a "Maritime Alliance" with the Song Dynasty to fight against Jin together.

In a few years, the Jin soldiers occupied most of the land of the Liao Kingdom, including the Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo. In 1125 AD, the Jin Kingdom captured the fleeing Emperor Tianzuo, and the Liao Kingdom perished since then.

Zhao Kuangyin asked again, "Where is the Kingdom of Jin? Was it wiped out by our Great Song Dynasty?"

Lin Feng said, "Yes, but it's not."

Zhao Kuangyin, "..."

There were several Song Dynasty emperors beside them, and many of them stretched their necks, wanting to know the real answer.

For Jin, their whole life was filled with hatred, anger and despair!

Since Taizu established the Song Dynasty, he has been entangled with Jin for hundreds of years and fought countless battles.

For the demise of the Kingdom of Jin.

Naturally, everyone wanted to know, and wanted to see how the former enemy died.

Before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In fact, the Kingdom of Jin has already perished.

In modern times, Lin Feng dared to say that many people must not know, which year did Jin Guo perish?
The answer is 1234 AD.

Which emperor was the Southern Song Dynasty at that time?
Song Lizong, the fifth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.

This Song Lizong was not simple, he lived a long life, he reigned for 40 years and lived to be 60 years old before he died.

The Southern Song Dynasty also contributed a lot to the fall of the Jin Kingdom. It was a battle between Mongolia and the Song Dynasty against the Jin Dynasty.

In December 1232 A.D., according to Genghis Khan's last policy, the Mongolian Great Khan Wo Kuotai sent envoys to the Song Dynasty and invited troops to attack Jin on the condition of returning Henan.

Song Ting agreed.At that time, Bianjing, where the state of Jin was located, was besieged by the Mongolian army, and the food and aid were exhausted, so Jin Aizong fled to Guide.

In the summer of the sixth year, Jin Aizong went to Caizhou again, with only two or three hundred entourages.

In July, Song General Meng Gong attacked the Jin army according to the agreement, annihilated the Jin general Wuxian's tribe in Ma Dengshan and other places, and then won Xiangyang.

In August, Tachaer, Marshal of the Mongolian capital, sent another envoy to Xiangyang to ask Meng Gong to attack Caizhou together.

In September, the Jin envoy Wanyan Ahu took him to the Song Dynasty to beg for peace and food, but was rejected.The Mongolian army besieged the city tighter.

In October, Meng Gong and Jiang Hai led an army of 2 to attack Caizhou by appointment.

In the first month of the second year, the Song and Mongolian armies successively invaded Caizhou.

Jin Aizong passed the throne to Marshal Wanyan Chenglin of Dongmian, and hanged himself to death.

The next day, the city of Caizhou was broken, and the last emperor Chenglin was killed by the rebels, and Jin died.

However, it is a pity that after this war, the Song court not only failed to recover Henan, but also triggered a long-term Song-Mongol war.

In the end, the more and more powerful Mongolian army, after decades of accumulation, went all the way south, and the history of the Great Song Dynasty ended.

"Combined with Mongolia to destroy gold? Finally, the country was destroyed by the Mongolian nomadic regime of the steppe?"

"Whose strategy is this?"

Zhao Kuangyin glared at him and frightened several later Southern Song emperors for a moment.

But Lin Feng said, "Senior, at that time, this strategy was correct."

"correct?"

"Seeking skin from a tiger and being killed by a tiger in the end, do you think it's right?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

The modern audience also questioned Lin Feng's statement.

"Moderator, according to the current mainstream view, the Southern Song Dynasty's alliance with Mongolia was the biggest strategic mistake!"

"It's over, the host is out of standard today."

"Hey, I'm not a god, I'm just a modern ordinary person, is it normal for me to make mistakes?"

"It's hard to say whether the Southern Song Dynasty's strategy of uniting Mongolia to destroy gold is correct or not."

"If I were the general of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, I would have agreed. After all, my country has been suppressed and beaten by the Jin Kingdom for more than 100 years. It is not easy to have a chance to turn around. Can you not grasp it?"

"Yes, when discussing issues, we must look at them from the environment at that time."

"There is no way, the Southern Song Dynasty was too humiliated, partial to one thing, kept making compromises, and was constantly humiliated. The old saying is that it is tolerable or unbearable. Suddenly, such an opportunity came down from the sky, and the head fell. I have to move forward. Go!"

"Poor Southern Song Dynasty, who wiped out the Jin Kingdom, who had a feud, and got nothing for himself."

"No, I got an opponent, a more powerful super grassland overlord that spans the two continents of Asia and Europe!"

"Brother, what you said made me speechless."

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(End of this chapter)