Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 245

"Weakly ask, what does the phrase "There will be no China after the Battle of Yashan"?"

"The same question, the Great Song Dynasty perished after the Yashan sea battle, why is there no Huaxia?"

"Didn't you listen to the host? This is a fallacy!"

"Why is it a fallacy? I want to know why."

"Just wait, the host will definitely analyze this one by one during the show."

"I just want to know, who shouted this point of view?"

"I did a special search, and it seems to be said by the survivors of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The original sentence is "There will be no China after Yashan, and there will be no China after the fall of Ming Dynasty." It means that the Yashan naval battle at the end of Song Dynasty led to the first time that the traditional Han nationality regime was completely taken over by the northern nomadic peoples. It was completely replaced by the dynasty. This sentence is used to indicate that Chinese culture experienced a serious fault after the Mongol Yuan and Song Dynasties, and the classical culture was horribly destroyed.”

"After the First World War on Yashan, our land was ruled by a nomadic regime for the first time. It was indeed miserable."

"Hey, at that time, after the Battle of Yashan, it was indeed a great destruction of our culture!"

"The Battle of Yashan was the last battle of the Southern Song Dynasty's demise, and there is a passage in the vast history that recorded the tragedy of that naval battle: Seven days later, there were hundreds of thousands of corpses floating on the sea, and 10 people committed suicide. Absence, no home, no people, although failure, but the integrity will last forever."

"Yashan has many loyal souls, and then it will shine through the ages—it is the true portrayal of this spirit."

"The conquerors were still nomadic peoples who lagged behind all the conquered peoples socially and culturally. The normal development process was interrupted, which brought great harm to the Chinese civilization, and the Chinese civilization, which has been in the same line for thousands of years, created a fault."

"It's a fault, but it's not destruction, because we Huaxia have never stopped fighting."

"That's right, this is also the time when the Yuan Dynasty only ruled for a short hundred years."

"I think that since the Song Dynasty fell, there are still countless Chinese people fighting, which means that we have not had any great destruction, and we will continue to fight unswervingly until the most powerful Ming Dynasty rises and restores China."

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online.

There is a heated discussion on the question raised by the host Lin Feng.

What is the Battle of Yashan?
It is also known as the Battle of Yamen.

It was a battle between the Song army and the Yuan army at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. This war marked the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty had 30 people participating in this war, and the two sides invested more than 50 troops. In the end, the entire Song army was wiped out.

This battle marked the demise of the Song Dynasty.

In the live camera.

More than 1000 years ago, in the back garden of the Northern Song Dynasty's imperial palace, there was a pavilion.

There is a large table with rich banquets, delicious food, royal wine, and beautiful maids serving.

The [-] emperors of the Song Dynasty who were seated, after listening to the words from the later host Lin Feng, all of them felt heavy and frowned, looking depressed.

They all lost the majesty of the Ninth Five-Year Lord in the past.

Without the emperor's posture facing the world.

"The time has reached a thousand years later."

"The Great Song Dynasty established by my old Zhao family is also submerged in the dust and smoke of history."

"For the millennium later generations, the Great Song Dynasty has also become history."

"When I was alive, I didn't care about the country, but for the country and the people. I only cared about my own enjoyment, singing and dancing, and now I am sad and sentimental. What's the use?"

"Raise the wine bottle."

"We wait for the eighteen Song emperors to drink together."

……

Taizu Zhao Kuangyin spoke loudly, listening to his pride, but everyone knew that his words were full of sadness.

Of course, what else could Taizu do?
Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty died, and my ancestor, would weep bitterly with the later emperors?
"Taizu..."

"Eh……"

"Taizu, I am guilty."

"guilty."

"Ashamed of the common people in the world..."

Immediately, every emperor in dragon robes raised their wine bottles and clinked glasses in the air.

Everyone's face was ashen, their eyes were dim, like a soulless body, and they said this stiffly.

Taizu looked around, with piercing eyes, sweeping across the faces of every subsequent emperor.

"We are the Son of Heaven. We have failed to subdue the lost land, failed to truly unify the Kyushu, and failed to wipe out the powerful enemy. This life is a failure."

"Punish yourself three cups!"

Then there was a cup of bitter wine.

In this situation, there is quite a sad scene of "drawing a knife to cut off the water, and raising a glass to relieve sorrow and sorrow".

Each emperor, under the leadership of Taizu, punished himself with three cups.

Even Zhao Bing, the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, a young emperor who was only 8 years old, didn't have any complaints, he drank as he said, and he didn't even frown at such a young age, which made people look sideways.

Don't look at people who are only 8 years old.

When faced with the inevitable situation of death, he calmly threw himself into the sea. Even if he died, he still maintained his reputation as the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Worthy of admiration.

Zhao Kuangyin put down the wine bottle, looked at Lin Feng, and said, "Mr. Lin, you are from a later generation and you are familiar with the history of China for thousands of years. Can you tell us about the events before and after the Yashan sea battle?"

This is the request of our Chinese ancestors.

As a descendant, it is naturally incumbent.

Lin Feng asked back, "Senior, do you really want to understand the cause and effect?"

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Yes, the eighteen emperors gathered together. This tragic history of humiliation and grief should be deeply engraved in their souls..."

The Battle of Yashan was a large-scale naval battle between the Song Dynasty army and the Mongolian army in Yashan in 1279. It was also a sea battle rarely seen in ancient feudal dynasties.

The Battle of Yashan was directly related to the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty, so it was also a decisive battle between the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Yashan is located in Yamen Town, about 50 kilometers south of Xinhui District, JM City, Guangdong Province, where the water of Yinzhou Lake goes to the sea, and it is also the entrance and exit of the tide.There is Yashan Mountain in the east and Tangping Mountain in the west. The vein of the two mountains extends southward into the sea, like a gate closing the water mouth, like a half-open door, so it is also called Yamen.

After Song Duzong died, he left behind three underage sons:
Zhao, born to Concubine Yang Shu, was 7 years old.

Emperor Song Gong was 4 years old.

Zhao Bing, born to Yu Xiurong, was 3 years old.

Empress Dowager Xie called a group of ministers to discuss the establishment of the emperor. Everyone thought that Zhao, born to Concubine Yang Shu, would be the elder, but Jia Sidao and Empress Dowager Xie both advocated the establishment of a son, so Emperor Song Gong was established as emperor.

Emperor Song Gong was still young at this time, so the Empress Dowager Xie was behind the curtain to listen to the government, but the real power of the court was still in the hands of Prime Minister Jia Sidao.

After the Yuan army defeated the Song army in the Battle of Xiangfan, it approached Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In 1276 AD, the court of the Song Dynasty failed to seek peace, so the little emperor Song Gongdi surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty less than two years after he ascended the throne.

After Emperor Song Gong surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, Concubine Yang Shu of Song Duzong fled with the two kings of the Song Dynasty under the escort of her uncle Yang Liangjie, and joined ministers Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Chen Yizhong, Wen Tianxiang and others in Jinhua.

Yes.

During this period, Wen Tianxiang, who is both civil and military, stopped the enemy and made great military exploits.

After the round, Zhao was granted the title of Marshal of the Soldiers and Horses of the World, and Zhao Bing was appointed Deputy Marshal.

Boyan, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army, continued to pursue the two kings, trying to completely destroy the Song Dynasty, so the two kings had to flee to Fuzhou.

Soon, Zhao, who had just turned 7 years old, ascended the throne and became emperor. He was Song Duanzong and changed to "Jingyan". Chen Yizhong was the prime minister, Wen Tianxiang was Shaobao, Xin Guogong and organized the Anti-Yuan.

After Song Duanzong Zhao Shi proclaimed himself emperor, the Yuan Dynasty also stepped up the pace of destroying the Song Dynasty.

In 1277 AD, Fuzhou fell, and Song Duanzong's Southern Song court in exile went straight to Quanzhou.

Zhang Shijie asked to borrow a boat, but was rejected, and then Pu Geng Shougeng, who had long been dissatisfied, surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Shijie snatched the ship to go to sea, and the exiled court of the Southern Song Dynasty had to go to Guangdong.

Song Duanzong was about to flee to Leizhou, but unexpectedly encountered a typhoon, the emperor's boat capsized, almost drowned and fell ill because of it.

Emperor Duanzong of Song Dynasty collapsed shortly after he fell into the water and fell ill. The 7-year-old Wei Wang Zhao Bing ascended the throne, Lu Xiufu was the prime minister and presided over government affairs; Zhang Shijie was the Taifu, the main escort; big picture.

After Zhao Bing ascended the throne, Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie escorted Zhao Bing and fled to Yashan, where they established a stronghold, preparing to continue to resist the Yuan Dynasty.

Soon, Wen Tianxiang, who was fighting against the Yuan Dynasty in the current Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, could not get support from the imperial court in exile.

In the first month of 1279 A.D., general Zhang Hongfan, who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, led the Yuan army to attack Yamen.

A naval battle related to the life and death of the Southern Song Dynasty was imminent.

Faced with tremendous pressure, Zhang Shijie, head coach of the Song Navy, pondered day and night how to defeat the enemy.

Some staff suggested to Zhang Shijie that the Gulf exit should be occupied first to protect the retreat route to the west.

In order to prevent the soldiers from fleeing, Zhang Shijie vetoed the proposal and ordered the burning of palaces, houses, and strongholds on land.

He also ordered more than a thousand ships of the Song Army to be tied in the bay with large ropes in the form of a "serial ship", and the "dragon boat" of the last emperor Zhao Bing was placed in the warship.

The Yuan army found out the feelings of the Song army, so they imitated the method of the Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms, carrying flammable materials such as thatch and ointment in small boats, and set fire to the Song boat in the wind.

Song boats were all covered with mud, and a long log was placed horizontally on each boat to resist the fire attack of the Yuan army.

The naval forces of the Yuan Dynasty were unable to attack with fire, so they sealed off the bay with the navy, and cut off the way for the Song army to draw water and cut firewood with the army.

The Song army ate dry food for more than ten days, and the soldiers who drank sea water vomited.Zhang Shijie led Su Liuyi and Fang Xingri to fight against the Yuan army. Yuan general Zhang Hongfan captured Zhang Shijie's nephew Han, and he failed to surrender to Zhang Shijie three times.

Soon after, the enemy navy launched a frontal attack again, using cloth to cover the pre-built ship building and burying the ambushes, using Mingjin as the attack signal.

All the ambush soldiers bowed down with their shields on their backs, and approached the Song ship under the rain of arrows.

The ships on both sides approached, and the Yuan army called Jin Qubu to fight, destroying seven Song ships in a row.

The Song division was defeated, and the Yuan army fought all the way to the center of the Song army.

At this time, Zhang Shijie saw that the general situation was over, so he mobilized elite soldiers, and had already led Su Liuyi to lead more than ten ships from the remaining troops to cut off the Dasuo and break out of the encirclement.

Under the command of Prime Minister Lu Xiufu, the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty who had no commander in the army continued to fight against the Yuan army until March [-]th, when Zhao Bing was trapped in a thousand boats and could not break through. Humiliated, he threw eight-year-old Zhao Bing into the sea on his back, and more than [-] soldiers and civilians with him also jumped into the sea one after another.

The Yashan naval battle came to an end, and the Song Dynasty, which had lasted for nearly 300 years, came to an end.

The Battle of Yashan, the fall of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

It means that the Yuan Dynasty finally unified the entire land of Kyushu, and China was conquered by the northern nomads for the first time in the overall sense.

We have always thought that we are the most civilized, most powerful, and most glorious race, we are leading the world, and we are ruling the four barbarians.

However, the Yashan naval battle overturned the view of the world of countless people at that time, the imperial line was cut off, and the barbarians became the rulers, which dealt a heavy blow to the self-esteem of that generation of Chinese people.

The demise of the Song Dynasty is definitely not a simple change of dynasty.The once highly developed economy, culture, technology, bureaucratic system combining imperial examinations and aristocratic families, the limited imperial power, advanced political system, etc. were all interrupted. Industry and commerce and a more centralized system, and officially took Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism as the main content of the imperial examination and the official thinking of the government.

To this day, many foreign historians still regard the demise of the Song Dynasty as the end of China in the classical sense, the so-called "there is no China after Yashan".

In later generations, it was used by a few countries with ulterior motives in the world, and thus came to the conclusion that "the excellent national cultural genes of Chinese loyalty, righteousness and blood were completely lost in the battle of Yashan".

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Lin Feng finished speaking in one breath, every paragraph, every word, clearly appeared on the live broadcast page.

Plus a slightly tragic ancient music.

It deeply affects everyone.

Every viewer who watched the show was shocked, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.

Zhao Kuangyin was the first to break the bottleneck and said, "Young master Lin, why did you say that this is a fallacy?"

The other Song Dynasty emperors also looked tangled, waiting for an answer.

no way.

A backward, alien race whom they called barbarians, unexpectedly ruled the land of Kyushu.

This is an unprecedented situation.

This situation is too serious.

The Great China Fault!

The terrible consequences seemed to pierce the day.

Who can afford it?

(End of this chapter)