Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

However, this has no effect on the dignitaries in Jinling City. Unlike the hardships of the common people, they are very happy. In any case, Zhou Guo retreated, and Shi Congyun, the god of death, returned from Jinling City. Power is preserved.

Many people of insight are also heartbroken. They originally regarded themselves as the successors of the Tang Dynasty, but with the loss of Jiangbei, it means that they can no longer look north and can only settle down in Jiangnan.

But recently, Li Jing, the lord of the country, was terrified by Shi Congyun's approaching Jinling city, and began to prepare to move the capital from Jinling downstream to Hongzhou upstream.

As soon as this proposal came out, it was opposed by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and only the privy envoy supported the king.

But the lord insisted no matter what, because Shi Congyun led a large army to the city and forced him to surrender, which left him with a huge psychological shadow. He repeatedly said in the court hall that Jinling was no longer safe in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. If this continues, Daliang's army may cross the Yangtze River at any time.

And a group of more knowledgeable ministers headed by Han Xizai told him that it was impossible for Zhou Jun to go south in a short time.

And even if they come, Daliang wants to fight, it is not enough to send some soldiers and horses over, the river is more than ten miles wide, and their follow-up supplies cannot keep up, unless a bridge can be built across the river.

As long as they close the city and stick to it, the Zhou army will retreat. Jinling is a strong city, so there is no need to be so afraid.

On the contrary, the terrain of Hongzhou is narrow, and the river upstream is also narrow, making it even more unsafe there.

Moreover, if the capital is moved, civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles, so many people will go there, it will require a lot of construction work, which will cost a lot, and Hongzhou's terrain is narrow, so it may not be able to accommodate so many people.

However, the lord of the country, Li Jing, refused to listen, and suspected that Han Xizai was from the north, and his heart was towards the north.

From then on, Han Xizai dared not talk about the government affairs anymore, he traveled all day long, entertained friends, and never intervened in the government affairs.

On the other hand, Zhou Zong was sought after by people, because his daughter became the concubine of Zhou Jun's coach Shi Congyun, and Shi Congyun would rather not have anything. This is a woman, which shows that he loves him.

And in this age, nothing else is reliable, only military power is real.

When Shi Congyun led a large army across the river, even the king of the country had to be obedient and obedient, "the emperor would rather have kindness, and he will do it if the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong." This is the way of the world today.

Therefore, many people began to prepare for the way out, quietly flattering Zhou Zong, hoping to find a way to go in the future. If Zhou Jun looked south again, it was very likely that Shi Congyun would lead the army again.

And even the king of the court was very grateful to Zhou Zong, because Zhou Zong was a great hero in convincing Shi Congyun to retreat.

After that, Li Jing, the lord of the country, ignored everyone's opposition and insisted on going his own way. He planned to move the capital to Hongzhou after the next year, and at the same time planned to pass the throne to the crown prince.

Many people are still trying to convince the lord that Hongzhou is not suitable for the national capital, and the cost of moving the capital is huge, and it is not worthwhile.

"At this point, he just wants to have fun as soon as possible in peace and security, and leave the important affairs of the family and country to his son. If the country is destroyed by then, it will not be in his hands..." Jinling Wangshan Tower, Han Xizai said helplessly. Old friend Xu Xuan said.

"So it's useless for them to persuade you any more. They don't understand the king's mind at all. It's not whether Hongzhou is suitable for the capital of the country, or whether it will cost a lot of money to move the city, but Hongzhou can live in peace for a while. He enjoys happiness with peace of mind, and then passes down the position of king.

It's time for the old man to withdraw from the court, but I don't know how long this country can last..."

Xu Xuan didn't speak for a long time, seeing his old friend depressed, he finally comforted him: "Prince may be the master of the Ming Dynasty."

Han Xizai did not refute this point, "It's just that the king is good at poetry and prose, but he is hesitant and weak. The prince has a different personality from him. I'm afraid he won't be trusted. It would be a good thing if the prince succeeds to the throne."

"I heard that the sixth son of the emperor, Concubine Li Congjia, is Zhou Zong's beloved daughter, who was taken away by Shi Congyun. To appease him, the lord let him enter the palace to be on duty and accompany his father." Xu Xuan said.

"The emperor's six sons are similar to the country's master in temperament. They all love poetry and prose, but have no courage. I only hope that the country's master can understand that the country needs a decisive and powerful master, not a nerd......

Forget it, the old man clearly said that he ignored the government, but he couldn't help but talk about what to do with those things, let's talk about something else. "Han Xizai sighed.

The two talked and ate wine and vegetables, and the charcoal fire in the house was beeping.

"Since we don't talk about middle school affairs, maybe we can talk about foreign affairs, will Zhou Guo send troops in the future?" Xu Xuan asked a question.

Han Xizai affirmed: "My old man sees that Emperor Zhou is a man with great ambitions. When the war started, the Lord proposed to use the land of the six Jiangbei prefectures to make peace. He disagreed, and he used Shi Congyun to seize the fourteen Jiangbei prefectures until he gave up.

If his ambition remains unchanged, he will gradually annex the world. If he wants to annex the world, the most dangerous one at the moment should be the Kingdom of Shu. "

"The Northern Han Dynasty has a feud with them, shouldn't they take the Northern Han Dynasty first?" Xu Xuan asked incomprehensibly, he was a scholar, and his old friend Han Xizai couldn't see these things clearly.

Han Xizai shook his head: "Behind the Northern Han Dynasty is the Khitan, and Jinyang is the gateway for them to go south. To fight the Northern Han is to fight the Khitan. It is true that Zhou Guo has no opponent in the south of the Central Plains, but he is not an opponent of the Khitan either."

Xu Xuan nodded, "Then Shi Congyun really looks like Han Xin."

"Looking at his actions, he is much smarter than Han Xin." Han Xizai said with emotion, "I have fought against him before, and I understand how powerful he is. I only realized later that he was plotting many things. In my opinion, he is not Han Xin is Wang Jian.

Back then, King Qin conquered the Six Kingdoms, and the Wang family father and son helped him destroy the Five Kingdoms.

Now that the state of Zhou wants to win the world, it may depend on the father and son of the historian. No wonder Zhou Zong's mansion is full of people, almost stepping on the threshold. Fu, he lost a daughter, but who can tell if there is an extra road to prosperity. "

"It's a pity that you and I don't have a beautiful daughter." Xu Xuan joked.

The two suddenly looked at each other and laughed.

"So many things from ancient to modern times are just a joke..." Han Xizai recited a masterpiece that Shi Congyun left in the south of the Yangtze River when the soldiers came to the city, and it had already been spread in the south of the Yangtze River.

"That Shi Congyun is an opponent, the chief culprit for the loss of half of our country in Tang Dynasty, but after confronting him, seeing what happened these days, instead of hating him, I admire him very much.

At a young age, he has a literary and martial arts strategy, and has outstanding achievements in the world, but he is not proud and complacent. He is calm in his heart, and knows to make some small mistakes to give the monarch a handle.

If historians can stay in Zhou State for a long time, I am afraid that Zhou State must be the one who wins the world in the future. "

But Xu Xuan waved his hand and whispered: "Shen Yan, let's put such words in your stomach."

Han Xizai stopped talking, and the two of them continued to drink again, talking about romance, poetry and songs, and not talking about those troubles that could not be reached......

Chapter 181, The Context of History

Years ago, Daliang was also immersed in a festive atmosphere, and people didn't know what happened in the south and west.

The Shifu began to purchase materials for the New Year.

Shi Congyun bought a lot because many people would come to his house for the New Year.

Today, the world has been in chaos for decades, and many people are wandering in foreign lands.

Li Chuyun's family and Si Chao's family all drifted south. Dong Zunhui's father was originally a guard in Youzhou. Later, he was destroyed by the Khitan disaster, and he was also a poor man living alone in a foreign land.

Not to mention Wang Zhong and Shao Ji, Pan Mei is not from Daliang. Although he is a close friend of the official family, it is impossible for him to go to the harem for the New Year.

Wang Shenqi is also a wanderer from western Liaoning.

In fact, many people had similar experiences with Wang Shenqi, Shi Yanchao, and Dong Zunhui. Most of them were from Liaodong, Liaoxi, Youzhou, and Yunzhou. After Liao went south, they fled south and went to Henan, Hebei and Qidi.

We are all wandering people, so let’s spend the New Year together, and you can sign up for a group to keep warm.

However, Shi Congyun gradually encountered the dilemma of the three monks without water.

He was very relieved that Zhao Shijian, Fu Jinling, and Zhou Xian did not fight. The three of them are women who have read poetry and books. They like poetry and prose, which makes them have a common hobby.

This was a good thing at first, and it made him feel at ease, but gradually Shi Congyun realized that something was wrong, because no one was sleeping with him anymore, and he pushed this one to push that, and that one to push another.

Zhou Xian explained to her that she was friends with Zhao Shijian and Fu Liu, and he felt betrayed by keeping them selfish.

Shi Congyun had a big head all of a sudden. When Zhao Shijian was alone, he slept how he wanted, and wherever he liked; when Zhao Shijian and Fu Liu were around, he often ran at both ends, and his life was not bad. Moistur, why now there are three wives, none of them will take him in!Drive him to someone else.

Almost got his nose crooked!What the hell is this...

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court held a grand court meeting. This time it was not in the Chuigong Hall, but in the Wende Hall, because this court meeting was not to discuss state affairs, but to meet envoys from various countries who came to pay tribute.

This year, all countries have sent envoys to celebrate the new year. There is no such thing as a scene of all nations coming to the DPRK, but there are more than a dozen countries and tribes.The surrounding Southern Tang, Western Shu, Wuyue, Wuping, Jingnan, and Southern Han all sent people here. After all, the Huainan War had just passed, and many people were frightened and rushed to pay tribute.

In addition, there are many countries and tribes that have come all the way to pay tribute.

This is due to Yu Wei in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

After the Han and Tang Dynasties, no matter how the Central Plains changed dynasties in this era, if you look at the historical records, you will find it strange that the countries outside seem to have long been accustomed to paying tribute.

In addition to the information asymmetry, no matter what the situation and strength of the Central Plains are, the tribes in the northeast, the island countries in the south, some tribal countries in the Western Regions and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau all subconsciously pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty.

This was the case in the Zhou Dynasty. In this era, the transmission of information was very slow. Most of them probably did not know that China had long since lost its glory. The current Zhou Dynasty is actually just a separate regime, so it still maintains the habits left over from the Han and Tang Dynasties.

This is also a strange sight.

Shi Congyun watched the officials of Honglu Temple communicate with these envoys with different clothes and different languages, and he was very moved. There were Koreans, women, and some ethnic groups and countries near the Hexi Corridor. The farthest one was from Malaysia. Over there country from the sea.

They probably think that China is still the same China as before.

When receiving these people in the main hall, words are needed to communicate, and words are not feasible. For the first time, Shi Congyun felt the weight of history.

The accumulation of Qin, Han, and Tang led to this situation. Even the Zhou Dynasty, which only had four provinces, enjoyed this kind of treatment, but it is not known whether their descendants can continue this glory and bear this honor.

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Unknowingly, listening to them chattering there, my thoughts began to drift away...

The Western Han Dynasty was the most important period for the formation of this pattern.

At that time, the number of dependent countries was also the largest, with as many as 55 clearly recorded.

The Western Han Dynasty chose the system of the Qin Dynasty and decided to expand outward, which established the historical context for the future.

The expansion of the Western Han Dynasty was very difficult, and it was not just a simple military conquest, because the world was still in a fog at that time.

The Hexi Corridor, Western Regions, Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains and Rivers, Mobei, etc. No one knew what it was like before. The customs, culture, strength, etc. there were unknown. Zhang Qian and others let China know the outside world for the first time. face.

It was very difficult at that time. It was not just a simple military conquest. It was impossible to write a story full of individual heroism, but it was very thick and majestic, and it also laid the foundation for all the future.

Expansion to the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions (Xinjiang), Hetao, Yinshan, Yunnan-Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi (Guangdong, Guangxi), Vietnam, North Korea and other places is not as simple as military conquest, but also needs to transport population, reclaim land, impart knowledge, and carry out cultural development. Expand to make it culturally acceptable.

If the culture does not agree, domination is built on sand dunes, and the spread and hegemony of the cultural system is to leave an inexhaustible legacy for future generations.

However, the Han Dynasty also had weaknesses. Their foreign policy was different from that of the Tang Dynasty. According to Liu Bang's decision, the Han Dynasty inherited the laws of the Qin State from the beginning, and it was an out-and-out military system.

There was no imperial examination system, so it was determined that the people of the Han Dynasty wanted to climb up, and fighting and killing the enemy was the most important way.

Therefore, for the Han Dynasty, it is not in line with the national conditions to annex neighboring countries to establish rule, except for some strategically important places, otherwise they will fall into the predicament after the Qin Dynasty unified the world.

If the soldiers don't fight, and the bottom doesn't have a way to rise, the country will be in chaos.

How many people all over the country are waiting eagerly, waiting to fight and make meritorious deeds.

Therefore, the wars in the Han Dynasty were very frequent and even fought for the sake of fighting, until they fought militaristically. …

History books generally do not show the wars of the Han Dynasty, because they were too bloody, and many times it was the Han Dynasty who deliberately provoked wars, and there was no justice at all.

Fighting is not for ruling, not for the benefit of the people of the country, it has only one purpose, to cut off the heads of soldiers and make meritorious deeds, so as to gain channels for advancement.

Therefore, Wang Fuzhi's statement that "the old country will always die with weakness, while the Han will die with strength" is a very wonderful conclusion. It is determined by the military system. It has been decided since Liu Bang decided to follow the Qin system when he founded the country, and he made military achievements.

In the case of severe civil strife in the end, the way for civil and military officials to gain political capital is to fight wars, putting neighboring countries and tribes on the ground to fight to show their strength, using this militaristic method.This is how Dong Zhuo made his fortune.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was an imperial examination system, and it became more civilized at once.With the foundation laid by the Han Dynasty, the surrounding countries and nationalities have cultural identity, because many of them were once the vassal states of the Han Dynasty, and they are also very afraid of the great country in the Central Plains whose martial arts are so abundant that they are crazy, so it is very convenient to rule.

In the long course of history, the Han Dynasty was equivalent to giving a severe blow to the tribes of neighboring countries. The Tang Dynasty cleverly began to fight and give sweet dates at the same time. This was very smart at first.

And because of the imperial examination system, people in the Tang Dynasty not only had to kill people like the Han Dynasty if they wanted to rise, but the atmosphere became civilized all of a sudden.

There are also great differences in wars. The Tang Dynasty did not have as many wars as the Han Dynasty, and the methods of fighting and goals were completely different.

When the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu, South Vietnam, and North Korea, they fought to the death, almost suspected of genocide.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were many internal conflicts in the country, the Xiqiang and other tribes were also chased and killed. They chased them all the way and did not let them go. There were more than 100 battles, large and small. Except for the thousands of people who surrendered, they chased and killed none of them.

After the Tang Dynasty became civilized, it already knew that it started to fight for the sake of rule, not for the sake of fighting. As long as it is conquered and surrendered, it will be ruled by me in name, and then it will stop fighting.

This is a mutually reinforcing progress, like standing on the shoulders of giants.

The Qin Dynasty left institutions for the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty left cultural identity and hegemony for the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty used the heritage of cultural identity to transform it into political control.

I just don’t know if their descendants can regain the old rivers and mountains, continue to hold on to this heritage, and gradually carry it forward, making great strides forward......

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After the court meeting, Shi Congyun chatted and laughed with the crowd and went out. Although he was touched by the scene and thought of some heavy things, he quickly forgot that this is the kind of person he is, with a big heart.

A large group of people chattered and walked towards the north gate, talking about Shi Congyun's mansion in the past year, and discussing the strange envoys from various countries who just came, laughing and chattering all the way out of the palace.

Finally, they parted outside the south gate of the imperial city.

After returning home, the three girls were writing something at the same table. Shi Congyun came over and realized that he was writing Spring Festival couplets, but at this time they were not called Spring Festival couplets, but peach charms.

And it was not written on paper, but on wooden boards. Paper is too expensive these days to withstand wind and rain.

Shi Congyun went to join in the fun, but he only pointed fingers and dared not show his ugliness, because his handwriting was really ugly, and it became a literal show of ugliness as soon as he started.

While watching the three little girls writing the couplet with great interest, he talked about interesting stories about the court today, especially the envoys from various countries in strange costumes. They were also very interested.

While writing, Zhao Shijian added some knowledge to them: "Actually, the straight females have come to pay tribute a long time ago. They hoped that the Central Plains would be like the Tang Dynasty at the beginning, and justice for the world. They were beaten up by the Khitan people, so they hoped The Central Plains Dynasty can help.

It's a pity that they were wrong in their expectations. Today's China is no longer the China of decades ago. "

Only then did Shi Congyun realize that there was such a thing.

The Khitans expanded rapidly in the north, and Nuzhi was the ancestor of the later Jurchens. They could not withstand the Khitans' attack.

Liaodong and its surrounding areas could be the masters when the Han and Tang Dynasties were strong, so he hoped that the Central Plains Dynasty could help mediate the war so that the Liao Kingdom would not attack them, so he paid tribute frequently.

It's just that they don't know that the Liao Kingdom is the leader today, and the Central Plains has no way of making decisions. They didn't extend their hands to Liaodong, let alone Liaodong, and even Youzhou couldn't do anything...

In another two years, I guess they will soon realize the reality.

Shi Congyun sighed, this was originally a good opportunity to deal with the Liao Kingdom, to support the Jurchens to fight the Liao Kingdom, even if they are not strong enough to fight guerrillas.

It's a pity that the Central Plains is also in chaos at this time.