Song Emperor Jiangshan

Wang Meiniang shook her head and said, "You're talking nonsense. The man's family is serious about studying. How can I teach you? There are schools in the city too. Although you don't have to rely on too much learning, you can't afford to hire a teacher. There is no shortage of such at home." How much money!"

As soon as Xiao Shan heard what Wang Meiniang meant, he planned to train himself to study for the imperial examinations, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, don't be in a hurry to ask Mr., anyway, I have to inquire, where is Mr. Good. Besides, the outside world is not peaceful these days, I'll read the book first, and ask you if there are any words I don't know, and if I find Mr. in the future, I'll learn it faster, right?"

Xiao Shan knew that it would be very difficult to immediately reject the proposal of his adoptive mother.Therefore, use the procrastination formula first, wait for two days to find a suitable opportunity, and then slowly veto it.

Wang Meiniang heard that what Xiao Shan said made sense, so she nodded and agreed.

From the very beginning of the day, Wang Meiniang began to teach Xiao Shan how to read and write.

She also taught Xiao Shan some characters before, and now Xiao Shan knows some characters and some doesn't, and Wang Meiniang doesn't think there is anything wrong.And because Xiao Shan's reading speed is much faster than before, Wang Meiniang began to force Xiao Shan to write again!

Wang Meiniang's handwriting is very good, it is the authentic two-king system, full of muscles and bones.After marrying Qin Chong, her husband didn't know how to appreciate it. At this time, he went back to his old job, and his enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

First, he personally wrote a "Thousand-Character Essay" for Xiao Shan to come to, and then made ancient and modern poems to force him to recite.Xiao Shan was tossed until one head was as big as two heads, and Xiao Shan couldn't stand it anymore, so he started to plagiarize something like "the west wind is strong, and the wild goose in the sky is called Shuang Chenyue".

After Xiao Shan got the pile of books and was restricted by Qin Zhong not to go out, his daily life became mechanically scary.

He lives and rests completely in accordance with his previous habits in the army. When he got up at 06:30 in the morning, before dawn, he first went for a five-kilometer cross-country trip.

However, the cross-country five kilometers died on the first day. First, because he is still young after all, he cannot withstand such a vigorous exercise; The important thing is because the oil shop is such a big place to go back and forth, 50 meters is not bad, and five kilometers is still a dream!

He had no choice but to change the cross-country five kilometers to a set of catching enemies.

He also ate a lot of breakfast, pouring porridge, steamed buns, and buns into his stomach. The only thing that made Xiao Shan not satisfied was that there were no vegetables in this season, and the meat and fish were all salted, which did not conform to his own eating habits.

In the morning, Wang Meiniang did nothing but teach Xiao Shan how to write, recognize and compose poems. Xiao Shan really wanted to replace these lessons with ballistics, geometry, modern weapons, etc., but it was just a thought.After all, in this society, your good handwriting is much more popular than the theory of relativity you can create.This can be regarded as doing as the Romans do!

In the afternoon Xiao Shan was much more free. He specially placed some wooden stakes in his yard for practicing martial arts, and dropped a sandbag for boxing.He also arranges some push-ups, pull-ups and other physical and muscular training from time to time. After only one month, everyone in the oil shop can feel that Xiao Shan has obviously grown taller and stronger.

In the evening, Xiao Shan read books that were not in line with his reading habits. After seven or eight days of forced reading of traditional characters in vertical lines, he gradually got used to them and did not affect his reading speed too much.

These days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the old locust tree in the yard of the oil shop had already started to sprout.

Xiao Shan put a stick in the branch of the old locust tree in the yard to do pull-ups.One day, when he was counting the number of fifty he had made, he suddenly thought of something and unconsciously yelled "Oops!"

Wang Meiniang happened to pass by the yard. Today she was wearing a pair of small sleeves with white flowers on a blue background, and a silver butterfly hairpin on her head. The silver butterfly swayed as she walked, showing a graceful figure and light and graceful steps.She was holding a new long robe made for Xiao Shan in her hand, and when she heard Xiao Shan calling out, she hurriedly stopped and asked, "Amao, what's the matter with you? I told you not to hang on a tree like a monkey. Strained?"

Xiao Shan jumped off the ground, shook his head, and said, "Nothing!"

It turned out that he suddenly remembered the three-day appointment with Zhao Yuan that day, Wang Meiniang watched him closely that day, and he had no free time, so he sneaked out at dusk, but when he went, there was no one there.At that time, he was still a little depressed. Zhao Yuan really missed the appointment.

Now when he was hanging on the tree, he suddenly remembered that the other party might not be free like him, and he should leave some mark on the time when he went.

But after he thought about it, he remembered that when Zhao Yuan was leaving, he said that he was very busy these days and might not have time to go, then the other party might have gone to the appointment, or might he not?

Xiao Shan has no way of knowing now, after all, three months have passed, and there is no way to find out, just a little regretful, but not for how long.

In his heart, everyone is destined, and the world will meet again, so there is no need to worry about these things; what's more, if the other party is always obsessed with his surname Qin, it will not be pleasant to meet again.

Standing beside Xiao Shan, Wang Meiniang looked at her adopted son, and she liked her son more and more. These days, her son has grown rapidly, and from the thin skin and fleshy boy before, she has become a bit muscular, like a man.

Wang Meiniang handed Xiao Shan her silk handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, and asked him to change into newly made clothes.This is the season of spring, and the warm wind is intoxicating. Although Xiao Shan's bones have not yet grown, he is somewhat handsome after wearing a turquoise silk shirt, a black leather belt, and a happy towel. look.

Wang Meiniang happily calculated: "Amao, you are fifteen this year, and you will be sixteen next year. It is time to make a marriage. What kind of girl do you like? Mom, find someone to make a match for you!"

Xiao Shan started to hear Wang Meiniang talk about his age, but he still felt puzzled, but the next sentence was actually about getting engaged to him, he almost choked on his saliva, he shook his head vigorously and said: "I'm still young, don't worry about it! Mother, don't be blind Don't worry, I'm going to study now!"

Wang Meiniang smiled happily and nodded, and went out to discuss the matter with Qin Zhong again.

Xiao Shan sat down, opened the notes he had made these days, and began to seriously think about his future path.

He has read all the books he bought back, and he has a deeper understanding of the situation of this era.

Song and Jin fought for more than ten years, and all parties were in decline. Zhao Gou was chased to the sea by Jin soldiers, and then turned back again. With the efforts of the Song people, he established the Southern Song Dynasty step by step and quelled countless internal rebellions. It is not without hardships.The situation in the Kingdom of Jin was not much better than that of the Song Dynasty.The generals of the Jin Kingdom who were able to conquer the Song Dynasty were all dead, and the high-level officials in the Jin Kingdom also fought against each other because of the peace war issue, and they were cleaned up several times. Now there is only a half-baked Jin Wushu left. Fire extinguisher used.Jin Wushu first defeated Zhao Gou in the battle between Song and Jin, and then was thrown to the north by the emperor of Jin to fight against the Mongols. It is not clear how successful or not, but the Mongols are obviously not as good as Zhao Gou Huyou, it is estimated that most of them will lose the battle.

Although Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, was unreliable, he had experienced storms anyway, and had a little knowledge.Needless to say, the current emperor of the Kingdom of Jin is even more unreliable, either drinking or killing the concubine, or killing the concubine or ministers for no reason, it is even more troublesome than Zhao Gou.

The emperor of the Kingdom of Jin is like this, and the area north of the Yangtze River currently ruled by the Kingdom of Jin can be known even more badly.The originally affluent Central Plains region has gone through wars and emptiness, and now it is desolate and uninhabited. It is simply a hell on earth.

People with a little background all ran to the south to join Zhao Gou. Although Zhao Gou was unreliable, he did not practice any ethnic hierarchy and would not treat Han people as wrong people. As long as he behaved carefully, his life safety could basically be guaranteed.

As more and more people came from the north, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin quit, so he ordered Zhao Gou not to accept these people.

Zhao Gou also obediently agreed that the national boundaries between the two sides are said to be being divided, and the specifics of how to draw them have not yet been determined.According to the news Zhang San got, it was because Zhao Gou's mother was still in the hands of the Jinren, and if the division of national boundaries satisfied the Jinren, they would send back his father's coffin and his mother.

As for the more recent and more confidential situation, such as how Zhao Gou reorganized the army of the three generals he took back, and who he sent to lead the army, it is beyond Xiao Shan's knowledge.

These days, Xiao Shan has learned about some past situations, and based on some major events that will happen in the future, he can almost figure out the whole situation and related trends. He has also thought about what he will do many times these days—— It is impossible to really buy oil for a lifetime.

In Xiao Shan's heart, he was more sympathetic to the fate of the Song Dynasty, and after spending so many days with his adoptive father, adoptive mother, and shop assistants, he felt that they were all about very kind and honest people, and he really didn't want to see history The fate of the world—the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Battle of Yashan, 10 people jumped off the cliff to die for the country.

He wants to change that!

Those who don't plan for the whole world are not enough to plan for a moment, and those who don't plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region.

He remembered these two sentences very clearly. Usually at the National Defense University, his papers and views on issues were based on these two points.

The Southern Song Dynasty was located in a corner. Although the economy was developed, the surrounding strategic environment was very poor.

The east is the sea, the south is Nanzhao, and the west is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It can be said that these three sides cannot expand outward.

But the Kingdom of Jin, which occupied the Central Plains and the North, and later Mongolia were different.Not only has a large amount of gold, silver, copper and iron ore, which can be used for weapons and military expenses, but also has unlimited expansion and strategic depth in the west and north directions, which can be advanced or retreated, offensive or defensive!

Comparing the two countries, the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.

If this weakness in strategic geography and other aspects of the Southern Song Dynasty is not fundamentally changed, it is impossible to change the future situation!Because even if they defeated the Jinren, there were Mongols who were more brave than the Jinren, and Genghis Khan who was more powerful than Wanyan Aguda.It was not his goal to defeat the Jinren and restore his homeland. He secretly thought in his heart that if he wanted to do it, he had to base his goal on how to resist the invasion of the Mongolian iron cavalry in a hundred years.

This is not unfounded worry.Because the rise of a big country often seems to take several generations to complete, and the strategic goals and plans formulated at the place where it rises can be said to control the future development direction of the country!

Although the overall goal has been established, it still needs to be connected with reality.He was only the son of a merchant, and although he had a few pockets, he was not a very influential merchant.If you want to achieve your goals, the first thing you need to do is to try your best to improve your social status and the weight of your words!

Xiao Shan knew that Qin Hui would live for 13 years, and Zhao Gou would live longer. Peace negotiation was the basic national policy of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although there were two emperors who wanted to make a northern expedition, they all ended in failure. Insufficient preparation, no strategic considerations, and pinning hopes on military adventures, once the military loses, there are some reasons why it cannot withstand the blow.

During the period of Qin Hui's dictatorship, the country's legal system and bureaucratic system were seriously corrupted. If he wanted to be an official, he had to pass the imperial examination first. Qin Hui was not on his side and could not be reused.If he was on his side, Qin Hui would be frozen forever after death!

Moreover, Xiao Shan also believed that writing and writing essays in the imperial examinations was not his specialty. Since essays failed, there was only another way left——Wu.

Although there were some minions in the army during Qin Hui's time in power, after all, the border army was far away from the capital, and there were places beyond their reach.Moreover, if you joined the army, you would be familiar with the operations of the army. With your own strength, you would have no problem becoming a mid-level general. As for becoming a high-level general, it would be more difficult if you didn't fight and had no background.

And soon after Qin Hui's death, there will be a war between Song and Jin, which is also known as Wanyan Liang's southern invasion in history.

At that time, I was not yet 30 years old. As long as I showed my talents in this war, I would definitely be reused by the new emperor who was eager for the Northern Expedition. At that time, I had the strength, experience, and was able to win the battle. If there is a problem, and you will definitely be able to meet the emperor, what you say will carry weight.As for what happened later, Xiao Shan pondered, even if he was accidentally sidelined by Qin Hui, since he had not been in the capital for many years, and the new emperor urgently needed talents like him, he would not deliberately suppress them!What's more, I still have a long way to go when I'm under 30 years old. Zhao Gou's next emperor is a recognized aspiring and accomplished emperor. It's much easier to communicate with him than Zhao Gou.

When thinking of this, Xiao Shan suddenly wondered who the new emperor is!

He knew that the future new emperor should be about the same age as himself, and he also learned from Zhang San that the emperor Zhao Gou adopted two sons of the clan as adopted sons.But he didn't know who the future new emperor would be.

The titles of the two princes, Duke Jianguo and Duke Chongguo, are completely indistinguishable!

Xiao Shan himself also feels that it is a bit boring to think about which prince Zhao Gou's heir is. Even if he knows, it is impossible to go to the gate of the palace every day to brush up on the little prince. , reverse history, and usher in a new era!" It is more likely that the little prince will smear his face with blood first.

With this skill, it is better to go to Taixue to learn about the future prime minister, and the future privy envoy is useful!

After Xiao Shan made up his mind, he began to ponder, if he wanted to join the army, where would be the best place to go and what method would be the best way.

The status of soldiers in the Song Dynasty was not too high, and tattoos were required on the face, of course, if they were particularly outstanding, they could be exempted.Yue Fei's Yue Family Army was stationed in Xiangyang, Hubei, one of the main battlefields where Song and Jin fought, but it is estimated that the place is full of chaos and there is no shortage of people.

Han Shizhong's former team was stationed in Huaidong, while Zhang Jun's former team was stationed in Huaixi. The problem is that Zhao Gou might disarm his army in order to reduce financial pressure after the peace talks, and he is not yet 16 this year. Those who can join the army must find reliable people to recommend them.

Xiao Shan was thinking about how to talk to his adoptive father, and asked him if he knew any reliable person who could recommend him. When he just walked to the door of the store, he suddenly saw his adoptive father carrying a burden and was about to go out.

Xiao Shan recognized the burden.Two yellow barrels made of paulownia wood, with the word "Qin" written on them in black paint, were the standard equipment that my father used to buy oil in the streets in his early years.

Xiao Shan was taken aback, there were more than a dozen clerks in the oil shop, and there was a fixed shop, not to mention that there was no need to carry the burden to buy oil, even if it was necessary, why would the righteous father go there by himself?

Xiao Shan took a step forward and said, "Father, where are you going?"

Qin Chong's shoulders were covered with a special cushion for carrying burdens, he turned his head and said to Xiao Shan: "Amao, I went to Qin Xianggong's mansion to deliver oil to his old man!"

Xiao Shan got angry when he heard it, strode forward, grabbed Qin Chong's burden, wanted to scold Qin Hui angrily, but held back, lowered his voice and said angrily: "Why should you pick him up personally? Can’t the donkey cart here be used? Can’t Zhang San and the others deliver it? Wouldn’t his own family send someone over to get it? Why do you have to carry such a heavy oil load for several streets to deliver it when you’re old?”