Chapter 519 Dragon Strategy and Leopard Strategy

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows slightly and took a step back calmly.

Zhao Kuangyin was startled for a moment, looked around and then picked up the stool where his younger brother was sitting.

Then he muttered something:

"If you are crazy, hit your head, if you are stupid, slap your head. If you are crazy, you will hit your face head-on."

"Good brother, please be patient, I will beat you up right now!"

Zhao Er glanced at the stool made of solid wood, then rolled his eyes to look at his serious brother. His facial expression immediately became straight, and he wiped his saliva:

"Thanks to the official's favor, I am fine!"

"Really?"

"It's alright. Don't dare to deceive the officials."

Seeing his brother placing the wooden stool on the ground with regret on his face, Zhao Kuangyi said cautiously:

"When I was in chaos and ignorance just now, I seemed to have heard some noble words from officials, but I don't know..."

"That's just what I said casually, don't take it seriously."

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at it, and then his face sank again:

"I don't even know how to pretend to be crazy or act stupid. If I call you incompetent, it's true!"

Under this situation, Zhao Kuangyi didn't dare to say anything, and tried his best to appear submissive to his eldest brother, but it only made Zhao Da even more annoyed.

So he simply talked to Zhao Pu behind him and said:

"This Genghis Khan... I think he is the Emperor Meng Yuanzhi... Khan?"

"It should be as the officials think."

Zhao Pugong handed over his hand. This person who had plotted the world with Zhao Kuangyin ten years ago on a snowy night, now probably understood that the Jin, Liao and Song Dynasties were intertwined, and in the end he became a fan of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry. For a while, he lost the interest in talking and sighed. Take a breath.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head slightly, then paced back and forth in the hall, trying to recite the words loudly in broken sentences, his mood became more and more high along with the words:

"The country is so beautiful? The country is so beautiful!"

"Even if it is a little less charming, I will still make up for it and make it a legend in history!"

"To fulfill our old wish, the two kings will march to the north and climb to Youzhou in winter to have a panoramic view of the scenery of the northern country!"

After reading it twice more, the frustration caused by his brother's unsatisfactory look completely dissipated. He only had a longing for the heroic words in his poems. He stepped over and wrote a book on the stone table. .

〖Zhao Kuangyin: The achievements are difficult to achieve for eternity, but the remaining achievements will be remembered for thousands of years. We should follow Taizong's law and open up borders to restore mountains and rivers.

Li Shimin: Can you tell me first, which dynasty was Emperor Taizong? 〗

In the Manlu Hall, Li Shimin threw his pen aside and laughed, then turned around and said:

"Tomorrow I will take Chengqian Qingque and Pheasant slaves to visit the northern suburbs and watch my general Tiance shoot the eagle with ease!"

I had this idea because of the name of Genghis Khan. I still remember that the Huns who were attacked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty worshiped the vultures. Unexpectedly, thousands of years later, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty also seemed to be the same.

Could it be that there is also a connection? But no matter what, he didn't think his archery skills could surpass his own.

Empress Changsun nodded with a smile, thinking in her heart that she should bring her daughter Changle with her.

Changsun Wuji was beside Li Shimin at this time. Seeing that His Majesty was in a good mood, he also smiled and said:

"Now our Tang Dynasty has looked far to the Western Regions. The princes of Wu and Song are all working hard for the unification of the world. I don't know who can take the lead."

This topic successfully aroused the interest of Zhenguan Civil and Military Affairs. Before Li Shimin could say anything, the ministers all said that there was nothing to guess:

"Emperor Zhaolie now has the help of Wuhou Lu Su and others, and he has the skills to grow gunpowder, so he must be the first."

Du Ruhui also looked at it very carefully:

"It took ten years for the founder of Song Dynasty to set the strategy for the world before settling in the south. This shows that he tried to be safe. I am afraid it will also take ten years to send his troops north to recover Yanyun."

Everyone agreed.

[The topic returns to the succession of the throne itself.

It was precisely because of Zhao Er's start that the later emperors of the Song Dynasty basically lacked a sense of security. Civil servants used every opportunity to fight endlessly to gain the emperor's favor.

For example, Cai, Xing, and Zhang, the three people mentioned earlier who tried to support King Yong and King Cao, saw that they could not sing praises for the rapid change of families and the opposition to Zhe Zong.

At the same time, Gao Taotao had a grudge against Zhezong's biological mother, the Zhu family, so the three of them used the banner of respecting the Zhu family to win Zhezong's favor.

When Shenzong was in power, Zhao Hao and Zhao 𫖳, who were both Gao Taotao's parents and sons, repeatedly asked to be released to avoid suspicion, but Gao Taotao's elderly and beloved son refused.

After Gao Taotao listened to the government behind the curtain, he gave his two sons a mansion in Xianyifang, and allowed his sons to visit the palace every day.

Cai, Xing, and Zhang took this as an excuse and used the example of Empress Dowager Lou in the Northern Qi Dynasty to depose Sun Zong and establish a son, to frame Gao Taotao's intention to depose Zhe Zong and install Zhao Hao in his place.

Moreover, after Zhezong came to power, he abolished Yuan Youzheng and implemented reforms. Cai, Xing, and Zhang belonged to the New Party. Once Zhezong became powerful, the New Party launched a large-scale liquidation of the old party, and even planned to depose Gao Taotao, who had died of illness at that time.

For example, Xing Shu took out the letters between Yuan Yougenghua and his friend Liu Zhi when he was demoted to Yongzhou. This Liu Zhi also had the identity of a close minister of the empress.

At that time, Liu Zhi comforted Xing Shu in his letter and said, "The beauty of Yongzhou will be restored soon." At first glance, it seems that Liu Zhi comforted Xing Shu to relax for the time being and can always use it again in the future.

But Xing Shu didn't think so. He explained that "the person who rests and recovers, the language comes out of the "Book of Changes", and the person who rests and recovers, waits for the restoration of the Empress Dowager and the Ming Dynasty in the future." It can be said that he understands the literary inquisition very well.

In the first few years of Zhezong's pro-government, there were countless similar things like this, which can be described as a mess. They can basically be regarded as Zhezong's stress response to stabilize the throne. It was not until his biological mother, Zhu, came forward to dissuade him that this evil trend finally stopped.

But it was no surprise that similar things happened again after Zhe Zong's death. After all, Zhe Zong had no children, so as long as he bet on the right treasure, he would be rich again.

However, because Cai Que died young, Xing Shu and Zhang Dun lost the political struggle during the reign of Emperor Zhezong and were expelled from the capital. After Emperor Zhezong's death, the only one who made trouble was Zhang Dun, who had been promoted to prime minister.

The sentence that many people are familiar with, "Prince Duan (Huizong) is frivolous and cannot rule the world," was said by Zhang Dun during the discussion of the succession.

It can be said that Zhang Dun's ability as a prime minister was quite good. He had a tough attitude towards the outside world and was committed to restoring the new law internally. He was an effective assistant to Emperor Zhezong.

However, Zeng Bu, who was the Privy Councilor at the time, had a great personal grudge with Zhang Dun. Therefore, when the succession was established, Zeng Bu and Empress Dowager Xiang joined forces to suppress Zhang Dun and established Prince Duan as the emperor.

It was also for this reason that after Emperor Huizong came to power, he grabbed Zhang Dun and cleared him out without hesitation, and told his subordinates that this was a personal grudge. He was demoted six times in five years and finally died in Shuzhou.

Zhao Si, the Prince of Jian recommended by Zhang Dun when he was appointed as the crown prince, was also affected. If it were not for the death-defying persuasion of Jiang Gongwang, the Left Censor at the time, Zhao Si would have almost become the second Zhao Tingmei.

In politics, Huizong and Zhezong also chose to promote reforms and respect the "Shaoshu Proposal". Shaoshu means to inherit the predecessors, so the main discussion was Shenzong's new policies, and because Shenzong was dead, the "Shaoshu Proposal" had a filial piety color that was quite noble in the feudal era.

The difference was that Huizong's methods were more drastic. Cai Jing, who was appointed as the prime minister, did his best to liquidate the Yuanyou Party. In addition to erecting the Yuanyou Party Membership Monument to list 309 people as traitors to show the world, he also launched the aforementioned banned book list.

In fact, at this point, the legal dilemma faced by the Song Dynasty emperors was already quite clear.

The book "Tieweishan Congtan" written by Cai Tao, the brother of Cai Jing, clearly recorded the views of the people of the Song Dynasty on Huizong's succession to the throne:

"The reason why the Taishang (Huizong) changed the reign title to Jianzhong Jingguo when he ascended the throne was that his brothers succeeded him, so he followed the story of Taiping Xingguo."

This can be regarded as another explanation from another perspective for why "Xiangshan Yelu" was listed as a banned book even though it did not oppose the reform.

The incident of candlelight and axe sound recorded by Monk Wenying was a criticism of the legitimacy of the succession from brother to brother for Song Huizong. Moreover, at that time, the people mostly compared Huizong and Taizong. Questioning Zhao Er was equivalent to questioning Huizong, which involved a lot of messy things in the royal family. No wonder it was banned.

As for Huizong himself, there is not much to say. In the 16th year, the Jin soldiers marched straight in and captured countless people.

Huizong and his son Qinzong were forced to "hunt north" together, and the Northern Sect collapsed with a bang, and the country lasted for 167 years. 】

〖Zhang Fei: This Song minister has an impeccable talent in the court, how come he doesn't even understand the principle of "lips and teeth are cold when they are gone" when he is on the battlefield?

Pei Xingjian: If the Song emperor wins, he will take credit, and if he loses, the generals will take the blame. Who dares to talk about fighting?

Ma Chao: Even so... there must be righteous men who fight the enemy for the country, or Yue Fei who admires the military advisor.

Li Jing: He must be a good and honest minister who can commemorate Wu Hou and talk about the Northern Expedition. 〗

Yue Fei... Zhao Kuangyin silently remembered this name in his heart, trying to ignore Zhang Fei's obviously weird words.

When the country is in trouble, there will be righteous men to save it?

This time, the heart that has been sinking since the sightseeing curtain finally floated a little at this moment, which made Zhao Kuangyin feel more expectant.

But seeing what the cavalry general Ma Chao and the god of war Li Jing said, Zhao Kuangyin had an unrealistic hope in his heart:

"If Zhuge Wuhou could be here..."

But after saying this, looking at Zhao Pu with a slightly resentful expression, Zhao Kuangyin could only laugh and then turned around and said angrily:

"Do you remember what I just said?"

Zhao Guangyi looked up blankly. There were too many things his brother had said just now, such as calling him a turtle or a spineless person. He didn't know which one his brother was talking about?

Looking at his brother's expression, Zhao Kuangyin shook his head with a complicated expression and said:

"The initiator."

After saying that, he ignored Zhao Guangyi, who looked depressed, and sighed again:

"I wonder if Xiang regrets not listening to Zhang Dun's words."

"What is there to regret?"

Zhao Pu also shook his head with a complicated expression:

"The Song Dynasty has come to this point, which is definitely not the result of one person's efforts in one day. There must be countless accumulated problems and redundant documents that are difficult to describe."

"The three words 'restoration' can be used to convict people, and those who disagree with the reform will be charged with crimes. This is not something that can be done in the long run."

Zhao Kuangyin's rationality told him that Zhao Pu was right.

But from an emotional point of view, this country, which was later crowned the Northern Song Dynasty, was ultimately opened by him personally. He cultivated civil governance internally, took back military power, and trained the imperial army externally to pacify the world. He devoted more than ten years of hard work to this point and died here. It is inevitable that he felt a lot of regret.

In this situation, Zhao Kuangyin simply chose to ask for help from the ancestors he had already contacted:

〖Zhao Kuangyin: Emperor Zhaolie and Emperor Guangxiao, the Great Saint of Civil and Military Affairs, can you know the fate of Han and Tang Dynasties?

Li Shimin: ...

Li Shimin: Just call me Your Majesty, and it doesn't matter if you know the fate or not. A slight difference can lead to a thousand miles of difference. You can help each other and avoid the old disasters in the future.

Liu Bei: The three rises of Yan and Han are just around the corner. 〗

Kong Ming was very pleased to see the lord at the top stretching his waist, his whole body filled with a soaring ambition.

After the restoration of the Three Qins, the people in Guanzhong praised the lord almost as much as he did himself, and after the family came, Lord Xuande's complacency became more and more obvious.

Originally, I was thinking about whether I or Shi Yuan would advise, or Yide would come forward to tell it directly.

But fortunately, after reading "Qinyuanchun", the lord's sword, which had been returning to its homeland, regained its brilliance.

Kong Ming couldn't help but move his eyes to the map behind him.

Going west through Tongguan, the old capital of the Han Dynasty is right in front of you.

Cao's thieves have stationed a large number of troops here, and the powerful and noble families of the Han Dynasty also gathered here.

After their unremitting efforts from Yizhou Zhiguan, the fire of Yanhan is burning more and more fiercely.

Whether this fire can spread across the Central Plains and spread like a prairie fire across the world will all be decided this year.

Perhaps because he was thinking longer and longer, Kong Ming was actually a little dazed. It wasn't until Pang Tong called his name a few times that he came back to his senses.

"Kong Ming, do you think that Yue Fei was the one who saved Song Dynasty?"

In response to Pang Tong's casual question, Kong Ming shook his head silently and said, half-answering:

"The world is as turbid as mud, and the person is as brilliant as jade."

Then he added a question in his mind:

If a jade remains in the mud without changing its color, how can it retain evil?

…

In the Manlu Palace, Queen Changsun looked at Li Shimin's face and said in a rare joke:

"Then Emperor Song's appearance matches his appearance, why wouldn't His Majesty Erfeng be pleased?"

Most of the others hid their faces and smiled, enjoying the quarrel between the emperor and the empress.

Li Shimin said with a straight face:

"When the emperor dies, he is given a posthumous title. Why call a living person with a posthumous title?"

After finishing his scolding, Li Shimin suddenly had a toothache when he thought about the reason why this posthumous title was so long:

"Teach the pheasant slaves not to be vain."

Just like the posthumous title given to him, it seemed to be a sign of filial piety, but when Emperor Song actually said it, it was more like making fun of him.

After revealing this matter, Li Shimin also sighed because of Zhao Dasuo's question:

"Guo Zuo is one hundred and sixty-seven years old. Song Wenzhi does have merit."

This is of course, but from Li Shimin's point of view, the Song Dynasty's martial arts was a mess, but it was still able to persist for so long, until it died hand in hand with the Liao Dynasty.

Think again about what we have seen before, that the Song Dynasty not only practiced military strategy and military strategy, but also researched ordnance and gunpowder, and also had to face the cavalry in the north, as well as the people inside who had their land taken away and shouted "equalize the rich and the poor" and rebelled.

Li Shimin immediately sighed sincerely:

"Joining the army in the Song Dynasty was extremely difficult."

Pei Xingjian, who had just gained military merit with his master, nodded fiercely: Who said it wasn't the case?

If he was really born in the Song Dynasty, he would definitely have no intention of joining the army or serving as an official.

[From the beginning of "Wild Records of Xiangshan Mountains" to the end of "Wild Records of Xiangshan Mountains".

The Chenqiao Mutiny, the Sound of the Shadow and the Axe, and the Alliance of the Golden Chamber were listed as the three major mysteries of the Northern Song Dynasty.

There is no need to say much about the role of the Chenqiao Mutiny, but the other two mysterious cases actually affected the political situation of the Northern Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

As for the truth, perhaps it would be simpler from the perspective of the Liao Kingdom. After all, the enemy country at that time did not need to be taboo for the nobles of the Song Dynasty.

Just like the handsome back of Zhao Er's drifting donkey cart is only seen in the history of Liao Dynasty and not mentioned at all in the history of Song Dynasty.

"History of the Liao" records: In November of Bingzi, the leader of the Song Dynasty Kuang Yin died, and his younger brother Jiong stood up on his own and sent an envoy to report. 】

Zhao Kuangyin didn't say a word, but Zhao Guangyi quickly clarified:

"It must be the Khitan thieves who falsely accuse me... and my younger brother!"

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and reminded him quite sincerely:

"You are now guilty of the crime of assassination."

"Why are you afraid of these?"