Chapter 540 The Bankrupt Old Yue Family

Kong Ming's sigh of condemning the enemy also attracted Pang Tong's agreement:

"It is time to fight the enemy on the battlefield and eliminate the troubles, so that future generations can see what it means to be a sage inside and a king outside.

"I have never heard of increasing heavy taxes and being called a sage, or being called a king by treating animals with virtue."

Kong Ming smiled and shook his head, knowing that Pang Tong was always harsh in his words, so he couldn't stand the Song people's fierce appearance but weak heart, so he simply changed the subject:

"The Song Dynasty suppressed military power for a hundred years, no wonder Zong Ze had such regrets. ”

The scholar named Su Che had many criticisms about Han and Tang, but Kong Ming felt that no matter which of the three emperors, Gaozu, Xiaowu, or Guangwu, faced such a situation, they would definitely go to Bianliang to resist the bandits and protect the capital.

And if the Tang Emperor Li Erfeng was here, he would not let such a heroic minister die in the south of the Yellow River.

It is no wonder that the later generations were divided into two Song dynasties. After all, the capital was voluntarily abandoned. What else could this be if not the destruction of the country?

From this point of view, although the capital of Tang was captured six times and the emperor fled nine times, it finally recovered the capital.

Just thinking of the scene of the fall of the capital made it difficult to stop thinking of Dong Zhuo burning Luoyang, so Kong Ming was even more depressed.

…

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin smiled and sighed to his left and right:

“If I lead the black-robed black-armored army, why do I need such cumbersome orders? "

Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde both knew that His Majesty was telling the truth.

If the most dangerous battle to pacify the world was to be fought at Hulao Pass against Dou Jiande, it must be the battle at Hulao Pass.

For this battle, His Majesty, who was still the King of Qin at the time, specially selected more than a thousand elite cavalry from tens of thousands of troops, wearing black clothes and black armor and divided into left and right divisions led by four fierce generals, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, and Zhai Changsun.

Yuchi Jingde rarely said more:

"Shubao led the black armor, and his sharpness was unmatched in the world."

Li Shimin also followed and praised:

"The victory at Hulao Pass was due to the black armor, and the black armor was able to break through the enemy's formation, and the merit was Shubao."

Qin Qiong naturally remembered it more clearly, after all, the title of Duke of Yiguo was obtained by defeating Dou Jiande.

But in the face of such praise, he still waved his hand and said modestly:

"The victory at Hulao Pass was due to the courage of Your Majesty, so I broke the formation with blood. ”

Speaking of the bloody victory, Li Shimin's smile disappeared. He turned around and pulled the old general's arm to check his complexion and said:

"Dou Jiande was defeated at Hulao Pass and Liu Heita was defeated by the Ming River. These two battles hurt Shubao's body. If it weren't for the magic hands of the King of Medicine, I would have been separated from him by life and death."

Sun Simiao waved his hand and did not take credit for it. Qin Qiong also comforted Li Shimin and said that he was in good health now and could get rid of the thieves for the country after another half a year of recuperation.

On the other hand, Du Ruhui did not hide his regrets:

"I only regret that I can't read all the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu. "

Fang Xuanling also nodded in agreement, and turned his head to look at the side of Ganlu Hall. His Majesty left a very conspicuous place there, which was used to hang Li Bai's poems written by himself.

When later generations talked about the Anshi Rebellion, Li Bai used only a few strokes to outline the tragic situation of the chaos and disaster in the Central Plains, and his writing was majestic and magnificent.

Not long ago, the younger generation celebrated the New Year, and looking at the New Year's Eve in Chang'an in later generations, there were several poems by Li Bai.

Whether it was the "Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky" which can be called a fantasy from the sky, full of incisive spirit, and singing heroic feelings.

Or the "People today don't see the moon of the past, but the moon today once shone on the ancients" The poem made people in Ganlu Hall at that time remember Zhuge Wuhou, imagine the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the scenery of later generations, and express their feelings under the moonlight, which was very moving.

Therefore, the two prime ministers of the time wanted to sit down with the Song Dynasty scholar and refute his complaints about Li Bai.

But then they thought about it again, the Song emperor didn't even want his own capital, so what else could he say?

So after sighing for a while, Chu Suiliang, who was silently copying, said what they all thought:

"I hope that the younger generation can use his insights from the past to discuss the literary works of the Han, Tang and Song dynasties to comfort our wishes. "

As a recorder of the daily life, Chu Suiliang knew that His Majesty loved the "frontier poems" named by later generations very much, and often lamented that there were few excellent works that were put on the stage for later generations to appreciate.

...

In the Bianliang Palace, Zhao Kuangyin could no longer sit still and stood with his hands behind his back in the palace, looking up.

The sophistry of Su Zhe made him blush and remain silent.

But Zong Ze's regret and Zhao Gou's fear still made him unable to help but curse:

"Such a rat's courage is quite similar to his ancestor!"

Zhao Pu wanted to say something but stopped, as if there was something stuck in his throat. Although he knew that the emperor meant to talk about the King of Jin, it was hard not to think that he was being scolded as well.

But from the perspective of a minister, Zhao Pu also couldn't understand:

"Although Bianliang has no natural barriers, it has strong walls to keep the enemy out. "

Zhao Pu was very sure of this, because although it was said in a general way before, he also remembered that his descendants said that the Jin people did not capture Bianliang when they first surrounded it, which shows that the city is high and the moat is deep.

"Moreover, Bianliang controls the rivers and has the convenience of connecting the east and the west, and the benefits of connecting the north and the south. How can we abandon it? ”

From the Tang Dynasty to now, it goes without saying how important the convenience of water transport is. Although the government has criticized Bianliang for its lack of strategic advantages, it is only interested in Luoyang and intends to use water transport to connect the north and the south with Guanzhong and Guandong, following the example of the former Tang Dynasty.

But at this moment, in the simple narration of the younger generation, Bianliang, which transports millions of tons of water a year, Bianliang, which has hundreds of thousands of people, and Bianliang, which has been the capital for more than a hundred years, was abandoned in just a few words, making Zhao Pu depressed and almost vomiting blood.

As someone who made decisions with the government on a snowy night to plan for the world, it goes without saying how difficult it was to go from south to north throughout history.

Zhao Pu dared to suggest that Zhao Kuangyin start with the easy and then the difficult, which was also based on the fact that he had Bianliang. After all, the canal today is completely different from the time of Liu Ji Nu, but if it is abandoned...

"Abandoning Bianliang is the way to self-defeat. In this way, even if the thieves die themselves, it will be difficult to return to the north."

Zhao Pu lamented, after all, not to mention anything else, Cao Bin sent back a souvenir a few days ago saying that he would personally bind Li Yu in front of the official palace within three months.

How is it different from the Southern Tang Dynasty? And how can this move not chill the people of the north?

The veteran, who was nearly seventy years old, was single-handedly thinking of his family and country. General Zhao Gou led the civil and military forces of Song Dynasty to flee south... At this moment, Zhao Pu felt that he seemed to understand a little bit about all the bad words about Zhao Gou in later generations.

"This Yue Fei turns out to be Zongze's general, a good man."

Later generations have mentioned this name several times, so Zhao Kuangyin cannot help but not care.

Moreover, he also had a vague hope in his heart, wanting Yue Fei to tell him that the people of Song Dynasty were by no means weak and could be bullied, and there were also people who could draw their swords and attack thieves!

Fortunately, later generations seemed to hear what he was thinking. As a picture scroll unfolded, the voice of the story became more pleasant.

[We have said before that the reformists in the Northern Song Dynasty were limited by the stereotypes of the times and always lacked the courage to carry out bloody reforms. The three reforms were filled with compromises and corresponding increases in exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the imperial examinations were banned. The price of nurturing students at the Imperial Academy was a sharp increase in financial pressure. Unexpectedly, Huizong and Cai Jing made the same choices as during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, and promulgated more regulations on exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

These miscellaneous taxes had a direct impact: the Yue Fei family went bankrupt. 】