The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In military terms, Zhao Qiong was confident of repelling the Jurchen attack, but the problem he was facing now was not only a military issue, but also a political and moral issue. If he couldn't handle it well, he would become a rebel.

Not only did he not get support, he destroyed his years of accumulation, so that he did not dare to send troops lightly, because he came to a 'monarch, minister, father, son, son, and be respectful to do oneself

, and respect the era of Confucianism in fact.

In the development of Confucianism, Confucius has condensed the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor into a dogma that is difficult to distinguish right from wrong, which has affected the historical changes of thousands of years. In order to safeguard his own interests, the rulers used various means to strengthen this consciousness and absolute loyalty to the emperor.

The minister must be loyal, but instead instills the consciousness of defiance into everyone's bones.

Strict hierarchical thinking cultivates a slave personality, thus making the elites of society faithfully serve the supreme ruler. This standard for judging right and wrong has gradually formed a social culture among the people, thus establishing

The social system of centralized monarchy in China.

However, China's monarchical centralization system has insurmountable internal flaws, which means that there is no internal improvement mechanism for society, so that social improvement can be achieved without revolution or even bloodshed. China's reforms are not only in the early small-scale areas such as Shang Yang.

The rest of the examples were almost failed, and Shang Yang ended up being beaten in half.

Some people also made such a change in the Song Dynasty. In order to cope with the social crisis that occurred in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi to carry out reforms, hoping that the Tongguo reforms would achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army. However, since the day the new law was promulgated, Wang Anshi had encountered colleagues.

The opposition and various criticisms are rising, while Wang Anshi, the reformer, was awarded the title of retirement in the trouble of reusing the country. The purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army has never been achieved!

It is precisely because these internal social improvements are difficult to carry out, and small-scale internal conflicts cannot be resolved. Finally, the small-scale conflicts have finally become a large and unsolvable social problem, leading to the intensification of contradictions, causing social crises, and finally

This caused war, and the dynasty was overthrown, or it was weakened due to internal contradictions, and was destroyed by the mortal enemy of the Central Plains people, the nomadic peoples!

But this does not mean the failure of the Central Plains civilization. The barbaric and backward civilizations can conquer advanced civilizations in terms of strength. However, they can never control advanced civilizations in jingshén. Therefore, after the two major civilizations converge, the relatively advanced Central Plains agricultural civilization took a step forward.

The nomadic civilization was synchronized and it was difficult to distinguish them from each other and established a traditional feudal monarchy centralized dynasty.

Then everything starts from scratch and repeats itself again...

Zhao Qi tried hard to change his destiny and the fate of the Song Dynasty. For this reason, he got to the temple and the fields, and straightened out various relationships in the middle. He worked hard and compromise to solve many problems.

In Xiangyi, for the development of Zhuangzi, to lay his own foundation and earn his first pot of gold, he changed the poverty of the local area, allowed the people to live a good life, and won their love. He established a new type of army.

He was only six years old at that time. In order to ensure the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty, he did not hesitate to take risks. He was ordered to appease Jiangnan and punish corrupt officials in an attempt to change the bad habits in the Song Dynasty's officialdom.

In order to make the Song Dynasty capable of fighting against the Jurchens, he tried his best to do anything, and to slander himself, and sent himself to the poor land of the northwest. When he arrived in Hedong, he prepared military affairs and attacked Xixia twice, making great efforts.

Song recovered a thousand miles of land and trained a modern army that could sweep the northwest. In order to gain strategic space for the Song Dynasty, he did not hesitate to risk treason to cultivate and establish a puppet regime in the Liao Kingdom in order to fight against the Jurchens.

Give the Song Dynasty an opportunity to change its development.

But when things came to an end, he suddenly realized that although he was rich enough to rival the country and was invincible, he still could not get rid of the shackles of this centralized system and traditional ideas, and he was defeated in front of it. Jiangnan only gave him his departure as he left.

It left behind a reputation as "blue sky". Corrupt officials and officials are rampant everywhere, but the officialdom is still invisible.

He worked hard in Hedong for many years, but he had to leave just an imperial edict and disband the iron army he created. He fought in like a Jurchen, and the people were also ravaged by iron hooves. The world has not changed because of him. Historical

The wheel crushed his efforts to pieces, and his efforts were just a few bubbles that popped up in the long river of history, which made Zhao Qi extremely depressed...

But no matter how much you complain, the sun will not rise and set because of your dissatisfaction, and the Jurchens will not stop moving south because of you. Zhao Qi knew that the demise of the Song Dynasty was not far away, and he had to continue to fight!

Yang Shi and Zhou Xingji both followed the two great scholars of "Two Chengs" for many years, and were taught by famous teachers. They were immersed in Confucian classics for many years. They were famous masters in the world, leaders in the academic world, and founders of important Confucian schools. They can be called this.

Zhao Qi, a trendsetter in the times, hoped to get their advice and seek a middle route, so he invited two high-ranking leaders from the mansion to ask for advice through the name of a night banquet.

"The prince's intention to serve the country can be evident. Leading troops to serve the king is also a righteous act of loyalty and filial piety, but it is a taboo to act without the emperor's order. According to what I see, the prince should submit an order again. Although Your Majesty is the first to take charge of the country's affairs, his Majesty is in charge of the country's affairs.

But he is also a wise man, and he will definitely understand the prince's sincerity!" Yang Shi still trusts the prince's character, otherwise he would not follow him.

"Mr. Guishan's words are reasonable, but there are still treacherous people in the court now. I am afraid that they will deceive the holy hearing things by villains. If the prince frequently writes letters, they will misinterpret the prince's intention to serve the country!" Zhou Xingji still said to Yang Shi.

Reserve opinions.

"Hey, Uncle Gong is too worried!" Yang Shi waved his hand and said, "The emperor has issued an order to open up the way of speaking out, and the wise and wise people say that even if there are treacherous people in the court, how dare they violate the order!"

"Mr. Guishan, most of the courts are Cai Jing and Wang Fu's followers. They control the government and have a slight ties with the prince. How could they say the truth? Such people don't get rid of the difficulties and return the world!" Zhou Xingji did everything after he entered the officialdom.

They are small officials of the sixth and seventh ranks. They have been living at the bottom for many years, so they naturally know the darkness of the officialdom than Yang Shi and hate these people more.

"Yes, a traitor is in court and ruins the government's affairs. A loyal and righteous man has no way to serve the country. I just hope that the emperor can eliminate the traitors soon!" Yang Shi, who wrote a letter to impeachment that year, ended up losing his official position and dismissing himself, was also a little discouraged.

"Since that's the case, we are going to serve the king under the name of "resisting foreign humiliation and clearing the king's side"?" Zhao Qi understood, and the two of them did not break out of the word "monarch and minister". After talking for a long time, they still whine and didn't get to the point.

Let me give them a question. Since you think the treacherous and slandered in the court, let’s go and clear the king’s side.

"This..." The prince now asked himself a difficult problem. Zhou Xingji thought for a moment, "Although his master is famous, Wang Fu and others are old ministers of the Supreme Emperor. If the prince uses this, he may be named unfilial!"

"It is not very appropriate at this time. The prince is doing great justice, but now the Jin bandits are at the city, it is easy to misinterpret it. He believes that the prince has the intention of being unjust and intends to seize the throne, which may damage the prince's reputation!" Yang Shi said.

"Well, it makes sense, but there is something wrong at this moment. Let's have a drink together!" Zhao Qi nodded and said, he himself realized that at this critical moment, it would indeed give people the meaning of joining forces with foreign enemies to force the palace.

"The prince has been worried about state affairs these days, and he is not worried about food and food, and is frowning, which makes the villain feel distressed!" Jianxi gave everyone a full of wine, and then brought two plates of roasted venison.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The so-called heroes in troubled times will show their true nature in the midst of national crisis. At this moment, the prince can watch the changes in the wind and clouds with peace of mind!" Yang Shi said with a smile after taking a sip of wine.

"The great waves wash away the sand, and the loyalty and treacherous are revealed. The prince is a man of unparalleled courage and filial piety who will definitely have a place to use his skills!" Zhou Xingji agreed.

"The two gentlemen are sorry, how can I afford the word "hero"!" Zhao Qi waved his hand, but he could already hear the implicit meaning of the two.

In fact, the turmoil of a country on the other hand also means great changes. As the lord of the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty has accumulated too many burdens and contradictions in the past century, and it is difficult to return to the country. It may be painful today, but this

What does this kind of pain count compared to the future destruction of the country and the destruction of the country? Throughout history, no change has paid a heavy price. The current pain may be the beginning of the Song Dynasty's rejuvenation.

"How does the prince view this time the Jin people took the initiative to peace?" Yang Shi asked again.

"According to my brief opinion, the reason why Han Li Bu proposed peace talks was because he quickly penetrated into the heart of our Song Dynasty. He seemed to be brave and invincible at the city, but in fact he was at the end of his strength. The two important towns in Zhongshan and Hejian were not yet fallen,

Kaifeng City is strong and it is difficult for them to break through for a while. Now they have received a manifesto of serving the king. The elite Western army and the imperial guards in various towns in Hedong, Shaanxi, and Hebei are coming. The Jin thief's western route Zonghan's troops were blocked again.

In Taiyuan, Han Li was worried about falling into a place where he was attacked from both sides, so he was eager to negotiate peace!" Zhao Qi said.

"Why did the prince think that the emperor promised to cede the three towns to the Jin army?" Yang Shi asked again.

"The emperor first ascended the great treasure. He was bewitched by internal and external traitors and treacherous people. He was in a wrong way and was eager to withdraw the Jin army before he came up with this bad strategy!" Zhao Qi replied.

"Did the prince think that cedes the three towns will inevitably cause public sentiment and public opinion to boil!" Yang Shi said again.

"Do they dare to disobey the order?" Zhao Qi suddenly thought of something and asked with his eyes lit up.

"The sage said: A gentleman is in the world, and there is no need to be suitable for him, and there is no other way, and the righteousness is compared!" Yang Shidao.

"Loyalty and filial piety are hard to be fulfilled, and righteousness is the first priority!" Zhou Xingji saw that the prince showed a confused look and stroked his long beard.

"I've been taught!" Zhao Qiong politely said to the other two. Although their words were obscure, they helped him open the door that imprisoned him... (To be continued...)