Although the battle of Qiongzhou was won, Zhao Hao was very touched. www.biquge.info The Mongol soldiers died when they died, and they fought for their own nation and country, and they were worthy of death, and Oluchi and other high-ranking generals were also like this regardless of the Mongols and Hans, and it was their duty to die in battle and commit suicide and martyrdom, and those Han people in Jiangbei said that it had been hundreds of years since Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan and then fell into the hands of the Jurchens, and two or three generations were enough to change the structure and beliefs of a nation, and they fought to the death in the end.

What made Zhao Hao angry was those Han people in the south of the Yangtze River, the Southern Song Dynasty lost the country only in recent years, but they had degenerated into accomplices of the Mongols. Of course, this can't all be blamed on the people and ordinary soldiers, to be honest, these emperors at the end of the Song Dynasty and Shi Miyuan and Jia Rudao tossed the common people enough, and each donated a lot of miscellaneous taxes, and the years of war and the generals' greed for ink and oppression also made the soldiers miserable, but Zhao Yu thought that this could not be a reason for their betrayal.

But the Great Song Dynasty not only produced traitors such as Liu Quan, Lu Wenhuan, and Fan Huchen, but also the Jiang family was full of loyal martyrs, Li Tingzhi, and Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang, who should not have died, and other loyal ministers and righteous men who left their names in history. Why is this happening? To put it bluntly, the social morality is declining, the people's concept of right and wrong is weak, and the etiquette and music are broken, and the main responsibility is, of course, borne by the emperor.

Zhao Yu thought that this was also a common problem of every last dynasty, and the Han civilization at this moment was observed from a political science sense, and it was a declining civilization. Because the main enemies of the Central Plains civilization, which has been inherited for thousands of years, are the nomads from the north, and they are still in the primitive stage compared to the Han civilization, the primitive barbarians do not have any psychological and political burden, and they will desperately attack this "advanced" and weakened civilization for the sake of robbery and destruction.

Due to the complexity and linkage of the internal economic and political structures of the ruling "advanced" civilization, its power tends to be dispersed and dissolved, and the civilization eventually becomes a "drag". Protracted preparations and wars magnified the cost of "civilization" exponentially, and the burden on society became heavier and heavier, and was finally wiped out by simple and barbaric forces.

The pacification of the Southern Song Dynasty by the Yuan Dynasty and the mixing of the north and the south was an unprecedented change in Chinese history. In the past, the northern nomads had repeatedly conquered half of the mountains and rivers in North China, but they failed to pacify the south of the Yangtze River and unify China. The Yuan Dynasty was the first conquering dynasty founded by a nomadic people to rule all of China. The unification of China by the Yuan Dynasty put an end to the 400 years of division and turmoil since the late Tang Dynasty, but on the other hand, it had a great impact on the cultural and social order of China, especially Jiangnan.

Zhao Yu had been educated in the history of the suffering of the Chinese nation at a very young age in his previous life, and he knew that there was not only one foreign dynasty established in the Central Plains, but also the Jurchens and Manchus, but they were quickly assimilated by the Han nation and completed the integration of civilizations. But Mengyuan is an outlier, their traditional culture is the most different from Han culture, so they have the least respect for the Central Plains tradition.

When the Mongols first rose, like those brave men who climbed the snowy peaks, they used all their energy, strength and intelligence to the best of their ability. Therefore, they treat each attack as a game before stepping into the abyss. In the face of such an attacker, what forward-looking and thoughtful "civilized" can resist? This allowed them to fight all over the world with fast horses and strong bows, and quickly seized the world.

However, in the face of such a high-level and mature system as the Han civilization, the Mongols made the rulers unable to make their own nation develop a more mature sense of collectivism, nor did they develop a more active individualistic spirit, but chose a difficult way of ruling that combined "vigilance" and "pragmatism". However, the huge gap with the Han civilization eventually made the Mongolian upper class nobles disgusted with the Han civilization because of their own unattainable ability.

Eventually, the Mongols degenerated this disgust into ignorance, blindness, and ignorance. They can neither transform this civilization nor fully integrate into it, and all they can do is destroy it. At the time of the Mongols' extermination of Jin, North China suffered a great deal of military damage, and the local society and culture were also greatly damaged, so that the Han literati even had a sense of destruction that "the heavens are extinct, the earth's axis is broken, and the people are destroyed". Therefore, later generations often said that the Mongols almost destroyed the thousand-year-old Chinese civilization, and there is a saying that 'the culture of the Tang Dynasty is in Japan, and the culture of the Song Dynasty is in Korea......

As a member of the Chinese nation and a first-hand witness of history, Zhao Hao felt that it was necessary for him to make some contributions to maintaining the inheritance of Chinese civilization, and he must not let the little devils and sticks pretend to be orthodox. In addition, he knows that a country's cultural inheritance not only reflects its own national characteristics and style, but also enhances national cohesion, and China's traditional culture is based on Confucian culture.

In addition, Zhao Yu had heard of a saying about Meng Yuan's short life in his previous life, which was related to this. For the Mongols from the northern steppes, the economic aspect is the easiest to absorb and transform, and politics is secondary, and the Han culture that has always been introverted is the most difficult to absorb, of course, including, but not limited to, the Mongols, until modern Western countries are difficult to accept the Han culture that likes to speak half and hide half.

The original belief of the Mongols was shamanism, and after coming into contact with Buddhism, they switched to Buddhism, and later they fought wherever they believed, Islam and Christianity, among which there were many devout believers, forming a huge and boundless unity of various elements, but it was difficult to understand and absorb the advanced Han culture, so they chose alcohol and beauty and self-abandonment. The disintegration of culture and the incompatibility of the spirit and literature of the ruler and the ruled became the fundamental reason for the demise of the Yuan Empire, which lasted only a hundred years.

Although Zhao Yu did not fully agree with the Confucian doctrine, especially the etiquette and law, which was too troublesome, he could not deny the positive significance. In ancient times, Confucius and Mencius advocated the concept of conditional loyalty to the monarch, just as Confucius said: If there is a way, then the state, and if there is no way, it can be embraced, and the ministers do not have the obligation to do their best for a family and a surname. During the Song and Song dynasties, this concept was replaced by the concept of absolute loyalty to the monarchy, and its formation paralleled the strengthening of the absolute monarchy in the Song Dynasty.

Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty was the first to advocate the theory of respecting the monarch, believing that the monarch respects the subordinates and is inferior, "it is not easy to be like heaven and earth". Cheng Zhu Lixue even raised the righteous status of monarchs and ministers to the realm of almost religion. Ercheng and Zhu Zi both regard the relationship between the monarch and the minister as the most important link in the program, "the father and son of the monarch and the minister, the positioning is not easy", and it is "the theorem of the world, there is no escape between heaven and earth". It is emphasized that once the relationship between the monarch and the minister is formed, it will never change. Even if the dynasty changes, it is not allowed to change the affairs of other masters, "starvation to death is a small matter, and the loss of festival is a big matter", "loyal ministers do not matter the two masters, and the martyrs do not do the two husbands" all reflect the absolute concept of loyalty to the monarch, and it has become the duty of the ministers to observe the festival for the court.

However, Zhao Yu also knows that preaching is one thing, whether it can be done or not, and how many people can do it is another. Especially on the occasion of the Ding Revolution of the past dynasties, the remnants of the fallen country will also have ideological struggles, should they go far and far in order to preserve the righteousness, or should they change the new dynasty and seek to do the way of Zemin? This is a common problem that has plagued scholars and doctors throughout the ages, and it is also the focus of controversy among historians and literati in identifying the loyalty and treachery of the ancients. The reason why this issue is endlessly debated and difficult to choose is because it involves the major rights and wrongs of the Confucian value system, which is more important than "loyalty" and "righteousness".

In the era when the conquering dynasty replaced the Han dynasty, this question became more acute because it involved "Yixia Great Defense" and "Yixia People's Yi". In fact, in any era of major historical change, it is inevitable that the mud and sand will fall together. In the face of irresistible changes in the external environment, each person reacts differently according to the weight of his or her political philosophy, moral beliefs and practical interests. Even when the Han dynasties replaced each other, it was already a difficult problem for scholars to choose between going to Tibet. At present, Dr. Jiangnan is facing an unprecedented and severe test on the issue of appearance......

Zhao Yu looked at Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and Ying Jieyan in the hall, 'history' has proved that they are loyal and righteous people of the Great Song Dynasty, or committed suicide and martyrdom, or became martyrs, or lonely loyalty to Fangjie, they have always been examples for people with lofty ideals to follow, and the objects of praise by historians and scribes, so that in the general impression, the martyrs and the remnants represent the mainstream of the reaction of Jiangnan scholars in the great changes in the Song and Yuan dynasties, but in fact this is not the case, there are still many traitors and wavers.

"This time I sent troops to Guangxi, I thought that the momentum should be great, and we should make our victory over the Yuan army widely known, so as to strengthen the confidence of the soldiers, in case they are lured by the enemy, and embark on the road of no return." Zhao Yu saw that the three of them had unified their opinions with him, so he further clarified his opinion, but he also secretly laughed and detoured such a big corner, and finally contributed to this matter. As for whether it can promote the early demise of the Mongols, it is not a bad thing to absorb more Confucian scholars who support them.

"Well, what Your Majesty said is exactly that the thief chief Kublai Khan is good at cleaning up people's hearts, and when he was the king of Zong, he passed through the Central Plains and ordered the Confucian soldiers captured in the army to listen to the policy of ransom for the people, and relied on the assistance of those rebellious Confucian ministers in the Jin State to seize the throne, and the eagle dogs who attacked our dynasty were also northerner generals, and then issued two edicts to recruit Confucian scholars and scholars on the roads south of the Yangtze River, and everyone entered the court as officials, and many people were either willing or coerced to go to Dadu, we should take some measures." Lu Xiufu nodded and said.

"Zuo Xiang, as far as I know, not all of this is the case, after Li Pu's rebellion, Kublai Khan killed the Hanchen Wang Wentong, who was related to Li Pu by marriage, and became suspicious of the Han people. After seizing Jiangnan, it was not more than a year after he took the redundant officials in Jiangnan as the pretext, pursued the old officials of the Song Dynasty, and cleared out a large number of Confucian officials of our dynasty. Even the Confucian scholars and monks and the like can be said to be swept away. Wen Tianxiang frowned and said.

"The sages thought that 'respecting the king and destroying the defense of the summer', when I traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, I saw that many scholars and doctors loyal to our dynasty had to return to the mountains and forests in order to prevent being forcibly conquered by the Tartars, among which there were many Confucian people, good ministers who governed the country, and they should indeed be recalled to our dynasty and not used by the enemy!" Ying Jieyan continued.

"Well, I've heard of these too, the thief chief Kublai Khan adopted a policy of recruiting and surrendering in order to achieve a quick victory, and the officials who were subordinate to him were all given high positions. However, the Yuan court was extremely suspicious of the southerners, and the northern Han people were also very discriminatory against the southerners, and they were excluded in many ways. Zhao Yu said, "However, there is news that the current pseudo-Yuan prince Zhenjin is in charge of the country, he loves Sinology, trusts Confucianism, and is sending people to Jiangnan to find people who are full of learning." I fear that those who are not determined will be deceived by them, and accept their recruitment and use them for their use! ”

"Yes, if the enemy succeeds first, it will be extremely unfavorable to our DPRK, and it is imperative to send troops to Guangxi, and sooner rather than later!" Lu Xiufu listened and clearly expressed his support.

"Okay, since there is no objection, we will start to arrange the dispatch of troops, and we will make a plan for the land minister!" Zhao Yu immediately said that he actually knew that the real situation was much more serious than what the three of them said, and they were afraid that they would pretend not to know, so they blindly deliberately diluted their faces, after all, they were all one of the Confucian scholars. Zhao Hao knew it but couldn't say it, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge was a common trick used by emperors, not to mention that Kublai Khan himself was a captive who didn't know benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith. Then there was the Yuan Dynasty that paid the most attention to the family background, that is, the so-called "roots" at that time.

This "root-foot" talent selection system can be said to be very different from the system of taking scholars in the Central Plains since the Tang and Song dynasties with the imperial examination as the main channel. This led to the scholars of the Yuan Dynasty, especially the Jiangnan scholars, who were extremely difficult to issue. These former sons of heaven, literati and writers, suddenly became "untouchables", "martial arts and heroes slander in front of them, and vulgar officials insult behind", there is no golden house in the book, there is no face like jade in the book, the disciples of the saints, the craftsmen are inferior!

And even if they can be arranged to the teaching position, there are more monks and less porridge, and the number of positions such as Xuelu, teaching, Xuezheng, and Shanchang is limited, which is even more scarce than the current academicians of the two academies, and the treatment is extremely low. And everyone says that seven products are sesame, but I don't know what these nine products are.

But even so, it is extremely difficult to find a job, in the Yuan Dynasty, corruption was the norm for officials, and honesty was a perversion. The officials are filthy and vulgar, and they want to make a lot of money and seek positions. In short, in the early Yuan Dynasty, Jiangnan scholars were involved not only in the issue of whether they had the will to become a leader, but also in the question of opportunity, not all of them were voluntary seclusion, but Jiang Taigong fished, hoping to improve his reputation in order to attract the attention of 'Bole'......