Chapter 695: A Crisis Emerges

In Chinese history, there have been frequent changes of dynasties, but everyone knows that no matter how the dynasties change, and no matter who rules, the imperial tombs of all dynasties are always protected, and their purpose is to stabilize the country and ensure the private family business. www.biquge.infoUnless there is an enemy with bitter hatred, or an uneducated peasant rebel army, people with a little knowledge will not resort to such indiscriminate means. However, a precedent was set in the Yuan Dynasty, and the tombs of the six emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty and more than 100 concubines, royal families and ministers were all stolen and excavated, and the culprit was a monk - Yang Lian Zhenjia.

The piece of information in Zhao Hao's hand was the news that Kublai Khan had appointed Yang Lian Zhenjia as the 'President of Jiangnan Shijiao'. This may be the world's first 'president' letter of appointment, but fortunately, this president is only in charge of Jiangnan Buddhist affairs, otherwise I don't know how much sin he will create. And he is also very familiar with what Yang Lian Zhenjia did, which is a scar that can never be healed for the Han nation, and every time it is revealed, it is bloody!

First of all, we have to start from the mausoleum system of the Song Dynasty, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the founding of the Song Dynasty in the past few decades, the regime changed frequently, the warriors were strong, and the etiquette was not repaired, so the Song Dynasty vigorously advocated the rule of culture at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, and in order to achieve the goal of governing the country with literature, it is necessary to vigorously promote the ritual system that has been abandoned for many years, and the ancient system of "burial in July" was first recommended. That is to say, since the death of the emperor, he must be buried in the ground within seven months.

Although this is mainly to rebuild the system of etiquette and law, the ancient Chinese advocated that death is like life, and after the death of the emperor, they have to wait for a miracle to appear, hoping that he can be resurrected from the dead, so they are unwilling to put the Son of Heaven into the ground early. In addition, the death of the emperor is a very important event, and all countries that have diplomatic relations with the Northern Song Dynasty will send envoys to come to mourn, and the means of transportation are not developed at that time, so it takes a long time to report the funeral to various countries and the guest envoys to come to mourn. And the emperor's mausoleum is extraordinary after all, so the construction of the emperor's mausoleum after the emperor's death also takes a lot of time. Therefore it is set as a mourning period of seven months.

However, the previous dynasties often started to build mausoleums since the emperor ascended the throne, often ten or decades, so the scale was large, and the Song emperor did not build the longevity tomb during his lifetime, so the construction time was tight, the scale of construction was much smaller, the facilities were relatively simple, and the impact on the lives of the people was also small. After the Jingkang Change, Zhao Gou crossed to the south to establish the Southern Song Dynasty, but people will eventually die, but the ancestral tomb is far away in Gongxian County, Henan Province and cannot be buried, so he can only be buried in another place in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the first year of Shaoxing, Zhezong Zhaoci Shengxian Empress Meng died of illness in Shaoxing. The queen mother's will: burial in regular clothes, not to use gold and silver treasures, expedient to choose the nearest place to save the funeral, wait for the military to rest, return to the burial garden, the Zigong made by the palace, take Zhou Wu's body, do not stick to the old system, think that he will move to the convenience of the day. It means to save the funeral nearby, gather the Zi Palace, and then return to the funeral after recovering the lost land, which is also the beginning of the palace. Then the Song Liuling Tomb is a temporary burial place for the Southern Song Dynasty, so the tomb is a shallow burial, and it is more simple, so as to facilitate the relocation of the ancestral tomb.

At that time, Gaozong Zhao built the capital and set up a mansion. Huiji is the settlement of the Zhao clan, and the palace of the Song family is still there, so the imperial tomb is also determined to be in Zhaojiaao under the Gao Mountain in the southeast of Huiji City. Gaozong Zhao Gou Yongsi Mausoleum, Xiaozong Zhao Yongfu Mausoleum, Guangzong Zhao Chunyong Chongling, Ningzong Zhao Kuan Yongmao Mausoleum, Lizong Zhao Yun Yongmu Mausoleum, Duzong Zhao Qi Yonghe Mausoleum, collectively known as the "Southern Song Dynasty Six Tombs".

Yang Lian Zhenga is a Tibetan Buddhist monk in Western Xia, a disciple of the Tibetan monk Ba Si Pa Di Shi, who was favored by Kublai Khan and was appointed as the chief photographer of Buddhism in Jiangnan by Kublai Khan, stationed in Hangzhou. When he came to Lin'an, the local gold and silver treasures had already been looted by the Yuan army in front, and he got nothing. Just when he was depressed, a monk Fu Wen of Tianyi Temple in Hangzhou who did not abide by the rules and precepts of the Qing Dynasty dedicated Tianyi Temple to him in order to please Yang Lian Zhenjia. and told Yang Lian Zhenjia that the only way to get a large amount of treasure was to dig the grave.

In order to get more money, Yang Lian Zhenjia decided to excavate the Shaoxing Imperial Mausoleum. So Yang Lian Zhenjia said to the imperial court: "The reason why Jiangnan is constantly fighting and the Southern Song Dynasty cannot be completely destroyed is mainly because their emperor's mausoleum has good feng shui and bless them." The best way is to demolish the six tombs of the Southern Song Dynasty in Shaoxing, which are on a grand scale, and kill their hearts." Any ruler knows that digging up the emperor's tomb is tantamount to making enemies for himself, and the prime minister of Mengyuan, Sange, actually agreed, and Kublai Khan did not punish him, apparently acquiescing.

Yang Lian Zhenjia, with the support of the two big shots, stole and excavated the six tombs of Huiji. Since Emperor Li Zong reigned for 30 years, the burial time was not long, and the burial was the most abundant. After the coffin was opened, it was found that his body was pale, and his body skin was elastic, and his whole body was wrapped with jewels, wrapped in a gold wire cover, and the woven cotton mattress was decorated with pearls, jade, and agate, shining brightly. So, Yang Lian Zhenjia ordered to take off the gold wire cover, take off the dragon robe, tear off the underwear, take off the shoes and socks, and search the jewelry around the body. At the same time, all the burial treasures placed inside and outside the coffin and in the underground palace were looted.

It is outrageous that Yang Lian Zhenjia heard that the night pearl in the emperor's mouth was the most precious, so he dragged the body of Song Lizong out of the underground palace, hung it upside down on the tree, drained a large pot of mercury, and the pearl also fell out. Seeing that the head of Lizong was very different from ordinary people, he actually sawed off his skull in frenzy, painted it with gold and silver jewelry, and the people of the time avoided the Venerable and said that it was made into a wine vessel, but in fact it was used as a drowning vessel. In addition, Yang Lian Zhenjia also buried the bones of the emperor and queen in the Lin'an Forbidden City, and built a thirteen-level white pagoda on it to suppress it......

In his previous life, Zhao Hao only thought that this was a crazy move to be greedy for money, but now it seems to be definitely a political event, which combines many factors such as wealth accumulation, ethnic hatred and discrimination, and Yang Lian Zhenjia as the executor is just a pervert to please those in power. Their main purpose is to psychologically suppress the people of Jiangnan, so as to destroy their own sense of superiority and rebellion.

You must know that the political environment in Jiangnan was not so harmonious at this time, and the dynasty led by Zhao Yu himself still existed, which shows that the Great Song Dynasty was not completely conquered. And the anti-Yuan uprisings in Jiangnan have never stopped. Although the Mongols who founded the Yuan Dynasty won political and military victories, this could not make up for their backwardness in economy, technology, science and culture, and the Han people also looked down on them because of their backwardness, treating them as barbarians.

In Zhao Yu's opinion, although Yang Lian Zhenjia is a monk, he is very smart in pleasing those in power. In feng shui, the tombs of emperors occupy the dragon's lair, and as long as they are not destroyed, the national vein will not be cut off. And Yang Lian Zhenjia grasped this point to get Kublai Khan's acquiescence and Sange's support. Its tomb robbery not only dug up the dragon veins and blocked the revival of the Great Song Dynasty, but also insulted the Song Dynasty and the entire Han society to the greatest extent, expressing the great contempt of the Yuan Dynasty regime for the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yu naturally doesn't believe in the theory of feng shui, but now that he is the successor of the Great Song Dynasty, the descendants of the Zhao royal family can't stay out of it. He knows that in China not only in ancient times, but even in modern times, the humiliation of ancestors such as digging up ancestral graves will be regarded as a great shame, if you don't fight for revenge, you will be looked down upon, you will not be able to raise your head for the rest of your life, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in society. In this way, Yang Lian Zhenjia's tomb robbery pushed him to the forefront, and he had to do something to gain a foothold in the world.

But Zhao Yu is not an impulsive person, and the incident has not happened yet, so there is still room for remedy. The easiest way is to send an elite special team to assassinate Yang Lian Zhenjia by another bureau, and the crisis will disappear without knowing it. However, he is no longer a simple small corporate executive who has just arrived in this world, but has 'degenerated' into a politician who knows how to use all means to maintain his rule and achieve his political goals.

Now in Zhao Hao's dictionary, crisis has become synonymous with opportunity, he can turn an accident that may cause a crisis into Vanity Fair, create several heroes to divert attention, turn bad things into good things, and eliminate crises invisibly; Red terror can be used to force the people of the occupied areas to do their own thing, or white terror can be created to threaten enemy officials in the occupied areas to turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear to resistance. The possible looting of the Emperor's Tomb at the moment may be another opportunity given to him by God......

After several years of development, Qiongzhou has more than 300,000 forbidden troops and local troops, accumulated millions of stone of grain, and the treasury has accumulated 10 million yuan of money. However, everyone has also seen the potential crisis, and the weakness of Qiongzhou's narrow land has gradually been revealed, and the increase in population, lack of resources and development have been restricted. Therefore, it has become the consensus of the ministers of the DPRK and China, but there are serious differences in the direction of development.

There are two main strategic development directions for the current dynasty: one is to pass through Xichuan, and then develop in the direction of Shaanxi and Gansu, and seize the world after occupying Guanzhong; One is to still seize the old land in the southeast, form a secession in the south of the Yangtze River, and then go north to the Central Plains to recover the lost territory. In terms of difficulty, it is obvious that the second type is easier and very realistic.

Jiangnan has a large population and is very wealthy, it has always been the land of grain tax in the past dynasties, and it is the hometown of the Song Dynasty, no matter from the perspective of the time, place and people, it is conducive to the dynasty; The first is much more difficult, first of all, Xichuan is one of the most fierce areas of the Mongol and Song wars, it has changed hands several times, the population has suffered serious losses, the land is barren, and it is not possible to complete it in a short time if you want to restore it to the country of abundance. The proximity of the land of Shaanxi and Gansu to the old land of Mongolia is its foundation, not only is there a heavy army, but Guanzhong is no longer as rich as the previous dynasty, and the population structure has already changed, which is not conducive to the restoration of the country.

In fact, most of the courtiers agreed with the passage of Xichuan and the advancement of Guanzhong, and their insistence was nothing more than the establishment of successive dynasties from the north to the south, and then the seizure of the whole country. However, the northern expedition of the Jiangnan regime was never successful, and it was annexed by the northern regime. So it is not surprising that they insist on moving from north to south, thinking that this will not be a repeat of the mistakes of the past.

Zhao Hao knew that what they said was right, from the topography and geography, the dividing line between China's east and west started from Shanhaiguan, along the Yanshan Taihang Mountain all the way to the southwest corner, crossed the Daba Mountain, Hengduan Mountain, and split China into two parts, the highland and the lowland, and the north-south dividing line entered the sea along the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River. On the basis of this vertical and horizontal, it is divided into nine hinterland districts and nine outer districts: the nine hinterland districts refer to Guanzhong, Shanxi, Hebei, Central Plains, Shandong, Hanzhong, Yangzhou, Jingxiang and Sichuan; The nine outer regions include the Western Regions, Mongolia, Northeast China, Longyou, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang-Fujian hills, Xiangxi and southern Jiangxi hills, and Liangguang.

Among these eighteen regions, there are two main regions that can win the world. The first ones are Guanzhong, Longyou, Hanzhong and Sichuan. The terrain in Guanzhong is dangerous, and the people are good at fighting. Longyou provides war horses. Hanzhong Sichuan provides food and reserves, and Hanzhong Sichuan is very easy to defend and has no worries. This combination is even more powerful when the weather is hot and the climate in the northwest is good. In this way, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Sui and Tang dynasties almost included the most powerful era in China.

The second region is Hebei, Northeast plus Mongolia. The core of this combination is the Hebei region, which has a high grain output, Yan Zhao is good at being a hero, Mongolia provides war horses and foreign aid, and the current northeast can provide grain and a strategic rear. In this way, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan, Zhu Di usurped power and the Qing Dynasty. Those who got the north were Jin and Hou Zhao. Therefore, it can be seen from the above historical facts that China's strategic center of gravity has always been moving in the northwest, Shanxi and north China, which has formed China's strategic culture.

In any overall competition, the Central Plains is a battleground. Only the Central Plains is the real arena for the champions. Only the geographical conditions of the Central Plains extending in all directions can obtain the situation of controlling all directions. The Central Plains must be stable, and the Quartet can be stable; If the Central Plains is chaotic, the square will inevitably fall apart. If you don't manage the Central Plains well, you won't be able to win the world; If we do not manage the Central Plains well, we will not be able to seek long-term peace and stability in the world.

In addition, China's political center was changed in Henan and Shaanxi at first, and later in Hebei and Shandong. For a long time, China actually referred specifically to northern China, and before the Wei and Jin dynasties, the backwardness of the south was thought-provoking. Even today, the South is not a political center, but only an economically developed region. In this context, southerners think about how to make money, and have little interest in being officials or anything.

Zhao Yu also knew that from the above history, the wars that took place during the period of China's unification were eight wars of unification from north to south, and one and a half wars of unification from south to north (due to the failure to truly unify China and the limited scale, the Northern Expedition of the Republic of China was only half a time), and the only special case in ancient history was that Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty first unified the south, and then drove the Yuan army back to the grassland because of the concentration on exterminating the Red Turban Army. Therefore, the war of reunification from the north to the south obviously accounted for the vast majority......