Chapter 410: Father and Son
Chen Bin, just a pseudonym, this guy's original name was Yuan Min, he was one of the members of the Dragon Claw, he had been lurking in the Jin Kingdom for nearly ten years, so that no one knew his true situation, and no one knew what this guy was assisting Yan Yan for.
Ten years of sharpening a sword, ten years in order to do one thing, Yuan Min has been for this one thing for ten years, he was originally just a down-and-out literati, and later joined the dragon claw, and accepted the reception of the Son of Heaven, this scheme was still designated by the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty.
Why His Majesty can see so far, Yuan Min doesn't know, and after completing the task, Yuan Min came to meet Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty.
When Yuan Min arrived in Shandong non-stop, Laiwu City had become a hell on earth, and there were less than 3,000 gold soldiers left, and this group of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers went out of the city one by one, originally thought that they would be captured as prisoners by the Han army, but they didn't expect to be sent out of the country by gifts and sent to Hebei, of course, they were escorted out of the country by the Han Wangqi, and during the whole process, the knights and soldiers of the Han Dynasty and the war horses kept taking medicine, but these Heig, the guys who were struggling on the death line, didn't know what was going on.
Not only is it constantly taking medicine, the food eaten every day is strictly separated, the Han army will take a bath every day, and the abandonment is to bathe in water with special Chinese medicine, and these soldiers also wear masks.
There is a problem, there must be a problem, the key is that Haig, this guy didn't find the problem, he didn't find the problem, but Wanyan Zongbi found out that something was wrong, obviously these three thousand soldiers were sick, and it was a terrible plague, at this time, Wanyan Zongbi found out that he was fooled, but it was too late, he slaughtered the three thousand sick soldiers overnight, and killed the soldiers who came into contact with him one by one.
Although Wanyan Zongbi discovered it in time, his understanding of the epidemic was still insufficient, and the degree of attention was still not enough, and he did not stop the spread of the epidemic in the end.
At that time, when the epidemic came, it was even more difficult to control the epidemic than to climb to the sky. Wanyan Zongbi saw that more and more people were infected, and he knew that the nightmare was coming, if it wasn't good, once the plague spread to the Jin country, it would be a catastrophe, and the consequences would be unbearable.
All this was harmed by the Han army, Wanyan Zongbi hated the Han to death, and hated Liu Zhenglong, the son of the Han Dynasty. Anger caused the guy to lose himself and lose his mind.
The massacre began, and Wanyan Zongbi began to massacre soldiers infected with the disease on a large scale, eager to kill all the rest soldiers.
There was an epidemic in the army, and the news spread in the army like a thunderbolt, and the soldiers began to be in chaos, with soldiers mutiniing and soldiers fleeing.
The mutinous soldiers were all forcefully suppressed by Wanyan Zongbi, but the fleeing soldiers brought the plague to the land of Hebei.
While the plague was spreading in Hebei, the Han had successfully occupied Shandong.
The plague cannot be allowed to spread in Hebei, and the Jin people cannot be allowed to poison the people of Hebei, Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, announced that the Kaide Mansion will be opened and the people of Hebei will be allowed to enter the territory of the Han Dynasty from now on, but everyone must be strictly examined and quarantined for a certain period of time, which is a vast project. In order to ensure that the epidemic was not transmitted to the territory of Dahan, Kaide Province became the largest quarantine area of that era.
Hundreds of divine doctors from the Han Dynasty, led by the divine doctor An Daoquan, rushed to Kaide Mansion and, at the suggestion of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, were vaccinated with vaccinia to gradually control the epidemic.
The plague spread in the land of Hebei, but in this case, the Jin State gradually withdrew the Jin army and the Jurchens, obviously giving up the rhythm of Hebei.
Wanyan Zongbi led the remaining 50,000 troops to disappear into the vast grassland, apparently choosing to fend for himself and did not return to the Jin Kingdom.
At this time, Guo Yaoshi and others knew that without further ado, he announced that he would leave the Jin Kingdom and return to the Han Dynasty.
In the tenth year of Shenlong, Hebei officially returned to the Han Dynasty.
In the eleventh year of Shenlong, the plague was brought under control.
In the twelfth year of Shenlong, this year the Han Dynasty changed its name to Qixiang to celebrate the unification of the world in the Central Plains and the complete disappearance of the plague. At this point, the Han and Jin countries entered the stage of formal confrontation, and this year, for the Jin country, is indeed the most critical year, this year is 1139 AD, this year is destined to happen an extraordinary thing in the Jin country, history has taken a major turn in this year.
The prestige of Liu Zhenglong, the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, in the territory of the Han Dynasty was increasing day by day, and the civil and military officials constantly invited the Son of Heaven to go to Mount Tai to seal the Zen, which was rejected by him.
In the first year of Qixiang, at the New Year's state banquet, Liu Zhenglong, the Son of Heaven, brought seventeen adult princes to the civil and military officials for a hundred years, which is the tradition after the founding of the Han Dynasty.
At the state banquet, after Liu Zhenglong, the Son of Heaven, thanked the civil and military officials, he raised his glass and said: "Next year, I will personally conquer the Jin State and the crown prince will supervise the country." After the world is unified, I will abdicate and the crown prince will ascend the throne. I will no longer care about the government and settle in the southern capital, as the economic center of the world, the imperial capital as the cultural center, and the new emperor in the eastern capital. I hope that under the leadership of the new Son of Heaven, Dahan can become the most prosperous era in history. ”
The Son of Heaven is not yet fifty years old, and he is about to abdicate, this news is indeed a shock to the civil and military officials, but it also shows that the dispute over the national capital will come to an end at this time.
In the future, if anyone mentions the dispute over the national capital, it will be a rebellion, and it will be a heinous crime. But all this came too suddenly, and for a time the civil and military officials couldn't accept it, and there was silence on the spot, and no one could speak, as if time had stood still.
Even the crown prince and the queen were caught off guard, the crown prince Liu Haotian knelt on the ground with a thud, he burst into tears, and he burst into tears for a while, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
The old lady Pan Xu knew what was going on, he knew that it was time to say goodbye to the big man, the old man was over seventy, he got up tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old and faint, and he wants to take his children and grandchildren to settle down on Pershing Island overseas, enjoy his old age in peace, and hope that His Majesty will approve it." ”
The old lady wants to leave the Han Dynasty and go overseas, this is a signal, the Pan family wants to completely stay away from the court situation and build a country overseas, which is equivalent to handing over everything they have in the Han Dynasty.
The Pan family is the head of the four major families, the crown prince, the queen, and the imperial concubine are all from the Pan family, and the existence of such a huge group of relatives is indeed not a good thing for the imperial court.
Even the emperor is ready to be the emperor, in this case, Pan Xu knows what's going on, he knows that this is His Majesty's last bottom line, before His Majesty becomes the emperor, if the four major families headed by the Pan family do not collectively retire, then what can only be greeted is the last diligent washing.
The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty said that he would never lose each other and would not play any cup of wine to release the military power, but since ancient times, the ruthless emperor family, who knows what means the Son of Heaven will use, anyway, one thing is certain, that is, when the Son of Heaven became the emperor, the Han Dynasty no longer had a group of relatives in power, which is the premise.
The crown prince has a weak personality, in this case, the emperor of the Han Dynasty will not leave a mess for his son, he will definitely deal with all the dangerous factors.
The Pan family, the Cao family, the Gao family, and the Shi family resigned one after another, and at this time, the civil and military officials knew what was going on.
There was no glass of wine to release military power, there was no turmoil, and the military reform of the Tang Dynasty proceeded smoothly because the Son of Heaven announced his abdication in advance. The army building of the Han Dynasty has entered a new stage, a large number of academic generals have entered the army, and the system of dual chief officers has been smoothly popularized in the army.
The Son of Heaven came to the Prince's Mansion.
Father-son versus father.
Liu Zhenglong put down the chess pieces and said: "The position of the prince has been very embarrassing since ancient times, he is both a monarch and a minister, a monarch in front of civil and military officials, and a minister in front of me. In this case, if the crown prince is sharp, it will cause His Majesty to be jealous, and it will be difficult to die well. However, if you are obscure everywhere, cautious everywhere, and do not take responsibility, you will be like Song Qinzong, and although you succeed to the throne, it will bring disaster to the Great Song Kingdom. Over the years, you have a powerful mother clan behind you and strong support from the military, which can be said to be a hundred responses. You are afraid that I will be jealous, that I will abolish you, so you are careful everywhere, you are cautious everywhere, for fear of making mistakes, for fear of being punished. You've worked hard all these years. ”
"Father, child." Over the years, the crown prince Liu Haotian has lived too tired, too hard, and there are furrows in his chest, and he has always wanted to show his skills and prove to the world that his position as the prince is because his mother was born in the Pan family, but he has the ability to govern the world well and be a good emperor like his father, not a child emperor who is manipulated by his relatives, and he will not be a dumb monarch.
Liu Zhenglong shook his head, he said: "I am the founding king, I fought the country, it can be said that I have exhausted most of my life's energy, I hope to create a foundation for future generations, I don't want the Qin Dynasty to appear, the Sui Dynasty II died." The back dynasty may have died because of decline. However, the Qin king swept Liuhe, and the wealth of the Sui Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty. But both dynasties died twice, do you know what the reason is? ”
"If the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty was not Hu Hai, but replaced by Gongzi Fusu, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty was not the stupid and incompetent Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, but the crown prince Yang Yong, he would not have died." The crown prince Liu Haotian replied decently, and regretted it after speaking, as if he hinted to his father that he would abolish the prince and replace it with someone else as the prince, and the Han would die. He hurriedly wanted to explain, but when he saw his father's sharp eyes, the prince, who was a little weak in his bones, hesitated.
"Look at the problem, not at the surface, but at the essence." Liu Zhenglong knows that looking at history from the eyes of the people of this era can only be such an answer, after all, he is a descendant, and he cannot use his own views to impose on others, which is unreasonable and unfair.
Liu Zhenglong was reluctant to play chess, he said with a smile: "Drink with me, today, there are only fathers and sons, no monarchs and ministers, no emperors, only princes." ”
Drinking, perhaps because of the small amount of alcohol, after three glasses of wine, the prince Liu Haotian became bold and had no previous restraints.
Liu Zhenglong continued the previous topic and said: "The Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty II died, not because of the problem of getting the heir, the Sui Dynasty was replaced by Fusu, and the Sui Dynasty was replaced by Yang Yong, and it will still perish." The Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, what was needed was a strong military force, but the world was unified, and it needed to recuperate with the people, govern internal affairs, and develop the economy. Although the Six Kingdoms perished, the culture of the Six Kingdoms is still there, and the people are still reminiscing about the previous dynasty and do not identify with the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shi Huang is a generation of heroes, and he can suppress all kinds of contradictions, but once he drives the crane west, the heir cannot suppress it. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were defined as a peasant uprising, absurd, were the two of them peasants? It's just that they fooled the 900 peasants into dying for their ambitions, and the nobles of the Six Kingdoms even raised their arms and fooled the people of the Six Kingdoms, and finally formed a boiling trend. The Qin Dynasty's implementation of Legalist thought was no longer appropriate when the world was unified. It was the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty that buried the Qin Dynasty, not Hu Hai, he was a waste and did not have that much ability. ”
The crown prince Liu Haotian seems to understand whether he understands or not, but he still realizes a little truth, that is, his father does not think that the death of the second Qin Dynasty is an improper choice of the heir, and he vaguely hints to himself that if he can't support the country, the position of the prince will still change hands, don't think that his father is about to abdicate, and he can sit back and relax as the prince, and he must be prepared for danger in times of peace, and he can't be self-righteous.
"Listening to the words of his father, the child is like an initiation, and the death of the second Sui Dynasty seems to be the same reason. The Guanlong group was huge, and Yang Guang, the Yang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, tried every means to eradicate the Guanlong group, so he spared no effort to rectify so many incidents, and finally failed to suppress the Guanlong group, resulting in the death of the second Sui Dynasty. ”
The crown prince Liu Haotian cautiously said his opinion, as for whether it was right or not, he himself was not sure.
Liu Zhenglong nodded affirmatively and personally poured wine for the prince, which flattered Liu Haotian.
"You know one thing, you don't know the other. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was a man of both civil and military affairs, not a dim-witted and incompetent person as recorded in the historical books, violent and lustful. The real violent and lustful person is Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, but why is it recorded in the history books that there is a heaven and an underground? ”。
"The history books were written by the victors, and the Sui Dynasty fell to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, so it was written so badly, and Tang Taizong created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, so it was praised for merit." This time, the crown prince Liu Haotian thought that what he said was seamless, and his heart was not as nervous as before.
"It is true that history books are written by victors, but even more so by literati. The prosperity of a country is inseparable from the literati, because they are experts in governing the country. However, the collapse of a country is inseparable from the literati, because they control the state apparatus, and sometimes they will override the court and the emperor. When the country fell, the literati had to find a reasonable reason to prove that the emperor was stupid and incompetent, so they would arrange so many false stories to pour dirty water on the king of the fallen country, which had nothing to do with the history books, but was arranged by the literati and circulated in later generations. Tang Taizong, killing his brother and killing his brother, and forcibly occupying his brother-in-law is not a mistake in the hearts of the literati. In the eyes of the literati, as long as they are allowed to get very good, they are good emperors. ”