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The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that created brilliant achievements, pushing the economy, science and technology and culture to an unprecedented peak of the times, and the Chinese civilization was full of charm, far ahead of other countries in the world.

As Chen Yinke said: "The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved over thousands of years, and it was created in the Zhao and Song dynasties." ”

However, after Zhao Ji's failure to recover Yanyun, the Song-Jin War broke out, and the Central Plains was in flames, and the Han people began to suffer many disasters.

Therefore, the failure to recover Yanyun has indeed drawn a deep scar on the history of the Han people.

Therefore, the attitude of later generations towards the Song Dynasty is very contradictory:

On the one hand, people praise and appreciate the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty is a shining era, its tolerance and innovation, its freedom and wealth, are all desirable;

On the other hand, people denounced the Song Dynasty and criticized the Song Dynasty, because the Northern Song Dynasty failed to withstand the invasion of the Jurchens and lost half of the northern country, while the Southern Song Dynasty failed to withstand the invasion of the Mongols and finally went to the end of the country, causing the Han civilization to fall from the peak to the bottom all of a sudden.

Cai still didn't think about whether it would be better for him to do his best to prevent Zhao Ji from recovering Yanyun than if he gave up Zhao Song.

But as soon as he came, Cai was still self-aware, knowing that Deng Xunwu, Zheng Zhongju and countless others had not been able to stop Zhao Ji's dream of recovering Yanyun, and most of them would not succeed.

Second, with Cai's summary of history, even if he can prevent Zhao Ji from recovering Yanyun, with the mediocrity of Zhao Ji's father and son, he will never let the Han people of this era live a good life.

Third, Cai still really can't accept what Zhao Ji's father and son did, and he doesn't want the world to continue to be surnamed Zhao, of course, you can also understand that this is Cai Ying's ambition.

All in all, Cai still had already made up his mind not to prevent Zhao Ji from recovering Yanyun, and then taking advantage of Zhao Ji's recovery of Yanyun to create a country for the Han people for thousands of generations, at least to remove all the hidden dangers of the Han people and rot the meat in the pot.

On this basis, in the face of Zhao Ji's question about the recovery of Yanyun, Cai still did not answer and said: "The minister dares to ask His Majesty to order someone to take the world map." ”

"World map?"

Zhao Ji is a little unclear, so, if you say that you can recover Yanyun, you can use the Yanyun map, why the world map? Moreover, there is no world map in this era, only one regional map after another, at most there is a simplified map of the Great Song Dynasty, in other words, the people of this era are completely unclear about the world, even if it is the ruling class, they only have a vague concept, and they don't know what the world is like at all.

This is also the reason why Zhao Ji did not understand the difference between Yanjing and the land under the concurrent administration and Yanyun, Pingzhou and the land under the conjugation.

Zhao Ji asked the chamberlain to bring over all the maps of various places with deep questions, so that Cai could still take a look.

Cai still flipped through it hastily and said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, these maps of yours are incomplete. ”

"Not quite?"

Zhao Ji was a little unconvinced, he was the emperor, and the map he had would be incomplete?

However, Zhao Ji is very urban, he didn't say it directly, but said: "Then Aiqing has a full map, I ordered someone to take a look?" ”

Cai still said: "There is no need to be so troublesome, the minister asks for pen and paper." ”

Zhao Ji was surprised: "Aiqing wants to draw a map?" ”

Cai still said: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Ji looked at Cai Ying, and after making sure that Cai still had nothing else on him, he said, "Aiqing just drew like this?" ”

Cai still pointed to his head and said confidently: "The world map is in the minister's head." ”

may be because of his natural instinct, Zhao Ji likes confident people very much, which is also the reason why Li Bangyan, Cai You and other fanatics can mix well with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji immediately asked the chamberlain to get pen and paper, and at the same time pushed away all today's events, he wanted to see what kind of map Cai could still draw for him?

Cai is still really good at drawing maps, and even can draw maps of the world, which is a skill that Cai still has learned from reading and writing for more than ten years.

Of course, the map drawn by Cai can only have a rough idea, and it is impossible to be accurate.

But even so, it's already a pretty remarkable feat, especially in this day and age.

But—

Cai still did not exaggerate to draw all the maps of the world, he only drew a simple map of East Asia in later generations.

Zhao Ji is not a person who does not learn and does not know how to do it, before Cai still finished drawing the map of China in later generations, he found the location of the Northern Song Dynasty according to the clues, and determined the general scope of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then he saw that there were still six or seven out of ten places empty on the paper, his brows were furrowed, and he said in his heart: "Is it not so big in the territory under my control?" ”

Zhao Ji's patience was very good, and he waited until Cai still finished drawing before he said, "Aiqing will explain this world map to me." ”

Cai still responded: "No." ”

Cai still first roughly circled the area of the Northern Song Dynasty with his hand, and said, "This is our Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Ji said in his heart: "Sure enough. ”

Immediately, Zhao Ji was a little tired again, and he said in his heart: "So, the outside world is really that big?" ”

Cai still circled the general scope of Western Xia again, and said, "This is the party item." ”

Zhao Ji said in his heart: "Sooner or later, this place will also be my Great Song." ”

Cai still circled the map of Liao again and said, "This area is Khitan. ”

Seeing that the area of the Liao Kingdom was twice that of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji couldn't help but say: "Is the territory of the Khitan so big?" ”

Cai still stopped, and while clearly drawing the scope on the map, he explained: "The territory of the Khitan is extended to the Sea of Japan in the east, to the Altai Mountains in the west, to the Ergun River and the Outer Xing'an Mountains in the north, and to the Baigou River in our Great Song Dynasty in the south, and the territory is indeed twice as large as that of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Afraid of upsetting Zhao Ji, Cai still said: "However, although the territory of the Khitan is large, most of it is desert and bitter cold land, and the effective territory, that is, the territory that can be used for people to survive, is not even half of the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, and the size of the territory does not represent whether a country is strong or not, whether a country is strong or not depends on the comprehensive national strength, such as population, economy, culture, etc., etc., although the territory of the Khitan is large, the population is only more than one million households, not as much as a road (province) larger than our Great Song Dynasty, Economically, and culturally, our two countries are even more incomparable, and on the whole, our Great Song Dynasty is far stronger than the Khitan. ”

As soon as Cai still said this, a smile appeared on Zhao Ji's face.

Cai still continued: "Moreover, this is only the Khitan in its heyday, since the Jurchen uprising, the territory of the Khitan has been greatly reduced. ”

"The Jurchens, also known as Zhu Lizhen, Privet, and Nuzhi, originated from the Su Shen more than 2,000 years ago, and were called Rulou during the Han to Jin dynasties, Beji during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Heishui Jin from the Sui to Tang dynasties." , Cai still pointed to the area of Changbai Mountain, and said: "After the Khitans destroyed the Jinlu people and established the Bohai regime, the Heishui Zhutai was renamed the Jurchen. In order to weaken the power of the Jurchens, the Khitans adopted the method of divide and rule, and moved a part of the Jurchens to the south of Liaoyang, and incorporated them into the household registration of the Liao State, called the mature Jurchens, and those who did not move away were not incorporated into the household registration of the Liao State, and were called Jurchens, who lived in the north of Changbai Mountain, the Songhua River, and the Heilongjiang River, and undertook the obligation to pay tribute to the Liao Dynasty. ”

After a pause, Cai still continued: "The Jurchen tribes originally had no etiquette, just like uncivilized savages, they were also scattered with each other, and countless small tribes were constantly fighting among themselves, and later a Goryeo arrived at the Wanyan tribe, and he formulated a law for the Jurchens, and the Jurchen tribes stopped infighting, began to multiply, and gradually grew stronger, and the Wanyan tribe became the largest tribe among them. ”

At this time, Cai still felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he swallowed his saliva.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji asked Zhang Di to pour a cup of tea for Cai Ying.

Cai was still not polite, grabbed the teacup and drank it all, and then continued: "The Khitan people are good at hunting, so they especially like eagles, it just so happens that the Jurchens live in the Changbai Mountain area has an eagle called "Haidongqing", this eagle can peck the skull of the swan, and is deeply loved by the Khitan nobles, so the Khitan people forced the Jurchens to offer them this eagle, and sent people to ask for it, and these people sent by the Khitan court were powerful in the Jurchen tribes, forcing the Jurchen tribes to have a rebellion, the contemporary patriarch of the Wanyan tribe, Born Jurchen, the contemporary alliance leader Wanyan Aguda, saw the opportunity to ascend to the heights and shouted, and took the Jurchens to rebel. ”

Cai still pointed to the area around Ningjiang Prefecture and said: "Ningjiang Prefecture is an important outpost for the Khitan to control the Jurchens, but because the Jurchens have surrendered to the Khitan for a long time, the Khitan has no heavy troops to guard it. ”

Cai still pointed to the area of the Lailiu River again, and said: "After Wanyan Aguda prepared to lead the Jurchens against the Khitan, he decided to strike preemptively before the Liao army assembled, so he ordered Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Yilie, and Wanyan Yanmu as generals, and requisitioned 2,500 soldiers from various units to assemble in Lailiu River, and then took advantage of the Khitan's unpreparedness to capture Jiangning Prefecture in one fell swoop. ”

Cai still said leisurely: "This battle allowed the Jurchens to seize a large number of horses and property, and the victory of the class teacher, which also strengthened the Jurchens' determination to oppose the Khitan." ”

After a pause, Cai still continued: "After the Liao lord learned that the Jurchens had rebelled, he ordered the capital commander Xiao Qili and the deputy capital commander Xiao Tzu Buye to lead 100,000 foot cavalry to attack the Jurchens. ”

Cai still sighed a little: "It may be that God punishes the Liao lord for being mediocre, or it may be that the Khitan national fortune is about to end, on the day of the decisive battle, the wind suddenly covered the sky, and the Khitans lined up against the wind, and they couldn't open their eyes, and they were defeated by the Jurchens." ”

Cai still pointed to the northeast of Jilin Nong'an and the Kaiyuan area of Liaoning in later generations, and said: "The Jurchens fought a war and went down to the land of Liaobin, Xiang and Xianzhou, and the Liao lord was defeated by the Liao army repeatedly, so he dismissed the privy envoy Xiao Fengxian and used Zhang Lin, the prime minister of Nanfu, to take charge of the military. ”

Cai still said with some regret: "It's a pity that Wanyan Agu broke the kettle and sunk the boat to concentrate on the Lailiu River all the way, and narrowly won it, and the other three roads heard the news, retreated without a fight, and the Jurchens pursued and killed, as a result, they won even the battle, and the Liao prisoners were recruited, and the number of troops increased sharply. ”

Speaking of this, Cai still paused for a while, and then said to Zhao Ji: "After this battle, the Jurchens established the Kingdom of Jin. ”

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