Chapter 277 The three essays are like peaks

The defeat in front of Qinglong Fort forced the Jin State to adjust its strategy, and the original intention to hit the Song State by surprise turned into a war of attrition. On the one hand, the main force of the Jin army advanced to Xuzhou, forcing the Song army to shrink its defense, and on the other hand, the Mengyuan troops plundered and plundered the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, when they occupied the county towns, they found that the whole city was empty, with no machinery in the factories, no cloth, no grain and grass in the warehouses, and no people to drive in the villages.

If the Song people lived in the wooden-framed grass-roofed houses of the past, they would naturally burn them down, but now half of the houses of the Song people in the city are brick and stone concrete structures, and they want to set fire to vent their anger, and they can't burn down the entire town.

Ilabha, the vanguard of the Jin Kingdom, was imprisoned for the unfavorable situation of the war, and Wu Xian was appointed as the new striker, who was the best at collecting the rout, and Ilabha's defeated army was gathered by him, and his own addition, the number not only did not decrease, but increased. Naturally, the combat effectiveness of these new soldiers is comparable to that of the people brought in by Ilabha.

Lin'an, around 9 p.m.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest military report today."

This military report came in a hurry, and Li Yunrui presented it directly in front of Zhao Heju, not as usual, but brought it the next morning after sorting it out.

"Three?" Zhao Youju was taken aback, he has always paid attention to the front-line war in the past few days, but in this era, there is no electric service, no telephone, and it takes a long time for the news of the front-line war to be transmitted to the rear, two days for the fast, and three or five days for the slow, which is still the result of his reorganization of the van soldiers and the post road. The arrival of three military newspapers at the same time made him very uneasy, and he was afraid that it was bad news that was connected.

"The defense of Qinglong Fort has ended, more than 50,000 enemy troops were wounded and killed under the city, the enemy army broke and regrouped, Qin Dashi led his troops to retreat westward, preparing to fight the enemy again in Xuzhou. The Menghu cavalry reconnaissance cavalry was found in the Jin army, and Qin Dashi judged that the Jin army and Meng Yuan were together, and placed the main attack direction in Xuzhou, asking the imperial court to send reinforcements quickly. ”

The first military report came from Xuzhou, which was also the one that Zhao and Ju were most worried about, after all, the battle of Xuzhou was in the territory of the Song State, if Qin Dashi failed to hold Qinglong Fort as planned, then the retreat and transfer time of the people in the rear would be greatly reduced. Therefore, after reading the first half of this military report, Zhao Heju breathed a sigh of relief, so that after the war, his own losses would not be too much. The second half of the military newspaper only confirmed the speculation of Zhao Youju and the Military Counselor's Office, and Meng Yuan really joined forces with Jin Guo.

The second military report came from Xiangyang, sent by the personnel of the military intelligence department in Xiangyang, and the commander of the Jingxiang Military Region made Zhao Kui change his plan and send a large army to dispatch in advance, already crossing the Qinling Mountains, preparing to attack the hinterland of the Jin State.

"Zhao Kui probably guessed that Meng Yuan and Jin Guo joined forces, so he rushed to send troops first and besieged Wei to save Zhao." Zhao Heju praised it, and was not angry because Zhao Kui changed the original plan of the Military Counselor's Office, in fact, he also sent Meng Hui to Jingxiang to pass the order, but counting the time, Meng Hui may not have arrived in Xiangyang now.

The third military report came from Tamna Island, although the Yellow River was frozen because of the cold weather, but it was still navigable at sea, and Wang Qinian of Tamna Island came with the news that he was ready to attack at any time.

In order to open up a new horse farm, Wang Qinian personally went to Ezo Island (now Hokkaido) at the beginning of the third year of Yanhuang Island, and after sending the natives of Ezo Island, he changed its name to Beihai Island, set up six settlements on the island, and immigrated more than 3,000 people to the island. The North Sea Island is so frozen that it is no longer accessible to boats, and the herders will have to wait until the following spring to move herders to the island.

The three military reports were all good news, which made Zhao Heju feel comfortable, he got up and came to the window, pushed open the glass window, looked at the fine snow outside, and suddenly his heart moved.

I remember that during the founding of the dynasty, there was an allusion to Zhao Pu's visit on a snowy night, Zhao Pu and his character were inferior, but he was just a little clever, and when it came to handling government affairs, he might not be as good as Feng Dao, a veteran of several countries. But with this snowy night visit to Zhao Pu, his name spread to later generations, and the so-called "half of the Analects rule the world" was also popular.

If only half of the Analects can rule the world, then why did Confucius go all over the world to find officials?

"Someone, prepare, I'm going to go out of the palace for a walk...... Let's go to Choi Sang-gong's house. ”

Cui He is 71 years old this year, and when the weather is warm, his spirit is very strong, and he often makes young people unable to keep up with his energy when it is so cold, but when it is so cold, he is afraid of the cold, so he will stay on the kang at home and refuse to leave. In order to take care of him, Zhao Youju allowed him to work from home, and he had not been to the court for several days, and he heard that he was feeling a little unwell.

He lived in the prime minister's mansion built for him by the imperial court, covering a vast area, but most of them were vacant, because his family was relatively simple, and he did not gather a large number of servants in Lin'an City, and even those who came to seek refuge in his relatives were sent back by his kind words. Thinking of this prime minister, Zhao Heju couldn't help but smile, it is rare to be an official to his extent, whether it is an official in the local government, or now he has been in the center for three years, no one has said anything bad about him who has worked with Cui and his colleagues. Even if he sometimes played a scoundrel, stealing something he liked from the Son of Heaven and his colleagues, it was only mentioned as a matter of humor.

But he is not sleek, but at such an age, he still retains a pure heart. When talking to him, it really makes people feel like a spring breeze. Zhao Youju sometimes sighs, why he was born twenty years early, if he was born twenty years later, at this time, he is in the prime of life, and the court can be more stable.

"Why did Your Majesty come by night?" Zhao and Ju came in person, and the guards and servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion naturally did not dare to stop him, so Zhao and Ju Jing did not receive the news until they arrived in Cui He's bedroom, and ran to greet him in a panic, and he didn't even put on his shoes.

Zhao Heju saw that the shoes he was wearing were reversed, squatted down with a smile, motioned for him to raise his feet, and changed them for him. Cui He only felt that his blood was in his heart for a moment, and he seemed to have returned to the discipline when he was twenty years old, and he just wanted to live for another few decades and continue to serve the heroic young son in front of him.

The living man quietly used a pen to write down in the living notes: The Son of Heaven visited Zuo Xiang Cui at night, and greeted him against the line, and the Son of Heaven personally changed his shoes with him, and Corporal Lixian turned out to be so.

"Your Majesty is so loving, how can the old minister be?" Cui He controlled the excitement in his heart, and he wanted to bow deeply.

Zhao Heju hugged him and said with a smile: "I have been edicting the world every year, to respect the old and the virtuous, Cui Qing is old and virtuous, if I don't respect Cui Qing, wouldn't I be a person who is inconsistent in words and deeds?" ”

Seeing that Cui He was still polite, Zhao Youju waved his hand: "It's cold outside, Cui Qing, I know that you have a kang in the house, quickly lead me in!" ”

Knowing that the Son of Heaven was considerate of himself, Cui He glanced at Zhao Heju deeply, and then bowed down to greet him. After the two entered, they both sat cross-legged on the kang, Zhao Heju took off his thick jacket outside, and said with a smile: "I brought a hot pot, Cui Qing always has a charcoal fire, and the two of us will talk while eating." ”

Although Zhao Heju is not from Sichuan, he likes hot pot, especially with the influx of a large number of spices into the Great Song Dynasty, the ingredients of hot pot are quite mature, and eating hot pot in such a winter is also a way to dispel cold and maintain health. Cui and his family called for a fire, and the imperial chef cooked hot pot for the two.

"Your Majesty is here tonight, isn't it just for hot pot?" Relieved from the initial surprise and excitement, Cui He had already recovered to normal, and he twisted his beard and smiled: "Lao Chen's palace here is not like His Majesty's palace, there are new things everywhere, Your Majesty wants to use his own way to return his body, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

He also made fun of himself, every time he went to the palace to pay a visit to Zhao and Ju, he never forgot to bring some good things back, and sometimes even deceived the prince and the little princess's baby, but the prince and the princess still liked this funny old man. Zhao Youju not only acquiesced to this, but could even be said to be conniving. His own father died early, and even if his father was still alive and there was no family affection in the heavenly family, it was impossible to become a kind grandfather to the prince and princess, and a person who could be replaced would be of great help to the prince and princess to form a relatively sound personality.

"Cui Qing also said this, now that Meng Jun and Yinling have been damaged by you, you have to take the sheep wherever you go." He feigned anger and said, "I went to my Funing Palace, and every day I have to have less things!" ”

Cui He laughed, and after a while, he said, "Your Majesty, how is the war in Xuzhou?" ”

Like Zhao and Ju, he also paid close attention to the war in Xuzhou, and he knew that Zhao and Ju had an intelligence network of the military intelligence system, and the news came faster than that of him, the prime minister, so he asked.

"Qin Dashi has withdrawn from Qinglong Fort to Xuzhou, the Jin people have suffered more than 50,000 casualties, and our army has suffered less than 1,000 casualties." Zhao Youju told his new news: "Meng Yuan is really mixed with the Jin army, and now he is probably plundering everywhere. ”

"Your Majesty is strong and clear, unless they are stronger than rats, they will get nothing." Cui He smiled and said: "Since this is the case, the big event has been decided, Your Majesty is here, but how to govern the Central Plains?" ”

Cui Heju's vision is all there, Zhao Heju nodded, and his brows furrowed slightly. The implementation of the new policy in Xuzhou was originally because Xuzhou was defeated by the Guards and faced the pressure of the Jin State, and he forced the Manchu civil and military forces to acquiesce in this fact through a roundabout way. The implementation of the new policy in Jinling was achieved by using his prestige as the Son of Heaven and the vibration of the steam locomotive to the ministers, making them realize the importance of smelting, and by sharing the benefits equally among the shareholders. However, after the war with Jin and Mengyuan, his mind to recover the Central Plains had been decided, and how to manage the Central Plains so that he would not be opposed by the courtiers became a problem that troubled him.

The idea that if someone dares to disobey the yang and yin, they only need to kill the four conveniences, is not only dangerous, but also stupid. Zhao Youju always believed that people can be changed, and as long as there are enough interests, even the most conservative diehards will be transformed, and this transformation is more meaningful than physical destruction.

Once they die, their theories and doctrines will be disseminated because of his heroic death or grievances, and they will become sharp weapons in the hands of opponents. Like Zhen Dexiu, he initially contradicted Zhao and Ju on almost any issue, and if Zhao Youju had been ruthless at that time and found a crime to kill him, then he would have been recorded in history as a generation of scholars who had died in the history books, and his relatives and friends would have insisted on his opposing theories and continued to adopt a non-cooperative attitude on all issues. Zhao and Ju asked himself if he was not the "Great Emperor" boasted by unscrupulous literati and shameless traitors, he couldn't do this kind of thing in Daxing Literary Prison and Yiyan Zhulian, in his opinion, Chinese civilization is endless, becoming the only surviving fruit in ancient civilization, one of the important reasons is that Chinese civilization is tolerant of dissidents, if it is an extreme road, in the face of the continuous invasion of nomadic barbarians, I am afraid that it will be extinct long ago, Lao Tzu said, "Rigid can not be soft for a long time", just like Si Ye.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the key to the Central Plains is in Zhendexiu." Cui He smiled and said: "In addition to reading "Great Song Times Weekly", the minister also reads "Jianghuai National News", Your Majesty has been worried about the war recently, and this "Jianghuai National News" has not been read carefully, right?" ”

Zhao Youju nodded, his energy was limited, while paying attention to the front-line war, he also had to deal with government affairs, and at the same time, he couldn't let the concubines and children in the harem be left out in the cold, so he paid less attention to "Jianghuai Guowen". There is a gap between Zhou Shuniang and Xie Daoqing at this point, Xie Daoqing will sort out the things in the newspaper that she thinks will be useful to Zhao Youju, and remind Zhao Youju to pay attention to it at breakfast, while Zhou Shuniang just presents the newspaper.

"Since the beginning of this month, Zhen Jingxi has written three articles on Zhuzi's doctrine." Cui He said slowly: "It's all a great advancement of Zhu Zi's science." ”

"All that?" Zhao and Ju were not interested in the theory of science, so they did not pay attention.

"Zhen Jingxi's first article is "Gewu Poor Theory", which is said that Zhu Zi said that "Gewu Poor Reason" was misunderstood by everyone, first Gewu and then Zhizhi, Zhizhi and then Poor Reason, and then guide Gewu after poor reason, and also quoted His Majesty's words, "The person who proves the Great Dao is not the words of the saints, not the edict of the emperor, but the practice of bowing."

Zhao Youju smiled slightly, this is the ancient version of "practice is the only criterion for testing truth", and he took it out to criticize the erroneous tendency of judging right and wrong by the words of saints since Dong Zhongshu. Zhen Dexiu used this sentence to explain Zhu Xi's theory of knowledge of things, but he corrected all the fallacies and flaws of the original view.

"Zhen Jingxi's second article is "The Theory of Gasification of All Things", which is Zhang Zihou's Guan Xue, Zhen Jingxi was written after reading the "Refining" textbook of the Liuqiu Primary School brought by his disciple Li Shimin, and this guy actually imitated the "Refining" in his own home to do experiments, which caused a fire in the mansion and burned three houses." Cui He couldn't help laughing when he said this: "Although Zhen Jingxi is a pedantic person, he is also a wonderful person. ”

Zhao and Ju had seen this news in Huo Chongcheng's secret spy report, but they didn't think about it at the time, but now that they think about it, it seems that this master of science is going to transfer from sociology to natural science. He couldn't help laughing and said, "What did Zhen Jingxi say in this "Theory of Gasification of Everything"? ”

Although it is borrowed from Zhang Zihou's theory of guanxue and Zhu Zili's theory of all things, the two are one, but they are innovative. Zhen Jingxi thinks that all things change and wither and fade have their own laws, and people should use this law for their own use, create blessings for the people, and not talk about the righteousness of the mind - Your Majesty, although what Zhen Jingxi said is a tact, in fact, it is to admit the remarks that 'wisdom' has been used in the middle school. ”

Zhao Youju was silent for a long time, and Zhen Dexiu, a master of science, was able to admit the idea of applying "wisdom" to the middle school and accept the natural sciences, which was really a great progress for him. Whether he wants it or not, he must admit that the physicists of this era are a group of intelligent people who are quite studious and thoughtful, and if they can realize that "what they have learned is put into practice" and that they can also accumulate wisdom, then it will have an incomparable effect on strengthening the new forces he has cultivated.

"The third article of Zhenjingxi is "The Treatise on the Inner Sage and the Outer King", Your Majesty, this article, the minister suggests that Your Majesty take the time to read it." Cui said again.

As he spoke, he brought an origami paper from the side of the kang, and Zhao Heju took it and took a look, in addition to the "Treatise on the Inner Sage and the Outer King" written by Zhen Dexiu himself, there were also some annotations and comments written in small letters, looking at the handwriting, they were all comments made by Cui and himself after reading Zhen Dexiu's article.