The news that the loyal and brave army of the right wing of the Great Song Dynasty was going to escort 293 Liao captives back to the capital and behead them spread, and the streets and alleys of Bianliang City immediately boiled.

In the 44 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperors of the three dynasties have been experienced, and there seems to be no precedent for escorting the Liao people to Bianjing and beheading them.

The first emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin was undoubtedly a wise emperor; Neck and neck with the three mighty emperors in history.

Emperor Qin, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Song Dynasty, and Song Dynasty created a new situation in history, and the four wise emperors became the four benchmark emperors of China.

During the 16-year reign of Song Taizu, the centralization of power was strengthened; advocated literati politics and created a prosperous era of cultural rule in China; He was a wise and benevolent emperor and an outstanding figure who promoted the development of history.

Zhao Kuangyin's greatest contribution and achievement in his life was to restore the unity of the main regions of China and put an end to the 200-year situation of princes and warlord wars since the Anshi Rebellion; The people who have suffered so much from the war finally have a peaceful and tranquil production and living environment, which has created good conditions for social progress, economic development, and cultural prosperity.

There have been two veritable great divisions in Chinese history, one was the Northern and Southern Dynasties; The other time is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

After the butcher Zhu Wen ended the 289-year reign of the Tang Dynasty, China formed a situation of five dynasties and ten states; During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the people were struggling to make a living, and the warlords were fighting; As long as you have arms in your hands, you can be the king of grass.

Zhao Kuangyin was the terminator of the chaotic period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Great Song Dynasty established by the pioneers became an important figure in inheriting the past and opening up the future.

Zhao Kuangyin's basic national policy is "to govern the country with culture, and to secure the country with force"; We should pursue the concept of "using literature to serve the country" and resolutely implement the concept of "suppressing the armed forces with the right culture."

Through a series of major measures such as the establishment of the "oath card", respecting Confucius and Confucianism, improving the imperial examination, creating the palace examination, knowing people and being good at their duties, and cultivating honesty and honesty, he became the most respected generation of civil and administrative monarchs in Chinese history; It completely reversed the dark situation of the dictatorship of martial arts since the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The culture of the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, so much so that later generations had the reputation of "the Song Dynasty was a paradise for literati".

Zhao Kuangyin adopted the three programs of "putting away the elite soldiers, cutting their power, and controlling their money valley", and skillfully used the "glass of wine to release the military power", "weaken the power of the minister", "depose the branch county", "strengthen the cadres and weak branches", "maintain the internal and external affairs", "change every three years", "set up a general judgment", "send the system", etc., and firmly grasped the military, administrative, judicial, and financial powers in the hands of the emperor; In one fell swoop, the historical situation of the feudal town and the chaotic government of Wufu was leveled.

In the 300-year history of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, there has never been major civil strife and local secession; This is the greatest credit of Song Taizu, and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty also controlled all kinds of rights in the hands of the emperor; But it is based on the killing of heroes and good generals, and the transfer of power in China with Zhu Yuanzhang is a great regression of society.

In the Song Dynasty, the leading group headed by Song Taizu collectively worked hard and made great efforts; As a result, the social economy of the early Song Dynasty quickly presented a gratifying situation of prosperity.

A series of wise policy decisions, such as reducing forced labor, collecting taxes exclusively, ruling the country by law, building water conservancy, developing production, clarifying the rule of officials, persuading farmers and mulberries, and changing customs, not only healed the wounds of the 200-year war as soon as possible, but also quickly pushed the Song Dynasty to a situation of unprecedented prosperity, and the famous "rule of Jianlong" in history appeared.

The exploits of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, can be summed up in four aspects: First, he basically unified the Central Plains.

the second is to completely cut down the root cause of the division of feudal towns; The political system of strong cadres and weak branches was adopted to strengthen the centralization of power, and various departments of the central government checked each other, so as to prevent foreign relatives, eunuchs, and military generals from arbitrarily exercising power.

The third is to respect intellectuals, and in the end of the two Song Dynasty, except for rebellion, there was basically no killing of intellectuals.

Fourth, it has abandoned the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce in previous dynasties, which has greatly stimulated trade at home and abroad; China's silver-silver standard currency was laid.

However, Song Taizu left the West when he was in the middle of his age, and the conspirator himself was his younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi.

If Song Taizong had not had the two bad deeds of "Candlelight Axe Shadow" and "Golden Alliance", he would have contributed to history from the perspective of political achievements; He inherited and carried forward the Song Taizu's strategy of "governing the country with culture and Anbang with force"; Improving the imperial examination system is the ability of the literati to be brought into full play.

The problem is that Song Taizong is very talented and tries to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun by force; But he was defeated twice at the hands of the Khitans.

Song Taizong was also arbitrary in the succession to the throne, and successively killed his brother Zhao Tingmei and Song Taizu's two sons Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang; passed on his three sons, Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng was a literati, calligrapher, and cowardly character, and it was a complete accident that he was able to sit on the emperor's throne; But Zhao Heng's cowardly character also has his benevolent side.

After Zhao Heng ascended the throne, he attached more importance to Wenchen than his uncle and father, although he had been beaten by the Liao State, a strong enemy in the north; However, the "rule of Xianping" during Zhao Heng's reign dared to be comparable to the famous "rule of Zhenguan" in history.

In the heyday of the reign of Xianping, it was able to achieve a victory in the war of the Liao State, which was simply a tiger with wings.

The loyal and brave army of the right wing of the Great Song Dynasty blocked the 200,000 troops of the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State in Liyangjin and Baimadu, and lured the Sini iron cavalry of the Liao State to the Taihang Mountain to kill the enemy Ping and capture them alive; The good news of escorting back to Bianjing to wait for the emperor's order to be beheaded was sent back by Wei Sheng and Wei Chun on fast horses for 600 miles.

Wei Sheng and Wei Chun had a black eye on the palace, so they naturally had to go to Kou Xiangye's mansion to report to Kou Zhun first.

Ten fast horses "croaked" and ran to the gate of the Xiangfu, and the two soldiers guarding the gate immediately stopped Wei Sheng and Wei Chun 10 people: "Come down and come down, this is Kou Xiangye's mansion, not a racecourse!" ”

Wei Sheng saw that the two guards were full of faces, and it didn't make sense to want to be anxious; Gao shouted in a loud voice: "Report to Xiangye Kou quickly, just say that Generalissimo Zheng Shuang has good news!" ”

Wei Sheng shouted like this, and the two guards felt that the matter was important, and their tone was not as tough as just now, so they suddenly softened and said; The tall man stared at Wei Sheng 10 Daodao: "Marshal Zheng has good news, you have to dismount!" This is Xiangye's Mansion! ”

The tall guard said and said to the little guard: "Brother Wen, you go and report to Grandpa Geng, just say that there is Marshal Zheng's people at the gate asking to see him!" ”

Called Brother Zhang by the big soldiers, the little soldiers ran to the mansion in a hurry, and Wei Sheng's 10 people also dismounted.

The big soldier took a step closer to Wei Sheng, clasped his hands into fists and bowed: "Big brother, you just said that Generalissimo Zheng Shuang has good news, I don't know what good news it is; Can you tell the villain a little bit of information? ”

Wei Sheng was still angry with the arrogance of the big soldier who spoke with a high throat and a big voice just now, seeing that he wanted to ask so much; He snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "The loyal and brave army of the right wing of the Great Song Dynasty has captured 293 prisoners of the Liao soldiers and is escorting them to the capital, and we 10 people and 600 li hurried back to report the news; But it's stuck here with my brother! ”

When the big soldier heard Wei Sheng say this, he hurriedly bowed and made amends, not with a grin: "Big brother, don't be angry, we who guard the door are also performing our duties!" ”

The big soldier said happily: "Marshal Zheng is really capable, as soon as he made a move, he captured the Khitan soldiers and escorted them back to the capital......"

Before the big man finished speaking, he trotted Geng Zhong from the courtyard and walked towards the gate under the leadership of the little soldier.

I saw Wei Sheng and Wei Chun from afar-they met when they were fighting with Liang Dafa, the head of the forbidden army, in the Xiangfu Mansion before, and that night Wei Sheng, Wei Qi, Wei Chun, and Wei Feng and their 1,200 people rested in the military camp in Youhulu Alley, and it was Geng Zhong who led them to find the old army Liang San.

"Wei Sheng, Wei Chun brothers!" Geng Zhong shouted from afar and said to the big soldiers: "Tian Bingzhang, this is General Wei Sheng and Wei Chun under Marshal Zheng Shuang, let them come in!" ”

The big soldier who was called by Geng Zhong as Tian Bingzhang heard Geng Zhong say this, and hurriedly bowed to Wei Sheng and Wei Chun, and welcomed 10 people and 10 horses into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Geng Zhong ran to Wei Sheng and Wei Chun, dragged Wei Sheng with one hand, and pulled Wei Chun with the other and laughed: "The two generals are hurrying back, there must be something to report!" ”

"Our army has won a great victory!" Wei Sheng said openly: "The 200,000 troops of Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong were blocked by my ancestor in Liyang County, and the fire team and stone-throwing team led by the shadow predecessors beat them fatly, and Marshal Zheng had a design to lure Xiao Tzurin's Sini Iron Cavalry to the killing floor on Taihang Mountain; resurrected 293 live mouths, and recruited hundreds of ox carts to carry wild tours in the Amway Army; While traveling to the capital, he wanted to behead him in Bianliang, and finally drove 10 people into Beijing to spread the good news; Is Kou Xiangye in the mansion? ”

Geng Zhong was startled, and hurriedly said: "In Zai, since Marshal Zheng led the army to issue a certificate; In addition to being busy in the political hall, Xiangye stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion whenever he had time; Now we are discussing business with Alibaba! ”

"Discuss business with Alibaba!" Wei Chun asked, "Who is Alibaba?" ”

Geng Zhong laughed loudly and said: "Alibaba is the head of the Arab Chamber of Commerce, and the emperor also thinks highly of him; After Kou Xiangye became the deacon, he was a frequent visitor to Kou Mansion! ”

Geng Zhong said with laughter: "Didn't the two generals see the two-wheeled glasses hanging on Kou Xiangye's eyes?" That was given to Xiang Ye by Alibaba, and Xiang Ye was not dizzy or dizzy after wearing two round glasses; Those glasses are a treasure at first sight! ”

Wei Sheng saw Geng Zhong's mother-in-law, raised his arm and said, "Grandpa Geng, you are verbose, we are about to see Xiangye to pass information to him; Let the prime minister play the place where the emperor selects the Khitan Tartars! ”

Geng Zhong was speechless, sneered and laughed, and said: "General, don't worry, let's meditate in the living room with tea first; Xiangye will be here soon! ”

The reason why Geng Zhong said this is because Kou Zhun made an appointment with Alibaba and a few people today to dance the Tuozhi Dance together.

Kou Zhun is a famous minister, but he is also an alcoholic and a fan of dance, especially like the Tuozhi dance.

Tuzhi Dance is a famous dance that was introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, and came from the Stone Kingdom of the Western Regions.

Shiguo is also known as Zhezhi, Tang Luzhao's "Hunan Guanshuang Zhezhi Dance Fu" has the trick of the ancient Zhizhi branch, and now it is also the famous sentence of Zhezhi.

Zhizhi is the name of an ancient city in the Western Regions, in the area of Jiangbulin in present-day Central Asia.

"Zhezhi Dance" was originally a women's solo dance, dressed in a beautiful national costume and wearing brocade boots; The accompaniment is mainly drums, and the Zhezhi dancers are in the drum stage.

The poems of "Zhezhi's first drum move" and "three consecutive drums to draw drums" all describe the Tuzhi dance.

The dance posture of the tuozhi dance is rich in variety, both strong and bright, and graceful and pretty.

The dancing sleeves sometimes hang low, sometimes cocked, that is, the so-called "drum in the sleeves" and "long sleeves into the Chinese jacket" in the poem.

The fast and complex stepping dance makes the golden bell of the wearing sound crisp; The audience marvels at the lightness and softness of the dance.

There is a deep lower back movement towards the end of the dance, and the description of "Zhezhi Dance" in Tang poems has many similarities with the "Hand Encouragement" popular in Xinjiang today.

"Zhezhi Dance" was widely circulated in the Central Plains, and there was a special performance of this dance "Zhezhi Ling", and developed from a solo dance to a pas de deux, and then there were two girls who first hid in the lotus, and then came out to dance the soft dance "Qu Zhezhi". His dance style and performance form have changed greatly.

The Song Dynasty succeeded the Tang Dynasty, and the Zhezhi Dance of the Song Dynasty was often performed by the servants in the banquets of the nobles for the guests and hosts to enjoy; The dance is graceful and vigorous.

When Kou Zhun danced Zhezhi, the dancer wore a wide robe embroidered with five colors, wore a bearded hat, had a golden bell on the hat, and a silver belt was tied around her waist.

Bai Juyi has a poem describing the Tuzhi dance:

Tile a brocade feast open,

Hit three times in a row, draw the drum, and urge.

The red candle moves the peach leaves,

The purple shirt moved the branches.

With a hanging crotch flower waist weight,

The hat turned the golden bell snow face back.

I can't keep the song when I see it,

Clouds and rain sent to the balcony.

Zhejia beauty You Duojiao,

The prince and grandson suddenly forgot to return.

Geng Zhong led Wei Sheng and Wei Chun into the living room and sat down, and asked the maid to make tea and pour water.

Yuzu was familiar with Wei Sheng and Wei Sheng, and after delivering the tea to them, he said: "Wait a minute, the general waits, Xiangye is dancing with Ali Baba, and the slave will call him here......"