Chapter 239: Do It Without Doing It

In the history of China, there are many cases of using peace negotiations to gain time and rearmament in order to facilitate another war, but the rulers of the Song Dynasty were different from this, and their basic procedure for dealing with peace and war was to be forced to respond to the war at the beginning, and then to make peace, and then to make peace, and there was no calculation at all to re-compete with a strong enemy. After signing the alliance of the Yuanyuan, Fu Bi once said bitterly: "The alliance of the Yuanyuan is not a mistake, but the painful one, when the ministers of the country discuss peace, the armament is abolished, and those who use the intentions of the border ministers are said to cause trouble, and when the gentry and the patient are said to be broad-minded, they are afraid to talk about the army, fortunately, there is nothing to do, and the prisoners dare not break the contract, and the border does not need to be prevented, and the world is always safe, and the soldiers are forever resting, and they are not worried." Fu Bi's words can be said to be a vivid portrayal of the Song court's peace and martial arts after the alliance of the Yuanyuan. Although Fu Bi found a problem, according to the practice of ancient Chinese feudal dynasties, he could not blame his father, but had to blame his courtiers. During the Qingli period of Song Renzong, Fu Bi, Fan Zhongyan, and Han Qi all belonged to the reformers, and were excluded by the conservatives and left the imperial court. Only ten years later, Fu Bi and Han Qi successively returned to the dynasty as prime ministers, but they were polished by conservative officialdom, and they still used to their old ways and did not think about change.

From then on, not only to the Liao, but also to the later Song dynasty in dealing with relations with the Western Xia and Jin, they often acted according to the model of peace after war, and peace after peace. So now Zhao Huan is still thinking about peace after Sun Hui broke the Jin army under the city of Tokyo for the first time, and this time Sun Hui broke the Jin army camp again, and when the Jin army was forced to flee north, he still refused to send troops to chase after him, but let the Jin army cross the Yellow River safely, it is not difficult to understand.

"If the Zhao official family can't figure it out, they will let go of Wanyan Zhenzhu, and give some gifts and national letters to Jin Guo." Sun Hui smiled and said to Hu Liying, "In order to be able to talk to Jinhe, the Zhao Guanjia will not cut down the sacrificial flag of Wanyan Zhenzhu as I said." ”

"State affairs are still not to be done." Hu Liying looked at Sun Hui, her eyes were full of concern, "I think that if you want to engage in ironclad cavalry, I'm afraid that you will commit the taboo of the official family." ”

"It's certain to be taboo." Sun Hui hugged her with a smile, stroked her back, and signaled that she didn't have to worry, "But it depends on how to deal with it." ”

For this question, he thought about it for a while, and at this time, after talking with Di Feng and them, he already had a draft.

Although he now has the transcendent status of "immortal", and because of the great achievements of defeating the Jin army twice, the army and the people admire him and have a high prestige, but it is still not enough to directly reform the government and promote the good and eliminate the disadvantages.

And judging from Emperor Zhao Huan's current performance, he is very good to himself on the surface, but in his heart he actually has a jealousy and precautionary psychology towards himself.

"What are you going to do? Brother Sun? Hu Liying asked curiously.

"Do nothing." Sun Hui smiled secretly, winked at her, and turned his head slightly in one direction.

Hu Liying understood, hugged him and looked in the direction he pointed, and found that on a mountain peak, there were several small figures looking this way.

In the deep palace, Emperor Zhao Huan was restless.

After Zhang Shuye asked to send troops to pursue the remnants of the Jin army, and the recital of gathering and annihilating the Jin army on the bank of the Yellow River was suppressed by him and refused to be approved, his heart has been hanging and has not been put down.

And he let go of Yan Zhenzhu and did not notify the ministers.

What he was worried about was not He Li, Sun Fu and other ministers and army generals such as Zhang Shuye and Yao Youzhong, but the "Qilin Immortal" with great power.

Unlike his father Zhao Ji's belief in Taoism, Zhao Huan actually believes in Buddhism. For his father's "suppressing Buddha and worshipping the Tao", he had already planted the seeds of hatred in his heart.

During the reign of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, Taoism reached its highest peak in history and became the only **** religion in the Zhengshuo Dynasty of China. And Zhao Ji is the one.

First of all, he was the emperor, but he claimed that in addition to Shenzong, he also had another father. The father is the Jade Emperor, referred to as God. He is the firstborn Son of God. The official in the sky is called Emperor Shenxiao, because he loves the land of the Central Plains, and when he looks down in the sky, he finds that the vast land is full of bald heads, that is, Buddhist believers, and he is really angry in his heart, so he took the initiative to ask to be born and save the people of Li.

In his mouth, Buddhism is called "the religion of Jindi". Gold, the five elements of the West belong to gold, which is a sense of direction, pointing to Tianzhu ancient India; Di, a foreign tribe of Yidi, with contempt, originates from the superiority of the gorgeous clan of the Central Plains.

How can a dignified Chinese noble heir shave his head and worship a foreign god? It's just a dictionary of forgetting your ancestors! As a result, Zhao Ji, as the leader and the emperor, blessed Taoist believers with a number of halos.

First of all, it is necessary to study, Zhao Ji asked the people of the whole country to make every effort to excavate the Taoist intellectual heritage, who can hand in the unique books and treasures of Taoist classics, and immediately be promoted to become rich. The classics are sorted out by the official designators, and finally combined into a Wanshou Taoist Collection.

Then you have to learn. In the Song Dynasty, state schools, Taixue and other schools at all levels added an additional subject, the Great Classic, or the Minor Classic. Students can choose any one, study carefully, and get prizes for learning well.

The Great Classic, referring to the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" and "Tao Te Ching"; Xiaojing refers to "Zhuangzi" and "Liezi".

In the course of study, the Taoist priests developed. They have an identity, from low to high, with twenty-six ranks, and the rank is equal to that of the sergeant and doctor. With rank comes power, and when they see officials, they don't have to bow their heads or bow down. It's not just a trivial, it's just out of the blue.

To have power is to have money. The Taoist priests overhauled the Shenxiao Palace all over the country, and the palace envoys were no longer part-time by the officials, but by the brothers in the sect, so the rich wages of the palace officials became their own fields.

Finally, an ultimate privilege. No matter who commits any crime, except for anti-Song, anti-Zhao, and anti-human, as long as he joins Taoism, he will immediately restore his reputation and become a new person.

In the process, the monks fell into bad luck. First of all, the name was changed, the monk is called Deshi, the Buddha is called Jin Xian, the Bodhisattva is called Xianren, the Arhat is called Wu Leak, the Vajra is called Lux, and the Sangha is called Xiushan.

Then the place to live is gone. The official saying is that the Taoist temples in various places are renovated, but in actual operation, the Taoist priests with twenty-six rank officials in their hands are all found to the largest Buddhist temple in the local area, drive away the monks inside, and rebuild the Shenxiao Palace there......

Then there is the fact that the original clothes are no longer worn. Zhao Ji said that when he was in the sky, he looked at the dense bald heads on the ground, and even wore robes, crowns, tin rods and other things. These have to be changed.

What did it change? Changed to the appearance of a half-Taoist priest. You should wear a crown of stars on your head, but you must not have the sun, moon and stars, just a dark hat. But the bottom of the hat is not easy to deal with, because the bottom of the genuine star crown is a crown scarf, with the long flowing hair of the Taoist priests, it looks chic and beautiful. But the monk was bald, so he had no choice but to put on a wig, and comb it into a bun on the wig and pin a hairpin.