Chapter 22: Changing the Trajectory of History?

Listening to what Li Xiang said, Emperor Lizong and Li Kang's faces became extremely solemn, after all, now the Mongols have conquered Dali and are about to attack from Sichuan, if one is not good, Lin'an City will be dangerous, and the Great Song Dynasty will be dangerous, those Mongols are not good people, they often occupy a city, and start a crazy massacre, how many people can be spared?

Li Xiang also felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to say this, but he couldn't help but be happy, and he didn't expect that the old man in front of him would be the emperor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He only knows that Mongolia in this era has caused great damage to the entire world civilization.

Balzac of France said: "The Mongols destroyed almost all the civilizations in the world at that time, whether it was the Chinese, Persian, Arab, and Indian civilizations in the East, or the Byzantine, Rus, and Germanic civilizations in the West!" They destroyed everything, but left only two things for the world: bones and horse manure!! It is the bones of the people who died under their butcher's knives and the horse dung left behind by the beasts they killed all over the world!! ”

In his previous life, Li Xiang also saw some records, it is estimated that the Mongols slaughtered 90 percent of the total population of the Han and Jurchen ethnic groups in the territory of the Jin Kingdom in northern China, of which Kublai Khan himself estimated that 18 million people, as for the number of peasants who froze to death and starved to death due to the burning of houses and farmland by the Mongol army, and the number of deaths caused by diseases caused by polluting water sources with dead corpses, no one can directly count the number of deaths. The estimate in Western countries is 30 million. Of course, these are impossible to confirm, after all, it was in ancient times, who can accurately count these figures?

Li Xiang remembered in his previous life that he had read the papers of some historians, and the catastrophe caused by the massacre of the Mongol Empire in Sichuan was even more shocking! Because Li Xiang was a native of Sichuan in his previous life, he paid more attention to the history of Sichuan.

In "The Resistance of the Sichuan Army and Civilians to Mongolia at the End of the Southern Song Dynasty and Its Significance", the author estimates that the population of Sichuan was slaughtered, and the most conservative estimate of the whole of Sichuan before the massacre of the Mongol Empire was more than 13 million people, and after the massacre it was less than 800,000 people. The estimated number of households in Sichuan Four Roads, including Da'anjun, Xingyuanfu, Chuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jinzhou under Shaanxi, and Tianshuijun, Xihezhou, Jiezhou, Chengzhou, and Wenzhou under Gansu, decreased from 2.58 million in 1175 before the war to 155,000 in 1290 after the war, and the population decreased to 1/15.

Although all kinds of original records of ancient China were systematically destroyed during the Manchu Dynasty, even in the remaining records of China, all kinds of atrocities committed by the Mongols regardless of men, women, and children can be seen everywhere, showing that the Mongols' massacre of people of all ethnic groups in China is no different from that in Arabia, Central Asia, and Europe. The massacres of the Mongol Empire in China were unprecedented in history. The number of victims was recorded as a world record in the 1985 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records!

Even the people of the Great Song Dynasty who survived were the lowest people under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty divided the people under its rule into four classes, and the lowest class was the Song people. Calculate the time, if you follow the historical trajectory, it will not be many years before the fall of the Great Song Dynasty. Li Xiang didn't want to be a slave to the country when the time came, even if he survived, he would become a slave to the country, the lowest race.

The Han and Nan people under the Mongol rule were untouchables. Kill the Mongols to pay for their lives, kill back and pay a fine of 80 taels of silver, and kill the Han people to pay the price of a donkey for a meal. The first night of the new daughter-in-law in the Han village must be given to the Mongolian security chief, and the Chinese cannot even have a name, only the name of the date of birth, cannot have weapons, and can only share a kitchen knife with several families. It's scary to think about.

If you want to change the direction of history, Li Xiang knows that it is not easy, even if he has a super 3D printer in his body and can make guns at will, it will not work! The Great Song Dynasty court is indeed too chaotic and rotten to the roots, the system of the Great Song Dynasty is not reformed, even if there are some weapons beyond this era, it is also a way to perish, after all, it is people who determine the outcome of the war, not a few advanced weapons.

Hearing that a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy like Li Xiang could say such a thing, Emperor Lizong couldn't help but look at the Li family's father differently again! He silently remembered these two names in his heart, Li Kang and Li Xiang.

Emperor Lizong's eyes were scorching, staring at Li Xiang's slightly immature face, and he smiled: "Little brother said it very well!" He will be the pillar of the country in the future, and now that the national crisis is at hand, there are not many people who can have such insight. Now up and down the court, I don't know how many ministers are still intoxicated with the days of singing and dancing in the West Lake, which is sad and lamentable! ”

In fact, the current Emperor Lizong also knows that the government is controlled by powerful schemers, and it is indeed not an easy thing to regain the monarchy without causing turmoil, and it is even more unattainable to revive the dynasty. The external and internal troubles are all added together, can this Great Song still be saved? Emperor Lizong was also confused.

In fact, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of power began to appear repeatedly. Qin Hui, Han Yanxuan, Shi Miyuan, Shi Songzhi, Ding Daquan, Jia Nidao, etc. are all examples, why do powerful ministers keep appearing? This is actually an institutional root, because they have been in a war environment. After the southern crossing, the military prospered the prime minister and the privy council, and valued the power of his finances, so the prime minister restored the general civil affairs, military administration, and finance, and the three powers were one and the power was restored.

Li Xiang nodded and said, "Yes, but I believe that there must still be people of insight in the court!" There is no shortage of talents in my Great Song Dynasty, and our official family is also a good emperor! Although the Great Song Dynasty is in an unfavorable situation for the time being, as long as the official family regains its strength and carries out truly effective reforms, our Great Song Dynasty may not be able to stand up again, defeat Mongolia, and recast the glorious and prosperous era! ”

Hearing Li Xiang's inspiring words, Emperor Lizong couldn't help but stroke his hands and laughed: "Well said, well said!" Little brother, if everyone can be like you, then my Da Song will be saved! Good students, work hard, strive to be admitted to this year's Jinshi, and then the little brother will be able to serve the imperial court! ”

Admitted to the Jinshi? Li Xiang knows what level he is, he is a modern person who has traveled through, where do he understand ancient scriptures and other things, the only thing that makes him a little confident is the super 3D printer in his body, although he doesn't understand, but he can store some information in it, and he may be able to use it during the exam. Of course, he didn't dare to think about it when he was admitted to the Jinshi, and it would be good to pass the state exam (township exam)!

Li Xiang smiled bitterly: "Mr. is too much to afford to be born late, and he doesn't dare to think about it when he is a late student in the entrance examination, he just hopes to pass the state exam without losing his father's face." ”