Zhao Kuangyin smiled at the Khitans, but had bad intentions. In the Taizu Dynasty, the Khitans never bargained in the hands of the Han people, he always circled around his treasury, thinking about how much money could he buy a Khitan head? Zhao Guangyi fought against the Liao State, killed many Khitans, and of course killed more Song Dynasty people. The Song Dynasty was a hedgehog full of thorns, which hurt the hands of the Khitans. Zhao Heng is very wonderful, looking the most useless, but the people of Liao are estimated to have died and have not figured it out, they have sent troops to the country, and they have become a little brother? Zhao Zhen can keep everything that needs to be preserved. In his hands, nothing has changed in the Song Dynasty. Even if Zhao Shu's waste is delayed for a few years, it can continue to be stable. It was only at this time that Emperor Shenzong ascended the throne.

Zhao Ji suddenly found that he was many generations shorter, and at that time, the power of the Great Liao State was Yelu Hongji's mother, who was counted as a person of the same generation as Song Renzong, he had to be called grandma, and Yelu Hongji of the Liao Daozong was called uncle... What kind of life is this? The most face-saving and most competitive person actually lost his share! Emperor Er is not counted, it is Emperor Sun!

Shenzong was furious and lost his temper with the ministers: Do you want me to call her aunt? Is it good to talk to his son about brothers? The Manchu civil and military were silent. Shenzong was furious, he only told this group of people a secret a few days ago, and when this secret was revealed, he and the people of Liao did not share the sky and became mortal enemies! The secret is the cause of death of Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty. We now know that he had a recurrence of an arrow wound and that the treatment was ineffective. But in the Song Dynasty, this was the top secret of the state and a taboo in officialdom, even if you know the Tao, you can't say it! And Song Shenzong confirmed in public for the first time that his great-grandfather died of an arrow wound from the Liao people! At that time, he was in tears of grief. What a shame it is to have revenge and not take revenge, but to call it brother and brother!

Now the brothers can't be either. It's a grandson... And these ministers, who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and often chant slogans such as the king's worries and the humiliation of the ministers, and the humiliation of the king's ministers and the death of the ministers, are actually indifferent to this!

In embarrassment, the old bastard Sima Guang stood up and said to the emperor on behalf of many people with lofty ideals: Fame is just a trivial matter, the important thing is peace. and Liao are all relatives, and it is appropriate to call a few grandma between relatives (the name is a trivial matter?). I really want to ask the old bastard to turn over the opening chapter of the "Zizhi Tongjian" that he wrote himself)

It's all a thing of the past... Song Shenzong devoted himself to the cause of reforming the law and revitalizing the country. The fact that he gradually became less concerned about these battles of will did not mean that he did not take the Great Liao Kingdom seriously. On the contrary, the Liao State has always been the biggest nightmare in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty. The depth of this nightmare has not changed because of the calm of Song Liao and the rise of party members in recent years, Li Yuanhao's punches and kicks to his neighbors, and Song Liao's nose and face are swollen at the same time.

Of course: the people of the Song Dynasty can't be blamed either. This is a stubborn disease that has not been cured in China since ancient times. There is a Chinese habit that as long as you have reached a certain height, you will always be at that height. Specific to the battlefield, as long as you have been defeated once. There is an 80% chance that it will become a lifelong painstaking problem. Such as Koreanophobia and Japanese phobia in football. It makes us doubt ourselves all the time. I always feel that my predecessors and ancestors are much stronger than myself. In thousands of years of feudal history, everything begins with "how the ancients were". Specific to Song Shenzong. His ambition was once ridiculed - with the power of Taizu, he could not capture Taiyuan for the rest of his life. With the power of the Taizong, there is still the defeat of Yanyun. How can you speak out at such a young age to subdue the Khitan? To be specific to today's China, it is still necessary to discuss idiotic questions such as "the past is not the present" or "the present is not as good as the ancient"... Is this a question that needs to be discussed? Don't need to discuss? In fact, just look at the results of the discussion to have the answer. Even if you come up with the so-called correct solution that "the present is not as good as the past", can you still go back in time and go back to the past?

Defeated once. will leave a shadow. It sounds discouraging, but it's historically true. For example, after the defeat of Yanyun and the defeat of Yongxi. The psychology of the Song people was completely finished at once. The morale of the people cultivated by Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin with undefeated records suddenly disappeared! Where did it go?

Looking at the history of wars of foreign aliens, there are many who have fought for more than 100 or 200 years, and as long as they do not win or do not achieve their wishes, they will continue to fight until their homeland is restored and glory returns... What's the difference? The dignified Chinese kingdom, known as the most upright nation, always struggles to rise up, but shrinks rapidly?

Such a character trait was not available before the Song Dynasty, and when the Five Chaos was chaotic, we never gave up resistance or pursuit! But after the big slut Zhao Guangyi came to power, this problem suddenly appeared!

Now it is important to note that the Song Dynasty had a deep-seated fear of the Great Liao State. Xiao Xi brought a letter. It comprehensively reviewed the sincere friendship and happy years between the two sides over the past 70 years, and in order to continue the joy, I, Yelu Hongji, proposed to replan the border between the two countries.

32 years ago, when the Song Dynasty was mired in the battle of Song and Xia; Thirty-two years later, the Song Dynasty is now mired in the Battle of Hehuang. Song Shenzong's reaction was the same as that of his uncle Song Renzong, who quickly started the self-torture process and forced himself to a dead end.

In his mind, the northwest border line and the northeast border line of the Great Song Dynasty appeared at the same time, and the northwest should increase troops to maintain the pressure on Tubo, and at the same time beware of Western Xia. In the northeast, all of a sudden, the Khitan Iron Cavalry came over...

Stop! Zhao Ji didn't dare to think about it anymore. Negotiation! Negotiate quickly! Several instructions were issued urgently: 1 Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong were envoys and accompanied Xiao Xi to the border to meet with the Liao negotiation team. 2 Han Zhen took the official letter of state to meet Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Liao. 3. Send people to Luoyang urgently to consult Han Qi, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and other veteran and important ministers on countermeasures.

1074 was the year of Zhao Ji's disaster, and the biggest blow to him at this time was not that the Xihe River had resumed the war and the Khitans had come to rob... But from July last year to April this year, there was a severe drought for more than 9 months, and it did not rain! The great man Wang Anshi, who does not take the ancestors of heaven and earth in his eyes, will also pay for his strength and quit because of this great drought. Now is also the time to summarize the achievements of Xining's Fa change in the past 4 years presided over by Wang Anshi:

Militarily, Xihe, Jinghu, and Yunnan won three great victories.

The root of Xining's reform also lies in the word "money". Through various new laws, the Song Dynasty's treasury tax revenue increased, and the royal treasury also rose sharply from the bottoming out state of the Ren and Ying dynasties. After 4 years, Gyeongbokgjeon will be divided into 32 storerooms, each full of money. Emperor Shenzong wrote a poem with four words and eight lines. Each one is named after one of the words, "Five seasons of lost pictures, and the fox is blazing." Yizu Zhaobang, thinking of punishment Ai. Set up an inner treasury to recruit soldiers. Great-grandson Baozhi, dare to forget the "five seasons that is, five generations, the Lynx originally refers to the northwest ethnic minorities in the Western Zhou Dynasty, here specifically refers to the Western Xia and Liao. Yizu is Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. The whole poem means that the late Tang Dynasty was in chaos. In five generations, the country lost its land, and aliens were rampant and bullied. Zhao Kuangyin founded the country in the midst of hardships and difficulties and regained his prestige. Punish the intruder. Therefore, the Inner Treasury Wealth was set up to recruit strong men. Now that it's my great-grandson, how dare I forget the long-cherished aspirations of my ancestors!

After the poem was written, the meaning was still unfinished, and there was more money. None of the 32 warehouses could fit in. The emperor wrote a poem of five words and four lines: "Every pious night and night, vainly obey the legacy." Gu Yu is not martial arts, He Richeng Rongjie "is to the effect that he sleeps sincerely and fearfully every night, experiences the will of his ancestors, and with his talent that is not heroic, when will he be able to reach his goal...

52 words, each of which is posted in a conspicuous place in each inner library...

The purpose of saying this is to prove the success of Wang Anshi's new law on accumulating wealth. Of course: the opposition will say that this is entirely the result of expropriation. The people are complaining! It's just that I have a lot of doubts: is this the complaint of the people or the complaint of you people?

No matter how you look at it, Wang Anshi should not lose his official position and resign at this time. Away from the Emperor. So how can this be? The answer is the weather!

At this time, the Song Dynasty was always said to be the pinnacle of scientific and technological civilization in China's feudal era. I'm also sure it's true. At least among the "four great inventions" that we have always been proud of, the compass, movable type printing, and black powder were all invented or matured in the Song Dynasty. Although it is very regrettable, this "four great inventions" that the Chinese people have always been proud of are not proposed by the Chinese, and it is estimated that in the real sense it is not in line with the main purpose of Chinese civilization.

The "Four Great Inventions" were first proposed by the British sinologist Joseph Needham. Compared with the countless inventions in China's 5,000-year history, he chose only these four because he was a Westerner. It's their taste.

The compass is good for navigation, so that Westerners do not get lost in the vast sea, so that they can move forward with a goal and reclaim the colony. It's great! Gunpowder made them invincible, and all cold weapons became waste. Let them create more than 100 people to conquer the Inca Empire, and more than 16,000 people to enter the miracle of Beijing, the capital of China, in 1900! Papermaking, movable type printing? These are all things of the rich and idle class, and they have nothing to do with the common people. Don't think that in the Song Dynasty, there were imperial examinations and civilians could become officials, so the whole nation could read and write. There are still illiterate people in China today!

Perhaps, the major inventions that can truly embody Chinese characteristics should be silk, tea, porcelain, and the like.

Okay, more gossip. In such an advanced and advanced Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty actually made some abnormal natural phenomena dizzy! The best opportunity to revive the country and defend itself against the great calamities of the future has been lost! Should you look up to the sky and smile? Or do you bow down and cry? Why were there so many confused bastards at that time, who cut down their own roots? To tell the truth: the people who cut it at that time were awe-inspiring, indignant, and full of righteousness! The reason for this is not only the precepts of ancient saints, but also the discovery of modern saints - the 4 words "the unity of heaven and man" are super classics, and I believe that every Chinese and even foreigners know the Tao...

It is all kinds of natural disasters that can be linked to the emperor, courtiers, politics, and the military. As for how it was hung up? The connotation is too rich and subtle. At that time, few people understood. So... All the "unity of heaven and man" is just human wishful thinking, but unfortunately there are always people who firmly believe in it!

It happened twice during the Xining years. For the first time, last year, the new law was in full swing in China, and Wang Shao, Zhang Dan, and Kumamoto fought a series of battles on the border, but suddenly there was an earthquake in Huashan, and the mudslide rolled down, and the disaster was quite small. This was immediately arrested by Wen Yanbo and others! Under the theory of "the unity of heaven and man", Huashan collapsed because the politics were dim, the people suffered, and God couldn't stand it!

With a macro basis, Wen Yanbo can also relate to the actual situation. He gave a recital to Shenzong, talking about what he saw and thought when he went out to relax in his spare time: that time he went to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense. Eguan Bo belt and wide robe came out of the main hall in a good mood, and walked to the nearby trade market by the way. He saw that in Xiangguo Temple and Yujie Commercial Bank, the staff of the City Yi Division were busy and busy. Maybe their attitude is too serious, which makes Wen Yanbo very unhappy, "The melon and fruit are small, the cone knife is a competition, and there is not much left for patents", how can I still have the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty? The result can only be to hurt the national system of our great country and centrifuge its own people. What's more, this place is very close to the embassy where foreign guests stay, so they will laugh at us when they see it!

How do you feel? If it is corrected according to what Wen Yanbo said, it is a swollen face and a fat man, the most contemptible despicable and vain psychology! Obviously, the foundation of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty is money! No money? It has long been swallowed by the surrounding tiger and wolf aliens! As a result, it is a shame to make money seriously!

At that time, the war was tense everywhere, and the emperor withstood the pressure, ignored it, and drove Wen Yanbo out of the capital.

But the second time, the emperor was the first to be afraid. From last year to now, it hasn't rained for more than 9 months! Check the history books: The scale of this drought is super large! Not only the entire north of the Great Song Dynasty, but even the greater north of the Great Liao Kingdom was also in a state of drought! It's just that the Liao State has a small population density, too vast territory, and is not a purely agrarian economy, so the response to drought is not as great as that of the Song Dynasty. In particular, they did not have such a "civilization" as the Song Dynasty, and they did not have enough "theoretical basis" to put the drought on the line and make it clear and clear.

Zhao Ji's character weaknesses are revealed at this time, and he should be careful when he wins, and always be on guard against the enemy's retaliation. When you are defeated, you have the courage to torture yourself, and without pressure from the enemy, you will escalate the possible consequences to the level of disaster. So no matter whether you win or lose, you are worried and worried all the time... And then he died on it!

In the face of drought, he didn't need to be reminded by his courtiers, he just chattered all day long, and when he caught a minister, he asked once, "Aiqing, did I do something wrong?" Shouldn't laws such as the Baojia Law, the Fangtian Average Tax Law, the Green Seedling Law, the Equal Loss Law, and so on all be abolished?"

After five years of New Deal reforms, the ministers all had some political experience. Except for his cronie Han Wei, who dared to persuade the emperor to issue an edict, the rest all bowed down and listened, their faces were heavy, and they never spoke. (To be continued......)