The day Jia Rudao led his troops from Lin'an was the sixteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Xianchun. The officials, students, and people who came to see off Lin'an City were discharged several miles on both sides of the road. As a literati, Jia seems to sit in a sedan chair. Although the sedan curtain was lowered and Jia Xianggong's dignity could not be seen, the send-off people kept cheering Jia Xianggong when they saw the sedan chair in front of them.

Even though he is 59 years old this year, Jia Yidao's hearing has not aged enough to hear such a huge cheer. Sitting in the sedan chair, Jia Yidao's hand gently stroked the collar, as if he wanted to remove the invisible noose there. Fame and fortune are like luscious poison, which is not enough when you taste it, and only when the effect of the medicine occurs does you realize that it has fallen too deep.

Since his family knows his own affairs, Jia Rudao now has to admit that there are no trustworthy generals in his hands, and admit that the battle of Ezhou, which brought him to the peak of power, is just a past that cannot be reproduced. But Jia Nidao didn't say so before, all his power lies in him hinting to others that as long as Jia Nidao is willing, he can have another battle of Ezhou at any time.

Many of the people cheering outside now are those who support Jia Nidao, and many are those who oppose Jia Nidao. Both supporters and opponents are genuinely believing in the promises made by Jia Rudao at this time. Their heartfelt cheers rang to Jia Xianggong's ears, making him feel as if there was a noose around his neck, slowly but inevitably tightening tighter and tighter.

Jia Xianggong felt that he was going to suffocate.

Zhao Jiali, the second son of Zhao Zhizhuo and his wife, was in the cheering crowd, no matter what his father and mother said, the second son of the Zhao family still chose to support Jia Xianggong. He even regretted that his parents actually left Lin'an with a large bag of things before Jia Xianggong sent out the army.

Zhao Jiali, who was moved by the rising psychology of the masses, burst into tears, and like the rest of the masses, Zhao Jiali shouted at the top of his throat: "Jia Xianggong! Wansheng! Jia Xianggong! Wansheng! ”

Unlike the second son Zhao Jiali, Zhao Zhizhuo and his wife did not have the slightest regret because they missed this expedition ceremony. For their disobedient second son, the couple didn't want to make it too eye-catching. As long as the old couple can leave first, with the strength of the third son Zhao Jiaren staying in Lin'an, they can easily get the young second son's family away.

The two of them didn't bring furniture this time, but just brought soft things. Taking a boat from the canal to Jiaxing Mansion, the two met their eldest son, Zhao Jiali. Zhao Jiali was forty years old at this time, and he had the calmness of an adult in his gestures. As soon as they saw such a reliable son, Zhao Zhizhuo and his wife felt much more stable in their hearts.

There were no outsiders in the house, and after the family sat down, Zhao Zhizhuo went straight to the point, "Da Lang, do you think your third brother will lose this time?" ”

From the founding of the Great Song Dynasty to the present, it has been 300 years, and there have been countless wars in between, so it is quite normal to talk about defeat. Zhao Jiaxin is an important cadre in Zhao Jiaren Group, and he has received confidential information at this time. Hearing his father ask this, Zhao Jiaxin's expression was quite embarrassed.

Among the three brothers of the Zhao family, the closest to their father Zhao Zhizhuo may be the second Zhao Jiali, but the one who can communicate deeply with his father is the eldest Zhao Jiaxin. Seeing the eldest son's expression, Zhao Zhichu said cheerfully: "Da Lang, if you have anything, you will talk about it." Your mother and I can get here, of course, because I believe in you. ”

Zhao Jiaxin received an order from Zhao Jiaren with flying pigeons, and the content was 'total retreat'. Every year, the Nautical Guild makes some 'plans', and every year they make an update to some or all of them. The general retreat is not to let Zhao Jiaxin decide for himself, but to carry out actions in accordance with the general retreat plan.

Thinking of the content of the total retreat, Zhao Jiaren replied in a heavy tone: "Dad, mother." The third brother thinks that this time he probably won't even be able to hold Lin'an. We must start a counteroffensive from Lingnan. ”

When he said this, Zhao Jiaxin not only spoke in a heavy tone, but also felt even heavier. If the Lin'an Imperial Court had 50% trust in Jia Nidao, the Navigation Guild would have about 150% trust in Zhao Jiaren. This is what Zhao Jiaren has obtained through his success for more than ten years. Because of this, Zhao Jiaxin sincerely hoped that Zhao Jiaren's prediction was wrong at this time, and Zhao Jiaxin sincerely hoped that the Lin'an Imperial Court would be able to defeat the Mongol army again, at least not to the point of surrender.

Zhao Jiaxin was in a heavy mood, Zhao Zhizhuo simply became angry, and he loudly accused the third son who was not present: "Nonsense! Saburo is just messing around! ”

Zhao Fu has always supported Zhao Jiaren, or she has always recognized Zhao Jiaren, the son who has always been by her side, and at this time, she can finally reasonably link Zhao Jiaren's judgment with Zhao Jiaren's action of going to the penal colony in Lingnan to become an official. The two depressed men in the room did not affect Mrs. Zhao's mood, and she asked, "Da Lang, your third brother wants you to send us back to Quanzhou, or to Guangzhou." ”

If he knew that his wife supported him so much, Zhao Jiaren should be very happy. But even if he doesn't know, Zhao Jiaren, who is in Guangzhou, has joys and worries in his heart. Even if it's only half, joy is still joy. Because no matter how Zhao Jiaren asks himself, he feels that he loves the Great Song Dynasty and Chinese civilization from the bottom of his heart.

In the Great Song Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Lixue, especially the set of things made by Zhu Xi, was considered by more than half of scholars to be 'pseudo-science'. In the Great Song Dynasty, the Three Principles and Five Constants were not called "Heavenly Principles" because of the view that they were hierarchical and did not become a shackle that imprisoned people's words and deeds.

After Yashan, Chinese culture has been declining. Zhu Xi's Three Principles and Five Constants are based on obedience under the relationship, and its core is 'subordination to righteousness' or unconditional obedience to the relationship between upper and lower levels. If he violates the feudal code of ethics, he is regarded as a "famous sinner". This statement distorts Confucius's theory of "kings, ministers, fathers, sons, husbands, and women".

The Yuan Dynasty did not engage in the imperial examination but completed the enslavement of Confucianism, and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, an uneducated guy, set Zhu Xi's set of science as the standard textbook for the imperial examination, and then formally established the era of ritual and murder.

It was not until the founding of the People's Republic of China that the idea of ritual murder really began to be destroyed by various social movements, and it was uprooted in an era when it was said that the lawlessness was so bad that the mud-legged people lived above the bureaucracy. Because in that era, there was such a person who brainwashed the mud legs through exercise to tell them that the laborers were the masters of the country.

Since then, the bureaucracy has wanted to maintain an absolute relationship between superiors and subordinates, and an absolute relationship of subordination. But the people have heard a person brainwash and say, don't just bury your head in pulling the car, but also look up at the road. Otherwise, the mud-legged people will suffer twice and suffer two sins.

When the 'disciple rules', 'filial piety classics', 'village sages' and 'reading the scriptures' suddenly became very popular, most of the people around Zhao Jiaren were very disgusted, because this was completely contrary to the education that everyone had received for decades.

If the Great Song Dynasty had not perished, perhaps China would have avoided this process of ritual killing, and perhaps could have entered an era familiar to Zhao Jiaren earlier.

The Great Song Dynasty has countless problems, and the Great Song Dynasty has reasons for its defeat, but Zhao Jiaren knows that he is willing to do everything to save the Great Song Dynasty. After thinking for a long time, Zhao Jiaren came to the conclusion that 'if you want to save the Great Song Dynasty, the Lin'an court must be destroyed'.

At this time, the process of the collapse of the Lin'an Imperial Court had undoubtedly begun, and Zhao Jiaren was of course happy, but at the same time, the other half of the emotions were pain. The Five Chaos of China, the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the fall of the Ming Dynasty caused too many deaths on all three occasions. All of them have greatly damaged the vitality of China. Even if Zhao Jiaren can defeat the Mongols in the future, he will not be able to save too many people. That general retreat plan was already the limit of what Zhao Jiaren could do.

forcibly suppressed those feelings that were useless, and Zhao Jiaren began to devote himself to work. The general retreat plan was based on the cotton business, and it was natural to persuade those big households. Perhaps because he belonged to the clay-legged class in New China, Zhao Jiaren felt that if the big families did not listen to persuasion, they would finally be destroyed in this terrible upheaval, at least they could reduce the difficulties of land nationalization in the future. It is the poor who really need to be transported.

In order to resettle the poor, in addition to mass vaccination, it is necessary to clean up the land on Quang Nam East Road and Cochin, and vacate it for those who are likely to move south. Zhao Jiaren can only intervene now in Jiaxing Mansion, Qingyuan Mansion, and Suzhou Mansion, these three places have a large population, even if they can transport two million people, plus the population of Fujian Road and Guangnan East Road, they can make about 100,000 and 200,000 troops.

With such a number of troops, a counteroffensive can be carried out.

While he was working, the attendant came to report, "Tai Lieutenant, there is a letter from Jia Xianggong's messenger." ”

Zhao Jiaren said without raising his head: "Got it." ”

Jia Yidao was very anxious, and until now, he sent a group of people to send official documents to Zhao Jiaren every five days. The content of the official document naturally asked Zhao Jiaren to put down all the work in his hands, quickly gather all his troops, and rush to Lin'an to fight for Jia Xianggong. For such an order, Zhao Jiaren just responded with a sentence of 'I know'.

In the past ten years, Zhao Jiaren has not given Jia Yidao a chance. If Jia Yidao could really put the country first and forcibly give Zhao Jiaren the title of military commander-in-chief to save Xiangyang, Zhao Jiaren would also take it. As long as Jia Rudaoken gave way, Zhao Jiaren would also do his best to destroy the Mongol army in Xiangyang. After such a heavy blow, Mongolia was unable to move south for at least ten years. Zhao Jiaren will take this opportunity to embark on another path of internal reform.

Since Jia Nidao did not choose this way, Zhao Jiaren could only let Jia Nidao continue to follow Jia Nidao's track. Of course, Zhao Jiaren believes that the battle situation may not be so unfavorable, and if Jia Yidao can still inflict another heavy blow on the Mongols, he will probably be able to make the battle stalemate.

But no matter what, that's Jia Yidao's own business. The cooperation with Jia Yidao has benefited Zhao Jiaren a lot, but there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and at the moment when the song is over, Jia Yidao has to be responsible for himself.