Chapter 124: The Great Song Dynasty
The moonlight was slightly brilliant, but Cao Ziheng couldn't sleep at all while lying on the bed.
This world has entered three or four days, but until now, Cao Ziheng has not figured out what kind of world this is.
In the past three or four days, the only thing Cao Ziheng has figured out is his identity and the current background of the times.
His surname is Zhao, and he is indeed a member of the Zhao and Song royal families, and he is still a very close member of the royal family, okay, this is the end of the Shenzong period, and the Song Shenzong Zhao Ji said that the end of the period is because the emperor is dying.
And he, named Zhao Xiaohe, is the son and only son of Zhao Yan, the half-brother of the current emperor Zhao Ji.
There was a reason why he woke up that day and the conversation and helplessness of his cheap parents, Zhao Ji was only in his forties this year, and now, he was terminally ill and his life was short.
Originally, an emperor who was not related to him, whether he died or not was nothing to Cao Ziheng.
Seriously, for the emperor of Zhao and Song, Cao Ziheng is probably the least favorable among the Han emperors, and in the Song Dynasty, the Han people are too embarrassed, and they are almost pressed and beaten by foreign races.
Other dynasties, not to mention the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, even the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, even the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Han people were victorious and defeated.
Later generations said that the Song Dynasty itself was weak, from the emperor to the courtiers were all courageless, Cao Ziheng heard these legends and believed them, so he did not have a good impression of the Song Dynasty.
However, after coming to this world for three or four days, Cao Ziheng found that many things were different from what he had heard.
Not to mention the others, it is this Zhao Ji, who is about to die, has wanted to counterattack Western Xia several times and recapture the land in the northwest.
And now the ministers of the court, although they are the same as the legends of later generations, the ministers lead the soldiers and horses, but those ministers are not weak, and there are not many people who are strong and iron-clad.
Seriously, the death of such an emperor, especially when Cao Ziheng thought that the later emperor of the Song Dynasty probably did not have the same iron-blooded hawk as Zhao Ji, which made Cao Ziheng feel a little uncomfortable.
There is no one in this world who is not patriotic, even if this is the Song Dynasty, even if this is the martial arts world, but everyone here is a Han person, a Han person of the same clan as Cao Ziheng.
If there is the slightest possibility, even if there is no system task or anything, Cao Ziheng also thinks that the Han people can defeat those barbarians.
And Zhao Ji's death is not the most terrible thing, what is even more terrifying is that Zhao Ji's eldest son is only a teenager this year, and Zhao Ji's mother, Queen Gao is a strong woman, if Zhao Ji dies, it is estimated that Queen Gao will definitely listen to the government.
Cao Ziheng is certainly not a historical expert, but he has also vaguely heard that there was a queen in the Song Dynasty who listened to the government, and the consequences were quite bad.
It seems that it was the only small stain on the interior of the Song Dynasty royal family.
This incident made Cao Ziheng a little uncomfortable, although he repeatedly told himself that this was just a martial arts world, and he was just a passerby.
However, when he thought that after Zhao Xu's death and Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne, there might be an old lady who would listen to the government, and then the Northern Song Dynasty was taken to the ditch, Cao Ziheng couldn't help but feel stuffy in his chest.
Zhao Ji is a hawk, this may be the last hawk emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Cao Ziheng got up from the bed, he couldn't sleep, as long as he closed his eyes, he could think of Zhao Ji, who was about to die, and the Song Dynasty, which was about to enter the cowardly Song Dynasty.
Of course, Cao Ziheng at this time never knew that according to normal history, Zhao Ji would have died as early as thirty-eight years old, and he himself did not exist.
Zhao Yan's half-brother Zhao Yan died early in history.
Well, in this world, Zhao Yan is not dead, and Zhao Yan is not dead for the time being.
Cao Ziheng walked out of the house and walked down the corridor to a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, saying that it was a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, but in fact it was just a small lotus pond, but the summer night was quiet, but this lotus pond was also quiet.
Later generations analyzed the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty, there were statements such as redundant officials and excessive taxes, and there were countless ridicules, saying that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was stupid here and stupid there, but Cao Ziheng knew that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was not stupid these days.
In fact, as early as Zhao Ji's grandfather's generation, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty began to solve the problem of redundant officials, and he did achieve some results.
Similarly, in the past few days, Cao Ziheng has been constantly learning about the history of this era, and he also knows that this is actually the best era of the Song Dynasty.
Decades ago, Fan Zhongyan, Di Qing, Bao Zheng and other famous ministers took care of the inside and outside of the Great Song Dynasty in an orderly manner, and in recent years, Wang Anshi, Zhang Dan, Sima Guang and others are also talented.
This is indeed the best era of the Song Dynasty, there is the best talent reserve of the Song Dynasty, and at this time, the Song Dynasty was still strong, and the national strength was thriving.
As for the military strength, the Song Dynasty at this time was even stronger, and the Western Army of the Song Dynasty in later generations already existed at this time, and the Yang family, the Zhe family, the Gao family and other generals were also fully armed.
If Zhao Ji can live a few more years, will he be able to defeat Western Xia and Khitan and dominate the country?
Cao Ziheng sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the moon was bright, but he looked at the moonlight in the sky but was just extremely annoyed.
"The little prince's injury is not well, it's better to pay more attention to rest."
At this moment, a warm voice sounded, Cao Ziheng looked up, above the corridor, a middle-aged man was slowly coming, this is a man with an extremely bookish atmosphere, but although the bookish atmosphere is strong, Cao Ziheng can subconsciously feel that this person is more wordless and powerful.
This is a martial artist, and he is also an extremely strong martial artist.
This person should be practicing Taoist martial arts.
In an instant, two conclusions had appeared in Cao Ziheng's heart, and his gaze at this man was more serious, such a master could not be unknown, and as long as he was famous, Cao Ziheng would have the opportunity to figure out what kind of world this world was based on his name.
"Who is this gentleman ......?"
Cao Ziheng got up and saluted the man with a questioning look.
The Song Dynasty is estimated to be the most polite in Chinese history, and it is also the most people-friendly era of the royal family, not to mention the royal family calling each other, most of them are commoners, the emperor calls his son, what is more, such as Zhao Yan is called Cao Ziheng, it is He'er, if there are many brothers, the simpler name is direct, for example, the third brother is the third brother.
Except for formal occasions, there was no difference between the royal family and commoners in the Song Dynasty.
And the royal family of the Song Dynasty is probably the most unscrupulous royal family, except for the disadvantages in treating the martial arts, it is called polite to the literati, Wei Zheng scolded Li Shimin and was praised by later generations purely because of Li Tang's strength, you try to let Wei Zheng take Li Shimin's son-in-law, and see if Tian Khan will go berserk.
In the Song Dynasty, Bao Heizi gave him a horse, and in the end, he continued to be his official, and he was still a high-ranking official.
When Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were torn apart, the new party and the old party were simply incompatible, but no matter which side had the advantage, the other side was demoted.
Even if the emperor no longer likes the other party's crooked plans for himself, at most he can't see it.
This is the Great Song Dynasty.
This is a dynasty where the emperor will be sprayed by the ministers, as for the prince, well, there will be a person who dares to punish you when you commit a crime at any time, as for the little prince, then hehe, you better be polite.
"Xiaguan Huangshang, I've seen the little prince."
The middle-aged man walked up to Cao Ziheng and said politely, of course, it was polite, but in fact it was just ordinary, but he didn't look at a loss because Cao Ziheng was the first to see the salute, but his expression remained the same, just the same polite return salute.
Well, the title this person said made Cao Ziheng find a reason why the second Song Dynasty was better than the Tang Dynasty.
During the Li Tang Dynasty, carp was not edible, and a Li should be avoided, and it was the period of Tian Khan, and the word Shi was also forbidden by ordinary people, even Xu Shiyun could only remove the word in the middle, and then you would try to name it 'Emperor', and see if you would be caught and beheaded in minutes.
"Long admiration, long admiration."
Cao Ziheng hugged his fists perfunctorily, Huang Shang, the emperor, you really dare to name it, it's just that just after two perfunctory sentences, Cao Ziheng's expression was suddenly stunned.
Yellow clothes.
"I see that Mr. has enough breath between walking, and it seems that he has a stunt, I don't know if Mr. has ever practiced martial arts."
Cao Ziheng looked at Huang Sheng and asked politely.
In the past few days, Cao Ziheng has also more clearly understood the erroneous perception of the Song Dynasty in later generations.
Cao Ziheng in later generations is not clear, but in the early Northern Song Dynasty, civil and military were actually not separated, a few decades ago Fan Zhongyan, and now Zhang Qi are all-rounders who pay equal attention to both civil and military, and in the uncertain later generations, there is actually Yue Fei, such an existence of both civil and military.
Moreover, according to the understanding of the past few days, the soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty can actually be called professional soldiers, they do not produce, only responsible for fighting, as for the tattoo of the word does exist, however, unlike the prisoner's tattoo, the soldier's tattoo does not necessarily need to be on the face, but any part of the body.
Therefore, at this time, Cao Ziheng asked Huang Shang if he had practiced martial arts, and unabashedly revealed his interest in martial arts, but it did not make Huang Shang think much about it.
"Xia Guan has never practiced martial arts, but when he was reading Taoist books in his early years, he realized some Taoist methods of practicing qi and maintaining health, and after decades of practice, he has also made his body a lot stronger."
Huang Sheng blinked his eyes and said very casually, this is not pretending, but it is the highest level of pretending, because what Huang Sheng said is indeed the truth.
"System, can I query the attributes of Huang Shang."
Cao Ziheng secretly opened his mouth to the system depressedly, reading Taoist books can realize peerless martial arts, I am afraid that this girl is unprecedented throughout the ages, even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, those top martial arts wizards can only understand something by looking at animals, or looking at mountains and rivers, but Huang Shang is a book, all by imagination.
This understanding should be a little bit, and it will not be beyond the limits of human beings.
"Sorry, the current level of the host is not enough to query other people's attribute points."
The system's voice sounded monotonously, with the same feeling of toothache, and he was obviously quite speechless for Huang Shang.
Well, probably this guy Huang Shang is the same as the system, and he is also a cheater.
"The little prince's injury has not healed, it is estimated that he will be a little depressed at night and unable to sleep, Xiaguan has some methods of breathing and breathing, the little prince may wish to learn, maybe it can have a little effect."
Huang Shang's voice sounded again, and Cao Ziheng, who was depressed, suddenly shook his expression.
What's the situation, is this the great fortune working again, Huang Sheng took the initiative to instruct.
"So, thank you, Mr. Huang."
Although he was extremely excited in his heart, he didn't dare to be negligent in etiquette, and Cao Ziheng respectfully saluted Huang Shang.
"The prince invited the lower official to come this time for the little prince's injury, so the little prince doesn't need to be polite, but it's a pity that the lower official is only shallow after all, and there are many ways to prolong life in the Taoist book, and the lower official has nothing to gain, sigh ............."
With a long sigh, deep helplessness and regret appeared on Huang Shang's face, but these words and expressions made Cao Ziheng slightly stunned, and then guessed something.
"Mr. Huang, Your Majesty is really, really ............ today."
Cao Ziheng hesitated and said, Cao Ziheng still remembers the information of Huang Shang, Zhuang Yuanlang, and he has been a big official, obviously, he was also invited to save the emperor, and it is estimated that it is just by the way to save him.
"If there is any possibility, the lower officials are willing to exchange their lives for the lives of the official family, if the official family can prolong their life for ten years, the Western Xia will be able to be peaceful, if the official family can prolong their life for twenty years, I am afraid that the Khitan can also be peaceful, but it's a pity, it's hateful, it's a pity, it's a pity."
Huang Shang turned around, his eyes looked at the sky, and a trace of sorrow to the extreme spread from him.
Cao Ziheng's mind was slightly in a trance, and his body suddenly fell backwards, and his consciousness had completely dissipated for a while.
"The lower official was in a mood for a while, and asked the little prince to atone for his sins."
A hand slammed over Cao Ziheng's back, and a warm breath penetrated, Cao Ziheng's head immediately sobered up, and Huang Shang appeared with an apologetic face.
Looking at this face, Cao Ziheng couldn't help but want to laugh for a while.
The Nine Yin True Scripture that has been circulated in later generations has the so-called Soul Shifting Dafa, which has been used by Yang Guo in the Condor and Huang Rong in the Condor Shooting, but at most, it is similar to hypnosis, but it is a powerful hypnosis.
And just now, Huang Shang just let out his breath and made Cao Ziheng lose his senses, which is far from being explained by hypnosis.
"Mr. Huang, there are many strangers in the people, you say, will there be strangers in the rivers and lakes who can cure Your Majesty?"
Cao Ziheng took a deep breath and asked, this is the Great Song Dynasty, he is the little prince, unlike any other dynasty, the prince has the right to be an official in the Song Dynasty.
At this moment, the only thing that Cao Ziheng thought of in his mind was Zhao Min in the Yitian World.
Commanding the rivers and lakes on behalf of the imperial court.
This is the world of martial arts, the change of dynasty may not be without the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and the war, the people in the rivers and lakes may not be able to play a great role.
"Perhaps, there will be."
Huang Sheng groaned, and then spoke.
This is the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the era of suppressing military attachés, but not discriminating against military attachés, martial artists still have status in this era, and Huang Shang naturally does not have the arrogance of a literati, but is extremely honest and open.
Cao Ziheng's eyes slowly began to light up.
And no matter what the task, he needs to go to the rivers and lakes, even if he can't save Zhao Ji, but he also has to do something for the Great Song Dynasty and integrate this martial arts. (To be continued.) )