Chapter 3: Before the Storm
Morning. Yanfu Palace.
Linghu Xiu wandered here after returning from the next court.
He thought back to everything that had happened recently, and until now he still had the feeling of Zhuang Zhou dreaming of butterflies. It is not clear whether Zhao Xu got Ling Hu Xiu's memory, or Ling Hu Xiu possessed Zhao Xu's body.
His last memory in modern times was on the way home, and in the next second, he was in the emperor's body.
"I thought I would travel to the Ming Dynasty and possess Ling Hu Chong." He complained a little.
Immediately, he thought of the future of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The shame of Jingkang, Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song was taken captive to the Kingdom of Jin. The sense of responsibility brought by this body told him that he couldn't just call the Northern Song Dynasty doomed.
He paused and pondered the question of the Song Dynasty.
The problems of the Northern Song Dynasty can be divided into two parts: internal and external.
Externally, there was a border crisis: the threat of Liao and Western Xia.
Internally, there are three major problems: First, land annexation is serious. In the Han and Tang dynasties, the phenomenon of land annexation was often more serious in the middle and late dynasties, but the Northern Song Dynasty was different, the phenomenon of land annexation was very serious at the beginning, and the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty implemented the policy of "not suppressing annexation", which accelerated the process of land concentration.
The rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty pursued the land policy of "not establishing the land system" (referring to the failure to establish the land ownership system in the feudal state) and "not suppressing annexation" (referring to the annexation of land without interfering on the premise of recognizing private ownership of land), and connived at the landlord class to annex the land of the peasants. Therefore, the phenomenon of land annexation in the early Northern Song Dynasty was very serious, and in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, it reached the serious point that "the rich have a land of hope, and the poor have no place to stand".
Second: a peasant uprising. Due to land annexation coupled with official corruption. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many peasant uprisings.
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled
The last years of Song Taizong. There was a great drought in Sichuan and Shaanxi. The Song Dynasty imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the peasants could not bear it, and they forcibly purchased tea at low prices, and a large number of tea farmers lost their jobs. In February of the fourth year of Chunhua (993 AD), Wang Xiaobo, a tea seller in Qingcheng (now southeast of Guan County, Sichuan), gathered a crowd to revolt, and received a wide response to the call of equalizing the rich and the poor, with more than 10,000 people.
Song Jiang uprising
The first year of Xuanhe (1119). Song Jiang and 36 others gathered in Liangshanbo (now Dongpingnan, Shandong) and raised the banner to rebel. Later, he attacked everywhere, and the scope of activities was in Hebei and Shandong, and he successively attacked more than ten state armies. Xuanhe three years (1
Song Taizong period: Sichuan and Shu peasants (Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun) revolted
In the early years of Song Zhenzong: An uprising was held under the leadership of Yizhou soldiers (Wang Jun), and Yizhou (Chen Jin) soldiers launched an uprising
Song Renzong and Yingzong: There was an uprising led by Wang Lun, and an uprising led by Zhang Hai and Guo Miaoshan
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty: The peasants of Qingxi County, Muzhou, launched an uprising under the leadership of Fang La
The peasant uprising of Zhang Di in Hebei Luzhou, the uprising of Gaotuoshan in Wangxian Mountain, the local peasant uprising led by Sun Lie of Jinan Prefecture, the peasant uprising led by Wu Hu of Linyi in Yizhou, the peasant uprising led by Yang Tianwang of the Beijing Daimyo Mansion, the peasant uprising led by Prince Li of Yunzhou, the peasant uprising led by Xu Jin of Yizhou and Mizhou, and the peasant uprising led by Shuigushan (Liu Dalang).
Third: "redundant soldiers", "redundant expenses", and "redundant officials".
In order to alleviate the peasant resistance, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty used the method of recruiting and raising soldiers, resulting in a sharp increase in the number of soldiers and the formation of a redundant situation. Accompanied by redundant officials and redundant soldiers, plus a large amount of silver silk should be given to Liao and Western Xia every year. The economy is bankrupt.
Other than that. The rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty used the method of "dividing powers" to prevent the dictatorship of civil and military generals. The result is a redundant bureaucracy.
The three internal causes are cause and effect of each other, a vicious circle, pulling the Northern Song Dynasty all the way down, and finally it is over.
"So the main problem is the land economy. However, the reform was too sensitive, there were too many corrupt officials, the implementation was not in place, there were not enough competent officials, and if it was not done well, it would intensify the peasant uprising. Mess. Zhao Xu or Ling Hu Xiu sighed.
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At the same time, Zhou Zhou, Sun Hongmei, and the shaman were reading the classics of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in the Chongwen Academy. These books not only helped Sun Hongmei to cultivate the Biluo Huangquan Sutra, but also helped Zhou Zhou to cultivate the Dafa of karma.
Chongwen Yuan is the official office of the Song Dynasty to store books, and the east corridor of the courtyard is the Zhaoshu library; The south corridor is the Jixian Library; The west corridor is the library of the history museum (divided into four libraries: classics, history, children, and collections). There are more than 80,000 volumes of original and duplicate books. In addition, the collection of rare books was extracted to build a secret pavilion, and the "Inner Tibetan West Library" was set up to further expand the collection of books. In the eighth year of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, Chongwen Yuan caught fire and suffered serious losses. Since then, the collection has been collected one after another, and the collection has been restored. Renzong Jingjian, Wang Yaochen, Zhang Guan, Ouyang Xiu, Song Zhen, Song Qi and others were edicted to sort out the books and compile the "Chongwen General Catalogue", which recorded 30,669 volumes of four books.
Zhou Zhou and the others originally wanted to come here to find Daozang, and Sun Hongmei wanted to see if Daozang could inspire her cultivation, but when they arrived here, they found that "Wanshou Daozang" had not yet been compiled.
Emperor Huizong in the Zhenghe period, all over the world to search for Taoist books, carved prints, a total of 5,481 volumes, called "longevity Taoist collection".
And the person who is appointed to engrave the book is called Huang Shang. Huang Shang was born in 1044 and was only admitted in 1082 (at the age of 38), and he was a civil official. At the end of "Dragon Babu", when Xiao Feng, Duan Yuxuzhu and others retreated from the enemy at Yanmen Pass and became martial arts heroes, the 50-year-old Huang Shang was still "knowing Fuzhou", and Huang Shang, who had passed the age of the Mandate of Heaven, probably didn't think that he would have anything to do with martial arts, rivers and lakes in his life, but the world is so unpredictable.
Huang Sheng was 67 years old when he carved the book. Because he was afraid that the inscription of this Great Dao was wrong, the emperor would inevitably question him for capital punishment after discovering it, so he read it word by word and read it very carefully. Unexpectedly, after a few years of reading like this, he was actually proficient in the Taoism of the world, and because of this, he realized the profound truth in martial arts. He had no teacher and practiced internal and external skills, and became a master of martial arts.
"I don't think even if I read the Daozang, it's useless." Zhou Zhou stuffed a copy of "The Theory of Clubs" back into the shelf.
"Why?" Sun Hongmei asked.
"Isn't there a saying? The best way to understand a frog is not to dissect a frog, but to construct a frog. Therefore, Huang Shang was able to write the Nine Yin True Scripture not because he had read the Daozang, but because he had compiled the Daozang. Zhou Zhou said.
"The Biluo Huangquan Sutra also says that constructing the Hell Immortal Realm can increase understanding." Sun Hongmei said.
"Then we'll compile a Dao collection too?" Shaman asked.
"By the way, I will compile a compendium of Buddhist scriptures." Zhou Zhoudao.
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At the same time, Xingyang, Henan, Juxianzhuang.
Qiao Feng took Azhu to Juxianzhuang and begged the enemy of Hades, Xue Shenyi, to see Azhu, but was surrounded and suppressed by the heroes of Juxianzhuang, and in order to protect Azhu, Qiao Feng had to fight back.
On the eaves in the northeast corner, Laura and Rachel lay on the eaves and watched Qiao Feng kill in all directions below. They have already made up to look like Song people, with black hair and black eyes, but fortunately, the facial features of the two of them are soft, and they dress up like authentic Song people.
"His Kang Dragon is different from what we use, and it looks much stronger." Rachel Road.
Laura nodded, "Our dragon's roar is higher pitched and hoarse, while his dragon's roar is lower, thick and more powerful. It's only a subtle difference, but the effect looks much better, and according to his technique, he can magnify your telekinesis seventy times. …… We have already learned the disguise technique, there is no need to follow Qiao Feng anymore. “
"Why?" Rachel asked.
"Now there are only two important witnesses who know the whole truth about Yanmen Pass thirty years ago, the abbot of Shaolin and Murong Fu's father, Murong Bo. As long as these two people are protected, the plot will continue according to the original work, Qiao Feng knows the truth, his heart knot is untied, and he will not resent the Song Dynasty Wulin. In fact, he didn't resent it before, but pointed the finger at the leading brother. Laura said.
"Well, but what if the Pure Land team attacks Qiao Feng's girlfriend Azhu?" Rachel asked.
"It's not going to be easy. If we are divided into two teams, we always feel that the strength is weak and it is easy to be broken by each one. Laura said.
"Sister Laura, how did you forget that Horcruxes can communicate quickly with each other, and shamans can change shapes, so we can quickly assemble at any time. It's useless for us to turn the tiger away from the mountain or anything. Rachel said.
"Eh, how do you go around, we still have to follow Qiao Feng and Azhu." (To be continued......)
PS: Recently, I was watching the royal entertainment guide of the thief and the three idiots, and I was fascinated.