228 The Emperor's Dream
When Meng Xiuyuan heard Huang Gongzi's words, he couldn't help but be surprised.
He was so devoted to practicing that he forgot that there was such a thing as the Song Liao War among the Heavenly Dragons.
Compared with the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the previous life, although the Northern Song Dynasty in this life is not very peaceful, at least the overall social environment is stable.
Therefore, Meng Xiuyuan has been active in the small circle of rivers and lakes for more than ten years.
Although he also came into contact with the Dali royal family and the Western Xia royal family, most of them were just doing things with them as a person in the martial arts.
At this moment, Huang Jinyu suddenly mentioned the things in the Great Song Dynasty, which reminded Meng Xiuyuan of some fragmentary memories.
However, after all, it has been a long time, and many things are not remembered clearly, Meng Xiuyuan simply asked this Huang Jinyu:
"Huang Gongzi, I have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I don't know many things.
I listened to your words, as if I had some opinions about the current emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
Can you tell me what's going on? ”
When Huang Jinyu heard this, she was hit by her emotions, and immediately replied like a cannon.
"Engong, you are really asking the right person this question.
You're not in the court, so you don't know a lot of things.
This little emperor Zhao Xu is simply perverse, mediocre and incompetent......"
Because his father was dismissed and exiled, this Huang Gongzi was very resentful of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and now that he was in the Dali realm, his words were even more unbridled.
Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan, a chivalrous man who didn't understand government affairs, asked about the Great Song Dynasty, he only felt that no matter what he said, the other party would believe it, so he couldn't help but criticize it bluntly:
"Actually, when the little emperor's father, Emperor Shenzong, was in power, it was a headache, and he had to let Wang Anshi's group make any changes, and they had to fight with Western Xia.
Messing around, not to mention making a mess of the Great Song Kingdom, and finally suffered a big defeat.
My father was upright and upright, and he never agreed that they violated the laws of their ancestors, so they were divided into the 'old party' and were not reused.
Fortunately, after the death of Shenzong, the little emperor was only nine years old and could not govern in person, and the descendants of Empress Gao were in charge of the court.
Although this Empress Dowager Gao is a daughter, she is much wiser than the father and son, and she can be called the female Zhongyao Shun, and she knows that the so-called 'reform' and 'new deal' are all ways to control chaos.
As soon as Empress Dowager Gao took power, she worshiped Sima Guang as the prime minister, restored the law of the ancestors, and did her best to implement the government of Renzong, and banned all the chaotic policies proposed by Wang Anshi's 'new party'.
My father also started at that time, returning to the mainstream of the court and showing his talent.
In this way, the world has been peaceful for eight years, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment......"
Speaking of which, this Huang Gongzi was already dancing with his eyebrows, and he was obviously completely immersed in it.
However, his wife, who was sitting next to him, shook her head secretly, and then stealthily pulled the hem of Huang Jinyu's clothes, and whispered:
"Engong asked you about the current Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, what are you doing so far.
Let's talk about something important...... Don't get too excited. ”
This woman is obviously also from a good background and quite knowledgeable, and she is afraid that her husband's subjective evaluation will disgust Meng Xiuyuan, so she reminded vaguely.
No, this Huang Gongzi Xu has been depressed for a long time, and suddenly opened the conversation box at this time, and because he felt quite safe in front of Meng Xiuyuan, a "great knight", he didn't care at all, and immediately shook his hand and waved away his wife:
"What do you know about this woman, I don't explain the background clearly, how can Engong know the mediocrity of the little emperor?
Okay, I'll talk to Eun Gong, don't you interject......"
As he spoke, he turned to Meng Xiuyuan again and said with a sad face:
"The weather is unpredictable, and since a few months ago, all these good days have been gone.
Empress Dowager Gao died of a serious illness, and the little emperor was in charge of the government.
He was exactly the same as his father, Emperor Shenzong, thinking about unrealistic things such as 'changing the law' and 'reform'.
And compared to Shenzong, this eighteen-year-old little emperor was more ambitious and impatient.
What is the Qingmiao Law, the Exemption Law, the Armor Protection Law, and those new policies in Wang Anshi's period, all of which he picked up again.
It is nonsense to say that we want to reduce taxes for the people and clean up redundant bureaucrats.
The emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and the scholars ruled the world together, this is the foundation of the country set at the beginning of the founding of the country, if the officials are not living a good life, can the people live well?
But this little emperor is stubborn, and he has some resolute methods.
In just a few months, he changed his era name, and demoted hundreds of people from the 'old party', so that the court was in chaos.
My father devoted himself to the country and did his best, but he was dismissed from office just because he did not support his new policy.
Engong, tell me, can such a mediocre emperor who insists on going his own way and is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery be able to govern the country well?! ”
This Huang Gongzi said excitedly, and he looked distressed and worried about the country.
Meng Xiuyuan listened, but he only smiled slightly, noncommittal, and asked him again:
"Huang Gongzi, the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty went to war, but it was also the reason for the Great Song Emperor?"
Huang Jinyu immediately nodded, and said seriously to Meng Xiuyuan:
"What Engong said is good, the reason why there is this disaster is indeed caused by the little emperor.
Originally, a few years ago, my Great Song Dynasty gave enough coins and cut some land to the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, and they were already satisfied and did not come back again.
As soon as this little emperor took power, he was going to reorganize his armaments, replace the generals of the previous main peace, and appoint the generals of the main battle faction to lead the army.
In such a situation, how could the Liao State turn a blind eye?!
If you want me to say, this military disaster, countless soldiers and people lost their lives innocently, and they were born with great crimes, all of which are blamed on the head of the little emperor Zhao Xu......"
At this point, when Huang Jinyu was talking energetically, his youngest son, who was less than three years old, suddenly cried next to him, interrupting his voice.
When his wife saw this, she hurried to coax him, but the little boy did not get any better, but cried more and more.
After all, he is a father, although this Huang Gongzi is talking about Xingtou, he has to confess to Meng Xiuyuan, and turn to take care of the child together.
Seeing this, Meng Xiu couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and quietly glanced at Huang Jinyu's wife twice.
Of course, this is not to say that Meng Xiuyuan has Cao Cao's ambitions and is crooked, but he just thinks it is interesting, and secretly says that this woman is not simple.
Because he saw it just now, the reason why the child suddenly cried was actually that the beautiful woman secretly pinched the child's buttocks. Her movements were concealed and decisive, if it weren't for Meng Xiuyuan's kung fu, it would be difficult to notice.
Obviously, it was this woman who guessed through Meng Xiuyuan's thoughts, knowing that this bengong would not agree with his husband's views on political affairs, and was afraid that Meng Xiuyuan would be disgusted by this, so she deliberately interrupted Huang Jinyu's gushing complaints in this way.
However, Meng Xiuyuan himself didn't care too much about Huang Jinyu's words, after all, his father had just been dismissed, and he was a good Bianliang noble son, and it was normal to have some resentment if he wanted to come to Dali with his family to make a living at this time.
On the contrary, his descriptions did make Meng Xiuyuan recall a lot of things, which can be regarded as helpful.
At this point, Meng Xiuyuan really has nothing to talk about with this family of four. After a few sips of wine and food, he got up and said goodbye.
Although Huang Gongzi was worried in his heart, he didn't know if Meng Xiuyuan would be able to find those belongings for him as promised, but it was not easy to stop him, so he could only lead his wife and children to thank Meng Xiuyuan again.
When Meng Xiuyuan walked out of the inn, he could hear that in the room on the second floor, Huang Gongzi and his wife were already arguing, and the sound of children crying came from the room.
He smiled slightly, shook his head, and immediately turned to leave.
……
This Huang Gongzi's lost belongings, Meng Xiuyuan helped him find them. It didn't take half a day to do what was easy, and Meng Xiuyuan was unwilling to say anything and didn't believe it.
After Meng Xiuyuan said goodbye to this Huang Gongzi again, he immediately changed his mind, temporarily put down the plan to go to the Immortal Changchun Valley, and turned eastward, going straight to the Great Song Dynasty.
After all, in this life, due to the appearance of Meng Xiuyuan, there have been many changes in the world line, and the fate of the three brothers Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xuzhu has undergone many changes from the original established path.
Under such circumstances, the battle of Song and Liao was not so easy to end.
Although Huang Jinyu's series of words were quite emotional before, there is one thing that is right, that is, if Song Liao starts a war at this time, the people and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
If Meng Xiuyuan was in retreat and cultivation in the Kunlun Green Valley, he would not know about it. Now that he's heard about it, there's no reason why he shouldn't bother.
If not, I am afraid that it will be difficult to settle down afterwards.
However, before going to Guanwai, Meng Xiuyuan wanted to take a trip to Bianliang, Tokyo, to meet the young but ambitious little emperor.
Meng Xiuyuan was a science student in his previous life, and he was not a history buff, so he didn't know much about the Northern Song Dynasty.
But just now, inspired by Huang Gongzi's words, he still remembered a lot of key things.
For example, based on the time of the death of the Empress Dowager Gao, in less than forty years, the reign of the Northern Song Dynasty will end after experiencing the "shame of Jingkang".
The country was destroyed, the mountains and rivers were shattered, and the people were humiliated and slaughtered under the iron heel of the enemy.
Although by that time, Meng Xiuyuan was naturally no longer in this world, and even many people he knew had already died. But as a Han son, he still wants to do something about it.
With Meng Xiuyuan's kung fu at this time, it would not be a problem to go to the Jurchen tribe and assassinate that Wanyan Agu.
It can be that in such a situation as the Song Kingdom, if the national conditions are not changed, even if there is one less Jin State, it will inevitably die at the hands of other northern foreign enemies.
Only by making the country strong and having the strength to protect itself can it be stable for a long time.
Meng Xiuyuan has no talent to govern the country, and he can't stay in this world for long, so he can't personally do the things of strengthening the country and protecting the people.
Fortunately, this Huang Gongzi gave Meng Xiuyuan a wake-up call.
This little emperor Zhao Xu is a very critical breakthrough. Meng Xiuyuan remembered that this should be the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty who had the ability to change the fate of the country.
Zhao Xu, who ascended the throne at the age of ten in history and died of illness at the age of twenty-five, the temple name is Zhezong, and he is an out-and-out young son of heaven.
In his life, he was in power for only seven years, but he did a lot of achievements.
Restart the Battle of Hehuang, take over the Qingtang region, and launch two battles of Pingxia City to make Western Xia surrender.
The abundance of martial virtue of this Song Zhezong can be regarded as rare in the entire history of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Moreover, he obviously saw the shortcomings in the Great Song Dynasty, so like his father, he insisted on reforming the law.
Although he was dragged down by the party struggle between the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty under his command, after he restored the Baojia Law, the Exemption Law, and the Qingmiao Law in Wang Anshi's reform, it can be regarded as reducing the burden on the peasants and improving the country's situation.
In general, this is an emperor who has both ambition and ability, and his personality is still very strong, which is completely different from the second emperor of Huiqin behind him.
There is a shortcoming, that is, he has always been frail and sickly, he had hemoptysis and other chronic diseases when he was young, and after ascending the throne, he was not a woman and did not care about his body, so that he died young and died young, and he did not have time to display his skills and ambitions.
Meng Xiuyuan was the people of the Great Song Dynasty at this time, and he also wanted to help him.
……
Half a month later, Bianliang Palace, Chongqing Palace.
When the little emperor Zhao Xu corrected the twists, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing outside the hall, and then felt a little sleepy, and unconsciously lay down on the dragon case and fell asleep.
In the dream, the little emperor saw an outdoor peach orchard, with green grass, birds singing and flowers, indescribably pleasant.
The strange thing is that in his dreams, he can still feel a gust of fresh wind blowing, blowing up and down his body, slowly pouring in from the pores of his mouth and nose.
At first, he was a little panicked by this vision, but after a little more time, he realized the benefits.
Every time the breeze blew, he only felt that his body was washed from top to bottom, and it was unspeakably comfortable.
He was born for eighteen years, most of the time he spent in weakness and pain, he had never felt like this, and he couldn't help but indulge in it.
I don't know how long it took, the last breeze blew, and the scenery of birds and flowers in front of him gradually dissipated, Zhao Xu suddenly felt a pain in his back, and immediately woke up and suddenly got up from the dragon case.
And the first time he opened his eyes, he saw that there were suddenly three more handwritten books on his desk, each with a title on the cover.
A book "Wu Mu's Testament", a book "Liaoyuan Marksmanship", and a book "Health Tips" are all things he has never seen.
"What's going on? Who is it?! ”
Zhao Xu was shocked when he saw this scene, and subconsciously stood up and got up, but he didn't want to kick his legs, so he jumped three feet high.
This kind of action, although it is not vigorous among the heroes of the rivers and lakes, but in this Zhao Xu, who has been sick and weak since childhood, it is an incomprehensible miracle.
Pinching his legs blankly, and feeling a surge of air in his body, bringing unprecedented relief, Zhao Xu couldn't help but think of the gust of wind blowing in his dream just now.
How could a man as shrewd as he could not guess what was happening, and hurriedly put away the three handwritten booklets and placed them under the thick folds.
At this time, the eunuch in the corner of the main hall woke up from his dream, thinking that he had made a big mistake by dereliction of duty, and hurriedly confessed his guilt in front of Zhao Xu:
"Your Majesty......"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Xu:
"You go outside and ask the guards, have they seen anyone enter this Chongqing Palace?
Don't make a statement, ask privately is ......"
When the eunuch heard this, he panicked, and he didn't know what the emperor's intentions were, but he didn't dare to disobey his order and left in a hurry.
Half an hour later, the eunuch came back to report, only to say that the guards near the hall had asked once, and no one had seen anyone come to this Chongqing Palace, not even a bird had ever flown off.
Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this, and didn't speak again, but pinched the three books hidden in his sleeve robe a little tighter.
I have been thinking about this part for a long time, and I feel that I should explain it.
It's been as brief as possible.
If there is a brother who doesn't like it, please be merciful.
(End of chapter)