Mulberry picking

After the group of flowers, the West Lake is good, and it is red,

The flying flocculent is misty, and the weeping willows are dry and the wind is dry.

Sheng song scattered all the tourists to go, the beginning of the spring sky,

Hang down the curtains, and the double swallows return in the drizzle.

Appeal to the heart

In the early morning, the curtain rolls up with light cream, and you can try plum makeup.

All come from the hatred of separation, so the painting is far away and the mountains are long.

Thinking about the past, cherishing the flow, it is easy to become hurt.

Greasy songs are collected first, and if you want to laugh, it is the most heartbreaking.

View Antu

Thousands of miles of cars and books are mixed, and there is no other frontier in Jiangnan.

On the side of the West Lake, the first peak of Wushan Mountain.

Chapter 2: The general has thousands of mountains, and it is difficult for Danqing to leave a name

The top two poems were written by Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, from which it is not difficult to see the richness and elegance of the life of the Song officials, and you can also get a glimpse of the drunken dreams and deaths and stealing peace when the small court of Lin'an lived in a remote corner. Ouyang Xiuguan is the deputy history of the Privy Council, the governor of Pingzhang, equivalent to the prime minister of the dynasty, a high and powerful position, and the extreme of the ministers, which can be regarded as the epitome of the hundred officials of the Song dynasty. Ouyang Xiu's leisure time is good at ordinary pastimes, nothing more than watching flowers, birds, stones, playing and singing poems in ink, and describing the love and righteousness of men and women in the world, and the joys and sorrows are well described, and there are many sentences that have been handed down to the world. Song words are in their own vein, especially the two Song Dynasty are the most prosperous, all over the works of later generations, all of them use beautiful words, pay attention to rhyme, painstaking, windy flowers and snow moons, the hatred of the parting of men and women, and the resentment of having no way to serve the country. Is there no way to serve the country? Monarchs and ministers have no ambitions, compete with each other, and get by.

Looking at the history of China for thousands of years, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Dacheng era of the Central Plains; the Qin Emperor unified the six countries, and for the first time ended the disorderly separation of the Han people in the Great Central Plains, although it was short and strong; Gaozu became the general, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought in the south and the north, expelled the Xiongnu, and set the tone of China; the Later Han Dynasty was divided into the three kingdoms because of the chaos of the emperor's relatives and eunuchs, and the ministers were divided into the three kingdoms, and the Jin and Sui dynasties were short-lived; Li Zhao Er's clan occasionally won the Tang and Song dynasties, and they had no name, and it was easy to come by, and they did not cherish it** This proverb; five dynasties and ten kingdoms interspersed in the meantime, the Han Dynasty declined and flourished, and the Han family was divided into four parts, and it was taken advantage of by Outer Mongolia to unify it; after the Zhu clan won the world, but was trapped by arrogance and suspicion, the Jurchen revival, Li Zicheng was a small peasant and a lowly pawn who wanted to be born to the common people, and he had no great ambitions, causing Wu Sangui to enter the customs, and the Han family turned the sky again; the Qing court had struggled several times, and finally suffered humiliation because of its self-isolation and backwardness to the West. Looking at the general trend of the world, a long time must be together, and a long time must be divided. China is difficult, but the six dynasties of Qin, Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have been together in the world. The English word for China in present-day China actually comes from the image of the foreign countries to the Far Eastern Central Plains when the Khitans ruled the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The following poem is a narrative poem written by Wanyan Liang, the king of the East China Sea of the Dajin Kingdom, when he sat on the throne, when he saw the beautiful scenery sketch scroll where the small court of Lin'an lived, and heard the luxurious life of the Southern Song Dynasty emperor, he sighed that the things in the south were rich and healthy, and he was determined to unify the world. Compared with the immediate appearance, the pedantic ideology of Confucianism is deeply rooted and unshakable. The numbness of the traditional thinking of the Chinese people can be seen from this. Throughout the 5,000-year-old civilization, what the Han family has always lacked is only a progressive monarch, rather than loyal ministers and good generals, and heroic heroes. In fact, as early as in the "Historical Records", there was a concise description of the king's virtue: Knowing people is wise, and being able to be an official is a person. If you can calm the people, you will benefit, and the people will cherish it.

The two families of Jin and Song Dynasty formally negotiated peace in the third year of Dading, and Song Xiang Jin called him a nephew, giving 200,000 taels of coins and 200,000 horses of silk every year, and there was no major war between the two sides in the past 40 years. Of course, there are more than 100,000 people stationed along the Huai River for 16 years to deter and cut off the merits of the Xuzhou soldiers.

The first section is left and right

In the three years since he ascended the throne, the gold lord has been quite benevolent, implementing the strategy of truce and harmonious trade with the outside world, reducing rents and taxes at home, disarming and returning land, and reassuring the people and the army; ordering "the northerners to return to the north, the middle to the middle, and the southerners to the south" to gather talents from all over the world; to reduce the standing army in various localities and to use only talents; to reduce the privileges of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and to limit the military and political power to a few imperial brothers and close ministers.

In this way, they have offended many important ministers and generals of the court who were known to be fond of killing in the past, and who glorified their ancestors with their military exploits, especially those Jurchen nobles who stayed in Shangjing, were quite dissatisfied in their hearts, and did not hesitate to secretly collude and contact in order to keep the power of the past and the throne of the peeping emperor. There is a surging tide inside and outside the Yanjing Imperial City that wants to overthrow the current emperor and establish a new monarch.

The gold lord is not without vigilance, and does not serve to order all cronies to take important positions in various critical places, strengthen precautions, and secretly send his henchmen to the south to pass on the order to conquer the southern king Wanyan Boyi is ready to lead troops into Beijing at any time, and points out that it is necessary to bring Ren Tianqi to Beijing with him.

The old prince didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to the Tianqi camp by the Huai River to discuss countermeasures.

Ren Tianqi not only asked the old prince to send the remaining three Mongolian soldiers in that army to him as soon as possible, but also asked for a detailed record of the garrisons of all the border passes along the way from the mouth of the Huai River to the dragon vein in Shangjing, as well as a map of the towns along the road; he also asked the old prince to order Long Kemu to prepare 5,000 military horses, 100 boxes of fire mines, and 500 cans of Jiangnan fire oil at any time.

Ren Tianqi himself also made many preparations, sent a large number of secret agents to the various places where he passed through Yanjing, followed the example of the beggar gang to set up messenger flying pigeon stations in various places, and also ordered people to build a strong wooden bridge at the narrowest point of the Huai River, so that the military horses on both sides could be combined into one and uniformly dispatch and train as one; he also added cavalry armor, improved ordnance, strengthened the training of cavalry reorganization and various formation changes, and strengthened the training of bows, arrows and firearms; in particular, the personal soldiers who were transformed from the 3,000 mountain bandits and thieves strengthened the training of mountaineering and city climbing and short-weapon sneak attack operations; and the 5,000 fierce Mongolian troops were selected to take turns to fight and train with various units。

Although the whole army did not know where the army wanted to go, they knew that the war was coming, and the military achievements were in sight, and all of them were enthusiastic and uneasy; especially the 5,000 Mongolian troops who had been born and died with Ren Tianqi in the north for a long time, and their war achievements were impressive, and most of the generals not only turned over and got rid of their slave bodies and became masters, but also had a lot of property and a group of slaves, and settled down in Yangzhou, or Guangling Renjia's right village, and they were obedient to Ren Tianqi's orders, loyal, and eager to start a war as soon as possible.

Since returning to the bank of the Huai River, Ren Tianqi ordered people to build a temporary small village, so that the generals could have a fixed place to live and reduce the hardships of marching and fighting. Many generals brought their families, Ren Tianqi also received the girls from time to time, He Zhixia was the first to come with her children and stayed for a while.

On this day, Ren Tianqi was holding a pre-military meeting in the big tent to discuss the future strategy of Xuzhou troops, and all the generals were present. At this time, Ren Songyi's father and son and a little red Wen Tingyu had also returned to the army, each performing their duties.

At the moment, there are two opinions:

Ren Songyi and Yuan Ren thought that as the people of the Song family, the policy should be in line with the imperial court to unify the mountains and rivers, and advocated that when the foundation of the new emperor of the Jin State was not stable, the royal family was intrigued, and the people of Jiaodong rebelled, they could first ask the imperial court, and then lead the army to the northern expedition to recover the Huaixu land, and in the name of the Xuzhou army, stationed at the border to defend the country; and then go north one by one according to the situation, and collect Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jiaodong, in order to map the entire land of Qilu; and should strengthen themselves openly and honestly in the process of going north.

A little red then thinks: Tongyang Erzhou terrain is flat, there is no danger to rely on, easy to attack and not easy to defend, not enough for the foundation of Xuzhou soldiers, at the moment can borrow Xuzhou soldiers and the old prince Weng son-in-law is honey, Jin Qiang Song is dark, taking advantage of Lin'an does not dare to go north to use troops, and does not know the real time of Xuzhou soldiers, along the Huai River west to Jiankang, Jiangning, Haozhou and other mountains and hills to open up the road to Nanjing Bian Liang to open up the dead soil into the three caves of the cunning rabbit, in order to be used later, to protect themselves.

Ren Tianqi himself thinks that at present, he can only be sparse in the face, content with the status quo, proclaim himself a minister on both sides, not offend, fulfill his duties and be loyal, and maintain the status quo; secretly he can support the army and respect himself, with me as the main side, and neither side depends on it, but he can secretly seek an opportunity to defeat Yangtong and the two prefectures, force Lin'an to recognize, and then carefully regulate local public security, strengthen cultivation and weaving, send the army to the people, enrich the people and strengthen the army, and gather the hearts of the people; and he can also send more small groups of troops and soldiers to gradually infiltrate the north and west, set up a false strong people and violent villages, rob the Fule officials, control government affairs, hoard money and grain, accumulate soldiers, and help the people and the world, and set up a virtual chess game for later use。

Everyone couldn't argue, Ren Tianqi smiled indifferently, got up and came to the marching map, and gestured: "Generals, please look at the map here." The current situation of my Xuzhou soldiers is indeed very difficult, and it cannot be said that it is difficult to move forward. In the north, you can't cross the Huai River, and there are 200,000 elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom in Hebei; in the south, you can't jump over the Yangtze River, and on the opposite side is where the imperial court is located, and the slightest disturbance will be regarded as ill-intentioned, which will inevitably lead to the cutting off of grass and food, and the army will be overwhelmed; in the east, there is a vast sea, and there is no way out, but there are 10,000 Tongzhou soldiers; in the west, Yangzhou, there are 20,000 soldiers of Yingguiquan and our dogs, and I have him, and he has me, since it is not convenient for our department to develop and take action, and it is subject to all constraints; and then to the west, Jiankang, Jiangning, and Haozhou, there are about 50,000 soldiers of the imperial court。 Let's not talk about the 200,000 elite divisions of the Jin Kingdom on the other side of the Huai River, because there is no intention of going south in the near future, and the old prince also has the heart to take care of him, so he doesn't have to worry too much;

We are waiting for the supply of grain and grass in the hands of the imperial court, and there is no guarantee at any time. If there is no grain and grass, how can we talk about protecting the army, this is a shortage of grain and grass, and there is no capital.

I don't think so, what the imperial court is afraid of is only the 200,000 Jin garrisons behind us, and we want to use us if we don't want to offend.

The imperial court has garrisons in all states, why does it not send officers and soldiers to clean up the bandits and bandits in various places, and let them harm the people, in addition to the imperial court's inaction, the inaction of the officials and soldiers, and the collusion of officials and bandits, it is also the strategy of the imperial court to let our troops slowly lose and die for themselves.

In this way, our army is inferior, the grass and food are short, and the position is not right, there is no foundation, and the life is difficult, not only because there is no foothold in front of the people of the world and is disdainful, but also can not go north and west to force the action, so as not to protect themselves, only to pretend to be crazy and stupid, pretend to be content with the status quo to confuse the world. Ren Tianqi said indignantly.

The crowd of generals was agitated, filled with righteous indignation, and chaos became a mess.

Ren Tianqi pressed his hand and said with a smile: "Of course, as the saying goes: the mountain does not turn to the water, and the water does not turn to the people. Now there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, everyone see, among the 80,000 imperial court troops around him, Tongyang is the closest to the two soldiers, the 20,000 soldiers of Lord Ying are the strongest, and the Tongzhou soldiers are the weakest. And now both sides of the Jin and Song dynasties are counting on our troops to sit in the opposite side on their behalf, so the garrisons of Tongyang and the two states are all lightly armed, with many infantry troops, and both are underarmed; and the soldiers of Jiankang, Jiangning, and Haozhou are far from being able to reach within one or two, and because of the old prince, they will not try their best to come to help at that time, and our troops are just waiting for the opportunity to subdue the second army of Tongyang!"

Ren Songyi rushed forward and hurriedly said: "The veteran general thinks that it is absolutely impossible, the court treats me very well, on the contrary, it is unreasonable, and it is infamous for bringing disaster to the country and the people; this is the northern wing of the royal gold for the two states and my Xuzhou department, and the brothers and sisters are the northern wing of the imperial gold, and the foreign enemy is at present, how can there be a reason for internal strife to make outsiders happy? Besides, the hearts and grievances of the people in the world must not be considered, and justice and morality may not stand on our side, this matter must not be done, benevolence, righteousness, honor, loyalty and filial piety are important, and they must not be guaranteed, and they must not be worried!"

Yuan Ren also stepped forward and said: "The last general thinks that at present, our armaments, food and grass are all given to manpower, and there is no guarantee, and the war cannot last. And once we start a war rashly, if we can't win a quick victory, but once we drag the general, not only are the families of Yangzhou Guangling afraid of right and wrong, but it is also difficult to say that the imperial court will not use troops against us on a large scale, and surround me on three sides; at that time, with my army of 20,000 tigers and wolves, I will definitely not be able to afford it, and the losses will be exhausted; moreover, if we ask the old prince to send troops to help in times of crisis, and the personal relationship does not return to the country, it is difficult to say whether the owner of the money is gracious, and the people of the world do not think that my Xuzhou soldiers are recognizing the thief as their father, and then they will be the second in disguise, and they will definitely poke our backbone, scold our ancestors and other ancestors, and leave a 10,000-year-old Danqing infamy; not to mention that if the gold lord is willing to send troops to help, he will also take the opportunity to raise troops to invade the south, and it will inevitably provoke chaos in the world, and the rebellion will rise again, which is also contrary to our original intention. The last general implored the adults to think twice. ”

Ren Tianqi coughed lightly, and said with confidence: "Everyone knows about Li Gang and Yue Pengju in the previous dynasty, and the Jin people are all afraid and hateful of these two, and I also sigh to myself that I can not be so second-handed." But how did the imperial court deal with these two dukes? Since ancient times, loyal ministers have no good results! Looking at the current imperial court, there is not a single one in power in the main battle! They are all immersed in the wind and drunkenness, and they don't know what year the world is! After the general had been an official in the military department, he made great contributions to the imperial court, because he lost a little bit of the Xia army, and was arrested by the whole country, and then he was forced to hide in Shaolin, cut his hair and became a monk, and after a few years he was light; Since the world is not ancient, the discipline, etiquette and righteousness have collapsed and slackened, and the country can no longer be protected, then there is only one way to do it yourself, self-improvement and reading power to repair the army and protect the family.

As the Han people, who does not think of enthusiasm and meritorious service, and wait for the court to respond to the call of the people in a high place, and the whole country will work together to reproduce the majesty of the Han army, and be the second to defend Qinghuo? But the court is sluggish, and we are not allowed to wait for the people to be excited, and there is no place for heroes, what is the moral demand of this court? I am like blindly being loyal, like a moth to a fire, and bringing about self-destruction, although I am at peace in my heart, but I do not know the current affairs: the world is not the heaven of one person, the world is the world of the people, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world. In this way, at this time of turmoil in the world, it is not advisable to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country!

The people of the world do not have much needs, they just want to be fed and clothed, live and walk peacefully, and not be bullied. The way of Confucius and Mencius has not been adopted by the predecessors, so that there are Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties; future generations do not need to use it, there must be descendants to dominate the mountains and rivers. Is it true that we are higher than our predecessors and descendants? Otherwise, how can there be a change of dynasties, and when is there a time when a hero or heroic man has not taken advantage of the chaos to obtain it?"

Therefore, we can only support the army and respect ourselves, not for personal glory and wealth in private, only for the survival of these 20,000 soldiers, only to be able to maintain the peace of the people in the seventy-two counties of six states along the river, and only to do our best for the morality of the people of the world, and the hegemony we want to maintain is also the same.

Furthermore, what is wrong with the current saints of the Jin Kingdom? Strike the army to support the people, reduce the magnates, regardless of their background, and employ capable people, and consider themselves for the common people in the world. Although the Holy Lord of Wanyan is a Jurchen, his ancestors were also the people of the Han family, and he was never ashamed of the Han people, and he was also content with the law and lived endlessly. It's just that I, the Han people, later became unpopular and lost the country and lost tens of millions of people in the world. ”

Ren Songyi's face was also flushed, although he was unhappy in his heart, but he also felt that what Ren Tianqi said was not unreasonable, and he sighed in his heart that he was old, so he should not interfere in political affairs in the future, and let future generations go on their own. The old general didn't say anything, and the crowd didn't say anything anymore.

Ren Tianqi put away his smile and said: "After I waited for the incident, I didn't want to betray the imperial court, learn to be Liu Qi, and face the north to call the son, but just ask the imperial court to allow me to survive on this land, so as not to be used by others, and I don't have to let outsiders interfere in military and political affairs, we will obey the imperial court and protect the territory of the Jin and Song dynasties." Moreover, if he wants to requisition the big gold country, it is not impossible, but he must negotiate the conditions and remuneration. I think we can be counted as the second in Liangshan and Song Jiang, and act for the heavens, but we can't take the road of Song Jiang and recruit An. ”

When the generals saw that the matter had come to this, they all stepped forward and said, "It's all up to the adults." ”

Ren Tianqi said: "Therefore, the most important thing for the whole army at present is to go all out to strengthen its combat readiness and wait for an opportunity to seize the two prefectures of Tongyang; in terms of foreign strategy, it is clear that both sides are vassals, but in fact the north is to unite with the south and unite with the south to resist the north. ”