Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

"Emperor Taizu is here?"

In Han Cheng's study, he looked at Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, who appeared along with the light gate.

Han Cheng greeted him with a smile.

This time, there were only three people in the study.

One is Han Cheng, one is Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and the other is Prince of Qin Zhu Chong.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not come this time.

The reason for this was that Zhu Yuanzhang had some things to deal with.

And as for Zhu Yuanzhang, he had met Zhao Kuangyin before.

And he also said so many words to Zhao Kuangyin.

I saw Zhao Kuangyin’s defense break.

For this reason, it was not so surprising that Zhao Kuangyin came for the second time.

Of course, the main reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang was very ambitious and didn't want to waste any more time.

Moreover, in his opinion, the candlelight and axe sound, the thing that could most stimulate Zhao Kuangyin, had passed.

We also saw how Zhao Kuangyin dealt with Zhao Guangyi after he returned.

For him, that was enough.

Of course, this is also because he knew that even if Zhao Kuangyin came, it would take a long time for Han Cheng to tell him about the Jingkang Shame.

There's no need for him to keep waiting here.

You can deal with some things first and then come back.

This was not the first time Zhao Kuangyin had come here, so he was only slightly distracted and reacted immediately.

He saluted Han Cheng, Zhu Biao and others.

Thanks to Han Cheng and Zhu Biao for telling me those things.

If it weren't for what Han Cheng and the others said, he would never have thought that Zhao Guangyi, this bastard, would dare to do such a thing!
The emperors who succeeded the Song Dynasty were so cowardly!
If he had listened to Han Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang telling him about the future of the Song Dynasty before.

He still had some disbelief in his heart.

But now, that disbelief is completely gone.

Zhao Guangyi used his life to prove that Han Cheng and others did not tell any lies.

If it wasn't for the chance, I would have met Han Cheng and the others, and if it wasn't for my trust in that bastard Zhao Guangyi.

If he were to harm me, I would definitely not be able to escape.

Therefore, this salute was sincere.

Han Cheng, Zhu Biao and others hurriedly told Zhao Kuangyin not to be so polite.

These are what they should do.

They also don't want to see so many shameful things happening in the Song Dynasty.

Let this guy Zhao Laoer come to power and mess up the Song Dynasty.

After all, Zhao Laoer has already proved his incompetence with facts.

Zhao Kuangyin asked why Zhu Yuanzhang did not come, and when he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang was handling government affairs, he immediately expressed his understanding.

After this small talk, we soon got down to business.

Xiang asked Han Cheng about the later events of his Song Dynasty.

Although he already knew about his own Song Dynasty, problems became increasingly serious later on.

It would definitely sound extremely infuriating, but he still wanted to listen to it.

After all, this was the Song Dynasty he founded.

Moreover, if you can listen more, you will be able to understand where the drawback lies.

You can avoid it later.

Han Cheng naturally agreed.

After all, he still wanted to talk to Zhao Kuangyin about the Jingkang Shame and see how Zhao Kuangyin would react when he learned about it.

As for the Jingkang Shame, I really have to talk about it!
At this time, the tables, chairs and benches in Han Cheng's study had been replaced with new ones.
However, it is obvious that the new tables, chairs and benches are made very simply.

It is made directly from logs.

There is nothing in the paint, and no flowers or carvings.
It's just an ordinary wooden table.

The main focus is on a sturdy and durable minimalist style.

It’s not that Han Cheng likes this style, but he knows that Zhao Kuangyin will be back soon.

And then the Song Dynasty suffered more and more disgraceful things.

Zhao Kuangyin would definitely not be able to bear it after hearing this.

These tables, chairs and benches are certainly not spared.

Instead of replacing it with a good one it will be smashed soon.

It would be better to just get something sturdy and durable and use it for now.

In this way, you won’t feel bad if it gets hit or smashed.

Zhao Kuangyin obviously also noticed the changes in the decoration here.

Somewhat embarrassed.

"Well...I lost control last time and smashed the tables and chairs, which was inappropriate.

I came here with gold, but I didn’t bring those things with me…”

Zhao Kuangyin seemed quite embarrassed to explain to them.

Upon hearing this, Han Cheng smiled, shook his head, and waved his hand, indicating that Zhao Kuangyin didn't need to do so.

“It’s human nature.

I can understand your feelings, Emperor Taizu.

When my father-in-law was alive, he listened to me telling him about the many things that happened after the Ming Dynasty, and he smashed the tables, chairs and benches one after another. "

Hearing Han Cheng say this, Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, and immediately felt much better.

It turned out that it was the Ming Emperor who conquered the north with the south, drove out the Tartars, restored China, took back many places including the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and established a complete unified country.

There are so many unfilial descendants.

Now, I felt much better.

At the same time, a lot of gossips also arose in my heart.

I don’t know what the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty did to make such a heroic ruler so angry.

At the same time, I also understood why Zhu Yuanzhang had told me before that as a real man in the world, it is inevitable that his wife will be unvirtuous and his son will be unfilial.

It turns out that he truly felt the same way!
"Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was originally named Zhao Shouyi. He was the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty and the sixth son of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng. His mother was Li Chenfei."

Han Cheng looked at Zhao Kuangyin and began to talk about Zhao Zhen.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Kuangyin was somewhat confused.

Before, he was so angry about the series of bad things done by Emperor Zhenzong of Song that he didn't care much about it.

At this moment he suddenly realized that the successor Zhao Zhen was actually the sixth son of Zhao Heng's family.

Not to mention that the eldest son didn’t succeed to the throne, why is it still the sixth son?

What about Zhao Heng’s first five sons?

Could it be that something unexpected happened?

Or……

A series of extremely complicated images had already appeared in Zhao Kuangyin's mind.

Just like the struggle between Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Jiancheng during the Tang Dynasty.

And the sons of Emperor Taizong of Tang went straight to fight.

I'm afraid that Zhao Zhen's ascension to the throne would not be so glorious.

There are many conspiracies and bloody fights in the middle.

Han Cheng shook his head when he heard this: "There aren't so many complicated reasons.

The reason for this is that the sons of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng died one after another.

He was the only one who grew up.

Han Cheng's words confused Zhao Kuangyin.

This... there are too many premature deaths, right?
Only one of the six sons survived?
Thinking about this makes people feel that it is a little too shocking.

can not believe.

Han Cheng was also somewhat curious about the fact that Zhao Heng had so many sons who died young.

Han Cheng saw that Zhao Kuangyin's expression seemed a little strange, and guessed what he was thinking.

"He is still lucky, at least he left behind a son.

Like Zhao Zhen, who succeeded to the throne, he didn't leave behind a single son."

No son left?
No...what the hell is going on?

This can't turn out like this!
This guy Zhao Heng had several sons, only one of whom survived.

He felt that it was already very excessive.

But when it came to Zhao Zhen, he had no descendants?!

It is normal for a poor family to have no children.

After all, poverty is the biggest obstacle.

Many people cannot afford to marry because of their poverty.

Or after getting married, he cannot afford to support his children.

But, Zhao Zhen is the emperor!

That means you can have as many women as you want.

That means you can raise as many children as you want.

But he also died...

This...could it be that there is something wrong with the feng shui of the Zhao family's ancestral tomb?

For a moment, Zhao Kuangyin began to doubt his ancestral tomb.

When this thought arose, he shook his head again.

I don’t think it’s a feng shui issue.

The most important reason should be that Zhao Guangyi is a bastard and he is not a human being.

It was this bastard who caused a series of things, and now he is getting retribution for this!

"In his early years, Zhao Zhen was granted the title of Duke of Qing.

Later he was promoted to Prince of Shouchun and Prince of Sheng, and served as the Minister of the Central Secretariat. In the second year of Tianxi, he was made the Crown Prince.

He ascended the throne in the first year of Qianxing, at the age of thirteen.

In the early days of his reign, Liu was in charge of the government from behind the scenes. It was not until the second year of Mingdao that he began to rule the country personally.

After Zhao Zhen's death, he was posthumously named Renzong.

In addition to the posthumous title of Renzong, there are many other titles.

The names given to him by later generations, such as Zhao Baozi, is one of the more popular titles that many people talk about with relish.

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, many uneasy feelings arose in my heart.

This guy’s posthumous title is Renzong?

This Renzong is not a very good title!
Sounds good.

But in reality, he is a person who finds it difficult to achieve great things.

He is called Renzong because he has a very good temper.

In other words, only a useless person would be called Renzong.

It's hard to achieve anything big.

If there are any other achievements, they will not be called benevolence.

This is nothing else, no achievements to show for it.

But thinking about the beast Zhao Guangyi and the things that Zhao Heng did, it seems good enough that a person like Zhao Zhen appeared after them.

Especially after hearing Han Cheng's words about Zhao Zhen, who was later nicknamed Zhao Baozi.

This immediately confirmed the guess in my mind.

There is a saying that goes, "a bullied child."

He was Emperor Renzong, and he was given the nickname Zhao Baozi. I'm afraid he must have been very frustrated in many other things...

"After Empress Dowager Liu passed away, Zhao Zhen honored his biological mother, Li Chenfei, as Empress Dowager and began to rule the country himself.

After Zhao Zhen became emperor and took power, he soon accomplished something great.

This matter was about the dethronement of Queen Guo.

In the second year of Tiansheng, Zhang, the great-granddaughter of the late General Zhang Mei of the Left Cavalry Guard, entered the palace for selection together with Guo.

Song Renzong, who had not yet taken power, fell in love with the beautiful Zhang and wanted to marry her as his queen.

However, Empress Dowager Liu E, who was in charge of the government, was inclined to make Guo the queen.

In November of the second year of Tiansheng, Guo was made queen.

Empress Guo relied on the support of Empress Dowager Liu and was jealous.

Closely monitor the whereabouts of Song Renzong.

So that he was not allowed to get close to other palace maids and concubines.

Song Renzong was very angry, but he dared not speak out. At that time, Shang Chongyi and Yang were beautiful in the harem.

He was deeply loved by Emperor Renzong of Song.

Empress Guo went to Shang and Yang's residences many times and cursed them.

One day, Song Renzong visited Shang, and Shang complained to him about Empress Guo's faults.

Just then Empress Guo arrived and the two started arguing.

Empress Guo was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Shang.

Upon seeing this, Song Renzong hurried forward to rescue Shang.

Empress Guo couldn't stop her attack and hit Emperor Renzong of Song on the neck.

Song Renzong was immediately furious and wanted to depose Queen Guo.

Prime Minister Lu Yijian had a rift with Empress Guo.

When he heard that Empress Guo had accidentally hit Emperor Renzong of Song, he asked the censor Fan Feng to take the opportunity to advise: The empress has been on the throne for nine years and has no children, so she should be deposed.

Lu Yijian echoed from the side.

What's more, the Deputy Chief of Internal Affairs, Yan Wenying, even advised Song Renzong to show the handprints on his neck to the ministers.

Faced with the opinions of his ministers, Song Renzong was undecided.

After all, deposing the queen is a big deal.

Fan Zhongyan, the Right Censor, said: The Queen cannot be deposed, and this discussion should be stopped as soon as possible and not spread outside.
After a while, under the lobbying of Lu Yijian, Song Renzong made up his mind to depose the empress.

In order to achieve his goal of deposing Empress Guo, Lü Yijian also ordered the censors not to accept memorials from the censors...

In December of the second year of Mingdao, Song Renzong issued an edict, saying: The empress wished to enter a Taoist temple because she had no children, so she was specially conferred the title of Jingfei and Yujing Chongmiao Immortal Master.

He was given the name Qingwu and lived in Changning Palace for recuperation.

The censor Kong Daofu and others suggested: The emperor has done nothing wrong and should not be deposed.

As a result, Kong Daofu and others were dismissed...

The fact that Zhao Zhen deposed the empress also had a huge negative impact.

The biggest impact was the start of the factional struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty..."

No wonder he is called Zhao Baozi.

He has such a good temper, to be bullied like this by a woman! !

Also, they don't prioritize things.

It was a turbulent time for the country and he was finally going to take charge of the government.

The natural thing is to achieve political achievements.

There are so many places to start.

But none of these were done, and they only dealt with the trivial matter of deposing the queen.

The key point is that you don't even know how to depose a queen.

Directly started the party struggle...

Damn it...

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but take a deep breath and felt a little drunk again.

“The Song Dynasty that Song Renzong inherited was also a mess.

After the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, the country had financial difficulties.

After Liu E came to power, she took some measures.

But in terms of finance, there are no good measures to change this situation.

She even built many Taoist temples and other buildings.

Leading to further financial difficulties.

So after Zhao Zhen took power, the situation became even more difficult.

Not only is it difficult militarily, but the finances are also not enough to cover the expenses...

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, a series of measures were taken to maintain central power and prevent local separatism.

Politically, the Zhongshumenxia was established in the inner court.

He was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat and was in charge of civil affairs.

In order to limit the power of the prime minister, the position of deputy prime minister was added.

In terms of military affairs, the Palace Guard Commander who was in charge of the imperial guards was abolished, and the Palace Guard Division, the Imperial Guard Cavalry Division, and the Imperial Guard Infantry Division were added.

The imperial guards were led by three generals respectively.

In order to limit the power of the three generals, the Privy Council was set up in the central government to control the power to mobilize troops.

In terms of finance, three departments were set up, and the emperor's confidants were in charge of the three departments, who controlled the financial power.

In order to further strengthen central authority and weaken the power of officials, the system of multiple officials for one position was implemented.

At the same time, he promoted the imperial examination system, adopted the system of favoritism, and pursued a policy of winning over all officials with "favors that were bestowed on all officials, fearing that they were not enough."

This leads to officials being greedy for power and low administrative efficiency.

The bureaucracy is large and bloated.

Officials at all levels lack the initiative and the problem of "redundancy" is prominent.

To stabilize social order and resist the southward invasion of northern ethnic groups.

In the early Song Dynasty, the strategy of defending the interior and weakening the exterior was implemented.

Pursue the strategy of "raising troops".

The military system was abolished and replaced by recruitment.

By the time of Emperor Renzong, the total population had reached 1.4 million.

A huge military system was formed.

The cost of maintaining the army reached seven or eight tenths of the total tax revenue.

At the same time, in order to prevent military generals from monopolizing power, the army implemented a garrison rotation system, which made the soldiers and generals unfamiliar with each other. Although there were many soldiers, they were not skilled, which weakened the army's combat effectiveness.

They are at a disadvantage when fighting foreign wars, resulting in "redundant soldiers".

The surge in the number of troops and officials led to an increase in fiscal expenditure.

This made the already tight government finances even more stretched.

At the same time, during the wars against Western Xia and Liao, the ruling class of the Song Dynasty often paid large amounts of gold, silver, and cloth to buy temporary peace with money and wealth.

In addition, the rulers engaged in large-scale construction projects and built temples and monasteries, which resulted in "redundant expenses".

The three factors were closely linked together, and ultimately led to the Song Dynasty's poverty and weakness.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, not only did it not suppress annexation, but it also condoned meritorious officials and generals to annex land.

The sale and mortgage of land is quite common.

The trend of land concentration is accelerating.

The number of people losing their land is increasing.

The rich have fields as far as the eye can see, while the poor have no place to stand.

Those who are strong have no land to plant, and those who have land have no strength to plow it.

The burden on the people in the Song Dynasty was very heavy.

Residents across the country are divided into principal households and clients. Taxpayers not only pay taxes according to the prescribed amount, but also have to bear the burdens of "transfer" and "conversion".

Because of the imperial examinations, Enmeng and many other privileges, a large number of people did not have to pay taxes.

Transferring a large amount of taxes to a small number of people...

In the first year of Zhao Zhen's reign, land annexation became more serious, people fled in large numbers, and conflicts became acute.

Uprisings continued to break out...

Every year brings more people than the last, and each group becomes stronger than the last.

Even in the counties under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture in the capital, there were bandits.

At that time, some officials had already felt the seriousness of the crisis.

Fu Bi once said: From now on, I am only worried that the situation will get worse. If we don’t take precautions early, we may never know what will happen!
At the same time, the invasion of foreign enemies brought tremendous survival pressure to the Song Dynasty regime.

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were continuous wars with the Khitan people on the northeastern border and the Dangxiang people on the northwestern border.

Due to the political corruption and weak and disorganized army of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although a huge amount of money was spent, the problem was not solved!

In the first year of Baoyuan, Li Yuanhao of the Dangxiang tribe proclaimed himself emperor.

The country was named Daxia, known in history as Western Xia, and its capital was Xingqing.

Diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty officially broke down.

No longer pay homage to Song.

The following year, in order to force the Song Dynasty to recognize the status of Western Xia.

Li Yuanhao led his troops to invade the border of Northern Song Dynasty.

The Song army was defeated at Sanchuankou.

The troops gathered at the foot of Yanzhou City and prepared to attack the city.

When the news reached the capital, the government and the public were shocked.

In the second year of the Kangding reign, Li Yuanhao marched into Weizhou. Han Qi sent Ren Fu, the deputy commander of Huanqing Road, to lead troops to attack, but they were ambushed and surrounded at Haoshuichuan.

Sixteen generals including Ren Fu were killed in the battle, and more than ten thousand soldiers were lost.

In the second year of the Qingli period, in the intercalary ninth month, Li Yuanhao divided his troops into two routes and launched another large-scale attack on the Song Dynasty.

When they reached Dingchuan Village, Song and Xia fought a battle, in which the Song army was defeated.

General Ge Huaimin and sixteen of his subordinates were killed in the battle, resulting in a loss of more than nine thousand four hundred men.

After Li Yuanhao won, he marched southwards and approached Panyuan, causing a stir in Guanzhong...

After the war, Song and Xia negotiated peace.

Song paid an annual tribute of 255,000 to Xixia..."

"Peace talks! Peace talks again!

Can we not negotiate?

What a shame!
He was beaten into this state by a small Tangut!

Losing soldiers and humiliating the country?

When fighting against the Liao Kingdom, they were forced to sign the Treaty of Chanyuan.

Not to mention the various ways of giving New Year coins to others.

Now we are fighting with Xixia and it has turned out like this?
So cowardly!

What a coward!
Zhao Kuangyin's breathing became rapid.

Although I had already learned some things about the founding of the Dangxiang nation from Han Cheng when I came here last time.

But at this time, after hearing the more detailed process and results, he was still furious.

He even wondered if it was too early for him to kill that beast Zhao Guangyi after returning home.

Now that he is gone, who can I beat up to vent my anger when I hear something bad happening in the future?
"Since the Treaty of Chanyuan, the Khitan, who had been at peace with the Han Dynasty, also began to send envoys to ask for the land south of the Guan Pass.

He also gathered troops in Youyan and threatened to march south.

Finally, Emperor Renzong of Song sent Fu Bi as an envoy, "and the problem was solved only after an additional 100,000 pieces of silver and silk were added each year."

"Bang!!"

Zhao Kuangyin's breathing became more and more rapid. He finally couldn't help it again and punched the table hard.

Although he had originally planned to use two methods to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

First, if the Liao Kingdom agrees, it can be bought back with money.

If there is another case, if the Liao Kingdom does not agree to buy it with money.

He mobilized his troops to resolve the problem himself and took it back.

But now these bastards have lost even the slightest bit of dignity!
Give them as much as they want!

So cowardly!

"The fierce external conflicts, intertwined with the conflicts between the common people and the gentry and officials, shook the Song court.

The court, which had been dull for many years, began to become lively.

Ouyang Xiu wrote a letter requesting the reform of the civil service system.

In his memorial, Yin Zhu pointed out that if we continue to follow the old ways, the bad habits will worsen.

Driven by the call for reform, Song Renzong wanted to change the malpractices in the world...

What he did was to summon Fan Zhongyan back to the capital and appoint him as the Deputy Privy Councilor.

He also promoted Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing, Wang Su and Cai Xiang as censors, and was determined to make progress.

In August, Emperor Zhenzong of Zhao dismissed the deputy prime minister Wang Juzheng and appointed Fan Zhongyan as the vice-chancellor.

In September, Song Renzong summoned Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi and gave them writing materials.

Ordered to report on government affairs.

Fan and Fu then put forward ten reform proposals.

Censor Ouyang Xiu and others also submitted memorials to express their opinions.

Song Renzong adopted most of them, and gradually promulgated and implemented them throughout the country...

Because this reform took place during the Qingli period, it was called the Qingli New Deal.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard Han Cheng say this, he was cheered up.

Good! I can finally hear something different!
With the Qingli New Deal, I think that the Song Dynasty will see some new and different situations in the future!! (End of this chapter)