Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

What the hell? Is the Song Dynasty giving it away again?!

This was another important thing when Zhao Kuangyin heard Han Cheng talking about the Song Shenzong Dynasty. It was mainly his first reaction after the war.

By the way, Zhao Kuangyin also gained the empire through military force.

The ability to fight is still very strong and I am not afraid of war.

But as things have developed to this point, he heard Han Cheng say that the other emperors of the Song Dynasty would have a headache if they had to go to war.

Subconsciously, I felt that the Song Dynasty was going to send it again.

I was really frightened by their excellent fighting ability.

You lose every time you fight.

We often win small battles, but we have never won a big battle.

The only time I won was by chance.

Then he knelt down to be someone's grandson, signed the Treaty of Chanyuan, and sent tribute...

It makes me feel suffocated just thinking about it!
As a result, our descendants are now going to war again.

How could he not panic?
At this point, he no longer thought about what kind of brilliant results his Song Dynasty could achieve.

As long as you don't lose too badly, that's good enough.

"Friend Han, please go ahead."

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Han Cheng and spoke.

When meeting Zhao Kuangyin, I had already made the corresponding mental preparation.

Han Chengchao said: "This time it is a battle between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia.

At the beginning, he was the governor of Xihe.

The scholar Wang Shao once wrote in a letter: "If you want to conquer Xixia, you must first recover Hehuang.

In August of the fourth year of Xining, the Taohe Pacification Office was established, with Wang Shao as its chief.

In May of the following year, Tongyuan Army was established, and Wang Shao served as the commander of the army and was in charge of the Hehuang area.

Received full support from Wang Anshi.

In August, Wusheng Army was occupied and renamed Zhentao Army.

In October, he was promoted to Xi, and the Xihe Road Jinglüe Anfusi Office was established.

Wang Shao was the chief official and concurrently the governor of Xizhou, which governed the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction. At that time, the three prefectures of He, Min and Tao had not yet been occupied.

In March of the following year, they occupied Hezhou. After marching for nearly two months and covering a distance of 1,800 miles, they also occupied Dang, Min, Die and other states.

In the Song Dynasty, He, Min and Taozhou were re-established, and the rest were changed into cities and forts.

The Xihe Road area was finally completely occupied, which played a role in suppressing Xixia..."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard Han Cheng's story, he was stunned.

It seemed very unexpected.

No...this matter is not quite what he imagined!

He actually didn't give it away like that, but won? !
However, the many miserable experiences he had gone through before quickly suppressed the joy in his heart.

Make yourself stable first, don't be happy too soon.

It’s really because of our own Song Dynasty that there are too many troubles.

It is better to be mentally prepared in advance, in case the situation takes a sudden turn for the worse and you cannot bear the shock.

"In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia imprisoned Emperor Huizong of Xia, Bingchang, which led to domestic political chaos.

Song Shenzong believed that the opportunity to capture Western Xia had arrived.

He took advantage of this opportunity to launch a five-pronged war against Xia.

Song Shenzong deployed Li Xian's troops to march out of Xihe Road, Zhong Yan's troops to march out of Fuyan Road, Gao Zunyu's troops to march out of Huanqing Road, and Liu Changzuo's troops to march out of Jingyuan Road.

Among them, Liu Changzuo was under the control of Gao Zunyu?

Wang Zhongzheng's troops left Hedong Road.

He wanted to conquer the two states of Xing and Ling in Western Xia in one fell swoop.

According to the battle plan, the Jingyuan and Huanqing routes would jointly capture Lingzhou, while the Hedong and Fuyan routes would first meet at Xiazhou and then attack Huaizhou.

Finally, the four groups attacked Xingzhou together.

The Song court also asked Tubo to send troops to cross the Yellow River to capture Liangzhou in order to contain the right wing of Western Xia.

Oh, by the way, Li Xian will be the main leader of this expedition.

This Li Xian is a eunuch.

eunuch?

Zhao Kuangyin's eyelids twitched.

The expectations in my heart were suddenly reduced a lot.

I have the urge to curse.

It turned out to be just as I thought. I couldn't have too much hope for this matter!
I had just heard a little good news, and then I received another critical blow.

Having a eunuch as the chief general, what the hell is this?

Is it another eunuch serving as commander-in-chief?

And it was such a big thing as conquering Western Xia!
It’s not that he looks down on eunuchs, but that eunuchs are really not good at such things.

Especially when thinking of Han Cheng again, he specifically brought up this matter at this time.

Suddenly I felt my heart sink even more.

I’m afraid… nine times out of ten, something bad will happen.

But then think about it, this bastard Zhao Guangyi used civil power to control military power, and so on, and so on.

I'm speechless again.

This is an old tradition from the Song Dynasty!

Although it sounds a bit ridiculous and too outrageous to have a eunuch as the commander-in-chief.

But what Zhao Kuangyi did directly threw the civil and military forces out of balance...

Suddenly I felt that killing him directly was too hasty...

"Among the five routes, Li Xian led General Li Hao as the vanguard, starting from Lintao, crossing Maxian Mountain, reaching Kanggu City, and then taking Xishi New City.

On September 2, Lanzhou was captured.

Li Xian set up his headquarters in the city and established Lanzhou.

Li Hao was the prefect.

In the first month of the following year, the Song court changed Xihe Road to Xihe Lanhui Road.

Lanzhou was incorporated into the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhong Yan fought actively and led his troops westward along the Wuding River. At first, they were unstoppable.

Through the use of a series of indirect siege strategies, they successively captured Mizhizhai, Shizhou, Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other places of Western Xia.

But soon, due to the lack of food supply and heavy snow, the troops' non-combat casualties reached more than two-thirds...

Liu Changzuo's troops in Jingyuan Road fought bravely and took advantage of the victory to march straight to the city of Lingzhou.

However, Gao Zunyu lacked an overall grasp of the battle situation, and blindly ordered Liu Changzuo to attack the city directly in the absence of siege equipment and insufficient logistics.

The Song army stationed its troops under the fortified city and besieged it for eighteen days without success.

The Western Xia army released water from the Yellow River canal to flood the Song army's camp, cutting off their supply of food and money.

Many Song army soldiers died of freezing, drowning and starvation.

The Song court therefore ordered the army to return...

In this battle, the Song army only occupied Yin, Shi, Xia, You states and some military key points on the north side of Hengshan?
As a result, the Western Xia people were afraid to cultivate land in the area of ​​more than 200 miles along the border of Hengshan.

But compared with the original intention of destroying Western Xia, the results were indeed not very good.

In September of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the Imperial Censor Xu Xi and the Governor of Fuyan Road Zhong Yan led troops to attack Xia.

Prepare to destroy Xia in one fell swoop.

Xu Xi and others invaded the Hengshan area of ​​Western Xia and approached the Western Xia capital, Xingqing Prefecture.

In order to destroy Xia, Xu Xi and others built Yongle City in Yongle River.

Liang of Western Xia sent the generals Ye Beima, Mie Emai and others to lead 300,000 soldiers from six military supervisory departments to attack Yongle City.
Xu Xi ignored his subordinate Gao Yongheng's correct strategy of launching a surprise attack on the enemy, and instead lined up 10,000 soldiers outside the city.

After crossing the river, the Xia army launched a fierce attack on the Song army. The Song army was defeated and retreated into the city.

The Xia army surrounded Yongle City and cut off the water supply flowing through the city.

The reinforcements from Shen Kuo and eunuch Li Xian were blocked.

Because of his resentment towards Xu Xi, Zhong Yan did not rescue him.

The Xia army finally broke through Yongle City, Xu Xi and others died, and more than 200,000 soldiers and laborers of the Song army died in the battle...

……

"Bang bang bang..."

A series of bang noises soon rang out in Han Cheng's room.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't bear it any longer, and he went crazy, smashing things wildly.

What kind of a shitty war are they fighting?!

It's simply a trap where people are fed to death!

Shenzong’s courage is commendable, but this battle was fought so badly!

How many people were killed!

Isn't this how war is fought?

At this time, he really felt sorry for the many soldiers who died.

It is because of all those bad things that they remain there forever.

Although it is said that a kind person cannot command an army, Zhao Kuangyin was not a soft-hearted person.

However, seeing them die like that under the leadership of these foolish people.

Still feeling extremely uncomfortable...

To be honest, compared with the previous emperors, Song Shenzong was already very good.

Precisely because he was good, he had high expectations of him.

Wang Anshi's reform also achieved certain results.

The country has money.

As a result, a five-pronged attack on Western Xia was launched, but they were defeated.

This means that all the money that had been accumulated with great difficulty over the years was squandered in one go.

After this disastrous defeat, many things that follow will become particularly difficult...

commit a sin!

It is truly a sin!
Even Zhao Kuangyin tried hard to lower his expectations at the beginning.

But after hearing this, I couldn't help but feel deeply stimulated.

I always feel that these people take things very seriously...

"Before this, Song Shenzong had never thought that the war against Western Xia would fail.

I never expected that I would be defeated so miserably.

So when I got the news, I was greatly shocked.

At the beginning of the first month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, he suffered a heavy blow mentally due to the disastrous defeat in the war against Western Xia.

The condition worsens.

The ministers were in chaos.

Wang Gui and others began to persuade Zhao Xu to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. Zhao Xu already had a bad premonition at this time, and nodded in agreement reluctantly.

Shenzong's sixth son, Zhao Yong, was renamed "Xu" and was made the crown prince. State affairs were temporarily handled by the Empress Dowager.

I was ten years old at the time..."

Han Cheng waited until Zhao Kuangyin seemed to have calmed down a little before he spoke again.

Zhao Kuangyin once again fell into silence...

"Among the many emperors of the Song Dynasty, Song Shenzong is already very good compared to them.

He is the most capable emperor besides you.

After Wang Anshi's reform failed and he was demoted, the reform in the Song Dynasty did not stop.

Instead, it was he, the emperor, who stepped out from behind the scenes to the front and presided over it personally.

However, the reform was still accompanied by opposition.

Zhao Xu was already very upset after losing Wang Anshi, and now he had to face tremendous pressure alone, which made him a little annoyed.

So he decided to take tougher measures to enforce the new law.

Severely punish officials who oppose the reform.

Zhao Xu did not stop the reform process. Through his continuous efforts, the Song Dynasty basically established a centralized system that was more conducive to autocracy.

Its basic system was implemented until the end of the Song Dynasty without any major changes.

After careful consideration, he decided to reform the bureaucratic system.

First, the court institutions were reorganized so that "officials of the provinces, provinces, prefectures, and wards would actually perform their duties, while those with empty titles would be dismissed and replaced by ranks, and their salaries would be determined accordingly."

Appropriately merge agencies and reduce officials.

Make sure that officials’ titles match their realities and that they have positions and powers.

The three ministries of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu were established to manage the court administration.

The Secretariat was responsible for announcing the emperor's orders, approving memorials from ministers, and deciding on the appointments and dismissals of important officials.

It has eight office departments, including the Lifang Department.

The Menxia Province was responsible for reviewing matters decided by the Zhongshu Province.

The Secretariat was the executive body, which had a prime minister and was divided into six departments and exercised actual power.

But the Ministry of War is only responsible for matters such as baojia and militia.

The actual military power was still controlled by the emperor and the Privy Council.

In this way, the drawback of the court institutions with more empty posts than real posts since the beginning of the Song Dynasty was reversed. The strange phenomenon of "the heads of the three ministries not participating in the government affairs and the six ministries not doing their own work" was eliminated.

Secondly, Song Shenzong also unified the salaries of officials across the country.

The original honorary officials who only received salaries were changed to corresponding ranks and received salaries according to their ranks, in order to facilitate the assessment and use of officials?
To make officials more active in their posts, so that they can understand their responsibilities and not lose the benefits of their official positions.

However, his Yuanfeng Reform did have certain positive effects.

But under the historical conditions at that time, he did not and could not carry out a thorough institutional reform and streamline the number of officials?

Therefore, he has good intentions but cannot achieve the goal of consolidating the results of reform..."

Hearing what Han Cheng said, Zhao Kuangyin sighed.

Judging from what he did, it really was the Song Dynasty. Besides himself, there was another monarch with certain abilities and a desire to do a good job.

But unfortunately, our abilities are ultimately limited.

But the situation he faced was too complicated.

By that time, it was too late to reverse the situation.

After Wang Anshi was dismissed from his post as prime minister, he was the emperor.

The reform will not be completely abolished.

Now that the emperor has passed away, I am afraid that the reform will fail completely again.

All previous things will be abolished.

Back to square one again...

After all this turmoil, the problems of the Song Dynasty will become even more serious.

Those who oppose the reform will counterattack even more fiercely.

Zhao Kuangyin felt extremely tired for a moment...

"Emperor Taizu, let me tell you something interesting about the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty."

When Han Cheng saw Zhao Kuangyin like this, he thought for a moment and then started talking.

Wanting to lighten the mood.

Otherwise, Zhao Kuangyin would be destroyed.

"When Wang Shao was in charge of Hehuang, a Hu leader named Yu Longke quickly surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

He had only one request to submit to the Song Dynasty, that is, to ask the Song Dynasty emperor to grant them the surname Bao, and he would be willing to bring 120,000 tribesmen to submit to the Song Dynasty. "

When Zhao Kuangyin heard Han Cheng's words, he was stunned.

This matter was really beyond his expectations.

It also seems a bit strange.

The practice of bestowing surnames has always existed.

Among them, the greatest honor is to be granted the national surname.

Then in the Song Dynasty, even if those foreigners wanted to seek to be granted a surname.

The one that should be sought is only the one with the surname Zhao.

How come at this time, the person he is looking for is actually surnamed Bao?

He really didn't quite understand this matter.

As he was thinking about this, he suddenly had an idea and remembered some of the more famous ministers during the reign of Emperor Renzong that Han Cheng had told him about.

Among them was Bao Zheng, the Justice Bao.

Could it be... that it was because of this person that Yu Longke made such a request? !

"It wasn't just him. Later, some other barbarian tribes also requested to be given the surname Bao and submit to the Song Dynasty.

By that time, Justice Bao had passed away, almost ten years earlier.”

Talking about this, Han Chengdu couldn't help but sigh.

This Bao Gong was a true male god at that time.

However, it can also be seen that there are many people who are treated unfairly in every place.

There is still injustice that cannot be redressed.

It's not just in China, there are also many in other places.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so difficult to miss a great judge like Bao Gong.

Even some people from other races admire him so much.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned.

This was something he had never expected.

"Friend Han, this... Justice Bao, what did he do?"

He couldn't help but ask.

I really want to know some news about this charming person.

"Bao Gong's name was Zheng, and his courtesy name was Xiren.

He is from Hefei, Luzhou.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Bao Gong became a Jinshi and was later promoted to the position of Supervisory Censor.

After the failure of the New Policies of the Qingli Period, he advocated strict selection of officials and the elimination of redundant, corrupt, violent and cowardly officials.

Old officials should be forced to retire to solve the problem of redundant officials.

Stop recruiting soldiers and select the old and weak to solve the problem of redundant soldiers.

And select generals to train soldiers and volunteers to guard the border.

Suppress the power of nobles and eunuchs, reduce taxes and levies, save expenses, etc.

He successively served as the judge of the Ministry of Revenue of the Three Departments and the transport commissioner of Jingdong, Shaanxi and Hebei.

Later, he entered the court as Deputy Envoy of the Ministry of Revenue, requesting the court to allow the salt trade.

When he was in charge of the Censorate, he impeached the powerful and influential many times and made suggestions to promote benefits and eliminate evils.

He was later appointed as a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion and the Transport Commissioner of Hebei Province, and was transferred to Ying and Yang prefectures. He served in various positions, including acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, acting Chief Censor, and Commissioner of the Three Departments.

In the sixth year of Jiayou, he was promoted to Deputy Privy Envoy.

Because he once served as the attendant of Tianzhang Pavilion and the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, he was known as "Bao Daizhi" and "Bao Longtu" in the world.

In the seventh year of Jiayou, Bao Zheng died at the age of sixty-four.

He was awarded the title of Minister of Rites and posthumously named "Xiao Su".

Later generations called him "Bao Xiaosu".

Bao Zheng was discerning in his trials, strict in enforcing the law, not afraid of the powerful and not partial to personal feelings, and was always honest and upright.

Orders and prohibitions.

He is also known as "Judge Bao" and "Gong Bao".

There is a saying in the capital that "If you don't have connections, there is Yama who will take care of you."

After his death, he became a household name as a typical "honest official".

Later generations worshipped him as a god, believing that he was the reincarnation of Kuixing..."

Such a famous minister is truly something people yearn for!
No wonder Bao Zheng is so famous!

No wonder this young man Han specifically told me that during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, many famous ministers emerged.

That's exactly the case.

But unfortunately, despite having many famous ministers, they were ultimately unable to solve the serious problems that existed in the Song Dynasty due to various reasons...

……

"My dear Han, why is it that the sixth son of Emperor Shenzong will inherit the throne?
He is only ten years old.

These people...are they planning to control the court through these methods?"

Zhao Kuangyin, who had recovered, looked at Han Cheng and asked again.

And when he asked this question, he had actually already confirmed that this was the fact.

After all, for those ministers who have some ideas in their hearts, the young emperor is undoubtedly the best emperor.

These people really deserve to be killed!
Han Cheng shook his head and said: Emperor Taizu, this matter is different from what you think.

The reason why the sixth son came to the throne was because Song Shenzong's first five sons all died young.

As the sixth child, he is the oldest son.

That's why everyone supports him to be the crown prince and inherit the throne.

what? !

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Zhao Kuangyin was stunned.

This matter was really beyond his expectations.

This... this is definitely a series of crappy things done by that bastard Zhao Guangyi, it's too beastly!

That's why the revenge was directly taken on his descendants.

That is why it is so difficult for his descendants to have children.

As a result, young emperors kept appearing.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to hear what happened next.

Because he knew very well what would happen after the young emperor came to power.

It will only allow people to control the government...

"In his early years, Zhao Xu was granted the titles of Duke of Jun and Prince of Yan'an.

In February of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, he was made crown prince, and in March he ascended the throne as emperor.

The following year, the reign title was changed to Yuanyou.

When Zhao Xu ascended the throne, he was still young, and his grandmother, Empress Dowager Gao, was in charge of government affairs.

Gao appointed Sima Guang and other ministers who opposed the Xining Reform to govern the country and restore the old laws.

Officials who advocated reform were expelled from the court, which is known in history as the "Yuanyou Reform."

In the eighth year of Yuanyou, Gao died and Zhao Xu began to rule the country.

The reign title was changed to Shaosheng.

After Zhao Xu took power, he ordered the implementation of the Yuanfeng New Law.

The old party prime ministers Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang were dismissed.

Recruit new party members such as Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu.

After the New Party came to power, it gradually restored new laws such as exemption from military service, green seedlings, and market exchange.

Later, the New Party split up, which greatly affected the New Law...

In terms of military, Zhao Xu changed Yuanyou's policy of giving up land for peace and launched two battles to Pingxia City?

Make Xixia surrender.

Restart the Hehuang Campaign and take over the Qingtang area.

Zhao Xu had always been in poor health, and was devastated by the successive deaths of his children at the end of his reign.

In the third year of Yuanfu, Zhao Xu died of illness in the Funing Palace in Tokyo at the age of only 25.

Reigned for fifteen years...

During Zhao Xu's personal administration, in terms of domestic affairs, he partially restored the economic policies of the Xining and Yuanfeng periods.

It has played a certain positive role.

However, it was unable to stop the increasingly fierce party struggles.

He employed Zhang Qie and others to defeat Western Xia many times.

Force Xixia to sue for peace.

The edge opening activity was completed.

] Because of his rule, the national power of the Song Dynasty improved, so he was praised by later generations as "a ruler with great intelligence and potential."

His early death was considered a great loss to the further development of the Song Dynasty...

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Zhao Kuangyin felt extremely surprised.

Surprised and delighted.

Although Song Zhezong was not very old, he was different from what he thought.

Not that kind of incompetent person.

Although she was young at the beginning, it was the Empress Dowager who was in charge of government affairs.

But after he took power, he unexpectedly did a good job.

But unfortunately, he died too early.

He was only twenty-five years old, and he was gone.

In the Song Dynasty, two fairly good emperors finally appeared.

As a result, they all died early one after another...

"After this child died, who became the emperor? Could it be his son?"

Zhao Kuangyin suppressed his discomfort and looked at Han Cheng and asked.

If it is really Zhao Xu's child who succeeds to the throne, then there will definitely be an even younger emperor in the Song Dynasty.

Even just three or two years old!

“No, Zhezong has no heir.

After his death, he chose one of his remaining brothers to be the emperor.

This man's name was Zhao Ji.

He was later called Emperor Huizong of Song."

After hearing Han Cheng say this, Crown Prince Zhu Biao standing next to him was shocked!

The big one is coming!

I wonder what Zhao Kuangyin would feel after hearing about what Song Huizong and others did, as well as the Jingkang Shame.

Can you bear...

(End of this chapter)