Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 712 A word is settled
"Don't worry, Lord Zhao!"

To Qian Chu's surprise, the first person to speak was Li Yu, who was still unsure whether he was a foreign minister or a prisoner:
"The Book of Songs says, 'The lesson of the Yin Dynasty is not far away, it is in the Xia Dynasty.'"

"Now that the Zhao government knows about the evils, it can correct the evils and help Song break this disaster!"

But after thinking about it, Qian Chu finally understood.

Li Congjia may not care much about the fate of Jiangnan. After all, he only did two things after he came to power:
Enjoyment, and pay homage to the Song Dynasty.

His attachment to Jiangnan Tang was probably because he felt that he could not let down the foundation left by his ancestors and grandchildren.

As for his love for literature, Li Congjia was truly sincere, and now he knew that his literary fame would last for thousands of years.

How can we accept the severance of cultural tradition under such circumstances?

Zhao Kuangyin snorted at Li Yu's excited words:
"Why do you think I called you to see this?"

"I have also made my aspirations known to this light curtain, to Zhuge Wuhou and Emperor Taizong of Tang."

"I will unite this chaotic world, recover the old land of Yanyun, and unify China!"

The sonorous and powerful words also made the atmosphere in the hall much more lively, and it was no longer immersed in the atmosphere of the demise of the Song Dynasty.

"I will definitely die to fulfill the wishes of the government and avoid the disaster that China has never encountered!"

Qian Chu took advantage of every opportunity to come forward, which immediately made Zhao Kuangyin smile.

"How can I bear to see Wende use his strength to death? He can understand the great righteousness of unification, unite the power of Song Dynasty and recover the land south of the Yangtze River. This is already a great achievement!"

"To honor your merits and achievements, I have ordered people to build a mansion in Bianliang City, just to honor your talent!"

"I don't love money, but it takes a long time to build the mansion, and the location is the best in Bianliang, so all kinds of things consume a lot of manpower..."

Qian Chu knew this, so he said quickly without waiting for Zhao Kuangyin to finish his rambling:
"The people's strength is the foundation of the Song Dynasty. How can we waste it so easily?"

"The expenses should be repaid by me, I wonder..."

Li Yu saw with his own eyes Emperor Zhao pulling Qian Chu towards the corner of the hall, and as he walked he smoothly pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to him.

Then Li Yu heard Qian Chu's hissing sound quite clearly:

"I am very happy that this little money can help to replenish the strength of Song."

However, Li Yu heard Qian Wende's words tremble a little, so he suddenly became competitive and said loudly:
"My Lord, my foundation has already been taken by General Cao. Now that I have seen this divine opportunity, I have no complaints."

"That Lixian's house should be enough for me to settle down in Bianliang."

Qian Chu suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Yu with eyes full of admiration, which made Li Yu even more proud.

Although Qian Chu's Wu Yue Kingdom was good at business, the Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River occupied a larger area, and its private treasuries were piled up like mountains and countless in number. Why would they be bothered with a house?
The expression on Zhao Kuangyin's face changed from surprise to ecstasy and then to calmness. He coughed calmly, and a little embarrassment surfaced:

"I understand Cong Jia's intention, but Nanjing is in ruins and we need to mobilize the people to repair it..."

Li Yu waved his hand:

"I am willing to spend twice as much as Qian Wende to buy you a house!"

All the embarrassed expressions instantly disappeared from Zhao Kuangyin's face, and the enthusiastic Song official tightly grasped Li Yu's hands:
"A word is settled!"

Cao Bin kept silent, but just looked at the general in the light curtain, whose armor was tattered and whose body was as thin as Liu Liumin, being swallowed by the storm, and finally he sighed slowly.

Prime Minister Zhao Pu knew this feeling and sighed with mixed feelings:
"How could the country still have more than 300 years of prosperity..."

... "The Ming Dynasty is not as prosperous as the Song Dynasty?!"

The loud questions of Emperor Ming began to echo in the Huagai Palace again, and his words were full of disbelief.

However, such questioning would not produce any results, so Zhu Biao simply gave his father a way out:
"Dad, didn't you say before that you had seen the light curtain once and knew the fate of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment and shook his head.

"The time curtain was only a rough estimate at that time. It was said that our Ming Dynasty lasted for three or four hundred years. I think four hundred years is too short."

“Who would have thought…”

Queen Ma came to the rescue and said:

"This later generation has never clearly stated the length of a nation's life before."

"Moreover, if this is the case, the fate of the Ming Dynasty is just shorter than this number, but I think it should be at least three hundred years."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head and said:

"That's right. Moreover, the strategies of later generations are mostly tricky. How can the two Han dynasties be counted as one? The two Song dynasties should also be counted as two. In this way, I think our Ming Dynasty should also have a national destiny that ranks first!"

Dad calmed down again, but Zhu Biao looked up at the light screen, feeling a little bit unconvinced:

Did the Ming Dynasty really last three hundred years? I'm afraid not.

But of course he would not say this out loud to dampen his father's mood, so the crown prince chose a more tactful way to remind him:
"Dad, we still have Hu Qing tomorrow."

His father sneered in response:
"How can the Hu people have a hundred years of national destiny?"

[When the Song Dynasty fell, apart from the Yashan Disaster, there were many cases of people dying for their country.

For example, Li Fei, the defender of Tanzhou, said that he was exhausted and deserved to die when the city was broken, and he couldn't bear to see his family members being captured and humiliated, so he asked his confidants to "kill them all."

The same was true for the defender of Chizhou. Perhaps he was sighing at the old saying "It is easy to die heroically, but difficult to die calmly", so Zhao Maofa wrote a plaque with the words "You can die calmly" and hanged himself with his wife under the plaque. When the Yuan Dynasty commander Bayan saw it, he was so shocked that he remained silent. In the end, he ordered his men to bury the couple's bodies and not to humiliate them.

Among those who died calmly for their country, the most well-known is naturally Wen Tianxiang.

During the Battle of Yashan, Wen Tianxiang, who had moved to the southeast, had been captured. Before the battle, Zhang Hongfan asked Wen Tianxiang to write a letter to persuade Zhang Shijie to surrender, but Wen Tianxiang refused.

Later, Zhang Hongfan repeatedly pressed him, and Wen Tianxiang wrote "Crossing the Zero Ding Ocean", which is still a required recitation in Chinese textbooks today. With his determination to die clear, Zhang Hongfan collected the poem and stopped pressing him.

After witnessing Zhang Shijie's defeat and Lu Xiufu's suicide by jumping into the sea, Wen Tianxiang was escorted north. On the way, he began a hunger strike in order to commit suicide. However, he had not died after eight days of hunger strike, and the outside world could no longer hold back.

The most famous eulogy at that time was called "Living Sacrifice to Prime Minister Wen", which was the most widely circulated. One can guess the content just by listening to the name. It can be said that this kind of eulogy is rare in ancient and modern times.

The author of this article was called Wang Yanwu. He was originally a young man from a wealthy family, but after the fall of Lin'an, he chose to join Wen Tianxiang's shogunate. He spent all his family wealth and provided advice to help Wen Tianxiang fight against the Yuan Dynasty. Later, he went back to attend his mother's funeral because of illness.

Now Wen Tianxiang, who was both his teacher and his superior, was being escorted northward and passed by Luling where he was. Wang Yanwu was afraid that Wen Tianxiang would not see the article, so he simply printed hundreds of copies and posted them at various traffic intersections in Luling.

Perhaps he was angered by his former colleagues, or perhaps he had a new understanding after being close to death, Wen Tianxiang suddenly did not want to die anymore, and planned to go to Dadu first to see what the regime of the fallen Song Dynasty looked like.

On the way, he did not forget to tease these officials who were still receiving salaries from the Song Dynasty a few years ago, saying that it was impossible for me to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty, but if they let me go and become a Taoist priest to preserve my reputation, I might have the chance to serve as a consultant to the Yuan Dynasty in the future.

But unfortunately, the tradition of Taoist rebellion was too well-known, and these Yuan Dynasty officials understood it immediately:
If we let you go and become a Taoist priest, and you come back to rebel, won't we be the ones to lose our heads then?

Wen Tianxiang was filled with regret when his plan was discovered, and this tough guy was escorted to Dadu, where he spent three years.

The "Song of Righteousness" was written at this time. 】

(End of this chapter)