At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 40 Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world
In the bedroom, Ms. Cai wiped Zhao Shi's body mechanically. She didn't sleep for three days, except for giving Zhao Shi water, and she just repeated this action.

Suddenly, Mrs. Liu shouted: "Madam, Your Majesty has moved."

Cai Shi was startled. When she looked carefully at Zhao Shi, she found that he had opened his eyes.

"The emperor's blessing, the emperor's blessing~" Cai murmured and stood up, calling: "Come here, Zhao Tai..."

Before the words were spoken, he looked up to the sky and fell down.

Fortunately, Ms. Liu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and helped Ms. Cai.

Zhao Shi said: "Call the imperial doctor."

Ms. Liu came back to her senses and shouted: "Here comes someone~ Your Majesty is awake, Your Majesty is awake..."

He screamed twice, tears streaming down his face.

Hula la, a group of people ran in outside.

Zhu Ming stepped forward quickly, took Zhao Shi's pulse carefully, took a deep breath, and said: "The sky has eyes, your Majesty is safe and sound!"

Apart from being a little weak, I can't see any problems.

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor~" Chen Yizhong bowed his head and his eyes were red.

You only know how precious it is when you lose it, and you also realize how valuable it is when you almost lose it. Wen Tianxiang has done nothing these days, just confronting him. I really have had enough.

In the past, when the emperor was good, there were no such things.

Wen Tianxiang was relieved and bowed three times and shouted long live.

Chen Yizhong cannot be used in a big way, and the central government cannot do without the emperor. Now that the emperor is awake, he can safely take up his post.

"Emperor doctor, treat Mrs. Lu quickly."

After hearing the emperor's words, Lu Xiufu realized that his wife was still unconscious and quickly took her into his arms.

Seeing Lu Xiufu taking Zhu Ming to see Cai, Zhao felt relieved and asked, "I only slept for one night, why are all the ministers gathered here?"

"Your Majesty has been in a coma for three days. The medicine and stones are ineffective, and the dripping water is difficult to get in. I, I, I..." Chen Yizhong wiped his eyes and could not go on.

You can't just say that the emperor just woke up and thought he was going to die.

When he heard that he had been sleeping for three days, Zhao couldn't lie down anymore and said, "Help me get up and summon all the princes to discuss matters."

"Your Majesty, you can't." Chen Yizhong advised: "This supreme body should be loved and cherished, and must not be neglected. But if there is a mistake, it will be too late to regret it."

Wen Tianxiang advised: "Your Majesty is sleepy and unconscious, and the soldiers and civilians are in panic. Now that he has just woken up, he should rest and recuperate. It will not be too late to take charge of the Board of Directors when his health improves."

"I'm fine..."

Chen Wenlong interrupted: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes and eat. It will not be too late to talk about state affairs after you regain your energy."

"Your Majesty, please leave." Chen Yizhong immediately took the people away to prevent the emperor from losing control of himself.

After leaving the door, Chen Yizhong said: "It depends on the destiny of heaven, and the country will prosper."

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and we will do our best to assist him."

Say I'm not doing my best?Chen Yizhong glared at Wen Tianxiang, but did not bother to refute, and said: "Message to all parties, Your Majesty is awake and well, and the soldiers and civilians don't worry."

Immediately, the city resounded with cheers of long live long live long live from countless officials.

What did Zhao do to make the people so happy?
The first is Dingkou money. During the Song Dynasty, Dingkou money was the main source of income for the imperial court. In the two Zhejiang areas, each person had to pay one hundred and twenty money per year, which was about three or four days' wages for an adult male. A family of four or five people, one Yuebai is busy.

The second is the house tax, which must be paid every year. According to the size, location and use value of the house, it is divided into twenty grades. The lowest grade costs more than ten yuan. It seems not a heavy burden, but how much money can people with poor houses have?

In addition, stabilizing grain prices and lowering salt prices are great benefits for urban residents.

With all this going on, the people certainly didn't want anything to happen to the emperor.

In the room, after Zhao had a bowl of porridge, he felt refreshed and the whole world came alive.

Excessive fright and exhaustion for days caused the weak body to be overwhelmed. Fortunately, with good luck, the danger was finally turned around.

Compared with the joy in Wenzhou city, the Dong family is gloomy and gloomy.

Not only did Dong Wenbing lose the battle, but he also suffered from a relapse of his old illness. Now that he returned to the capital, he became even more seriously ill. With the deaths of Dong Shiyuan and Dong Wenyong, it really felt like the sky had fallen.

His son Dong Shixuan, nephew Dong Shiqing and many other juniors caught Dong Wenbing and his entourage, and they couldn't help but feel sad when they saw him sleeping unconsciously.After returning home, the imperial doctor checked his pulse and prescribed medicine, then turned around and told Kublai Khan that Dong Wenbing was hopeless.

After fighting for many years and suffering too many injuries, under the grief this time, the fuel is exhausted, and no manpower can restore it.

Kublai Khan missed his old friendship and immediately came to Dong Wenbing's house to visit.

Seeing Dong Wenbing sleeping unconsciously, Kublai Khan sighed with emotion: "My eldest brother has great achievements, but he ended up like this. My heart aches."

"Your Majesty." Dong Wenbing suddenly opened his eyes, struggled to salute, and said: "I thought of it. The southern soldiers used gunpowder, but the formula was different..."

Seeing this, Kublai Khan was not happy but worried.

Even if he has the aura of a king, he can't make a dying man sit up in shock with just one word. The only explanation is that he will return to the light.

Sure enough, Dong Wenbing didn't seem to be sick. When he got up, his face was rosy and his conversation was as usual.

"I was shocked at first, so I thought ghosts and gods were helping me. But now I think about it, and it actually smells like gunpowder, so it must be gunpowder. The people from the south changed the formula, so the sound is like thunder and the power is huge.

The new gunpowder must be relied upon by the southerners, and your majesty should offer a reward to anyone who can make it, or use fine craftsmanship to reveal its secrets. "

"Brother is worried about the country, I..."

Dong Wenbing didn't seem to hear it, and said to himself: "Even if it cannot be imitated, everyone should discuss the method of restraint, and everything in the world has a response.

Your Majesty follows the royal path, but there are many people who fail to understand the holy will, levy and extort money, occupy fields, and rob people into slavery. Your Majesty should use capable officials to rule them.

After Lin'an was defeated, everyone thought that the world was settled, and they did not care about the southern court. They underestimated the enemy and were unprepared, and so did the ministers. Therefore, five thousand soldiers and generals were sacrificed, and the civil servants died unexpectedly. Your Majesty must not ignore it.

I am about to die and cannot follow you around. I beg your majesty to work hard to govern, promote Han law, stabilize the country, and make the world unified, so I can smile from the bottom of my heart. "

Kublai Khan was speechless for a long time and said: "My eldest brother loves me so much, how can I let him down?"

The monarch and his ministers talked for a long time, and Kublai Khan left. Dong Wenbing took another bath, and then called his second son Dong Shixuan, and said: "I regard the death of my ancestors as a royal matter, and I hate to die for the country. So far, my life is over, and I wish the Dong family If there is a man in the world who can ride a horse, if he tries his best to serve his country, I will die in peace."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lost his breath and died.

When Kublai Khan received the news, he immediately stopped court for three days to express his condolences. However, news came from Ashu and Ali Hague one after another, forcing Kublai Khan to reopen the court meeting.

"More than [-] people were defeated in Yangzhou. Li Tingzhi calmly gathered his soldiers and civilians and retreated to Taizhou. [-] soldiers were killed in Qingtian. Many people including Cui Bin and others were captured. Zhu Zi defeated his army. How can this be done?"

"I will be punished by death." Everyone bowed.

When Kublai Khan was angry, everyone was like a quail, and it was definitely right to apologize first.

Kublai Khan said: "Who will pacify the south?"

Everyone looked at Boyan in unison.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to make meritorious deeds, who wouldn’t covet the merits of destroying a country?It's just that there are so many arrogant soldiers and powerful generals, and there are other ethnic groups in the Yuan and Han Dynasties, so ordinary people can't coordinate them.

In terms of ability and qualifications, Boyan is one of the best. In terms of closeness, Boyan is a serious Mongolian aristocrat. In terms of status, Prime Minister Zuo, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.

Boyan originally thought that he had achieved the achievement of destroying the country and was in danger of shaking the master with his great achievements, so he was ready to lie down. However, the situation did not allow it, so he had to say: "Although I defeated the Nanren Lindu, I failed to defeat them." He was so proud of his efforts that he underestimated the enemy, indulged the Song people in establishing a new emperor, and resisted stubbornly, resulting in a huge defeat on the front line and heavy losses.

I invite you to go south and lead all the armies to attack Wenzhou. I will capture the children of Rukou and sacrifice them to the palace to make up for your mistakes. "

After secretly applauding his cleverness, Boyan had to be glad that his reward had not yet been determined, otherwise he would not have been able to say this.

"Yes." Thinking of Dong Wenbing's last words, Kublai Khan added: "Send envoys to recruit the Southern Emperor and his subordinates to surrender, and restrain the garrison. However, those who are arrogant and underestimate the enemy and lose their troops, and those who use troops to harm the people, will be severely punished. "

"I will obey the imperial edict." Boyan accepted the order.

Before Boyan went south to attack the Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan said to him, "In the past, Cao Bin brought peace to the south of the Yangtze River because he did not have a bloodlust. Your body and mind are as good as my Cao Bin's." This did not mean that he really did not kill people, but that he strictly enforced military discipline. , Treat the people leniently to win over the people and achieve the goal of long-term peace and stability.

On the whole, Boyan's control was good. Except for the massacre of Changzhou to deter other places, he did not kill too indiscriminately.

Therefore, there is a poem that says, "General Lu, Prime Minister Boyan, took over the south of the Yangtze River and did not kill anyone. Yesterday the emperor invited tea and dinner, and all the nobles in the court surrendered."

The people of the Song Dynasty were not stupid. If the Yuan army was always killing people, they would definitely not be "surrendering ministers" and would have run away with their buckets.

However, Ali Hague killed many people in Jinghu, detained prisoners on a large scale, and robbed the people as slaves, which led to constant resistance in various places and rebellions from time to time.

It didn't matter in the past, and the things that were suppressed casually were not worth mentioning. Now the Song Dynasty has the momentum of resurgence. If it continues like this, the south will return to the embrace of the Song Dynasty.

Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. Not only Zhao Shi but also Kublai Khan knew this, so he specifically ordered Boyan to enforce military discipline to consolidate the hearts of the people.

(End of this chapter)