Chapter 382: Posthumous title "Holy and Filial Emperor"

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
“When extraordinary events occur in this world, extraordinary people will be born.”

This sudden remark scared Wei Zifu so much that she was scared to death!
She turned her head!

I found that the dead man had turned around at some point.

I'm leaning on my arms and looking at the sky!
Wei Zifu secretly touched her chest.

While calming his violent heartbeat, he smiled and gritted his teeth and said:

"Your Majesty... your evaluation is really high!"

Liu Che stood still and glanced downward.

He snorted softly.

"Huh, that's natural."

"This kind of person can only be controlled by a monarch like me who is resolute, strategic, and consistent!"

"What a pity! The regime dies with the man."

"Looking at the Song Dynasty emperor's appearance, his new law will have to be abolished again."

……

【The reforms presided over by Wang Anshi lasted for a total of six years.】

【However, the new law was not completely terminated because of Wang Anshi's departure. 】

[In 1078 AD, Emperor Shenzong of Song changed the reign title to Yuanfei and personally promoted the reform. ]

[He began to implement reforms on the official system, taking the power of official promotion away from the prime minister.]

【The three-province system of the Tang Dynasty was restored.】

【It should be said that Song Shenzong was unwavering in his reform.】

[From this point of view, he can be regarded as the emperor with the most reform and enterprising spirit in the 300-year history of the Song Dynasty. ]

……

Liu Che:......

Wei Zifu took a peek.

"boring!"

With a flick of his sleeves and a twist of his body, Liu Che continued to turn his back to the sky.

……

Great Qin.

Liu Bang buried his head deeply.

In this case, it's best not to speak.

"Liu Bang, why do you think the Song Dynasty could last for three hundred years?"

Ying Zheng said I won’t let you go!

asshole!

Who is more important, the Qin Dynasty or the Qin people?
The Qin people are not important. I would have killed you, old bastard, from the beginning!

……

Han Dynasty Lingdi Period
"Three hundred years?"

Liu Hong took a breath of cold air.

The Han Dynasty lasted only four hundred years!

Everyone in the hall also stopped discussing.

Shouldn't it?

According to the temple's calculations, it would be good if it could last for more than a hundred years!
Three hundred years?
One hundred years of peace, the Northern Song Dynasty was mentioned earlier.

Could it be...

The old story of Wang Mang? A new beginning?!

Could it be... that Emperor Shenzong really pushed forward the reform?
……

Ji Han.

Liu Bei raised his wine glass, not knowing whether to drink or not.

"Three hundred years? Could it be that the continued reforms have caused public outrage?"

“And then accept destiny?”

His Highness and others remained silent.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and groaned:
"It's unlikely. If that were the case, how could Liao and Xia remain indifferent?"

Everyone in the hall continued to remain silent.

Sun Quan on the side said secretly:
"It has been seventy years since the Chanyuan Alliance..."

"hiss!"

Everyone in the hall gasped.

It is possible that internal strife will lead to external chaos!

……

Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozu's period
"What?!!"

Li Yuan jumped up from the bed, put his hands on his hips and looked at the sky.

"This broken dynasty will last another three hundred years?!"

"My Tang Dynasty has been in existence for less than three hundred years!"

Li Jiancheng, who was sitting next to him, raised his eyebrows at Li Shimin.

"My father said it was his Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes at him silently.

This guy is starting to get a bit annoying now.

……

Great Song.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Zhao Kuangyin threw away the iron rod in his hand.

Standing in the pit with his hands on his hips and laughing out loud!
"I'll tell you!"

"The Song Dynasty can't keep suffering like this!"

"Needless to say! Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi are the Duke Xiao of the Song Dynasty, Lord Shang!"

"That's how we'll grow from here!"

"Hahahaha!"

“Although the road was a bit bumpy, the result was good!”

"Hahahaha!"

……

Song Shenzong Period
Zhao Xu, who was still wondering about the death of Wang Anshi, blinked.

Am I...so powerful?
……

Song Dynasty: Zhezong Period
Zhao Xu, who had just been irritated by the Empress Dowager and came here to study, blinked.

Pulling Sima Guang's sleeve, he whispered:

"Could it be that I am the genius who can turn the tide?"

Sima Guang came back to his senses and his expression became even more complicated.

Are you?
……

Song Huizong Period
"Three hundred years?"

Zhao Ji stroked his beard with a confused look on his face.

Did I understand it wrong before?
The Song Dynasty has been rising since I took over?
How do we understand the Northern Song Dynasty?

……

Song Dynasty Xiaozong Period
Zhao Shen had a bitter smile.

"Fortunately... I can still survive for a while."

……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed to the sky.

"If someone who doesn't know what you're saying comes to mind, they might think it's amazing."

Queen Ma sighed:
"I don't know how many years the Ming Dynasty will last."

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped smiling and pondered.

It must be at least three hundred years, right?
It can’t be shorter than the Song Dynasty!
……

On the canopy.

Five red marching routes extended across the territory of the Song Dynasty, heading straight towards Western Xia!

……

[In April 1081, the ruler of Western Xia had a conflict with the queen mother and proposed to cede territory to the Song Dynasty in exchange for peace. He was imprisoned by the queen mother Liang of Western Xia.]

[In July, the news reached the Song Dynasty, and Song Shenzong decided to launch a massive attack on Xixia! ]

【He appointed the eunuch Li Xian as his chief commander.】

[Li Xian was ordered to go out of Xihe Road, the relative Gao Zunyu was ordered to go out of Huanqing Road, Liu Changzuo was ordered to go out of Jingyuan Road, the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng was ordered to go out of Hedong Road, and Zhong Yan was ordered to go out of Fuyan Road.]

[An army of 400,000 divided into five groups to launch a massive attack on Western Xia.]

……

Great Song.

"It's just a joke!"

Zhao Kuangyin slapped his thigh and was angry at his lack of fighting spirit.

Are you emperors so obsessed with praise?

Not to mention using a eunuch who knows nothing about military affairs as the commander-in-chief!

The matter of attacking does not depend on the enemy's situation, but on the penetration of the sky!
Seize the territory without destroying the enemy? !
The ruler of Western Xia was imprisoned, and the disputes in the court were resolved.

At this time, the enemy joined forces to resist, and the five armies could only worry about being in vain!

"What about Wang Shao?!"

Zhao Kuangyi on the side silently complained:

"Who knows, he might follow in Di Qing's footsteps."

Zhao Kuangyin was speechless.

Then he got furious!
"How dare you say that! It's all your fault!"

"boom!"……

Song Taizong period
Zhao Kuangyi's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Think about the Northern Expedition during Yongxi's reign, when there were only about 300,000 troops.

Wouldn't this kid bet all the chips he got from the reform?
……

On the canopy.

Gusts of biting north wind, with mournful whistles, were howling and violently attacking the city of Bianjing.

Suddenly, a sharp horse neighing sound came along the Imperial Street!

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer, and three iron cavalrymen, sweating profusely, crossed the Zhou Bridge and galloped towards Xuande Gate.

The scene changes.

The palace lanterns illuminated the imperial desk, where Zhao Xu was reviewing piles of documents and memorials.

A fur robe was draped over him.

His back was already bent, and there were a few faint crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.

The worry between his brows lingered.

suddenly!

The gloomy expression turned into fury with raised eyebrows and wide eyes.

He threw the pen on the table and stood up angrily!

He brushed away the documents on the desk with his sleeves.

……

[In August, Zhong Yan led an army of 93,000 people to capture Mizhi City, and he presented a memorial to the emperor requesting that he no longer be restricted by him.]

[In October, the army advanced to Shizhou. The army ran out of food and encountered heavy snow. The soldiers could not stand the cold and hunger. Two or three out of ten died of starvation and freezing. The army was disbanded and only 30,000 people survived and entered the Great Wall.]

[Wang Zhongzheng led 60,000 soldiers and civilians to cross the Wuding River and enter Youzhou. Their food and grass were completely cut off, leaving only 30,000 soldiers and 11,000 civilians.]

[In October, Gao Zunyu led 87,000 troops and reached Weizhou without a fight. However, due to lack of food and grass, they camped in Hanhai and waited for aid.]

[Liu Changzuo led 50,000 Han and Tibetan soldiers to repel the 30,000 Western Xia troops on the Song-Xia border. In November, he advanced to the city of Lingzhou ahead of Gao Zunyu's troops, and the vanguard almost broke through the gate.]

[However, Gao Zunyu was jealous of his achievements and ordered him not to attack the city while he was victorious, causing him to miss the opportunity to fight.]

[Afterwards, Gao Zunyu led the siege for 18 days but was unable to capture the city.]

[The Western Xia army opened the Yellow River to flood the Song camp, and at the same time sent troops to cut off the Song army's food supply. A large number of Song soldiers froze to death or drowned, and only about 13,000 survived.]

[Li Xian led an army of more than 100,000 and recaptured Lanzhou in September, but was reluctant to advance. It was not until November that he reached Tiandu Mountain. By then, Gao Zunyu and Liu Changzuo had already been defeated, so he received an imperial edict and returned to his army.]

【The Battle of Lingzhou turned out to be a disastrous defeat, and Song Shenzong was totally unprepared. He "received the news in the middle of the night, got up and walked around the bed, and could not sleep all morning." As a result, he fell ill.】

……

Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Heng hugged Liu E's arm and sighed:

"This eunuch is not the same as the eunuch."

"Think about how brave Qin Han is."

"I was wounded forty-nine times in the battle."

"When suppressing the rebellion in Chengdu, he was hit by a stray arrow and won five battles in a row. He conquered Yizhou, but he gave the credit to his subordinates."

"During the Battle of Chanyuan, he was at the front line and did not take off his armor for more than 70 days until the Liao army withdrew."

"When he died, the imperial guards buried him with the rites of a father and brother. He was also a eunuch."

Liu E on the side said helplessly:
"But even if Qin Han is resurrected, he can't be the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, right?"

"This Western Expedition is clearly intended to pacify Xixia. This is an attempt to destroy the country."

"Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a reason for a eunuch to be the commander in chief of a war of this magnitude, right?"

Zhao Heng nodded.

"You have a point, but this is the law of our ancestors."

……

Song Shenzong Period
Zhao Xu touched his forehead. He could somewhat understand what his future self was thinking.

There is civil strife in Western Xia, and if I do not take it, the Liao Kingdom will.

Are we just going to sit back and watch the Liao Kingdom grow stronger?

Considering Yelu Hongji's greed to the point of extorting land from the Song Dynasty for no reason, what was the nearly divided Western Xia to be compared to?
But...what about Wang Shao?

……

Ming dynasty.

"Just tell me whether Song Chao is unlucky or not!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on a chair with his horse and sword in his hand, eating a watermelon.

He wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a bulge in his mouth:

"Wang Shao, the only one who had some ability, died on the eve of Yuanfeng's Western Expedition."

"He died in June, and news of Xixia arrived in July!"

"Tell me! How unlucky!"

"This Song Dynasty is indeed not destined to succeed!"

Queen Ma, who was standing by, was annoyed by the watermelon she was holding and threw the rag beside her over.

"Don't talk while eating!"

"This juice is all over me!"

……

On the canopy.

On the mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, figures gather together to form a long dragon.

By piling up stones and wood, a fortress is quickly taking shape here.

……

【Song Shenzong was unwilling to accept the defeat in the Battle of Xinlingzhou. 】

[In July 1082, Emperor Shenzong accepted the advice of Shen Kuo and Zhong Yan and sent Xu Xi and others to Hengshan to oversee the construction of the city and defense affairs.]

【Xu Xi advocated building a city in Yongle, but was opposed by Shen Kuo and Zhong Yan. However, Xu Xi insisted on building Yongle City.】

[The construction of Yongle City started on August 15 and was completed on September 6. Emperor Shenzong named it "Yinchuan Village".]

……

Datang.

"Quick success and instant benefits."

Li Shimin twirled his beard and made his comment.

Li Chengqian on the side asked softly:

"Hengshan stretches for thousands of miles, produces war horses, is easy to cultivate, and has the benefits of salt and iron."

"Occupy Hengshan, then build forts along the line of Yin, You, Xia, Yan, Hui, Lan and other states, build fortifications and advance, step by step and steadily advance."

"We can surround Lingzhou and force Xixia to surrender."

"Why did Aye say he was eager for quick success?"

Li Shimin put down his hands, rested his head on the soft pillow, and leaned forward.

"Yes, Hengshan is like a natural Great Wall blocking the Song Dynasty and Xixia."

"For the Song Dynasty, taking the commanding heights of Hengshan was like the Liao Dynasty taking control of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. From then on, they could command the enemy from a high vantage point and charge into the heart of Western Xia at any time."

"But the problem is that Xixia will not sit idly by."

"As long as they are not stupid, they will definitely send out a large army and elite troops to remove this thorn in their eyes and flesh!"

"Then the question is, can the Song Dynasty's commander hold on?"

Li Chengqian looked at the sky.

It all depends on how Xu, Shen and Zhong get along... there's a high possibility that this village will be gone!

……

【Hengshan is more important to Xixia than Hehuang.】

[As soon as Yongle City was built, Xixia sent out 200,000 troops to fight for it, including the main cavalry known as the Iron Harriers.]

[Xu Xi received the intelligence, but he didn't believe it, underestimated the enemy, and insisted on going his own way.]

[On September 1082, , Yongle City fell, defenders were killed, and civilians died. Xu Xi himself died in the chaos.]

[On the first day of October, Song Shenzong received the news that Yongle City had fallen. He wept with grief and anger, and lost his appetite. During the morning court session, he burst into tears in front of his ministers, and the ministers dared not look up at him.]

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di curled his lips, tucked his sleeves in and said disdainfully:
"Are you guys worthy of using Yongle?"

"unlucky!"

Zhu Zhanji on the side looked at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi tightened his fat face and waved one hand lightly and quickly in front of his chest.

Zhu Zhanji swallowed his saliva.

Pretending nothing was wrong, he continued looking at the sky.

……

On the canopy.

On the steps of the Funing Palace, the imperial guards were lined up.

When on duty, he behaved cautiously and kept silent.

There was a sense of helplessness and desolation in the Funing Palace.

The imperial doctors looked panic-stricken, and dozens of eunuchs and palace maids had worried looks on their faces.

They stood in the corridor outside the emperor's bedroom, leaning against each other in groups of three or five, looking at the closed door.

Anxiously waiting for the call or the sad voice that dare not be spoken out loud.

Amid the anxious wait, the third watch drum sounded.

Inside the bedroom, the sound of a woman crying could be heard!

……

【The Yongle Campaign greatly hurt Emperor Shenzong, and history records that "after the fall of Yongle, he realized the difficulty of using military force, and therefore stopped his intention to conquer."】

[His dream of building a strong army and expanding the border was completely shattered. Not only was he mentally exhausted, but his illness also worsened and his physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse.]

[In the beginning of the first month of 1085, Emperor Shenzong fell ill and by the end of February, he was so ill that he could not speak.]

[On the first day of March, the eldest son, Zhao Yong, the ten-year-old Prince of Yan'an, was made the crown prince and renamed Xu.]

[On the fifth day of the first lunar month, he passed away in Funing Palace. ]

[He died at the age of 38 and was buried in Yongyu Mausoleum. His posthumous title was "Shengxiao Emperor" and his temple name was "Shenzong".]

(End of this chapter)

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