The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 449: Loyal and treacherous

[In September 1259, Kublai Khan arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River in Ezhou and received the news of Mongke's death. After paying tribute, he ordered his army to cross the river as soon as possible, surround Ezhou, and capture the city.]

[Song Lizong urgently ordered Jia Sidao to rush to the rescue from Xiazhou, and appointed him as the right prime minister and privy envoy in the army, with full authority to command all Song troops on the front lines of Sichuan, Jinghu, and Lianghuai to "act as he sees fit"]

[Jia Sidao rushed to Hanyang and set up camp, and supported Zhang Sheng, the garrison commander of Ezhou, and later went to Ezhou to supervise the battle.]

[After arriving in Ezhou, a wooden wall was built outside the city overnight. ]

[The Mongolian army came with great force, and seeing the strong fortifications of Ezhou City, they were at a loss as to where to go.]

[Kublai Khan captured two Song army prisoners outside the city. After asking around, he learned that the one guarding the city was Jia Sidao, and that the Song army "came in haste and were not elite soldiers", and most of the soldiers in the city were old and weak.]

……

Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath.

"The Song Dynasty had so many loyal ministers and good generals."

Although Song Lizong had the common problems of the Song Dynasty emperors.

But in terms of identifying and employing people, he was unrivaled in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"You have to be my descendant."

He glanced at the unconscious Zhao Kuangyi and spat secretly.

We are brothers from the same mother, so how come I have a brother like you!
He thought again of the candle shadow and the axe sound.

His expression changes constantly.

A hint of murderous intent emerged in his eyes.

……

Song Taizong period
Zhao Kuangyi's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Comparing the two, doesn't it mean that my offspring can't compare to my eldest brother's offspring? !
"If you don't remove the roots, the grass will grow again in the spring breeze..."

……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard.

"If it weren't for the things he did later to deceive the emperor."

"I really thought he was a loyal minister!"

Queen Ma asked with a smile:
"So what do you think, is it better for the emperors of the Song Dynasty to meddle in government affairs, or is it better for a powerful minister to take charge?"

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes.

"Sister, you are making excuses."

"All world affairs depend on the emperor."

"As a minister, you should just do your job well, don't interfere in other people's affairs."

"There are merits and faults!"

Queen Ma smiled and nodded.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he felt something was wrong.

Then he thought that the future of his dynasty might also need such a person, so he added a few more words.

"Of course, the details depend on the emperor's situation at the time."

"If he were an emperor like Huiqin or Zhao Gou, then he would have made great contributions!"

Queen Ma snorted and turned her head away.

"Slippery!"

Old Zhu smiled complacently.

There’s nothing wrong with what you said!

As for whether this kind of emperor will appear in the Zhu family...

It's so funny, only a few of these things come out in thousands of years!

It’s not even my turn!
……

[At that time, Jia Sidao only had 700 Hanyang troops, which was not strong enough to fight against Kublai Khan's army, so he ordered the Lianghuai War Zone and the Sichuan War Zone to urgently support Ezhou as the right prime minister.]

[However, the reinforcements coming from all directions were few and far between. Wang Jian, who was in charge of the Diaoyucheng in Hezhou, and Liu Zheng, who was in charge of the defense of Luzhou, used the excuse that the defense of Sichuan and Shu was urgent and refused to send troops to aid Hubei.]

[Generals Gao Da and Cao Shixiong from Xiangyang arrived, but historical records show that these two men treated Jia Sidao with contempt. There is no record of how they treated Jia Sidao with contempt.]

[Finally, Sichuan Deputy Envoy Lü Wende came from Chongqing to help, broke through the Mongolian army that was besieging the city, entered Ezhou at night, and strengthened the defense force.]

……

Great Sui.

Yang Jian was not surprised at all.

A characteristic of the Song Dynasty?
As for what he will say, we can guess it!
It simply means that Jia Sidao is a civil servant who knows nothing about military affairs and asked us to listen to him. It is really like an amateur commanding the experts, and his tone is not respectful enough, etc.

"It's over."

Dugu Jialuo looked at him strangely.

"What's over?"

Yang Jian twisted his beard and said boredly:
"These generals are doomed. They either disobey orders or make sarcastic remarks. This will create hatred."

Dugu Jialuo rolled her eyes.

"Instead of thinking about this, why don't you just change his diaper first!"

Yang Jian was stunned, and then he felt a moistness on his arm.

Look down.

Young Shimin was grinning at him.

……

[Over the next hundred days, the Song-Mongol offensive and defensive battles were extremely fierce, with 13,000 casualties in Ezhou City. However, the Song army became more courageous and kept the Mongol army out.]

【In November, the Mongolian army was short of food and grass, and diseases were rampant. Kublai Khan still failed to conquer Ezhou. He exclaimed: "How could I use someone as wise as me!"】【At the same time, news came from Mongolia that his brother Ariq Boke was coveting the Khan's throne in the northern desert. Kublai Khan asked his generals and staff for advice. Hao Jing and others believed that the war to destroy the Song Dynasty would not be successful in a short time, and the fight for the Khan's throne was related to the overall situation and could not be delayed. They suggested that Kublai Khan "return to the army decisively and make a plan as soon as possible." 】

[In the intercalary November, the war situation changed]

[However, when Jia Sidao saw that the number of casualties in the city reached 13,000, he became a little confused and secretly sent a secret envoy, Song Jing, to Kublai Khan's camp to negotiate peace with the Mongolian army on the condition of paying tribute and becoming a vassal.]

[At this time, 40% to 50% of the Mongolian troops were infected with the disease, and their food and wages were scarce, so their combat effectiveness dropped sharply.]

【Kublai Khan took the opportunity to agree to Jia Sidao's request for peace.】

[The siege of Ezhou was lifted with the condition of "ceding the Yangtze River as the boundary and paying 200,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk per year".]

[Because the Mongolian army was about to return north, he instructed the Mongolian envoy to follow the army northward when he saw the flag moving.]

[Song and Mongolia were negotiating on the city wall of Ezhou, and no agreement had been reached. The Mongolian envoy immediately returned after seeing the Mongolian army's flag moving.]

[The Wulianghetai Mongolian army that had marched north from Dali to besiege Tanzhou (Changsha, Hunan) was also ordered to withdraw and return north.]

【Jia Sidao falsely claimed to have defeated the Mongolian army and made great contributions, so he took control of the country. 】

……

Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Heng frowned.

"There's something fishy about this!"

'"It should be Kublai Khan who was at a disadvantage during the siege of Ezhou and was eager to negotiate peace!"

"How could a man who could personally go to the front lines and share the hardships with the soldiers, and lead 700 elite soldiers in battle, suddenly be so eager to seek peace?"

Liu E glanced at him sideways.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Heng flicked his sleeves and said with wisdom:
"It must be that the Mongolian army with a force of 100,000 was unable to capture the city and returned empty-handed!"

"But it's not a glorious thing after all."

"It would be better to say that the reason for the withdrawal was that the Southern Song Dynasty compromised and surrendered, and then the Mongolian army retreated."

"This will excuse the defeat of the Mongolian army."

Liu E frowned slightly.

This guess can neither be said to be right nor wrong.

It does make sense in terms of emotion and there is no specific written agreement.

For a spoken word, history books can record it however they want, as long as the result is correct.

but……

She looked at Zhao Heng with a gloomy tone.

"It was Empress Dowager Xiao who was more anxious about the Chanyuan Alliance..."

"Finally, we signed the covenant."

Zhao Heng froze in place as he stroked his beard confidently.

"But...but there's no written contract!"

"What if they really signed the alliance, and signed it privately? That would be deceiving the emperor!"

"You can't keep this kind of thing secret!"

Liu E rolled her eyes at the emperor who was trying hard to save his dignity.

Just the character of your Song Dynasty emperor...

Maybe he really likes it!
……

[After the great victory in Ezhou, Emperor Lizong of Song Dynasty promoted Jia Sidao to the position of Right Prime Minister and Privy Councilor, and he entered the court to govern.]

【Jia Sidao began his fifteen-year career as prime minister, holding all the power.】

[The public land law was established to "buy the land of government households that exceeds the limit". One-third of the land occupied by bureaucrats and landlords that exceeds the limit was used to buy public land and lease it to farmers for cultivation. The government collected land rent according to the original rent amount, thus solving problems such as military food, commodity prices, and land annexation.]

[He set an example by donating his own 10,000 mu of fertile land in western Zhejiang. Song Lizong's younger brother and western Zhejiang official Zhao Mengkui also donated their own land. In the following 14 years, the public land law bought back more than 3.5 million mu of land for the Southern Song Dynasty.]

[In order to find out the hidden land and rectify the tax loopholes, Jia Sidao introduced the "Pushing and Displacing Law" which complemented the Public Land Law. ]

【The county governs the city, and the city governs the bai. Based on the Jiading boundary register, the land and steps are checked section by section to see if there is any fraud or concealment. Changes in the owners and tenants are corrected so that the people have fixed property, the property has fixed taxes, and the taxes have fixed registers.】

【But at that time, most of the county officials were from wealthy families, and even after checking, the taxes were still not collected. Only the poor and weak were taxed on every inch of land, which made the people even more exhausted.】

[Another reform implemented was the "Fighting Method", which was a special accounting inspection of the military expenses used during the Song-Mongol War, mainly targeting military generals. For illegal expenditures, military generals were required to repay them, and those found guilty were thrown into prison.]

[This reform also inadvertently changed the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty. ]

……

{My worldview keeps changing, I can no longer tell the good guys from the bad guys}
{At that time, the military pay of the Southern Song Dynasty was all dependent on the purchase of grain, so the government had to issue a large amount of paper money, causing inflation and soaring prices.}
{Local officials exploited the people at all levels by taking advantage of the grain purchase, often doubling the amount required by their superiors, causing the lower classes to suffer.}
{In 1262, Jia Sidao proposed the "Public Land Law", believing that this reform "can avoid the purchase of grain at the same price, can prevent the paper money abuse, can provide military supplies, can stabilize the price of goods, can provide comfort to the rich, and once implemented, five benefits will arise."}
{The Public Land Law was a wartime economic policy implemented against the backdrop of serious land annexation in the Southern Song Dynasty.}
{Once the Public Land Law was introduced, there was widespread opposition from both the government and the people. The Southern Song government, which obtained military pay, was of course the beneficiary of the Public Land Law, but the bureaucrats and landlords felt that they were the victims of the government buying back the public land and reducing the grain purchase, so they tried every means to oppose the Public Land Law.}
{It was the bureaucrats and landlords who had caused the people to suffer, and when the country was in danger, they were unwilling to give up their land.}
{It takes courage to sharpen the knife and go after the vested interests. How much more courage does it take to go after the vested interests of the entire ruling class?!}

{I understand. In ancient times, "loyalty and treachery" was ostensibly about loyalty to the emperor, but in reality it was about loyalty to the scholar-official group.}

……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng sighed helplessly
The Chinese people are the most patient.

As long as they have a place to sleep, enough food to eat, and some straw to keep warm, they will never take risks and rise up in rebellion.

But this is no reason for officials to act recklessly!
"The Public Land Law..."

Liu Heng calmed down and focused his attention on this method.

He has already understood that the annexation of land will not stop.

Then we can only leave a backup plan and let future emperors use it at their own discretion.

……

[When Jia Sidao was in power, Song Lizong ordered people to search for beauties all over the country and send them to the palace. He also often summoned singing girls and dancers to accompany him in the palace, seeking pleasure.]

[In October 1264, Emperor Lizong of Song became seriously ill due to excessive sexual indulgence.]

[The imperial doctors were at their wits' end and had no choice but to offer a large reward to recruit famous doctors from all over the world to treat him, but after several days, no one came forward to respond.]

[On the 15th, Song Lizong died of illness at the age of 60. After his death, he was buried in Yongmuling Mausoleum.]

(End of this chapter)