Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 502 Five-Year Period (Special thanks to book friend yyangtq for 2 monthly tickets!)

Chai Zongxun said:

"Yu'er, you should remember your father's daily teachings: 'Put the people first, the world is for the public, and attach importance to industry and commerce.' The greatest interest of the imperial family is the people of the world.

Officials are merely tools for implementing the court’s policies. We must never allow them to become interest groups that steal public power for their own benefit!

The emperor has arranged for General Manager Tang, Commander Zhang, Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Huyan and others to assist you wholeheartedly. If there are any changes, Yu'er can discuss with them and make a decision!"

Chai Jiyu hesitated for a moment and said:
"If your Majesty firmly refuses to allow me to go to war on your behalf, I will follow your Majesty's instructions, stay within the country, and keep the country safe and sound until your Majesty returns victorious!"

Chai Zongxun sighed:
"Yu'er, I have watched you grow from a baby, and I have carefully nurtured you every day. I am very confident in your character and abilities.

Since Qin Shihuang unified the world and created the imperial autocracy, until Emperor Wu of Han promoted Confucianism as the only school of thought and eliminated all other schools of thought, the official-centered and hierarchical system became the ruling order of Chinese society.

Although this system can maintain the general stability and peace of Chinese society for a considerable period of time, due to human nature, the official-centered and hierarchical system will inevitably lead to polarization in society:

The privileged bureaucratic class only wants to gain more power and benefits and will never be satisfied, while more and more people are becoming poor and unable to survive.

In the end, there will definitely be great social unrest, wars will break out, and the dynasty will be overthrown and rebuilt!
The business-oriented civilization is much superior to the official-oriented civilization. It is much better to determine social status by the amount of wealth created for society than to use power to monopolize social resources!
Society as a whole is also much more open-minded and fair, which represents the direction of development of human civilization.

Since I ascended the throne, I have been vigorously cultivating the transformation of our Great Zhou into a commercial society and vigorously developing commercial civilization, which has now officially taken shape.

However, I am afraid that there are still many stubborn and conservative forces hidden deep in society. When Yu'er is supervising the country, he should be cautious and must not be bewitched by them! "

Chai Jiyu said:

"Father's earnest teachings are engraved in my heart.

My imperial family should regard the interests of the vast majority of the people as its own interests, so that the country can be sustainable and last for thousands of generations.

Those who choose to collude with the bureaucratic privileged class and oppress the people are all extremely stupid tyrants who harm the people and ruin the country, and they will be infamous for thousands of years! "

Chai Zongxun nodded with satisfaction, and immediately had a secret discussion with Crown Prince Chai Jiyu for a long time, explaining many ways to deal with emergencies.

Chai Zongxun said:

"Yu'er, father is leading the army in person this time, and we will surely return victorious in three years at the fastest and five years at the slowest!

If my father has not returned in seven years, Yu'er will inherit the throne of our Great Zhou Empire and ensure the prosperity of our country for generations to come!"

Chai Jiyu cried:
"Your son wants to go to war on behalf of your father, but you don't allow it. Your father is kind-hearted and is the hope for the well-being of the people of our Great Zhou. Gods and Buddhas will surely protect you and everything will go smoothly!
Your son, your mother, and all the people will surely be waiting in the country for your father's triumphant return!"

At the imperial farewell dinner held in Huangyi Hall that day, the concubines and underage princes and princesses were all very sad when they thought that Chai Zongxun was about to go to war and they would not be able to see him for several years.

After several rounds of drinking, Chai Zongxun said with a smile:
"My dear ministers, please do not be too sad. I want to take advantage of my youth to make some important decisions for the country!
In three years at the earliest, five years at the latest, I will lead my army back in triumph!"

The concubines and children knew that they could not change Chai Zongxun's decision, so they could only bear the reluctance and wish him immediate success and a quick return.

Queen Mother Fu sighed:
"Now that our Great Zhou is so powerful, Your Majesty is still working so hard for the country. I really can't bear it. But I know that Your Majesty has long-term plans for the country, and I can't stop you.

Your Majesty, my mother is old, I only hope that Your Majesty will rush back to Bianjing before my mother is still alive!"

Empress Dowager Fu was born in the third year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty (933 AD). She was a native of Wanqiu, Chenzhou. This year is the thirty-eighth year of Kaixi (997 AD), and she is already 64 years old.

Chai Zongxun felt quite reluctant for a moment and said with tears in his eyes:
"My Queen Mother is a model for the whole nation. You are blessed with great fortune. I will surely be in good health and live as long as the Southern Mountains! I have decided to exempt the people of Chenzhou and Wanqiu from paying taxes for a year, and I will pray to God for my Queen Mother!
I will complete the expedition as soon as possible and return as soon as possible."

At the banquet that night, Chai Zongxun and many concubines expressed their deep feelings to each other, expressed their sadness at the farewell, and drank until midnight.

When the banquet was over and they returned to the palace to rest, Chai Zongxun was already half drunk and in high spirits, he recited a poem:
"Maya Landscape
Since all the cars and books in the world are mixed together, how can Maya have different borders?

Raise a million soldiers to Tikka and immediately reach the top of Dongshan Mountain!"

Tica is the capital of the Mayan Empire, and Dongshan is a large mountain range that stretches from the center to the southeast of the Mayan continent.

The next day, the first day of February in the thirty-eighth year of Kaixi, Emperor Chai Zongxun of the Great Zhou led a 300,000-strong army including the Imperial Guards, the Wude Division, and the Longxiang Army. Concubine Yi Zhou Nuying and her son "Prince Ya" Chai Jijun, Concubine Shu Yelu Hegudian, the chief eunuch in front of the palace He Yao and more than a hundred other eunuchs, palace maids, and attendants, chose an auspicious time of 3:00 p.m., and after offering sacrifices to the Taimiao and the Altar of Land and Grain in Bianjing, they set out on an expedition to the Mayan continent from Bianjing.

The number of people in Bianliang who came to see the emperor off reached more than one million, almost all the people in the city.

Many people in the crowd were very reluctant to see Chai Zongxun lead the army in person, and they cried out from a distance:

"Your Majesty is the eternal Holy Emperor of our Great Zhou. We, the common people, are reluctant to see you leave Bianjing!"

"Without your majesty's benevolent rule, we, the common people of the Great Zhou, would not have the good life of having enough food and drink today!
Your Majesty has worked so hard for the country, and we the common people are guilty!"

More and more people were crying and shouting, and more than a hundred people fainted in the street and were quickly carried away by their family members and neighbors.

Seeing the people so excited, Chai Zongxun ordered the imperial carriage to stop, appeared from the carriage window, looked at the people not far from the surrounding military formation, and said in a loud voice:
"Fellow villagers! Don't be too sad!
I personally led the army to conquer Maya, eliminated this threat to the country, and returned to Beijing in a few years.

Fellow villagers must remember the various laws and regulations I have established and be good citizens! If there is any violation of the law and oppression of the people, fellow villagers must resolutely fight to the end!

The imperial court belongs to all people in the world, and all its policies are for the purpose of making the lives of the people better and better!

Fight against injustice. Although I am away on a mission, my spirit will always be with my fellow villagers!"

After the words of Emperor Chai Zongxun spread quickly, the people of the whole city were in an uproar! I don't know who started it, but the people shouted "Your Majesty will win!", "Your Majesty is the god who protects us!", "Long live His Majesty!"

The army was thirty miles away from Bian Jing before the people returned to the city in tears after being persuaded.

After leaving Bianzhou, we headed north along the Great Zhou Straight Road, passing through more than 20 prefectures, and arrived at Linhuangfu.

After resting for three days in Linhuang Prefecture, Chai Zongxun led his troops to continue marching north. After passing Huanglong Prefecture, there were no big cities in the wilderness.

They marched northeast along the military settlements that had already been built by Wei Feng and other Longxiang Guards, and arrived at the newly built large city "Zheyu Xun City" in the eastern part of Beiming on the sixth day of May in the thirty-eighth year of Kaixi.

(End of this chapter)