The struggle of the reborn prince

After more than ten years of governance by Zhao Yu, the Song Dynasty has completely recovered from the Jingkang Incident and created another prosperous age since the founding of the country.But Zhao Tun knows that there have been "prosperous times" more than once in Chinese history, but none of them lasted for a hundred years, let alone lasted forever.The opposite example is that every prosperous age is accompanied by profound political and economic crises. The decline after the prosperous age is often the beginning of the end of that dynasty, and it will perish in the flames of war.

The rise of Chinese dynasties often started with armed resistance or conquest as an opportunity. After the turmoil, it was a peaceful world with clear politics and peaceful people.After recuperating, the national strength increases. At this time, the ruler will often rely on his strong national strength to conquer the east and west to expand the territory, and then use force to create a so-called prosperous age.Then there will be invincibility in the world, and all nations will come to court. The rulers and citizens who are intoxicated by it will be intoxicated by it and will not think about making progress, and will decline in the prosperity of singing and dancing.In the end, the decaying dynasty either died of domestic turmoil or was destroyed by foreign invasions, and another cycle began.

Prospered by war, prospered by war, and finally destroyed by war, this may be the law of the tetralogy of "prosperity, prosperity, decline, and death" in Chinese dynastic politics. War has become the chief culprit of destruction.But how can we break this law? In the era of agricultural civilization and imperialism, there seems to be no way out, and the subsequent capitalism, socialism, and a government that no one has seen yet seem to be groping and exploring.Zhao Tong came from a modern so-called civilized and democratic society thousands of years later. In this century, he has experienced two full-scale wars, followed by the Cold War, and the local wars and regional conflicts since then seem to have never been far away from people's vision.Politicians and people of insight in various countries have been reflecting on how to eliminate war for a century.Create a peaceful global village and try to avoid the recurrence of tragedies, but it seems that they have achieved little. They only avoided the outbreak of major wars, and regional hotspots are still all over the world.

After taking power, Zhao Tun tried to establish a new order based on what he knew in his previous life.In order to maintain the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty.Of course, it is impossible to implement a modern democratic system.Wouldn't that be killing his own family, and not talking about others, the entire royal family would have to kill him first.Besides, this era has not formed a spontaneous democratic consciousness.It does not have the conditions for implementation, but it is a high probability event that the country will be divided under the current conditions.

After much deliberation, Zhao Tun thinks that ultimate deterrence is still an important means of controlling wars. In the previous life, there was no war because of nuclear weapons that can destroy the world. Its existence has become an important means for major countries to maintain peace, because everyone is afraid of this kind of destruction. The guy who ruined the world.Zhao Tun brought the age of firearms to this world ahead of schedule.In the eyes of today's people, its power may be no less than that of nuclear weapons in later generations.But in fact, it seems that no war is simple at all. Song Dynasty launched wars of unequal strength. One side is a well-equipped organizational force, while the other side is a low-level cold weapon.The object of the war does not only span a region, but also includes an ever-changing alliance of local warlords, religious forces, and other interested parties, which also makes it difficult to define the victories achieved by the Song Dynasty.

And another common consensus in modern society is.People all over the world need to understand each other and establish close interdependence through economic and trade exchanges, then there will never be wars.Global trade and investment are actively expanding on a large scale, and a large number of immigrants are flocking to unfamiliar lands. Everyone hopes to use arbitration to resolve disputes.rather than force.However, it also has hidden dangers.Globalization has spawned radical ideologies that have spread throughout the world, with the same goal of overthrowing the existing social order and establishing a perfect social order.

In this era, with the footsteps of Dasong business travel to all over the world, it also brought huge profits to Dasong, but at the same time it attracted greedy eyes and inspired the rise of local nationalism and religious extremism. Looters and heretics for riches.Their various actions forced Zhao Tun to use force to open up trade routes, eliminate and deter those who coveted the wealth of the Song Dynasty, and turned himself into a real predator and colonist under the banner of upholding justice, like Xixia and Dali. The same is true of the expedition to the Seljuk Empire.

And Zhao Tun also faced the same problem as a modern big country, that is, the dependent country, and their every move involved his nerves.These vassal states were originally accepted for Song to maintain their own interests, and of course they had to pay a certain price, not only to provide economic support, but also to provide help and protection when they were threatened.What makes people feel ironic is that some "subject countries" often become more arbitrary because of their dependence. Although Song Dynasty invested a lot of money and energy, it was unable to fully implement the corresponding influence.

The Mughals are a typical example. Because of their actions, they suffered considerable losses and broke the strategic layout of the Song Dynasty, allowing the Tatars to go deep into the "safe zone", and the Jin State obtained a strategic buffer zone.But the bad thing is, no matter what kind of threat it faces, Da Song cannot give it up for the time being for his own interests and honor, and has to swallow this self-brewed bitter fruit.It seems that Zhao Tun was moved by Ye Sugai's words, but he found a psychological comfort and reason for himself. Killing him may eliminate future troubles, but now that the world has changed a lot, so what if Temujin was born?

Countless politicians and people of insight in history failed to find a real way to eliminate wars. They exhausted their wisdom, and what they got was that countries passed in the smoke of wars.Zhao Tong has been emperor for so long, and he understands a truth: as long as there are interests, there will be disputes, and wars always serve politics, and wars must ultimately be terminated by wars.All he can do is to ensure that the things in front of him are done well, and lay a century-old foundation for Da Song...

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The annual New Year's court meeting was held again. The civil and military ministers and foreign envoys attending the court meeting were all surprised when they saw the emperor leading a child in Mongolian costume to the throne. It was also his nephew who was captured by the officers and soldiers for intercepting Shengjia.Although the emperor didn't say anything, everyone understood that this was tantamount to announcing to all countries in the world that the Mughal tribe was still Song's ally and close partner.

In the days that followed, the Mughal tribe received the warm hospitality of the Song Dynasty. The emperor changed the practice of sending people from the guards to participate in the archery competition in the third year of junior high school. .As expected, Hu Tuci lived up to his expectations, he won the first place in all three rounds, and was awarded the title of Hussar General by the emperor, rewarded with armor, precious sword, and a hundred taels of gold.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, the emperor presided over the crown ceremony of the eldest son Zhao Yu, and the guards of honor led by Hu Tuci protected him along the way; on the tenth day, the imperial garden checked, the emperor did not ride the tall horse from Arabia, but chose to accompany Hu Tuci on the battlefield Hu Tuci also appeared on the [-]th Lantern Festival, Xuanhe Tower, and the tiger skin on the throne is said to be dedicated to him.

Hu Tuci, a country bumpkin who has always been despised by others, has become the emperor's favorite, and the celebrities around him have aroused the envy and hatred of countless people!The Song Dynasty treated the Mughal tribe so favorably, so that the politicians with a keen sense of smell understood that the signal released here was to warn the Kingdom of Jin, almost pointing at their noses and saying, "Don't touch the Mughal tribe anymore, he is my Song Dynasty's son." people'.

As the party involved, Hu Tuci was naturally moved. The achievements of this trip to the Song Dynasty far exceeded his imagination, especially the emperor's "sincerity" completely conquered this Mughal warrior.He is very clear about his current situation. The population is less than [-], and there are less than [-] people who can mount a horse to fight. There is not a few taels of silver in their pockets.

Under the severe situation faced by the Mughal tribe, what about their relatives?They took the opportunity to snatch their Khan's position, divided up the few properties of the clan, and led the clan to leave him to develop separately. All they had left was the worthless title of Great Khan, a little boy who had today but no tomorrow. tribe.Now the emperor of Song Dynasty not only promised to provide aid, but also promised to help him avenge, and gave enough face in front of the seasons of many countries. Now who doesn't look up to him, but he knows that it is the emperor and not him.

Two days ago, the emperor ordered him to enter the palace to discuss countermeasures together. Considering the new defeat of the Mughal tribe and the fact that the power of separatism has been greatly weakened, it is suggested that he lead his tribe to relocate to the Dading area to recover, so that it will be easier to get assistance nearby. Return to the grassland when the time is right.Hu Tuci deeply believed that the Song Dynasty and the Jin State had a peace agreement first, and the Jurchens did not directly participate in the war, and it was inconvenient for the Song Dynasty to directly help them, but they alone could not fight the Tatars even if they received assistance, so they agreed He agreed, and proposed to lead his troops back to the Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the emperor of Song Dynasty rejected his good intention to return to the Song Dynasty, saying that the Mengwu tribe is now in the most difficult time, and the Song Dynasty cannot take advantage of the danger of its friends to do unrighteous things and annex their tribe.If one day the Mongol tribe rises again and still has this wish when they become the lords of the grassland, Song Dynasty will definitely welcome them to come at any time, but they will never agree now.For the words and deeds of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Hu Tuci really admired him, and once again deeply regretted what he had done.

At the first court meeting after the annual holiday ended on the [-]th of the first lunar month, Zhao Tun announced the resumption of aid to the Mughal tribes, and ordered to designate a grassland between Dading and Linhuangfu as their resting place. After returning to the grassland, he has decided to follow Da Song wholeheartedly...