Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 184 Close Your Beak
Princess Yongqing also had an aggrieved face at this time, her big eyes filled with tears when she was attacked by Zhao Kuangyin, she didn't know that her little parrot would say this, and she even said it to her father.

But she didn't notice that the two little eunuchs who were serving her not far behind her lowered their heads and their faces were pale.

What Princess Yongqing didn't know was that half of the time, the parrot was taken care of by the two eunuchs beside her. The two eunuchs didn't treat the parrot as a treasure like she did. Recently, the parrot learned to 'father' The word "Huang" is always called "Father Huang, Father Huang" when there is nothing to do.The two little eunuchs would get impatient, and would shout and curse: "You bird man, shut your bird beak."

As a result, the number of times increased, and over time, the parrot learned this sentence.In fact, this parrot usually does not say this sentence. It just flew into a group of eunuchs suddenly, and these eunuchs are all dressed differently. From the perspective of this parrot, they are no different from the two eunuchs guarding him, so it is like a condition. Reflexively, he uttered that swear word in front of Emperor Da Song.

Moreover, the parrot said it once, and it went on and on.

A bird kept yelling at him to shut up. Of course Zhao Kuangyin was very angry, but when he saw the tears in his precious daughter's eyes, he couldn't bear to reprimand him, so he shouted at the parrot: "You stinky bird! Shut up for me!" !"

Unexpectedly, the parrot flew up from the eunuch's head and scolded back without showing any weakness: "You stinky bird! Shut up! You stinky bird! Shut up..."

This time, the seven orifices that made Zhao Kuangyin angry smoked, and he pointed at the parrot and was speechless for a long time.

Princess Yongqing watched the contest between her parrot and the majestic father, she didn't know what to think of, and suddenly broke into a smile, and even fell down laughing.

This time, Zhao Kuangyin became even more angry, jumped up and said: "Come here, come here, shoot this deceitful bird to death for me."

"Puffy!" Ten guards stepped forward in response, and shot wildly with their bows and arrows. The parrot was really a thief, and flew directly behind the rockery.

Princess Yongqing was naturally shocked at this time, hugged Zhao Kuangyin's arm, and cried, "Don't shoot my little parrot!"

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to give up. Could it be that he really couldn't compete with a beast.Thinking about it carefully, he himself also finds it funny, the majestic emperor of a country, the lord of the world in his heart, what's going on today, what's the matter with a flat-haired animal?

His temperament came and went quickly, once he figured it out, he just felt it was funny: "Forget it, let it go."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't let the guards continue to shoot the bird, but still said with a straight face: "I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off, who taught you to make this little bird talk..."

Princess Yongqing hurriedly pretended to be a good girl, and said timidly: "The method of making birds talk...is taught by Uncle Xiangfu.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he thought it was really this kid.

Zhao Kuangyin laughed loudly: "Forget it, Yongqing, discipline your bird well, if it does it again, hum!"

Before Yongqing could answer, the parrot had already flown back from behind the rockery, and said in a wonderful and lifelike voice: "Humph!"

"Hahahaha... let's drive, let's drive, let's drive..." the parrot yelled bouncing around.All of a sudden, Zhao Kuangyin was amused again.

Ye Chen had nothing to do today, so he brought a bottle of good wine to the small courtyard to drink and chat with Huzi's father.It happened that Huzi was holding a book and shaking his head and reading aloud.He knew that Huzi was taught by his dead grandfather.But he didn't take this matter to heart, and couldn't help but blame himself.Thinking about turning around, I invited a famous Confucian to read to Professor Huzi, eh!Call the girl Shui'er over, and the two of them study together.

"Education should start from the baby, right? Huzi is smart, maybe he can be a Jinshi or even a champion in a few years?" Ye Chen muttered to himself when he left the small courtyard of the Kou family.

Time flies like water, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Introduced by Jia Xian, Deng Yuzhuo, a well-known Confucian in Kaifeng, has taught a couple of boys and girls in Yefu for half a month.The Confucian, over half a century old, was very satisfied with the intelligence and understanding of the two students.When Ye Chen went to see it yesterday, he even boasted that after five years, he would definitely be able to make Hu Zi a Jinshi.

But Ye Chen was stunned at this moment, with a strange look on his face. He looked at Deng Yuzhuo and Hu Zi fixedly, and said, "What did Mr. Deng call Hu Zi just now?"

Deng Yuzhuo was stunned for a moment, smiled contentedly, and said, "My lord! Huzi's previous name was too playful. After seeking the consent of Huzi's parents, I changed the name of Huzi to 'Kou Zhun'. The word 'Zhun' comes from Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. "Book of Rites Jiyi": "Push and put all the East China Sea for approval, push and put all the West Sea for approval, push and release all the South China Sea for approval, push and release all the North Sea for approval." The word 'Zhun' in ".

How could Ye Chen not know the name of 'Kou Zhun', a famous person in the Northern Song Dynasty who went down in history.

Kou Zhun, a politician and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty.Ye Chen remembers that Kou Zhun once knew the affairs of the Privy Council and participated in political affairs.After that, he entered the prime minister twice, once as a privy envoy, and then as an envoy.

In history, the Northern Song Dynasty was able to survive, and the extremely famous "Chanyuan Alliance" was all he did.

Ye Chen remembers that in the original history, in the first year of Song Zhenzong (Zhao Guangyi's son Zhao) Jingde, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu and his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, led an army of 20, set off from Youzhou, and went to the South advance.The Liao army attacked Dingzhou from the Weilu army, but was blocked by the Song soldiers, so they turned their fronts to the southeast.

When the Liao army went south. At the time of "urgent writing every night and five arrivals", most of the upper echelons of the ruling group in the Northern Song Dynasty were panicked and frightened.Wang Qinruo, a political adviser, was from Jiangnan and advocated moving the capital to Jinling.Chen Yaosou, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was from Sichuan and proposed to move the capital to Chengdu.They advocated using the method of avoiding the Liao Kingdom to deal with the invasion of the Liao Kingdom.Song Zhenzong had no intention of fighting against the enemy, and he was even more panicked.

Only Kou Zhun firmly advocated resistance. When Song Zhenzong asked their opinions, Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosou happened to be present.Kou Zhun knew in his heart that they were the ones who proposed the idea of ​​moving the capital, but he pretended not to know, and said to Song Zhenzong, "Who is the one who planned this plan for His Majesty? His crime can be decapitated. Now Your Majesty is a mighty emperor. Generals and ministers are very united. If Your Majesty personally leads the army, the enemy will naturally flee. Otherwise, surprise troops will be sent to disrupt the enemy's plan, stick to the position to kill the enemy's morale, and make the enemy tired. From fatigue and ease Judging from the situation of the enemy and ourselves, we are sure of victory. Why did we abandon the Taimiao and Taishe and go to remote places like Chu and Shu? The question is that people's hearts have collapsed, and the enemy has taken advantage of the situation. Can the world still be preserved?"

Kou Zhun's opinion finally stopped the idea of ​​the Compromisers fleeing to avoid the enemy.In order to eliminate Wang Qinruo's influence on Song Zhenzong, Kou Zhun transferred him from Song Zhenzong's side to the front line of Tianxiong Army to defend against Liao soldiers.

Kou Zhun sent spies to the front line to investigate the situation, and based on the analysis of the enemy's situation, he formulated a set of anti-enemy strategies.He pointed out: "At present, the enemy has reached the east of Shenzhou and Qizhou. Our army is in Dingzhou and Weilu, and there is no other garrison on the east road. At the same time, we should dispatch the Tianxiong army to garrison Beizhou. According to Sun Quanzhao's command, he concealed and killed the enemy. On the other hand, he recruited militiamen, went deep into the enemy's rear, attacked the enemy's strongholds, and reported the enemy's situation. In this way, the army's prestige can be boosted, people's hearts can be calmed, and the enemy's military deployment can be disrupted. If the enemy cavalry goes south to attack Beizhou, we should reinforce Dingzhou and attack northeast to contain the enemy's rear so that the enemy soldiers dare not fight in depth."

At the same time, Kou Zhun especially emphasized that in order to boost morale and strive for greater victories, Song Zhenzong must cross the Yellow River and visit the front line in person.

On the one hand, Kou Zhun struggled with the Compromisers, on the other hand he was actively preparing for the war.He sent people to Hebei to organize and train young peasants among the peasants, and developed the militia team. He also stipulated that: when the Hebei militiamen kill the enemy, the official army should give solidarity;Kou Zhun also sent people to bring money and goods to comfort the Hebei garrison, and handed over 30 taels of silver to the Hebei transshipment envoy to purchase military rations and enrich military resources.

In October, the Liao soldiers captured Qizhou, advanced southeast, passed through Beizhou, and went straight to the city of Chanzhou.As a result, not only a large area of ​​Hebei fell into the enemy's hands, but also the capital Bianjing, which was only across a river, was also exposed to the threat of the Liao cavalry.The facts are before us, and the only way out is to resolutely resist the enemy.Under the urging of Kou Zhun, the timid Song Zhenzong finally decided to conquer himself.However, there are still many people in the ruling group who have no confidence in fighting against the enemy. Even Bi Shi'an, the prime minister at the time, used his illness and Taibaixing's appearance during the day as an excuse to be unlucky to the ministers. Song Zhenzong personally made irresponsible remarks.

Under the urging of Kou Zhun, Song Zhenzong asked King Yong to stay in the capital and drive north by himself.When the car drove slowly to Weicheng, the news that the Liao army was approaching came like a snowflake from the front.Someone among the officials persuaded Zhenzong to go to Jinling to avoid the enemy's front, so Song Zhenzong wavered again.Kou Zhun knows how to grasp the hearts of the army and the people and the military rule of "taking power and winning".He reminded Song Zhenzong that under the circumstances of the enemy's pressure and the crisis in all directions, he could only make progress and not retreat an inch.Kou Zhun clearly pointed out that if you advance, your morale will increase, and if you retreat, the people will collapse.Song Zhenzong finally drove north to Chanzhou.

The Liao army had arrived near the northern city. Song Zhenzong did not dare to cross the river, but only wanted to be stationed in the southern city.Kou Zhun tried his best to cross the river, but Song Zhenzong hesitated.Kou Zhun said to Gao Qiong, the commander of the capital in front of the palace: "The Taiwei is grateful for the country's kindness, do you plan to repay him today?" Gao Qiong said: "As a soldier, I am willing to die for the country." Joan discussed it, and then went to see Song Zhenzong together.

Kou Zhun said to Song Zhenzong: "Your Majesty, if you think that what I said just now is not trustworthy, you can ask Gao Qiong." Before Zhenzong could speak, Gao Qiong said: "Kou Xianggong's words are not unreasonable. The parents and wives of the soldiers accompanying the army are all in the capital. , they will not be willing to abandon their families and flee to the south of the Yangtze River with His Majesty moving the capital." Then Gao Qiong asked Song Zhenzong to set off to cross the river immediately.Feng Zheng, a member of the Privy Council, scolded Gao Qiong for being reckless towards Song Zhenzong.Gao Qiong retorted angrily: "You, Feng Zheng, are important ministers of the two governments only because you can write articles. Now the enemy soldiers are provoking me, and you will persuade the emperor to go to war, but you blame me for being rude. You have the ability, why not How about writing a poem to make the enemy retreat?"

(End of this chapter)