In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Zhao Jun's words made everyone fall into deep thought.

The essence of the cycle of feudal dynasties is to compete for the total wealth of society.

And aristocratic families, dignitaries, warlords, and landowners will all join in this carnival.

When the total wealth of society is robbed and the people have no way to survive, that is when the dynasty will fall.

These contents may sound unclear at first, but after careful consideration, they only feel creepy.

Because if you think about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case!

In ancient society, there was only so much land that could be cultivated in the country, and there was also the problem of land fertility.

A lot of land that may have been extremely fertile in previous dynasties turned into barren soil a few hundred years later and could no longer grow food.

So farmers have to find new farming land.

But the fertile farmland is basically owned.

If a large amount of good land is taken away by the powerful and landlords, and farmers have no land, won’t they starve to death?

In order to survive, it is natural to rebel. After the dynasty falls, the former dignitaries, aristocratic families, warlords, and landowners will all die out, and farmers will gain access to land again.

After another hundred or two hundred years, new powerful families, warlords and landlords emerged, digging like moths at the foundation of the dynasty, and the cycle continued, unchanged for thousands of years.

Therefore, it can be said that the past dynasties have been like this for thousands of years, and the Song Dynasty will also become like this in the future. In the end, the dynasty will be destroyed and the empire will collapse.

"That's it, that's it"

"Many problems can be figured out at once, and things seem to be seen more clearly than ever before."

"Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books. It is like waking up from a dream. It feels like all the books I have read for so many years have been in vain. In an instant, I have a profound enlightenment."

Everyone sighed.

Because Zhao Jun's words involve the essential reasons for the change of feudal dynasties and the essence of whether the imperial power can continue.

Comparable to the art of slaying a dragon!

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "I learned these from Ma Zhe and the quotations of great men. Any contemporary college student understands them. It is normal. It is precisely because of the lack of productivity in ancient society that the cake was so big, so every few hundred years There will be a reshuffle.”

"Shuffle?"

Lu Yijian had heard this word several times, but she didn't know what it meant specifically, so she asked, "What is shuffling?"

Now Zhao Jun felt weird.

Because during the New Year and the holidays, how can rural people not play cards after returning home from work in other places?

Even women and children like to play with it, let alone these adults.

So it's really weird not being able to understand the shuffle.

But Zhao Jun didn't think about it carefully, or he selectively ignored it. He didn't dare to think about it and didn't want to think about it.

In any case, in his cognition and subconscious mind, he came to the village after encountering a mudslide when he was deep in the Daliang Mountains.

The location of the accident was very close to Nini Village, so it was only logical that he be rescued by the villagers.

Time travel and being rescued by aliens are beyond the scope of ordinary people's cognition. People will subconsciously choose what they believe in and will not consider things beyond their cognition scope.

What's more, Zhao Jun's eyesight is not healed yet. Even if he realizes that this place is full of weirdness, without God's perspective, how can he distinguish clearly?

Therefore, even if Zhao Jun felt that there was something wrong, he didn't think too much about it and just assumed that the old man Malegebi never played cards.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun said: "Shuffling means disrupting all order and then redistributing it. Just like the late Han Dynasty and after the Yellow Turban Uprising, the population decreased significantly due to wars, plagues, natural disasters, famine, etc."

"Although the power of the aristocratic families is still there, the original population of 50 to 60 million has dropped sharply to 10 to 20 million. The land before has become deserted, and the cultivated land area is far more than the population that needs cultivated land."

"The three imperial courts of Cao Wei, Ji Han, and Soochow allocated excess land to the people so that they could farm. Most of the people had farmland and could survive on farming, and there was no motivation for rebellion and uprising, and the Three Kingdoms were temporarily maintained. stable situation.”

"The uprisings of Wang Xiaobo in the Song Dynasty and Li Zicheng in the Ming Dynasty were the same. Because land annexation was serious, they called on farmers all over the world to launch revolutionary wars under the slogans of "The inequality between rich and poor is now yours" and "Equalizing land without paying taxes." "

"The underlying reason behind this is naturally the contradiction between the peasant class and the landlord class, as well as the competition for the total value of social wealth that I have always emphasized before."

"To put it simply, if the ancient feudal society is compared to a house, then when the house was first built, it was brand new and the foundation was very solid. But as time goes by, if the owner of the house does not maintain and manage it, the house will develop moth."

"These moths are the landlords and the powerful class. They annex land and plunder a large amount of the wealth of the lower class people to constantly corrode the foundation of the house. Step by step, the house becomes shaky and in danger of collapse."

"There were actually many natural and man-made disasters in the past dynasties. For example, in the Song Dynasty, Sanyihui River caused the Mother River to flood everywhere and killed many people. During the Little Ice River period in the late Han and Ming Dynasties, famines continued, and the sky was angry and people complained."

"But if it was the early years of the dynasty, these disasters would not have much impact. Generally speaking, the land annexation in the early years of the dynasty was not serious, and the foundation of the house was still there."

"But as time goes by, moths continue to breed and eat away at the foundation of the house. If there is another natural or man-made disaster at this time, the house will collapse in an instant."

"There is a saying in ancient times that it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to defend it. The monarchs of all dynasties still don't understand that their positions are always given by the people, not the landlords, scholar-bureaucrats, and bureaucrats."

"So after the house collapses, new people will build it up again. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, it was Liu Bang, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it was Li Yuan and Li Shimin, at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, it was Zhao Kuangyin, and at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was Zhu Yuanzhang. Over thousands of years, a reincarnation has formed. , and this is where Shuffle was born.”

After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he felt his mouth was dry and drank all the water in the teacup in one breath.

Everyone was lost in thought.

Only Fan Zhongyan was keenly aware of a problem and asked: "What happened to Sanyi Huihe?"

Zhao Jun wondered: "Don't you all read the history of the Song Dynasty? You don't even know Sanyi Huihe?"

It’s getting weirder and weirder.

Yan Shu said casually, "We must not be as good as you."

"All right."

Zhao Jun said: "Sanyi Huihe refers to the Song Dynasty's three major engineering changes to the Yellow River during the periods of Renzong, Shenzong and Zhezong."

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

"The specific situation is that starting from the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow River silted up, the river bed became higher, and flooded on both sides. Then in the first year of Jingyou, the Yellow River changed its course and flowed eastward from the old road to form the Henglong Road. The Song Dynasty was out of military control of the Liao Kingdom. To prevent and control flood problems, large-scale treatment projects on the Yellow River have begun.”

"How is the result?"

"The results were very unsatisfactory. This thing was basically the idea of ​​the ruling class of the Song Dynasty and those brain-dead ministers. After the plan was implemented, it led to more and more flooding. After three changes, the entire Hebei and most of Henan were almost submerged. Millions of people were displaced, and even Su Shi in Xuzhou was almost flooded. "

"It actually caused such big trouble!"

Yan Shu was shocked and asked quickly: "Why did this happen?"

Zhao Jun sneered: "Song Renzong is stupid!"

Zhao Zhen's eyes widened.

here we go.

It started again.

I feel uncomfortable if you don’t scold me for a day.

"The other one is those stupid ministers who serve as prime ministers!"

Zhao Jun continued to sneer: "What kind of prime ministers are beasts like Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo? The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty didn't care about people's livelihood at all. They were afraid of the Liao Kingdom so much that they tried to change the Yellow River several times. Although the Yellow River It was indeed a serious situation at that time, but their memorials were all about border bandits and national defense, and they didn’t care about the lives of ordinary people at all. They were really a bunch of beasts.”

Everyone looked at each other, and Zhao Zhen couldn't help but shrink his neck. Zhao Jun just scolded him for being stupid. He should not be included in the beasts here.

"Can you tell me more about the inside story?"

Yan Shu quickly changed his target because he was afraid that Zhao Jun would continue to chase the official and scold him.

Zhao Jun calmed down a little, and then said: "It's very simple. There was Li Chui in the Zhenzong Dynasty who discovered that there would be a big problem in the Yellow River earlier, so he wrote a letter requesting to repair the river, but his opinions were ignored. As a result, for decades Later, in the first year of Jingyou's reign, the Yellow River erupted and changed its course for the first time, from the old route to the Henglong Road."

"Everything was peaceful at first, but fourteen years later, in the eighth year of Qingli, in 1048 AD, the Yellow River burst out again and flowed northward, forming the Shanghu Road. This Shanghu Road goes from Puyang to the north, all the way It flowed to the Liao Kingdom and entered the sea from the Liao-Song border in Cangzhou, which is today’s Tianjin.”

"This situation suddenly shocked the Song Dynasty monarchs, because Li Chui had predicted decades ago that the Yellow River would change its course, and that the Liao army might be able to go upstream along the Yellow River and hit Bianliang City directly. , scared those idiots in Da Song half to death."

"Now that I see that Li Chui's prediction has come true, I can't say that the Liao army's march south along the river will also come true. In the end, he tried his best to change the Yellow River back to the Henglong Road and its old road. Three times, the river change failed. Yi Huihe.”

"These three plans to change the river back to the river not only caused serious river flooding, but also caused great pain and burden to the people of the Song Dynasty. Those idiots in the imperial court would let tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people go to the river if they slapped them on the forehead. Death, with the same virtue as the bald Huayuankou, can be said to be the eternal sinner of the Chinese nation!"

By the end, Zhao Jun was extremely angry.

Some people in later generations said in vain that the Song Dynasty had no choice but to repair the Yellow River. The Yellow River was overflowing and it would not work without repairing it.

But in fact, many of the memorials to the court at that time mentioned border bandits and national defense security. In essence, they were still worried that the Liao Dynasty would go upstream along the Yellow River and hit Bianliang.

The key point is that if they repair it well, it is not impossible. Wang Jing controlled the Yellow River and ensured peace for eight hundred years. If Wang Jing was born in the Song Dynasty, it would also be beneficial to the future.

It is a pity that these short-sighted emperors and ministers did not care about the future at all. They only cared about whether they could turn the Yellow River back and prevent the Liao army from taking advantage of the Yellow River to move south. Therefore, they were eager for quick success and instant benefits, and they would commit a big death and directly bring death to the people of the Song Dynasty. A heavy blow.

Therefore, it can be said that the reason why the Song Dynasty was one of the three unpopular dynasties in history, alongside the Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, was that in addition to being "submissive to the outside world and aggressive at home", Sanyi Huihe's legacy of poisoning for thousands of years was also a major factor!

Seeing Zhao Jun being so unhappy, Yan Shu quickly asked: "Is there no way to control it?"

"It's very difficult. Without industrial sand dredgers, it's impossible to dig out the silt. If you rely on manual digging, you can't dig as much as others. Zhao Da and Zhao Er have recognized the problem of soil erosion. On the one hand, they ordered Planting trees to protect the soil in the upper reaches, and on the other hand, setting up a large number of trees in the lower reaches of the Yellow River did not help, causing the Chanzhou decisive battle in the first year of Jingyou!"

Zhao Jun thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "After that, the Yellow River flooded three or four times a year, causing great losses to the Chinese people. After the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, Zhao Gou went to the south to establish a small court in the Southern Song Dynasty. As a result, the Jin Kingdom that occupied the north was trapped. Unfortunately, the Yuan Dynasty was unified, but it was still helpless against the Yellow River. It also provoked rebellion in the world and caused the Yuan Dynasty to perish. It was not until Jia Lu of the Yuan Dynasty and Pan Jixun of the Ming Dynasty continued to manage it that it barely recovered. "

Hearing his words, everyone recalled the scene of the Chanzhou Battle the year before last and the submergence of Bianliang in Tokyo, and they couldn't help but shudder.

That's something they don't want to remember for the rest of their lives.

Now that they heard Zhao Jun mention it again, they realized how much impact this change of route had on the future.

However, Sanyi Huihe has not yet appeared. Does that mean there is still room for change?

Yan Shu immediately asked: "Suppose, I mean, if before Sanyi returns to the river, is there still a way to control the Yellow River?"

"There must be some."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Jia Chaochang proposed a way. In the first year of Jingyou's reign, the Yellow River changed its course. When the old course stopped flowing, the sediment in the old course was cleaned up and then changed back."

"This method?"

Fan Zhongyan had once repaired the Haihai Weir and several flooded rivers in Suzhou. He was relatively experienced in river control. He was surprised and asked: "Will it consume a lot?"

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "This plan is a more reasonable and correct one, but the amount of work is really too large, and a lot of manpower and material resources are wasted. The Song Dynasty had just finished the war with Xixia, and was threatened by the Liao Kingdom to increase the currency of Zhongxi. It was serious. The financial burden was aggravated, and there was no money left to build the river. As a result, the project continued to be delayed and the Yellow River became more and more overflowing. Finally, Li Zhongchang’s Six Pagoda River plan was chosen.”

"Six Tower River Plan?"

"The Liuta River plan refers to digging a small river channel connecting Henglong and Shanghu. This small river was later called Liuta River. It introduced the Beiliu River water into the Henglong Road, which has a small water flow, and thereby widened it. Henglong Road will wash away the sediment in the river. On the other hand, by releasing water in this way, the northward flow will be slowed down and the disaster in Hebei will be reduced. When the time is right, Shanghukou will be closed and the river water will return to Henglong Road. "

"It sounds like this plan doesn't cost much."

"It's not big. The problem is that a small river like Liuta River can't withstand the flow of water as big as the Yellow River. Li Zhongchang was also mentally ill and came up with such a bad idea. Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo were both idiots and supported him, and it ended up being blocked. After the river mouth, the Shanghukou embankment was breached that night, and the river water refilled the Shanghu River channel. A large number of soldiers and civilians on the embankment who had not had time to leave were drowned and failed to return to the river. "

"In this case, wouldn't the Yellow River matter be a dead end?"

Lu Yijian murmured to himself.

Zhao Jun heard what he said and said: "That's not true. At that time, there were actually three strategies: upper, middle and lower. The upper strategy was Jia Chaochang's plan, the lower strategy was Li Zhongchang's plan, and the middle strategy was pretty reliable."

"What strategy?"

"Didn't I just talk about that Li Chui? Although Li Chui has a crooked butt and thinks about national defense and border bandits, he still has a long-term vision. He has long analyzed that the Yellow River may change its course, and the plan he proposed is barely reasonable."

""The Book of Guohe Xingsheng"!"

Everyone looked at each other and almost said it in unison.