I will never be Renzong

Chapter 230 Final Chapter
In Chongzheng Hall, as soon as Cheng Lin left, Liu E sent someone to invite Zhao Zhen to Ciyuan Hall.Zhao Zhen knew why Liu E came here without guessing, so after handling the matter in hand, he drove to the Hall of Compassion.

Zhao Zhen came to the Ciyuan Hall, but saw Liu E sitting on the main seat with a sad face, and Wang Xianger's face was red with red eyes. Seeing Zhao Zhen just got up, he reluctantly gave a blessing , and then lowered his head unwilling to look at Zhao Zhen.

"Big empress!"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly bowed to Liu E.

Liu E glanced at Zhao Zhen, and then said: "Officials! The imperial court has set a schedule for moving the capital to Luoyang?"

"Returning to Madam, I have discussed with the ministers, and set it as the twelfth of March next year, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming!"

Zhao Zhen said so, but secretly glanced at Wang Xiang'er from the corner of his eyes.

"The matter of moving the capital, go to the officials! I am old, so I won't bother. Besides, I have lived in the Kaifeng palace for so many years, so why bother when I am dying! So I will not Let’s go, and spend the rest of our lives in this Kaifeng palace!”

Liu E did not object to the move of the capital, because after the current officials seized power from her, the Great Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only the people's life is rich, but also the imperial court's finances are becoming more and more abundant, promoting agriculture and mulberry, and promoting education.

It can be said that the official family is already full-fledged, and even without her, the queen mother, in charge, they will do well. Therefore, Liu E discussed with the concubine Yang that they would not go to the newly built palace in Luoyang.

"Elder Madam, if you don't go, I won't go either!"

Zhao Zhen replied hurriedly.

Liu E shook his head and said: "It's fine if I and the Yang family don't go, but the official family must go. One has already been settled. You are not joking. The Kaifeng palace of the two is no longer suitable for my Song Dynasty palace. gone."

Zhao Zhen frowned deeply, and it took a long time to relax, and then said: "In this case, I will follow the big lady's mind!"

Seeing this, Liu E glanced at Wang Xiang'er and said, "My eyes are not good, and I'm often tired lately. I don't think I'll be able to live for a few years. Mrs. Qi Guo's wife, Mrs. Wang, has been by my side all the time. She is obedient and considerate. , just stay with me!"

As soon as Liu E finished speaking, Zhao Zhen raised his head suddenly, and then glanced at Wang Xiang'er, who was silent at the side, with a look of reluctance in his eyes.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Ma'am, Wang Qixiong instigated the slaves to kill the old soldier Wang Er. The reason I decided to exile Wang Qixiong is because exile is better than being imprisoned in the sky prison for 30 years. Besides, Taiwan Road The governor is my close minister, so I just ask him to take care of Wang Qixiong, although he can't be an official anymore, but as long as he changes his mind and wakes up, it would be good to arrange for him to go to the Royal Chamber of Commerce to find an errand!"

"How to deal with the case, there are laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty. Although the Wang family is related to me by marriage, but because of this, it should be more law-abiding. Now that Wang Qixiong has happened, I thought about it before. The Wang family relied on the favor of this palace to act arrogantly, and the officials handled this matter very well!"

Liu E said slowly.

After Wang Xiang'er heard Zhao Zhen's words, she knew that she had misunderstood Zhao Zhen, so she quickly raised her head and looked at Zhao Zhen affectionately.

Zhao Zhen's previous so-called ruling the country according to the law is just a principle, but to put it bluntly, in feudal society, imperial power is supreme. The so-called ruling the country according to the law is actually governing the country according to the emperor's words and the words of the upper-class dignitaries.

"Officials! When the capital is moved, take Concubine Li Chen to Luoyang!"

Liu E said suddenly.

"Ma'am! This"

Zhao Zhen couldn't help being a little dumb.

Liu E smiled calmly and said: "Concubine Chen Li is the biological mother of the official family. In fact, I know that the official family has known about it for a long time. It is just that the official family attaches great importance to the country and the country of the Song Dynasty. Even after taking power, they did not reveal it."

"This"

Zhao Zhen was still a little hesitant. It was nothing to take Concubine Chen Li over, but in what capacity she should be, it had been bothering him.

"Don't worry, the officials, I have someone write a decree to record everything that happened that year, so after the capital is moved, the concubine Li can be the empress dowager!"

"My son, thank you, Madam!"

Zhao Zhen bowed respectfully.

On March 10th, the tenth year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen officially moved the capital to Luoyang, with as many as [-] entourages. In addition to the people in the palace, there were also many family members of ministers, as well as many nobles and relatives of the emperor. , Of course, they all moved their capital to Luoyang spontaneously, and Zhao Zhen did not force them to move their capital.

However, as a nobleman of the Song Dynasty, it may not be possible to govern the country and stabilize the country, but he still knows how to observe the words and deeds, that is, follow the current officials and not worry about fame and wealth for the rest of his life.

Because many people paid homage to Zhao Zhen along the way, the journey was very slow. It was expected that Zhao Zhen would arrive in Luoyang within ten days, but Zhao Zhen did not arrive in Luoyang until the [-]th.

A city of Luoyang, half of Chinese history.The Luoyang Palace in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was named Ziwei City.During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, it was also called Taichu Palace.It is the main palace of the Sui, Tang and Wu Zhou empires, a world political center and a national symbol. It is located at the highest point in the northwest corner of Luoyang, the capital of the gods. It has become the governing place of the Nine Dynasties, and it is the imperial palace that has been used for the longest time and the most dynasties in Chinese history.

Covering an area of ​​about 420 hectares, known as the Palace of Ten Thousand Palaces, it established the basic pattern of Chinese palaces and cities. It was a model of palace architecture after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was imitated by the palaces of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Luoyang Imperial Palace is larger than the six Forbidden Cities. It can be said that it is really too magnificent to be used as the capital of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen was a fan of Emperor Cheng, so he built many pavilions and pavilions according to Emperor Cheng's model.

For example, the Xuanzheng Hall is the place where the emperor goes to court, the Qinzheng Hall is the place where political affairs are handled after the next court, the Yangxin Hall is the place where you usually rest, the Kunning Palace is the place where the Queen lives, and the Compassion Palace is the place where the Empress Dowager lives. The palaces where they live are called Huixin Pavilion, Xiaoxiang Pavilion and so on.In addition, there are prince's mansion, princess mansion and so on.

In the second year after the capital was moved to Luoyang, Zhao Zhen officially ordered the implementation of land reform across the country. Through half-buying and half-receiving, all the land in the world was nationalized. This caused many old bureaucratic and landlord uprisings in various places. However, the Song Dynasty's army was completely loyal to Zhao Zhen and swore to Zhao Zhen's order. Therefore, Zhao Zhen ordered a large number of frontier cavalry to participate in countering the rebellion.

The rebellion was quickly quelled, and the old forces of landlords and bureaucrats who participated in the rebellion had all their fields confiscated, and then exiled to Taiwan Road and Hainan Road.

In the 12th year of Tiansheng, after the suppression of the landlord rebellion, Zhao Zhen officially equalized the land of the world, that is, implemented the advanced household contract responsibility system, which means that the people only have the right to use the land, but not the right to buy and sell it.

Zhao Zhen's move broke the small peasant economy of the landlord feudal dynasty and the landlord class in one fell swoop.

In the 14th year of Tiansheng, Jiaozhi invaded the capital of Champa and killed King Zhadou. After Zhao Zhen received the news, he was furious, and immediately ordered Zhong Shiheng and Yang Wenguang to lead an army of 20 to attack Jiaozhi.

At the end of the 15th year of Tiansheng, Zhong Shiheng bombarded Shenglong City, the capital of Jiaozhi, with cannons. Six months later, the Song army occupied the entire territory of Jiaozhi and Champa, and the king of Jiaozhi and the prince of Champa surrendered their soil.

In the 18th year of Tiansheng, the Liao State sent people to ask the Song Dynasty for the method of making cannons, but Zhao Zhen refused, so the relationship between the two countries deteriorated.

In the 20th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen led a personal expedition and led a total of 60 soldiers in the northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom. After several battles, the Liao Kingdom lost its troops and generals, and was defeated by the Jurchen, Mongolian, Goryeo, Uighur and other countries. The war lasted for less than two months, and all territory within the Great Wall was lost.

The monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom were shocked, seeing that the Liao Kingdom was about to lose its vast territory, so the Empress Dowager Xiao Yujin sent twelve envoys to the Song Dynasty to discuss peace with Zhao Zhen.

But what I didn't expect was that Zhao Zhen, who was on the front line, didn't agree at all. It wasn't until the queen mother Xiao Yujin went to the camp of the Chinese army where Zhao Zhen was to negotiate a peace. Discuss the matter of peace.

Since Xiao Yujin entered Zhao Zhen's tent, he hasn't come out for three days. No one knows how Zhao Zhen and the Queen Mother of Liao negotiated peace inside, but whenever night falls, there are always bursts of turmoil in the camp. sound.

Three days later, the Empress Dowager of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Yujin, who could not even walk, had to board the car and leave with the help of a maid.

Not long after Xiao Yujin left, Song and Liao reached a peace agreement. The Liao Kingdom gave up all its territory including the Great Wall, and the Liao Dynasty paid tribute to the Song Dynasty. Emperor Yeluzong of the Liao Dynasty really recognized Zhao Zhen as his uncle, and after the Liao Kingdom settled down, the Empress Dowager Xiao Ji Jin had to enter the Song Palace to serve Zhao Zhen for two months every year.

After the peace talks between Song and Liao, the Song Dynasty began to resume production and continued to accumulate national strength, but the Liao Kingdom failed to quell the chaos of Mongolia, Jurchen, and Korea even after abolishing the boss' kung fu.

In the end, only the Zhongjing Road was controlled by the Liao Kingdom among the five kingdoms of the Liao Kingdom, and the rest were divided among the Jurchen, Goryeo, Uighur, and Mongolian tribes.

In the 21st year of Tiansheng, Jurchen established the country. Zhao Zhen ordered Yang Wenguang to lead an army of [-] to crusade. In the end, Yang Wenguang defeated the [-] Jurchen cavalry in one fell swoop with the latest flintlock gun developed by the Song Dynasty. In July, the Jurchen capital was broken. Song.

In the 24th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen personally led an army of 20 to conquer Goryeo. The King of Goryeo asked the Wa Kingdom for help, but the Wa Kingdom ignored it and took the opportunity to send a fleet to plunder the coast of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen was furious, and immediately ordered the veteran Wang Deyong to lead a total of 6 people from the three-way navy to attack the Japanese navy, and finally launched a big battle in the Bohai Sea. In the end, the Japanese fleet was wiped out and fled in embarrassment.

In the spring of the 25th year of Tiansheng, the Song army broke through the capital city of Koryo, Kaijing, and captured the king of Koryo and hundreds of people from the royal family. So far, Koryo was destroyed.

After the demise of Goryeo, Zhao Zhen began to pay attention to the sea. Two years later, the first steam warship of the Song Dynasty officially launched into the sea. Three years later, Di Qing led the fleet to attack the hinterland of Japan. It took only four months to occupy the entire territory of the Wa Kingdom, and Zhao Zhen even ordered that all the people of the Wa Kingdom be directly demoted to slaves, and the people of the Song Dynasty urged them to do so.

In the 30th year of Tiansheng, the eldest prince Zhao Wen led an army of [-] to attack the Liao Dynasty. In May, the main force of the Liao Kingdom was wiped out in one fell swoop. In July, the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

In the 35th year of Tiansheng, the fourth prince Zhao An led an army of [-] to crusade against the various tribes of Mongolia. The battle went smoothly at first, but because the fourth prince Zhao Anmao approached the enemy lightly and fell into the enemy's tricks, the [-] army was finally defeated, and the fourth prince Zhao An committed suicide. Death.

The fourth prince, Zhao An, was born to the noble concubine Yelu Yanran.

Zhao Zhen was very angry when he heard about it, so he immediately wanted to go to the imperial conquest, but he didn't want to be persuaded by the officials. In the end, the second prince Zhao Wu led an army of [-] to crusade against Mongolia and avenged the fourth prince.

In the 36th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Wu annihilated [-] Mongolian cavalry in one battle. At this point, the Mongolian tribes were unable to fight anymore and surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

The 38th year of Tiansheng was the most difficult year for the Song Dynasty, because in this year, the Song Dynasty could be said to have fought on four fronts. It sent troops to the Western Song Dynasty to attack the Uighurs, sent troops to the Southern Song Dynasty to attack Dali, and sent troops to the Northern Song Dynasty to attack the Rurik Dynasty.As for the sea route, the Song Dynasty sent troops to capture Luzon and other countries.

The war lasted for a year and a half, and the ministers and the people were weary of the war. In the end, Zhao Zhen withstood the heavy pressure and supported the war.

In the four-way battle, except for the Northern Expedition Rurik Dynasty who was forced to withdraw its troops due to severe cold, all other sides won a complete victory.

In the 40th year of Tiansheng, 53-year-old Zhao Zhen established the system of succession to the throne, that is, all princes who are interested in the throne must undergo various assessments after they reach adulthood.

In the 47th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen's [-]th birthday, and all nations came to court. Due to the succession system established by Zhao Zhen, all the princes who wanted to be on the throne embarked on the road of external expansion.

In just seven years, going south, the Song Dynasty conquered Chenla and the Bagan Dynasty, and going southwest, the Song Dynasty conquered India, Persia and other countries.

Then the Song Dynasty launched a five-year-long tug-of-war with the Arab Empire. In the end, the Song Dynasty defeated the Arab Empire and expanded its power to Central Asia.

In the 60th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen was already 73 years old. The only concubines who accompanied him were Empress Cao Danshu, Concubine Miao Xinhe, and Shen Moran. The rest of the concubines passed away due to various reasons.

In addition, the Song Dynasty frequently expanded externally, so several of his sons also died. For example, the eldest prince died on the way to conquer Greece, and the second prince died of illness.

As of the 60th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen had a total of 16 princes and 36 princesses, and the youngest 16 princes were all 21. In order to avoid the death of Zhao Zhen and the fact that the prince did not grow up, as early as the 40th year of Tiansheng, Zhao Zhen Zhen then ordered the harem to stop giving birth to princes and daughters, and the concubines who slept in bed were to take contraceptive measures.

Four of the 16 princes died due to illness or died in battle, and a total of ten princes survived. Of the 36 princesses, 6 died, and 6 died of illness, a total of 24 survived.

At the end of Tiansheng's 60th year, Zhao Zhen officially passed on the sixth prince Zhao Xin who was the highest scoring prince among the ten princes, the son of the noble concubine Miao Xinhe.

In the 67th year of Tiansheng, the 80-year-old Zhao Zhen was terminally ill, and the medicine was inexhaustible. When the light came back, Zhao Zhen dismissed everyone, leaving only Shen Moran by his side.

In the 67th year of Tiansheng, on October [-]th, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Great Song Empire collapsed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Shen Moran also passed away that night.

In the 68th year of Tiansheng, on the first day of the first lunar month, according to the succession system of the Great Song Empire established by Zhao Zhen, Prime Minister Wang Anshi announced in public that Zhao Xin, the sixth prince with the highest score, would succeed the fifth emperor of the Great Song Empire. Miao Xinhe is the Empress Dowager.

Since ancient times, the world has been united for a long time and must be divided for a long time. After the Song Dynasty lasted for 300 years, there was a large-scale turmoil, but the successor monarch Zhao Gan was very courageous and finally quelled the rebellion. Son, rule the world.

Hundreds of years later, the idea of ​​democracy was born. In order to adapt to the general trend of the world, the monarch of the Song Empire implemented top-down reforms, that is, implemented a constitutional monarchy.

(End of this chapter)