One Piece of Song Dynasty

After returning home, Li Shifu couldn't help but asked: "Does my father not agree with this marriage?"

Li Yongqi shouted: "You don't even say a word to your father about such a big matter, but you still have me as your father in your eyes."

Li Shifu asked: "I want to know why my father disagrees with this marriage."

Li Yongqi replied: "Do you know that despite the fact that the prince is very prosperous and holds military power, the prince now has a very bad reputation among civilian literati. They call him a tyrant. His reforms have touched the interests of too many people. These While taking the prince's salary, he scolded the prince. There were too many violations of the law. If you marry the princess, you are betting on our family's reputation. It is equivalent to completely tying our family to the prince. There’s no room for maneuver anymore.”

Li Shifu snorted coldly: "It turns out that my father is worried about our family's reputation. It seems that the prince has killed fewer people. Reforms to become stronger will definitely affect the interests of many people. How did Qin become stronger back then? Isn't it because he always insisted on Shang Yang?" Reform, our Song Dynasty is almost at the end of the country, and those people are still thinking about their own interests, so we should completely crush those old forces."

Li Yongqi said seriously: "Kill, kill, just know how to kill. Killing alone can solve the problem. If you kill the prince, who can you rely on to rule the country?"

Li Shifu retorted: "That is to say, the students from Xinghan Chongwen Academy are too slow. Now we still need those bastards. If in a few years, there is no need to be afraid even without them. If the father is worried about reputation, then the son will start his own business." Anyway, the princess’s son is married.”

Li Yongqi asked: "Have you really decided to marry the princess?"

Li Shifu replied: "It's decided, it won't change."

Li Yongqi sighed: "Come on, come on, come on, even if you start your own business, others will treat us as one family. As a father, I will take the whole family to fight with you."

Li Shifu clasped his fists excitedly and said, "Thank you very much, Father."

After Li Yongqi took Li Shifu away, Li Xin called Gao Ping and said: "This innovative measure has been implemented for several months. What is the current situation among the people?"

Gao Ping wanted to say it but didn't dare. Li Xin looked at the way he was hesitant to speak and said: "Tell the truth, it is what it is."

Gao Ping said: "The situation is not good. The civil literati are currently divided into two groups. One group supports the prince and the other opposes the prince. I have made some statistics and found that the literati who support the prince account for about %, and most of the literati who support the prince are relatively poor. Among the lower-level officials, except for those of us who graduated from Chongwen Academy, most of them were dissatisfied with the prince's policies. There were also some officials who worked hard and did not work well. When the lower-level officials first heard that the prince had lifted the restrictions on officialdom, the officials They supported the prince after they were good enough to become officials, but the prince's land policy violated their interests, so they can only be considered neutral now."

Li Xin said: "It would be nice if someone supports me. To be honest, the current situation is much better than what I originally expected. For officials who violate the rules and do not work properly, you first collect evidence. After collecting the evidence, submit it to the censor. Xing Han Chongwen Academy should be able to transfer another group of students to replace some of the inactive officials and enrich our strength at the grassroots level. What is the attitude of the farmers at the grassroots level towards me?"

Gao Ping replied: "Most of the farmers support the prince. After all, many people's land was allocated to them by the prince, and the prince also exempted them from many taxes."

Li Xin nodded and said: "That's fine, as long as the farmers support me. After all, the majority in the Song Dynasty are farmers. Those rotten literati can't make any big waves. Go and tell us what's going on at the bottom." Officials should make more use of the literati who support us. Furthermore, you should investigate whether there are people who are adding fuel to the flames among the people. You will know what to do if you find out. Also, you should pay attention to our own people not to be bribed. After all, Tianxiang Tower is basically in a state of It’s public status.”

Gao Ping cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After Li Yongqi gave Li Xin a reply, Li Xin began to get busy for his sister's marriage. He counted the days and followed the procedures. Two months passed in this busy period.

Just as Li Jing's wedding was over, it was time to prepare for autumn again, but this time the Jin Kingdom finally learned from the swamps in the south of the Yangtze River and the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, and prepared to concentrate its forces. In October, it sent troops to attack Shaanxi. . On the morning when Wanyan Changlin went to Beijing for a meeting, Empress Dowager Wei got up early. When she looked up and saw the lights on in the study, she couldn't help but walk there. Through the crack in the door, she saw Wan Yanchang kneeling and sorting books.

Empress Dowager Wei hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and went in. Wan Yanchang saw it was Empress Dowager Wei and said, "Why do you get up so early?"

Queen Mother Wei sighed: "I can't sleep, and I don't know whether Jiu'er is dead or alive."

Wan Yanchang sighed: "Yes, the sudden appearance of Li Xin exceeded our predictions. Something big must have happened within the Song Dynasty that we don't know about."

Queen Mother Wei said: "Judging from the content of the notice, a coup must have occurred, otherwise Jiu'er would not have allowed a prince to take charge of military and political power, and a prince of the opposite sex. More importantly, the notice did not mention the prince at all."

Wan Yanchang echoed: "Yes, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and Zhao Huan's son all died mysteriously in Wuguo City a few months ago. We still haven't found out who did it. In the blink of an eye, I, Da Jin, All the men in the captured clan with the surname Zhao actually died, leaving only some women. And not only in Dajin, but also from the news we got from the Song Dynasty, all the clan members with the surname Zhao who stayed in the Song Dynasty also died last year. In other words, even if there is a living clan man named Zhao now, it can only be in the hands of Li Xin."

Queen Mother Wei nodded and said: "Another point is that Li Xin was the culprit who kidnapped Empress Zhu and several concubines during the Jingkang period, and they were robbed under the siege of your Jin army."

Wan Yanchang said: "Not only that, Zhang Xiaochun appeared in the Song Dynasty again. At first, Zhang Xiaochun was my prisoner of Dajin, and later he was kidnapped on the way back to Dajin. Now it seems that Li Xin may have sent someone to kidnap him. Yes, besides Zhang Xiaochun there is also Li Miao, but Li Miao has not yet appeared in the Song Dynasty."

Empress Dowager Wei ridiculed: "This time you Dajin have encountered a strong enemy. From the news we have received now, we can see that Li Xin used your Dajin to gain the power of the Song Dynasty, and your Dajin internal affairs look like They are not monolithic, otherwise how could Zhao Ji and others be killed so easily."

Wan Yanchang shook his head and said: "We didn't expect things to turn out like this. We are also investigating this matter now. It is really beyond our expectation, but now you have no objection to us attacking Song Dynasty again, right?"

Queen Mother Wei sighed: "Jiu'er is gone. Whether or not we go back to the Song Dynasty makes no difference to me. That's it."