The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

On Di Qing's way back to the northern border, the burning, killing, and looting of the northern border by the Xixia and Liao people became more and more serious.So far, the total number of soldiers and civilians killed by Xixia and Liao is three to four thousand, and the total loss of property is tens of thousands of taels.This is the most serious robbing of the northern border by Xixia and Liao over the years.

Before, many ministers thought that Xixia and Liao would not go too far, but the fact slapped them in the face severely.

During this period of early court, the ministers became very honest.On the matter of the northern border, they dare not say anything.

Fortunately, Di Qing rushed back to the north after a month.

Seeing Di Qing's return, the Xixia and Liao people did not restrain their behavior. After all, they were used to being arrogant during this period of time, and for a while they forgot about Di Qing's horror.

Not long after Di Qing returned to the northern border, he dealt a heavy blow to the Xixia and Liao people, killing all those who came to invade the northern border.Not only that, Di Qing also led people to overthrow the camps of Xixia and Liao, which are not far from the northern border.

He also warned the Xixia and Liao soldiers that if they continued to harass the northern border, don't blame him for being rude.

Seeing that Di Qing was so domineering, the soldiers of Xixia and Liao who came to plunder the northern border wanted to teach Di Qing a lesson, but they were not Di Qing's opponents, so they applied to attack the northern border.However, this application was rejected.

Although both Xixia and Liao wanted to go south to attack the Song Dynasty, the kings of the two countries knew that if they really attacked the Song Dynasty, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty would not give up.Furthermore, now is not a good time to attack Song Dynasty.The most important thing is that if Da Song is attacked, Da Song will no longer send them money.

It can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from Song Dynasty every year, which is a lot of money for Xixia and Liao.Besides, they took the money without a single soldier.

Unless the king of Xixia and the king of Liao have a brain twitch, or they are fully sure that they can defeat the Song Dynasty, they will not use troops against the Song Dynasty rashly.

In recent years, there have been various natural and man-made disasters in Xixia and Liao.Thanks to Da Song, the money sent every year, otherwise they would not be able to recuperate.

Don't look at these years, the soldiers of Xixia and Liao are strong and fierce, but their domestic situation is not very good.Once there is a war, their recuperation for the past few years will be in vain.

In the past few years, Xixia and Liao will not raise troops to attack Song Dynasty.However, it will be hard to say after a few years.

Song Dynasty is a fat sheep to Xixia and Liao, and they will slaughter this fat sheep sooner or later.If we don't kill it now, we just want to make it fatter.

The topic is too far away, let's get down to business.

Song Renzong was naturally happy to see that once Di Qing returned to the northern border, the Xixia and Liao people would no longer dare to harass the northern border, and praised Di Qing in the court hall.

Of course the ministers were not happy that Di Qing was being praised, but they didn't dare to say anything, and they didn't dare to suggest that Song Renzong should transfer Di Qing from the northern border to Bianjing for the time being.

Regarding the killing of three or four thousand soldiers and civilians in the northern border by the Xixia and Liao people, none of the ministers condemned the barbaric and cruel behavior of the two countries.It was Zhao Yang who played and asked Song Renzong to write a letter to question the two countries.

The ministers were afraid that Zhao Yang's question would anger the two countries, and they all opposed it, which made Zhao Yang very angry.

People were bullying to the door, but these ministers accepted it, which made Zhao Yang angry again in the court.

Zhao Yang's words were very blunt, and he directly scolded the ministers for being cowardly, scolding them for having no backbone, and scolding them for reading the sage's books for nothing and not learning the sage's character.

Song Renzong felt that his son was right, and he also agreed with his son's suggestion. He wrote a letter to question the king of Xixia and the king of Liao.In fact, the letter was written by Zhao Yang. His words were very tough and he warned Xixia and Liao.If they dare to harass the northern border again, the soldiers of Song Dynasty will not sit idly by.

The King of Xixia and the King of Liao also knew that there were many famous generals in the Song Dynasty. If they really angered the Song Dynasty, they would not have a good time.They wrote back that it was the northern Xinjiang soldiers who made the decision without authorization, and they had no intention of tearing up the treaty.They also stated that they will restrain the soldiers in the northern border in the future and will not let them do anything wrong again.

Although they knew that what the Xixia King and Liao King said were high-sounding words, they at least showed their attitudes.What Zhao Yang wants is this effect, to let Xixia and Liao know that Song is not so easy to bully.In fact, he just saw that Xixia and Liao had no plans to send troops to attack Song Dynasty for the time being.

In Funing Palace, Zhao Yang proposed to Song Renzong that the generals should go to court next year.

Song Renzong was very surprised when he heard his son's proposal: "Let the generals go to court next year?"

"Yes, let the military generals go to court next year." During this time, Zhao Yang became more and more disappointed with the ministers in the court, and he felt that the civil servants could no longer be allowed to go on like this.

"Is it too early?" Song Renzong said in amazement, "Didn't you plan to let the generals go to court in a few years?"

"I originally planned to wait for me to gain a firm foothold in the court before letting the generals enter the court, but under the current situation, I have to let the generals go to the court in advance." Zhao Yang said coldly, "Daddy, you also see to the attitude of the ministers on the issue of the northern border."

In the past, Song Renzong didn't think there was anything wrong, but since he was "brainwashed" by Zhao Yang, he also felt that the attitude of the ministers on the northern border was too disappointing.

"The civil servants have controlled the government for too long, and it can be said that they can speak their minds." Zhao Yang frowned, and said with a serious face, "It's time to beat them."

Song Renzong frowned and thought.If military generals are allowed to go to court next year, it is bound to make civil servants dissatisfied.Let the dissatisfaction be with him.

If a few years later, when Yang Yang is an adult, and then the generals are allowed to enter the court, the civil servants may be dissatisfied with Yang Yang.Yang Yang is still the prince, if he is targeted by civil servants, it will be very bad for Yang Yang.

Let the "villain" do it.

Song Renzong decided before that before Zhao Yang came to power, he could do some things, so that after Zhao Yang ascended the throne, he would be able to do less.

"Okay, I will immediately order the generals to go to court on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month next year." It is almost the end of the year, and in a few days, the court will be closed, and the court will not resume until the sixteenth day of the first month next year.

"It's time to raise the status of generals and allow them to participate in government affairs."

Zhao Yang returned to the East Palace after discussing with Song Renzong the list of generals to go to court.

"Your Highness, although the decree is from the government, the officials will know that you proposed it, which is not good for you." Cao Xu said with a worried face, "The officials will be very dissatisfied with you."

"If you're dissatisfied, just be dissatisfied." Zhao Yang said indifferently, "I'm not afraid of their dissatisfaction. No matter how dissatisfied they are, they can't replace me as the crown prince." He cared too much about "reputation" before, so he didn't plan to do it before he was an adult. Let civil servants know that he wants to elevate the status of generals.

Wang Pangpang supported Zhao Yang's approach: "Your Highness did the right thing." To be honest, those ministers are really too spineless.Yang Yang scolded very rightly, those ministers read the sage's books for nothing, it really embarrasses them as scholars.

"The situation in the court should have changed a long time ago." The civil servants are not only cowardly, but also very arrogant and domineering. It is time to raise the status of the generals and suppress the arrogance of the civil servants. "Ah Xu, you should go back to Cao's house right now, tell your uncle about this, and let them prepare."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As soon as Cao Xu left the palace, Song Renzong's decree was issued, and a turbulent wave suddenly set off.

Yan Shu was going to the East Palace to teach Zhao Yang how to read, but upon learning of this purpose, he hurriedly turned around and headed for Funing Palace.

The civil servants who made this decree to "fight" were caught off guard. They did not understand why Song Renzong would make such a decree.However, it is a good thing for the generals.

The military generals who received the decree were very excited, and they were gearing up one by one, eager to go to court immediately.

Cao Ban learned about it from Cao Xu.He immediately sent someone to invite the Zhe family and the Yao family to come to Cao's house to discuss this matter.

They are about to take part in politics next year.Before going to court, they had to discuss how to compete with the civil servants.

Over the years, military generals have been suppressed by civil servants and cannot go to court or participate in political affairs.He was also belittled by civil servants. This hatred is very deep.It can be said that the generals hated the civil servants to the bone.Now, they have the opportunity to take revenge, and of course they will not let those civil servants go easily.However, they have not been to the court for many years, and they don't know much about the affairs in the court, so they must not be the opponents of the civil servants at the beginning.

They must unite and work together when fighting against civil servants.

Those civil servants are best at playing tricks and sowing discord.They couldn't take the tricks of the Chinese courtiers, and started fighting among themselves.

At this time, in the palace, civil servants opposed Song Renzong's letting military generals participate in politics.

The Cao family and the family of military generals are discussing how to deal with the civil servants after going to court.

Cao Ban is the queen's uncle and the prince's great-uncle. He was elected as the "leader" of the generals.

"The officials and His Royal Highness asked us to go to court. First, let us compete with the civil servants, and second, let us serve the court and benefit the people. So we can't just compete with the civil servants, but also do some practical things."

"That's right, if we don't do something practical for the court, we will be ridiculed by those civil servants, and they will even say that we are useless."

"The duty of our generals is to protect Song Dynasty and protect the common people."

"In addition to protecting the country, we can also do other things."

"What civil servants can do, we can do too."

"The officials and His Royal Highness let us go to court to participate in politics in advance. We must not disappoint the officials and His Royal Highness."

"Yes, yes, if we don't do well, maybe we will be squeezed out of the court by those civil servants again. At that time, we may never have a chance to stand up again."

"The most important thing is that we must be united, trust each other, and not be alienated by civil servants."

"Those civil servants are particularly insidious. They will definitely use all means to separate us and let us beat ourselves, and then they will catch us all and drive us out of the court."

"From now on, we must be one."

The generals are harmonious and happy, but the atmosphere in Funing Palace is not good.

Civil servants are very opposed to military generals going to court to participate in politics.One by one, they listed the harms of military generals participating in politics, and they also mentioned Zhao Kuangyin's purpose of "drinking wine to release military power".In a word, they are not in favor of allowing generals to participate in politics.

Song Renzong listened patiently to the ministers and did not argue with them.After they finished speaking, he still insisted on letting the general go to court.

He claimed that the purpose of letting military generals go to court to participate in politics was to defend Xixia and Liao.

The civil servants felt that Xixia and Liao would not attack the Song Dynasty, and believed that the reason put forward by Song Renzong was not valid.

Song Renzong said that Xixia and Liao will indeed not attack the Song Dynasty for the time being, but in the future, who among the ministers can guarantee that Xixia and Liao will never attack the Song Dynasty.He also said that generals are also his courtiers.

Seeing that Song Renzong insisted on allowing military generals to enter the court to participate in politics, the civil servants knelt at the gate of Funing Palace to object.

They also said that Song Renzong's actions violated the rules set by the Communist Party, and even said that it would shake the foundation of the country.

Song Renzong ignored the resistance of the ministers and let them kneel at the gate of Funing Palace.

Zhao Yang was very disdainful when he learned that the ministers were playing this trick again.

"Are these civil servants just kneeling and resisting?" Cao Xu mocked.

"They will only use this trick."

"Your Highness, they won't want someone to bump into a pillar like they did a few years ago?"

"No, they are afraid of death." Zhao Yang sarcastically said, "The incident a few years ago let them know that even if someone of them fell into the pillar and died, it would not make Dad change his mind, so they will never hit the pillar again. "

Wang Pangpang had never heard of this incident, and asked with a blank face: "What happened to hitting the pillar?"

"Pangpang, let me tell you..." Cao Xu told Wang Pangpang about the ministers' opposition to Song Renzong's accepting Chen as his concubine a few years ago, "You said that if they are facing the Xixia and Liao How nice to have a backbone."

After Wang Pangpang heard this, he was very surprised and puzzled: "I didn't expect the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to be like this." In his heart, the ministers should be like his father, but they were not.

"Most of the current ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are pleasure-seeking people. They are afraid of death, and they want to stay in a corner." Zhao Yang laughed and said, "Believe it or not, if Xixia and Liao Kingdom hit the city of Bianjing In addition, these ministers not only will not resist, but will persuade father to go south to Yangzhou or Jinling to survive." This is the case in the Southern Song Dynasty in history. "For them, as long as they can turn a corner, they don't care about the life and death of the people and the dignity of the court."

"They can really do it." Cao Xu believed Zhao Yang's words.

Wang Pangpang was a little hard to accept: "Are they so lacking in dignity?"

"Fatty, they are even less dignified than you imagined." Zhao Yang just finished speaking, and felt that what he said was wrong, "Wrong, they have no dignity when facing Xixia and Liao Kingdom." He didn't know What did the civil servants of the Song Dynasty look like in history, but the civil servants of the Song Dynasty in this time and space really have no backbone.Obviously they are very talented.

Fatty Wang: "..."

Seeing the ministers knelt at the gate of Funing Palace and refused to leave, Song Renzong deliberately asked Zhang Maoshi to announce Cao Ban and the others to enter the palace.

After Cao Ban and the others received the order, they hurried into the palace. Seeing the civil servants kneeling at the entrance of Funing Palace, ten of them deliberately walked past them arrogantly.

The civil servants were naturally very angry when they saw this scene.

Song Renzong and Cao Ban chatted for a long time with ten of them.

Seeing that Song Renzong was so close to Cao Ban and the ten of them, the civil servants felt very heavy.They didn't understand why Song Renzong suddenly let the generals go to court to participate in politics, without any warning at all.

Cao Ban and the others walked out of Funing Palace with happy faces, and they also deliberately told the civil servants that they would like to take care of them next year.

Seeing the proud and arrogant appearance of the generals, the civil servants were full of anger.

Seeing that their opposition was useless, the civil servants knelt down until evening and stopped kneeling again.

Since the officials insisted on allowing generals to participate in politics, what they can do is to drive them away from the court again.

After leaving the palace, all the civil servants went to Wen Yanbo's house to discuss how to deal with the general.

Zhao Yang and the others had dinner in Kunning Palace, and now they have returned to the East Palace.

He is looking at the map of Liao Kingdom.

Cao Xu and Wang Pangpang saw that he had been staring at the map of the Liao Kingdom, and they both asked curiously: "Your Highness, what are you doing with the map of the Liao Kingdom?"

Zhao Yang tapped the map of Liao Kingdom lightly with his fingers: "I have an idea."

Wang Pangpang and Cao Xu asked in unison: "What do you think?"

"I want to go to Liao Kingdom."

"What?!" Cao Xu and Wang Pangpang were startled by Zhao Yang's words.

"Xixia is nothing to be afraid of. The biggest enemy of the Song Dynasty is the Liao Kingdom. I want to go to the Liao Kingdom to see for myself and learn more about their situation."

"Your Highness, are you crazy?" Cao Xu felt that Zhao Yang's idea was too crazy. "You are the prince of Song Dynasty. If you go to Liao Kingdom and the people of Liao Kingdom know your identity, then you will be in danger."

"I agree with Ash's statement."

"Besides, my aunt and the officials will not agree with you to go to Liao."

"I know." Zhao Yang knew in his heart that Song Renzong and Empress Cao would not let him go to Liao.He wanted to secretly go to the Liao Kingdom, but I'm afraid it won't work. "Oh, I'm just saying."

"Your Highness, don't say such scary words in the future, okay." Cao Xu put on a frightened expression, "It will scare people to death."

"Your Highness, what do you want to do in the Liao Kingdom?" Wang Pangpang was a little curious, "If you just want to know the situation in the Liao Kingdom, you can send other people to learn about it. There is no need for you to do it yourself."

"Oh, I want to see what opportunities I can take advantage of." Zhao Yang folded his hands on his chest and said with a deep expression on his face, "I want to cause chaos in the Liao Kingdom before attacking the Liao Kingdom, so that we can deal with them."

"However, even if you go, you may not be able to do anything. After all, when you arrive in Liao Kingdom, you will become an ordinary person. It is impossible to get close to the royal family of Liao Kingdom."

"Not necessarily." Just after Zhao Yang finished speaking, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and his expression became excited, "I have figured out a way."

"any solution?"

"A way to make Liao civil unrest."

"Your Highness, what can we do?" Cao Xu and Wang Pangpang asked quickly.

"I have to think about it." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he ignored Wang Pangpang and Cao Xu, and began to study the news that had been sent back from the Liao Kingdom.

Although Wang Pangpang and the others were very anxious to know Zhao Yang's method, they also knew that they could not disturb him at this time.

After spending a whole night, half of the method Zhao Yang came up with was perfected, and the remaining half had to be cooperated with the Imperial City Secretary.

In the early morning of the next day, there were no accidents, and the ministers were still opposing the military general's participation in politics.

Zhao Yang was thinking of ways to deal with the Liao State in his mind and heart, and he didn't care about the opposition of the ministers.

Song Renzong had long guessed that the ministers would continue to oppose him, so he let them speak.He goes in one ear and out the other.

After listening to the ministers arguing for a while, Song Renzong didn't bother to listen anymore, so he asked Zhang Maoshi to announce his resignation.

After leaving the court, Zhao Yang called Zhang Maoshi away, and then went to the Imperial City Department together.

In recent years, the Imperial City Division has also been reformed by Zhao Yang.

Song Renzong had long ignored the affairs of the Imperial City Secretary and let Zhao Yang toss about.

There is a very important department in the Imperial City Division, and that is Anbu.

The people in Anbu are all carefully selected, and they have all undergone rigorous training.They are responsible for a lot of things, in addition to assassination and investigation, they also do other things.

In recent years, many people from Anbu have been in Xixia and Liao.

However, the royal family of the Liao Kingdom is not so easy to get close to.However, Zhao Yang thought of a way to allow people from Anbu to successfully approach the Liao royal family.

Zhang Maoshi and the Anbu people were surprised by the method Zhao Yang came up with.To be precise, their scalps became numb after hearing His Highness the Crown Prince's approach.

Zhao Yang and Zhang Maoshi discussed for a whole day before perfecting the method he came up with.

After the new year, the Anbu of the Imperial City Division will implement this method.

This method will not work immediately, it will take several years to have an effect.

Zhao Yang has the patience and can wait.

In the next few days, the ministers of the DPRK and China were still opposed to the general's going to court.They knew it was useless, but they still insisted on opposing it.

Before the court sealed the pen, this matter did not stop.

After the new year, Song Renzong announced that the court was temporarily closed to let the ministers have a good New Year.

After the new year, military generals will go to court, how can civil servants have a good year.However, for generals, this year is a good year.