[Group Wearing Song Dynasty] The Glory of the Sky

Xin Qiji didn't sleep well for several days.

As an ordinary person locked in the Lu Mansion's compound, he was much slower than the imperial court to get the news.

Liu Xi was on guard against the Song Dynasty at that time, and did not let Xin Qiji take away the phone rashly, so now he can only confirm the situation by listening to the gossip among the servants and observing the time when Lu You returns to the mansion.

He vaguely heard that there were riots in Song Dynasty, and the flames of war directly burned to Yangzhou.

This news was completely fine for the Song people, but Xin Qiji vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Although there were occasional militia riots in Song Dynasty because of taxation and other issues, it would not be a new thing.

Even if thousands of people gathered to make trouble, with the strength of Yangzhou City, it would be easy to solve this problem.

But why, until now, I only heard that Yangzhou City has suffered disasters, while other places are fine?

Standing outside the information circle, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were flaws in the rhetoric circulated among the people.

But Lu You was determined to cut off his contact with everyone, even the boy who came to repair the oil lamp refused to say a word to him.

Xin Qiji saw that the control in the mansion had been inexplicably strengthened, and he knew that Lu You was guarding against him.

That can even more explain that something happened outside, and it was not a trivial matter.

People in different public opinion zones will be carried away by different wind directions.

If he was just a pure Song person, he would think that the mob disturbed the cleanliness of Yangzhou City. As a result, Linguo slaughtered all the mob in a rage and went on the Northern Expedition, using this trivial matter as a pretext to attack many of the Jin and Song Dynasties. The rampant and ferocious appearance of this city is outrageous.

If he was a native of Linguo, he would think that Song and Jin attacked Lin together. There were more than [-] people outside the city who attacked and burned the city endlessly. In the end, they were beaten to pieces by the defenders of Linguo. It took a long time to clean up the battlefield. Much longer than the time of siege.

From the perspective of Linguo, this war was originally initiated by the Jin and Song Dynasties, not to mention that Chuzhou and Haizhou were originally the bargaining chips set in the peace talks, and it should be taken as a matter of course—as for the small cities near Chuhai , it was taken easily, and it should also make up for the loss of defending the city for several days.

But who is right?

Is it important to be right or wrong?

Xin Qiji's identity is too subtle.

Although his ancestors were all from the Northern Song Dynasty, he himself was born in the Kingdom of Jin, and his thoughts were taught and guided by the Kingdom of Lin, and now he is imprisoned in the city of Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty.

By the time he finally gained his personal freedom and could enter and leave the Lu residence at will, the war had been over for a month, and it seemed to be the end of April.

The flowers in Lin'an City are still in full bloom, and the common people are busy or laughing and cursing, as if nothing happened.

According to Lu You's arrangement, Xin Qiji needs to participate in the compilation of writings on the situation in Linguo in the Wensiyuan, and at the same time clarify the reasons for their strange things in Linguo.

Xin Qiji still did things calmly and properly, and he was rigorous without any mistakes.

The first thing he did when he came to Wensi Academy was to see if there was anyone around him who had received the same education as himself.

This small gesture was actually selfish—he was so lonely.

All the textbooks and modern items were handed over to the emperor, and the scholars around him could only shake their pens and read something from the Four Books and Five Classics.

But he is the only one who has really received systematic education in Linguo and is willing to understand and accept their logic and theories.

All living beings gather in Wensiyuan, and the fragrance of books and pen and ink are everywhere.

But he sat alone among the crowd without making a sound, even if he had never expressed any opinions or remarks, he knew that he was out of tune with them.

Before he left Jiangyin, Zhao Qingyu once told him a story.

"Have you ever heard of Prometheus?"

"what is that?"

A god brought his fire to the human world, but because of this, he was bound to a rock by iron chains, and his liver was eaten by vultures and goshawks day and night.

After hearing this legend from Europa, Xin Qiji was surprised and puzzled: "Why is it a sin to bring fire?"

"In your civilization, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs, isn't it the same?" Zhao Qingyu stirred the milk foam on the coffee, and asked: "Shennong tasted all the herbs, and finally lost his life because of the heartbroken grass. This is also the price."

"I don't know."

"For example, what actually happened—" Zhao Qingyu laughed: "There used to be a scientist named Bruno who criticized philosophy and theology, propagating that the center of the world is the sun instead of the earth, and was finally burned to death in Campo de' Fiori, Rome."

Xin Qiji vaguely heard something, and said in a low voice: "Are you reminding me that after returning to the Song Dynasty, don't spread the fire rashly?"

"People don't necessarily want to know the truth." Zhao Qingyu pointed to the pile of modern textbooks in his schoolbag, and said in a relaxed and flat tone, "If the voice you want to make, the issues you worry about, will make them feel With ridicule and threats, the truth is irrelevant."

Even if the sun is indeed the center of the world, even if the earth is round, that is no longer important.

"I made a bet with Uncle Liu. Guess if you will be burned to death as a heretic when you go back. After all, what you know is...too much for them." Zhao Qingyu held her chin and said: "Glance Once you get the fire from the sky, hide it in your heart, don't take it out rashly, eager to illuminate the world."

"It's very likely that they don't think they need it."

This is the fundamental reason why Xin Qiji has lived peacefully until now.

Although Song Guo was not so dramatic as to catch a goshawk to peck his heart, but if he was beaten as a traitor from Lin Guolai, the consequences would not be much better.

Xin Qiji buried his head in the files, and participated in the compilation of Linguo materials from morning to night, and occasionally had to accept interrogation and questioning from various bureaucrats, and he had to go back to the Lu Mansion to write moral articles at night.

Rather than saying that he is submissive and everything is easy to discuss, it is better to say that he is patiently observing all this.

Youan, what exactly do you want?

How do you want to repay the country?

After the war ended, the map was re-divided, and the territory of Linguo naturally expanded a lot.

Naturally, the Three Kingdoms Peace Negotiation has not been let go, and even the order for the Iron Thorn Chariot is still carried out as before - the attack on Xixia has been pushed to September, and Linguo still does not pay or contribute, but it is vaguely holding the knife Put it on their necks and force them to fight.

On the basis of these things, another Yizhou peace agreement was added.

The content of the Yizhou Peace Conference does have a bit of taint for the Jin and Song Dynasties.

In the Shaoxing agreement, Jin was the king and Song was the minister. The original rule was that Zhao Gou should kneel and worship the emperor of Jin, but Qin Hui blocked it on the grounds of filial piety.

But during the Yizhou Peace Conference, Liu Xi expressed that he was not very interested in this kind of ethics, saying that the Three Kingdoms will be on an equal footing from now on, and stop worrying about who is superior to whom.

Lin Guo didn't even want to pay tribute with the old coins of the Jin and Song Dynasties. He only ordered to revise and clarify the specific regulations in the fields of commerce and trade of the three countries in the follow-up diplomatic work, and he had no interest in taking advantage of it.

Linguo now occupies Haizhou, which is rich in phosphate rock, Chuzhou, which is rich in rock salt resources and has countless palygorskite, and Yizhou, which has extremely high diamond reserves and an iron ore mineable area of ​​ten square kilometers Zhouzhou, let alone joking with the Jin and Song Dynasties, it is no problem to concentrate on promoting the industrial revolution and focus on building aircraft and satellites.

These things can naturally be justified within Linguo, but at the same time, they are further arousing uneasiness and panic in the Song and Jin Dynasties.

Not to mention the chariot of iron thorns, just the cannon carts that were used to defend the city before, any three of them can be taken out and can be bombarded city by city-why is Lin Guo so easy to talk, and there is no point in continuing to fight at all?

Do they have any handles or weaknesses that keep them from expanding?

After the peace talks in Yizhou, although Lu You didn't notice that there was something new in the emperor's arms, he could clearly smell the restlessness in Linguo.

If you can't kill this sign now, it will only be more difficult in the future.

After much deliberation, he finally set his sights on Xin Qiji.

There must be a way to win.

Lin Guo must also be destroyed.

Xin Qiji was brought into the palace city again.

He didn't know the regulations around here, and he didn't know where he was taken.

But I always feel vaguely... This time the inquiry is really different from the previous few times.

And it is very likely to be related to the uproar in the city.

Zhao Gou waited in the hall and saw the scholar at a glance.

Prime Minister Tang next to him came out with a generous gesture of an elder, and greeted him with a smile, don't be too polite, just sit down and talk.

Not many people came, but they were all important officials from the Privy Council and several other places.

Having said that, etiquette dare not make mistakes.

Even if Prime Minister Tang stopped him again, Xin Qiji still greeted the emperor and a group of his subordinates in turn, with a good look in his footsteps.

It wasn't until the emperor was questioning him that he dared to look up at the emperor who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Zhao Gou is a little older again, his temples are stained white and wrinkled horizontally, and his aging will become worse when he smiles.

Prime Minister Tang was naturally speaking for the emperor, and explained the cause and effect clearly in two or three sentences, to the effect that you, Xin Qiji, should understand the righteousness of the family and the country, donate generously to the Song country, and tell everything you know.

Next to him, Lu You came forward and promised that as long as he helped the court disintegrate Linguo, the high-ranking officials would naturally be rich, and he would find a way to take over his family members near Yizhou.

Xin Qiji neither answered nor evaded, only after listening to three or four civil servants who took turns to speak, he bowed again and asked: "Your Majesty may ask about the way to subdue the neighboring country?"

"Yes." Zhao Gou stared at him and said, "Are you willing to tell the truth?"

Xin Qiji raised his head, his eyes were clear and clean: "There are endless words."

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His attitude was always very cooperative, but his tone was slightly sad.

It's just that no Song people can perceive this kind of sadness.

"Lingguo is governed by science and legal principles."

When Xin Qiji spoke, the eyes of other people began to look complicated and distrustful.

"These children don't read books of morality since they can read, but learn the skills of technology and the laws of nature."

"Because of this, whether it is craftsmanship or national defense weapons, everything is developing very fast, and every field is constantly introducing new ones."

Although business was popular in the Song Dynasty, people didn't even regard being a businessman as a scandal, but this does not mean that being a craftsman or delving into these strange and obscene skills is worth advocating.

"Song State doesn't talk about conquering neighboring countries. Even if it just wants to recover the land and expel the gold thieves, it should open up the wisdom of the people and develop technology, so that the real science of physics and chemical engineering can be spread and developed systematically."

What Xin Qiji said was the truth, but he himself thought it was impossible.

The foundation of a feudal state lies in the supremacy of the monarchy.

Whether it is the Senate, Yangzhou, or Linguo as a whole, democratic ideas are the mainstream, and there is no problem in developing technology to promote productivity.

But for the Song Dynasty, if it develops science and technology and extracts new civilizations, it is tantamount to promoting the development of the bourgeoisie and knocking on the door of democratic thought.

Wensiyuan has obviously felt some changes in thinking, and is trying its best to spread the thoughts of the three cardinal guides and five constant principles. All the scholars returning from Yangzhou have to recite classics and ancient works day and night, and write reflections to prove their sincerity.

Even illiterate people have to dictate their own testimony, and the petty official will copy it and hand it in.

"Your Majesty," he bowed deeply, and said again: "If you don't know physics, you can't improve trebuchets and rockets. If you don't know chemical engineering, you can't make smoke bombs and tear gas bombs. Everything is up to you."

Zhao Gou was playing with something with his head down, sitting on a high seat and making no sound.

Although he summoned the scholar who came back from Linguo, what he thought of was indeed the woman who walked into his tent during the Yizhou Peace Conference.

No one knows how she got in.

The woman claimed to be Yunqi, and she was also a lady of the Kingdom of Jin according to the jade badge, but she said that she had defected from Linguo and was currently a vassal of the court of the Kingdom of Jin, intending to cooperate with him secretly.

She gave herself a radio station capable of sending and receiving messages, and carefully explained how to use it.

"Although Linguo has reconnected the phone calls between your three states, they can clearly hear every word you say."

"But with the one I made, not only can you contact me, but no third person will know."

When she smiled, she looked like a graceful and luxurious princess of the Kingdom of Jin, and she had a faint musk fragrance on her body.

Zhao Gou has been in intermittent contact with her for more than half a month.

Although he is old, he can still figure out how to use this thing after a few more operations, and he can summon confidential officials to help operate and process information.

Summarized the information Yun Qi gave him, there are a few pieces in total:

1. She is in the Kingdom of Jin and can influence the king's choice

2. She hopes to enter Song State as a concubine and bring down Jin Lin for Zhao Gou

3. Now that Jin Guo has started to plant useless sugar vegetables on a large scale, it is her handwriting

4. If Song Guo wants to restore the situation, the only thing he can do is to build a school with Lin Guo and learn the meaning of science

Whether it's the strange woman who is talking about it, or the young man in front of him, no matter what you say, you can't avoid the word science.

Zhao Gou thought for a long time, and only ordered his servants to take Xin Qiji to the side hall to rest first, looked at Prime Minister Tang and asked, "What do you think?"

Prime Minister Tang used to be a peacemaker, but now he is submissive for a long time, so he naturally talks nonsense to show loyalty and obedience.

Zhao Gou stroked his beard and thought for a while, before he said, "If you want to establish a school with Linguo, you need to confirm some things."

Things like craftsmen are definitely not on the table.

If one day the prime minister of the Song Dynasty was a carpenter, he would probably laugh at the big teeth of the four countries around him.

In fact, Xin Qiji had explained very clearly in the previous interrogation that people in Linguo performed their own duties, those involved in political affairs studied general politics, and those who developed technology devoted themselves to the laboratory.

Only when the arts and sciences develop side by side can they benefit each other.

But it is absolutely impossible for the Song Dynasty to want to combine arts and science.

Confucianism is the foundation of their country, and once shaken, it is tantamount to threatening the position of the emperor.

Therefore, Zhao Gou is more inclined to Yun Qi's proposal, which is to only take science subjects, and limit the future development of those who study science subjects.

All the knowledge they have learned should serve the royal family. They can be rewarded and encouraged, but they must not be allowed to touch power.

Those who can control them must be decent scholars who have read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly. Only in this way can he be at ease.

In the past, the plan of Lu You and other courtiers was to gather these people from Yangzhou to compile books, thinking that they knew enough mysteries to compete with Linguo.

In their estimation, Lin Guo is like a rich man who hides a gem, as long as he takes away the gem he cares about most, he doesn't have to be afraid of anything.

But with the deepening of contact with Lin Guo, Xin Qiji's debates in more than [-] interrogations, and the words of the strange woman who suddenly appeared, they are constantly confirming one thing.

What Linguo owns is not a few gems, but a mountain of mineral deposits.

Liu Xi was a little surprised when he received Zhao Gou's call.

It feels like Lao Zhao has been slapped on the head in the past two years, and now he even proposes to send students to come to China to study and study.

This positive attitude is somewhat abnormal, and it is indeed in the interests of neighboring countries.

Because there is a shortage of scholars in Linguo, it is very short.

Following the adoption of the proposal of the intern in the Senate, Yangzhou City not only opened night classes for adults, but also expanded the enrollment of two classes at Guangling College. At the same time, a new batch of students who graduated from middle schools in the south and north of the city were assigned to research institutes and education institutes. Participate in different types of work.

If we simply talk about teachers who can promote the content of nine-year compulsory education, or teachers who can teach important and difficult knowledge in junior and senior high schools, it is naturally enough.

What they lack are researchers who can devote themselves to the research institute and start to participate in document collation and practical application of technology.

To be able to do this, not only a passable IQ, but also enough tenacity and perseverance.

Even if these scholars from the Song Dynasty return to China after studying, as long as they participate in scientific research during their studies, they are still valuable enough.

Probably because Liu Xi's attitude was very positive and friendly, but Zhao Gou began to hesitate again.

He originally thought that if he wanted to rush to beg someone, at least he would be given a cold face, but he didn't expect the other party to be relaxed and easy to talk to.

——There is definitely a scam here!

Zhao Gou was extremely cautious in his work, and he had already begun to suspect that Yun Qi, Xin Qiji, and Liu Xi were all in partnership to plot against him.

You know, it wasn't long before Song Gang and Lin fought—even though they were pretending to be rioters, they actually consumed 10,000+ people. Now that they are talking about joint construction, they are joint construction. Why is it so easy to talk about? ?

Liu Xi didn't embarrass him in this matter? ? ?

As soon as he thought of this, he began to think about the situation in Sizhou and Chuzhou again.

After Linguo occupied many cities, although it changed the bureaucratic system, it started to set up loudspeakers everywhere to bombard people like it did when it occupied Yangzhou City, and then took over the management of the market and began to do private business with the Three Kingdoms, but it did not treat Yangzhou at all. As eager and caring as the city.

It's as if these strategic locations are not enough for them to send people to rebuild the city walls and open schools, and leave them there to develop as they like.

This is the Sizhou that the Kingdom of Jin has been thinking about for a long time! ! !

Why don't their people just do it?Why didn't their defenders send over?

However, the fact is that even if there is no soldier guarding Sizhou or even Yizhou, the Jin and Song Dynasties will not dare to take another step in the past few years.

The loss was too heavy, so heavy that if you don't have a long memory, you will really be a bunch of fools running the country.

So halfway through the discussion, Zhao Gou put it aside.

He felt uneasy, but he couldn't tell where he was uneasy, so he simply discussed with Lu You, and gave Xin Qiji the official position of a fifth-rank apprentice, and asked him to go to Yangzhou City again.

On Liu Xi's side, the upper and lower members of the Senate are busy working overtime and counting things.

If the head of state thinks about fighting, he will fight, and if he says to fight Sizhou, he will fight Sizhou, which is within the scope of his power.

The problem is that it also means that the whole Senate has to be busy solving a bunch of new problems that come with-

Whether the transportation between Yangzhou and the four northern cities is open or not, the resettlement and supervision of the local government, how to allocate a group of new people who are waiting to be fed, and who will manage and develop a bunch of new resources...

Originally, the iron ore and other resources of Laiguo still depended on the supplies of Song and Jin to a certain extent, but now "accidentally" won Yizhou, which is tantamount to directly hugging mountains of gold and silver in his arms——

Shandong is a great place!

Instead, Liu Zi was idle.

His responsibilities lie in auditing and general control. The problem is that the Senate has too many issues to deal with right now. Many bills are called back by their insiders before they are handed in. There is not much need for him for a while. deal with things.

So much so that there is a sense of relaxation that is suddenly on vacation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Linguo is still supported by people from the Ministry of Culture. It was originally a small town where there are no diplomats, so if there are any major issues, people from the Ministry of Culture will help. .

And the matter of Song Guo sending people to Yangzhou City is obviously not something that people from the Ministry of Culture can make casually.

When Xin Qiji wore his official uniform and rode into Yangzhou City, he showed his ID code and cooperated with the security check very skillfully.

Song Guo's eyeliner was so skillful that he was a little confused.

He made an appointment with Sun Ci in the name of Cheng Xueguan, and after waiting for a while, he was led to the former office, where he saw Liu Xun who was knocking on Erlang's legs and drinking Fanta soda.

The other party almost choked on the bubble water.

"Yes." Xin Qiji saluted politely: "I'm back again."