Self Rescue of the Faint King

The footsteps of time never stop because of worldly affairs. With the death of "Dharma Protector and Good God" Lu Huiqing, Da Song opened a new curtain.

It took exactly five years from the first year of Daguan to the first year of Zhenghe. During these five years, Yang Guang implemented the so-called New Deal in the Song Dynasty that is praised by the contemporary and later generations.

Although this is not without criticism, on the whole, this New Deal is still a success.

There are already many scholars in this dynasty, and individuals can take the scientific examination, not to mention that now the government has set up a printing bureau, Wanjitang, and opened many academies and schools. Naturally, the number of scientific research personnel has increased a lot.

Although the official selection is still merit-based and strictly selected, but because the base of participating scholars is too large, the number of people who pass the test will naturally increase accordingly.

Among them, a mixed situation appeared.As a last resort, the officials promulgated the "Eight Elements for Selecting Scholars", using the eight behavior standards of filial piety, brotherhood, harmony, marriage, tenure, sympathy, loyalty, and harmony to ensure the quality of scholars in scientific research. The number of people in the scientific examination.

Although the standard is the same in nature, it is not completely consistent with the "Eight Elements Selecting Scholars" of Song Huizong in history. (In order to achieve the purpose of clarifying human relations through customs, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict on March [-], the first year of Daguan, to select scholars based on the eight elements. The so-called eight elements to select scholars means that scholars who have filial piety, brotherhood, harmony, marriage, and tenure , Compassion, Loyalty, Harmony and other eight elements", the matter is written in the township, and the neighbor Baowu reports to the county, and after the county magistrate examines and agrees, it will be postponed to the county school for examination. If the matter is true, it will be reported to the state government , can be exempted from examinations and enter the Taixue Shangshe, and confer official positions. Among the eight elements, filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, and harmony are the four behaviors, harmony and marriage are the middle, and tenure and compassion are the bottom. According to the number of "walks" and the upper and lower ranks of the scholars, they are selected as the students of the third house of the state school.)

In the first year of Zhenghe, the government chose a new teacher for the 11-year-old Crown Prince, Yang Shi (this is what Cheng Men Lixue said), and the famous Donglin Academy was the place where he gave lectures. .

But now that Yang Shi was hired by Yang Guang to teach his son, it is unknown whether the famous Donglin Academy will be established.

At the age of 11, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked like his father, but his temperament was softer. Of course, his aura was not as strong as that of the official family.

He is well-read and knowledgeable, humble and eager to learn, and everyone calls him a virtuous person.

Although Yang Shi is a master of Chengmen, he still makes people jealous. He can be the teacher of the prince. Obviously, the picky and harsh officials agree with Yang Shi's talent. Because Neo-Confucianism mainly discusses the principles of righteousness and destiny, "Er Cheng" founded Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty was the master of Neo-Confucianism)

Yang Guang naturally has his own understanding of how to be an emperor. Although he has been teaching his son hand in hand, after all, there is still a big generation gap between himself and the people of the time, so in order to let Zhao Heng (Song of Tanyuan League) Zhenzong (also called Zhao Heng) could better understand what people were thinking at the time, and coupled with the power of Confucianism, that's why he asked Yang Shi to come over and teach his son.

In short, for the sake of the next emperor of Song Dynasty, Yang Guang felt that he was also heartbroken.I just hope that Zhao Heng won't disappoint his heart.

Zhenghe two years. Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Dynasty, who "didled in wine and was addicted to sound, was desolate. He reprimanded the loyal and good, and appointed the small ones. All living beings, far and near, were ruled harshly." Liao Tianzuo succeeded to the throne.

Since Emperor Tianzuo came to the throne, the Khitan nobles have increasingly oppressed and blackmailed the Jurchen tribes.The native products of the Jurchen region, such as ginseng, mink, famous horses, beizhu, handsome eagles, beeswax, and linen, etc., in addition to paying tribute to the Liao Dynasty in accordance with regular rations, the officials and profiteers on the northeast border of the Liao Dynasty were connived by the court. Next, they often go to the market to force purchases with "low value", which is called "beating the Jurchens". The various behaviors of the Liao people naturally aroused the hatred of the Jurchens.

Small-scale friction and resistance continued to occur, and the Liao people didn't think it was disobedient. Even if the Jurchens thought about it, could they be stronger than the Khitan people's iron cavalry?

They are also people on horseback. One is extravagant and desperate, and the sun is declining, while the other is working hard and thriving.

The Jurchens are known as heroes on horseback, and it's obviously not for nothing.As an oppressed nation, it is obvious that the warlike Jurchens are not vegetarians. Although they are small in number, they are not afraid of the Liao people.

The Jurchens had been caught in tribal struggles before, and the Wanyan tribe, which had the support of the Liao people, began the process of unifying the various Jurchen tribes.

Although the Wanyan tribe unified more than 30 Jurchen tribes, the Wanyan tribe's rule was not stable, so they could only continue to rely on the support of the Liao people.

I don’t want this kind of attachment to Wanyan Aguda here (the third year of Zhenghe), the Liao people were rotten and oppressed and exploited the Jurchens, which made them unbearable. Wanyan Aguda, as a natural god of war, was naturally unwilling to be slaughtered by others.

Wanyan Aguda not only annexed neighboring tribes to expand his strength, but also persuaded farmers to cultivate, save food and grass, train soldiers and herd horses, and prepare for his own resistance against the Liao Dynasty.

Wanyan Aguda led 800 troops to fight against the Liao Dynasty, and the Liao people sent 500 people to suppress it, and they won!

In the fourth year of Zhenghe, 500 Jurchen soldiers were called 300 Liao people (actually 3700 people), called the Battle of Ningjiang Prefecture. After the victory of this battle, the number of Jurchen soldiers increased to [-], and they captured Ningjiang Prefecture.

In November of the fourth year of Zhenghe, Aguda led [-] soldiers to fight against [-] Liao people (known as [-]).A Guda took advantage of the strong wind, and the dust covered the sky. He attacked the Liao army and defeated the Liao army.After the great victory at Chuhedian, various Jurchen soldiers returned one after another. The Jurchen army had already surpassed [-] troops, which made the Jurchen army stronger and more powerful, creating prerequisites for the establishment of the Great Jin Kingdom in the future.

In the fifth year of Zhenghe, Dajin founded the country, Wanyan Aguda proclaimed himself emperor, and the reign title was "Shouguo".As for why it became the Kingdom of Jin, Aguda's thoughts at that time were as follows: "Liao used Bintie as its name, and chose its firmness. Although Bintie is strong, it will eventually deteriorate, but gold remains unchanged." country.

What Wanyan Aguda promotes is the restraint of Meng Anmou, the integration of soldiers and farmers (the prototype of the Eight Banners system), and the soldiers who go out are the soldiers, and the people who go in are the people.

In the war between Liao and Jin, it seems that Liao has always been defeated and Liao suffers, which caused Emperor Tianzuo's great dissatisfaction.

A small tribe dared to claim the country, and even occupied Huanglong Mansion, the military center and economic lifeline of the Liao Kingdom, is that okay?I really didn't take me seriously, so Emperor Tianzuo launched an army and led 70 people (again, so-called) to fight against [-] to [-] Jinren.

No matter where this kind of thing is put, it is basically a one-sided massacre, but there are many strange things this year. The Jin and Liao armies fought fiercely in Huanglong Mansion.

It is a pity that in the end Emperor Tianzuo led only a few cavalry to escape from the battlefield, and the rest were basically wiped out.

"Jurchen is less than ten thousand, and ten thousand is invincible", even the people of Song Dynasty have heard it.

Dajin is constantly eroding the land of Daliao, which makes Yang Guang a little uneasy. He is thinking, should he give some "aid" to Liao?

Daliao and Dal Song are brothers after all, right?

The emperor's remarks made all the officials look at each other in blank dismay. When did this happen?Could it be that he was in a daze?Aren't you going to take back "Youyun Sixteen States"?Aren't you going to abolish the "Tanyuan Alliance"?

Why did you talk about brotherhood again?

But since the emperor had this idea, the courtiers naturally wanted to find a way to convey this idea to the Liao people.

It just so happened that the Liao rulers and ministers also felt the seriousness of Song and Jin's attack on Liao, so they sent Xiao Ke and Han Fang as envoys, expressing their willingness to be ministers to Song, hoping not to join forces with Jin to attack Liao.Yang Guang met the envoy of the Liao Kingdom face to face, and heard his words, "Nvzhi (true) cannibalize all countries. If the Daliao does not survive, it will be worrying for the Southern Dynasty. Lips will die and teeth will be cold, so we must worry about it." It is very reasonable.

But although it is reasonable, Da Song can't just help you in vain, you have to be meaningful, right?

This kind of hint was heard by the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, and it was like the sound of nature. Naturally, they had made various preparations for their visit this time. If the Song Dynasty really did not take any money, they would not be at ease.

In this world, only interests are eternal. After constant wrangling, Song and Liao finally reached an agreement.

Song provided food, weapons, etc. to Liao, and Daliao used mines, horses, cattle, sheep, and cloth in exchange.This kind of exchange can be regarded as an equal transaction in a sense, and Daliao can naturally accept it.

But when it came to Song Dynasty, there were many problems. The courtiers felt that the emperor was too petty. Although the words were cryptic, they still succeeded in making Yang Guang angry. What are the meanings of this?

Could it be said that if you want to give it to the Liao people for nothing, will the Liao people be happy if they grow up?

As the emperor, Yang Guang was never afraid of criticism from officials, but this kind of unreasonable rhetoric could only make Yang Guang scold him, and the person who scolded him would find it embarrassing to death.

This time, the officials have finally experienced the combat effectiveness of the full-fire officials. After this time, there have been a phenomenon of officials begging for old people to return to their hometowns in batches.

No problem, Da Song has nothing else but a lot of officials. Over the years, although he has tried his best to streamline the situation, the situation of redundant staff has not been completely eliminated, and a large number of people still live here.

If he could save some money for the court, Yang Guang was very happy to let him go. What else can the officials do?Rao knew that this person was a stickler, but everyone was still lucky, and now they were slapped in the face, right?

The officials who were dismissed from office were horrified to find that the vacancies they vacated were quickly filled, and most of them were young officials.

It was obvious that the emperor wanted to be younger, but he never expected that the opportunity, which was not an opportunity, would be seized by him.

The mood of stealing chickens and eating rice is nothing to mention.

Although the Liao Kingdom has the support of the Song Dynasty, it can't stand the Jin Bing because it is really capable of fighting, and the Liao Kingdom is already decayed, so it can barely support it.

The Kingdom of Jin also had other thoughts, thinking of uniting with Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Kingdom together, and then the two countries would carve up the Liao Kingdom.

The kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty have always wanted to take back the "Sixteen States of Youyun".

They secretly sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty, wanting to discuss the matter of alliance with the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but the news got out somehow.

Now, Daliao is a little flustered. If Song and Jin unite and attack from both sides, the current Daliao really can't hold on.

Fortunately, Daliao and Southern Song (Song is in the south of Liao, it is thought that the Southern Song Dynasty) formed an alliance long ago, which is really far-sighted.

However, if the conditions of Jin Guo are really superior to Daliao, maybe the Song people will tear up the covenant and choose to cooperate with Jin Guo.

The Liao people had a deep understanding of the treachery of the Song people. After a negotiation, they suffered countless losses in the final stroke.

But the problem is, what else can I do now that I have something to ask for?The Song people could only let the Song people step on the bottom line to change the situation between the two countries.

In the past, the people of the Song Dynasty paid tribute and received the income of the two counties of the Song Dynasty every year, but what about now?It turned out to be the other way around. This alone has already caused many people to praise the current official family as the master of ZTE. It is as wise and capable as Yao and Shun. If they cooperate with the country, even if it is to do business with the devil, Song people will probably try it.

In addition, since the official took over the throne, he has said on many occasions that he would take back the words of "Sixteen Youyun Prefectures".

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom panicked and came to meet Yang Guang with a mournful face, "The Liao and Song Dynasties have been reconciled for a hundred years, and the oath of alliance is written in every word, but we can't..."

The implication is clear, but fortunately, the official family of the Song Dynasty is a sage, and will not do anything that betrays the alliance, so Daliao once again received assistance from the Song people.

This time, the elite soldiers and cavalry of Song Dynasty are about to be dispatched.

If there is no war for a long time, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be guaranteed, so Yang Guang wanted to get the army out to practice, of course he hid behind the Liao people, and he would not think about rushing forward desperately.

Song Dynasty sent troops to help, so the matter of "Youyun Sixteen States" is naturally easy to discuss. It is impossible to return all of them to you at once, but it is still negotiable to give one back at any rate.

Yang Guang didn't even think about eating a big fat man in one bite. If he can get one back, it's one, and if he can get two back, it's two.

You know, this Emperor Taizu is so wise and powerful. He has always wanted to be greater than Li Shimin of the previous dynasty, to expand the territory, and to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty has reached the eighth emperor. " Youyun Sixteen States" has not even seen a shadow.

It's good now, Song and Liao have resumed negotiations, and the discussion is about the return of the "Sixteen Youyun Prefectures".

This is much more than an empty talk from the Jinren, and the courtiers naturally would not think about joining forces with the Jinren.

Besides, the Jin people are so uncivilized. They look more like barbarians who drink blood, carve wood and tie ropes. The proud Song people don't want to have anything to do with them at all.

The Liao people finally felt a lot more relieved, and the rear will not remind them to be nervous all the time.

Of course, in fact, although it is said in history that the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty jointly destroyed the Liao Dynasty, in fact, the work was done by the Jin people. The Great Song Dynasty only paid out silver.

Now, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are going to the battlefield to accept the baptism of blood, Yang Guang's heart is agitated, all men have war plots, and they all want to expand their territories.

But now he is comparable to a national treasure, so don't even think about leaving Beijing.

Li Gang, Zong Ze and others went to the front line, supervising the war, and fighting the war, in short, they were full of energy and made people envious.

Everyone knows that the main force in this war is definitely not from the Song Dynasty, and we are only going to fight for military exploits. Who doesn't like people who get promoted and get rich after returning?

The salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty were ridiculously high, plus the unspoken rules in the officialdom, so the bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty were not poor at all, but the credit is not necessarily certain.

This operation to aid Liao Dynasty looks more like a gold-plated operation. How can people who can't get involved not be jealous?

But these are all gossip, few people in the court will pay attention to it, Zong Ze went to lead the army to fight, he is old and prudent, and Zhang Shangying, who believes in Buddhism, has become the new prime minister.

Although this person has a close relationship with Zhang Dun, Yang Guang has no intention of venting his anger. Zhongshu Sheren, sitting in the Ministry of Officials, Tongyi Doctor, Hanlin Bachelor, Shangshu Zuocheng, Guanwendian University Bachelor, and now Zaifu, This official's road is steady and stable, which is consistent with his attitude towards being an official.

The current Song Dynasty is strong enough, and there is no need for radicals to take power, so Yang Guang chose such a man with sufficient qualifications, prestige, and ability as his prime minister.

Zhang Shangying's policy is fair, but minor repairs are still possible, and Yang Guang's proposal to abolish bad governance has been greatly appreciated.

This shows that he did not choose the wrong person, and Zhang Shangying's actions made him very satisfied.

Song and Liao united, and the Jin people returned disappointed, but they will not sit still, will they?

Now that Song and Liao are united, let's go to Xixia to form an alliance.

Anyway, Xixia and Song Liao have always been at odds, and they are still ambitious. The Jin people don't think there is anything terrible about the Xixia people. It is a good way to find Xixia to jointly deal with the Song and Liao allied forces.