From the outside, this room looks no different from the surrounding houses, but when you go inside, it is completely different. Everywhere is filled with exquisite gadgets that Shen Long moved from his own house, and even the bedding on the bed has been changed.

"Please sit down, please! I'll prepare first." Shen Long led Wang Anshi and his son to the study to sit down, closed the window, put down the board, placed a box with big eyes on the table, pressed the button, and a light Shooting from the big eyes to the tablet, the same scene as the last time I watched Bi Sheng's experience appeared.

"Okay, let's talk while we look at it. If you two have any questions, you can always ask." After that, a huge map appeared on the tablet. The map was divided into several colors. The orange part in the middle was marked "Da Song Dynasty". "The Liao Kingdom is marked in cyan to the north of the Song Dynasty. To the east of the Liao Kingdom is Goryeo, facing the Japanese Kingdom across the sea.

Of course, in the northwest is Xixia. To the west of Xixia are the Yellow-headed Uighur and Gaochang Uighur; in the south are Dali and the Angkor Dynasty, and the Jiaosiluo and Lhasa royal families are sandwiched between Dali and Xixia.

In addition to these, there are many country names that Wang Anshi and his son have only heard of occasionally or even never heard of, such as the Eastern Kara Khanate farther west of the Gaochang Uighurs, the Ghaznavid Dynasty, Seljuk, Kepchak Khanate, Black Food, clothing, Bagan south of Dali, Queen's Kingdom, Chola Dynasty, Srivijaya, etc.

On this map, the Song Dynasty appears so small, which really does not match the status of the center of the world and the heavenly kingdom in the minds of Wang Anshi and his son. Wang Anshi couldn't help but ask, "How can the Song Dynasty be so small?"

"Haha, the territory of the Song Dynasty is about 2.8 million square kilometers, and the entire earth...oh, just think of it as the whole world. The land area of ​​the whole world is 149 million square kilometers, and the Song Dynasty only occupied it. It’s less than 2%." Shen Long said calmly, "Let me show you the whole world!"

After that, the Song Dynasty on the map continued to shrink, and more countries were revealed. It turned out that just as Shen Long said, the Song Dynasty was just a corner of the world. When placed on the Go board, it was only occupied by three or five chess pieces. It's just the location.

"The Eastern Kara Khanate is almost in the Mengchi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, and the Gaochang Uighurs are in the Protectorate of the Western Regions; the south of the Lhasa royal family is what was Tianzhu in the past; as for the black-clad Dashi, there are quite a few from there. The merchants who came here live in Quanzhou; I’m afraid not many people have been to places farther away in the Song Dynasty." Shen Long pointed at the country name on the map and explained.

"Okay, let's not talk about this today. Let's continue to talk about how the Song Dynasty fell!" As soon as he finished speaking, changes appeared on the map. Several arrows started from Shaanxi Road and extended to Xixia territory. "Jiefu After taking power, he abolished the bad government and allowed the Song Dynasty to improve slightly. In addition, the Empress Dowager of Xixia was in charge, and there was much chaos in the country. Therefore, Shenzong thought that this was a good opportunity to attack Xixia, so he first went west to attack the Qingtang Tubo and Jiaosiluo regimes. , expanded the land for more than 2,000 miles, built the Xihe Road, and in the fourth year of Xining, Han Jiang led the troops to build Funing and Lawu City in the hope of conquering Hengshan. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Xixia, and then Wang Shao was asked to surrender to Xixia. The Qiang people in Helu tried to attack Xixia from two fronts, but failed due to the stubborn resistance of Xixia and the restraint of the conservative forces within the Song Dynasty."

When he heard the word Shenzong, Wang Anshi couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth. Is it really okay for you to call someone by his temple name while the official family is still alive and well? But when he heard the next words, he was speechless again.

"Ten years after Xining, Shenzong was changed to Yuanfeng. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the Empress Dowager Liang imprisoned Bingchang, the leader of the Xia Kingdom. There was great chaos in Xixia. Shenzong deployed Li Xian's tribe out of Xihe Road, Zhong'e's tribe out of Yanyan Road, and Gao Zunyu's tribe out of Huanqing. Road, Liu Changzuo's troops left the Jingyuan Road, and Wang Zhongzheng's troops left the Hedong Road, hoping to conquer Xing and Lingzhou in Xixia in one fell swoop." Five arrows again appeared on the map pointing to Xixia, but they stopped at Lingzhou, "Each road has its own victory. There was a defeat, and although some results were achieved, Xixia was still not destroyed. Shenzong fell ill and died in the eighth year of Yuanfeng. He was passed down to his sixth son Zhao Xi, who was later called Zhezong of the Song Dynasty."

"Zhezong reigned for fifteen years. After taking office, he continued Jiefu's reforms, restarted the Battle of Hehuang, took over the Qingtang area, and launched two battles of Pingxia City to make Xixia surrender. He died at the age of twenty-four. Because he had no children, his younger brother Zhao Ji was passed down to his younger brother Zhao Ji, who was later called Huizong of the Song Dynasty." Shen Long couldn't help but shook his head when he said this, "Huizong liked to have fun, ignored the government affairs, and entrusted the political affairs to the six thieves headed by Cai Jing. There was a lot of chaos in the country. rise. "

On the map, fires were lit in places such as Shandong and Jiangnan, and similar fires appeared in the northeast of Liao. Arrows of two different colors collided, and then the color of Liao was gradually replaced by gold. "With this At the same time, the Jurchens rose up in the northeast, and defeated the Liao army of 700,000 with 20,000 soldiers at Hubu Dagang. Afterwards, the country was founded. The leader of the country, Wanyan Aguda, said, "The Liao took the name of Bintie and chose it for its strength. Although Bintie is "Things that are strong will eventually deteriorate, but gold remains the same." Therefore, gold is the name of the country."

"Twenty thousand people will defeat the Liao Kingdom's 700,000-strong army!" Wang Anshi pulled off his beard. The Song Dynasty had always suffered from Liao phobia and regarded the Liao Kingdom's cavalry as the strongest army in the world. Now when he heard about the 700,000-strong army, The Liao army was defeated by a mere 20,000 people. Who dared to believe it, "Did Taoist Shen say something wrong?"

"There is a saying in later generations, 'Liao was abolished by liberation, and Jin was destroyed by Confucianism.' As the world was at peace for a long time, the army of Liao was gradually declining. In a few decades, they would have been abolished and were defeated by the army of 20,000 tigers and wolves. There is nothing unusual about defeat." Shen Long said nonchalantly.

The Liao Dynasty was abolished by Buddhism, and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by Confucianism? Does this mean that the Liao Kingdom declined because of Buddhism, and the Jin Kingdom collapsed because of Confucianism?

Without waiting for Wang Anshi to ask, Shen Long continued, "Seeing that the Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Jin Kingdom, Song Huizong thought that the Song Dynasty could take advantage of it, so he sent people to sign a 'maritime alliance' with the Jin Kingdom, agreeing that the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty would destroy the Liao Kingdom together. The Song Dynasty took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and the remaining areas were returned to the Kingdom of Jin."

"It's a pity that the Song Dynasty really failed to live up to expectations. The hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by the remnant soldiers of the Liao Kingdom. They could only spend money to buy Yanjing back from the Jin Kingdom. Seeing that the Song Dynasty was in such a bad state, Wanyan Aguda also coveted the Song Dynasty. After annexing most of the forces of the Liao Kingdom, the Jin State took the opportunity to go south to attack the Song Dynasty."

At this time, the Liao Kingdom on the map had been replaced by the Jin Kingdom. Only a small area in the far northwest was left called Western Liao, and a new arrow stretched out from the Jin Kingdom, pointing directly at Bianliang, Tokyo. Wang Anshi and his son never returned. Unable to restrain himself, he stood up immediately.

"Three years later, the Jin Kingdom sent troops southward and was invincible all the way. Song Huizong was so timid that he quickly abdicated the throne to his son Song Qinzong and changed his reign to Jingkang. In the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers went south again, surrounded Kaifeng and destroyed the outer city of Kaifeng."

"The two emperors of Hui and Qin searched for all the rich women in the city and tried to bribe the Jin Kingdom to withdraw, but failed. The Jin soldiers captured Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and his son, and a large number of Zhao royal family, harem concubines, nobles, courtiers and more than 3,000 people, and escorted them northward to Tokyo City. All public and private savings were wiped out, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed!"
Chapter completed!