"After all, in the middle of June, the scenery of Taihu Lake is different from the four seasons. The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are particularly red."
Marshal Yun unceremoniously changed West Lake to Tai Lake and plagiarized Yang Wanli's famous line, which won Xiao Zhiqiong's praise and Beishan Wuxue's gaze looking back.
The three of them were on a boat rental at the moment. This boat was not big, but it was more elegant. It was rented by Yunzheng on the edge of Taihu Lake. This business of renting boats was unknown. Who started it, and it was treated as a business. Because Suzhou
This is a prosperous place in the world. There are many rich people, and there are also quite a few arty people who like to visit Taihu Lake. Therefore, this business is actually very good. Of course, because those who can rent a boat for traveling are either rich or not.
Expensive, so the price of a one-night trip is also very considerable, usually twenty or thirty dollars, and does not include other types of consumption on the ship.
After Yun Zheng finished showing off, he led the two of them to the hall, where he invited the two girls to sit down like a master. Then a maid served tea and cakes. Yun Zheng picked up the tea bowl, and a burst of fragrance hit his nostrils. He opened the lid and saw only light green tea.
There are dark green tea leaves floating in the water, like small beads, covered with fine hairs. They are the famous Suzhou tea with "terrible fragrance". It makes me laugh to think that this tea was first named "Biluochun" by him.
After taking a sip, I felt that my mouth was full of fragrance, and my tongue was filled with saliva. There were also four-color pastries, including rose pine nut candies, poria soft cakes, jade sweet cakes, lotus root flour and ham dumplings. The shapes were exquisite, and each pastry seemed not to be made for eating.
, but just for fun. Yunzheng has been enjoying a huge increase in his achievements recently, but he doesn’t find it strange anymore.
He suddenly smiled. Xiao Zhiqiong and Beishan Wuxue were both smart people, so they naturally noticed it. Beishan Wuxue's temperament naturally would not ask questions, but Xiao Zhiqiong, for some unknown reason, was particularly open-minded in front of Yun Zheng.
I didn't want to have a tense face all day long like I did in the Liao Kingdom, and looked like I should keep away from strangers. When I saw Yunzheng suddenly smile, I felt a little strange: "Selling that dance, why are you laughing?"
Beishan Wuxue didn't know the meaning of the phrase "selling that dance". Although she knew some Khitan dialect, she was not particularly proficient in it. She just thought it was a certain term in Khitan dialect, but she didn't feel anything else.
Yun Zheng felt guilty. When he heard Xiao Zhiqiong call him "dear", he subconsciously glanced at Beishan Wuxue. After confirming that there was no problem, he smiled and said: "This tea is good."
Xiao Zhiqiong blinked: "I know this too. This tea was originally called 'Scaring Fragrance', but it seems that it recently got an elegant name called 'Biluochun'. This name is much more appropriate and elegant.
I just don’t know who took it.”
Yun Zheng chuckled, but he didn't intend to tell the truth. He was the most talented person in the world now, so he didn't need to brag about anything. As a human being, he had to keep a low profile and be calm.
Seeing Yun Zheng's silence, Xiao Zhiqiong asked again: "How much is the daily rent for this boat? How much does it cost in total?"
Yunzheng replied: "Fifty taels"
Xiao Zhiqiong sighed: "I just saw that there are at least thirty or forty boats parked by the lake. In Suzhou alone, the daily boat rental for lake tours costs two thousand taels of silver. I'm afraid it won't cost more than seventy taels a year."
Thousands of taels? The great Wei Dynasty is really rich."
Yun Zheng was about to give her a good introduction to the superiority of the feudal system with the characteristics of the Wei Dynasty. Suddenly he remembered something and his words turned into: "Those carriages of yours look quite luxurious to me."
When Xiao Zhiqiong heard this, she immediately burst into laughter: "That's not mine, it was prepared by Qinglong."
Yun Zheng was startled for a moment, then understood immediately: "They want to use your identity as a show?"
Xiao Zhiqiong nodded and smiled: "But I'm not that easy to talk to, so I pretend to be a charlatan."
Yun Zheng sighed: "People in the world are good, they are much freer than those in the officialdom."
Xiao Zhiqiong was a little surprised at Yun Zheng's sudden loneliness, and said with a smile: "Why, do you, Marshal Yun, also feel unfree?"
Yunzheng smiled bitterly: "Both of you are well-informed people. The great Wei Dynasty is about to be in trouble right now. As a young commander in the border town, I can only follow the trend."
Xiao Zhiqiong and Beishan Wuxue naturally understood as soon as they heard that Yun Zheng was talking about Qiu Linjiang's reform. They didn't feel that things were so bad. They had also read some of Qiu Linjiang's reform provisions. After all, it was
For the good of this empire
Because of the Jurchen incident, Yunzheng finally thought of the origin of the Qiu Linjiang Reform. In the original history, wasn't there also a massive reform in the Northern Song Dynasty? But the result was... party fighting and the destruction of the country!
As a liberal arts student with a background in law, Yunzheng knew that although there were many reasons for the defeat of the Song Dynasty, party struggle was definitely one of the key ones, and the source of the intense party struggle was Wang Anshi's reform, which was praised and regretted by later generations.
Song Shenzong was only 38 years old when he died. This ambitious idealist only did one thing right in his life: launching reforms. He only did one thing wrong: stopping reforms. Some people accused him of not advancing the political system. Yunzheng felt that
This is as unreliable as blaming Jordan (international basketball star) for not playing football. In his time, he could only make choices that were in line with the political, economic and cultural levels of the time.
Song Shenzong gave up and left, leaving a mess for his successor Song Zhezong. Zhezong was only 9 years old. This age was only suitable for lying in the arms of his mother and acting like a spoiled child. Obviously, he was not suitable for sitting on the dragon throne and giving orders to the ministers. Therefore,
Another woman walked up to the front desk with a graceful voice - we have a professional term for this kind of thing, called "listening to politics behind the curtain" (of course, this is something that Lafayette and Empress Dowager Cixi did well). This woman is Gao
Queen Mother, Song Shenzong’s mother
Song Shenzong and Song Shenzong took completely different paths. The specific method was to appoint Sima Guang, the conservative spiritual leader of the Yuanyou Party, as prime minister. Sima Guang was also unambiguous. After more than ten years of living in seclusion, he, an "old otaku", was forced to
He became a "perverted man": as soon as he took office, he chopped down the "three axes" and knocked down all the gardens that Wang Anshi had worked hard to build for 9 years. Even few people objected, and the exemption law that was beneficial to both the people and the country was not allowed.
spared
Zhu Xi had a very thorough understanding of Sima Guang and said that he accepted death and regarded anything that made the common people pay for it as a bad thing - Sima Guang did not know, but in fact most of the common people were in favor of the exemption from military service. Su Shi also saw this,
He went to Sima Guang to discuss and keep these new laws that were beneficial to the people. Su Shi was a straight man. He bluntly criticized: "Both of them have their own interests in serving and exempting from service." Of course Sima Guang was not happy, so he walked away and Su Shi chased him into the political hall.
, this time Sima Guang was "angry". The ignorant Su Shi talked for a long time, but still couldn't move Sima Guang. When he left the political hall, he shouted angrily: "Sima Niu! Sima Niu!"
In addition to abolishing the new law, Empress Dowager Gao and Sima Guang also tried their best to drive the New Party out of the center of power. Cai Que, Zhang Dun, Lu Jiawen, Deng Wan, Li Ding and other reform "vanguards" "After being demoted, even Lu Huiqing, who had been eliminated in the internal strife of the new party, was also liquidated. He was demoted to Jianzhou for nine years. During this period, he did not even dare to drink cold water for fear of getting sick after drinking it, and being said to be dissatisfied with the court.
People in the old party also felt that the new party had gone too far. For example, after Cai Que was demoted, he wrote ten quatrains in "Summer Tour to Cover the Pavilion" while in exile. He was reported to the imperial court by people who had had issues with him. Furious, he summoned the ministers to discuss how to punish him. Wen Yanbo proposed driving Cai Que across the province to Lingnan. Fan Chunren, the right minister, said with concern: No one has gone on that road since Ding Wei was reprimanded. This road Once opened, maybe one day we will also be "trans-provincial"
Lingnan and Hainan were undeveloped areas at that time, with heavy miasma, which made them perfect places of exile for attacking political opponents. The Chegaiting Poetry Case was the most extensive and powerful literary prison case since the Wutai Poetry Case (of course it cannot be compared with The Yuanyou party took advantage of Empress Dowager Gao's dissatisfaction with Cai Que and others to carry out a radical liquidation of the entire New Party group. Under the planning of Empress Dowager Gao and Sima Guang, the politics of the Song Dynasty started a bad turn. Precedent: either full affirmation or full denial - this kind of unbridled partisanship tossed the weak Song Dynasty back and forth, thus setting the stage for the disgrace of Jingkang
The so-called ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi. Just ten years later, the world will be turned upside down again. That is the aftermath. People at that time seemed to have forgotten a person who should not be forgotten - Song Zhezong. Although Song Zhezong was very young, he Not stupidly, when his father Song Shenzong received the Liao ambassador, Cai Que rehearsed the welcome ceremony repeatedly in the palace. He was very puzzled and asked: "Is the Liao ambassador a human?"
Cai Que smiled: "Of course they are human beings, but they are Khitan people."
"Since they are human beings, why are we afraid of what they will do?" It can be seen that at least this man is not stupid.
However, Empress Dowager Gao was actually a Chinese female representative with traditional virtues. She was once praised as "Yao and Shun among women" by future generations. Her younger brother was a minor official in the court and was not promoted for a long time. Song Yingzong felt sorry for him and wanted to promote him. Empress Dowager Gao declined and said: "It is a great favor for my brother to work in the court. How can we follow the practice of the previous generations and the descendants of the family?"
Song Shenzong wanted to build a villa for the Gao family several times, but was rejected by Empress Dowager Gao. Later, the state gave her an open space, and she built the house with her own money, without reimbursing a penny to the state. Empress Dowager Gao's only shortcoming was her love of power. Song Zhezong Already 17 years old, Empress Dowager Gao still did not give up listening to politics
During the period when Empress Dowager Gao was behind the curtain, all military and state affairs were handled by her and several ministers. The young Song Zhezong basically had no say. The ministers also thought that Song Zhezong was young, so they asked Empress Dowager Gao for instructions on everything. When the court held a meeting, Song Zhezong's The dragon chair was opposite to the seat of Empress Dowager Gao. When ministers asked Empress Dowager Gao for instructions, they could not help but turn their butts towards Song Zhezong. When Song Zhezong came to power, he said that he could only look at the buttocks of the officials in the DPRK.
As Song Zhezong grew up day by day, he became less and less accustomed to being a stupid puppet on the dragon throne. Under the shadow of the tall Empress Dowager Gao, resentment towards Empress Dowager Gao and the Yuanyou Party members gradually gathered in his heart. The young Song Zhezong had no more The only way to resist was to exercise the right of silence - to remain silent when discussing government affairs, as if he were mute. Empress Dowager Gao once asked him: "Why don't you speak? What were you thinking when they were discussing government affairs?" Song Zhezong Leng He said coldly: "You have already punished me, what else can I say?"
Empress Dowager Gao was a smart person, and she was keenly aware of the rebellious mentality of the young emperor. Therefore, in the autumn of 1093, Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill and summoned Lu Fang, Fan Chunren and others to say: "After I die, the emperor will not reuse you." You should be self-aware and take the initiative to step down earlier to make room for the emperor to choose someone else to avoid suffering any misfortune."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhezong of the Song Dynasty took power, he began to inherit his father's business. There was a political term "Shaoshu" that was most frequently used at that time. Its original meaning was to inherit the practices of the predecessors and "act according to the established guidelines." For Zhezong of Song Dynasty, "Shaoshu" "It is to inherit the will and career of Song Shenzong
The reformists who had been squeezed out of the court by Empress Dowager Gao and the Yuanyou Party came back one after another. The first to return to the central government was Zhang Dun. When he was appointed prime minister, Zhang Dun claimed: "Sima Guang is evil and evil. "Urgent action." His style of doing things is to work with the same party and to settle scores after the fall - of course, to settle the accounts of Yuanyou Party members. His method is also simple: restore the new laws abolished by Empress Dowager Gao and others one by one, and eliminate all Yuanyou Party members who were promoted by Empress Dowager Gao Drive out and invite back all the new parties that Queen Mother Gao has driven away - if they are still alive
So, the account books were spread out one by one, and old things were mentioned one by one.
During the Yuanyou period, under the leadership of Sima Guang and other ministers, the Song Dynasty abandoned Mizhi and other four villages in the northwest to Xixia. The Yuanyou party was indeed too cowardly to handle this matter. In terms of the strength at the time, the Song Dynasty did not have to abandon the land. In exchange for peace, Zhang Dun charged eleven ministers including Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Zhao Man, Fan Chunren, etc.
But Sima Guang is dead, what should we do? Then recover the official title and posthumous title. Even the inscriptions written by Zhezong of Song Dynasty for Sima Guang were destroyed, and their descendants were demoted. Zhang Dun also wanted to "excavate" Fortunately, Song Zhezong believed that this move was not beneficial to the country, so Zhang stopped.
Fan Chunren's words came true at that time. Almost all the ministers Yuanyou who are alive today have been demoted to Lingnan across provinces.
History seems to be surprisingly similar. In 1100, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty died of illness. This young emperor who only lived for 24 years had no sons, so he could only choose a successor from his brothers. Zhezong of the Song Dynasty had 5 brothers alive, and King Duan Zhao Ji was not Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. His biological son was not qualified to be a candidate, but with the strong support of Empress Dowager Xiang, Zhang Dun and others, Zhao Ji sat on the highest chair in the Song Dynasty, serving as Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
The power of role models is endless. Empress Dowager Xiang also became addicted to listening to politics behind the curtain. Empress Dowager Xiang was also a conservative. She hated Wang Anshi and the New Party extremely. Therefore, in the short 9 months when she listened to politics behind the curtain, the political situation of the Song Dynasty changed. The situation has changed again: Yuanyou Party members have been appointed again to abolish the Reform and New Deal
Everyone is familiar with Song Huizong. He was one of the few "playboys" in the history of the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu's ambition, Song Taizong's bravery and diligence, Song Renzong's generosity and kindness, and Song Shenzong's hard work in governance cannot be found in Song Huizong. shadow
"The upper beam is not upright and the lower beam is crooked." With a licentious emperor like Song Huizong, the government will inevitably fall into chaos. The reformists headed by Cai Jing took the opportunity to control the government. After Cai Jing became prime minister, he ignored some upright officials under the banner of reform. Those who were conservative or in favor of reform were all called traitors. He also manipulated Song Huizong to erect a party monument in front of Duanli Gate and engraved the names of 120 people including Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Su Shi, and Su Zhe on it. Demoted and exiled, the dead stripped of their official titles
The new law enacted by Wang Anshi has completely changed in the hands of Cai Jing. The labor exemption law was supposed to reduce the labor burden of the people, but Cai Jing and his group continued to increase the taxes on labor, turning it into a means of blackmailing the people. Wang Anshi has a hidden spirit, and I am afraid he must stop it.
sigh
With the deaths of famous officials such as Su Shi and Fan Chunren, the Song Dynasty at this time has completely become a dirty place of intrigues and intrigues. Gentlemen stay away and villains gather. They have no distinction between right and wrong, only party interests; no shame, only greed.
How can this desire not make people nostalgic for the "harmony but difference" of Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Su Shi and others during the Song Shenzong era? At this time, the noisy sauce vat was just incubating one after another fat maggots.
In this way, the dynasty slowly fell into the abyss of eternal destruction.
Yun Zheng was afraid of all this. He was afraid that something like this would cross time and space and happen again in the Wei Dynasty in a different way! Qiu Linjiang changed the law, and the famous and poor families tore apart the two-hundred-year-old relationship with their faces as quickly as possible.
Mask, began the most direct and fierce struggle. But ten times out of ten, their struggle for power was not really to improve the plight of the court or the plight of the people, but just for the benefit of their own faction - maybe only one
The exception is Qiu Linjiang who launched the new law
Qiu Linjiang completely turned the two factions of officials who could still maintain superficial harmony into enemies. In Yun Zheng's view, such extreme politics was the biggest cause of the destruction of the Song Dynasty in that time and space, but now it has become the main reason for the destruction of the Song Dynasty in the Wei Dynasty.
