Chapter 52 Important situation notice! Very important! Please appreciate it, readers
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Important notice:
Major situation! Major situation! All readers please come and take a look!
The first thing I want to say is: I implore all readers to read it in the near future!
This matter is very important! Very important!
It’s about grades, it’s about a lot of things!
Then, let me take this opportunity to communicate with you readers.
In fact, I have always liked the Han Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
Because in the Han Dynasty, martial virtue was abundant, and people who refused to obey would do whatever they wanted.
During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, there was no one who was afraid of anyone.
What about the Song Dynasty?
People on the Internet say that he is a coward and a scumbag. He is an expert in civil war and an amateur in external war.
Especially things like Sui coins, people really don't feel good about them.
But on the other hand, the prosperity of Song Dynasty culture, the development of commodity economy and the development of citizen economy are also desirable.
Especially the more I understand the society of the Song Dynasty and the details behind those historical events, the more curious I become, why did the Song Dynasty become such a coward?
Theoretically, the country is strong, the economy is developed, and technically it crushes its competitors.
In addition, the scholar-bureaucrats and ministers are actually not bad at all and have high ambitions.
Then why did the Song Dynasty become a coward?
When I began to understand the Tanyuan Alliance, the Qingli increase in coins, and the Xining cession of territory.
Only slowly did I understand.
One soldier is raging, and the general is raging in a nest.
The ministers are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?
In Tanyuan's alliance, Kou Zhun fought hard to hold back Zhenzong.
Qingli increased the coins, and Fu Bi fought tooth and nail to prevent the Liao people from succeeding.
When Xining ceded land, Wang Anshi felt that it was a great shame in his life! He eventually resigned angrily because of this and other things.
Since his second dismissal as prime minister, Wang Anshi has ignored government affairs and only cultivated flowers and grass.
Because I am extremely disappointed!
But, were the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty really all useless wimps?
Zhenzong, although he made many jokes, was indeed a softie.
However, during the Zhenzong period, economic and social restrictions were further lifted. At the same time, Zhenla rice was introduced, and the south began to develop greatly.
During the Renzong era, in order to deal with Xixia, military expenditures were greatly increased, which also greatly increased the burden on the people.
But as soon as the war stopped, Renzong immediately started to cut expenses and lighten the burden. The most important thing is that he did it - think about the examples of taxes in other dynasties that could not be reduced after they were increased.
This is really amazing!
Yingzong's reign was too short, but it was during his reign that the foundation for subsequent reforms was laid.
As for Shenzong?
Many people commented on Zhi Da's lack of talent, and many people thought that it was his micro-management that led to the failure of the Five-Road Expedition to Xia and the defeat of Yongle City.
It was because of his cowardice that Xining ceded territory.
But it was also during Shenzong's reign, although he fought continuously.
But Wang Anshi and Shenzong joined forces to eliminate Xiaole.
The numbers of the Imperial Army and the Xiang Army of the Northern Song Dynasty were cut by one-third and half respectively in Xining.
Even in the Yuanfeng era, the number of forbidden troops was greatly reduced compared to the Zhiping era! The Xiang army was even reduced to more than 200,000.
This requires great courage and political decision-making.
In addition, the entire Xining era was the lowest point of peasant uprisings in the Northern Song Dynasty, and peasant uprisings and riots rarely occurred.
The most important thing is that many people don’t know that it was during the Shenzong era that Zhang Dun was appointed to open Hunan, Xiong Ben and Wang Guangzu were appointed to govern Luzhou, which greatly promoted national unity and greatly developed these areas that had been developed in name only for the past thousand years.
The Chinese original map above actually belongs to the backward areas of primitive society, so these areas have never been separated from the central rule since then!
In addition, Shenzong was a man who paid special attention to technology and engineering.
During his reign, the Daoluotong-Bian Project increased the number of water transports in the Northern Song Dynasty by one million shi. At the same time, the Bian River was dredged, greatly reducing the amount of sediment in the Yellow River in the Bian River section!
In addition, a lot of advanced engineering technology was used to rebuild Bianjing City.
For example, earth-moving machinery, earth-moving machinery, etc.
During the Shenzong era, the development trend of science and technology in the Northern Song Dynasty can be described as changing with each passing day.
Shenzong even paid attention to the development of gunpowder and issued many edicts, especially giving gunpowder weapons for trial use on the front lines.
For example, during the great battle in Dingxicheng, Shenzong issued an edict to grant firearms.
But he likes micro-management, so he stipulates how to use it...
Probably, something like this - the machine gun moves thirty meters.
During the Shenzong era, firearms manufacturing reached a huge scale.
According to historical records, Bianjing's weapons supervisor produced tens of thousands of rockets annually, in addition to tens of thousands of caltrops, leather cannons and the like.
In addition, starting from Taizong, all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty had some special concern for the private property of the citizens of Bianjing.
For example, they would be particularly concerned about what to do if the government offices expanded and demolished people's houses. Therefore, once such a thing happened, they would issue an edict to compensate.
As a result, a strange picture appeared in the history books.
The common people built their houses at the foot of the imperial city!
It directly blocked the patrol passage of the emperor's imperial army, and even hindered the emperor's travel.
Faced with this situation, what should the emperor do?
The answer is: Although Renzong ordered the demolition of residential buildings under the imperial city, he still paid compensation and probably did not demolish them by force.
A similar situation occurred again during the Yuanfeng period when the imperial city was rebuilt. This shows that the people in Bianjing are not afraid of the emperor at all - of course the people here are not just ordinary people.
But this is still shocking!
It is impossible for other dynasties to have such violations under the nose of the emperor.
In addition, it is recorded in the history books that during the morning dynasty, there would be a morning market under Xuande's gate.
Officials can buy breakfast from vendors at the gate of the Imperial City.
The breakfast style is extremely rich.
People in Fujian can enjoy the taste of their hometown in Bianjing!
The fact is that until the wise man Huizong came to power, there were countless private snack bars and mobile vendors on the imperial streets of Bianjing City.
In addition, every year, the emperor would go to Xuandemen to have fun with the people, and some people would be allowed to watch the same performance as the emperor.
At the same time, in all cities in the Northern Song Dynasty, the curfew system no longer existed.
The night market and entertainment in Wazili last all night.
There are even many oil lamps in Maxing Street in Bianjing, so there are no mosquitoes in summer!
At the same time, the private notes of Su Song and others recorded that in Bianjing City, specialized streets similar to those in our cities today that specialize in a certain type of business have appeared.
The entire street is engaged in one business!
At that time, the people could rely on these businesses or handicrafts to maintain the food, clothing and dignity of their families.
For example, Su Song's grandson Su Xiang recalled that when his grandfather Su Song was in Bianjing, he curiously asked the maid he hired, "How does your family make a living?"
Answer: Beat the stone lotus.
Su Song was immediately shocked, beating Shilian? Can it also feed people?
The maid told him that all ten members of her family were doing this, and they could earn a living by doing this. In addition, it was not just her family, dozens of people in the entire alley where her family lived relied on stone-pounding.
The maidservant also took Su Song to see the stone lotus industry chain in the alley. At the end of summer, when stone lotus is in abundance, there are hundreds of carts every day carrying stones picked from Liangshanbo.
Lotus, come to that place.
The pounded lotus meat will be bought and taken away by people from the fruit shop on the spot.
In one year, all the people in the alley can make enough money to live for half a year as long as they are busy during the two months of the stone lotus season.
Therefore, people only have enough money to go to Wazili for entertainment and consumption in the night market.
Apart from these, what shocked me the most was that during the Shenzong era, whether it was building Bianjing or building rivers.
He didn’t do it for free!
They are all paid in the form of employment!
So, I began to wonder, was there an emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty who was wise and decisive, not afraid of trouble, and at the same time did not like micromanaging?
The answer is yes!
He just died too early.
Song Zhezong!
He died young before he was twenty-four years old.
Although he has been the emperor for fifteen years, he has truly been in power for seven years.
But in these seven years, there were drastic reforms, leisurely attacks, and oppression.
Pushing Xixia to the edge of annihilation also made the Liao people cry out for danger.
It is a pity that such a king, who was rare in the Northern Song Dynasty and had enough skill and determination, died young at the age of twenty-four.
So, I was thinking, could I write about him?
Initially, I wanted to write about a scholar or petty officer from the Zhezong era.
Start from Yuanyou, jump left and right, slowly climb up, and then...
But then I thought about it, it was unrealistic, and to be honest, it was difficult to shake the powerful scholar-bureaucrat group at that time - one person, even if he cheats, cannot fight against the whole world!
Unless, this person is the emperor!
So, I changed my mind.
The first thing I thought about was to travel through time and become the deceased Zhe Zong.
Later I denied it, and then I had an idea, could I do it the other way around?
Hence, the idea for this book came about.
Having said so much, it’s a lot of verbosity.
In fact, what I really want to say is: please readers, please read it.
This data is extremely, extremely, extremely important to the future of this book!
I beg you readers, please move your fingers!
Well, let’s talk about the saint’s book again.
I don't really want to mention it.
Mainly because I am stupid!
Practice well, don’t write good articles, just touch those things.
But once touched, nothing can be changed.
With the framework already established, if the flesh and blood are removed, only the skin will remain.
In addition, my own body is also holding me back.
So at the end of writing, on the one hand, the policy reasons made me very depressed and I didn’t know what to write. It was also very painful physically. The two factors were superimposed, so I could only end it in a hurry.
I'm so sorry!
I still have no face to face Jiangdong’s elders!
It was a painful experience and I learned enough lessons.
This book, I will never be stupid enough to touch those things again.
Just write about a poisonous vegetable emperor in the feudal era.
A power-hungry, lustful, yet calm and rational political machine.
He has no moral burden and is not bound by Confucian ethical principles.
At the same time, he was full of benevolence, justice and morality, and on the surface he looked like an emperor like Renzong.
This is a suture monster that combines the descendant of a modern scholar and the feudal poisonous emperor.
The above is nonsense and I don’t know what it means, so I’m sorry for you readers!
The last one, lying on the ground at 360 degrees, naked in the ice and snow, please read it!
