Chapter 177 The Stele of Divine Merit and Holy Virtue
(I'm extremely sorry. I fell asleep in front of the computer. When I opened my eyes, it was seven o'clock. Sorry, sorry...)
Di Qing's plan to build a martial arts academy did not cause an uproar at first. In the proud view of civil servants, teaching and educating people apart from politics has always been a source of comfort for the losers in the struggle. In their view, Di Qing was trying to imitate others and wanted to
Arty...but I don't have the ink in my belly to teach scholars, so I can only enjoy myself as a martial artist.
But when they learned that the official wanted to serve as the head of this martial arts school and put the name of 'royal' on it, the civil servants were angry. What happened to the official? He actually wanted to fight with those
Rude warriors get together? By the way, you have been the emperor for decades, how come you have forgotten the Song Dynasty's national policy of emphasizing civility and restraining military force? Or is your illness not cured and you are going crazy again?
In fact, this kind of mentality is like fighting for favor in the harem. This concubine has exclusive access to the holy family. When she sees that the emperor wants to share a little bit of rain and dew with another, she will feel all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred. If the emperor is strong enough, he will only be able to hold it in until he is internally injured and will not even pee.
Dare to let it go; however, the emperor had a good temper and spoiled his concubine to the point where she would naturally cry, make trouble, and hang herself, resolutely not allowing the emperor Hongxing to go out.
The civil servants and military generals were the emperor's two concubines. As mentioned before, due to historical reasons, the civil servants were the favored ones, but the military generals were reduced to slaves - but now the emperor felt that the civil servants had been spoiled to the point of being spoiled.
Moreover, after the threat of Xixia, the Song Dynasty was very likely to face two powerful enemies. The realistic threat forced him to consider whether the original national policy was overcorrected.
Eight years ago, Li Yuanhao was murdered, and Xixia was in civil strife. His relatives, who had not hidden their favors, took the opportunity to kill the crown prince Ning Lingge, and supported the infant Li Liangzuo to succeed to the throne. At that time, the internal turmoil in Xixia was extremely high, and it was the time when the Song Dynasty was regaining its lost territory.
It was a golden opportunity. However, when the news reached Bianjing, the honest and virtuous ministers urged the officials to cherish peace and not to start a war lightly.
This is easy to understand, because the power and status of civil servants need to be guaranteed by order. They are like banknotes. War will bring chaos and uncertainty. Even severe devaluation is a threat to civil servants. So they
Naturally opposed to war.
As a result, the civil servants felt comfortable, but the Song Dynasty also missed a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and Zhao Zhen, an official who was full of expectations, almost fell ill... The reason why he could not forget Xixia was not because of Zhao Zhen's aggressive nature, but because of Zhao Zhen's aggressive nature.
There is a heart disease that tortures him all the time. The name of this heart disease is "The Monument of Divine Merit and Holy Virtue".
As soon as you look at the name, you can tell that it is used to praise the emperor's great achievements. But the emperor cannot see his own piece, because it is a stele erected in front of his tomb. And not everyone can own this stele. Strictly speaking
In other words, those who did not seize land from other countries during their lifetime, or who lost their own country's land, were not eligible to establish themselves.
Using this standard to measure the emperors of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the country, can certainly qualify. He built the entire country. If he is not qualified, who is?
The second Zhao Guangyi, although Yongxi's Northern Expedition defeated all the elite troops who founded the Song Dynasty, he was still able to defend his brother's foundation and did not lose any land, so he barely got a piece of it.
Then there was Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, who was Zhao Zhen's father. This brother was escorted by Kou Zhun to the imperial army to fight in person. With an advantage, he sued for peace with the Liao Kingdom and signed the Chanyuan Alliance, which was regarded as a shame by the Song people.
In order to calm the dispute, he ceded the five Dingnan states to Li Jiqian, which in fact recognized the independent status of Xixia. Later, Li Jiqian captured Lingzhou and Liangzhou, the important towns in the northwest, cutting off the trade routes between the Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, and completely cutting off the Song Dynasty.
The source of military horses made the Song Dynasty lose the conditions for using cavalry to fight cavalry.
Although later, in order to silence the people of the world, Zhenzong engaged in feudal superstition and even shamelessly went to Mount Tai, intending to let God speak for him and prove that he was not such a failure. But his "monument of divine merit and virtue"
', after all, it still didn't stand up.
Every time he went to pay homage to the Yongding Mausoleum, Zhao Zhen felt twitching in his heart when he looked at the bare monument, because Xixia was officially conquered during his reign, and Li Yuanhao's illustrious reputation was also the occasion for the establishment of the Song Dynasty.
Based on this disastrous defeat. If Xixia cannot be wiped out in this life, or at least the lost land can be regained, then in the future...the front of his mausoleum will also be bare.
There is still a monument to be erected on the graves of ordinary people. The supreme emperor of the Song Dynasty has a grand mausoleum that is thousands of times more luxurious, but there is not even a monument. Just thinking about it, Zhao Zhen feels that he has no face to see people. So he has no respect for civil servants.
Militarily, I was completely disappointed.
Reopening the military examinations and cultivating generals such as Di Qing are all manifestations of Zhao Zhen's intention to balance civil and military affairs... The Song Dynasty has been founded for a hundred years, and his throne was inherited from an upright and upright person. There is no need to guard against military generals like thieves and rebellion.
He has understood that a country where generals have no status is destined to be bullied...
The rebellion of Nong Zhigao ruthlessly revealed that the poor performance of civilian officials in the war made the officials more determined that the military must still rely on military generals, so they promoted two generals, Di Qing and Wang Deyong, to share the responsibility.
Privy Council. However, how can the civil servants, who have finally stood up and made the decision, easily let the generals stand up? All kinds of non-cooperation and various stumbling blocks have made the efforts of the officials ineffective.
In this context, Di Qing was willing to relieve himself of all his duties and devote himself to starting martial arts education to fundamentally change the decline of military officers in the Song Dynasty. The officials naturally agreed.
Moreover, Di Qing's proposal to establish a martial arts school was not his initiative, but one of Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deals. In December of the second year of Qingli, a martial arts professor was appointed. In May of the following year, a martial arts professor was officially established at the Wuchengwang Temple in Bianjing.
The school was taught by Taichang Cheng Ruan Yi. However, due to the immediate failure of the New Deal, it was suspended in August. In Chen Ke’s previous history, it would not be until the fifth year of Xining that the martial arts school would be reestablished at the original site, with the Minister of War as the Minister of War.
Han Zhen judged the school, with a quota of one hundred students, and selected civil servants and military experts as professors... At that time, during Wang Anshi's vigorous reform, this small measure was not conspicuous. Everyone was busy opposing the Green Crops Law and the Baojia Law.
**, and did not encounter any resistance.
But now, because of the emergence of the butterfly Chen Ke, the reset of martial arts has been advanced for more than ten years. And the standards have been raised to the point where the emperor serves as the mountain chief, and Di Qing has the title of prime minister to judge martial arts affairs... Such high standards are called civil officials
They found it very interesting, and some people even went online and said that this was the beginning of the imperial court's "emphasis on military force and neglect of literature."
Under the fierce opposition of the civil servants, the name of the "Royal Martial Arts Academy" was changed to the "Bianjing Martial Arts Academy", and the official did not serve as the mountain leader... Even if it was just in name, it would make the arrogant civil servants sad.
Di Qing said that in order to ensure the loyalty of the generals, someone else should not serve as the mountain commander. The officials said helplessly that despite this, the officials were very opposed. The position of mountain commander could only be temporarily vacant, and the martial arts should be opened first, and other matters
Let’s talk slowly...
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Chen Ke originally thought that the civil servants would be worried about forming a clique of military generals and fighting against them. Who would have thought that the reason why the civil servants opposed martial arts was because they thought the emperor was too involved in martial arts and promoted martial arts too much. But this is normal, it is a new thing.
There is always a process of recognition for the emergence of military schools. The arrogant civil servants were still unaware of the changes that this military academy would bring. But after more than ten years, they understood that everything would be a foregone conclusion.
The civil servants looked down on Chai Chai, so that they would not have to interfere, so Di Qingzheng could let it go.
A good start is half the success. If you make a bad start, it will be extremely difficult to achieve a good result in the future. Therefore, Chen Ke suggested to Di Qing not to rush to open a school, but to first choose the address and raise the funds.
After autumn, I would help him carefully review the details and finalize the regulations bit by bit, so that it would not open again next spring.
As for the martial arts examinations in this subject, time is stored and there is definitely no time for systematic education. Chen Ke suggested that he provide temporary coaching in the form of a training class and improve them as much as they can.
Di Qing is now obedient to Chen Ke's advice, so naturally he agrees to everything.
August has arrived in the blink of an eye, and the flood has completely receded, but hundreds of thousands of houses in Bianjing City have been washed away. The mud on the ground is three feet high, and even one-third of the walls of the inner and outer cities have collapsed...
… Hundreds of thousands of people are still homeless, and the security of Bianjing City is also facing a great threat.
Seeing that the cold winter was approaching, Fu Bi, who took over as Prime Minister, faced a severe test. However, Mr. Fu did not panic and ordered the court to provide money to hire disaster-stricken people and the government to provide materials to rebuild the destroyed houses. Before the beginning of winter, no one would be able to survive.
In three months, more than 100,000 public and private houses were built to give the people a place to live.
In view of the heavy losses suffered by the people, many families were on the verge of bankruptcy. He also requested an order to exempt the capital from various taxes for three years to help the people recover as soon as possible. In addition, Fu Bi has rich experience in post-disaster epidemic prevention, reconstruction, etc.
Experience, under his command, the bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty operated in an orderly manner, protecting their people from wind and rain and avoiding secondary damage after the disaster.
However, at this time, the focus of the country's attention was no longer on post-disaster reconstruction, let alone Di Qing's martial arts academy, because the most solemn ceremony of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony, was about to begin.
Although this autumn is only about taking the examination, and the formal examination will have to wait until next year, the people of the Song Dynasty attach great importance to the imperial examination. Everyone is more concerned about the reconstruction of the Gongyuan than the reconstruction of their own family. Under the priority protection of all aspects
, it only took Shuntian Mansion half a month to complete the restoration of the Gongyuan, and the tables and chairs inside were all brand new. On the first day of August, Prime Minister Fu came to inspect and affixed a seal with his own hands, waiting for it to be opened in the autumn eight days later.
Chen Ke and others also started to register before the exam, because they were migrant children who took the exam in a different place. The procedures were more cumbersome and the review was much stricter than that of local students. Fortunately, the civil servants in the Song Dynasty were not so bureaucratic and would not deliberately torture people.
, in three days, all the formalities were completed, just waiting for the exam to start. (To be continued)