Song and Liao struggle for land
He was born by the queen, both the legitimate and the eldest, and was a natural crown prince. He was born handsome and smart. He was "someone who could speak in literature, and was good at learning and knowledgeable in martial arts. He was "seven years old and hunted in a row, and two deer in a row." He was awarded the title of King of Liang at the age of 6 and became the crown prince at the age of 8. At this time, there were no successors like the crown prince, the crown brother, and he was destined to become the next Emperor of the Great Liao and rule the world!
How great it would be if this was true. Not only would the Liao Dynasty not decline suddenly and the country was destroyed quickly, but the Song Dynasty would not have the Jingkang disaster and would have passed away in panic. But history is so ruthless. It arranged for the first treacherous minister Yelu Yixin to appear at this time... Yelu Yixin is the disaster star of this era!
At this time, 18-year-old Yelu Jun didn't notice these things at all. First, his age restricted him, and no matter how outstanding he was, he was just a boy. He grew up in the beautiful bushes and piles of silk. How could he know the ghost realm of human hearts, especially the scammers of the officialdom. Second, he had a healthy father and virtuous mother. As the crown prince, he had to pay attention to the feeling of a minister?
So he walked into the officialdom, and was smart and kind, so that every official sincerely praised you. Your "legal practice" is so outstanding. He couldn't see: Not far from him, the eyes of the first treacherous minister were getting darker and darker...
On the 8th, Han Qi died. The night before his death, a huge star fell from the sky and happened to hit the Han family. After his death, all officials sang together. Han Qi's life was a loyal and simple life. After his death, he didn't even have any money at home... no money? How did Zhou Jintang build? Ignore Zhou Jintang and let the future Wu Mu King Yue Fei go to work?
Han Qi died, and Song Shenzong was very sad. He sent soldiers to build a tomb for him and wrote the inscription "The Monument of the Constitution of the Constitution of the Two Dynasties". This is very mysterious. Which two dynasties are referring to? Did the Yingzong Dynasty be determined, and the other one is the Renzong Dynasty or the Shenzong Dynasty?
Only Ying and the two dynasties of God? Han Qi was the benefactor of Ying and the two dynasties of God, but the sinner of Renzong. He supported Zhao Shu and supported Pu Yi, but he was afraid that he would not have the shame to see Renzong again underground!
In Han Qi's life, he suppressed elders like Lu Yijian, obstructed colleagues like Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi, bullied younger generations like Wang Anshi, and even Empress Cao, the Emperor Renzong, dared to force him! To this extent, he became the spokesperson of the Liao Kingdom before his death. Why can he gain the reputation of loyal ministers and good ministers?
In July, the Liao Kingdom completely overturned the border demarcation agreement reached by Shen Kuo on his envoy to the Liao Kingdom five months ago. A man named Yelu Puxi was sent to the border to demand a new negotiation, and the price returned to the earliest asking price...
Song Shenzong sighed. He felt that the sky was cloudy, endless, and the greedy Khitan people! He summoned Wang Anshi: What else should I do this time?
This time, Wang Anshi was also silent. He stared at the northern border map and was silently ecstatic. After a while, he said 8 words, "If you want to take it, you must first go with it." Then he picked up his pen, drew a line on the map, and ceded the land nearly 700 miles outside Huangwei Mountain to the Great Liao Kingdom...
This is so surprising. Is this still Wang Anshi? A few days ago, the person who was so proud that he would rather go to war would never cede the land a few days ago suddenly became a coward and traitor?
This also became the biggest stain in Wang Anshi's life. The Song Shi said that with his big stroke, he cut off the Yanmen Pass, the last gate of Daibei. After that, the Song Dynasty completely lost the North Gate. It was as convenient for the Khitans to invade as eating and walking...
So let’s analyze how much land is ceased? Where are they? Where are the places that frequently appear in Huangwei Mountain, Lengquan Valley, Tianchi Temple, Muyang Peak, Meihui Village, Pingxing Village, Weishuo Yingzhou border, and the watershed? After finding out, the truth will naturally surface...
First, understand the most important concept. Where is the precise border between the Song and Liao countries? How is it divided? The border between the two countries is divided into two sections with the Taihang Mountain as the center. To the east of the Taihang Mountain, the Song Dynasty was Hebei Road, and the Liao Kingdom was Nanjing Road. The dividing point is Baigou, which is the old road of the current Haihe River and its tributary, Jima River. Baigou is the boundary river, which is really auspicious! The boundary is natural rivers as the boundary, which is really eye-catching, as long as it does not pass like the Yellow River.
If you often change the route, there will be basically no dispute. This is the fact that there is no dispute on the border east of Taihang Mountain (except for the Guannan area where the Khitans have always been worried about). The problem is concentrated in the west of Taihang Mountain. To the west of Taihang Mountain, the Song Dynasty was Hedong Road and the Liao Kingdom was Xijing Road. At first glance, it was really called undulating mountains and ravines... Unless Qin Shihuang is resurrected and the Great Wall is built, we can clearly stipulate which is the Song Dynasty and which is the Liao Kingdom?
There is no precise regulation, so there are various ways to blur the situation. In the western section of Taihang Mountain, both countries have left lands ranging from miles to dozens of miles on their respective borders to make it deserted. The people and troops of the two countries are not allowed to enter with any excuses. This avoids unnecessary conflicts. This open space is called "forbidden land", "grassland", and "two no arable land". Does this solve the problem? On the contrary, there are more things! Looking at a large area of unowned land, whoever looks jealous. Here we cannot just say that the Liao Dynasty is not the case, and the Song Dynasty is not very good. From border officials and generals to rich rich people, they use wasteland to make money with various excuses. However, it is a bit out of lineage like the Liao Dynasty.
The degree of exception is directly related to how much Wang Anshi sold his country. There are three different versions in the official history books of the Song Dynasty: 1. "The History of the Song Dynasty" Wang Anshi sold 500 miles of land. "The History of the Song Dynasty" Wang Anshi sold 600 miles of land. "The History of the Song Dynasty" Wang Anshi sold 700 miles of land...
Which one is right? There is an original information, which is a report by Emperor Shenzong in the Zizheng Hall of the Song Dynasty, "White Letter to the Place Name of the World that I am fighting for". There are several items in it:
1. The territory of Weizhou was divided into two parts. This dynasty was bounded by the Qin King Terrace and the ancient Great Wall. The Northern Dynasty was called the watershed as the boundary. The land that was fought for was about 7 miles...
Shuozhou is divided into different areas, and it has been decided to take the northern foot of Huangwei Mountain as the boundary. Today, the Northern Dynasties call it the boundary of Huangwei Mountain as the boundary. The land that is competed for is about 0 miles north and south...
Wuzhou was divided into different places, and this dynasty used beacons as the boundary. The Northern Dynasty called the Wayaowu watershed as the boundary. The land competed for more than 10 miles north and south...
4. Yingzhou was divided into the territory, and this dynasty was bounded by Changlian City. The Northern Dynasty called it the watershed in the water valley as the boundary.
This report can be used as the tone of the entire border dispute. That is, before Shen Kuo entered Liao, Xiao Xi's asking price was also the result of Shen Kuo staying in the Privy Council Information Room for a whole night. Even if the Song Dynasty agreed, see how big the territory it cut out could be?
Especially when the Song Dynasty saw that the Liao people didn’t like it, they asked a question during the negotiations - Watershed? The watershed is also territory, how to divide it?
The Liao people answered: Take the ridges on the watershed as the basis, and divide them equally!
People in the Song Dynasty had no expression on their faces - what should I do if there is no soil on the ridge?
The people of Liao Kingdom smiled strangely: Go to Liao Kingdom to count!
Only then did Shen Kuo come to Liao with a large number of archives and documents, and let the Khitans make concessions by themselves. As for the shameless Liao Kingdom now that he went back on his word and ransomware, how much can he get? This can be found in the negotiation conditions approved by the Song court to Han Zhen - the Dongshuiling area is divided from the north of Yanmenzhai. The Xixing area is divided into the Great Wall of the Great Wall. The Wayaowu area is divided into the watershed area. The Maguzhai water window shop should be removed.
To sum up, the dispute is concentrated in five small areas on the border between Weishuo and Yingzhou on the two countries. The benefits obtained by the Liao Kingdom are accurately calculated, with a plain, with a large depth of more than 10 miles and a small depth of more than 10 miles. The other two are mountainous areas, including the northern foot of Huangwei Mountain and the Tianchi Temple area with the largest area and a depth of about 0 miles...
You add it! You can't add 500 miles in any case, right? Where can I calculate 600 or even 700 miles? So: As mentioned in the history of the Song Dynasty, the situation of demarcating boundaries by watersheds and losing the natural dangers of Yanmen Pass does not exist at all!
Secondly, let’s look at the deadline for the border dispute. The Song Dynasty records that Wang Anshi cut 700 miles and resolved it immediately, but various information shows that the territorial dispute was not over until the winter of 1077. At that time, Wang Anshi had already stopped for nearly one year!
From this point of view, we can conclude that, firstly, we did not cut so much land, and we exchanged a small price for the time to accumulate strength to attack Xixia. Secondly, this matter has little to do with Wang Anshi. So the last question surfaced: Who is the real messenger of the cede?
After all, it can only be Song Shenzong himself? Because if he didn't make a decision, such a thing would never be dealt with... There is no other possibility except him? But he doesn't have to pay for his bad records. All the wrong and bad things in the Shenzong Dynasty were supported by Wang Anshi! This is the third time that the General Program of History of the Southern Song Dynasty was compiled in "The Records of Shenzong"...
On August 1, the Prime Minister's "fa-speaking monk" Han Jiang was dismissed. He could not stand the domineering of Lu Huiqing, so he invited Wang Anshi back. However, Wang Anshi re-in power, and he fundamentally opposed the reform and advised Wang Anshi not to use officials who only focus on "profit". Wang Anshi shook his head, "It is neither true to righteousness nor profit, but he is in a free position." This is the foundation of the reform. If you do not pursue profits in the actual sense, and do not turn back to the old path, and pursue the empty and ethereal righteousness, how can you be a official? Han Jiang chose not to be a good person and resigned...
On September 1, the law of the Martial Arts was implemented. It stipulates that those who can shoot stone bows and those who can shoot 9 bows on horseback are called "Authentic Arts". Even if they fail the cultural subject, they can be admitted without exception.
The development of the matter made Wang Yun feel more and more uncomfortable. Wang Anshi not only indulged Lu Huiqing, but also became closer and closer. The two gradually got very close. From the outside, they looked very similar to when they worked together to reform. What followed was that the handling of the imperial affairs became smoother and smoother. This situation was something that Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong were very eager for, but unfortunately they were interrupted by a small matter...
There is a censor named Cai Chengxi in the Censorate. After carefully checking the test papers of the Imperial College, he found something very interesting. The examiner was named Lu Shengqing, and the student was named Wan Tong. One of these two people was Lu Huiqing's younger brother and the other was Lu Huiqing's wife's brother! Is this still necessary to investigate? It must be a favoritism and fraud and nepotism! Cai Chengxi impeached Lu Huiqing on this charge.
Lu Huiqing had no choice but to resign. His resignation request was rejected by Song Shenzong. The reason was very friendly. My dear friends had great talents and the country was the time to use people. You cannot leave. You must cooperate with Wang Anshi wholeheartedly...
This is very warm, and Lu Huiqing replied with some sour words, such as Wang Anshi did not like to work after reappearing the court this time, it is probably because of me. He will become normal after I leave... and then he will go back to work. After all, he is a very talented and sensitive person. This is also a common problem within the new party. He needs to be reused in official positions, and he needs to be comforted and communicated regularly...
Cai Chengxi's impeachment came to an end. Lu Huiqing returned to the Political Affairs Hall and saw the amiable Wang Anshi. But he and Wang Anshi didn't know, and even Cai Chengxi didn't know that the scene that just happened was seen by a man. He quietly walked out. When the idea came into his mind, he did it without discussing it with anyone - Wang Rong, he went to see Deng Wan.
Deng Wan is now the chief censor of the Censorate. As the boss, he has the most comprehensive and richest information in all aspects. Theoretically speaking, as long as he wants to impeach someone, there will always be reasons and solutions!
Wang Rong found him and asked only one question: Keep talking to Lu Huiqing or come back? Deng Wan didn't even think about it: Come back!
This is the essence of Deng Wan. When talking about his success, he analyzed his seemingly rude but actually shrewd methods. But it was not until this time that his essence was completely exposed. He once said a super classic saying, "I laughed and scolded you, and I will take care of you as a good official." This sentence was regarded as evidence of his crime and was despised by countless people for thousands of years. But his worst behavior was not done until this time!
When Wang Anshi left, he and Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi returned, he immediately sold Lu Huiqing. Wang Yun told him that Cai Chengxi's guess was impossible and he wanted to find out Lu Huiqing's own fault. He immediately gave the answer - a few years ago, Lu Huiqing's brothers had conspired to borrow 5 million guan from Fuhuqiang, Huating County in the south, and colluded with the magistrate Zhang Ruojiqiang to buy land in Xiuzhou!
This is a crime, no longer just a bad deed. Wang Yun smiled and was very satisfied. He took the information and walked out of the Censorate to find another person: Lu Jia asked. This is another backbone in the reform group. He and Deng Wan filed a case together to investigate the Lu Huiqing brothers who harmed the people and violated the law!
Wang Rong's goal was achieved, and all parties acted quickly and began to act against Lu! The progress was also very smooth, and the case was filed, investigation, and reporting were reported, and the materials were soon handed over to the hands of Emperor Shenzong of Song.
At that time, Shenzong was in a very bad mood and was quarreling with Wang Anshi. The reason was that God came out to disturb the scene again. Comets appeared in the sky. The opposition who had been silent for a long time stood up again and used the change of heaven to say things. Song Shenzong was as nervous as ever and asked Wang Anshi: According to reports, the people have been very miserable recently. Even Comets appeared. Did we really do something wrong?
Chapter completed!