Chapter 1
"How can the superiors be kind to women? How can they ruin the world for trivial matters?" Seeing the emperor feeling heavy and full of guilt, Li Sanniang said, "The clay pot cannot be broken by the well, and the generals cannot be killed in the battle. Since they want to seek wealth on the battlefield, they have already become aware of death in battle. Moreover, the officials have made great achievements in the world and have not treated them badly, so why should they always feel guilty!"
"Although I am an emperor, I am not a saint, and I have joy, anger, sorrow and happiness like ordinary people. Can I be a good emperor if I am a ruthless and unrighteous person?" Zhao Bing sighed and asked.
"I don't mean this. I just hope that the officials will not always be immersed in sorrow, otherwise General Li will not be at ease in the underworld!" Of course, Li Sanniang hoped that the emperor could become an emperor with great potential, but she did not want to have a husband without any feelings, so she could only explain timidly.
"The official family is invincible and is in line with the idea of Jingxiu's people, but why do you ignore his plan?" Su Lan asked curiously, and changed the topic to save Shufei from being in an embarrassing situation.
"Mr. Jingxiu is a man with great ambitions and great knowledge, but some of them are not familiar with worldly affairs. Now that the war is about to come, he advises me to 'stop killing'. Don't say whether I can accept it, even the people on the street know that they can drown him with saliva." Zhao Bing smiled.
"Why did the officials say that? Are the people in the Central Plains also dissatisfied with the Mongolian Yuan and hated him to the core!" Li Sanniang continued to ask.
"The Mongol Yuan invaded the Central Plains and slaughtered tens of millions of people. It was really bloody and there was no one in a hundred miles. Although this incident has been decades and generations, it is like the Jurchens in the Song Dynasty. This kind of hatred that penetrated into the bones will weaken with time, but will not disappear." Zhao Bing said, "But the current hatred of the Central Plains people towards the Mongol Yuan comes more from fear, and this fear is even more than that of the people in Jiangnan!"
"Isn't this statement from the official family contradictory? Since the people of the Central Plains are afraid of the Mongol Yuan, they should surrender, rather than eradicate them so quickly!" Li Sanniang said inexplicably.
"When our army had just attacked the heartland of the Central Plains, the Han people resisted our dynasty very fiercely and fought without hesitation. They were afraid of the tyranny of the Mongol Yuan and were worried that our dynasty would be retaliated if we were defeated. And with the victory of our dynasty, the Mongol Yuan lost the city and land, and the losses were heavy as if the dogs were lost. In addition, our dynasty was kind to the Han people, not only did they not commit any crime, but also allocated land to them, exempted debts and helped them rebuild their homes. Their hatred of our dynasty turned to the Mongol Yuan." Zhao Bing explained.
"This... this transformation is too fast, it's simply..." Li Sanniang didn't know what words to use to express it after hearing this.
"It's actually very simple. In addition to the fact that our dynasty lost the Central Plains, it was ruled by the Jurchens and Mongolia for more than a hundred years, especially the Yanyun area, which has undergone many changes in the regime. If people want to survive, they have to learn to surrender and survive in the cracks. This is also their way to survive." Zhao Bing said.
"To put it bluntly, it is just a benefit. The Mongol Yuan was cruel and regarded the Han people as pigs and dogs, and they were heavily oppressed. However, our northern expedition was aimed at "exploding the Wudao, expelling the Brutal Yuan, and saving the same tribe", and then it became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. After regaining the lost land, we waited equally, divided the land, reduced taxes, and helped the poor, so that they could see the sincerity of our dynasty and gain benefits from it."
"Especially, our Northern Expedition has been victorious, the Mongolian Yuan was defeated, the city and land were lost, and they were already in a place of destruction. Of course, they would surrender to the strong, and they were worried about losing their vested interests, and they were afraid that the Mongolian Yuan would make a comeback. Then they could only support our dynasty to completely destroy the Mongolian Yuan and kill all the Mongolian Tartars. The overlap of new and old hatreds naturally showed that they were more radical than our dynasty, and those who advocated the "peaceful coexistence of the two tribes" were regarded as traitors."
"The official family means that the Han people in the north do not have a trace of nostalgia for their homeland, but also retaliated against the Tartars!" Su Lan said in surprise.
"This may be accumulating strength! I have been bullied for too long, and once I am released, it will be difficult to suppress it!" Zhao Bing smiled bitterly, "The current camp has received numerous incidents of the extermination of the Mongols and Semu people. However, after investigation by the government offices in various places, except for a few who were committed by bandits, most of them were done by Han people, and they are often neighbors who live next door."
"This kind of revenge is often rushing to the top, and there are many reasons. Some are hatreds such as killing fathers and wife, occupying land, and seizing private property, and some are just a few verbal arguments from the past and inconsistent words. However, there are many participants and no master criminals, which makes it difficult for local yamen to pursue them. It can only be left unresolved. Now, the local yamen can only move the Mongolians and Semu people to one place, build another new village, and send official troops to protect them to avoid accidents."
"It turns out that the situation is so serious. Therefore, the official put Mr. Jingxiu's recession on the desk and did not hand it over to the ministers to circulate it, and was also intended to protect him. However, he asked his wife to inquire about the meaning of the official's recession several times in private. I think it's still unclear, and there are a few complaints!" Su Lan said helplessly.
"This gentleman Jingxiu is not tactful and does not give up. If his strategy is passed down to the world, the reputation of famous scholars and scholars will be destroyed and despised by the world, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the scholars!" Li Sanniang said indignantly, feeling worthless for what the emperor did.
Valley
"Sanniang, don't say that. In the past, the Song Dynasty regarded the Li Li as barbarians of Qiongzhou, and the Li Li also had resentment towards the court, and they continued to resist. Wars between the two sides occurred from time to time, and once they were not bloody, the hatred between the two lasted for a hundred years. Now it is precisely because of the enlightened Li leader such as the Lady of Qiongya County that both sides abandoned their past grudges and reconciled, so that there would be no war in Qiongzhou. Han Li lived in harmony and shared peace!" Zhao Bing looked at him and said with a smile.
"Enjoying peace in Qiongzhou is a blessing for the officials to live and work in peace and contentment. Of course, all the officials are grateful!" Li Sanniang teased the emperor's eyes with a blank look.
The emperor's wife of Qiongya County was named by her mother, and her title had reached the extreme of the outer wife. Zhu Li was able to move from the deep mountains and forests to settle down, ending his life as a savage man. Some even entered county schools and prefecture schools, participated in the imperial examinations and became officials; most of the people in the army also gained merit and promoted their titles. Therefore, although Li Sanniang was disdainful, she was full of gratitude for the emperor to change their destiny.
"Does the official think that Mr. Jingxiu is a talent that can protect it and make it a great use?" Su Lan grew up with the emperor after all, and knew his thoughts more and thought about it and asked.
"Well, although Mr. Jingxiu is more craftsmanship and short of practice, he is talented, has a long-term vision, aspiring the world, and has a talent for planning the world. He can be an assistant for managing the world and planning the country, but he is not a pragmatic minister." Zhao Bing nodded and said.
After many interviews, Zhao Bing had already seen that Liu Yin was knowledgeable and talented, and could talk about the scriptures and theories and ask for advice on the country's major plans. However, he also had the common problem of great scholars being highly wise and lowly. He was very reasonable, but he might not be sure of doing things. Not to mention being a national preface, even a state may not be able to manage well.
He knew that governing a country was not just a need for those capable ministers who were good at governing political affairs and practice, but also those who could plan the country through history. However, a country could be stable for a long time, and it would take a hundred years of plans and formulate long-term strategies, but it was not short-sighted to look at the gains and losses in front of him. However, the group of ministers who accompanied Zhao Bing to conquer the world were old and would leave the court one by one, so he needed assistant ministers who were good at planning the country to replace him.
In history, national politics has always been "governing the country with literature and using martial arts to determine the country." With the end of the war in the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty had achieved decisive victory, gained strategic depth, and changed the passive military situation in the past. Although there were still remnants of the Mongol Yuan outside the Great Wall, it was already difficult to become a climate and it was difficult to pose a threat to the Song Dynasty in a short period of time.
Therefore, with the end of the Northern Expedition, such a large-scale comprehensive war will be difficult to happen again, and the Song Dynasty's strategy will also change. Transforming from military struggle to national construction, stabilizing the regime, restoring the economy, and improving people's livelihood will be the main tasks, and alleviating social conflicts will be the main problems faced by the country. Zhao Bing also needs long-term ministers to assist him in formulating a strategy for governing the country.
Liu Yin may not be the best choice in the world today, but now it is the more suitable one that Zhao Bing meets and can be used as a candidate. Even if he is not competent for the responsibility of planning the country in the future, his knowledge can still gain a place among the Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty and inject vitality into the dead Jiangnan Shilin.
"Sister Su, you can bring these files to Mr. Jingxiu, let him read them and see what he thought!" Zhao Bing called his personal eunuch and asked him to take the basic documents and present them to Concubine Hui.
"What are these?" Su Lan asked curiously, with a heavy stack of papers.
"There are the strategies and opinions of the scholars in the spring exam in Kaifeng this time, as well as briefings submitted by prefectures in various central plains, as well as the experiences of students from the Imperial College during their trip to the Central Plains, as well as the mixed poems, essays, remarks and arguments sent by scholars from all over the country to the camp. Letting them read them may help them open their minds and understand the current situation." Zhao Bing said.
"This time, the official family seems to be asking for a talent like Wolong and Feng Chu, and there is no old minister in his eyes!" Li Sanniang snorted from the side.
"I'd better go to Tanzhou to see Li Zhen off!" Zhao Bing murmured at the look at him, as if he was talking to him, and as if he was talking to them.
"If the official family wants to go, go!" Li Sanniang said gently stroked the emperor's arm.
She knew that because of the failure of the expeditionary army, some people in the court thought that Li Zhen had dereliction of duty, so they were quite controversial about whether to reward or punish him when discussing merits, and it was difficult to make a conclusion. And in this matter, the emperor could not make a decision, which made His Majesty feel at ease. Go and see that it might allow the generals to untie the knots and let the deceased rest, and also fulfill the friendship between the two of them...
Chapter completed!