Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 812: The dragon has regrets (finale)

In fact, for Xixia and Liao, the most unfortunate thing is not the success or failure at this time, but that they have no possibility of winning.

What awaits them is despair!

Because time is also on the side of the Song Dynasty.

Although there are still some places in the Song Dynasty that failed to popularize the Public Security Law, this is no longer important. For example, the implementation of the Public Security Law in Huguang and Shu this year was extremely smooth. The Public Security Law has never fought such a rich battle. The local The dignitaries and landowners directly welcomed the arrival of the public security bureau and the law with open arms. They paid taxes more actively than anyone else, which made the tax department very depressed.

At this moment, whoever obstructs the public prosecutor's office is tantamount to trying to control the situation with one's arms and not overestimating one's own capabilities.

The tax currency also solved the money shortage crisis on Southeast Sixth Road and Shu area, causing local industry and commerce to develop rapidly, especially in Fuzhou and Guangzhou. Due to the opening of sea transportation and the stimulation of tax currency, many people there All goods can be mobilized to the north.

The development of these areas has also enabled the imperial court's tax revenue to maintain a strong growth momentum.

Domestic development is good and the national treasury is full, which also allows the court to free up its hands to engage in trouble in the surrounding areas and expand its influence.

For example, the Song Dynasty actively used maritime trade, first establishing friendly trade relations with Champa, and sending a large number of crossbows to Champa to contain the Li Dynasty and create trouble for the Li Dynasty's rear.

Secondly, it was the victory over Peach Blossom Island. When the Liao Kingdom learned that the Song Dynasty had directly incorporated Peach Blossom Island into the territory of the Song Dynasty, they were furious. Moreover, they also discovered that the Song Dynasty had been passing through Peach Blossom Island and continued to infiltrate, and also made peace with Goryeo. The Jurchens established good relationships.

This made the Liao Kingdom sleepless and had to pull out this thorn, so they sent troops to attack, but the result was that the entire army was annihilated.

Although Taohua Island is very close to the Liao Kingdom, competing with the Song Dynasty Navy with artillery at sea is simply an egg hitting a stone.

However, this victory also allowed Goryeo to see the decline of the Liao Kingdom and the strength of the Song Dynasty. Under a series of operations by the Song Dynasty, Goryeo immediately jumped out of the tribute system with the Liao Kingdom and returned to the status of a subordinate state of the Song Dynasty.

At the beginning, the Liao Kingdom relied entirely on force to force Goryeo to surrender, and it also occupied several important towns on the east bank of the Yalu River. This was tantamount to strangling Goryeo's throat, and Goryeo was eager to break this predicament.

Not only that, the Song Dynasty also established a relationship with the Jurchen tribe. They happened to be fighting among themselves at this time and were in urgent need of weapons, so the Song Dynasty exchanged crossbow armor for their horses.

This forced Yelu Hongji, who had just quelled the civil strife, to start working on the rear. This also made him feel a little powerless, and made the Liao Kingdom feel desperate.

The situation in Xixia suddenly changed so fast that even the Liao Kingdom could not react.

As the Empress Dowager Liang failed to send troops, she spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and lost a lot of fertile land, salt ponds, and pastures. As a result, Xixia was already very poor. The Empress Dowager Liang had to maintain an army to defend her throne. This It can only be to plunder the people, causing widespread resentment in Xixia. In addition, the Song Dynasty penetrated from all directions and provided all kinds of help to the forces opposed to the Empress Dowager Liang.

Finally, under a series of manipulations by Empress Dowager Liang, Xixia finally ushered in a serf uprising.

The Empress Dowager Liang was not in the right position, and there were objections from the beginning. If the Empress Dowager Liang could lead Xixia out of the predicament, it would make sense, but under her leadership, the country became even more impoverished. In comparison, , all the merchants who returned to the Song Dynasty were popular and spicy, and even ordinary people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

The man walked to a higher place, and the water flowed to a lower place.

All the knowledgeable people in Xixia rose up in rebellion.

And from all directions, Suzhou and Xiliang Mansion in the rear also rebelled.

Of course, the Song Army also provided them with comprehensive support, including finances and weapons.

Before the Xixia Uprising, Wang Shao had reported the intelligence to the court in time. Zhao Xu was overjoyed. Xixia was already within easy reach, and Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo immediately formulated a strategic plan to attack the Liao Kingdom. .

On the eve of the Xixia serf uprising, the Song Dynasty suddenly increased its troops in Xiongzhou and Bazhou on a large scale, preparing to attack Youzhou.

The Liao Kingdom also received the information and began to send more troops to Youzhou.

The two sides had several small-scale conflicts on both sides of the Baigou River, as if a war was imminent.

But the Liao Kingdom never expected that this was just a false shot by the Song Dynasty.

Just when the Liao Kingdom was concentrating on defending Youzhou, Xixia suddenly rebelled. Then part of the main force of the Western Army withdrew from Xixia and joined forces with Taiyuan. The 150,000-strong army marched along Shuozhou and Yingzhou. Attack Yunzhou.

The Liao Kingdom never expected that a major uprising would suddenly break out in Xixia, causing the main force of the Western Army to withdraw from Xixia territory.

The reason why the Liao Kingdom supported Empress Dowager Liang was not to allow Xixia to contain the main force of the Western Army.

By the time the Liao Kingdom came to their senses, it was already too late.

Led by generals such as Zhong E and Zhe Jishi, the Western Army was unstoppable.

Because the Western Army has been fighting in Xixia for so many years, it not only obtained a large number of pastures and war horses, but also had to fully train the soldiers. The key is that they have fought defensive battles in the past two years, with little loss and sufficient force. There is also the support of artillery. In comparison, the Liao soldiers near Hedong have not fought in a big battle for several years.

The Liao Kingdom came back to their senses and found that the Song Dynasty was just repeating the route of Yongxi's Northern Expedition, and Empress Dowager Xiao had already given a textbook solution. At first, the Liao Kingdom did not panic.

According to this route, the Song Dynasty must first use the Hebei Army to attract the main force of the Liao Army to Youzhou, and then take advantage of the emptiness in the west to mobilize the Western Army to break through Yunzhou's defense line and directly bypass Youzhou to confront the Hebei Army. pincer attack.

The goal is definitely Youzhou.

However, after the Western Army captured Yunzhou, they immediately stopped attacking and stepped up their defense deployment. Hebei's main force also changed from an offensive formation to a defensive formation.

Hey! Just to tease you.

It turns out that the target of this strategic plan is not Youzhou at all, but Yunzhou, because there are not many war horses in Hebei, and there is more than enough defense but not enough offense.

But once Xixia is captured and Yunzhou is captured, the Liao Kingdom will be surrounded by the Song Dynasty.

Youzhou is facing enemies from both sides at any time.

The Song Dynasty also wanted to avoid repeating the failure of Yongxi's Northern Expedition. This time it chose to nibble away step by step instead of trying to win it all at once, because time was always on the side of the Song Dynasty, and there was no need for the Song Dynasty to take risks. Attack the Liao Kingdom.

This large-scale attack is actually just to improve the tactical position against Liao, and the main focus is to pacify Xixia first.

Hedong.

Rhubarb flat.

I saw two to three thousand people standing excitedly in the school grounds.

Only one person shouted: "Chen Xu."

"Here, there, there!"

Chen Xu waved the deed, ran forward, and handed the deed to the official in front of him.

The official took the deed and read it for a long time, then wrote on it and handed a brand new land deed and house deed back to Chen Xu, "The debt between the imperial court and you will be canceled with one stroke."

"Thank you! Thank you very much!"

Chen Xu took the two contracts and thanked them profusely.

These people were the people who were driven out of the disputed area by the Liao army. According to the judgment of the chief judge, the Liao currency was directly frozen and then compensated to them.

Although Zhao Xu has abolished the Chanyuan Alliance, money continues to be given.

Some ministers suggested that they should be given some official land as compensation. They could just lie down and eat it as compensation. However, Zhao Xu did not do this because he wanted to motivate himself and take back the lost land.

Now it is finally time to avenge the past.

You drove me away at first, but I am back today.

Almost all the northern people who invaded here were caught because the Song army came too fast, and they didn't have time to escape. Now they are watching from the side, watching how their property returned to the Song Dynasty. in human hands.

This must be shamed back.

The great victory in Yunzhou was reported to the court. It was different from the past. The monarchs, ministers and people were all overjoyed with this victory. In the past, even if the battle was won, the court would still be worried.

But at this moment, both Fu Bi and Sima Guang firmly believed that it was only a matter of time before Yanyun could be recovered.

Because with the fall of Xixia and the recovery of Yunzhou, the Liao Kingdom has already followed in the footsteps of Xixia and has to fight against the trapped beasts.

They are already actively discussing how to destroy the Liao Kingdom.

Bianliang, Tokyo.

In an inconspicuous small house.

"Do you remember this place?"

Zhao Xu asked Zhang Fei while looking around.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "How could I not remember that this small house that my father-in-law rented was also the place where His Majesty and I met for the first time. But it seems that this place has not changed at all."

Zhao Xu chuckled and said: "I heard that the owner of this house is afraid of breaking the feng shui here, so the layout has never changed. And the rent of this house is more than twice as high as other houses. But it's a pity. There is no chance that another Zhang San will appear here."

Zhang Fei secretly smiled in his heart, then you have to go to the 21st Century to recruit.

"Sit down!"

"Yes."

The monarch and his ministers were sitting at the stone table in the courtyard as they had done the first time they met.

"It seems like yesterday!"

Zhao Xu sighed again: "Do you still remember what we talked about at that time?"

Zhang Fei thought for a while, "Don't worry about scarcity but inequality, don't worry about poverty but worry about insecurity?"

"What's the solution you gave me?"

"Legal rule."

"But this legal system is not that legal system!"

Zhao Xu laughed and said: "At that time, I thought you were talking about Legalism, but I never thought that the legal system you were referring to was the legal system."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "I only thought of it later. After all, in the Song Dynasty, Legalism was highly respected, and not many people supported pure Legalism. It must be combined with Confucianism."

Zhao Xu laughed, not doubting this, and asked: "What did we talk about when we met for the second time?"

Zhang Fei was not sure and said: "To govern the country, you must first govern the officials?"

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "You said it would take at least ten years. To be honest, I didn't have the patience at the time. However, the fact is as you said, it really took a full ten years! But now Looking back, it was all worth it. This was also the most correct decision I made in my life."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I still remember that I said at that time that our greatest advantage is our youth. Ten years have passed and we are now only in our early thirties. We are in the prime of life and the time is just right."

"Yes! Our greatest advantage is our youth."

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, full of longing for the future, and asked: "The third conversation?"

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "If we are talking about national affairs, His Majesty revealed his identity for the third time. My advice to Your Majesty is not to use Qianlong."

"Don't use Qianlong."

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Then I saw the dragon in the field, and then the flying dragon in the sky. Although I thought that my Song Dynasty had not yet reached the real realm of flying dragon in the sky, but now I want to know, your last What's one move?"

Zhang Fei's expression changed slightly and he said sarcastically: "It's still very early for Feilong to be in the sky."

Zhao Xu said: "But I want to know now."

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "This last move is actually not something that can be decided by humans. It is an inevitable law, that is, there will be regrets when the dragon is strong."

"How to say?"

Zhao Xu asked.

Zhang Fei said: "Don't use Hidden Dragon, which means secretly accumulating strength to avoid being strangled in the cradle by others. However, it is difficult to achieve anything if you hide in the abyss. Therefore, when you have accumulated enough strength, you will see the dragon in it. Tian, ​​emerges from the water, shows his talent for the first time, shows his ambition, and reaches the realm of flying dragon in the sky.

However, when the sun is at its midpoint, it will be waning, and when the moon is full, it will be waning. This is an eternal principle. Any powerful empire will inevitably decline. Therefore, Kanglong has regrets in order to alleviate this process of decline. ”

Zhao Xu asked eagerly: "How can we use Kang Long to regret to alleviate this process of decline?"

Zhang Fei said: "Does Your Majesty know how Tang Xuanzong went from the prosperous Kaiyuan era to the Anshi Rebellion?"

Zhao Xu said: "That's because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty later became so proud that he couldn't listen to unfavorable advice and only cared about having fun."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't look down on Xuanzong. Maybe your Majesty will do the same in the future."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu raised his eyes and said, "Why do you say that?"

You used to compare me to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but now you compare me to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. How heartless!

Zhang Fei said: "Because this is human nature. When your Majesty eliminates all the enemies around you and creates a prosperous age unprecedented in ancient times, wouldn't you enjoy it? This is impossible. Then Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is old." Let’s start having fun.

At that time, His Majesty will also be nepotistic and think that the public prosecutor and the law are in the way. Then he will use eunuchs to interfere in politics to avoid the supervision of the public prosecutor and the law, and start a new round of internal strife, which will lead to the decline of the empire. ”

Zhao Xu had a gloomy face and hummed: "I know that you just want to use this to persuade me to protect the public security law, because the law of law is the secret of the dragon's regret."

"Not so."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "In my opinion, no matter how good the system is, it will eventually become human. It's just a matter of time. And the true meaning of Kang Long's regret lies in Kang Long. If Your Majesty is enlightened, the decline can be delayed; otherwise, the decline will be accelerated."

"Really?"

Zhao Xu said: "Since the key lies with me, the role of the public prosecutor and the procuratorate is not very big."

Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, do you know why our government values ​​civility over military affairs?"

Zhao Xu said: "Because the previous Jiedu envoys caused chaos."

Zhang Fei said: "If the decline of the empire is caused by His Majesty's destruction of the legal system, then the next empire will definitely enact strict legislation to prevent the monarch from destroying the judiciary. The public prosecutor's law and the legal system will not fall with the empire. And disappearing will usher in a rebirth from the ashes."

Zhao Xu said: "So you are suggesting that I legislate to restrain me."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "Of course not. Your Majesty is less restrained, and we will be less restrained."

Zhao Xu laughed and said: "Actually, I don't regret it. I followed your suggestion and put some power in a cage. It is precisely because of this that I can rest assured that those generals will lead the army on the front line for several years. After a long time, I can rest assured that Wang Jiefu and Wen Kuanfu will work together. I will never make the same mistake as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Let's talk about it then."

Zhao Xu said depressedly: "You look down on me so much."

Zhang Fei said: "It is difficult for human nature to withstand the test."

Zhao Xu hummed: "We'll see."