Qiming 1158

Chapter 1298 All this has just begun

Unifying a divided country is easy to say, but how difficult is it to do?

Xin Qiji followed Su Yonglin all the way, watching him step by step to integrate this fragmented country, with great effort and effort.

The Ming army said that it was invincible in the world, but what war can bring is military unity.

Political, economic, and cultural unification cannot be brought about directly by military unification. After all, it must be accomplished by other means, which will take longer and cost more money than military warfare.

If everything could be accomplished by military, the world would be in harmony long ago.

It is precisely because the military cannot rely solely on the military that it truly shows the importance and extraordinaryness of a leader with political and military capabilities.

Seeing the high-spirited Su Yonglin, Xin Qiji was filled with emotion.

"Who would have believed that you, who were the leader of an army of more than 1000 people back then, would become the emperor of a country with tens of millions of people? I don't think even the most discerning sage at that time could have imagined such a day."

"At the time, I couldn't even believe that I could succeed. I was ready to die in Shandong at any time, let alone other people?"

Su Yonglin shook his head slowly and sighed: "This way, there are too many things that have been brought about by luck, many sneak attacks, many deadly battles, many times to save danger, and now I think about it, I am afraid.

At that time, even if one more arrow could hit me, I would not stand here as well as I am now, and I might die on the battlefield. In that case, there would be no great enlightenment. "

With that said, Su Yonglin and Xin Qiji couldn't help but sigh when they thought of the thrilling battles.

"But in the end, we didn't abandon our earliest ideals, and we didn't let the country take a detour. So far, I think what I've done is worthy of the soldiers who died for me because they believed in me."

Su Yonglin raised his head and let out a long sigh.

"What you do is worthy of anyone in this country."

Xin Qiji said sternly: "The existence of you as a leader is a blessing for all beings in the world, and they should be grateful for this. You led them out of the sea of ​​misery, you gave them land, houses, and peace, and you let them go. Avoid more suffering!"

Su Yonglin shook his head.

"Am I the only one who can do this? Can we do it without the bloodshed? It's their bloodshed that makes all this meaningful, and I'm doing it all for the sake of Don't let them down.

If I didn't do what I promised them, their death would be pointless, they would hate me, I'm fine, but what if I die?After I die, what face will I have to face them? "

"You didn't let them down."

Xin Qiji smiled and said, "You succeeded, you fulfilled your promise to them, and everyone in the world benefits from your success."

"It's not here yet, You An, our journey has just begun, what's the hurry?"

Su Yonglin patted Xin Qiji's shoulder: "It can't stop here, all this is just the beginning, just the beginning."

Xin Qiji knew what Su Yonglin meant.

"Yes, all of this has really just begun."

"Then as a symbol of the beginning of all this, I think I'm going back to Lin'an... It should be Hangzhou, I'm going back."

Su Yonglin laughed and said: "My story started from there, from the dinner party at the Xichun Building in Hangzhou 12 years ago, so I will also end the previous journey there, and then start a new journey.

And speaking of it, I really haven’t been back for 12 years, I haven’t returned to my hometown for 12 years, and I haven’t visited Hangzhou Night Market in Hangzhou for 12 years.

I don’t know if there is still such a bustling night market in Hangzhou City now, and I don’t know if I can still drink that bowl of snail soup with clear juice. It’s been 12 years, and sometimes I really think about it. "

Xin Qiji thought for a while and sighed.

"It is difficult to estimate now. Hangzhou has encountered many wars and turmoil in recent years. I don't know how many people escaped and died because of this. Even without these, how many people would be killed by corrupt officials every day in Hangzhou city?
I didn't find that store last time. However, as long as Daming conquers Hangzhou and destroys the Jiangnan Kingdom, it will only take two or three years for Hangzhou to regain its prosperity. drink. "

Su Yonglin smiled, walked to his chair and sat down, slowly opening his mouth while recalling.

"12 years ago, before I left the Southern Song Dynasty and went north to rebel, I went to Hangzhou and killed the dog official who had been threatening my life. At that time, the reason I did this was to make me really make up my mind Never look back.

To be honest, at that time, I wasn't sure that I could really build Wanyan Liang's rebels. The Jin State had hundreds of thousands of troops and powerful cavalry, and I had only a few hundred subordinates. Who would dare to believe that I could. Defeat the Golden Man?
At that time, don't mention my earliest subordinates, even myself, I was equally skeptical, but I definitely don't want to be like that in the Southern Song Dynasty until I die.

I didn't want to spend my life so mediocre, so I decided to be cruel to myself, I'm going to break the boat, I'm going to kill the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, and let me lose my way out.

In this way, even if I was defeated, I was defeated by the Jinbing, I lost a lot of subordinates, and even I was the only one left. I wanted to give up, but I found that I was not qualified to give up at all. I have no way out. , I can't go south, I can only go all the way north. "

Xin Qiji quietly listened to Su Yonglin's memories, watching Su Yonglin's face full of emotion.

"In Hongwu's political commentary, I only wrote why I wanted to go north, but I didn't tell people my inner struggles at that time. In a sense, I took them to die. They believed in me, but I didn't believe in myself.

Can I beat those golden soldiers?Can I deal with their cavalry?Can I rectify our internal conflicts and lead everyone to overthrow the Jin Dynasty in one go?You only see my calmness and my firmness, but not the fear and struggle in my heart. "

Having said this, Su Yonglin smiled and looked at Xin Qiji.

"You'an, you didn't expect me to have such thoughts, did you? You didn't expect me to be just an ordinary person, did you? You didn't expect me to be afraid, right?"

Xin Qiji was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"I really didn't think about it, but I think that such a thing has happened, which makes me feel that you are even greater. How great is the ability to become a saint with the body of a mortal?"

Su Yonglin laughed.

"Can you get to this point?"

"To be able to take such a step, to leave the Southern Song Dynasty and go to Shandong to start an uprising under such fear and pressure, is already impossible for countless so-called heroes. A future?"

Xin Qiji smiled and said: "Perhaps, I mean maybe, without you, I would go to the Southern Song Dynasty in a desperate situation, and then be taken away from the steel knife, with only a pen left in my hand, I can't do anything, I can only be Their dog, and then, what can they do? Write poetry and lyrics."

"You wrote the sapphire case very well, and it's no wonder that everyone praised it for its excellent writing. If you talk about this kind of cultural foundation, in our entire court, if you say second, no one dares to say that he is the first. You should write more."

Su Yonglin didn't know what kind of coincidence Xin Qiji wrote the song "Sapphire Case", but this song did dominate the list in Zhongdu for a long time.

After Xin Qiji was sent to the Southern Song Dynasty, many people were spreading the word about the case of the sapphire jade. Su Yonglin was stunned for a while after hearing it before he realized that it was indeed the case of the sapphire jade.

According to Su Yonglin's vague memory, he remembered that his former teacher once said that this poem was created by Xin Qiji secretly expressing his unwillingness to join forces with certain birdmen and firmly resist the Northern Expedition. Li, of course, was unhappy with the Southern Song Lord and faction.

But times have changed, Xin Qiji is already the chief of staff of his Ming Dynasty, what does it mean to write this poem?

(End of this chapter)