Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 250 Bianliang, Liangshan

Kaifeng Bianliang, an ancient city, is said to have built a city here not long after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the son of King Wen of Zhou, Bi Gonggao.The name of Kaifeng originated from the Spring and Autumn Period. Because Zheng Zhuanggong chose this place to build a granary city, he took the meaning of "opening up and sealing the frontier" and named it "Kaifeng".

During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, in order to avoid the name taboo of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi, Kaifeng was renamed "Kaifeng".During the Warring States Period, King Wei Hui moved the capital here and named it "Daliang".During the Five Dynasties, Emperor Taizu of Liang established Kaifeng as his capital and renamed it "Eastern Capital".

Later Han Dynasty, Later Zhou Dynasty, and Great Song Dynasty were all called—Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion.

There are many lakes and rivers here, the climate is mild, the rainfall is abundant, the four seasons are distinct in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the population is large, and the buildings are tall and majestic, so that some rivers in the city are covered by the reflections of the eaves on both sides, and the water surface can be seen almost all year round. less than sunlight.

The steps of Huanxi extend to the water, and the steps of the other house and the steps of this house can be connected on the river bed.

Every morning, figures selling hot water are spread all over the streets and alleys. The flavors of thousands of meals and snacks are filled between luxurious pavilions and common people's houses, enough to arouse anyone's appetite. .

The gardens built by the emperors of the Song Dynasty, the mountains and lakes, buildings and pavilions have become the most dazzling embellishments in this city, either low-key in vicissitudes of life, or timeless and new.

The wealth among the state capitals in the world flows endlessly between land and water, and is concentrated in this extremely rich city.

Therefore, when the city was broken, every soldier in the besieging army would have red eyes, shocked, hungry and looking at such a city in disbelief.

Even the war horses under their crotches neighed impatiently, trampling on the ancient bricks and stones, where moss could be seen, ramming wantonly to drive away the people in the city.

They came from the Kingdom of Jin, rose up suddenly among the bitter cold mountains and rivers, swept across the earth like a storm, destroyed the Liao Dynasty, and then came to the Song Dynasty.

The prosperity of Bianliang is unmatched by any place in the Liao Kingdom. After the city was broken, even their generals lost control over the soldiers, so they could only let these people wreak havoc in the city to rob them. things, ravage the women they fancy, kill the men, old people and children they look at as an eyesore.

Of course, their chief general didn't think about restraining them, only some of his confidants rushed into the palace and plundered the most elite and the best part of Bianliang's wealth.

The eunuchs and court ladies were all crying and fleeing in panic, and then they were stopped and robbed and killed. Like quails that had lost their ability to think, they fell weakly on the ground, trembling and being robbed of the things around them. clothing on the body.

The majestic officials of the Song Dynasty, who could suppress their own generals with a single law, performed equally unbearably.

In the Great Song Dynasty when the entire capital was captured, the luck of the dynasty was scattered like a whining rain of blood. Not to mention the condensed aura of luck, even if they were allowed to use their official authority to impact the minds of others according to their usual most convenient habits , cannot be done.

The young emperor was still blessed with good luck, but when he was dragged off his horse by the chief general of the golden soldiers, the remaining good luck only prevented him from being thrown to the ground.

Even the emperor who had already abdicated, the Supreme Emperor, was also pulled out, dragged through the palaces, crawling, and became one of the captives.

The bloody setting sun reflected the capital city, the tiered eaves collapsed and burned, so the water surface was finally able to reflect this round of ominous sunlight.

Bloody Day was speechless, silently witnessing a brutal and bloody carnival, until the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin reluctantly left here.

Of course they did not leave empty-handed, in addition to property, there are prisoners.

General Zong Wang of the Kingdom of Jin guarded all the way, including Emperor Daojun, Empress Zheng and Prince, grandson, son-in-law, princess, concubine, etc., and a group of people went north along Huazhou.

The other route, under the custody of General Zong Han, included the young emperor Zhao Huan, Empress Zhu, the prince, the clan, Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, Qin Hui and others, and went northward along Zhengzhou.

Among these teams, there were thousands of musicians and artisans from the teaching workshops plundered by the Jin soldiers, bringing books, maps, treasures and magical objects, and no less than 10 people, men and women, returned north.

Many people in the team died every day, were thrown on the side of the road, thrown in the water, naked, covered with bruises, and many more were thrown in the pot.

Song Emperor Zhao Huan, huddled in such a team, terrified every night, crying sometimes, but he also had the opportunity to see the rotten battlefield and see the traces of the Song army defeated all the way when the Jin soldiers came.

Jin Bing practiced magic methods that have been hidden in history. They did not know where they got the mysterious formula that can explore mineral veins, and they made great progress with this, so that even the country title was "gold".

However, their original territory was too small, and the years and years of fighting against Liao and Song Dynasty were not enough for them to have enough time to rely on the output of the mine veins to push all the soldiers to the realm of demon elite soldiers.

The soldiers of Song and Liao relied on the luck of the dynasty, so they should have been able to compete with them.After all, it has already been verified in the Han Dynasty, and the potential of the Dynasty's luck method is by no means inferior to that of the magic way.

Even though Liao's domestic consumption continued, and the opportunity was lost because of the siege of Song and Jin, but on the Song side, the emperor was fatuous, after all, there were still many good ministers and good generals who could play their role.

However, both Song and Liao were defeated, which has always puzzled many people in the court.

It was not until Zhao Huan saw the traces of the battlefield, where the golden soldiers passed, the bones were exposed in the wild, there were not a single survivor, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, that he understood why.

Because Jin Bing not only has magic skills, but also imperial luck, which is the dark side of the way of luck. Some benevolent emperors and great rulers of all dynasties are determined to hide it, so that the emperors of later generations do not want to hide it. knowing side.

The imperial luck method is the ultimate heresy. It manipulates people's hearts and collects the thoughts of the people to gain strength. But this kind of thoughts can be positive, loved and recognized by the people, or reversed, feared and resented by the people.

Wherever the iron hooves of the Jin soldiers passed, where they fell, and the fear of the survivors of the Song Dynasty, they all became the food for the Jin soldiers.

Heresy, heresy!
Even when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, he never thought of naming this imperial luck method as the righteous way and kingly way, and this is the reason.

Zhao Huan seemed to understand these things in a daze, but it was meaningless. He became a prisoner, imprisoned in different places, and suffered all kinds of humiliation.

Two years, or three years have passed in a daze?He can't remember clearly, he just remembers hearing a lot of things.

For example, the secret technique of the Kingdom of Jin was originally buried in Changbai Pond, and was obtained by Wanyan Agu.

For another example, the nobles of the Kingdom of Jin also began to learn the ways of the Song people to enjoy themselves, and there seemed to be a different atmosphere among the military and officials.

But these are meaningless.

The reason why Zhao Huan's life is still maintained is because he dare not die.

Another nobleman from the Kingdom of Jin came to the place where he was imprisoned, and stopped his horse from a distance to make fun of him. The once young Song Emperor's pampered face had become thin, pale and emaciated.

The Emperor Tianming stood on top of a tall building, overlooking the pale face in the distance, without any waves in his eyes.

That was the self in the previous life, let's call it the previous life, because, after being imprisoned for an unknown period of time, when Zhao Huan opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to the time when he was still a prince.

At that time, he questioned whether everything around him was true or false, even though all the eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and touch in the palace were telling him the word "truth", he still couldn't escape the nightmare he once had, so much so that he cried and panicked at night. Call.

Even though he used the information from his previous life to do a lot of things, ascended to the throne ahead of schedule, and wiped out Wanyan's family, the panic and hatred in his heart still hadn't been completely eliminated during the first three years of his enthronement.

But now, Emperor Tianming looked at his former self and at his former enemy, and he was no longer moved.

He was just distracted thinking about some things when he was practicing, and randomly picked out a scene from his memory as a place for thinking.

When Emperor Tianming deliberately opened his eyes, all the surrounding streets and buildings collapsed silently, the enemies and nobles of the Jin Kingdom, the old parents, wives and daughters, and the old self.

Even in the extreme distance of this dream, the scarred Bianliang city was also destroyed like smoke.

What catches his eyes is today's Bianliang, today's imperial palace garden.

This city is not so quiet and luxurious, but is filled with the mineral smell of demonic turbidity everywhere. Only a few people can see the royal luck in the sky, and it is not so sad to rain blood, but it is emitting extremely fierce pain. Moan.

It was this dragon chant that made Emperor Tianming wake up frowning.

Among the colorful clouds of imperial luck, there is a bloated and huge golden dragon hidden. Its body is covered with bloody mottled marks. After being hurt, there is no sadness, only anger.

Its right front paw was completely shattered, the other three paws were also damaged, and the dragon horn on the top of its head became mutilated.

This morning, the golden dragon, which represented the luck of the dynasty, already looked like this. The complete collapse of the dragon claw meant a big defeat on the Liangshan battlefield.

It was clear that the situation was very good before, but overnight, the [-] army was defeated.

At that time, the emperor was quite furious, and he almost ordered to mobilize 30 forbidden troops, and then draw half of the [-] frontier troops back, and travel day and night to conquer in person.

However, Li Gang and others tried their best to persuade them, bluntly saying that the frontier army should not move lightly, at least they should prepare food and grass first, and they also said that they should allow time for Han Shizhong to prepare in advance, and use the remaining troops to rearrange the defense to prevent Liao's surprise attack and so on.

After the hustle and bustle of the morning court, the emperor really changed his intention for the time being. He only mobilized the forbidden army first, and gave Han Shizhong five days to deploy defense, and another 20 days to raise food and grass by himself. 15 people went to Liangshan.

This was not simply because of the persuasion of Li Gang and the others, but because the emperor thought of himself and found that it would not be a bad thing to let the war in Song Dynasty continue for a while.

Whether it is the positive side or the dark side, the imperial luck method is actually very difficult to grasp.

How difficult it is to form a positive and prosperous dynasty, you only need to look through the history books to know, there are not many people throughout the ages, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who created this method, it is difficult to maintain the grandeur in his later years, and he has some stigma on his back. The difficulties are self-evident.

And for a faint king like the Taoist emperor, don't talk about the heyday, he can't even grasp the dark side of the dynasty's fate.

The lives of the people are like weeds. Even if the emperor is in power, as long as they can barely survive, they will have little hatred, because all their energy is used to make a living, and it is really difficult to have time to hate.

Moreover, their knowledge is too little, so they can't tell the source of the things that make their lives difficult, and they can't find the direction of hatred, and naturally they can't provide the luck of the dark side.

After the Emperor Tianming figured this out at the beginning, he sighed in his heart more than once, "What a pariah!!", so he deliberately kept the six thieves including Cai Jing and Tong Guan, and arrested them first and then released them, just to let them take care of themselves. Use the means to persecute the people.

Now this system is full of loopholes, allowing locals to raise private soldiers, and minerals will be exploited layer by layer. It was these six guys who presided over the establishment of the emperor's signal.

In this way, those who have gained profits will support the imperial court, and the wealth they have accumulated and the private soldiers they have raised will also become cattle and horses to maintain the imperial court when necessary.

And the people also know who to resent.

Why is life getting harder and harder?Because the young and strong were all pulled to the mine.

Why are there fewer and fewer people in the family?Because those who went to the mine died there, and those who came back also died of illness.

This most conspicuous and simplest logic, they can finally figure it out, and they are finally forced to the point where they can't live even if they try hard, and they can only hate it.

The Emperor of Heaven is very satisfied with this.

And when the war came together, he discovered that there were rebellions everywhere, wars everywhere, and the dark side of luck erupted by the people of the Song Dynasty could be more efficient.

As long as they don't really let their rebellion succeed, then the emperor's practice will be faster if the war continues for a while longer.

It was originally estimated that it would take about ten years to reach the realm of ascension, but now this time is constantly shortening.

"If it is really possible to make me ascend this year, then even if the war is delayed and corrupted to the point where Da Song can't be rescued at all, that's fine."

The Emperor Tianming tasted the fine wine made from hardware, medicine and stones, and listened to the sound of the Imperial Army being closely mobilized in the distance, feeling at ease in his heart.

Among the five-color smoke clouds invisible to the naked eye, the blood-stained golden dragon rolled, and the endless dark dragon energy, like a blood-coloured waterfall, fell from the nine heavens and poured into the emperor's body.

And the refined ore pills and magic wine stored in every corner of the palace also turned into long-lasting magic energy, soaked from the ground, and belonged to the only person in the palace who was entitled to enjoy the ten thousand treasures.

He lowered his eyes, and only a thin line of eyelids was left, and the deep desire that he did not hesitate to drain the blood and tears of all people, but also demanded proof, flowed thickly and slowly.

"After the ascension, if I look back, can I see two great Song..."

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In the pool of mountains and rivers, Guan Luoyang continued to activate Lihuo's golden pupils for several hours, scanning and penetrating the vast mist.

After a long time, he stretched out his hand and made a move, and a figure broke through the water, and he grabbed it and landed on the shore.

"call!"

Guan Luoyang let out a tired breath, and then smiled at the soldier waiting on the shore, "This is the last one who fell into the water in a coma. Hurry up and send it to Mr. Gongsun and the others for treatment."

"Others have a little rest and bury the dead. Even if they are enemy soldiers, many of them just don't have the opportunity to choose."

Many soldiers nodded.

On the mountain road, Li Kai hurried over and said: "Big Chief, a group of people claiming to be envoys from the Liao Kingdom came to visit."

(End of this chapter)