The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

In the first year of Jingkang of the Song Dynasty, at the end of November, the north wind was howling in Hexi, the dry grass was curling, and the sky was cold and the ground was freezing.

Since the promulgation of the order to grow hair, the military order of keeping the hair intact and beheading the head if it is shaved immediately caused riots and shocks everywhere.

Men in Dangxiang have shaved their hair and braided it for thousands of years. This is a hairstyle inherent to the nomadic hunting people. It is not unsightly, but it is for the convenience of walking through the mountains and forests, so that the hair will not be entangled with the branches. When grazing, the cattle and sheep will run. Don't be caught by the horns of sheep or cows.

In fact, no matter Dangxiang, Khitan, or Jurchen, they all have similar hairstyles. This is due to the living environment and living habits. It is not deliberately shaved like this to pretend that ugliness is beautiful. At least the women are still similar to Han people. hairstyle.

But after so many years of getting used to it, Zhao Tong was no longer allowed to shave his hair, which naturally caused an uproar. Things that had been maintained for thousands of years were suddenly changed, and many people found it difficult to accept it from the bottom of their hearts.

As for whether it can be done, that is actually possible, but being able to do it and being able to accept it are two completely different concepts.

This is possible because Dangxiang people do not have the kind of thinking and ideas about body and skin that are influenced by their parents. In other words, they have no concepts such as symbols and rituals about hair, and it does not matter whether it is important or not.

What's more, today is no different than it was hundreds or thousands of years ago. Dangxiang is now hunting less and more, grazing and farming for a living. Helan Mountain was originally a large hunting ground, but after the founding of the Xixia Kingdom, ordinary people were not allowed to set foot in many places on Helan Mountain. If you want to hunt, you have to go there. Go to the grassland in the north, and there are no branches on the grassland to scratch your hair.

Especially in Li Qianshun's dynasty, Sinology was at its peak and Confucian civilization was broadcast. It was still poor among the people below, but it was very popular among the nobles. They knew that the Han people valued hair and skin. So since they surrendered, they could keep their hair if they asked. They didn't have to. Working hard to make a living, what's the difference between keeping hair and shaving?

The real resistance came from the people, which is quite ironic. The officials in power did not resist, but surrendered because they wanted to save their lives and continue to be officials. They did not care about their hairstyles, and all party traditions were forgotten. , as soon as the order was given, he obeyed.

The common people were able to live and have enough to eat under the crushing general trend. As for the resistance at this time, which ran counter to the officials, it was not forced by survival, but because they still had a sense of patriotism and a heart for fighting. The anger expressed by the changes in the ethnic group's thousands of years of tradition.

Even if you don't care about your hair, it doesn't matter whether you shave or not at the moment. It doesn't have much impact on your life, but you are just angry and feel like it's disturbing!

As the saying goes: The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes shake their fans!

Zhao Tong couldn't help but smile when he saw reports of commotion everywhere in the Qin Palace.

Only great chaos can lead to great governance. What is great chaos? From bottom to top!

The chaos in front of us is not enough! If you want great unity and integration, you have to pay a certain price. Just having hair is not enough, and just having some Han Chinese fur is not enough.

To deal with this kind of chaos, given his current strength, he could just turn his hand into clouds or turn his hand into rain, and he could easily suppress it with one finger.

But he didn't want to do that in the first place, otherwise there would be no need to do anything like keeping your hair or beheading your hair. If you just follow me, you will prosper, and if you go against me, you will perish.

If you want to speed up the integration, you have to use extraordinary means. You can't suppress it directly and bluntly. You have to create chaos, fight, and consume.

Zhao Tong directly ordered that Yuan Guo be appointed as the chief historian of the Qin Palace and the governor of the matter of growing hair.

The original official system of Xixia imitated that of the Tang Dynasty, and even the reign name was shamelessly named Zhenguan. Yuan Guo naturally understood the official position of Chang Shi. He was a high official.

The history of the palace of the King of Qin? Does it mean that one person is inferior to ten thousand people?

Yuan Guo felt dispirited immediately, wishing he could go back to Huaizhou to worship his ancestors and see if there was smoke coming out of the ancestral graves.

Later, Zhao Tong granted the title of Deacon of the Eleventh Capital and returned it to Yuanguo's jurisdiction. He was in charge of the affairs of the Eleventh Supervisory Military Division. He was originally going to seal twelve, but the farthest Xiping Military Division had not surrendered yet, so Only eleven were sealed.

These eleven are all members of the Party, and they are all court officials who surrendered when Xingzhou City was destroyed. Some of them had high official positions, some were from large clans, and some were directly descendants of the clan.

This was the first batch of party officials he activated after he occupied Xingzhou and declared the annihilation of Xixia. They gave them real power and sent them to work, which made other demoted officials who had surrendered but had no actual duties envious.

Originally, the entire territory of Hexi was under military control, and no party members were appointed as officials. Both government and civilian affairs were managed by the army. The promotion of these eleven people immediately caused a sensation in the circle of party ministers.

The matter of growing hair has now been raised above the national foundation, because anyone can now see that Zhao Tong wants to merge several ethnic groups and unify them into a Han Dynasty. It is obvious that they are allowed to handle such an important matter. This is a precursor to appointing a large number of party officials.

This is a serious job, everyone knows that if you don't dare, you will be killed in rivers of blood and heads. This job has great authority and is very helpful in establishing prestige and reputation. Everyone is jealous.

Although the people who were killed were all members of their own tribe, none of these party ministers cared about the tribesmen who had no status and ordinary common people. How were they different from pigs and dogs?

None of the ministers took this seriously, and they were all thinking about how they could receive a job as soon as possible, be assigned a job, and have actual rights. The sooner they have rights and come to the front, the higher they can climb in the future. .

It is said that you must become famous early, and the same is true for gaining power. Take the Song Dynasty as an example. In the early era of cultivating and discovering "prodigies", those famous prodigies all entered the court very early. Some became officials at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and served for several consecutive dynasties. Most of the prime ministers, assistant prime ministers and deputy prime ministers were born as child prodigies.

Although the surrender ministers are party members, they all understand that this universal truth is applicable to all countries. It is nonsense to talk about late bloomers, and it is clearly a great talent that can be avoided.

So everyone started to dig holes and try every means to gain access to the Qin Palace. They hoped to be the first to fill the gap next time they had a position, unlike this time when they were unprepared.

But this is not an easy way to go through guanxi. Guan guanxi means having an acquaintance to introduce you and build a bridge.

There are very few people who are close to the King of Qin and have party backgrounds. A few of them are well-known, such as Li Changshuo, who surrendered relatively early. Even if he can talk to the King of Qin, his family will recognize him, but he is currently working in the army. Without Xingzhou, the only person left to do the math is the newly appointed Chang Shi Yuanguo.

Yuan Guo is known to all the surrender officials. He was the number one traitor in Daxia. The Song army had just crossed the border and surrendered when they first attacked Zhu Zhu. Then they led the Xia army to kill Zhu and then led the Song army. When he went to Zhuoluo City, it could be said that Zhuoluo and Nanjunsi were destroyed in his hands.

At that time, almost everyone hated him to death. Some people in the court even wrote poems to scold him, saying that he would be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. He could not understand the hatred in his heart. If this Yuan Guo was not from the Yuan family and was the brother of Concubine Jing, he would have directly He killed his parents to atone for his crime.

But at this time, no matter where the ministers still thought like this, they all lamented that he was far-sighted and far-sighted. Regardless of whether it was true or false, they could only admire him now that he was in power.

When Yuan Guo was granted the title of official, all the ministers were jealous. In fact, both Xixia and Northern Liao vaguely regarded themselves as inheritors of the Tang Dynasty, and various domestic systems had the shadow of the Tang Dynasty.

The official Chang Shi was a senior official in the Tang Dynasty.

This official position was first established in the Qin Dynasty. At that time, both the prime minister and the general shogunate had a chief historian, which was equivalent to a secretary-general or chief of staff. The chief historian under the general could also lead the army in combat, and was called the general history. The famous Ban Chao was the general history .

In the Han Dynasty, the prime ministers, prime ministers, Taiwei, generals, hussar generals, chariot generals, guard generals, etc., as well as the great Situ, the great Sima, and the great Sikong after the establishment of the Three Dukes were all given the official position of chief historian. As the chief of the vassal, his rank is Qianshi, and the prime minister has particularly important powers as chief historian.

The palace of the Han Dynasty also has a long history. When the kings came to the vassal state when they were young, the affairs of the state government were handled by the long history. In addition, each county in the border areas also had a chief historian, who served as an assistant to the prefect. Later, in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were also many chief historians under state and county officials.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Prince's Palace, the Protector's Palace, the Dudu's Palace, the General's Palace, and the State Palace all had long histories.

The chief historian under the governor of a state is the adjutant of the governor. In particular, the chief historian of the governor's office has a very high status. In the Tang Dynasty, the chief historian of the governor's office had a chief historian, who was equivalent to the governor of Shangzhou, and even served as a military envoy.

The most famous one in the long history is Li Si. Li Si first arrived in Qin and took up this official position.

But now in the Song Dynasty, the state capital has no long history, and is replaced by the magistrate part. Tongpan is actually regarded as a local assistant magistrate.

However, in the official system of the Song Dynasty, this official could be set up in the Prince's Palace and the Dudu's Palace. Many royal palaces in each dynasty had the post of chief historian, who was in charge of internal affairs of the palace, other court departments, and the Yuan Dynasty Palace. This official system is also established.

All the surrendered ministers were once members of the Xixia court, and they all knew that this long history was a high official, especially the long history of the Qin Palace.

What is the Qin Palace? That was the Qian Residence, the Qian Long Residence, and it was also the location of the court hall in this land west of Hexi.

If the prince has a small court and appoints his own officials, then the chief historian of the prince's palace will have great power. If the prince can be honored as a great treasure in the future, then the chief historian of the prince's palace will most likely be the candidate for the prime minister in the future.

Yuan Guo was granted the title of Changshi. Although I didn't hear that there was any other management, just the matter of growing the governor's hair, this was enough to prove that Yuan Guo was a popular person around King Qin at this moment.

This hairdressing is based on the foundation of the country. If you are not close to the direct lineage, how can you appoint someone to supervise it?

So the ministers went over to flatter him one after another, gave him gifts, and tried to ask Yuan Guo to speak kindly in front of Zhao Tong so that he could be sent out and regain his previous rights as soon as possible.

Yuan Guo never refuses anyone who comes, accepts gifts from anyone, agrees to anyone who comes, and then talks to each other mysteriously.

What I’m talking about this time is the appointment of the military commanders and supervisors to grow their hair. Although the eleven governors are extremely powerful and powerful, they may not necessarily be able to handle the job well. It is inevitable that there will be some mistakes and omissions. If they are not handled well, Then it will be difficult to keep this job. If you can't keep it, you will have to replace it.

When the ministers heard this, they didn't understand the meaning of his words. King Qin had no special affinity with the eleven deacons. He probably ordered them casually. As long as someone among them made mistakes, wouldn't he have a chance to take over?

So everyone went back to gear up, secretly choosing one to keep an eye on and observing. If he left to take office and sent someone to the military department to monitor, he would try every means to make the other party make a mistake, and then spend money to move around and replace him.

Zhao Tong naturally knew these things. How dare Yuan Guo not report it? Even the gold and silver gifts he received were given to him, and he did not dare to intercept any of them.

Zhao Tong was happy to see the current situation. He just wanted chaos. This chaos was internal chaos within the party, from bottom to top. He would not use weapons on his side and let them clean up their own house.

Let the Dangxiang people supervise and supervise the affairs of growing hair, and the Qiang people govern the Qiang, and also ask them to crowd out and fight with each other for power, and use the Qiang to control the Qiang.

After a big fight, from the people to the top, they will completely stop, and then they will become peaceful and obedient people. From then on, they will learn Chinese etiquette, practice Chinese customs, and integrate in.

The hair-growing thing lasted for nearly a month before gradually stopping. After all, Xixia had a small population and no body hair and skin. It was restrained by the etiquette of the parents, and at the same time, it was carried out with heads rolling and blood flowing in the river. In the past, Xixia men had to shave their hair every seven days, but now there is no need to shave. If they shave, they are fighting against the Qin Palace and rebelling.

But this is not over yet, the internal battle within the party has just begun. Within this month, eight of the original eleven city deacons were impeached for making mistakes, and the replacements made mistakes within a few days. , replaced people again, and it took dozens of rotations to finally complete this matter.

However, among these dozens of people, there was also a character named Wei Ming Xie Zhi.

This person was from the Xixia clan. He had not held many official positions in the court before, because Xixia, like the Song Dynasty, was very cautious in appointing royal clan members.

This famous Xie Zhi is meticulous, ruthless, and ruthless in his work. Whether he is trying to unseat the original deacon or the methods he uses to deal with the people in the party who resist his hair after he becomes the deacon, he is proven to be a traitor. There are decisive figures.

Among the eleven Supervisory Military Divisions, the Baimaqiang Town Military Division where he was the fastest to complete the promotion of hair growth, but it was also the place where the most people were killed. It was absolutely merciless. Not only were they coerced with weapons, they killed many people, and they even arrested people on the street. If someone changes your hair style so that even if you are not afraid of death and go out on the streets with your hair style shaved off and braided, as if you are ready to die, then they will knock you down and directly change it to the style of Song Dynasty bun. If you don't accept it, then I will break your hands, but instead of killing you, I will make you unable to shave your head even if you want to.

Zhao Tong was sitting in the Great Sun Hall of the Qin Palace, looking at the famous Xiezhi who was kneeling on the ground in front of him. The eleven deacons returned to Xingzhou to resume their duties. He only summoned this person, and the others just passed the order and called Yuan Guo. Go to reward and speak.

"Well done!" Zhao Tong said calmly.

"Your Majesty praises you, but I don't deserve it." Wei Ming Xie Zhi lay low, his forehead on the ground, and he behaved well.

When Zhao Tong heard him say the word "Your Majesty", he raised his eyebrows slightly and said for a moment: "Raise your head!"

Weiming Xiezhi slowly raised his head, but still did not dare to look up, his eyelids drooped.

Zhao Tong watched carefully. He had lowered his head before entering the palace and couldn't see his face. Now he saw that this famous Xiezhi was not very old, only around thirty. He had a very ordinary appearance, with a slightly dark complexion and ordinary eyebrows. , thrown into the crowd and couldn't be found for a moment.

"Are you loyal?"

"The humble minister has cut off his own retreat and is only loyal to Your Majesty!"

Zhao Tong nodded. What Wei Ming Xie Zhi did in the past month can indeed be said to have cut off his own path. He was already infamous among the people of Dangxiang and was regarded as a traitor to the Xia Dynasty.

"Come and talk!"

Wei Ming Xie Zhi stood up after hearing the words and walked carefully to the case. Then he heard Zhao Tong say a few words. Wei Ming Xie Zhi's expression immediately changed, and then he lowered his head even lower...

(End of this chapter)