Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 733 Weird Aggregation Characteristics

[There is an old saying that there is nothing new under the sun. The power struggles in the feudal era were actually similar.

For example, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan was a weirdo, and his queen was no less so.

Yuan Wenzong gave up the throne but regretted it and poisoned his elder brother. During this court struggle, Yuan Wenzong's queen Budashiri also conspired with eunuchs to murder Yuan Mingzong's queen, pushing her into a pit of roasted lamb and burning her to death.

Later we also learned that before his death, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan had a mental breakdown and said he wanted to give the throne to his nephew.

It would be fine if Emperor Wenzong of Yuan had a seizure, after all, he was going to die, so it was understandable that his brain was not normal, but it was more incomprehensible that Empress Budashiri also had a seizure.

You two worked together to kill Emperor Mingzong of Yuan and his wife, and now you want to push their son to be the emperor. You are really not afraid of death.

And the Empress Dowager Budashiri did more than that. Emperor Shun of Yuan, who was helped to ascend the throne, was only thirteen years old, so the government naturally fell into the hands of Budashiri.

But the 28-year-old Empress Dowager felt that being in power was meaningless. After some searching, she promoted a man named Boyan to be the prime minister to manage state affairs, and she soon fell in love with Boyan.

And this Boyan, as expected, is also a weirdo.

His career as prime minister was based on a simple principle:
All Han people are traitors, and everything related to Han culture is a disaster.

According to this principle, Bayan, who held great power, began to constantly propose decrees for Emperor Shundi of Yuan to approve.

The Han people lost their country because of the imperial examination system. This is not good and should be banned! Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty nodded.

The Han people practiced spear and stick martial arts, which was dangerous and should be banned! Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty agreed.

The Han people like to gather together to perform operas, which can easily lead to gathering together to discuss politics. It is forbidden! Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty followed his advice.

There are too many Han people. Let's kill all the people with the five surnames Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao! Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty... Wait!
Emperor Shun of Yuan was shocked. You think I am not dying fast enough?

Bayan, the prime minister at that time, was facing endless peasant uprisings in various parts of the Yuan Dynasty. The plan to massacre the five major surnames was a brilliant idea thought up by the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty. One can imagine his level of skill.

Because of this incident, Boyan and Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty completely fell out. Both of them felt that the other was unreasonable, and the conflict became increasingly public. All of this was seen by Boyan's eldest nephew, whose name was Tuotuo.

Tuotuo felt that his uncle Boyan would fail sooner or later with his current level, and when the time came, even ten clans would not be enough to wipe out the whole family. So in order to save himself, he wanted to kill his own relatives for the sake of justice.

At that time, Tuotuo was Boyan's right-hand man. After he defected, he and Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty hit it off immediately. It was basically impossible for two smart people to fail when they conspired to deal with a mentally retarded person.

So on this day, Bayan, the Empress Dowager's lover and the only prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, went out of the city to hunt leisurely, and when he came back he found that the city gate was closed.

Not only that, the people guarding the city were all new faces, and his eldest nephew Tuotuo, who had always been his right-hand man, threw down an imperial edict from the city gate:
From now on you are a senior official in Henan Province, so hurry up and take up your post.

Having lost his external brain, Boyan was at a loss. He waited outside the city gate until dark but no one came to pick him up. He could only plan to take up his post dejectedly.

But the high-ranking official position was just a stopgap measure arranged by Tuotuo in order to free up time to sweep the capital again and eliminate all of Bayan's followers.

Therefore, before Boyan even reached Henan, Tuotuo, who had already completed his mission, asked Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty to issue an imperial edict:
Uncle, it's difficult for you to be a high-ranking official with your level of qualifications. There is a Yangchun County in Nan'en Prefecture (Guangdong) that needs a county magistrate. You are just the right person, so you should take up the position as soon as possible.

To put it bluntly, he was exiled to Lingnan.

With nothing else to do, Boyan really turned to Nan'en Prefecture, but he became angrier and angrier along the way, and he died of anger when passing through Jiangxi.

As expected, the first thing that Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty did after he finally came to power was to expel Budashiri, the murderer of his mother and the benefactor who helped him to ascend the throne, from the capital and stripped him of all his honorific titles. He then issued an order to execute him.

And Tuotuo was officially promoted from deputy to official, and began the last struggle of the short-lived Yuan Dynasty: Tuotuo's transformation. 】In the Guangzheng Hall, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu and others looked at each other, and finally it was the Zhao Song official who had no choice but to break the silence:
"Our Great Song Dynasty was actually defeated by the Mongols..."

Everyone knows what happened to the Song Dynasty at the hands of the Mongols, and the emotion in Zhao Kuangyin's words is also clear.

Zhao Pu and others had their own ideas. In comparison, Li Yu, the true ruler of a fallen nation, was more calm:

"It's not a bad idea for me to spend my old age in Bianliang, but I don't want my descendants to live in such an absurd dynasty."

When Zhao Kuangyin was upset, he couldn't help playing with the jade axe. When he heard this, he simply knocked the axe handle on the armrest of the chair:

"Don't say Congjia doesn't want to, I definitely don't want to either."

"It's a good thing that this Yuan Lord understands some of the truth when he tells this story, otherwise I don't know how many more corpses we would have lost in vain."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't think that the Yuan court could kill everyone with five surnames, but if such a ridiculous order was really issued, it would definitely cause tens of thousands of casualties in the initial stage and even more displacement.

As for the succession of the throne in the Yuan court, the chaos was so unprecedented that it could be considered quite outrageous in the words of later generations.

Moreover, from the perspective of an observer, even if there were explanations from later generations, Zhao Kuangyin did not understand where the Mongols got the confidence to refuse to be sinicized. How could the person who ruled the world come up with such a suggestion as to massacre all the people of the five surnames in the country?
Not to mention that Emperor Wenzong of Yuan Dynasty gave up the throne first and then killed his brother, and his queen supported her nephew who had killed her mother to ascend the throne.

The more he thought about it, the more Zhao Kuangyin felt his temples throbbing. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and sigh:
"This Emperor Hongwu did a great job!"

Zhao Pu stepped forward to comfort him:

"You don't have to worry, my lord. I have said this many times, but I will say it again. If we cannot neglect both civil and military affairs, then our Song Dynasty will be able to unify China."

"And if there is anything good about the Mongol cavalry..."

Zhao Kuangyin understood this:
"In the past, King Wuling of Zhao was able to wear Hu clothing, ride and shoot to defend against the enemy. I can also follow his example."

"However," Zhao Kuangyin also shook his head:
"The Mongol cavalry was only strong for a short time. If they were to lead by hundreds of years, they should have developed gunpowder, which was not their strength."

Qian Chu couldn't help but interrupt:
"The prosperity of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty's trade is mostly due to our Song Dynasty. I am willing to lead the expansion of our Song Dynasty's maritime trade!"

My grandfather Qian Liu was good at water conservancy, so he was quite famous among the people in Liangzhe and was called the Dragon King of the Sea.

Qian Chu really hoped to make this title worthy of its name.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded in agreement. He had actually thought about this matter a long time ago. After all, the commercial taxes in the Northern Song Dynasty listed by later generations had increased dramatically and even exceeded the land tax. It would be a lie to say that he was not tempted.

But out of instinct, Zhao Kuangyin did not believe that this thing would really be of great benefit with no harm, so after thinking it over again and again, he decided to follow the example of Jia Sidao when his reform was hindered and select one or two places to try out the commercial tax policy.

Know the advantages, but also know the disadvantages, so that you can be safe.

……

Li Shanchang had read "History of Yuan Dynasty". Although the name was difficult to pronounce and the records were brief, it was not a problem for him.

He was shocked once when he learned about the history of the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty from others, and he was shocked again when he read the history of Yuan Dynasty himself later.

But even now, when I hear later generations talk about the history of the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty, this feeling of shock is still not much relieved.

(End of this chapter)