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"I remember talking about the Tanyuan Alliance before. To put it simply, it was a war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Khitan. When the Northern Song Dynasty saw that it could not defeat the Khitan, it quickly gave in. If the Khitan refused, it asked for land cession and compensation. The Northern Song Dynasty monarchs knew that ceding land would not work and would cause trouble. After being infamous for thousands of years, I thought of a way, that is, not to cede land but only to pay compensation."

"After that, the two parties signed an agreement, and the Northern Song Dynasty would give the Khitan 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year."

"It was indeed this number at the beginning, but as the Khitan grew and grew, the demands became more and more demanding. Naturally, this number no longer worked. It was not until the Jin Dynasty replaced the Liao Kingdom that the Song Dynasty began to pay the Jin Dynasty coins again. .”

"After Song Zhenzong signed the alliance, he made nice words, saying that he couldn't bear the suffering of the people in war and would rather buy peace with money. But in fact, didn't he know what was going on?"

"He also knows that this is an act of humiliating the country."

Under the canopy

Many people started crying.

The people on the border between Song and Liao were also crying.

"The fairy is right, why buy peace with money? Money is given every year, but we have never had peace."

"If you give them money, the Khitan will also invade the border. They will thresh grain and grass every year, and people will die every year."

"Wouldn't it be good to use this money to fight the war with the soldiers?"

Song Zhenzong's face was extremely ugly.

Wuyou sighed: "Actually, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were not all bad. They all did very well in the field of culture and economy. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, the economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and the arable land for agriculture also increased a lot, and they also introduced Improved seeds have increased crop yields, and the handicraft industry has also become more and more developed.”

"It can be said that the Song Dynasty was very rich, so rich that even the monarchs and ministers thought it was no big deal to give them some money. However, just because they were rich and behaved like this to show weakness, it was like a piece of fat that attracted the covetousness of evil wolves."

"Later generations often say that if the Northern Song Dynasty did not place so much emphasis on civility and military affairs, but could pay equal attention to civility and military affairs, what a great dynasty it would be, an era where both civility and military generals were good, and culture, economy, and science and technology were brilliant."

"It's a pity that the Song Dynasty was just a lame dynasty."

This lame sentence made the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty feel as if their hearts were fried, and they were extremely uncomfortable.

Under the canopy

Many people can't understand what the emperors and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty were thinking.

Even old men who farm in the countryside understand that if their family is wealthy and has a lot of gold and silver, they have to support some caretakers. When you are weak, no matter how much money is given to you, you will not be able to bear it. Not only is it not a good thing, but it will lead to death. disaster.

And those who are supposed to be the smartest people in a day, can't they see through this?

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin sighed: "Fairy loves deeply, so she blames her deeply."

He thought about being forced by the Turks when he ascended the throne, and had to surrender when the troops came to the city. It was a shame that he would never forget for the rest of his life, and it was a painful experience. When the Tang Dynasty became stronger, this was the first thing he would avenge.

But what about the Northern Song Dynasty?

Tan Yuan's alliance, the treaty of humiliation, actually doesn't want to strengthen itself and take revenge as soon as possible. Even if you don't take revenge, don't repeat the days of being forced to the doorstep by the enemy. Instead, you just want to use money to buy others not to hit you. Hey, is there something wrong with your brain?

Not only Li Shimin, but also Liu Che felt that the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty were mentally ill.

"Song Zhenzong always thought about the grievances of the Tanyuan Alliance and wanted to avenge his previous humiliation, but he did not have the courage to fight the Khitan again. At this time, Wang Qinruo gave him an idea and asked him to go to Mount Tai to become a Zen monk."

"But we all know that those who have always gone to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen are all emperors of a generation who are top-notch in civil and martial arts. Song Zhenzong himself also knows that he can't compare to those who came before him. He wants to go, but he is afraid that the ministers will object. Afraid of people gossiping, Wang Qinruo came up with another idea, saying that if there is good luck from heaven, the trip can be completed."

"Song Zhenzong was also afraid that Wang Dan, the prime minister at the time, would not agree. For this reason, he secretly gave Wang Dan a jar of pearls and bribed the ministers so that he would not object to the canonization. Wang Dan softened his attitude because of these pearls and did not object anymore. In fact, Wang Dan regretted it later when he was old, but his attitude changed at that time."

"It happened to be a snowy winter this year, and the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty were very happy. In the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty convened a meeting of ministers. He told the ministers that one night last year, he dreamed that there was a red light in the house. A divine man walked out of the light, and the divine man said that in January of the coming year, three chapters of the Great Auspicious Talisman of the Heavenly Book would be sent down from heaven, and he also told the Shinsect to keep it a secret."

"Then, I waited and waited. That morning, the Imperial City Secretary came to report that a yellow package was found in the south corner of Chengtian Gate. It must be the Book of Heaven."

"When the ministers heard about such a thing, they started talking about it. At this time, Wang Qinruo and Wang Dan cooperated with Song Zhenzong to say that the harvests in recent years have been abundant and the people have been saved from war. It is really a sign of prosperity. The descending of the heavenly book is a praise from the gods. If... the monarch and his ministers cooperated like this, what can others say? They had no choice but to cooperate. So, everyone went to Chengtianmen and found the heavenly book. When they opened it, it read that Zhao was ordered to prosper in the Song Dynasty, live in its place, and keep it upright. , seven hundred generations, ninety-nine years..."

Wuyou laughed when he said this.

Many people also laughed.

汉朝

Liu Bang even threw away the meat: "Little trick, little trick, no one knows what's going on."

He laughed for a while: "I think that when I raised the army, I pretended to be the Red Emperor's son. Why did I kill the white snake..."

Liu Che was also laughing: "Who are you kidding? I think that when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, they were also hiding books in the belly of a fish... Which of the emperors in the past dynasties did not create some auspiciousness?"

Qin Dynasty

The First Emperor thought of the troubles caused by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms after he ascended the throne, and sneered: "Auspicious? Humph..."

After Wuyou smiled, he continued: "The Book of Heaven says that the Song Dynasty flourished for seven hundred generations, but let's do the math. The Book of Heaven appeared in 1008, and the Northern Song Dynasty fell in 1126. That's just over a hundred years. Nian, the gods don’t keep their word.”

"A few months later, all the subjects of the Song Dynasty knew about the coming of the Heavenly Book to the world, so someone took the lead in asking Song Zhenzong Taishan to enshrine it. This is the general process of the Heavenly Book incident."

"Wang Qinruo was deeply trusted by Song Zhenzong because he gave him advice. Later, Kou Zhun also asked him to snitch and was fired. Wang Qinruo lived a very prosperous life in Zhenzong until Zhenzong last year, when Renzong After succeeding to the throne, he also lived a good life. After his death, Liu E still mourned..."

"Okay, let's stop talking about Song Zhenzong. Next, let's talk about Song Renzong."

"We have talked about the Song Dynasty Men's Heavenly Group in the Renzong Dynasty before, and talked about some celebrities and talents in the Renzong Dynasty, such as Su Shi, Bao Zheng, Liu Sanbian, who was ordered to write lyrics, and Sima Guang, who smashed vats, etc. Wait, now, let’s talk about Song Renzong.”