The opening inventory of the top ten young emperors

As the Heavenly Scroll reached this point, a melodious piano sound slowly rang out in the sky, and a yellowed paper appeared in the middle.
The picture flows on the paper, and the content of the post is presented to the emperors word by word. As expected, each word is exquisite and makes people linger.

【@十全老人涂怪: Impossible, absolutely impossible! My Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry would never be so weak. Tianjuan, you must be mistaken! 】

Qianlong posted comments based on what he thought.

【Are you kidding me? The bloody history is there, engraving a century of shame for China.】

[Do you know that in the overseas country of Great Britain, there is a huge museum that houses countless Chinese cultural relics. They all flowed out from the late Qing Dynasty. ]

[Every cultural relic there wants to return home from overseas. But even now that China is becoming stronger again, it is still full of difficulties. ]

Late Qing Dynasty? When the Qing Dynasty was about to fall?
Qianlong didn't want to believe it, but he knew that Tianjuan had no reason to lie to him.

He had copied those scrolls of text and paintings countless times, and even left his own comments and thoughts on many manuscripts. So, were they also brought to your so-called West?
These Westerners are so hateful!
If this is the case, then the demise of the Qing Dynasty must have been related to these Westerners.
By the way, there are also the Japanese pirates. These Japanese people who want to take over the Central Plains are also very hateful.

If only there was some way to prevent these foreigners from invading the Qing Dynasty again!

Hongwu Dynasty.
What? A few years later, foreigners actually broke into the Forbidden City and stole all the treasures in the Forbidden City?
First the Mongols, then these foreigners! How abominable!
Why is there so many disasters in our Chinese land!
"If I wipe out these foreigners first, they won't be able to invade the Central Plains again in the future!"
Looking at the heavenly scroll, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were sharp.

Zhu Yuanzhang was indignant, but Crown Prince Zhu Biao was very calm and advised: "Father, the biggest threat to our Ming Dynasty now is the Mongols. After the Mongols are wiped out, we must also wipe out the Japanese. But no matter what, these two places are very close to our Ming Dynasty, so we can just wipe them out.
But the West is thousands of miles away from our Ming Dynasty, and we don’t even know where they are now. Moreover, the Heavenly Scroll also said that it will take hundreds of years for the West to become powerful, and if we attack them now, we will only get half the result with twice the effort.”

"Yes, father. I also think that the most important thing now is to build the treasure ship, find America as mentioned in the heavenly scroll, and bring back crops such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes. Then, we can start overseas trade and put silver into the national treasury. That is the most important thing."

Zhu Di finally understood that if he wanted to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty and let the people live a prosperous life, he had to make money from maritime trade.

Only when there is enough money can many things be done. Only then can the court not spend more than it earns and do more for the people.

Although Lao Zhu was indignant, he still had a clear mind.
But these Tatars and barbarians were so rampant that it was said that the Qing Dynasty that succeeded the Ming Dynasty also came from the grassland.

So, what was the point of Zhu Yuanzhang's efforts to expel the Mongols?

Build sea vessels, engage in maritime trade, fight Mongolia, destroy Japanese pirates, and search for America...

Zhu Yuanzhang calculated in his mind that he had more and more things to do.
I just wonder how much of these things he can accomplish in his lifetime?
So at this moment, several bullet screens flashed in the sky scroll:

[V@Super IQ, serious chuunibyou patient: I want to build a big ship, go to America, build a steam engine, fight against Japan, do maritime trade, make penicillin... Ask, how can I find so many people who can help me achieve my wishes? ]

[@子控凶残老父: I want to build sea vessels, do maritime trade, fight Mongolia, destroy Japanese pirates, and search for America. May I ask my dear, how can I achieve this? ]

【V@天下一家大智慧: So, my calligraphy and paintings were also taken away by those Westerners? 】

Lei Xiaomeng read the first and second comments and automatically ignored the third one.

[Your Majesty, you have great talents and strategies. I really admire you. But if I were to ask how to achieve them, I would think of the Westernization School founded in the late Qing Dynasty.]

[Although Westerners did not have powerful ships and cannons during the Ming Dynasty, if China could develop science and technology earlier, we would definitely be far ahead of the West.]

[So, the upmaster's suggestion is: in addition to offering liberal arts and military courses, you should also offer science and engineering courses. Specialize in researching and developing related technologies. Students with science and engineering backgrounds are different from craftsmen and can also become officials. ]

School? Westernization School? Polytechnic School?

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Houzhao, the grandfather and grandson, both had their eyes lit up.

Yes, since there are top scholars in literature and top scholars in martial arts, why can’t there be a top scholar in logic?
With these talents, allowing them to use their expertise, why would we worry that there will be no one available when they are doing these things?

Not only them, Qin Shihuang also understood immediately after seeing the answer from Tianjuan.

He could also run this kind of science school. Not only that, he could also try out the later imperial examinations on a small scale.
Even if the ministers and officials were unwilling to give up their qualification to recommend him at this time, it would not affect his ability to select talents from the common people and find help for himself.

Qin Shi Huang was greatly relieved when he thought of this, and immediately ordered: "Post a notice saying that I want to recruit paper-making craftsmen, and those who are selected can be exempted from one year of corvée labor."

No matter what, if one wants to recruit scholars from the common people, the paper must be made first and the books must be printed first.
Only in this way can he select more intelligent people from the common people to serve him.

At this moment, the appreciation of "Current Affairs Post" was finished, and the voice of the up master sounded again in the heavenly scroll.

[Thinking back then, Zeng Gong also failed the imperial examinations many times, and finally had to return to his hometown to farm and educate his younger siblings. But although he returned to his hometown to farm, he did not give up the imperial examinations. He even led his younger siblings to study together and prepare for the exams. ]

[It was also because of his persistence that in the imperial examination presided over by Ouyang Xiu, in addition to him, his younger brother and brother-in-law, a total of six people in his family passed the imperial examination. ]

[This shocked the government and the public at the time, and also became a good story.]

Six Jinshi in one family!
The emperors thought that it was extremely rare for the brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe to have two Jinshi in their family, but they did not expect that there was a family with six Jinshi. Were the Jinshi in the Song Dynasty purchased wholesale?

[These unique literary masters all appeared during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song. Why were there so many talented people during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song? Why do I feel like all these talented people were born during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song? ]

[My friends, in fact, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there were not only the Six Great Masters of the Song Dynasty, but also many, many great masters. It can be said that this era was a paradise for literati. ]

A paradise for literati?
At the beginning, all the emperors were yearning for the great talents during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, but as time went on, they felt something was wrong.

Is it just a paradise for literati?
They are all literati who can't carry anything on their shoulders or lift their hands.

It is no wonder that the Song Dynasty was said to have emphasized culture over military power.
But even if one emphasizes culture over martial arts, being lame to this extent is tantamount to destroying one's own martial arts!

The dynasties before the Song Dynasty only found it incredible. However, the dynasties after the Song Dynasty, especially the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, sneered in their hearts when they looked at the heavenly scroll.

So the Song Dynasty was a big piece of fat meat.
By the end of the Song Dynasty, there were many small countries around it, and its territory was much smaller than that of the Tang, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

Otherwise, it would not have been invaded by the Mongols, destroying the Zhao Song Dynasty which had lasted for 300 years.

[How many literati have become famous in this era? 】

[In addition to the six masters mentioned above, there are also well-known masters such as Bao Zheng, Lü Dajun, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, etc. ]

[There are also Shen Kuo who wrote "Mengxi Bitan", Zhou Dunyi who wrote "On the Love of Lotus", Liu Yong who is a representative of the graceful style of poetry, Yan Shu who is also known as "Yan Ou" together with Ouyang Xiu, and Cai Xiang who wrote the world's first fruit tree classification book "Lychee Spectrum".]

For the emperors after Renzong, these were indeed very familiar names, and some of them had even been familiar with the poems of these great writers when they were just beginning to learn.

But in fact, the Song Dynasty did not become stronger because of these people, but became weaker and weaker.

So, is it really a good thing that there were so many weak and incompetent literati in the Song Dynasty?

[In addition, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, Ouyang Xiu was not the only one who won the top three prizes in the imperial examinations. There were three others, a total of four. In the entire Song Dynasty, there were only six people who won the top three prizes in the imperial examinations.]

[So, again, it’s the same thing. Rather than saying that these talented people created this era of literary boom, it’s better to say that the relaxed environment under the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty made these students successful.]

At this time, Qin Shihuang looked at the heavenly scroll and couldn't help but curled his lips.
Talent is valuable, but if scholars look down on each other, wouldn't such a court be noisy?
If it were him, if he saw ministers in the court arguing over trivial matters and not doing their business, he would have dismissed them from their posts and driven them out of the court long ago.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked disapproving.
Those sour scholars were good at talking nonsense, and he hated that the most. Unlike the military generals, fighting was a fight, and that was a fight for life. Who has ever seen someone who could just scold the enemy and then make the enemy surrender the city and ask for peace by just writing a poem?

Tianjuan's inventory this time was not to praise Song Renzong, but to clearly point out the reasons for the demise of the Song Dynasty.
Isn’t this the most obvious example of “empty talk leading to the downfall of a country”?

The emperors of all dynasties were complaining in their hearts, but they saw the camera flash in the scroll and changed to the scene of appreciating the Qingming Shanghe Tu, and then the topic changed.

【However, after reviewing the two episodes, we can say that Song Renzong was a generous and benevolent monarch. But was he a wise monarch? 】
【I think, in fact, many people already have the answer in their hearts. 】

【The Qingli New Deal was initiated and ended by him, which shows that he was indecisive and weak. 】【From the fact that the wonderful book "Wu Jing Zong Zhu" was shelved and the various advanced weapons and concepts in it were discarded by the Song people, it can be seen that Song Renzong was completely muddled in his work, with a strong start but a weak end. 】

【In addition, his easily compromised character meant that he could only maintain the status quo and could not expand. As a result, the Song Dynasty was unable to eliminate the drawbacks throughout its history, leaving a huge hidden danger for the subsequent disasters.】

Sure enough, the feeling of emperors of all dynasties was correct. The old lady first praised and then criticized. Is there something else behind her words?
They all perked up.

Given that Apozhu is recognized as the "king of going off-topic", and based on the experience of previous issues, this is often the time when they can get more information.

It’s just a pity that just when they cheered up and were about to continue listening to the old lady’s “off-topic” talk, the review of this episode ended.

[Okay, that’s it for this episode. In the next episode, we will continue to review the story of Song Renzong and his nine reign titles.]

[Yes, nine reign titles in one dynasty is the most in history. But under each reign title, Renzong left his footprints as an emperor. And as a benevolent (weak) emperor, the change of reign titles also revealed his situation at the time. ]

[Now it’s time to leave comments. Are you ready? There are ten comments this time. Please speak up! ]

【@The Ideal Youth with Great Aspirations but Unfulfilled Aspirations: I died of depression at the age of 38? I have always been in good health, how could this happen? 】

As the message alert sounded, Lei Xiaomeng clicked on the first message and confirmed that the person should be playing the role of Song Shenzong.

Thirty-eight years old should be considered middle-aged in ancient times. Although many emperors died at this age, the death of Song Shenzong is really a pity. So, Lei Xiaomeng thought about it and replied:

[Reply 1 @The Ideal Youth with Great Aspirations but Hard to Achieve Your Majesty, I mourn your loss. As I said before, your untimely death was largely related to the defeat in the war against Western Xia.]

[Reply 2: As we all know, you initiated Wang Anshi's reforms, which did achieve some results at the beginning. At least the situation of "generals not knowing their soldiers, and soldiers not knowing their generals" was effectively improved.]

[Reply 3: Because of this, we have made some progress in the preparation of the army, which has improved the army's combat effectiveness.]

Yes, it has indeed improved.
Looking at the first few replies to the Heavenly Scroll, Song Shenzong felt a little excited.
But Tianjuan suddenly changed the subject.

[Reply 4 to continue. However, what you think is an improvement is just what you think. After you won the initial stage of your war against Xixia, you were very pleased and wanted to take advantage of the victory to recapture Yanyou in one fell swoop.]

[Reply 5: It's a pity that the Song Dynasty only won the early stages of the war with the Western Xia, and was later defeated by the Western Xia.]

[After reply 6, the court officials who were originally opposed to the reform immediately wrote to you to request the cancellation of the new policy and the restoration of the old policy. Even the Empress Dowager in the harem put great pressure on you.]

These ministers are really trying to sabotage my reforms all the time.

Song Shenzong suddenly thought of the Emperor Zhengde mentioned in the Heavenly Scroll. Wasn't it also the case that his policies were abolished by the cabinet ministers after his death? And this minister was his most trusted teacher.

Can he also suppress the arrogance of these old ministers like Emperor Zhengde did, so that they will not always hinder him?

Song Shenzong had a headache when he thought that many of these ministers were selected by his great-uncle Song Renzong. These scholars were used to being arrogant during his great-uncle's time, and it was indeed difficult to deal with them. It seemed that he had to deal with them with a heavy hand.

[Reply 7: You were overwhelmed by the heavy pressure, and the failure of the attack on Xixia caused more people to oppose your policies. You were so angry that your health deteriorated rapidly and you passed away at the age of .]

[Reply 8 continued. After that, the Queen Mother personally came forward and abolished the new law and continued to implement the old policy. In this way, the vigorous reform you carried out against all odds completely failed. ]

Queen Mother, Queen Mother!
Song Shenzong looked pale.
He could deal heavy blows to those ministers, but he could do nothing about the Queen Mother. If he disobeyed the Queen Mother, would he let those literati scold him for being unfilial?

【Reply 9: In fact, many people attribute the failure of this reform to Wang Anshi alone. They say Wang Anshi abused his power, but Wang Anshi was just a scapegoat. The bad policies of the Song Dynasty were closely related to the interests of the bureaucrats, aristocrats and landlords.】

【Reply 10: As the most representative emperor among these people, could he possibly rebel against himself? The only thing he could do was reform. But after making so many reforms, his own interests would eventually be affected. That would be the time for the reform to end.】

"That's right! How could this emperor rebel against me?" Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to agree. "We have to rise up like me and drive them out of power. Only then can we do whatever we want."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly, but Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others around him lowered their heads and dared not speak.

Did their father forget that he is also the emperor now?
There were things he could say that they couldn't even mention.

[Reply 11 continued. And that is exactly why many emperors who became rich through peasant uprisings, at the moment of completing their identity transformation, also left their own class and became representatives of the bureaucratic landlord aristocracy, just like the emperors they overthrew.]

[Reply 12: Therefore, even if a dynasty changes, some drawbacks can be alleviated but they cannot disappear. Often, in the later period of a dynasty, it will continue the mistakes of the previous dynasty and then be overthrown!]

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just been full of vigor and vitality, immediately fell speechless.
Then he became furious.

"Is this Tian Juan inciting the people to rebel? Damn it, it's really damned!"

If he had not left a message on the barrage today, he would have definitely spoken out and severely criticized Tianjuan for his treason!
The "anti-wolf brother" who left a message behind "ideal youth":
[@抗狼兄爱换马甲的抗狼兄: Is there a new policy in the Song Dynasty that is more radical than the ten new policies of the Qingli New Deal? Wouldn’t the Song Dynasty be in danger? ]

Just after answering the question about “ideal youth”, this “anti-wolf brother” asked this kind of question.
If she had known this earlier, she would have answered the question of this "anti-wolf brother" first.

[Reply 1 @爱换马甲的抗狼兄 Your Majesty, your "Qingli New Deal" is really not radical, it just slightly touched the relevant policies set by Emperor Taizu of Song. Many fundamental problems were not touched at all, let alone solved. ]

[Reply 2: The policies formulated by Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty are full of problems and hidden dangers. But as I just mentioned in the video, you don’t really want to reform. ]

[Reply 3: You just want to use the new policy to divert domestic attention and achieve other goals. Once the various domestic conflicts are resolved, you will immediately abolish the new policy.]

[Reply 4 to continue: It's a pity that Mr. Fan Wencheng, who "worried about the world before he worried about himself, and enjoyed himself after he enjoyed himself", was used as a raft by you and became the target of public criticism. ]

[Reply 5: The reform lasted only one year and four months before you stopped it. Fan Zhongyan also left the court in dismay.]

At this time, Fan Zhongyan had just arrived at Song Renzong's inner study to report to him on the relevant matters of the reform. He had also seen what Tianjuan had said on the way, and as soon as he came in, he saw the emperor leaving a message in Tianjuan.

Thinking about this review, it was fine at first, but when he heard Tianjuan praising Emperor Renzong, he was very excited and felt that he was following a wise ruler.
But as the style of the painting took a sudden turn for the worse, he realized that what Tianjuan had said in the beginning might not necessarily be a good thing.
So he tried hard to lower his presence.

It was not until now, when he heard Tianjuan mention again the reasons for the failure of the Qingli New Deal, that he realized that Tianjuan was not wrong.

There are now countless people in the court impeaching him. Although His Majesty Renzong does not believe what these people say, three people can make a tiger, and accumulated criticism will destroy him. One day, His Majesty will become alienated from him.

Now the reform has been going on for a year, and it is not long since that year and four months.
Not only that, Emperor Renzong's attitude towards him has become subtle recently, perhaps this is the reason.

So, does this also mean that the reform is about to fail and he will leave the court completely?
"Worry about the world before you worry about yourself, and be happy about the world after you are happy about yourself." He really hopes that he can do it, but given the times and circumstances, if he really fails, he can only accept the outcome calmly.

I was lost in thought when I heard the old lady continue to reply:
[Reply 6: As I said before, the status of emperor means his compromise and incompleteness. But Song Renzong added the word "more".]

[Reply 7: It is said that during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, no official had his property confiscated or his family exterminated, which was a benevolent policy. However, since he was benevolent to everyone, wasn’t he also cruel to others?]

[Reply 8: In fact, if the Song Dynasty had been reformed at that time, it might have been the best time. At least the government was stable and there was no war. He could have started with domestic affairs and made changes little by little.]

[Reply 9: It’s a pity that Song Renzong was afraid when the new policy just started, and surrendered to the opposition early.]

【Reply 10 to continue Throughout the Song Dynasty, the surrender faction was almost from top to bottom. If there was any disturbance outside the Great Wall, they might approach the capital. At this time, there were many ministers who advocated moving the capital and surrendering. And they were not criticized. 】

[Reply 11 continued from above. This shows the atmosphere among the literati at that time. Later, Qin Hui also advocated resistance against the Jin army, but after being captured by the Jin army, he was quickly instigated to rebel and was used by the Jin people. ]

[Reply 12 to continue. He returned to the Southern Song Dynasty to help the Jin people, but he became the prime minister. He controlled the government for more than years, killed Marshal Yue, and destroyed the Song Dynasty's anti-Jin plan. He lost half of the Song Dynasty and was eventually despised by later generations! ]

At this moment, Song Renzong suddenly called Fan Zhongyan and said, "Xiwen, do you know what I am holding in my hand?"
Fan Zhongyan was stunned and looked at what Song Renzong was holding, only to see a memorial.

"Official, this is..."
"This is the memorial impeaching you for treason!" Song Renzong smiled, "and the personal letter in which you want to depose me!"

what!
Fan Zhongyan was startled and immediately knelt down.

(End of this chapter)