King of Song

Chapter 412 The Right Pillow

It was inevitable that Queen Mother Liang would not be convinced. Maybe before that, she was still a little hesitant, thinking that after returning to Liang Yibu, she might really consider a truce.

After all, successive wars are also a huge consumption for Xixia, and the situation is not optimistic.But Suizhou suffered a dark loss, and Zhewenxin was rescued, which made the peace talks suddenly a little passive.The most important thing is that her majestic queen mother was taken advantage of. Naturally, she couldn't say such a thing, but she was extremely annoyed in her heart.

Now that you are in Suizhou, let's make a good plan.Winning is naturally the best, but it can win more benefits and save some face, and it doesn't matter if you lose.Anyway, the result will not be worse. No matter what Lin Zhao does, Song Ting hopes to negotiate peace, and that is enough.Let Lin Zhao make trouble, the officials in Bianjing in the Song Dynasty will help him, so he is not worried.

Tuobashi stood firm on his side, and he should at least teach Lin Zhao a lesson when he planned on his own side. Empress Dowager Liang had already started to plan in her heart.After all, she is not a law-abiding woman, and things will naturally not be easily let go.

Where is the breakthrough point?And the "rumor" did not know whether it was introduced to Bianjing City?
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Bianjing is already in summer in May, and the weather is a bit hot. The most terrible thing is that it has been sunny since late spring this year, and there has never been a single drop of rain.

The situation is especially serious along the Yellow River and Hebei Road. Although spring plowing continues as usual, the growth of seedlings will undoubtedly be affected. The harvest in the north this autumn is really worrying.This is not the most important thing, spring and summer are dry, what will happen in autumn?

It is not uncommon to experience drought followed by flooding. Floods are not terrible, but once the Yellow River floods, it will be terrible.You know, Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was on the bank of the Yellow River.As long as the Yellow River floods, it will directly threaten the safety of the dynasty and affect tens of millions of people.

It has to be said that it was indeed a bit of a mistake for the Northern Song Dynasty to choose Bianjing as the capital.The surrounding plains are not dangerous to defend, and it is not suitable as a capital at all from the perspective of military defense.Furthermore, the flood, the Yellow River is one aspect, and there are many rivers and canals such as Bianjing, which are also a great threat to the city of Bianjing.

The only advantage may be the convenient water transportation, but if the two times are offset, it seems that there is no advantage.At the beginning, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had intended to move the capital to Luoyang. As the prefect of Kaifeng, how could Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi, who had his foundation in Bianjing, be willing?Later, the shadow of the candle became popular, and Taizu died for no apparent reason.After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, no one mentioned the matter of moving the capital.Furthermore, how easy is it to move the capital in ancient society?Ease is inescapable.

As a result, the capital of the Song Dynasty remained in Bianjing, and was always threatened by the flood of the Yellow River.From the past to the future, there will always be threats from other places in the north, and the disaster of national subjugation has been doomed from the very beginning.But that is the original history. In this time and space, because of Lin Zhao's arrival, it may change...

Right now, for Da Song, there is no military disaster, and the biggest threat is still the flood...

A few years ago, the flood of the Yellow River caused the embankment to burst, and it was finally diverted to Hebei, and the mouth of the sea was changed to the junction with the Liao Kingdom.The land of Hebei is flooded, and the originally rich land can be said to be a thousand miles away, and many places have become swamps, which cannot be cultivated at all.The displacement of the people was horrible. Not only did they not have enough output, but it also became a heavy burden for the Song Dynasty.

It can be said that the land of Hebei has been in chaos for the past few years. If it weren't for the tough and respected Han Qi who was appointed as the Hebei Road Xuanfu envoy to preside over the overall situation, it would have been in chaos long ago.

If it's just that, it's fine, because of the loss of Youyun Sixteen States, the land of Hebei is particularly important to the national defense of the Song Dynasty.Without Yanshan as a barrier, we can only rely on the land of Hebei, the natural and expanded ponds to block the Liao cavalry, but after the Yellow River diverted, it carried a large amount of sediment, which made the ponds and rivers dug by the Song army increasingly silted. also gradually lost.

From people's livelihood to national defense, the Yellow River, the mother river, seemed to pose too many threats to the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, once the Yellow River floods, it will be a very serious problem for the Song Dynasty, and the danger is self-evident.Flooding seems to have become the number one natural disaster in the Song Dynasty, so it is natural to pay special attention to abnormal weather.

Among them, the role and tasks of Si Tianjian are naturally much heavier. When will the drought be alleviated?What will be the weather after summer and autumn?Whether there will be continuous rain, these need to be observed by Si Tianjian.

Si Tianjian Zheng'an Chongning has undoubtedly become a very busy person recently. He just selected a geomantic cave for the third prince, and started worrying about the weather.Especially the weather is not what he is good at, so it is undoubtedly even more embarrassing. It can be said that he is too busy to slack off.Ever since, regarding that night when Ziwei was weak, the matter of the guest star and the culprit was simply forgotten and never mentioned to anyone again.

So, naturally, no one noticed that little star in the sky was accumulating strength.When it officially appears in the sky one day, it will inevitably shine brightly, even directly overshadowing the light of Ziwei Star.On that day, it will definitely be amazing, and the world will shake...

The weather is abnormal, and Si Tianjian is definitely not the only one who is busy.The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry in the central court are also closely related. One is in charge of money, food and taxes, and the other is worried about strengthening the Yellow River.Further up, the emperor and the prime minister also had no leisure time. Perhaps Zhao Xu was still immersed in the grief of the death of his third son and hadn't considered these things, but Wang Anshi had to get busy worryingly. It's always good to be prepared.Since Zeng Gongliang proved his identity as Prime Minister last time, he has kept a low profile a lot, and now because he is getting old, he has the idea of ​​becoming an official, so all the ministers are currently dominated by Wang Anshi

Wang Anshi was so busy that he couldn't settle down even with his son Wang Yu.The first thing Wang Xi thought of was not how much damage the drought or possible floods would cause to the people or how much damage would be caused to the court, but the impact that possible natural disasters would have on the status of his father Wang Anshi and their royal family.

In the first year of Xining, Wang Anshi entered the court, and the following year he got the support of Emperor Zhao Xu to implement the reform. Now it is the fourth year of Xining, the third year of the reform.Originally, Wang Yu was also full of confidence, and he was full of expectations for his father's reform, but as time went by, Wang Yu began to waver.

In three years, the reform has not achieved much, which made him doubt his father's proposition and his own judgment.Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, which is an eternal truth.The Green Crop Law did not have the expected effect and was met with many resistances. After the implementation was reluctantly implemented, the imperial court's taxes were increased to a certain extent, but it is said that the response from the people was very poor, and the common people suffered a lot because of it.

Especially at the beginning, Lin Zhao, a disciple of their "direct line", opposed the young crop law, which made Wang Anshi lose face.Thinking of Lin Zhao, Wang Yu became very angry for no reason...

To evaluate the success of a reform is definitely not based on whether it can increase fiscal revenue. People's livelihood issues are equally important.Especially in ancient society, water can carry a boat or overturn it, and the lesson that the people are more important than the king is always in your ears.What's the point of the reform if the voice of opposition from the people is getting louder and louder?Can it continue?Then the father's aspect may be in jeopardy.

In particular, there are no fatherly allies in the DPRK and China, and most officials are conservative and oppose reform.In this case, Wang Anshi can be said to be alone and helpless. With the support of the emperor alone, the position of prime minister is not very stable.If someone blamed his father for the miserable life of the people, the consequences would undoubtedly be even more unfavorable.

But if that's all, it can still be sustained. Sometimes the emperor's favor and trust are very important.A little impeachment will not work, and the young emperor may not believe that his country is in dire straits.It has to be said that Wang Yu is sometimes too conceited. Some things that did not happen today do not mean that they will not happen in the future. It's just that the time has not come yet.

Now the conceited prime minister naturally didn't expect this, but he also has his own worries.His worry is natural disasters. In ancient times, the emphasis was on the interaction between heaven and man, such as droughts, floods, earthquakes and even fires, which will be connected with the human world, especially the court.The corresponding characters are naturally the emperor, prince, prime minister, and other related characters.

There are many such examples in history. During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Concubine Wan Gui once instigated the emperor to replace the prince.Originally, the position of the prince Zhu Youtang was in jeopardy. If there was any mistake in him, the Ming Dynasty would lose the Hongzhi Zhongxing that lasted for 18 years in the future.A coincidence happened at this time, Dongyue Taishan earthquake.

There was a connection between Dongyue and the East Palace. As a result, Emperor Chenghua thought it was a warning from heaven, so naturally he did not dare to think about replacing the crown prince.Often when a disaster occurs, the current emperor will take some actions, either changing the year or changing the prime minister.

Attention, change the prime minister!
In the era of the ancient imperial system, although the prime minister was a very high existence, it was often necessary to help the emperor to be scapegoated. Perhaps this is also because there are more treacherous ministers than foolish emperors!
An indisputable fact, although the emperor is supreme.But after all, he is the son of heaven, the son of heaven, so naturally he must fear heaven.Therefore, in this period when the effect of the reform is mediocre, the people's lives are difficult, and hundreds of officials are constantly opposing, if there is any reform in the celestial phenomena, if someone catches it and attacks Wang Anshi, even Zhao Xu will not be able to protect it.

There was such a precedent in the Song Dynasty. During Renzong's reign, there was heavy rain in Bianjing and there was a lot of water. Some people implicated the flood on Di Qing, which eventually made Di Qing's privy envoy unable to continue.Although they are all man-made irrational words and ramblings, the most feared thing in the court is the famous nonsense of such teachers.

In the past, Wang Yu was very conceited, and rarely put people in his eyes. It can be said that his eyes were higher than his head.In the past, he would definitely not think about these things, and would not care at all.But after many competitions with Lin Zhao, his conceit and narrow self-esteem were gradually wiped out, and he is no longer as good as it was then.

But it was precisely because of this that he had a vague sense of urgency.The hot and rainy weather suddenly made him feel that his father's aspect seemed not so stable.

well!Thinking of this, Wang Yu couldn't help thinking of Lin Zhao again.If it is just a matter of political reform, then at best it is a matter of different political views, and the accusations and attacks of other officials are easy to deal with.But what happened to Li Fugui last time was a huge blow to Wang Anshi's reputation.

Although the matter has been settled, many people still say that Wang Anshi actually knew about it and deliberately covered up Li Fugui. (In fact, Wang Xianggong was wronged.) Therefore, some people questioned Wang Anshi's character. As a minister of the prime minister, it is self-evident how important character is.Back then when Ouyang Xiu's daughter-in-law was a widow at home, there were rumors of picking up ashes, her reputation was damaged, and Ouyang Xiu even resigned because of this.In an era of sharp speeches like the Song Dynasty, the slightest moral blemish could ruin a person's future in the temple.

Fortunately, with Zhao Xu's full protection, the matter came to an end.But it was precisely because at this time that the emperor Zhao Xu had already begun to have opinions on their father and son, which caused a slight crack in the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest, Wang Xi naturally understood this truth.

All of this has something to do with Wang Anshi's conceit and stubbornness, and it's also something to do with Wang Yu's self-assertion of cleverness. In the final analysis, they are all to blame.But Wang Yu didn't seem to be eating the bitter fruit himself, but blamed Lin Zhao for all of this.

Thinking of all the past, Wang Yu felt a deep anger, more precisely, jealousy.Lin Zhao robbed him of being the number one young talent, robbed him of being the number one beauty in Bianjing (even though he never had one), and even threatened the status of their father and son... There is a deep rift between them , naturally cannot let it go.

But even though their plan was very appropriate last time, when Lin Zhao was about to be killed, a turning point happened again.In the end, they didn't eat the mutton and got into trouble instead, but Lin Zhao got a lot of benefits because of it.Not only did he win the beauty back, but he was also made an earl... The most inexplicable thing is that he has a relationship with the empress dowager and the Cao family, and his status has directly risen to several levels. Now Lin Zhao is completely different from what he used to be...

Although he is only a small earl and minister of the Ministry of War, his reputation and style are not small, and he has already robbed them of the glory of the prime minister's family.

Absolutely can't just let it go, Wang Yu has a very strong revenge psychology in his heart, which is exactly the same as Queen Mother Liang.It's just that Lin Zhao is now in the northwest, not in Bianjing. Even if he has ideas, he is beyond his reach!
But many times, things just happen to be so coincidental. When you want to fall asleep, someone will give you a pillow just right!Just when Wang Yu was bored, jealousy and vengeance broke out strongly, an invitation was delivered to Wang Anshi's mansion!

(End of this chapter)