Wulin Mengzhu

Chapter 223 Bianjing
Su Xiaowu and Huangfu Feimo spent a Spring Festival with the Kunpeng gang on the boat. It was very simple, but warm enough.The smooth sailing of the Yangtze arrived at Jiangling within a few days, and the two of them started their land journey northward to the capital.

Su Xiaowu knew that with every second that time passed, Zhao Xu, the current emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, would take a step closer on the road to the underworld.But there was nothing she could do.

What Huangfu Feimo said was right, even if she made it to the capital with all her might, and even if Zhao Xu was lucky enough to be alive, would she be able to reach the emperor easily?Even Zhao Qingyi, the young prince of Chu, probably would have had a hard time seeing the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty at this time.After all, the capital should now be controlled by Zhao Ji's people. I hope that Zhao Qingyi will be more vigilant after her prophecy and warning.

Moreover, even if she could see Zhao Xu, Huangfu Feimo also said that he could not guarantee that the serum and vaccine contained in the golden needle could save him.If she continues with this needle, most of the time she will still be unable to resist the forward movement of the wheel of history. Instead, she will take the blame for Zhao Ji in vain, and finally implicate Zhao Qingyi who sent her into the palace.

Su Xiaowu thought over and over again, and had to admit that what Huangfu Feimo said was very reasonable.Indeed, she believed that she did not have the power to change history, so she had no choice but to give up sadly.

Huangfu Feimo deliberately slowed down the schedule on the road, Su Xiaowu knew why he was there, and didn't have any objections, the two of them walked toward Kaifeng, Bianjing, as if they were traveling in mountains and rivers.The two also figured out each other's temper on the road. Huangfu Feimo is purely a scientific baby, he is very serious about things, and he does not allow others to criticize the things he made.This is also when they first met, Su Xiaowu said that the game he developed was sloppy and the reason why he went berserk.

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have pissed him off so much. Wouldn't it be easier if I explained how she messed around in the rivers and lakes?Sometimes Su Xiaowu couldn't help curling her lips and thinking.

Not long after, the news of Zhao Xu's death spread.He died in the third year of Yuanfu, at the age of 25, with the temple name Zhezong, and was buried in Yongtai Mausoleum.

Su Xiaowu and Huangfu Feimo even slowed down their pace towards the capital, and the situation there must be getting more and more chaotic.Not long after Song Zhezong's obituary, the news of Zhao Ji's enthronement came.The Northern Song Dynasty has been on the road to extinction.

But in this era, apart from Su Xiaowu and Huangfu Feimo, most probably would not have thought that this dynasty was running out of time.At least, Bianjing, the capital of this dynasty, is still as prosperous as ever.

Su Xiaowu has been to many ancient cities, but this is the first time for her to come to the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.According to Huangfu Feimo, this capital is a metropolis with a population of over one million.This was the most prosperous and largest city in the world at that time.

The city is majestic and majestic, with eight towering gates.The streets in the city are vertical and horizontal, and there are many shops, which is quite prosperous.And the scale of this city has become the highest in the Central Plains, and the high-rise mansions are uneven.This may be the most important reason for Jin's aggression. They coveted the richness of Song Dynasty.

Su Xiaowu was walking on the bustling and noisy imperial street, and it happened to be noon at this time, so she could personally experience the pictures drawn in the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival".This central street in Bianjing is called Yujie, and it is two hundred steps wide, with imperial corridors on both sides of the road.There is no sorrow of the newly mourned monarch here, but the joy and excitement of the newly established monarch.Perhaps for the common people, what everyone cares about is not who will be the emperor, but whether the future life will be easy.

"Actually, I think the commercial development in the Song Dynasty was pretty good." Huangfu Feimo accompanied Su Xiaowu, and casually introduced, "The Northern Song Dynasty government changed the policy that residents were not allowed to open their doors to the streets since the Zhou Dynasty, and also abolished the policy of not opening their doors in designated markets. The old rules of engaging in business activities outside the city allow citizens to set up shops on both sides of this Royal Street and do business along the street. Moreover, the curfew has been relaxed, which has further promoted the prosperity of the night market.”

Su Xiaowu bumped Huangfu Feimo with her elbow indiscriminately, and said softly: "What Northern Song Dynasty, pay attention to what you say." She didn't want to be imprisoned by him.

Huangfu Feimo coughed lightly, and said in a low voice: "Hehe, I'm used to it. Because I never had the opportunity to discuss this kind of thing with others before, I forgot the occasion. However, there has never been a dynasty like the Song Dynasty that was born From the very beginning, there were signs of decline." Huangfu Feimo didn't care at all that they were walking on the Royal Street with people coming and going, but said in a slightly lowered voice.

Su Xiaowu looked at the people coming and going around her, no one paid attention to them, secretly thought that the style of study in the Northern Song Dynasty was really open, anyone could criticize the government.However, literati also had the highest status in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is unmatched by any dynasty.

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Su Xiaowu pricked up her ears with interest, and asked spontaneously, her eyes fell on the shops in the imperial corridors on both sides of the Royal Street, and she walked around as she walked.

Huangfu Feimo followed Su Xiaowu as she walked and stopped, sorted out his thoughts a bit, and then said: "Think about how many ancient capitals in history have gone through thousands of years of tempering, but how many ancient capitals actually fell down in the end?" Arrived in a prefecture-level city?"

Su Xiaowu was taken aback when she heard the words, of course she could understand the prefecture-level cities in his words.Indeed, several cities that used to be ancient capitals in Chinese history, Xi'an, Nanjing, Hangzhou, BJ, Shenyang... Which one is at least not a provincial capital now?Not to mention that BJ is the capital of modern China. "Strange, indeed strange." Su Xiaowu didn't dare to say too much, waiting for Huangfu Feimo's further explanation.

"The capital of a country is very particular. Bianjing is located in an important place in the Central Plains. When I knew this place was in Taizu, it was only a small town of 150 paces in [-] miles." Huangfu Feimo looked around at the surrounding tall buildings and said with incomparable admiration.

Su Xiaowu felt that in history, the Song Dynasty was far more prosperous than the Tang Dynasty, and various theories and technological inventions kept springing up like mushrooms after rain. "Isn't prosperity bad?" Huangfu Feimo was referring to the rapid development of productivity?And the production relationship can't keep up?

"It's not bad." Huangfu Feimo took the lead and walked towards another stall, and said in a deep voice, "This Bianjing is safe to defend!"

Su Xiaowu blinked and immediately understood what he meant. "No wonder... no wonder..." Jin Guoneng successfully occupied Bianjing and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty.Because this is equivalent to an undefended city.But what she said later remained in her stomach, and Huangfu Feimo and Huangfu Feimo both knew each other.

"Bianliang has been a famous place of the Four Wars since ancient times, that is, the so-called four sides are flat, undefended and vulnerable to attack. Although the place of the Four Wars is a place where military strategists must fight, it is not the residence of the emperor. The barbarians in the north In Bianjing’s situation, what’s the use of a strong city?” Huangfu Feimo’s voice became more and more excited as he spoke, but he still restrained his volume.

Su Xiaowu was deeply touched, and felt the ambivalence that he knew everything but could not make any changes. He sighed and said: "What's more, the Song Dynasty was seriously ill, and the new and old policies were implemented alternately. It looks very glamorous on the surface, but in fact, it is already rotten inside. .But in theory, the world uses martial arts to calm them down, and literature to maintain them. Both are indispensable. And the so-called use of martial arts to establish a state is only superficial." Looking at the bustling streets, she couldn't imagine the war-torn chaos that would ensue many years later. scene.

The two of them stopped shopping at all, and walked slowly along the stone road of Yujie.Huangfu Feimo sighed dejectedly: "Tokyo Bianliang has three layers inside and outside, which are the outer city, the inner city and the palace city. The shape of the Tokyo outer city is not a square rectangle, but goes up and down along the terrain. This is Bianjing, since there is no danger to defend, it must rely on the fortification of the city. Alas, I hope I will not see that day coming..." He wanted to go on, but his expression suddenly changed. Once changed, look across the street.

Su Xiaowu followed his line of sight, and immediately saw the young man in white clothes Shengxue on the opposite side.

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