There is a strong smell of paper and ink in the small palace. The bookshelves are filled with documents, and there are several book boxes piled below. But just a few months ago, this place was still empty.
Although Li Xia did not know how to serve government affairs, he never wanted to waste a day and handled government affairs smoothly.
He opened a booklet.
If others saw it, they might not be able to understand the contents of the booklet.
There is a map on the left and right sides of the booklet. The map on the left has the word "Ming" written on it, but the territory is larger. The map on the right is smaller for the time being, extending to Yanshan in the north and Yumen in the west.
There are several lines of words written on the right, such as "unification more than a hundred years ago", "system optimization", "light corvee and small tax to recuperate", "industrial innovation", "expand territory" and so on.
Li Xia held a pencil in his hand, ready to put a check mark behind the first line of words.
"Fourteen years to level the world and barely achieve the goal."
However, only halfway through the painting, he stopped again.
"It's not quite there yet."
I thought to myself, shook my head, and didn't finish sketching it in the end.
He simply turned a page, and there was a chronology behind it. The first grid said "Bingchen Year of the Dragon", and the small characters below it said "Perform meritorious service and seek an official position."
Under the fourteenth grid, the word "unification" is written.
I tapped the pencil at the back and continued to write. The handwriting looked much better.
"Immigrate to farmland, regulate the Yellow River, rectify the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River, move the capital, and conduct cultural, educational and imperial examinations..."
The booklet was so big, and it had already been written on the fifteenth and sixteenth boxes. Li Xia's brows wrinkled slightly, and he felt a sense of urgency.
Guande's voice sounded outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, Marshal Gao's messenger has arrived, and the Lord of Song Dynasty has arrived in Kaifeng."
"Call." Li Xia put away his pamphlet and said, "Go and invite the gentlemen to come and discuss matters."
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"Please read this information first. I learned that some civil and military officials from the Song Dynasty escaped with Zhao Shinan, the son of Zhao Fu, and they arranged to meet at Jiangxin Temple in Wenzhou."
Han Qi'an accepted it. After reading it, he reconfirmed the date when the letter was sent. He made some calculations with his fingers and said, "Presumably Marshal Gao had arranged for troops to put down the rebellion before he left Lin'an to return to the court?"
"Does Han Qing think he can wait until the Song Dynasty is completely destroyed after he gets Zhao Shi, and then he will accept the imperial court together and offer sacrifices to the Tiandi Ancestral Temple?"
"It is not necessary to return to Your Majesty." Han Qi'an saluted and said: "Since Zhao You presented the imperial seal and surrender, the Song Dynasty has been dead and Your Majesty has unified the world. The others who are wandering are just remnants. Your Majesty, if you wait any longer
These remnants take them too seriously."
Li Xia nodded and said, "Then let's make arrangements..."
For civil and military officials, and even the common people, this acceptance of the dynasty was a major event. It announced the unification of the world and ended the division since the Five Dynasties. So everyone wanted to witness this grand ceremony with their own eyes and witness the beginning of the prosperous age.
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The place where the court was held was at Nanxun Gate.
Because Kaifeng City did not have a palace that was grand enough, Li Xia personally chose this gate.
Nanxun Gate is the outer city gate, directly connected to the Zhuque Gate in the inner city. Connecting them is the Bianjing Imperial Street, which is more than ten miles long and two hundred paces wide.
It is wide enough to accommodate civil and military officials and soldiers, as well as prisoners who come to pay homage, and ordinary people who watch the ceremony.
"winter!"
When the incoming team appeared in the south of the city, the soldiers on the city platform rang the bell vigorously.
The bell echoed far away.
The people shouted one after another: "The Lord of Song is here! The Lord of Song has come to surrender..."
They could not go up to the city wall, so they could only stand on both sides of the imperial street and look up, waiting for Lord Song to enter the city to see how Lord Song was doing.
As for why you should watch it?
Just curious.
As the long bells ended, the soldiers standing around the female wall began to read out the surrender of the Song Dynasty Lord to the people on the Imperial Street.
"You, the chief minister of the Song Dynasty, would like to pay homage to you and express your gratitude..."
The people whispered among themselves, not used to this feeling of being a victor.
After the recital was finished, another announcement was made on the city wall.
"Thirty-seven prefectures, one hundred and twenty-eight prefectures, two gates and prisons, and seven hundred and thirty-three counties were all returned to the Tang Dynasty. From then on, all ministers and common people from all over the world, regardless of north or south, were all members of the same country. The prefectures and counties in the world, regardless of distance, were all members of the same country.
Politics comes from the same branch..."
On Imperial Street, people standing far away can’t hear you and ask the people in front of you.
But the common people couldn't tell how many states and counties there were, so they all ended up converging into one sentence, and the streets that were more than ten miles long were filled with excitement.
"The world is unified."
"The world is unified..."
Not long after, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard from the city cave, and a majestic general rode his horse into the city gate, climbed up the steps, and rushed to the city tower.
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"I have a long and long life. I have returned from the southern expedition and paid homage to Your Majesty."
Li Xia picked up the wine and handed it to Gao Changshou, saying: "Your hard work has made great achievements, and I will help you first, and then I will give you a reward after the great court meeting."
"His Majesty will succeed in bringing peace to the Song Dynasty. The soldiers will obey orders and I will not dare to take credit for it."
Li Xia patted Gao Changshou's shoulder and said, "Come with me."
The two of them climbed up the city tower, and the reserved ceremony officials read out the imperial edict to the Lord of Song Dynasty on the top of the city wall.
"Your Majesty won't summon Xie Daoqing, but Zhao You will come to see you?"
"No need, they are useless."
Gao Changshou smiled and said, "Just take a look at the trophies."
"One is an old woman, the other is weak, not very attractive." Li Xia said, "Let's talk about Jiangxin Temple in Wenzhou."
"Yes. Chen Yizhong thought he only told the trustworthy loyal ministers of Zhao Song about the meeting at Jiangxin Temple in Wenzhou. But he didn't expect that one of his party members had been bribed by Liu Mengyan..."
Gao Changshou whispered for a while.
Li Xia asked: "In other words, the Song Dynasty will come to an end within this year, and I will be virtually completely unified soon?"
"Return to Your Majesty within this month."
"That's fine."
At this time, Zhao Fu's chariot also entered the city, and the noise of the people could be heard in the distance.
Li Xia looked out and asked, "Do you know why I chose to receive the court here?"
"I am stupid."
"Outside Nanxun Gate, there is Qingcheng Zhai Palace. It was the place where Emperor Song Dynasty fasted and rested before and after offering sacrifices to heaven and earth. During the Jingkang period, Jin general Wanyan Zonghan stationed his troops here. It was from here that Song Qinzong Zhao Huan walked out and became the Jin Dynasty.
He was a prisoner of the country. Later, the Jin people dug a road south of the trench, and people were terrified... You see, now Zhao Yu also came in from here."
Gao Changshou looked at it for a while and said: "We are not Jin people, so now people's hearts are at peace."
"There is no point in bullying the Song Dynasty. Since your southern expedition, every time you send me a battle report, I will ask myself why you bully the weak like this." Li Xia said: "But do you know? I regard its shame as my shame, so I
It must be chopped into pieces severely."
Li Xia actually had more to say in her heart.
He wanted to tell people that he actually had more affection for the Song Dynasty than many people today, and he regarded himself as its descendant.
Just so, he was even more angry at its weakness and decay... In short, he destroyed it with his own hands and replaced it, but there was nothing much to say about it.
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However, it was the first time for Xie Daoqing, Zhao Yu and other clan members of the Song Dynasty to visit Kaifeng.
One hundred and forty-three years ago, Emperor Qinzong walked out of this city gate and became a prisoner of the Jin people.
Now they walked in from here and saw the people of Kaifeng who welcomed them.
Those were curious eyes, filled with disdain. There was no respect for the monarch of the Song Dynasty.
Too much time has passed, and these people are no longer the remnants who "hold back tears and asked the envoys when the Sixth Army will really come."
All the survivors have long since died.
Nowadays, only the Tang people here are looking forward to returning to the prosperous times.
"This Lord Song... is too lazy?!"
Suddenly, the crowd burst into jeers. Someone pointed at Zhao Yu's car and shouted, "It's too lazy!"
"He's so ugly. With a king like this in the Song Dynasty, how could the country not be destroyed..."
The people yelled louder and louder.
It's like a piece of rotten flesh has been cut off from the body, and it no longer hurts no matter how hard it is stepped on.
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A few days after arriving in Kaifeng, Wen Yunsun was summoned by Li Xia.
"The princes told me that I need to appoint a group of editors from the Academy of National History to compile the history of the Song Dynasty."
There were no greetings. Li Xia started talking as soon as he saw Wen Yunsun, as if he was afraid of forgetting what he wanted to say.
"I intend to appoint Li Ye, and Hao Jing will take charge of this matter. The two ministers are both great scholars of the time, but they are not very familiar with the Song Dynasty, so I intend to ask for your opinion."
Wen Yunsun was a little dazed by this sudden topic. After he came to his senses, he responded: "I am not a minister of the Tang Dynasty, so it is not appropriate to make rash comments."
"Lunchbox is a chat between friends." Li Xia said: "I can tell you about Hao Jing's attitude towards Zhao Song."
"good."
"He said that emperors were appointed by heaven based on virtue and merit. Virtue can appease the people, and merit can calm the world's chaos. Both the Han and Tang dynasties overthrew the tyranny of the previous dynasty and defeated the rebels in the world.
Therefore, he conquered the world. When Zhao served Chai Rong, he couldn't tell you what merit he had. The people didn't even know their names, so how could they admire him? It was already too much to let Zhao reach the position of Jiedushi.
Honor and favor..."
"Feiyu."
Wen Yunsun heard half of it and called out quickly. Then he was stunned, bowed, and said: "I am deeply affected by Song En, and it is not appropriate to listen to these comments."
Li Xia said: "I think what Hao Qing said is right."
He didn't wait for Wen Yunsun to answer, and continued to ask: "Comparing the contribution I made to the world when I replaced the Zhao family with the contribution that Zhao Kuangyin made when he replaced the Chai family, who do you think will win the country?"
This is an unfair conversation.
Before Li Xia met Wen Yunsun, he had asked his ministers to prepare a plan for him, but Wen Yunsun suddenly faced these problems.
"Your Majesty, the contribution that I, Emperor Taizu, made to the world... came after he ascended the throne." Wen Yunsun responded: "I, Emperor Taizu, have endured the riots of the five dynasties, and have been especially tolerant towards the world, and have the virtue of benevolence to the people."
"I also hope that my contribution to the world will be more after I gain the throne. Are you willing to help me?"
"The ministers of Song Dynasty who have submitted to Your Majesty are like crucian carp crossing the river. I dare to ask Your Majesty to allow me to become a monk."
"What if I want you to compile the history of the Song Dynasty?"
Wen Yunsun was silent for a while, seeming a little shaken.
Li Xia said: "You are the right minister of Zhao and Song Dynasty, the privy envoy, and the number one scholar. More importantly, I hope you can let me know that you are different from Kublai Khan."
"Your Majesty is certainly different from Kublai Khan."
"And you don't want to surrender to Kublai Khan, but you don't want to surrender to me either?"
After hearing this, Sun was silent for a long time. At the end, he sighed: "Confucius said it was benevolence, and Mencius said it was getting justice. But the meaning is exhausted, so benevolence is the best. I read the book of sages and was selected as the number one scholar by the late emperor, and was given the title Song Rui. Now if it were changed
My court, I feel guilty... Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Listen to the old woman's plan of begging for a living, accept the order of being a minister and pay tribute, in order to protect the country from the madness of drunkenness and wealth, hoping to achieve righteousness. If you take this as loyalty, is it too much loyalty?"
"If one day in the future, the Li family is in danger, how can there be less foolish and loyal people?" Wen Yun Sun sighed: "In fact, Your Majesty also needs someone to be loyal to the Song Dynasty to the end. Since no one else is willing to be Boyi or Shu Qi,
Is it not good for me to be loyal and honorable?"
"Okay." Li Xia said, "I will give you one last piece of advice."
"All ears."
"When the Sui Dynasty fell, there was also a loyal minister who performed his duties to the end, Yao Junsu. 'If the Sui Dynasty is defeated and the destiny is restored, I will behead my head to pay tribute to the king.' If loyalty to the Sui Dynasty is beneficial to the people, he
He can also be loyal to the ages and be famous for generations to come. But look, how many people in the world know about him now?"
Li Xia was admonishing Wen Yunsun, and at the same time he was admonishing himself.
"I want to make sure that no one in the future generations cares about who has been loyal and loyal to Zhao and Song Dynasties. This can only be achieved through a magnificent and prosperous era."