Chapter 74 The official family of the Song Dynasty
A few days later, the report of the battle in Dengzhou Prefecture reached the desks of the officials of the Song Dynasty.
Lizong's young name was Zhao Wusun. He was originally from a distant family of the Zhao Song royal family and was of humble origin. His father Zhao Xi was a county lieutenant in Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture. His father died young. Lizong and his younger brother Zhao Mengsun lived with their mother in his uncle Quan Baochang.
at home.
At that time, Shi Miyuan was the independent prime minister, with great power and overwhelming power. Prince Zhao Hong was dissatisfied with Shi Miyuan's monopoly on power, and had repeatedly said in private that Shi Miyuan would be the right match for Eight Thousand Miles.
Naturally, Shi Miyuan was unwilling to surrender and wanted to establish another heir to the throne, so he sent people around to find the Zhao family that suited his liking. By an unexpected coincidence, Shi Miyuan's disciples discovered Lizong when they passed by the Shaoxing family.
, that is, Zhao Wusun.
Later, Lizong was taken to live in Lin'an by Shi Miyuan, received royal education, and was renamed Zhao Yuju. Later, under Shi Miyuan's operation, Zhao Yuju was established as the heir of King Yi, the younger brother of Ningzong of the Song Dynasty, and was given the noble name
Sincerity.
Looking at the emperors of the Song Dynasty, except for Huizong who had many heirs, other official families never had many heirs, and some emperors even had no heirs.
Ningzong of the Song Dynasty gave birth to nine sons in total, but all of them died young. Zhao Hong, the prince at the time, was also an adopted son.
Zhao Hong and Shi Miyuan did not deal with each other, and Shi Miyuan certainly could not let Zhao Hong board the plane smoothly. He used various means to establish Song Lizong as the prince.
In this way, Song Lizong gradually transformed from a remote royal family to the adopted son of Song Ningzong. Shi Miyuan spent so much effort and naturally would not just let him be a prince. After the death of Song Ningzong, Shi Miyuan corrected the imperial edict to abolish the crown prince Zhao Hong and replace him with Zhao Yun.
(After Song Lizong became the prince, he changed his name to Zhao Yun) and became the emperor.
Born in "poor", raised among the common people, and after more than two years of special education, Zhao Yun was naturally not a white lotus. He knew what Shi Miyuan's purpose was to push him step by step toward the prince.
During the Ningzong period of the Song Dynasty, Shi Miyuan had been alone for sixteen years. No one in the entire dynasty was following his lead, and even the emperor could not resist him. This was almost the same as Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, who held the emperor hostage to order the princes.
After Song Lizong ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan's power became even more overwhelming. His party members spread all over the government and the public, and his power was omnipresent. Song Lizong went from being a remote royal family to being elected to the court and established as the heir and prince of Yi. Until he ascended the throne, he all relied on others and always passively accepted it.
Follow other people's arrangements.
He gradually developed a steady and taciturn character. After he ascended the throne, he knew that Shi Miyuan had monopolized power and could not compete with him, so he adopted the strategy of keeping a low profile and hiding his power from Shi Miyuan for more than ten years.
Lizong of the Song Dynasty did not have an attitude of reviving the Song Dynasty, but he suffered from Shi Miyuan's arbitrary power and power. During this period, he also used famous officials and ministers, but he was soon demoted by Shi Miyuan, who controlled the court.
Although Song Lizong could not show off his "revenge in mind" during Shi Miyuan's sole prime ministership, he and Shi Miyuan had one thing in common, which was to prevent the deposed prince Zhao Hong from resurrecting. The year after Lizong ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan took the opportunity to force him to death.
The deposed prince Zhao Hong.
After Zhao Hong's death, Shi Miyuan was still unyielding and wanted to pursue Zhao Hong's title. First, he was granted the title of Duke of Baling County, and then became the Duke of Baling County. It was not until Shi Miyuan's death that Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty restored Zhao Hong's title.
, but there was still no heir, and the Zhao Hong lineage was extinct.
At this time, more than ten years had passed since Shi Miyuan's death. Song Lizong gradually gathered power and was able to rule the world arbitrarily.
In the two battles of Dengzhou, the arrogant Mongolian army was completely defeated, and it was a complete defeat. It is impossible to say that Song Lizong was not interested in the Fuxing Army.
Of course, he was more interested in the artillery and muskets used by the Renaissance Army!
If the Song Dynasty had these two sharp weapons and extended them to the entire army, there would be no need to worry about the enemy.
After Song Lizong read the battle report from the front, he was silent for a while and said: "Zhong He (Zuo Prime Minister and Privy Councilor Fan Zhong), how is the progress of the weapons supervisor?"
Due to the Song Dynasty's tradition of emphasizing civility and suppressing military affairs, most of the Privy Council, an institution in charge of important military and state affairs, was held by civilian officials. Some time ago, Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty secretly sent experts to steal some of the Fuxing Army's standard tunnel guns and two artillery pieces, and then handed them over to the military.
Supervisory research, hoping to crack the manufacturing process of these two sharp weapons.
This plan is top secret, and all craftsmen involved in the research and development are not allowed to go out. The Privy Councilor Fan Zhong is directly responsible. However, the productivity of the Fuxing Society is not at the same level as that of the Song Dynasty, and the plan has made almost no progress.
Fan Zhong smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard the words, and took a step forward and said: "I am sorry for the official's instructions. The current progress of the Ordnance Supervision is not satisfactory. The artillery and muskets made according to the opponent's shape are far from comparable to the original ones, or even incomparable at all.
use!"
Song Lizong sighed softly, and the disappointment in his eyes flashed away. He had heard Fan Zhong's answer countless times, almost once every day.
"Is it possible that there is nothing we can do?"
Fan Zhong smiled sadly, this feeling of powerlessness was really uncomfortable.
"I'm afraid not!"
Song Lizong Zhao Yun touched his carefully trimmed beard and thought to himself, could it really be that he could only buy it from the other party?
A cannon costs one thousand taels of silver, and a cannon shell costs ten taels of silver.
Not cheap!
Although the Song Dynasty was rich, the imperial court was poor. Especially in the past few years, with the continuous wars, the national treasury and his internal treasury were so empty that even mice could run away.
Zhao Yun hesitated for a long time. No, he had to buy it. He had to tighten his belt and buy it. With it, border defense would be much easier in the future.
"In that case, let's act according to Puyu's (Meng Gong's) memorial and purchase a batch of artillery from the other party."
Fan Zhong bowed his head and said yes. Although he was not in charge of property, he still had some idea of the state of the treasury. He had no money, or could not afford to buy too much. This amount was a drop in the bucket for such a large border defense, so he could only
I’ll use it first in key towns, and what to do in other areas.
Cold!
He has to defend the city if he has it, and if he doesn't, he only hopes that the civil strife in Mongolia will last longer to give them a little more buffer time. However, according to the current situation, the Mongols have suffered two big losses in Dengzhou.
, I'm afraid that the upper-level Mongolia will end the internal fighting soon, and then deploy their troops to deal with the Renaissance Army with all their strength.
'I hope the Renaissance Army can last longer!'
"Officials, what should be done with the matter that Meng Gong reported earlier regarding the reward for the Renaissance Army?"
Zhao Yun nodded: "Yes!"
After Li Tingzhi and Meng Zhijin returned to Xiangfan, they reported the situation of the Renaissance Army to Meng Gong as soon as possible. Meng Gong naturally would not hide it from the court, so he handed it over and reported it to the court. However, what he wrote in the memorial was definitely and the facts
There were some discrepancies. In his memorial, in addition to mentioning the artillery trade, he also mentioned in passing that he hoped that the officials could reward the Renaissance Army, win over one or two people, and give them some names without spending too much money.