Chapter 168 A question that may never have an answer (4.6K)
"Why did you do this?"
Hearing Lao Su's question, Xu Yun was a little unable to answer it for a moment.
yes.
why?
Suddenly, a strange emotion suddenly appeared in Xu Yun's heart.
There is anger.
It’s puzzling.
There is also shame.
Maybe in later generations, in that era when the sky has changed.
Every Chinese compatriot who has his own ordinary circumstances will choose the same approach after coming to this dynasty.
Maybe it can be said
The national plot of an ordinary Chinese person?
Then Xu Yun glanced at Lao Su, his eyes stayed on his withered left hand for a while, and said to Lao Su:
"Sir, do you want to hear a story?"
Lao Su was silent for a moment and replied:
"Say it."
Xu Yun nodded towards him, took a deep breath, and said slowly:
"A few years ago, I had a dream."
"In the dream, my name was Wu Fan, and I was an ordinary person selling milk more than a thousand years later."
"More than a thousand years later?"
When Lao Su heard this, he suddenly became interested:
In ancient times, due to technological productivity, most people had limited thinking and narrow vision.
But that doesn't mean they haven't had fantasies about the future.
A very typical example among them is Shen Kuo, a contemporary of Lao Su.
Although Shen Kuo's character was somewhat bad, and he was the one who reported Su Shi's Wutai Poetry Case, in terms of ability, Shen Kuo was undoubtedly a great master.
He recorded many conjectures about the future in his "Mengxi Bi Tan".
For example, he believed that oil would be of great use in future generations, and even speculated that it had something to do with turbines:
"This thing will become popular in the world in the future, and it has been created since it was born. It is covered with as much oil as it can grow in the ground indefinitely, unlike pine trees that sometimes become exhausted."
Of course.
The turbine here does not refer to the machinery of later generations, but to wooden equipment such as water turbines.
In addition, Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty also wrote a poem:
"There are thousands of rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and thousands of mountains in Yunnan and Guizhou. Five hundred years from now, Yunnan and Guizhou will be better than the south of the Yangtze River."
In a sense, it can be regarded as a guess for hundreds of years later:
He believes that five hundred years from now, the resources in Yunnan and Guizhou's Wanzhong Mountains will be developed and utilized by future generations, and by then Yunnan and Guizhou will become richer than Jiangnan.
There is also "New Era" by the owner of the Bihe Pavilion in the Qing Dynasty, which is a bit of a fantasy that lets oneself go:
It guessed that in 1999, the Qing Dynasty had a population of one thousand trillion and an army of six million - who knows how this ratio came about.
In short, the Qing Dynasty's strong dominance aroused suspicion and joint resistance from white countries.
At this time, in the Hungarian Kingdom of Europe, disputes broke out between the yellow people of Xiongnu descent and the white people of European descent, leading to civil strife.
So the yellow Hungarian king turned to the Qing emperor for help, and the Qing Dynasty immediately sent troops to Europe to challenge the white powers, and finally forced the white countries to sign an alliance under the city walls.
At this point, the war ended.
The Qing Dynasty entered the "New Era" as a victor.
Incidentally.
Four years after "New Era" was written, the Qing Dynasty fell into disrepair.
True new era.
Therefore, facing the "future" mentioned by Xu Yun, Lao Su did become somewhat interested:
"What did you see?"
Xu Yun was silent for a moment and said:
"I can't remember some memories clearly in the dream. There seemed to be many high-rise buildings deep in the clouds, as well as all kinds of strange equipment."
"There are also many men and women dressed in strange clothes. The sea is clear and the river is clear, and the country is stable."
"But what impressed me the most was a history book I read called "Shao Song"."
"History book?"
Lao Su seemed to have guessed what Xu Yun was going to say, straightened his body and asked:
"What's written in the book?"
"The book says don't wait tonight. It's wrong. It records the history of my end."
Xu Yun raised his eyelids and glanced at Lao Su, thinking whether to prepare some nitroglycerin for Lao Su, and continued:
"According to the records in the book, our dynasty will perish in more than twenty years."
When Lao Su heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head:
"More than twenty years? I don't believe it."
Xu Yun laughed twice and explained:
"After all, it's just a dream. In short, according to the book, although there are many reasons for the demise of our dynasty, the most direct reason is because of some stupid and confusing operations by the officials."
"For example, he purchased the 'Huashi Gang' in the south and built the 'Genyue' in Bianjing, which made the people's livelihood miserable and rebellions broke out everywhere."
"Then foreign enemies attacked and pushed all the way to Bianjing, where General Lao Zhong and Captain Wang fought bloody battles."
"Later, before King Qin's army arrived in Kyoto, the officials opened the city gates and voluntarily surrendered to the foreign enemies. They were later taken captive to the enemy camp and our dynasty was destroyed."
"enough!"
The more Lao Su listened, the tighter his brows became. When he heard the last sentence, he suddenly slapped the desk and stopped Xu Yun.
After all, he is a former prime minister. Hearing about his country's outrageous fate from Xu Yun's mouth, he just couldn't restrain his words, which is considered a high level of self-cultivation:
"Xiao Wang, do you know what will happen to you once these remarks leave the house?"
"To tell you the truth, car cracks are minor!"
"Besides, this is just what you saw in your dream. You made such a change based on this baseless guess? Do you think I am a three-year-old child?"
Xu Yun was silent.
In fact, he really wanted to tell Lao Su.
What I said was not a fantasy, let alone a dream, but history that actually happened.
He is not a descendant who arrived in a dream, but a real person from the 21st century.
However, due to the limitations of the system, he could not say these words at all, so he could only briefly summarize history with the help of so-called dreams.
But no matter how real your dream is, it is still just an illusion after all, and it is difficult to completely convince a person.
Unless you let Lao Su come to the 21st century in person and take him to the library to read the thick "History of the Song Dynasty", it is possible to prove everything.
And this is obviously impossible.
Therefore, this question raised by Lao Su may never be answered.
But on the other hand.
Xu Yun didn't expect to be able to convince Lao Su just like that. He just tried his best to make Lao Su accept the reality within his own power.
The general situation is now set, and Rye Erguotou, or Guo Jing, has completely set the boiler on fire.
No matter whether Lao Su believed his statement or not, he could not affect the direction of certain events.
Opposite him, Lao Su, who stopped him from continuing to speak, also looked surprised and uncertain at this time.
Because he suddenly discovered.
As Xu Yun finished speaking about his ‘dream’.
The absolute rationality in my heart is still there, but emotionally I still believe these words a little bit.
Is it because Xu Yun has shown so many strange things before that the credibility of his words in his heart has reached a very high level without even realizing it?
Or is this consistent with what I know about Prince Duan’s character, and is it indeed something he can do?
Or is it a combination of both?
This is like the krypton gold prize pool of later generations. The explosion rate of a certain SSR is only one in 100,000. Theoretically, it is impossible for normal people to win.
But many people are very clear about this rationally, but emotionally they can't help but imagine in that direction. This is a human instinct.
all in all.
When this faint suspicion appeared, Lao Su would unconsciously have an idea:
If it's just if, if what Xu Yun said is true, what should Song Dynasty do?
This thought is like a thorn in the flesh, so subtle that it can be ignored from an overall perspective.
But from an individual perspective, it makes people feel itchy.
Then Lao Su thought of the current situation in Bianjing, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
He is like a small boat in a vast ocean. It seems to be able to 'control the water', but in fact it is controlled by the water and cannot change the overall situation.
Why is this so.
It's only been half a year.
But as he thought about it, Lao Su suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Although Xu Yun described his dream and mentioned that the Song Dynasty would be destroyed, he did not directly explain why he deliberately framed Lao Li.
Not to mention Heaven Changes Earthquake and King Jian.
etc?
King Jian?
In an instant.
A clear context diagram suddenly appeared in Lao Su's mind.
The initial position of the context diagram says Imperial Palace, which represents the seed that Xu Yun planted for Guo Jing through the theory of gods and ghosts that Song Huizong most believed in.
Then two lines were separated below the palace.
The first line goes diagonally to the lower left, and the name at the end is Lao Li:
This thread passed through the microscope and put him in jail on the charge of treason.
Then another vertical line appeared under Lao Li's name, with the words "
Yuanyou party member:
This was extended from the identity of old Li Yuanyou as a Party member. Through the correspondence of several officials, the whole incident was expanded to involve the Yuanyou Party group that Zhao Ji did not like very much.
Imperial Palace - Lao Li - Yuanyou party members, let's call it the ministers line.
Then go back to the original palace, and another line goes vertically downward, connecting the stars and the earth.
Continue to pull the thread below the two words, and the end is.
King Jian.
Through celestial phenomena and earthquakes, he was labeled immoral, and counselor Deng Duo was imprisoned in the name of treason, forcing King Jian to the edge of the cliff.
A good thing is that the situation is passive, but a bad thing is that life and death depend on Song Huizong's thoughts.
The Royal Palace - Earthquake in the Stars - King Jian.
This is called the Prince Line.
Then Lao Su thought of Wang Hou and Lao Zhong whom Xu Yun had met before.
Mentioned before.
Lao Zhong and Wang Hou had always been at odds with Cai Jing. Not long ago, Xu Yun claimed to be ill and handed over the steelmaking method to Lao Zhong through King Jian.
If Xu Yun makes a fuss out of this, no, he will definitely make a fuss out of this.
This is the third line, let's call it the Bian Shuai line.
To know.
At this time, the Western Army was returning in triumph. There were more than 100,000 Western Army soldiers waiting for rewards, but most of the Imperial Guards in Beijing were guarding the imperial mausoleum.
So this way.
A formula appears:
Officials + royal family + commander-in-chief =?
No, no.
Thinking of this, Lao Su shook his head again:
Nowadays, half of the Yuanyou Party officials are in prison, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Lu Gongzhu and others have also passed away, and there is no leader among the ministers.
This wire doesn't have enough cohesion and is a little too loose to be balanced with the other two wires.
This line is incomplete, and an axis is missing.
axis
Could it be that.
Is it Zhang Dun who resigned outside the temple in the city?
That's not right, Zhang Dun was not a member of the Yuanyou Party, on the contrary, he was a member of the Yuanfeng Party.
Or is it Fan Chunren, Fan Wenzheng’s second son?
Just when Lao Su was thinking.
The voice of Mr. Xie Duguan hurriedly came from outside the house:
"Sir, a general came outside the gate, holding the prince badge of His Royal Highness King Jian. He said that he was asking you and Brother Wang to come over to the palace on the order of King Jian to discuss important matters!"
Clang——
heard these words.
Lao Su in the room didn't pay attention and dropped the tea cup to the ground.
After a while.
He looked at Xu Yun with a wry smile, his expression more complicated than ever.
Yes.
In today's Northern Song Dynasty, there is still another candidate.
This man is a veteran of four dynasties. He has never been involved in party strife, but he has sat in the position of prime minister.
He has great prestige in the court, and is the prime minister with the highest reputation in the past century except Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu.
