Chapter 5 Planning for the future and finding a way out
In the days after time travel and rebirth, although Wu Zhi was still in a state of anxiety, over the next few days, he had slowly begun to adapt to the new environment and recognized this era. He usually saw the Wu family village looking peaceful and peaceful.
With the peaceful pastoral scenery, he thought he had traveled to a peaceful and prosperous age. This Northern Song Dynasty was not the other Northern Song Dynasty!
He only wanted to obtain a title for the Wu family and become the ancestor of the Wu family, and he only wanted to change the situation of his second uncle and his family so that they could live a good life. His thoughts were very simple, and he just wanted to live his life peacefully. But who knows?
Today, Pan Jinlian's visit pierced his calm heart. It suddenly brought back many memories of his past and present lives, and his heart was in turmoil!
"Now that Pan Jinlian has appeared, will Fang La, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and others appear? Will bastards like Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others appear? And that damn Song Huizong
Will Zhao Ji succeed to the throne and lose his country? Will Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, the heroes who fought against the Jin Dynasty, appear?" Wu Zhi's heart was like a thousand horses galloping by, and he couldn't calm down.
Pan Jinlian's visit made him suddenly remember the true history of the Northern Song Dynasty that he had learned before. He really remembered that in thirty-one years it would be the "Jingkang Disgrace" and the Northern Song Dynasty would be dead.
In the past thirty years, there have been wars and internal and external troubles in the Northern Song Dynasty. By then, the Northland will be lost, the country will be destroyed, even Enzhou will become a dependency of the Jin Kingdom, and the people of Enzhou will become slaves of the subjugated country. How can this happen?
Peace and tranquility?
Are you kidding me?!
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi couldn't sit still. He stood up and slowly walked around the small study, trying to suppress the annoyance and uneasiness in his heart, but he still became more and more confused.
Before his rebirth, Wu Zhi had been fond of history since he was a child. When he was studying, he liked to read through history the most, especially the historical materials about the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. He did not know how many times he read them during his lifetime. He could pick up all kinds of official history, unofficial history, and anecdotes at his fingertips.
, especially influenced by the archaeological major, his thirst for historical knowledge is even stronger and he is obsessed with it. Moreover, he has a good memory and remembers a lot of things.
Wu Zhi forced himself to calm down and slowly sort out his thoughts. If he remembered correctly, the history of the Northern Song Dynasty that he knew in his mind should be roughly like this:
Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty in China, with the temple name Song Taizu, was born in Zhuozhou (now Zhuozhou, Hebei). He was born in a military family and was the second son of Zhao Hongyin. In the first year of Jianlong (960 AD), he launched the "Chenqiao Mutiny".
Huangpao took on the throne, proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Zhou, established the Song Dynasty, and made Kaifeng the capital. After Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor, he successively attacked and destroyed Nanping, Houshu, Southern Han, Southern Tang and Hunan separatist regimes, unified the country, and ended the division and melee of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
During the reign of Zhao Kuangyin, he learned from the experience of the Tang Dynasty where eunuchs had exclusive power and the separatist rule of feudal towns led to their destruction. He accepted the advice of the virtuous minister Zhao Pu and deprived military attaches of their status by "releasing military power over a glass of wine", thereby "valuing civility over military power" and strengthening centralization of power.
The Song Dynasty did not have the exclusive power of eunuchs, the feudal vassals and towns were divided, and the society was relatively stable. However, it also caused the Song Dynasty to become "poor and weak", and foreign tribes invaded one after another.
After Taizu's death, Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne as Song Taizong, the second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, who reigned for twenty-two years. The third son of Zhao Hongyin was the younger brother of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. His real name was Zhao Kuangyi, and he changed his name once after Taizu ascended the throne.
Zhao Guangyi. Song Taizong was very accomplished, diligent in government affairs, and concerned about people's livelihood. He inherited Taizu's legacy and forced the King of Wu and Yue to surrender his land. He also personally conquered the Northern Han Dynasty and tried to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun. However, due to his failure to attack Liao twice, his external
Passive defense and intensified internal exploitation led to peasant uprisings by Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun in Sichuan. Taizong was successful in governance but not good at martial arts, but in general, the Song Dynasty was relatively strong during his reign.
After Taizong abandoned the "Golden Chamber Alliance", his third son, Zhao Heng, was named Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. He was the third emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty and reigned for twenty-five years. Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty had good governance during his reign, and the rule of the Northern Song Dynasty
The country was becoming increasingly solid, the state management was becoming more and more perfect, and the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively strong. In the early period of Xianping's rule, during the Jingde period, he was known as a ruler because of his diligence in political affairs and economic development. However, in the first year of Jingde (1004), the Liao Kingdom invaded Chanzhou.
Zhenzong went on a personal expedition and established an alliance under the city in the Battle of Chanyuan, setting a precedent of paying old coins in exchange for peace and increasing the burden on the people. In the later period, Wang Qinruo was appointed to bring great auspiciousness, seal Mount Tai in the east, worship Fenyang in the west, and build Buddhist temples extensively.
Taoism, laboring people and damaging money, leads to intensification of social conflicts.
After the death of Zhenzong, Zhao Zhen, Renzong of the Song Dynasty, succeeded to the throne. He was the sixth son of Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. He was only thirteen years old when he became emperor. Empress Dowager Zhang Xian listened to the government from behind the curtain, and took over the government personally after more than ten years. His rule was relatively frugal at first, but for Xixia
After repeated defeats in the war, he was forced to compromise with the "sui gifts" of silver, silk, and tea, and also asked for peace with the Liao Dynasty by increasing the annual coins. During his reign, land annexation, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses became increasingly serious. Although Fan Zhongyan and others were employed
Reforms were carried out, known as the Qingli New Deal in history, but the results failed. Renzong was cowardly and incompetent. Although he reigned for forty-two years, he did nothing. But in general, the country was relatively stable during Renzong's reign.
Renzong had no children. After his death, he was succeeded by Yingzong Zhao Shu. He was the great-grandson of Taizong and the fifth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. He died of illness after only five years in power. During his reign, he was weak and sick and did nothing, and the Northern Song Dynasty declined. During Yingzong's reign, he appointed old ministers such as Han Qi and others.
He did not think about reform, but there was no war with Liao and Xixia. After he died of illness, he was buried in Yonghou Mausoleum, along with Gao Hou, Di Qing, Yang Yanzhao, etc.
Song Shenzong, named Zhao Xu, was the eldest son of Yingzong. After Yingzong died of illness, he succeeded to the throne and changed his reign name to "Xining". He died of illness in the 18th year of his reign at the age of 38 and was buried in Yongyu Mausoleum. After Zhao Xu came to the throne, he faced
Faced with the serious situation of "poverty and weakness" in the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, ease class contradictions, and save the crisis of feudal rule, he did not manage the palace, did not travel, abolished the elders, and appointed Wang Anshi to preside over the reform. The new law was implemented for ten years
In the past few years, the country's fiscal revenue has increased and its military strength has also been strengthened. However, because the reform was carried out too hastily and illegally, and the new law touched the interests of large landowners, it was strongly opposed by conservative officials. The reform eventually ended in
The failure ended. After Wang Anshi resigned, Zhao Xu maintained most of the new laws for nearly ten years until his death. In the war against Xixia, he appointed Wang Shao in the early stage and won the Battle of Xihe, regaining two thousand miles.
In the Han Dynasty, the eunuch Li Xian was appointed in the later period, but he suffered a disastrous defeat in Lingwu due to improper command. Shenzong became ill because of this, and died of illness in the Funing Hall of Bianjing Palace on the 18th day of the 18th century.
Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, was the seventh emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was the sixth son of Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. His original name was Mao. He was once named the Prince of Yan'an and guarded the northwest border of the Song Dynasty. When Shenzong was critically ill, he made him the prince. In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Shenzong died.
, Zhao Xu ascended the throne as emperor, who was Zhezong of Song Dynasty, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Yuanyou".
The Empress Dowager came to power. After Empress Dowager Gao came to power, she appointed the die-hard official Sima Guang as prime minister. As soon as Sima Guang came to power, he abolished all the "Wang Anshi Reform" (Xining Reform) during Shenzong's reign, which was known as Yuanyou Gengfa in history. During this period, the imperial court had party disputes.
It was still fierce and cruel. Zhezong of the Song Dynasty was dissatisfied with the governance and suppression of Sima Guang and Empress Dowager Gao. In the eighth year of Yuanyou, Empress Dowager Gao died and Zhezong took charge of the government. After Zhezong took charge of the government, he made a clear statement, pursued and demoted Sima Guang, and demoted Su Shi and Su Shi.
Zhe and other members of the old party came to Lingnan, and then reused reformists such as Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu, etc. to restore the Baojia Law, the Exemption Law, the Green Crops Law, etc. in Wang Anshi's reform, reducing the burden on farmers and improving the country's situation. The following year, the Yuan Dynasty was changed to "
"Shao Sheng", stopped negotiating with Xixia, and sent troops to attack Xixia many times, forcing Xixia to beg for peace with the Song Dynasty. Yuanfu died of illness in Bianliang, Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan) in the first month of the third year of Yuanfu. Zhezong was the more accomplished emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. However,
Because the partisanship between the new party and the old party was not only unresolved, it intensified during the reign of Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, sowing the seeds of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
When Zhezong died of illness and had no children, Empress Dowager Xiang, despite the strong opposition of Prime Minister Zhang Chun, supported his younger brother Zhao Ji as emperor, known as Weizong of the Song Dynasty. He was the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty and the eleventh son of Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. He reigned for 25 years. Weizong of the Song Dynasty
He was a frivolous and unscrupulous leader who was foolish and incompetent. After Song Weizong came to the throne, he implemented the new law, but Cai Jing, Tong Guan, etc., who he favored and favored, committed all kinds of evil under the banner of introducing the new law, which caused the political situation to plummet. During Zhao Ji's reign, he excessively pursued luxury.
During his life, he purchased "Flowers and Stones" in the south, collected exotic flowers and stones and transported them to Bianjing to build gardens and palaces. He believed in Taoism and called himself the "Taojun Emperor". He appointed corrupt officials and eunuchs to levy excessive taxes, which aroused peasant uprisings everywhere. The rule of the Northern Song Dynasty was in crisis. At that time,
When the Jin soldiers invaded and could not cope with it, he hurriedly passed the throne to his son Song Qinzong to deal with it, and he became the "overlord". However, in the end he could not save the situation, and the "Jingkang Shame" broke out. Both father and son were captured by the Jin soldiers and went northward, where they suffered a lot.
He was tortured and died in Five Kingdoms City eight years later.
Song Qinzong, named Zhao Huan, was the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125 AD), when the Jin soldiers went south, he was enthroned by his father Huizong. The following year, he was forced to use Li Gang, the main war faction, to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and he was beheaded and deposed.
Cai Jing and his party were defeated, but they still agreed to pay compensation, cede Taiyuan and other three towns, and beg for surrender and peace. After the city of Bianjing was destroyed, gold was surrendered, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. In the second year of Jingkang (1127 AD), Huizong captured the Northern Song Dynasty for the Jin soldiers.
He went there and was imprisoned in Wuguo City (today's Yilan, Heilongjiang), which is known as the "Shame of Jingkang" in history. In 1161 AD, Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan was trampled to death by a horse in the Kingdom of Jin. He was fifty-seven years old and his burial place is unknown.
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This is the history of the Northern Song Dynasty that Wu Zhi knows. If there is not much deviation in the era he lives in now, and he is still the same Northern Song Dynasty, then he will be a bit untimely and miserable when he travels here. In the future, he may
I have to spend the rest of my life in turmoil. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, it seemed that the pomp and glory remained the same, but in fact it was already decayed, with internal strife and foreign aggression continuing.
In Wu Zhi's memory, Zhao Xu would die of illness in less than five years. The romantic but incompetent Song Huizong Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, and the Northern Song Dynasty truly became a weak and bully shrimp.
Because he was bullied by the Jin people, he fled south and destroyed the country. Even the old and young emperors were captured by the Jin people. This was the "shame of Jingkang".
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God has just given him a door to new life through time travel and rebirth, and now it has pushed him into another door to destruction where the country is destroyed and people are destroyed. This joke is too big!
"What should I do? Do I want to watch my homeland fall and the world collapse? Do I want to watch my relatives around me become displaced, have no one to rely on, and become slaves of the country?" Wu Zhi asked himself.
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He could foresee the future, but he had to watch the collapse of the world, the loss of his country, and the displacement of his relatives without doing anything. His conscience told him that this was impossible. It was impossible for him to watch his current relatives disappear one by one in front of him.
This must not happen! After rebirth, Wu Zhi has regarded Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Xiao'e and Jin Lian as his closest relatives. He will never allow them to make any mistakes. He must protect them.
Good for them!
Protecting your kind relatives, protecting your beautiful home, and protecting your huge country are Wu Zhi’s lifelong beliefs and spiritual sustenance. A true man must survive in this world and move forward in spite of all obstacles.
So where should we go? Wu Zhi's mind moved, he walked behind the desk, sat down, took out a piece of paper, picked up the wool pen on the pen holder, dipped some remaining ink, thought for a while, and wrote down two words about Zhao Xu
Then write the names Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu on the left side below, write Zhao Ji on the right, and write the names of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu below Zhao Ji, connect them with arrows, and on the side
He wrote about new laws, old laws, party struggles, emphasizing literature over military affairs, Hua Shi Gang, etc. After thinking for a moment, he wrote Fang La, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong and others in the back. After a pause, he wrote Zhang Kai, Zhong.
Shi Dao, Zhong Shi Zhong, Zhe Ke Shi, Yao Xiong and other names, and then he wrote the word "military" in big letters at the back and added a big exclamation mark.
According to historical evolution, if things are allowed to develop naturally, Wu Zhi's Northern Song Dynasty will eventually be destroyed. For himself and his relatives, he must start to plan for a rainy day. He must do his best.
To change the historical process of the Northern Song Dynasty, at least to delay the period of its destruction, and even to change the fate and save the situation, we would not hesitate to use all possible means.
To change your destiny, you must have enough strength! This strength means having money and power, and big money and power. You must also have your own team and army, and you must have strong soldiers and generals. "The barrel of a gun"
There is political power inside!"
Wu Zhi clenched his fists and immersed himself in writing down a line of words such as the imperial examination, the New Deal, power, commerce, industry, military, and training new soldiers. After writing, he thought for a while and added the word "Cuju" to it.
It is also an artifact, so don’t forget it! Song Huizong Zhao Ji was a fan of Cuju, so he might be able to use it one day.
Wu Zhi estimated that he might not be able to prevent Zhao Ji from becoming emperor, so he would have to deal with Zhao Ji. Before his rebirth, he was the captain of the school football team. He was still very confident in his skills, so it was better to be prepared.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!
Wu Zhi thought for a long time, his confidence gradually increased, then he pushed the chair and stood up, striding open the door and walking out of the small study. At a glance, he saw Xiao'e leaning against the door with an anxious face, waiting for him. He hesitated to speak, and he quickly smiled.
He took her little hand and walked across the yard to the kitchen.
Wu Zhi stayed in this small study until nightfall, when the lanterns came on, and it was already past dinner time. Xiao'e came over and urged her several times, feeling a little worried.
Now that Xiao'e saw Brother Dalang looking relaxed, laughing and holding her hand, Xiao'e felt relieved.