Qian Song

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Chen Gongfu participated in the Shangshe Examination in the third year of Zhenghe and won No.1.

——The Zhao Song Dynasty adopted the "Sanshe" examination method during the period when Zhao Ji was in power, among which "Shangshe" was the highest-level examination, and Shangshe No.1 was equivalent to the number one scholar in the Jinshi examination.

Undoubtedly, Chen Gongfu, who is the number one scholar, is a very talented person.

Such a talent, if it wasn't for the favor of the ministers who are not in power and being squeezed out everywhere, he should have become a high-ranking official in the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In fact, it is true.

Chen Gongfu, after he entered the official career, advocated integrity, spoke honestly, and acted without looking at other people's faces.

When Chen Gongfu was a professor in Pingjiang Mansion, Zhu Miao was very favored by Zhao Ji, and he was so powerful that many officials bowed down in front of Zhu Mian, but Chen Gongfu never had any contact with Zhu Miao. Instead of going to mourn, he also taught his students not to go.

At the beginning, Li Bangyan was dismissed from office, but within a few days he was awarded the title of Taizai by Zhao Huan. At that time, the popularity was shocked, but most officials in the court dared not speak out. Only Chen Gongfu wrote a memorial to impeachment overnight, listing Li All kinds of facts and bad deeds of Bangyan betraying the country and surrendering to the enemy finally caused Li Bangyan and his followers Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao and others to be dismissed from office.

Historically, after the Jin people invaded the south for the first time, Wu Min and Li Gang were at odds with each other. Although Chen Gongfu had a good relationship with Li Gang, he was impartial and righteous for the country.

In short, Chen Gongfu is not only talented, but also upright. He often speaks out and advises on state affairs. Even Zhao Gou in history highly respected Chen Gongfu. He watches.

Such Chen Gongfu did not rise up in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Ordinarily, after becoming an official in the Daqian Dynasty, Chen Gongfu, a surrendered minister, should be a man with his tail between his legs, so as not to be driven out of the court by Li Cun and never be an official.

But Chen Gongfu was not like this, but like Li Guang, when he saw something that was not pleasing to the eye, he gave Li Cun a memorial.

It's fine as usual, Li Cun wants to show his mind and doesn't care about you, a little censor, but you wrote a letter to Li Cun when the Qianjun was winning every victory, asking Li Cun Stop the war and let the people in the Central Plains and even the entire Daqian Dynasty recuperate for three years.

Are you saying you are crazy? !
Indeed, upon first hearing Chen Gongfu's claims, many people thought that Chen Gongfu was crazy, and some even thought that Chen Gongfu was a spy of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty who asked Li Cunzhu to kill Chen Gongfu.

But although Li Cun was also surprised by Chen Gongfu's claim, after carefully reading the memorial that Chen Gongfu gave himself, Li Cun frowned.

Chen Gongfu is not aimless.

First of all, it must be said that Li Cun has grown so fast that although Li Cun has been working hard to manage every piece of land he has acquired over the years, and has gone everywhere to plunder, blackmail, and search, in the end, the money and food he got Barely enough for the development and growth of one's own territory.

And this was just before Li Cun got the Central Plains.

After acquiring the already battered territory in the Central Plains, Li Cun couldn't help but struggle to run it again.

This is really helpless. Since the Li Cun and Fang La uprisings, and even earlier, the people in the Central Plains have been living in dire straits.

By the time Zhao Ji began to join forces with Jin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the people in the Central Plains were already deprived and unable to survive, and could only revolt and rebel one after another.

When Li Cun defeated the Song Dynasty, although Li Cun did not grab the people's needles and thread, he was still providing disaster relief, but the pain caused by the war could not be completely avoided, which made the people in the Central Plains begin to march into hell.

The person who completely sent the people in the Central Plains to hell was Zhao Gou. After he dug the Yellow River with Du Chong’s desperate plan, more than 20 people in the Central Plains were drowned. The number of deaths caused by displacement and plague Twice this, the Huaihe River and Huaihe areas, which were the most prosperous in the past, were destroyed, and nearly ten million people became homeless and became refugees.

Although this catastrophe just broke out, Li Cun has already tried his best to relieve the victims. Before that, Li Cun thought he was well prepared to seize the Central Plains, but when this huge and extremely heavy burden fell down However, the Daqian Dynasty can only barely support it.

What made Li Cun even more troublesome was that he had to control the Yellow River.

Even if Tang Ke, according to Li Cun's intention, only used work for relief to control the Yellow River, but even so, the cost would be terribly high.

The most critical thing is food consumption.

Although the Dagan imperial court did not pay any money, it only promised to distribute the fertile land in the two river basins to the peasants according to the degree of credit after the Yellow River is well governed. Strength to do such hard work?

Furthermore, if the emperor Li Cun sent hungry soldiers to control the Yellow River, there might be something like "Mo Daoshi's one eye, stirring up rebellion in the Yellow River world" that would shake Li Cun's country.

In addition, the Daqian Dynasty is also facing a huge trouble.

Although Li Cun has been suppressing the routs, bandits, and rebels in the Central Plains, Hebei, and Hedong regions, but because the war has never really stopped, there are always new routs scattered, and then There will always be new routs, bandits, and rebels.

To give a few representative examples:

At this critical moment when the Daqian Dynasty launched a general attack on the small court of the Western Song Dynasty, a man named Li Xiaozhong (not Li Yanxian in history) actually gathered a group of defeated soldiers to attack Xiangyang Mansion. In the Jingxiang area, they even wanted to enter Shu from the Jingxiang area;
There is also a man named Yan Jin who also took this opportunity to gather tens of thousands of bandits and is attacking Huangzhou;
Gaotuo Mountain, the big thief who caused a lot of trouble in Hebei, was later recruited by the Zhao Song Dynasty and renamed Gao Sheng. The area around the Taihang Mountains is very noisy.

If these rebellions only occurred in the Central Plains, Hebei, and Hedong regions that have not yet fully stabilized, Li Cun would not be so worried.

But Chen Tong, a native of Hangzhou, has gathered thousands of people, and is currently haunting the eastern Zhejiang area. Many government officials have reported that Chen Tong has signs of attacking the city, and seems to want to follow the old road that Li Cun walked before;

What troubled Li Cun even more was that Zhong Xiang, a native of Wuling, Dingzhou, used religious activities to organize people in his hometown. All farmers who joined his organization—the township society—had to pay a little money and food, and mutual aid was practiced in the society, so they could " Field silkworms are thriving and rich in physiology."He declared: "The law distinguishes the rich and the poor from the noble and the humble, which is not a good law. I practice the law and treat the rich and the poor as equals."

Because of this, Zhong Xiang was deeply supported by the local people, and he was called "the master" or "the great sage of heaven".

Countless people from hundreds of miles around have joined the village community.

—— Zhongxiang’s township society did not grow up during the Dagan Dynasty, but as early as the Zhao Song Dynasty ruled the Jingzhou area, they had already begun to develop secretly. Looking at their history, I’m afraid it’s almost 20 years old , its influence extended to the counties around Dongting Lake.

If it is said that Zhongxiang is only asking for an official, Li Cun will definitely give Zhongxiang a reward, and then break up their township society bit by bit.

But the problem is, I don’t know if Zhong Xiang thinks that there is not much room for him to develop when he comes to the Dagan Dynasty. He can only become emperor if he first mixes with the dying Zhao Song Dynasty, and then establishes his own dynasty. He even chose not to vote for the Dagan Dynasty, which was close at hand. Instead, when Li Cun was fighting the Song Dynasty, he wanted to lead the 300 troops he formed to rescue King Qin of Bianliang City, Tokyo.

It's a pity that at that time Li Cun sent troops to block all the roads going north, making it impossible for Zhong Xiang to go north at all.

Later, Zhong Xiang planned an uprising based on these 300 people.

It was also not long ago that Zhong Xiang took advantage of the chaos and led an uprising. With the slogan of "supporting the Song Dynasty and destroying the Qiang Dynasty", he entangled many people who believed in his religion and heart to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and engulfed a large number of innocent people to occupy the eight hundred li At Dongting Lake, Prime Minister Zhong called himself the King of Chu and set up officials. They burned government offices, cities, temples, temples, and the houses of Haoyou, and killed officials, Confucian scholars, monks, witch doctors, fortune-tellers, and people who had feuds.

They called the killing of officials and other acts "executive law", the act of dividing the property of these people equally "equal", denounced the national law of the Daqian Dynasty as "evil law", and all those who participated in the uprising army were exempted from taxation. Section, not subject to judicial orders.

Relying on these propositions and actions and religious misleading, Zhong Xiang gathered tens of thousands of people, relying on the natural danger of Dongting Lake, to fight against the army, and to support the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty.

In other words, not only is there a problem in the Central Plains, but Li Cun's old den in the south also has a lot of problems.

Li Cun is actually very clear that the reason why the south has problems is mainly because he has focused all his attention on the Yanyun region and the Central Plains region in the north over the years, and squeezed a lot of money and food from the south to supply the north and the Central Plains region .

In addition, with their own successful examples, some bold people will inevitably think "the emperor will do it in turn, and come to my house next year".

This caused many Xiaoxiao to jump out to take advantage of the chaos and make trouble, even to take risks.

in fact--

Everything at present is still under Li Cun's control, including the most powerful Zhong Xiang gang

——If it weren't for Zhong Xiang and the others relying on Dongting Lake, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to mediate with the dry army, they would have been wiped out by Zhao Han'er, Sun Sandai, Zhang Goudan, and Er Ganzi long ago.

But then again, this only means that Li Cun can still control the overall situation, not that there is no problem at present.

After reading the memorial that Chen Gongfu gave himself, Li Cun finally realized that the problem of all this was due to the lack of people's strength.

The strength of the people is exhausted, that is, there is not enough money and supplies.

Before that, Li Cun always thought that the Dagan Dynasty would not have such a problem, because the Dagan Dynasty was neither dragged down by redundant soldiers nor owed debts, and took back all the land and a large amount of property from the dignitaries and nobles of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. , In addition, the Shanghai trade brought a lot of wealth to the Dagan Dynasty, so it is unreasonable to make the people lack of power.

It wasn't until he saw Chen Gongfu's memorial to himself that Li Cun realized that without sufficient food and materials as a basis, no matter how much money the Daqian Dynasty had, it would be of no value, and it would not become real wealth.

In other words, what the Dagan dynasty lacks now is not money at all, but food and basic materials, especially the former.

Moreover, the people who have been baptized by the flames of war are really too tired, so they need to take a good rest and recuperate.

So Chen Gongfu's reminder was correct and timely.

but--

Although Li Cun was also aware of the problem, Li Cun still did not immediately agree to Chen Gongfu to let the people rest and recuperate for three years.

The reason why Li Cun didn't make this decision now is mainly because the current frontline is playing really well. If the fight continues like this, Li Cun is likely to complete the real unification this year.

If Li Cun can successfully complete the unification, many problems will no longer be problems, including the current turmoil.

Therefore, it is impossible for Li Cun to miss the opportunity to complete the unification because of some problems that he can suppress.

Li Cun summoned Chen Gongfu to the palace and had a heart-to-heart talk with Chen Gongfu.

Li Cun and Chen Gongfu thoroughly explained the problems faced by the Dagan Dynasty.

Li Cun also said that as long as this battle is over, he will definitely let the people rest and recuperate, and by the way, all these problems currently facing the Daqian Dynasty will be dealt with.

Chen Gongfu understood that Li Cun, the emperor, was able to talk to him so patiently, which meant that Li Cun was really aware of the issues he raised and agreed with his proposal.

However, in such a favorable situation, it is indeed too difficult for Li Cun to let Li Cun withdraw his troops and give up the opportunity to complete the unification.

Chen Gongfu said: "As an admonisher, it is my duty to remind Your Majesty of the national crisis. Your Majesty's decision according to the general situation of the country is the emperor's decision. It is simple in the emperor's heart. Your Majesty does not need to explain everything to your ministers."

Even though he said so, Chen Gongfu was very relieved that the emperor could explain the whole story to him in person.

This at least shows that the emperor really listened to the harsh suggestion of his courtier.

This also proves that Chen Gongfu did not misjudge Li Cun at the beginning. Although Li Cun was lustful and a little greedy, he was not a gentleman, but in terms of ability, attitude, foresight, etc., Li Cun did have the qualifications of an emperor through the ages, yes The one who can end the chaos.

Li Cun didn't say anything more to Chen Gongfu, and let Chen Gongfu leave.

The next day, Li Cun promoted Chen Gongfu to be a royal doctor.

Yushitai is the central administrative supervision organ and one of the central judicial organs, responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and rectifying discipline.Moreover, for major cases, Yushitai, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Dali Temple will form a joint trial of the three law departments.

——Dali Temple is responsible for interrogating criminals and drafting verdicts, and the Criminal Department is responsible for reviewing and reporting to Yushitai for supervision and trial.

Although the power of the Yushitai department is not great, it can control everything, even the emperor in theory.

And Doctor Yushi is a high-ranking official of the third rank, which is eight ranks higher than Chen Gongfu's original censor of the seventh rank!
Li Cun suddenly promoted Chen Gongfu, who came from the Zhao Song Dynasty, to such a high level. Many people were surprised and saw that Li Cunzhen would use talents regardless of previous suspicions, and at the same time, it also made some political sense Sensitive people smell something different.

First of all, of course, Li Cun is very optimistic about Chen Gongfu.

What's more, Li Cun must have listened to Chen Gongfu's suggestion to Li Cun.

And based on this inference, a thing that no one thought of before may happen soon!
This thing is, the war may be over, at least for a while...

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