After Shao Song

Chapter 183 Extra: Duan Zhixing (Thanks for the tip)
Duan Zhixing never imagined that he would accompany his old boss Zhai Biao on his last journey of life.

This is not to say that Zhai Biao died without anyone.On the contrary, the Zhai family is a serious wealthy family in the west of Beijing. Not only does the family live well in Heluo, but the Xiping branch also became the county magistrate due to their hard work during the Jianyan period. Zhai Biao himself is ranked ninth, and his wife is the wife of the veteran Yang Weizhong. Pro-granddaughter, full of children and grandchildren.By the time he dies, his descendants will fill the house in Tokyo so tight that no one can fit in.

Yes, after Zhai Laojiu went to Yang Yizhong, the king of Jingsai County, he has been the head of the Yuqian Banzhi. Because the Supreme Emperor abdicated, he was changed to Wuning Army Jiedu Envoy and the Imperial Battalion Commander. He accompanied the retired Zhao Jiu until he was also When he couldn't get out of bed, he recommended Zhang Xiaoxiang to take over. Then he drove west of Hexi in the seventh year of Shaoxing, and died at the age of 67.

So the question is, why did Duan Zhixing come to see him off? Because Emperor Zhao Jiu heard that the old man who had served him for more than 50 years was dying, and insisted on going to see it himself, but Zhai Biao himself was left with only one child on the hospital bed. He became angry and insisted that his son refuse on his behalf.

In addition, the Supreme Emperor is over seventy years old. Although he is still in good health, every time he bids farewell to an old minister or sheds tears in recent years, he will be sad and suffer from illness. Not to mention Lady Xie, it is Yan. Jin Shang in Beijing was also scared.Moreover, the Crown Prince and Princess Shouchun were also in Tokyo that time.The daughter and grandson worked together to persuade him.Zhao Jiu, who has always been known as "frivolous", had to compromise.

He is really old. As the mythical savior of the people of the Song Dynasty, he can no longer stand up and shoot the eagle with his sword.

As a lifelong servant, Zhai Laojiu couldn't bear to let his already exhausted body irritate the Supreme Emperor.But his qualifications and status cannot be ignored by the royal family, so Duan Zhixing, who was from the Chixin Cavalry and once served as a subordinate of Zhai Biao, was appointed to see if he had any last words.

Who would have thought that when Zhai Biao, who had been unconscious for a long time, saw him, he would say something incoherent, "You kid, have you learned how to clear mud now?"

Zhai's eldest son thought that his father was confused, and wanted to apologize to the uncle, but Duan Zhixing waved his hand and refused.He smiled and said to his old boss: "Brother Zhai Jiu, now I can not only clear the silt, but also dig ditches, plow the fields and sow seeds. If I continue to accompany the Supreme Emperor in farm work, I will not tire him out. Don't worry."

Zhai Biao nodded when he heard the words, and said with a satisfied smile: "That's good, that's good. King Liu Jun also left a few years ago, and I'm leaving too. You really have to know it. Later boys are more No, they can’t understand what the officials are saying.”

I say it as if you can understand it!
Duan Zhixing was complaining in his heart, but looking at the old Zhai Biao, he felt uncomfortable and said: "Yes, Xin Qiji, Hong Laoqi, Zhang Xiaoxiang and the others are good at fighting, but they are worse than me at farm work."

"Didn't you come here like this? At that time, I thought, what happened to the princes of Dali? The official family is from the prince of the country, isn't it..." Zhai Biao seemed to be in doubt, and he said "Boss" for a while and "Prince Liu" for a while. , from the defeat of Yelu Mawu in Ruyang City to the battle of Wushan, Duan Zhixing has never experienced these, but he has heard the old man of the Red Heart Team say it countless times, so he answered the words very smoothly.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Zhai Biao suddenly woke up and asked his son to write a thank you note. He must understand that "my family is considered a rich man in Xiping, and we have been able to stay with him for more than forty years because of the favor of the officials during the Jingkang Incident." , rise to great heights, build Yan’s achievements, and be able to participate, it’s okay if you can’t study well, but you must guard your family carefully. If you are in troubled times, you will know that we are Song ministers in this world.”

All the descendants of the Zhai family shed tears and kowtowed in agreement.

Zhai Biao was clear for a moment, then suddenly looked at Duan Zhixing and said, "If you stay in the Song Dynasty, just live a good life. I think you didn't want to go home at that time." This was so strange that even Duan Zhixing himself was stunned for a moment before reacting. Come over, and when he wanted to say something, Zhai Biao exhaled and slowly stopped his heartbeat.

The leader of the Imperial Guard, who came from a powerful generation, closed his eyes and went underground to find Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan and even Xin Wenyu to praise and drink with him, taking with him the countless legends he had witnessed during the Jianyan years.

Duan Zhixing also felt very tired. After going out, he originally wanted to go directly to the palace to report the funeral, but Zhao Guan's family had irregular sleep patterns due to their old age, so he went to catch up on his sleep.Duan Zhixing had no choice but to listen to the chief minister's advice and go home to take a bath before coming back to see the emperor.

Time flies by, and Xiao Duanlangjun, who once cried under Zhai Biao, is now over fifty. But along the way, he remembers that when he was in Ningxia, Zhai Jiedu seemed to have been attacked by Prince Yang once. I can't think of anything specific. But when I followed my concubine back from Dali, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "You look like a crying boy, you don't look like a man. You don't give us imperial guards at the critical moment." It’s really embarrassing. If Dali is in a state of chaos, it’s okay to be in chaos. Officials can always tolerate people, so you can just settle down and be a Song Dynasty person.”

Yes, from the 13th year of Jianyan's reign, he was transferred to the position of Dian Kecheng of Honglu Temple, and the following year he hired his wife to the prime minister's house. Over the past few decades, he was already a Song Dynasty person from beginning to end.

I still remember that in the 17th year of Jianyan's reign, Dali was divided into four parts. The official family granted four princes at one go, two with the surname of Gao, one with the surname of Yang, and the last one with the surname of Duan, named Duan Zhengxing, who was Duan Zhixing's biological father.

For this reason, the officials asked him, "Would you like to go back to the Dali mansion? If you go back, according to the example of the Mongol King Tuoli, the Duan family's title of county king will be yours sooner or later." Duan Zhixing almost didn't even have to think about it, so he answered Said: "I have been in the Song Dynasty for many years, and I have taken root in the Song Dynasty. I don't want to go back to the land of the barbarians." In other people's minds, I have long been a generation of rebels, even if they have to endure me because of His Majesty's reasons, they will try to find a way...so my minister's going to Dali will not help the official career."

The great cause mentioned by Duan Zhixing is obviously the border policy "thought out" by a certain official: to change the land and return it to the people.Of course, the Zhao Guan family has always adapted to local conditions. They did not expect that the hundreds of years of family business and national culture in the southwest could be completely Chineseized in one or two generations and then become an official. They would only be able to obtain the technological achievements of later generations.

But since the Jiaozhi Kingdom became the Annan Road of the Great Song Dynasty, he began to actively deploy it, such as directly appointing some officials from Yunnan to establish mutual markets in Jianchang Mansion, and another example, canonizing his second son as King Mu, and vassaling Yunnan and Guizhou.Another option is to use them, the direct descendants of Duan and Gao, to engage in literary propaganda about "since ancient times".

Although Duan Zhixing's political level is not that high, he believes in the government.I am not optimistic about how long Dali, which is already weak, can be independent after being divided into several small states.

Don't you see, people in Daluo, Linhuang and even Yinchuan now speak Chinese and practice Chinese etiquette. They are really "combing their hair like Yanjing did". In a few generations, they will be no different from the people in the Central Plains.

Officials have said that cultural aggression is more effective than war.

Not to mention, several small regimes also engaged in hundreds of trades with the Song Dynasty. The people wore mink fur from Liaodong, ate salt from Hedong, and watched sumo wrestling spread from Tokyo.

However, Duan Zhixing returned to Dali once in his lifetime, for no other reason than that his father Duan Zhengxing was seriously ill and requested to see his son before he died. Such a request had to be approved by Zhao Guan's family, and he could not ignore it, although when he saw him The old man knew he had been deceived.

It's not that my father isn't sick, but he's not that sick. He could throw a pillow at him when he didn't see her, but it was because he said he shouldn't resist anymore.

Duan Zhengxing's eyes were red and he said: "Everyone told me that you no longer care about your ancestors, but I never expected that you are already Zhao Song's dog. I have praised you in many classics and forgotten my ancestors."

Duan Zhixing sneered, I am Zhao Song's dog, what are you, but what's the use of talking, just give me a fatal blow, "Didn't my father send me to Zhao Song back then? Do you, a filial son, still remember what my grandmother said in tears? ?”

Duan Zhengxing felt as if his neck was stuck, and after a while he said: "My king, my king, that is..."

Duan Zhixing didn't give him a chance to quibble at all, saying: "Back then, in this city, Gao Liangcheng assassinated the envoy of the Song Dynasty. Don't tell me that you and your grandfather didn't know anything about it, and don't tell me that you didn't know that at that time. Is it because I gave up my life? If the father is unkind and the son is unfilial, my ancestors’ reputation will be ruined?”

Duan Zhengxing fell slumped on the bed, "Could it be that the Duan family's 300-year-old foundation is going to be destroyed in my hands, Zhixing, even if you hate me, your surname is always Duan."

Duan Zhixing was speechless, "What kind of foundation? I used to be a puppet, but now I am no more than a city lord. My father has to sacrifice his life for something he has never got, and I, the son, can't help it. As for my ancestors, I settled down in the Song Dynasty anyway. I already have a son, and the bloodline of the Duan family in Dali will not be cut off, and I won’t care about anything else. If my ancestors are to blame, they can only blame the person who abandoned me."

After speaking, he went out without looking back, listening to his father wailing in the house, and said to his wife Lu, who was a little embarrassed, "Let's go, I will take you to see the camellias in Erhai Lake." Some people just don't feel satisfied.

In the 24th year of Jianyan's reign, Duan Zhengxing, the king of Dali County, passed away, and his second son Duan Zhining was his heir. However, the Song Dynasty refused and was demoted to a duke.In the next hundred years, all the land of the original Nanzhao Kingdom returned to the dynasty.

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