The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

At the end of the second year of Jingkang, the first batch of trade teams going to the Three Kingdoms left Kaifeng and went to the Three Kingdoms.

Li Gang, Li Bangyan, and Zhang Jun represented the Song Dynasty court and sent them twenty miles away.

Before leaving, the caravan was given an official trade certificate from the Song Dynasty court. On the back of the official disk, it was personally written by Zhao Fujin, an official of the Song Dynasty: "You will remember that even though we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, the Song Dynasty court is still the one you rely on. "

Everyone in the caravan burst into tears.

In the spring of the third year of Jingkang, the restructuring of Jiaofangsi kicked off the restructuring of the Song Dynasty.

As the weakest yamen in the Song Dynasty, it was easy to reform.

First of all, the Jiaofangsi has divested itself of its functions of entertaining in the palace, welcoming guests and sending off guests, and of selling official wine. It only retains the educational function of the Jiaofangsi’s rituals, music, and dance.

Secondly, the Jiaofang Division merged into the Xuanhe Painting and Calligraphy Academy and was officially renamed: the Royal Academy of Art of the Song Dynasty.

The world's first comprehensive art institution of higher learning is officially launched, covering music, dance, painting, sculpture, garden design and story-telling literary creation.

Emperor Daojun served as the first president, and Zhao Fujin even visited the name change site in person and delivered a speech known as the "Declaration of the Renaissance" in history.

Zhao Fujin proposed in his speech: "A hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloom!"

For the first time since the Western Han Dynasty, the royal family clearly stated that Confucianism was not exclusive, but that multiple schools of thought should coexist, and that there should be no red lines in literature and art, free discussion, and free research. On this basis, Zhao Fujin also proposed that artistic creation should be humanistic.

Regarding the four words "people-oriented", "Da Song Daily" subsequently published an article with a more detailed interpretation.

Putting people first means upholding and emphasizing human dignity, opposing all violence and discrimination, and advocating freedom and equality to realize self-worth.

Under the influence of this trend of thought, the Song Dynasty court subsequently promulgated the "Song Dynasty Education Act", which clearly stipulated the direction of education, with two major branches, one branch was humanities and social education, and the other branch was natural science education.

Private schools were given the same status as those run by the imperial government.

Private academies such as Yuelu Academy, Bailu Academy, Yingtianfu Academy, and Songyang Academy finally achieved the same social status as Taixuan Academy of the Song Dynasty.

Village studies and township studies also received strong support from the imperial court.

In the eighth year of Jingkang's reign, the Song Dynasty raised its troops and took advantage of Dali to directly attack Bagan.

This is a war with almost no suspense. Spears, broadswords, bows and arrows are vulnerable to the flintlock guns and Dongfeng cannons of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty only sent 8,000 troops and swept across the entire territory of Bagan in just one month.

The king of Burma, Along Xidu, came forward to declare himself a minister.

Zhao Fujin wrote to Dali King Duan Zhengyan, hoping that he would go to Bagan in person to accept the surrender in the name of the Shangzhu State of the Song Dynasty and the Yunnan Jiedushi of the Song Dynasty.

Duan Zhengyan was a little embarrassed, because if this happened, the relationship between Dali and Song Dynasty would be subtle.

It used to be a vassal state in name only, but it was granted the title of Song Dynasty.

If, at the request of Zhao Fujin, an official of the Song Dynasty, he went to Bagan to accept surrender in the name of Shangzhu State and Yunnan Jiedushi, it would mean that Dali would no longer be a nominal vassal state from then on, but would truly become a Dali state. part of the Song Dynasty.

The Gao family in Dali felt that after all-round trade with the Song Dynasty in recent years, Dali's business had prospered and its people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Both the royal family and the common people in Dali were also very attracted to the culture of the Central Plains. Those painters and musicians who came from the Royal Academy of Art of the Song Dynasty There are also "Picking a Pulley", "The Case of Guillotine Beauty" and "The Biography of Masters" told by storytellers, all of which are quite successful in showing the martial arts, justice and happy life of the people in the Song Dynasty.

Public opinion even thinks that Dali should be part of the Song Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, Duan Zhengyan thought about it and went to Bagan in person, adhering to Duan's consistent attitude of not being greedy for power.

He accepted the surrender of Burmese king Along Situ and represented Along Situ as the envoy of Bagan and the king of southern Burma on behalf of the Song Dynasty.

"We, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, are benevolent. Even if we win, we will not kill them. The land of Bagan will still be governed by the King of Nam Burma. They only need to pay tribute of rice according to the harvest every year. In addition, they are allowed to operate grain merchants and rent the Pathein Seaport. There is nothing else to ask for." Duan Zhengyan chuckled.

Xingshang, who was responsible for the translation, replied: "The King of Nam Burma said it was us."

"We? Oh, I am the military governor of Yunnan, not the military governor of Bagan. How can we govern together?"

The translator Xingshang added: "What King Nan Mian means is that the official family of the Song Dynasty is our official family."

Duan Zhengyan:......

After the Battle of Bagan, the situation of the Song Dynasty took on a completely new look.

First of all, the Song Dynasty has stabilized the basic grain market. In the foreseeable years, Bagan, a major grain-producing area, will be firmly in the hands of the Song Dynasty.

Pathein Seaport is also one of the most important sea ports in Asia at this stage.

The reason why Zhao Fujin did not directly destroy Alonsidu's rule is because the environment in Bagan is extremely complex, and the relationship between the Mon and Piao tribes is extremely delicate, and Alonsidu himself is a good ruler, as long as he truly surrenders. , it is better to nourish than to destroy.

Secondly, the Battle of Bagan also provided a new idea for the strategic and tactical improvement of the Song Dynasty War Department.

In the past, when sending troops on expeditions, the biggest headache was supplies.

Although some people from the Academy of Sciences of the Song Dynasty have taken the lead in research on compressed military rations in recent years, the storage and portability are still not enough.

In this Battle of Bagan, all supplies were supplied by the Song Dynasty's garrison base in Dali. In addition to the supplies that the court had stored there in advance over the years, the garrison base purchased any insufficient supplies in Dali, which greatly improved efficiency.

Han Shizhong lamented: "In the past, we always said that troops and horses should go first before food and grass are used. I think we should advance with the times now. It should be said that before soldiers and horses are used, food and grass should go first, and before food and grass are used, diplomacy should go first."

Those old antiques in the court who didn't understand why Zhao Fujin spent money to rent a place in Dali also realized it.

Military war is never a simple military war. It is the continuation of politics, the expression of needs, the support of commerce and the results of diplomacy.

A court that constantly regards itself as the supreme power of heaven, bites the sky and the earth, and is hostile to everyone will not be able to win a beautiful battle.

Han Shizhong suggested that it was time to follow suit and establish a military garrison in the Kingdom of Jin.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace and keep an eye on the grassland above the Kingdom of Jin.

Zhao Fujin smiled and said: "It's still early, it's still early."

At the end of the eighth year of Jingkang's reign, Cai Jing died of illness at the age of 88 in the Department of Integrity and Education!

Emperor Daojun went to express his condolences and burst into tears.

Zhao Fujin's inscription: "Good people don't live long, but disasters last for thousands of years."

Although Cai Chi, the governor of the Department of Banking and Money, felt it was inappropriate, he still framed this word to remind the descendants of the Cai surname: Be a good person!

In the same year, the "Welfare and Treatment Law of the Song Dynasty" was officially promulgated, which not only continued social welfare such as nursing homes, Anjifang and Luzeyuan, but also explicitly stipulated for the first time that the imperial court had the main responsibility for social welfare treatment, and that young children It is the responsibility of the court, not the common people, to educate, have something to do, and provide for old age.

In the ninth year of Jingkang, Wanyan Quan returned to Jin Dynasty as a disciple of the Emperor of Song Dynasty. With the support of Wanyan Zongwang, he soon joined the Jin Dynasty Supervisory Council and became the youngest member of the Jin Kingdom. Under his promotion, trade between the Song and Jin Dynasties further deepened, people-to-people exchanges flourished, and even intermarriages were common.

In the eleventh year of Jingkang, Yelu Nanxian launched a palace coup and went to Kaifeng in person.

Zhao Fujin said: "It is inconvenient for the Song Dynasty to say more about internal affairs. I just hope that the people of Xixia will not suffer, otherwise the Song Dynasty will definitely intervene."

In the same year, Prince Li Renai of Xixia ascended the throne.

On the day he ascended the throne, he bowed east three times and promised the people of Xixia: "How the people of the Song Dynasty live, our people will live."

On the night he ascended the throne, Li Renai persuaded Xia Chongzong and Li Qianshun: "Father, you will follow the example of Emperor Daojun and abdicate smoothly. Now you indulge in painting and calligraphy and live happily. How about you go and live in Kaifeng? I heard that Emperor Daojun is going to open an academy for the elderly." "

Li Qianshun thought for a long time: "Okay!"

In the same year, Wanyan Zongxian married Duan Yuyan, Princess of Dali. The Jin royal family and the Dali royal family officially sent envoys to each other for the first time.

In the thirteenth year of Jingkang, a small group of Japanese pirates landed in the Kingdom of Jin because they deviated from the route.

This gave Zhao Fujin plenty of excuses.

In the summer of the 13th year of Jingkang's reign, three warships of the Hangzhou Shipbuilding Department, equipped with steam engines, set sail for the first time, carrying fifty-six troop transport ships through the open sea to the Jinguo Ningfu. The commander-in-chief of the army was appointed, and the joint fleet of the two countries was established, and they headed for the Sea of ​​Japan in a mighty manner.

Three warships provided long-range fire support.

Wanyan Zongwang led the elite cavalry of the Jin Kingdom and spent two years killing the entire Japanese pirate territory.

Zhao Fujin wrote a letter to Wanyan Zongwang and wrote only six words: kill them all, burn them all, and rob them all.

Wanyan Zongwang sighed: "How much hatred is there?"

Cao Yanchang smiled and said: "This is the first time that an official has launched a killing spree. Don't ask any questions, just do it!"

In the fifteenth year of Jingkang, Li Gang, who was under sixty, died of illness.

Zhao Fujin went to mourn in person and wrote the inscription: "Serve the country and the people wholeheartedly!"

In the seventeenth year of Jingkang, Emperor Daojun finally ascended to the throne.

Zhao Fujin wore sackcloth and mourning to keep vigil for him.

No one knows what Zhao Fujin said in the mourning hall that night. They only know that not long after Emperor Daojun was buried, Zhao Fujin caught wind and cold and stayed in bed for half a month.

The entire hospital was busy, but his condition continued unabated, and his high fever continued intermittently.

Zhao Fujin told Qian Bing of the Tai Hospital: "If there are no antibiotics, I am afraid that time is running out."

Dragging his sick body with him, Zhao Fujin summoned everyone from the Academy of Song Dynasty and Qian Bing and tried his best to explain what antibiotics were so that they could understand them. But in the end, it was too difficult and everyone felt like they were listening to a book from heaven.

All the officials in the imperial court are worried. With the current situation, if...

How about the prince?

Zhao Fujin also knew that it was not yet time to establish a constitutional monarchy now. If he pushed it forward by force, he was afraid that the Song Dynasty would be in internal chaos first, and the world would be in chaos again.

After thinking about it, Zhao Fuji and Jin Xuan came to see him.

Gao Chong knelt in front of the hospital bed, crying so hard that he was out of breath.

Zhao Fujin coughed for a while, pushed himself up and sat up, laughing and scolding: "I'm not dead yet, what are you looking like?"

Zhao Gou wiped away his tears and forced a smile: "Mom Jin, don't worry, I will travel all over the world to find a famous doctor for Sister Huang..."

"Ahem, OK, OK! OK! Sit down."

The candlelight is like a bean, and the autumn wind is bleak.

Zhao Fujin tried his best to explain the method of constitutional monarchy to the important ministers as simply as possible: "I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to manage the government. Everything from now on will depend on you."

Li Bangyan advised: "The officials should not talk about these things for now. First, let's rest in peace and recuperate. Second, we can consider the matter of the crown prince as soon as possible."

Zhao Fujin coughed again: "I will consider it carefully. At the moment, it is better not to let the situation in the court be turbulent. Li Xiangguo, I will appoint you as prime minister today. In the future, you do not need to report to me all the affairs of the court. You will have full authority to handle it."

Li Bangyan was flattered and quickly stood up to give in.

Zhao Fujin raised his hand feebly: "Li Ruoshui, you are in charge of the Yushitai, and you have the responsibility of supervising the Prime Minister and all officials. You must not make the Yushitai useless like when Cai Jing was in power."

Li Ruoshui stood up and held his hands: "Officials, don't worry, I will definitely live up to my duties as censor!"

Zhao Fujin looked at another person: "Zhang Jun, from today on, you will imitate the Jin State Supervisory Congress and serve as the speaker. All laws in the Song Dynasty will be based on this. The original intention of legislation is for the people and the country. Once it is introduced, even if it is Prime Minister Li Bangyan must also govern in accordance with the law."

Zhang Jun bowed: "I accept the order."

"Yue Fei, Han Shizhong." Zhao Fujin looked at the two of them: "You two are still serving in the military. Any military affairs in the future must be approved by the Supervisory Council and sealed by the Prime Minister. Otherwise, you will not obey any military orders."

The two stood tall and tall: "General, I will obey the order!"

After arranging everything, Zhao Fujin lay down and sighed: "Everyone, go ahead. There is no need to come to Akihito Palace to say hello. From tomorrow onwards, Akihito Palace will be closed so that I can recover."

After everyone left, Zhao Fujin opened the quilt and called Chunxia: "Go and get me some desserts."

Chunxia smiled and said: "The officials have been pretending to be sick for more than a month. How long do you plan to pretend?"

Zhao Fujin twisted his neck: "I am forty this year, and I can still pretend for decades."

Chunxia was puzzled: "The official family will not want to manage politics for decades?"

Zhao Fujin sighed: "If I have to continue to manage politics, how can the Song Dynasty grow? Wait a hundred years from now and replace the Zhao family with someone who is not as good as me. It will not be a mess by then. It is not as good as now and let them all act according to the rules. I will not You can support them in the dark. In a few decades, everyone will be on the same page. By then, officials will be officials, and the prime minister will be the prime minister, and everyone will do their own thing."

Chunxia didn't understand what he heard, but he also knew that there were officials guarding Akihito Palace and there would be no trouble in the court, so he walked out of the palace with a smile and went to prepare desserts for Zhao Fujin.

Just after leaving the palace, Chun Xia suddenly ran back screaming: "Guan family! Prince...Prince..."

Zhao Fujin's heart sank and he ran out of the palace barefoot without even wearing shoes.

The prince was already lying on the steps outside the palace, looking in the direction of the palace, without breathing.

Zhao Fujin slowly knelt down and stroked the prince's stiff body, tears falling silently: "Thank you."

That night, Zhao Fujin had a dream.

The cold wind is like a knife and the snow is heavy.

The heaven and earth are like a furnace, melting everything into a vast white color.

Standing on the top of the snow-capped mountains, Zhao Fujin overlooked the official road at the foot of the mountain. The procession on the official road stretched for dozens of miles. On both sides were cavalry holding swords and leading horses and wearing felt clothes. In the middle were ragged, shivering men, women and children, and several others. Hundreds of carts loaded with gold, silver and jewels.

Zhao Fujin was suddenly shocked.

Suddenly, two roars he had never heard before came, painful and desperate.

Zhao Fujin looked sideways and saw two four-clawed golden dragons suddenly appeared on the official road. They were more than ten feet tall. The dragon scales on their bodies had lost their luster and became dim.

There are huge grasping hands on the dragon's body, each of which goes deep into the body, seeming to grasp the keel bones under the scales and flesh.

The grippers are connected to thick iron chains, and each iron chain is dragged by hundreds of soldiers, shouting slogans, dragging the golden dragon, and goes north.

Behind Jin Long, followed a group of people. Although these people seemed to be well-dressed, they still couldn't bear the cold. They supported each other and cuddled up, their messy hair swaying lightly in the cold wind.

Suddenly, a woman in the crowd looked up at the top of the mountain and smiled sadly at Zhao Fujin.

Maode Diji, Zhao Fujin! (End of chapter)