Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 15 We Have Not Served (This chapter is free)

He pondered for a while, saw Zhao Xingde was also looking at him, and sighed: "Forget it, the faults of a gentleman are like the eclipse of the sun and the moon. Everyone sees the faults; what's more, everyone admires them." After a pause, he said: "This dynasty adheres to the policy of using literature to control the military and guarding the inside and the outside. Back then, Han Zhongxian was the deputy envoy of the privy and stayed behind in Xijing, and Di Qing was a subordinate of Heluo's camp capital. The two generals were originally Harmony, and make efforts to organize the army and military affairs, and wait for the opportunity to manage Guanzhong. Di Qing is a famous general in the world, everyone salutes him as a sage, and most soldiers are willing to die for him. Han Zhongxian worried that if this continues, it will become the domineering state of the former dynasty, so he intentionally Humiliate Di Qing."

Seeing that Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue were listening intently, Chao Buzhi sighed, and continued: "One day, Han Zhongxian had a public banquet and called Bai Mudan, a famous 'prostitute' from Luoyang, to persuade Di Qing to drink, saying: 'Persuade Ban'er to drink. "Zhan", intended to ridicule the tattoo on his face. Another time, Di Qing invited Han Zhongxian Gong, and Liu Yi, a commoner, as his companion. During the banquet, there was "youren take Confucianism as a play", and Liu Yi said angrily: "Tattoo dare not Er'" scolding endlessly, Di Qing just apologized to Xun Xun.Another time, Han Zhongxian wanted to kill Jiao Yong, Di Qing's old subordinate. Di Qing stood at the bottom of the steps and pleaded for Jiao Yong, saying, "Jiao Yong has military merits and is a hero." Duke Han Zhongxian replied, "The one who sings the number one scholar outside the Donghua Gate is a hero. How can he be a hero?" 'He killed Jiao Yong right in front of him.Di Qing was humble and magnanimous, but Han Zhongxian could not help but harbor resentment for treating him like this. Every time he said to people: "Han Privy's meritorious official position is the same as mine, and I am short of Jinshi and Dier." '"

"Di Qing was captured in attacking Xia, and Liu Yi was taught the art of war by him. Twenty years later, when Xia's army attacked Luoyang, Duke Han Zhongxian, the white peony who humiliated Di Qing at the beginning had all passed away, and the one who was captured was just another generation of Luoyang Huakui. , Liu Yi also knows, he just used this to avenge Di Qing, and make Han Zhongxian's fault known to the world."

Hearing this, Zhao Xingde couldn't help thinking that Liu Yi was scheming, Han Qi was known as a virtuous prime minister in the Song Dynasty, if Liu Yi just blamed Han Qi, no one would listen to him, he simply thought that Di Qing was injustice and kidnapped Bai Peony, out of curiosity, people in the world will inevitably search for the root cause, and Han Zhongxian's gentleman's faults will inevitably be known to the world.

Li Ruoxue didn't expect that this matter would involve the fault of the virtuous Prime Minister Han Qi, so she remained silent, but Li Ruoxu, who was still young, said: "Di Qing is invincible in battle, and he is just surviving, what face is there to complain?"

Chao Buzhi took a look at Li Ruoxu, and said slowly: "The army in Guanzhong was defeated, Di Qing was captured, and he was imprisoned in the Xia State Scholars' Mansion for three to forty years. There was no treason and surrender to the enemy. Our envoys entered Xia, The Emperor Xia also asked his envoys to meet with him, and every time the two countries met to exchange contracts, our court proposed to let Di Qing return to the country, but Xia Guo flatly rejected it. That's all."

Li Ruoxue sighed, but said softly: "But there are rumors in the neighborhood that Liu Yi and Bai Mudan have become a good story."

Chao Buzhi nodded, and said: "That's right. When Liu Yi took Bai Mudan back to Guanzhong, he was about to release her, but she was not allowed to return to Luoyang. Bai Mudan had nowhere to go, and he didn't want to go back to Luoyang's Goulan again." , simply lived in Liu Yi's mansion, and over time, it became a marriage." Liu Yi has the talent of riding a horse to beat a madman, and getting off a horse to draft an army book, and after he married Bai Mudan, he never married another.

Li Ruoxue was thoughtful, looking forward to it, her pretty face was dizzy, she mustered up her courage and asked in a low voice: "Teacher, I heard that men in Xia Kingdom only love their wives and don't accept concubines, but is it true? "After asking, her cheeks turned even redder, like a ripe apple, but she refused to let go of this opportunity to get to the bottom of it, and looked at Chao Buzhi with wide eyes.

Chao Buzhi couldn't help being dumbfounded, took a sip from his tea cup lightly, and said with a smile, "There is an institution called the Inquisition in Xia Kingdom, which specializes in adjudicating conflicts between sects and apprehending cult demons. Influenced by several sects such as religion, the elders of the Inquisition pointed out that since male and female babies are born in roughly the same number, then the monogamy system is sacred, so many elders have been criticizing the concubine system. Although many scholars in the scholar's residence think that men should take concubines for the sake of their children, over the years, more and more soldiers and common people have recommended the school lieutenant and Zhu Guo, and more and more people agree with the abolition of the concubine system. Even now Xia The emperor of the country only conferred a queen, and no other concubines." Chao Buzhi now has only one old wife, and has no concubines anymore, which is also influenced by some customs of the Xia Kingdom.

"Ah?" Zhao Xingde's expression fell into the eyes of others, Li Ruoxue gave him a white look, felt his cheeks were slightly hot, bowed his head and stopped talking.

Seeing that Li Ruoxue didn't ask any more questions, Zhao Xingde asked, "I heard that the Xia Dynasty had a strong military force, and there have been constant wars in the past hundred years. Beiwei Desert, Xilue River, and even Tubo's old land were almost taken care of by him. During Yuanfu Years, Xia* The * team broke through Hangu Xinguan in the first battle, and the soldiers surrounded Luoyang, but Bianliang could not be rescued, why didn't they take advantage of the momentum and go eastward, sweeping the world?"

Chao Buzhi nodded his head to Zhao Xingde to show his approval, he is a rare person in the court who knows the situation of Xia State well, so he said slowly: "The system of Xia State is inherited from the will of the Warring States Qin and Han Dynasties, and it is quite martial-minded. Wind. In the land of Guanzhong, every household has a horse, a boy rides a sheep, and people learn to fight. If there is no other special ability, Xia Guoren can only be considered a scholar after joining the army, otherwise he can only become a shady household. The third handover was given to the scholars who protected him, and he also had to accept many jurisdictions from the scholars. The people of Xia admired martial arts in the whole country, just like the whole country in the Song Dynasty worshiped literature. The young boy can be cultivated, and his parents send him to a private school where he can teach martial arts , and until they grow up, the competition for joining the army is extremely fierce, just like the provincial and provincial examinations in the Song Dynasty. The ten commanders in the Xia Dynasty are determined entirely by courage, and the other officers are elected above the ten commanders. Therefore, Xia The army is full of brave and brave soldiers, and they are extremely strict in military law, so that they can repel the Turks in the west, conquer the Khitan in the east, conquer the small sea in the north, and conquer Tubo in the south. Although our imperial army in the Song Dynasty is excellent, it has never been able to match it." Chao Buzhi Although his voice was not loud, the feeling revealed in his tone showed that the sergeants in Xia Kingdom had left a deep impression on him.

He took a sip of tea and continued: "The siege of Luoyang could be solved back then. One reason was that during the Yuanfu period, our dynasty was strong and we abandoned the views of the old and new parties. Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren, Su Song, and Zhang Dun were all He is a minister of the prime minister, and he has the power of Xining's reform. The treasury of the imperial court is full, and the imperial army is well-trained. Therefore, the Xia army surrounded Luoyang for two months and could not be pulled out. However, the army of the Sifangqin king gathered in Bianliang passed away. 30 people. If the Xia Kingdom is unwilling to fight our dynasty with an overwhelming army, it will not be able to take advantage of it. The second is that since the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, Chen De, has continued to use troops in the west. Hezhong is the place of the four wars. There were constant wars between Xia State and the Turks, big cannibals, and Ross people. Just half a year after the siege of Luoyang was lifted, Xia State fought another battle with Ross. At that time, the court was still worried about the siege of Luoyang. The idea of ​​seizing Guanzhong by taking advantage of the false attack is gone, and he also strictly ordered the troops stationed in Heluo not to engage in frontier quarrels." Having said this, Chao Buzhi smiled and said, "The courtier who advocated the most fierce attack on Xia, Later, he became more and more hostile and fearful of war. "

Li Ruoxu knew all about the Turks and Dashi that were common in history books, but he was a little puzzled, so he asked, "Sir, what kind of Diyi are people from Ross?"

Chao Buzhi thought for a while and explained: "Ross is a race living in the west of Shishan Mountain. He has a high nose, deep eyes, blue eyes and yellow hair. Every battle he would plunder and slaughter everywhere. People are similar, but the population is more prosperous, estimated at 500 million."

"Ji people?" Both Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoxu exclaimed. There are too many records about the cruelty of Jie people in the history books. If King Ran Wei hadn't expelled most of them from the Central Plains, North China at that time would have become ghosts. .The total number of Hu people in North China during the Five Hu chaos in China was only a few million, and the country of Hu people who fought against each other with Xia Guo had a population of more than 500 million in Ross alone.

"Well," Chao Buzhi nodded, recalling the tragic scenes of the tribes that had been slaughtered by the Ross people, his face was quite solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Not only does it have the appearance of a Jie people, but also its armor is sharp. Good profit but little virtue, cunning and fickle, cruel behavior, exactly the same."