Chapter 694: Talking about Song History (1)
Ying Zheng nodded, immediately changed the subject, and said, "Qin An, I just read the "History of the Song Dynasty" in your study, and I was shocked."
"That book is a book I have read before. The title should be called "A Detailed Story of the Song Dynasty". "History of the Song Dynasty" is the title I chose. It tells the story of the Chenqiao Mutiny, the Release of Military Power over Drinking Wine, and the Chanyuan Alliance. , Jingkang Incident and other major events, as well as important figures such as Song Taizu, Liao Taizu, Jin Taizu, Song Renzong, Song Zong, Yue Fei, Qin Hui, Wen Tianxiang, etc., as well as the Yang family generals, Bao Zheng, civet cat for prince, etc. Historical exposition was given.
You can read it as a history book or as a folk tale.
But, father-in-law, what shocks you? "
Ying Zheng replied: "The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun was actually occupied by the Liao Kingdom. It really shocked me that the Song army was so useless and could not recapture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
Not only was I shocked, but I was also extremely angry. It made me want to kill the emperor of the Song Dynasty. "
Qin An smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, not only the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, but the entire Song Dynasty is a joke."
"How do you say this?" Ying Zheng asked.
Qin An immediately explained: "First of all, the political principle of the Song Dynasty was that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.
To put it simply, civil servants and the emperor govern the world together, which means that no matter what harm the civil servants do, they will not die, including rebellion. "
"What?" Ying Zheng was shocked.
Others were also shocked. Even if they rebelled, they would not die. The officialdom of the Song Dynasty was so weird?
Aren't the emperors most afraid of decentralization of power? This fucking emperor actually let the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together.
They are all serving the emperor. The difference is that if you do not do well, other emperors will kill you or even destroy your nine tribes.
But the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will not kill you, and will even continue to let you serve as an official.
Qin An continued: "Are you surprised? In the Song Dynasty, the power of civil servants was greater than that of military generals. At the border, the soldiers were hungry, but the civil servants could plentiful fish and meat, and they disliked the food being unpalatable.
The war failed, and the generals were about to be beheaded, but the civil servants only scolded him a few words, and the most serious ones were only sent to places such as Lingnan, which is the land of Baiyue, to work as a minor official.
However, although the Song Dynasty did not kill civil servants, it would use another method to tire out civil servants, that is, dispatching them. For example, they would first send you to Lingnan. After you finally reached Lingnan, but before you could take a breath, the court had a decree to send you to another place.
And this allotment does not let you walk slowly, but there is a time limit. Even if there is no time limit, you have to spend money to eat along the way. If you don't have money to eat, won't you have to starve to death in the end? "
When Ying Zheng heard this, he said angrily: "It's a waste of time, just cut him off with a knife."
"So the Song Dynasty is very strange, and not only this, but also the army of the Song Dynasty is very weak, so weak that only tens of thousands of troops can wipe out the Song army with a million soldiers.
However, the Song Dynasty's army was not good, but the Song Dynasty's weapons were very powerful. They relied on the powerful weapons to prolong the Song Dynasty's fate.
In addition, throughout the dynasties and dynasties, the Han people have always been orthodox, allowing those foreign races and barbarians to bow their heads. If you don't obey, you will be beaten until you obey, or even destroyed.
However, the Song Dynasty surrendered to those Western Regions, first to the Liao Kingdom, then to the Xixia Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, and finally to Mongolia.
In the Battle of Song and Liao, the Liao Kingdom lost, but the Song Dynasty court actually proposed peace and signed the Chanyuan Alliance.
The Liao and Song Dynasties were countries of brothers. The Song Dynasty was the elder brother and the Liao Dynasty was the younger brother. The Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year. "
"Incompetent, really incompetent." Ying Zheng said angrily, "Even if we win, we still have to negotiate for peace and pay tribute to the other party every year.
It is a great shame and a great humiliation. It is simply a great shame and great humiliation. Why did the Song Dynasty not perish? It should be erased from history. "
"This is nothing." Qin An said, "At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom suddenly rose up, and then united with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Kingdom.
But after the Liao Kingdom was destroyed,
After that, the Jin Kingdom no longer had any worries and began to plan to destroy the Song Dynasty. Then there was the unforgettable shame of Jingkang, which led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. "
"Jingkang's shame? What is Jingkang's shame?" Ying Zheng asked.
Everyone also listened carefully. If the word shame is used in history, I'm afraid it's not a small incident.
Qin An explained: "At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin army launched a war against the Song Dynasty. The Song army was defeated like a mountain, and finally the Jin army came to Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.
I came to the city of Bianjing twice in total. The first time I was told to give back a lot of money as compensation, and the second time I stormed the city directly and plundered a large amount of gold and silver. Emperor Huiqin was captured and the entire Bianjing was looted. Empty.
In addition, a large number of more than 3,000 people from the Zhao royal family, harem concubines, nobles, and courtiers were plundered by the Jin Kingdom and headed north, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. "
"Trash, what a bunch of trash. The good Song Dynasty was wiped out by a group of barbarians. It's really a disgrace to our ancestors." Ying Zheng said angrily.
However, Li Si found a doubt and asked: "Why are there two emperors? Isn't it possible that there are two emperors?"
Ying Zheng and others looked at Qin An.
Qin An said: "This is another strange thing. When the Jin soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty, Song Huizong saw that the Jin soldiers were so powerful that the court could not stop them, so he gave up the emperor's position to the prince at the time, which was known as Song Qinzong in history. .
Therefore, after the Second Emperor was captured, history said it was the disgrace of Jingkang, but if you think this is the end, you are totally wrong. "
"Isn't this enough?" Zhang Han said.
The Jin soldiers captured at least 100,000 people, and only half of them were able to reach the capital of the Jin Kingdom alive. That's not all. Women were violated. No matter what your status was, even if you were a queen, queen mother, princess, or concubine, you were treated inhumanely. torture. ..
Those who couldn't bear it, or couldn't think about it, or didn't want to be humiliated, all died.
Even if you survive, there will still be endless hard work waiting for you. "
"Where are the two emperors?" Ying Zheng asked.
"They even experienced the painful sheep-leading ceremony. The so-called sheep-leading ceremony required the captives to be naked, covered with sheepskins, and tied with ropes around their necks. They were led like sheep, which also meant that they were allowed to be slaughtered like sheep.
This was a great humiliation for the two emperors of Huiqin and the Han people. The female members of the royal family also received the sheep-leading ceremony. Many people could not bear it and chose to commit suicide.
This is also an important reason why it is called the shame of Jingkang. "
"What about Emperor Huiqin? Did they commit suicide?" Ying Zheng asked.
At this time, Ying Zheng wished that Emperor Huiqin could commit suicide, but even if they committed suicide, they would not be able to wash away their sins.
Qin An shook his head and said, "They are not dead. They still have hope in their hearts, hoping that someone will come to save them."
