The five hundred years that the Da Zhaochen dynasty ruled the world can be roughly divided into three hundred years of Wen Zhao and two hundred years of Wu Zhao.
The Wenzhao period was the most prosperous, with chess, tea, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs, and hundreds of schools of knowledge melting into one pot. However, the shortcomings of literati governance also made the entire officialdom of the dynasty become pedantic after a hundred years of prosperity. The whole country was decadent and desolate, and chaos broke out everywhere.
Therefore, two hundred years ago, Emperor Dazhao Wulie reorganized the officialdom and changed the Wenzhao to Wuzhao. He used force to establish the country, eliminate rebellions, kill rebels, suppress the vassal kings, open up territories and recover lost lands, which was called Dazhao. The dynasty is restored to prosperity. Until the time of Emperor Shenwu of the previous generation, Wuzhao's territory could stretch thousands of miles.
When Emperor Shenwu Chenyao was in power, there was a genius who died young.
The scholar divided the world, filled in states and counties, deleted places, and finally organized the complicated ancient place names and intricate regional divisions into what are now the twenty-eight states and two hundred and fourteen counties of Wuzhao.
Good size and well organized.
Emperor Shenwu was overjoyed. For this reason, when he divided the seven princes, he specially named them after the new state and named them one-character kings. It's just that seven of the three kings' rebellions have been eliminated since Prince Chenqian came to the throne. First there were the rebellions of Qin, Qi, and Yong, and then the king of Shu in the state of Shu, Chenyu, took the Zen throne. Yan Linxiao's younger brother, Yan Linyuan, went into seclusion in Qingcheng Mountain to protect himself. Now there are only three princes named Wei, Chu, and Min. The other one will be left until the founding of the country. The hereditary king of Yanbei of the Yin family.
It is well known that during the thirty-four years of his reign, the late Emperor Chenyao "emphasized military force and neglected literature", using force to put an end to chaos and immediately bring peace to the world. His merits and demerits during his half-life were mixed, and he was equally praised and praised. Seven of the "Top Ten Talented Ministers" who were professed in front of his palace were martial artists.
The scholar who changed the state system was the first civil servant of the Wu Zhao Dynasty for two hundred years. He was regarded as a good mentor and friend by Emperor Shen Wu, who had always disliked scholars, and personally gave him a plaque of merit and deeds, writing "Yipin Fengliu", Wu Zhaoshen The unparalleled Prime Minister of the Wu Dynasty, the "First Grade Divine Minister" - Song Guangji.
However, in the 16th year of Shenwu's reign, this unparalleled Song Shenxiang died at the age of thirty-two. The cause of death is a mystery and no one knows it to this day.
This Song Shenqing, who was born into a well-known family, once studied in Xuanyuan Academy, the best academy in the world, under the tutelage of Mr. Zhuge Da, who was known as "the one who knew the world before he came out of the mountain". After the young man finished his studies, he was ranked among the top three students as soon as he left the academy, and his first essay was praised by Emperor Shenwu, who had never understood the Five Classics. During his twelve years in power, he repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats with just a three-inch tongue.
In terms of virtue, he can make many meritorious generals of the dynasty willing to compete for him; in terms of strategy, he can open up a broad literary path for the world's literati, and for the world's warriors, he has greatly changed the military officer system and attracted great masters to join the court as officials. From top to bottom, new policies were frequently implemented at the top and bottom levels to remedy the shortcomings accumulated by the dynasty over the past century and stabilize the country. It can be said that this "god" revitalized the entire dynasty in twelve years.
So much so that when this first scholar died, the whole country mourned. Sixteen military generals of the dynasty, including Luan Lingyu, the pillar of the country, all of whom had the highest military status, personally carried his coffin. Tens of thousands of scholars voluntarily sent his coffin away, and all kinds of women in the capital cried. Down the streets. The whole country mourns. It was also from then on that the late emperor Chenyao no longer held office.
The ultimate literati, nothing more than that!
If the Sword Emperor 800 years ago was the dream of all sword holders in the world, then this famous first-grade divine minister during the Wu Zhao and Shen Wu years was the dream of the world's literati for hundreds of years.
Since Shenqing Song Guangji standardized the territorial system, all the governors of the twenty-eight states of the dynasty, except for the border nine states, are mostly civilian officials. The nine border states are headed by military generals, called governors.
Unlike history, it is self-contained.
But it’s not that the whole world is not the king’s land. In addition to the twenty-eight states of Wuzhao, there are other countries, large and small:
Outside the northern border, the Great Khanate established by King Xiannu, who now unified the four tribes and accounted for one-third of Wuzhao's territory, was eyeing it. It could not afford to fight, and small battles continued.
In the southern border, there are remnants of the rebels from the late Wen Zhao period 200 years ago. They fled to the south of Jiaozhou and relied on the natural dangers to establish the Nanxiang Kingdom in an attempt to return to the Central Plains.
In the western region, there are Nanzhao tribes that exist in name only.
There is also a small country called Fusang in the East China Sea, which is not worth mentioning!
Among these neighboring countries of Wuzhao, the one with a profound historical heritage is Dugu Dahuan outside the northwest border.
Huan State was located to the north of Wuzhao Liangzhou, and its jurisdiction was divided into five states: Tiansheng, Loulan, Dunhuang, Yuhe, and Xiaotu.
According to legend, the Dugu clan of the Huan Kingdom had founded the country in the Central Plains as early as 800 years ago. They once competed with the eternal sword emperor who has been passed down in the world to this day. At its peak, it could even swallow up half of the Central Plains.
Unfortunately, after the Sword Emperor hid in the Jianghu, the Central Plains was taken over by the Yin family who came from behind, and established the Great Yin Dynasty for two hundred years. The Huan Kingdom was defeated all the way, and finally had to live in a corner, thousands of miles away from the former capital. Shengzhou established its capital and has survived to this day.
Later, Emperor Dazhao, the ancestor of the Emperor, destroyed the Yin Dynasty and dominated the Central Plains. The territory of the Huan Kingdom was once reduced to outside Liangzhou today. Since then, no one from the Dugu family of the Huan Kingdom has been able to lead his people back to the Central Plains.
Some ancestors said this when evaluating history: The Dugu family of the Huan Kingdom has been a virtuous king from generation to generation. It is a pity that there has not been an ambitious person in a hundred years. They dare not compete with the world. They only seek survival and do not think about expanding their territory. Peaceful so far.
During the 500 years since the founding of Dazhao, the kings of all dynasties never wanted to annex Dahuan, a "vassal state" from the Central Plains. However, under the diligent operation of generations of kings of the Dugu royal family of Dahuan, relying on the land of these five states, hundreds of Thousands of people are still alive today.
During the reign of Chenyao during the Wuzhao and Shenwu years, the Dugu clan of the northwest Huan Kingdom experienced two major disasters and almost destroyed the country.
One is the marriage of Huan Zhao, and the other is the civil strife of the Dugu clan.
At that time, King Huan Duguchu had three sons and one daughter in his life. Especially his daughter, who was already famous all over the world even before she left the boudoir, and was called "the most beautiful woman in the world". Her appearance was said to be "the beauty of the country will conceal the eternity, and the beauty will shame all the beauties". It also attracted countless romantic people in Wuzhao at that time. Under the pretext of traveling to study, Zi traveled thousands of miles to Huan Kingdom, just to catch a glimpse of the beauty, even if it was only from a distance!
The world only says that beauty can confuse the country, but they don’t know that beauty can also save the country.
In the third year of Shenwu's reign, Emperor Shenwu Chenyao ordered his confidant Mo Zhichun, who was known as the "Iron General", to lead an army of 300,000 troops to the northwest to capture Dahuan.
Three hundred thousand troops pressed down on the territory, and the people of Huan State were in panic.
However, when the life and death of a country was at stake, Emperor Dugu defied all opinions and appointed a scholar from Emperor Huan's army to lead the army to defend against the enemy. It was this little-known imperial master of a country who personally created a perfect "battle to defend the country" in which more people defeated less people.
With only the power of one person, this emperor's division strategized "on paper", arranged troops, made surprise attacks, and had god-like strategies. He and General Wu Zhaotie, who had just become famous in the first battle in Yanbei, dealt with the border of Yuhe Prefecture for more than three months. .
In three months, not a single soldier of Wu Zhao entered the border of Dahuan!
This scholar finally replaced Wu Zhao's main force of 200,000 at the expense of Huan's 130,000 troops. This offensive and defensive battle between the two countries ended with Wu Zhao's "Iron General" Mo Zhichun retreating.
The two courts were shocked.
From then on, everyone in the world knew that there was a scholar in the Huan Kingdom in the northwest who was as good as Song Guangji, the "Shenqing" of Wu Zhao. Later someone learned that the scholar was from the Central Plains and his name was Qin Ruoyang!
Some people even say that whoever gets Song Guangji and Qin Ruoyang can conquer a country, and whoever gets both of them can conquer the world!
But when the manpower was finally exhausted, the battle in Yuhe Prefecture, although it relieved Huan Guo of the evil spirit that had been suppressed for a hundred years, it also made Huan Guo's troubles unprecedentedly intensified. A comeback is inevitable.
As the saying goes, even a clever woman can't make a meal without rice. After this battle, Huan's national power was greatly damaged and he could no longer fight!
The survival of a country is only on a thin line. As a last resort, Dugu Chu, the monarch of the Huan Kingdom at that time, had to depose the emperor Qin Ruoyang. He handed over his beloved daughter with tears in his hands and sent envoys to propose marriage to Wu Zhao.
I can't help but sigh, "the most beautiful woman in the world", the majestic Princess Dugu, is going to be reduced to someone else's plaything?
And the beauty who couldn't help but bid farewell to her country.
She was disillusioned with her country and resolutely traveled to the Central Plains alone. Once she said goodbye, she said goodbye forever.
But it was this charming Princess Dahuan who saved the life of the entire Dahuan Kingdom. In the sixth year of Shenwu, Princess Dugu of Huan Kingdom entered the capital under the escort of Luan Lingyu, the pillar of the country. On that day, tens of thousands of people in the capital came out of the city to welcome her. Just to catch a glimpse of this rumored most beautiful woman in the world. In the same year, Emperor Shenwu Chenyao, despite everyone's opposition, decreed that Dahuan Dugu's family be the Empress of Wuzhao, and her mother would honor the world!
No one would have thought that Princess Dugu, who resolutely left the city and went south alone, shouldering the fate of a country, would eventually become Queen Wu Zhao and give birth to the current Emperor Chunfeng, Chengan!
It has been 800 years since the founding of the Dahuan Kingdom, but in the end it was only a woman who had to save the country from destruction! Pitiful! sad!
In the 30th year of Shenwu's reign, Duguchu, the monarch of Dahuan Kingdom, died of illness. When he died, he looked towards the east. Perhaps he still had the ambition to unify the Central Plains and regretted his death, or perhaps he felt guilty as a father!
After that, Dugu Chu's eldest son Dugu Nan, who had always been indifferent and devoted himself to poetry, succeeded to the throne and presided over the government.
However, the second prince Dugubei, who thought he had far-reaching ambitions and was as strategic as his elder brother, was unwilling to do so. He secretly joined forces with the Dugu family members to secretly control the military power of Loulan and Dunhuang in an attempt to seize the throne.
In the thirty-first year of Shenwu's reign, Dugu Beilou launched a mutiny in Lanzhou and led troops into Tianshengzhou. He personally slaughtered his entire family and killed his brother, even his brother's newborn son.
Dugu Shuo, the third prince who had sole control of the military power of Yuhe Prefecture, was furious after learning about this incident. He threatened that he was "not ashamed to be a rebel minister" and actually handed over the land of Yuhe Prefecture to Wu Zhao, causing Huan Guo's Yuhe Prefecture to change. It became the twenty-ninth state of Wu Zhao - Huanzhou, while Dugu Shuo himself left Wu Zhao as the governor of Huanzhou instead of becoming a vassal king.
The daughter saves the country, but the son brings chaos to the country. The most ridiculous thing in the world!
In the thirty-second year of Shenwu's reign, Emperor Huan Dugubei sent many assassins from the world to the Central Plains.
Later, rumors spread that Dugu Nan's disciple had exchanged his own son for Dugu Nan's youngest son during the mutiny, and after Dugu Bei seized the throne, his old master Qin Ruoyang disappeared without a trace and seemed to have gone to the Central Plains.
When looking at the history of Huan Kingdom, a scholar sighed:
The foundation is not the same as that of Kyushu, and it is difficult to live and die freely in court.
Dugu in the northwest has lived for eight hundred years, and the people have lived up to their expectations.
Eight hundred years of loneliness, eight hundred years of honor and disgrace, and a certain amount of right and wrong!
——Back to the topic again.
In Qishan Bamboo House, when Yan Longyu, the son of the Sword Immortal of Xishu, saw the child of the same age as Leng Jun sitting on the threshold when he woke up, he was the youngest son of Dugu Nan who was replaced by the retainer, the grandson of Dugu Chu, and the youngest son of the current Empress Dowager Wu Zhao. Nephew, Emperor Chengan's little cousin whom he has never met, and the prince of Huan Kingdom, he is alone and mighty.
The serious old Confucian scholar who was chopping firewood at the door had taken the young prince to the Central Plains for refuge. He had taught Dugu Chu, Dugu Nan and the young prince the imperial master of the three dynasties of Huan Dynasty, and was called "Mr. Wentian" by Emperor Huan Dugu Chu. Qin Ruoyang.
The world only knows that the "God Qing" Song Guangji was born in Xuanyuan Academy and had unparalleled literary talent, but few people know that Qin Wentian, the master of Emperor Huan who was born in the Central Plains, was also a proud student of Xuanyuan Academy. He was the senior disciple of the "First Grade Divine Lord", the eldest disciple of Mr. Zhuge, and the leader of the Xuanyuan Four Heroes back then.
No one would have thought that Qin Ruoyang had also been to the Wuzhao Jinluan Hall. When he entered the Wuzhao Jinluan Hall, his junior brother Song Guangji was still a child who had not even finished reading the classics of saints!
Xuanyuan Academy brings out all the great talents! It is worthy of being the top academic institution in the world today!
