Chapter 3 Before the Storm
Morning. Yanfu Palace.
After Linghu Xiu came back from court, he wandered around here.
He recalled what happened recently, and until now he still felt like Zhuang Zhou dreaming of butterfly. He was not sure whether he had Zhao Xu got the memory of Linghu Xiu or whether Linghu Xiu possessed Zhao Xu.
His last memory in modern times is on the way home, and the next second, he arrived in the emperor's body.
"I thought I would travel to the Ming Dynasty and possess Linghu Chong." He complained for a rare moment.
Then he thought of the future of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The shame of Jingkang, the two emperors Huizong of Song and Qinzong of Song were captured and plundered to the Jin Kingdom. The sense of responsibility brought by this body told him that the Northern Song Dynasty could not be called the demise of this.
He stopped and thought carefully about the problems of the Song Dynasty.
The problems of the Northern Song Dynasty can be divided into two parts: internal and external.
The outside is a crisis of border trouble: the threat from Liao and Xixia.
There are three major internal problems: First, land annexation is serious. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the phenomenon of land annexation was often more serious in the middle and late dynasties, while the Northern Song Dynasty was different. The phenomenon of land annexation was very serious at the beginning. The rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty implemented the policy of "not suppressing annexation", which accelerated the process of land concentration.
The rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty implemented the land policy of "not establishing the land ownership system" (referring to the fact that the feudal state cannot establish the land ownership system), "not suppressing annexation" (referring to the land without interfering with the land while recognizing the private ownership of land), and condoned the landlord class to annex the land of farmers. Therefore, the phenomenon of land annexation in the early Northern Song Dynasty was very serious. By the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, it reached the point where "the rich had a lot of land to stand up", and the poor had no place to stand."
Second: Peasant uprisings. Due to land annexation and officials, there were many peasant uprisings during the Northern Song Dynasty.
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun Uprising
In the late years of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Sichuan and Shaanxi. The Song court banned miscellaneous taxes, which made the farmers unbearable. They also bought tea at a low price, and tea farmers were unemployed in large numbers. In February of the fourth year of Chunhua (993 AD), tea dealer Wang Xiaobo of Qingcheng (now southeast of Guan County, Sichuan) gathered a crowd to revolt, and received wide responses to the call of equalizing the rich and the poor, with more than 10,000 people.
Song Jiang Uprising
In the first year of Xuanhe (1119), Song Jiang and thirty-six people gathered in Liangshanpo (now Dongpingnan, Shandong) and raised their flags to rebel. Then they made a strategy everywhere, with their activities in Hebei and Shandong, and they successively led more than ten prefecture troops. In the third year of Xuanhe (1...
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty: The uprising of the peasants of Sichuan and Sichuan (Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun)
In the early years of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty: An uprising was held under the leadership of the garrison soldiers in Yizhou (Wang Jun), and soldiers in Yizhou (Chen Jin) launched an uprising
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song and Emperor Yingzong: The uprising led by Wang Lun, the uprising led by Zhang Hai, Guo Miaoshan and others
During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song: Farmers in Qingxi County, Muzhou launched an uprising under the leadership of Fang La
The peasant uprising in Zhang Di, Mingzhou, Hebei Road, Gaotuoshan was uprising in Wangxian Mountain, Sun Lie, Jinan Prefecture, local peasant uprising, Wuhu, Yizhou, Linyi, Yizhou, Beijing Daming Prefecture (Yang Tianwang), peasant uprising (People's uprising), Yunzhou, Prince Li, Yunzhou, Yizhou and Mizhou, and Peasant uprising (Xu Jin), and Shuigushan (Liu Dalang).
Third: "redundant soldiers", "redundant expenses", "redundant officials".
In order to ease the resistance of the peasants, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty used the method of recruiting and raising troops to cause a sharp increase in the number of troops and formed a situation of redundant soldiers. With redundant officials and redundant soldiers, and a large amount of silver and silk were given to Liao and Western Xia every year, the economy went bankrupt.
In addition, the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty used the method of "dividing the power of affairs" to prevent civil officials and military generals from being authoritarian. As a result, they formed a redundant situation of officials.
The three internal factors are mutually causal and effective, and the vicious cycle dragged the Northern Song Dynasty downwards and finally ended up being finished.
"So the main problem is the land economy. However, the reform is too sensitive, there are too many corrupt officials, insufficient execution, and there are not enough capable officials. If not done well, it will intensify the peasant uprising. It is a mess." Zhao Xu or Linghu Xiu sighed.
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At the same time, Zhou Zhou, Sun Hongmei and Shaman were reading classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Chongwen Academy. These books not only helped Sun Hongmei practice the Green and Falling Yellow Spring Sutra, but also helped Zhou Zhou practice karma.
Chongwenyuan was an official office for storing books in the Song Dynasty. The east corridor of the courtyard was the Zhaowen Library; the south corridor was the Jixian Library; and the west corridor was the Historical Library Library (also divided into classics, history, and zi, and Jisi Library). There were more than 80,000 volumes of the original and dungeon books. The Zhenshan Collection was also collected and the secret pavilion was built, and the "Inner Collection West Library" was set up to further expand the collection. In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu of Zhenzong, Chongwenyuan caught fire and suffered serious losses. Later, the collection was collected one after another, and the collection was restored. During the Jing period of Renzong, Wang Yaochen, Zhang Guan, Ouyang Xiu, Song Xiang, and Song Qi were ordered to sort out the pictures and compile the "Chongwen General Catalogue", which recorded four books in total of 30,669 volumes.
Zhou Zhou and the others originally wanted to find Daozang here. Sun Hongmei wanted to see if Daozang could inspire her cultivation, but when she got here she found that "Wanshou Daozang" had not been compiled.
During the Zhenghe period, Emperor Huizong searched all over the world for Taoist books and carved papers, with a total of 5,481 volumes, called "Wanshou Daozang".
The person appointed to engrave books is Huang Shang. Huang Shang was born in 1044 and won the top scorer in 1082 (38 years old). He is a civil servant. At the end of "The Legend of the Dragon and the Eight Parts", when Xiao Feng, Duan Yu, Xu Zhu and others retreated to Yanmen Pass and became heroes of the martial arts world, 50-year-old Huang Shang was still in "Magic of Fuzhou". Huang Shang, who has passed his destiny, probably doesn't think he will be related to martial arts world, martial arts world, etc. in his life, but things are so unpredictable.
Huang Shang was already 67 years old when he was engraving the book. Because he was afraid that the Great Dao would have engraved the wrong words, the emperor found out that he would have to convict him of his death, so he carefully read it word by word. Unexpectedly, after reading this for a few years, he became proficient in Taoism in the world, and thus realized the profound principles of martial arts. He learned without a teacher, practiced internal and external skills, and became a master of martial arts.
"I think it's useless even if I read the Daozang." Zhou Zhou put a book called "Abhidharmakosha" back on the bookshelf.
"Why?" Sun Hongmei asked.
"Isn't there a saying? To understand a frog, the best way is not to dissect a frog, but to construct a frog. So Huang Shang was able to write the Nine Yin Scriptures not because he finished reading the Daozang, but because he compiled the Daozang." Zhou Zhou said.
"The Biluo Huangquan Sutra also says that your construction of the hell fairy world can increase your understanding." Sun Hongmei said.
"Then we will also compile a Taoist sect?" asked the Shaman.
"By the way, compile a complete collection of Buddhist scriptures." Zhou Zhou said.
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At the same time, in Xingyang, Henan, Juxianzhuang.
Qiao Feng and Azhu fought in Juxianzhuang, begging the King of Hell to treat Azhu with the enemy of the Divine Doctor Xue, but were surrounded and suppressed by the heroes of Juxianzhuang. In order to protect Azhu, Qiao Feng had no choice but to fight back.
On the eaves in the northeast corner, Laura and Rachel were lying on the eaves and watching Qiao Feng killing the crowd. They had already put on makeup like Song people, with dark hair and dark eyes. Fortunately, their facial features were soft and they dressed up like authentic Song people.
"His Kanglong Youhui is different from what we use, and it looks much stronger." Rachel said.
Laura nodded and said, "Our dragon sound is louder and louder, his dragon sound is deeper and heavier. Although it is only subtle, the effect looks much better. According to his skills, you can amplify your mind power seventy times... We have learned the disguise technique, so there is no need to follow Qiao Feng anymore."
"Why?" Rachel asked.
"Now there are only two important witnesses who know the entire truth of Yanmen Pass thirty years ago, Shaolin abbot and Murong Fu's father Murong Bo. As long as these two people are protected, the plot will continue according to the original story. Qiao Feng knows the truth, untied his knot, and will not resent the Song Dynasty martial arts world. In fact, he did not resent before, but pointed the finger at the leader's elder brother." Laura said.
"Well, but what if the Pure Land Team attacks Qiao Feng's girlfriend Azhu?" Rachel asked.
"This is not easy to deal with. If we divide into two teams, we always feel that our strength is weak and we are easily defeated by each one." Laura said.
"Sister Laura, why have you forgotten? The Horcruxes can communicate quickly, and the shamans can move in shape and change shadows. We can gather quickly at any time. Twisting the tiger away from the mountain is useless to us." Rachel said.
"Oh, we still have to follow Qiao Feng, Azhu and the others." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
ps: I was fascinated by watching the Royal Entertainment Guide of the Three Crazy recently.
Chapter completed!