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Volume 2 target=_blank Chapter 866 Sword of Darkness, Heart of Light (Part 2, Finale)

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    Cai Que has been staying in his hometown for the past few years. His hometown is in Quanzhou. Although he dare not speak in the face of the high pressure of the old party, it does not prevent him from listening with his ears and seeing with his eyes, so he knows better.  Clearly, he immediately answered that the reason had nothing to do with this year's economy. The main reason was that the price of silk had dropped in the past few years, the economy had deteriorated, and various industries had declined, which had led to the various powerful people and merchants redirecting their money to the fields, and mergers becoming more and more serious.  In order to make up for their losses, some tycoons continue to annex farmland and increase land rent. Even if the economy improves this year, the lives of these low-level tenant farmers are still very difficult.  And the country is indeed too densely populated.  Therefore, the imperial court does not need to interfere with the migration of the people, not to mention the help from the other side to the Song Dynasty. As a large number of tenant farmers migrate away, it can alleviate the pressure of dense population and can also force the powerful to loosen land rent, which is conducive to the tranquility of the country.  In fact, Wang Ju said these principles a long time ago, but the young emperor had just taken over the throne, so Cai Que had to say it again.  Zhao Xu trusted Wang Ju more than his father. He just issued an edict asking Wang Ju to come back, but Wang Ju refused on the other side.  In the second year of Shaosheng, Mogusi was in great difficulty. The Song Dynasty decisively provided him with a large amount of weapons and supplies, but it could not restore Mogusi's decline.  In the third year of Shaosheng's reign, after three years of rest and recuperation, the Song Dynasty suddenly sent troops to regain Wudu Army and Heishan.  The Khitan envoys asked slyly, but Zhao Xu was not polite. In turn, he slyly asked why the Liao Kingdom had torn up the peace treaty. And it was not the first time. When the Song and Xia wars started, the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to blackmail them. During the drought in Xining, the Liao Kingdom  When the Yonghe country was in chaos, the Liao State sent envoys to extort again, and invaded the boundary between Fengzhou and Shengzhou, and forcibly took thousands of Song Dynasty immigrants to other places. They did not know whether they were alive or dead.  In this case, if you want to fight, then fight.  After negotiations, Zhao Xu declared war with the Liao Kingdom and also stopped the so-called peace currency.  But the Liao envoy did not notice the crisis and continued to sound harsh.  This is a full-scale war. Some ministers are opposed to it, and even the Gao and Cao families have jumped out.  In fact, Zhao Xu was also very dissatisfied with Cao Gao's family, but because he was a relative of the emperor, Zhao Xu had to endure it. Now it happened that the court immediately sent people to investigate some of the properties of Cao Gao's family and confiscated them all, without dealing with Cao Gao's family.  Anyone from the Gao family.  "But this is a signal. Although you are royal relatives, you are too greedy So after careful investigation later, it was found that the two families were also gradually on the decline.  At the same time, some small shrimps of the old party were also sorted out, and taking this opportunity, they were demoted to the south one by one.  The south is a good place, stay there well.  So there was no objection in the court.  In the fourth year of Shaosheng, the Song Dynasty officially announced the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the two countries were at odds.  However, the Liao Kingdom's national strength declined due to two rebellions, one in the east and one in the west. Moreover, they faced a terrible opponent, the fully grown Zhang Kai.  The two countries fought on many battlefields, and the Liao army suffered repeated defeats. However, Zhang Kai fought steadily and only regained the Yizhou area, but also captured Zijing Pass and Feihu Pass, allowing the front line between Hebei and Hedong areas to be opened up.  .  In the fifth year of Shaosheng's reign, the Goguryeo people heard the relevant news, took advantage of the situation, and sent troops to the Liao Kingdom, intending to take the opportunity to capture the southern Liaoning region and restore the territory of Goguryeo.  At this time, Wang Ju wrote a letter from the other side, saying that the Koreans could not be trusted. In order to contain the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty half sold and half gave away, almost giving the Koreans a large number of armors, and in the first year of Shuozheng, they gave them to the Koreans.  There were many benefits, but while the Koreans were reaping benefits from the Song Dynasty, they were flirting with the Liao Kingdom, which made Wang Ju sick for a long time.  The Song Dynasty also listened to Wang Ju's advice, stopped using troops, and then sent envoys to renegotiate peace with the Liao Kingdom. The two countries re-divided their territories. Yizhou and Feihu County must be ceded to the Song Dynasty. Of course, they would not continue to give peace coins. The Liao Kingdom did not agree.  , the two countries began to argue again.  In the sixth year of Shaosheng, the Liao State sent troops to Goryeo. In the autumn, Goryeo surrendered and the Liao army returned.  The Song Dynasty allocated a large amount of money to build nearly a thousand miles of "railroads" on the northern front line. This was a technology that was once again innovated in Shenkuo on the other side. The cargo capacity of each locomotive reached 70 tons, from 40 tons to 70 tons.  tons, which is already a great progress, involving all aspects of technology, the other side handed them all to the Song Dynasty.  In the seventh year of Shaosheng's reign, Mogusi was defeated. He was captured alive by the Liao Kingdom and executed. Lu Hui and his men withdrew from Liaodong. However, due to successive years of war, the Liao Kingdom had suffered numerous losses.  In the same year, Bi'an provided another technology to the Song Dynasty, which was the musket. It was not a very advanced rifle, but it was a real flintlock gun, and it was a flintlock gun with relatively mature technology.  So the Song Dynasty issued an edict for large-scale manufacturing and equipment.  In the eighth year of Shaosheng's reign, the Song Dynasty once again sent troops to the Liao Kingdom. Zhang Kai made a steady move, first taking Zhuozhou, and then besieging Youzhou, intending to encircle the point for reinforcements.  The Liao Kingdom was decisively deceived and sent two armies to come to the rescue. Zhang KaiThe defeat can be suitable for the victory gate to block the later reinforcements from Liao Guoshan, and then send the main army to fight with the Liao army at the Baiyu River in the northeast of Lu County.  In this battle, under the command of Zhang Kai, coupled with the Song army's various sharp new weapons, nearly 100,000 Liao troops were killed and captured alive.  Then the Song army turned around and headed westward, chasing Liao's westward reinforcements all the way.  After receiving the good news from the East Route Army, the Hedong and Hexi armies of the Song Dynasty gathered and launched another attack behind the mountains of the Liao Kingdom.  In August of the eighth year of Shaosheng, Youzhou surrendered to the Song Dynasty.  This battle lasted until the summer of the ninth year of Shaosheng. However, due to the emergence of railways, the Song Dynasty was able to easily transport supplies to the front line. So after several major battles, the Liao Kingdom had to withdraw from the pass. In September of this year  , the Song Dynasty officially took back all the Yanyun area.  Not only the Yanyun area, but also Dongsheng Prefecture outside the Pass, the southern area of ??Yinshan in Yunei Prefecture, the southern part of Jiashan in Fengzhou of Liao State, and Dezhou of Liao State in the north of Yunzhou were also captured by the Song Dynasty.  And after successive defeats, the Liao Kingdom was already in decline. It even feared the pressure of the Song Dynasty and had to shift its political center to Beijing.  However, the Song Dynasty no longer operated to the north. Although the emergence of gunpowder, flintlock guns and railways allowed the Song Dynasty to operate further territories, the soldiers and civilians also had to rest and recuperate.  Although the weapons and armor of the Song Dynasty are now more advanced, current technology still cannot guarantee that the Han army will gain an overwhelming advantage over the nomadic army. At least the yellow powder weapons have not yet been successfully developed.  Therefore, the Song Dynasty stopped to appease the people, and then used the terrain of Yinshan Mountain to build the Great Wall and forts.  The Yellow River has been twisting and turning. If Wang Ju's original plan was to control the river work first and then attack the Liao Kingdom, now that the Yanyun area has been taken back, the river work must be included in the agenda.  But Yan Yun finally returned to the embrace of the Central Plains, so Zhao Xu granted amnesty to the world.  The people were happy when they heard this. It¡¯s a simple truth. I built a house that can protect against wind and rain and can prevent theft, but the door is always occupied by a wicked person. Can the family feel safe?  This is like China. Why China endures some of Myanmar's actions is not because of the oil pipeline. However, it is really helpless because Singapore is the vanguard of Japan. Its hatefulness far exceeds that of Vietnam and is almost on par with Japan. Once the war breaks out, this country will  Small countries will definitely cooperate with the United States and block the Malacca waterway.  Compared with the Central Plains dynasty, the Yanyun area is more important than the Malacca Strait. Or what is the relationship between the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs?  If it weren't for Li Zicheng, the Qing Dynasty would not have been able to successfully enter the customs in a thousand years!  Whether the Song Dynasty will restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the future, the people don't care, at least now they finally have a sense of security.  Zhao Xu also named Wang Ju the number one hero. No one questioned him, even though Wang Ju was always on the other side.  Next is Zhang Dun, Zhang Kai is behind him, but no one questions it either.  Cai Que passed away a few years ago, and Zhang Dun became the prime minister of the country.  Due to the constant wars in the past few years, Chenguang has never returned to the state of the first year of Shuozheng. However, with the efforts of Zhang Dun and Zhang Shangying, the Song Dynasty did not bring a heavy burden to the people because of the war. At least it could be compared with the early years of Yuanfeng.  Comparable for a while.  In addition, the Song Dynasty never prohibited people from migrating to the other side, and the number of extremely poor people has always maintained a very low proportion. This good rear area is the greatest guarantee for the recovery of the Yanyun area.  However, everyone has overlooked one point. It was not until this time that the struggle between Wang Ju, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others was declared over. Some old parties will always be nailed to the pillar of shame in the annals of history and will never be able to stand up.  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡°The official family has come out,¡± Fei¡¯er said.  Wang Ju raised his head and looked at the Xuandemen Gate Tower. A large group of people walked out of it. They were a bit far away and could not see the faces of everyone on it. However, the man in the middle, dressed in yellow clothes, was very eye-catching.  It should be okay. Although he is not as tall as Wang Ju, he is at least comparable to Zhao Xu in his youth.  This is good news. If there are no accidents, with this body, Zhao Xu can live to be forty or fifty years old. With that, he can also kill the Xiang family in the palace.  There is another piece of good news. Zhao Xu has a son who was born safely and survived. He is now four years old. His mother, Di, is very low-key in the palace. It is said that Di is doing well in the harem, very simple, and  She had three mothers and only two mothers-in-law in the palace, so Di dealt with the two mothers-in-law without much conflict. With Xiang's temperament, this was actually not easy.  ¡°With such parents, I believe this child will not be too evil when he grows up.  At least the Song Dynasty will have nothing to do with Zhao Ji in the future.  Zhao Xu seemed to feel something on the tower, and said: "I feel that the Taibao is coming." Zhang Shangying smiled and said, "If your Majesty misses the Taibao, you can issue an edict to let him return to the Central Plains."   But he thought in his heart that even if he issued an edict, Wang Zi'an would not return to the Central Plains.  However, he and everyone thought that Zhao Xu missed Wang Ju, which is why he said these words, "This is a prosperous age. Can't you regret that you can't share it with your loved ones?"  But everyone doesn¡¯t like it, not to mention Wang Ju¡¯s contribution. The current prosperous age of the Song Dynasty was almost entirely created by Wang Ju.  "And if it weren't for Wang Ju's previous teachings and repeated admonitions to Zhao Xu to be patient, everyone would have doubted whether Zhao Xu could have retained the throne in Yonghe.  And I heard that the imperial court recovered Yanyun, and presented Wang Ju's gift from the other side, "The Chronicles of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty". Even now, the territory of the Song Dynasty is still far less than that of the Tang Dynasty, but unlike the Tang Dynasty, the territory controlled by the Song Dynasty is less than one-tenth of the Jisu area.  First, most of the territory controlled by the prosperous Tang Dynasty was the Jisi area.  Therefore, to a certain extent, the Song Dynasty is now comparable to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Wang Ju sent the chronicle of Tang Xuanzong to warn Zhao Xu not to learn from Tang Xuanzong in his later years, because the Tang Dynasty became rich and powerful and got carried away.  Neglect of political affairs led to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion.  Many ministers said it was good when they saw this gift.  Wang Ju is on the other side again and will not compete with them for power, so everyone is full of admiration for Wang Ju.  Zhao Xu also thought that he was just thinking wildly and felt a little unhappy, but scenes from the past emerged in his mind.  Yi Ying Pavilion: "Officials who can be promoted quickly have some outstanding performances. Of course, some officials who rely on flattery and fengcheng to wait for the crooked way cannot be counted. But officials who are promoted normally must  If there are some special political achievements, such as loving the people, establishing education, moralization, economy, military, farmland and water conservancy, or others, then the court intentionally transfers them to official positions where they perform well, and you can see whether they are good in this area.  Being really good at it is also a process of further refinement. " "In this way, the country can obtain talents from all aspects, and then put them in appropriate positions according to their talents. " "It is still difficult to achieve great results.  Ah" "Of course, it is very difficult for a parent to make the whole family harmonious and prosperous. Moreover, the Song Dynasty is a super family composed of 20 million small families. Your Highness, this is not something you can figure out for the time being, my lord.  Let¡¯s talk about Emperor Gaozu¡¯s way of governing people.¡± Wang Zhai: ¡°I saw your Majesty yesterday and he is in good health. However, I will be going to the other side soon, so I am just in case When that happens, please remember two words, be patient.  If it really doesn¡¯t work, read more related history books about Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty and Emperor Wen of Wei before he came to the throne. ¡°But my father¡± ¡°Your Highness, don¡¯t worry. I have said many times that your Majesty¡¯s body is very important, and so is your body.  "It's important, please come with me." "The Taibao brought me here, do you want to say that the wine and meat in Zhumen are stinky, and the roads are freezing to death?"  "There is no one in the world who is not bustling for fame and fortune, just like  I am not doing it for profit, at least for fame. However, because I have been in a high position for a long time and have far-reaching influence, I am not only one person, but also a large group of people behind me. Even if I get to that point, I don¡¯t want to do anything, just in case a group of people below want to do it.  What, or what someone does, how do you deal with it? So retreating to the other side is the way to start and end well." In that alley: "Da Lang, you did a good job, but do you know why I asked you to do this?  " "Teacher, I don't know." "You can regard this wish as a dream. If this dream is just a piece of sweet cake, a new bow, a pair of bow shoes, and a new dress, it will be easy to realize, but this dream is  It is difficult to become a general. First, you must have opportunities. Second, you must work hard, ten times harder than ordinary people. Third, you must dare to fight bloody battles with the enemy. Fourth, you must have talent. Only then can you stand out from hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops.  , to become a famous general. This is just a general. If this dream" "Your Highness, this dream is to create an unprecedentedly powerful country. How difficult it would be to make billions of people live and work in peace and contentment, and to frighten enemy countries.  . Just like your father, who has worked hard all his life, but has not yet conquered Xixia, and is still afraid of Khitan. "Your Highness, do you understand what I mean?" "Your Majesty, what have you learned from this case?"  People's dreams are ordinary, so there are many mediocre people. " "That's right, but also. " " If you want to be extraordinary in the future, you must have lofty dreams when you are young. Therefore, Zhuangzi said, a sparrow knows the ambition of a swan.  .  " "Your Highness is right, but why do you call it a dream instead of an ideal?  " "It is not easy to make a difference in your life.  Just like in our dynasty, there are millions of scholars, so many scholars take part in the imperial examination every year.Hundreds of thousands of people.  They all want to pass the Jinshi examination. In fact, our dynasty only admits two to three hundred Jinshi in each session. Even during the Renzong period, when the imperial examination was liberalized, and Enke and other subjects were included, the number of people in one session would not exceed a thousand.  And that young man¡¯s dream is to become a general. I can understand it this way. Most of his generals refer to generals. However, our dynasty has hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, but only more than 300 generals, plus other senior military officials.  There are only five hundred people in this position.  So it is extremely difficult to achieve this kind of dream. Your Highness, do you still remember Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao?  " "Remember, Han thief!  " "They are indeed Han traitors. However, if they do not defect to Xixia and continue to stay in our court, can our court let them use their talents?  " "History books say that talented people will eventually come out of their pockets. Of course, those rare talents will eventually come out of their pockets, no matter what system or environment they are in. However, first-class talents may not necessarily have that kind of talent.  Since ancient times, there have been too many people with unrecognized talents!  Even a talent like Han Xin would have been lost to everyone if he had not met Xiao He.  But how many talents like Han Xin are there today?  " " If you want to realize your dream, if you don't have enough qualifications, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to achieve your dream. But if you have talent and no hard work, you still won't be able to achieve your dream.  However, with talent and hard work, without opportunities, you still cannot realize your dreams.  This road is too difficult Just like your father and the ministers, they all want to work hard for the rise of the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty is the king of a country and the king of the world. I am the prime minister of the dynasty, and I have to meet your Majesty.  However, in terms of internal affairs, His Majesty and his ministers did not dare to engage in annexation, but in terms of martial arts, they did not dare to talk about regaining Yanyun.  But how hard it has been for Your Majesty to get to this point" "By the way, Jiefu wrote an article called Shang Zhongyong.  " "Your Highness, yes, that Zhongyong is the best example. He has talent, but if he doesn't work hard, he won't be able to pass the first hurdle. But even with hard work, he may not be able to achieve anything in the future. He still needs opportunities.  But given the opportunity, we still have to face the next hurdle and persevere!  Without perseverance, those who fall early are like Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and those who fall late are like Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty.  " "A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than growing trees; a lifelong plan is better than planting people?  " "Yes, it takes ten years to cultivate trees and a hundred years to cultivate people."  "Although many years have passed, these sincere teachings have been echoing in his ears, making him feel warm and nostalgic. Looking at the people shouting below, Zhao Xu suddenly murmured: "Teacher, I really miss you.  ah.  " Wang Ju couldn't hear it anymore. He looked around and saw that the square in front of Xuande Gate was crowded with people, singing and dancing, and many people kept shouting long live the mountain. He smiled and said: "Let's go.  " When I came back this time, it was true that the whole family had been away from the Central Plains for a long time, and they all wanted to come back for a visit. In addition, they also wanted to marry the young lady of the Li family back. However, he did this in a very low-key manner, and no government officials anywhere knew about him.  The news came back. Then I heard that the imperial court planned to hold a grand lantern festival in front of Xuande Gate, so a large group of people gradually came to the capital, and suddenly there was some noise behind them.  Ju Twisted looked back and saw countless gorgeous fireworks rising into the sky, as if thousands of trees and flowers were blooming in the night sky. The wind of early spring blew in, bringing with it waves of intoxicating fragrance ps: The new book contract has been sent to Qidian today.  Well, this book has been conceived since the winter of last year. At least the idea will be very clear, so you can barely take a look at it. Although it is a fairy tale type, the backgrounds of several large maps are from six periods of Chinese history and three periods.  In European history, some important figures can also find their prototypes in history. I believe you will also like it. It has just been uploaded, and it is also the time when support is most needed, so I shamelessly implore you to save it and vote for recommendation.  Link: .qidian./bk/ The last thing I want to say is that I have finally finished this book. This book was so miserable that I didn¡¯t even believe it, so I lost the motivation to code it. Even after it was finished, I would rather stop it.  I have no motivation to upload, but no matter how I update, some book friends immediately subscribe to it every time I upload it. In reality, Lao Wu is a person with very upright views, a kind and honest person, Lao Wu treats you all.  Thank you very much for your unwavering support.
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