Chapter 2 The Weakest State
Li sighed. She had never cared about these military and national affairs, but she was concerned about her family's interests. She still asked: "What should I do if Lord Liu leaves Zhending Mansion? Why is there a new magistrate, and is the current magistrate Zhao Yu also going to be transferred?"
"I know that Lord Zhao is a clean and upright official and cooperates well with his wife. Zhending Mansion can be said to be a political and harmonious person. However, Lord Zhao was also transferred to the governor of Meizhou for impeaching Tong Guan.
It is said that the new Zhending Prefect was a surrendered general from the Liao Kingdom, and the first surrendered general to surrender Tong Guan was named Dong Cai. He was born as a bandit, ruthless, greedy and lustful. The Gao family was the largest family in Zhending, and they were thorns in their eyes and thorns in their flesh. It is better for the wife to be careful.
But my wife doesn’t have to worry too much. In order to prevent the whole family from dominating the army, the government also arranged for the magistrate to supervise the magistrate. This time the court appointed Cai Jing, a local man from Zhending, as the magistrate, to monitor Dong Cai.
I know Cai Jing, who is a straightforward person, and his hometown is in Zhending, so my wife can find him. With the help of Cai Tong, she can be sure of everything.”
Li frowned slightly and then said proudly: "Thank you for your advice; however, our Gao family's seven kings have their own elixirs and iron vouchers from their ancestors at home, and not everyone can bully them.
I have also heard of Cai Jing. My family is in Caijiagang, Zhending, and I haven’t come back for a long time when I am an official outside. I didn’t expect that he was coming back to be a judge, so I would like to contact him well.”
"That's great, I'll say goodbye!" Liu Wei didn't wait to get up and say goodbye. Li quickly got up and said, "I wish Mr. Liu a happy journey and a smooth journey."
"Thank you, thank you!" Liu Wei bowed his fists and walked out. Li took his maid out quickly.
"Oh!" Gao Chong finally accepted the original body memory and suddenly woke up. He already knew who he was, and the conversation between his mother and Lord Liu just now also made him know about when this was.
This is the best era and the worst era. It is said that it is best because the Song Dynasty shared the world with scholars, and the commodity economy, cultural education, and scientific innovation are highly prosperous. The prosperity of the people and the prosperity of the social economy are far greater than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Chen Yinke once said: "The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved for thousands of years and has been created in the Zhao and Song dynasties."
The worst thing he said was that he adopted the policy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military affairs from the beginning, strengthening centralization, and depriving military generals of military power, resulting in the Jingkang Shame, the most shameful incident in Chinese history.
The original owner of this body was Gao Chong. He had great strength since childhood and was highly expected by his father, hoping that he could restore the glory of his ancestors. He also gave him a word called Kaiping, which encouraged him to work hard.
Now that the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom have joined forces to destroy the Liao Kingdom, the incompetence of the Song army is also seen by others. A few years later, the Jin Dynasty's southward attack on the Song Dynasty, which means that the most shameful Jingkang shame in history will soon come.
How shameful is this Jingkang shame? According to records, it is not counted as the people and money and goods abducted by the Jin soldiers, the Jin people also asked for military rewards: one million ingots of gold and five million silver, and they must be lifted within ten days without any limitations. If there is no limit, the emperor, the princess, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled gold, one entitled silver, one entitled pearl, and the choice of the general's mansion.
From the 25th day of the first lunar month of Jingkang, Kaifeng Prefecture sent people to the village in succession. Women from above, from above, from below, from above, from above, from above, from above, from above, from above, were more than 5,000, and all chose to go out in full dress. There were 11,635 women of various types who were mortgaged and discounted.
The Jin people selected to collect 3,000 virgins, Yu Tai entered the city, the prime minister (Wanyan Zonghan) took dozens of people, and the generals gave several people to each of the above-mentioned generals, and one or two people were given to them during the following period.
These princesses and princesses who were once arrogant were given compensation to the Jin Kingdom with such a clear price; then they were rewarded by the enemy as spoils to their generals.
The total number of prisoners before the Jin army retreated was 14,000, and they were taken to the north in seven batches. Taking the first batch as an example, a total of "more than 2,200 noble relatives in the royal family and more than 3,400 women"
On March 27, the second year of Jingkang, "departed from the Qingcheng Kingdom's Prime Minister's Village, arrived in Yanshan on April 27, and more than 1,900 women remained." Within one month, nearly half of 1,500 women died.
Among the 1,900 undead people, some were sent to Shangjing and obeyed Jin Taizong's exile. Thousands of women were given to the people who were left behind in the Jin Dynasty, and another 300 were kept in the Washing Clothes Courtyard (part of the Jin Dynasty Royal Palace, where the Jin Dynasty royal family selected young women and took in palace maids and maids). These people were forced to follow the customs of the Jurchen customs, "exposed their bodies and put on sheep's fur", which is the so-called "sheep-heading ceremony".
Empress Zheng of Huizong and Empress Zhu of Qinzong were also dealt with. Empress Zhu could not bear the humiliation. After returning to the house, she hanged herself. After being rescued, she committed suicide by jumping into the water and dying. Another part of the Jin soldiers who stayed in Yanjing and were rewarded for the attack on the Song Dynasty. Many women were sold into brothels, and some were even sold to Goryeo for ten people to be sold to Goryeo and Mongolia as slaves.
The Gao family also headed south in the war. Although they were the best in the Song Dynasty, they eventually died under the iron chariot.
Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out from his body. He was a king without power and power, and he had no soldiers in his hands. Will he still die under a chariot in this life?
If you want to survive, you can take your family to escape to the south; but if you live for a lifetime, you will have a autumn, is this what you want?
If you want to change this shameful situation, it is definitely not possible to rely on him alone, and you must have a strong military force.
However, it is not easy to have an army. The Song Dynasty has strict control over princes and grandchildren, royal relatives, and their honorary kings. The country can give you good living conditions, but it will never have any rights. You can only choose one of these two. He has inherited the title of Kaiping King, which is a kind of honor, and it is also a shackle.
Also, his father Gao Shen died early, and the Gao family's financial power was in the hands of his mother, relying on her hard to support this home.
Gao Chong's mother, Li, married King Xun, and was also named the second-class wife by the state. She was very strict with her sons. Gao Chong was trembling whenever he saw her mother; and Li came from a scholarly family, just like most scholars in the Song Dynasty, looked down on soldiers very much.
If his father had not been determined to restore his ancestors' glory, he probably wouldn't have taken the path of martial arts practice.
The most urgent task now is how to persuade her mother, open a gap from her, and get her support to cultivate the power from her. Even if she is too few, she must have the power to protect herself.
Thinking of this, he wanted to get up anxiously, but when he moved slightly, his whole body was filled with severe pain, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
The maid who stayed here heard the noise, exclaimed and ran out in surprise.
"Madam, Madam, the little prince is awake, the little prince is awake!"
Li saw Liu Wei away, and when he heard the maid's report, he hurriedly ran into Gao Chong's room.
"Dalang, Dalang, how are you?"
When Gao Chong heard someone's call, he slowly opened his eyes. There was a middle-aged woman in front of him; but she looked only 30 years old, with a pretty face and her eyes full of love and anxiety.
"Mother, mother." Gao Chong's eyes turned red. Whether it was Gao Chong's residual consciousness or his own consciousness, they were excited.
In his memory, Li was a strict mother, but now her eyes are the same as those of his mother in his previous life, with such gentle and loving eyes.
Gao Kaiping had a warm home in his previous life. He was very successful when he was a child and was proud of his parents in all aspects. However, a car accident at the age of 7 took his father's life, and since then he and his mother lived alone.
His mother felt sorry for his son. He had no father at such a young age. Everything was in line with him, but unexpectedly spoiled him. From then on, Gao Kaiping's grades plummeted, and then he began to be obsessed with games. A child without self-control, who lacked the control of adults, fell into depravity all of a sudden.
At this time, her mother still did not blame him, but instead held everything on her, trying to use her own efforts to make a worry-free future for her son.
In this way, when Gao Kaiping graduated from high school, his mother finally passed away due to overwork.
Gao Kaiping, who had been doting, suddenly realized that he worked odd jobs everywhere to earn money while taking out his savings to learn skills. After many failures, he finally chose the chef's business and finally won the championship of the chef competition in his city through his own efforts.
When the host asked him to tell him his acceptance speech, Gao Kaiping said with tears in his eyes: "My only hope is that my mother can taste the dishes I cook in person!"
Chapter completed!