Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zhao Chen fell into deep thought, and only the sound of firewood burning could be heard in the room.

"What you just said is right, the world is not at peace! Although the war in the north is over and the Jurchens have perished, it does not mean that the north is stable! There are still Khitan rebels in the north. Although those Khitan rebels have been dispersed, it is still possible Become a threat! We need to find a way to appease these Khitan rebels! Also, millions of people in the north can’t eat, which is the source of war! On the one hand, we must implement military control in various places in Liaodong, and eliminate all resistance forces. On the other hand, we must Make great efforts to provide disaster relief in the north, only in this way can the north be temporarily stabilized." Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Yu Yunwen nodded.

"However, this is only temporary stability! The north has been ruled by the Khitans for more than two hundred years, and then by the Jurchens. They may not recognize the rule of our Han people in their hearts, so they need to change the ethnic composition here." Zhao said. Chen said.

"How to change the composition of the nation?" Kang An said.

"It couldn't be simpler, of course it's immigration! We have a large population in the Song Dynasty, and this is a place where we are far superior to foreigners! Many people in Jiangnan, Sichuan and Shu can migrate to Liaodong, and we can give various preferential conditions! Production and construction The youths of the Corps can also go to the north and build the north! Ten or twenty years from now, the Han population in the north will have an overwhelming advantage, and it will be impossible for the north to mess up again!" Zhao Chen laughed.

Kang An nodded.

"Your Majesty, we can also build wharves and ports along the coast of Liaodong to truly connect this place with the Central Plains and Jiangnan!" Yu Yunwen said.

"You're right. We want to truly make this place a part of my Great Song Dynasty. It will never be possible to isolate this place from China in the future! The world needs to recuperate for a few years, and then gradually carry out various innovations! In addition, the army cannot stop Come down." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is talking about Korea, Dongying, Annan, and the grassland?" Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen smiled, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Yunwen, do you know what is in the north of Huining Mansion?" Zhao Chen said after a while.

"The north of Huining Mansion is endless mountains." Yu Yunwen said.

"Where is the end of the mountain?" Zhao Chen asked.

"This..." Yu Yunwen shook his head.

To the north of Huining Mansion are the Great and Small Khingan Mountains, the Outer Khingan Mountains and countless mountain ranges, and further north is the cold Siberia! However, in this era, Siberia was in a completely uncivilized state, and the original population there was so sparse that it could be ignored, so no one knew about those places at all.

"Do you know where Dongying is further east?" Zhao Chen asked again.

"This..." Yu Yunwen shook his head again.

Kang An next to him also showed a curious look on his face at the moment.

"We often say that the sky is round and the earth is round, but does the sky and the earth have an end?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is really embarrassing my minister." Yu Yunwen smiled bitterly.

"The world is vast and there are a lot of people. Although we have eliminated the Jurchens and the people can recuperate, no one knows what is in the distance! So our army still needs to keep moving forward! Of course, we can no longer use the power of the whole country We will not use military force to do such things, we will send some of the most elite, most adventurous, and most pioneering soldiers to do such things!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, there seems to be no need for us to do this?" Yu Yunwen frowned.

"I Han people have been multiplying on this land for thousands of years, but in the past two or three hundred years, I Han people don't want to make progress, but just want to be peaceful! Over the years, I have been thinking about why my Han people have become like this? Mainly Because we Han people lack pioneering spirit and adventurous spirit, I will infuse this spirit into our blood again to truly make our nation rise." Zhao Chen said.

The Han civilization is a conservative civilization, respecting authority, sticking to the rules, and lacking changes. Since the Han Dynasty began to exclusively respect Confucianism, and now, in a thousand years, Confucianism has developed in a more conservative direction, and Neo Confucianism, which completely imprisoned individual thoughts, has become the mainstream of Confucianism. Since the Song Dynasty, China has been constantly bullied by foreigners, from the Jurchens to the Mongols, and then to the Eight-Power Allied Forces and the Japanese. The fundamental reason is that the entire nation is completely closed and conservative. Since the Southern Song Dynasty, Neo Confucianism has been the only respected one. Wang Anshi, who represents Xinxue, Su Shi, who represents Shuxue, and Ouyang Xiu, who is a representative of Luling School, have been invited out of the Confucian Temple. Among the Confucian temples, Song Lizong even declared Wang Anshi, who "reformed" in the name of the country, as the number one sinner in the Song Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty began to implement the system of "not allowed to enter the sea", and in the Qing Dynasty it was even more "closed and closed". The tens of millions of people in the entire nation were unwilling to accept new ideas and inventions from outside, and they did not accept new ideas and ideas from within their own nation. New inventions, as for pioneering spirit and adventurous spirit, are even more unimaginable. Even until modern times, Chinese people are still conservative in their thinking, and have not made any famous inventions for more than a hundred years.

Therefore, Zhao Chen must do everything possible to make this nation no longer conservative, no longer stay on one continent and dare not move forward. The continuous campaign of the army is only part of it, and there are more initiatives besides this.

"Your Majesty, as long as you can make the people rich and healthy, then you will be a generation of sages, and you don't have to take risks to do these things." Yu Yunwen thought for a while and said.

"What is the meaning of a generation of sages? Han Gaozu and Tang Taizong can be regarded as a generation of sages, right? Even my emperor Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty is also a generation of sages, but what became of the Han and Tang Dynasties? Didn't they perish? The past dynasties are nothing but repetitions of the previous dynasties. Occasionally there are so-called sage kings, but they only allow the people to be rich and happy for decades! This has been the case for hundreds or thousands of years. What will become of our Han people? Forever Standing still, falling further and further behind! So I don’t want to follow the old ways, I want to completely change the world! Do you understand my ambition?” Zhao Chen said.

After a long time, Yu Yunwen nodded.

"We must not be afraid of any difficulties, setbacks, or mistakes! In short, we must establish a truly prosperous age that surpasses all dynasties, so that we Han people will always be full of vitality and never decline!" Zhao Chen said.

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In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Chen led the soldiers and horses of the imperial battalion to continue heading east.

On the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Chen and others arrived outside the city of Huining Mansion.

Of the 100,000 Song soldiers, except for a small number of people who were performing tasks, the rest of them all came outside the city to welcome Zhao Chen's arrival. The voice of long live was everywhere inside and outside Huining Mansion, resounding all over the field.

Zhao Chen got off his horse, and he, Yu Yunwen, Yue Fei and others entered Huining Mansion.

The streets of Huining Mansion were quiet, and there were no other figures to be seen except soldiers.

"Are the Jurchens still afraid to go out?" Zhao Chen asked.

"They're all hiding at home, and they wouldn't have come out if it wasn't for something important," Yue Fei said.

"How's the law and order here? Has anyone violated military discipline?" Zhao Chen asked.

"The law and order here is good. After 20 years of war, now, most of Huining Mansion is women. When we surrounded Huining Mansion, Jurchen women used to participate in the defense of the city, but we captured After here, they all hid in their own homes and did not dare to come out! They are women after all! Lack of guts! Because there are so many women here, we have very strict requirements for military discipline. If anyone violates military discipline, we will never forgive them! Now here The Jurchens can also be regarded as His Majesty's people, and they are also the people of the Song Dynasty, the price of harassing the Jurchens is the same as the price of harassing the people of the Song Dynasty, no one will dare to do it!" Yue Fei said.

"That's good! Also, what is the situation of the Khitan rebels? They were defeated by Wanyan Zonghan that day, where are they now?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, those Khitan rebels are now scattered all over Liaodong. They are frightened by the Jurchens, and they will not gather again in a short time! As long as the relief food arrives, the rebels will completely disintegrate! In addition, Yeluhong and Xiao Qilang Waiting for people to go south and enter various places in Liaodong to prevent those rebels from making trouble! In fact, after the battle of Huanglong Mansion, most of the men in the rebel army died at the hands of the Jurchens, and now most of the rebels are women! The entire Liaodong, Now it's all about women!" Yue Fei said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

In the wars of previous dynasties, there were more boys and girls in the end, because men had to go to the battlefield, causing heavy casualties! For example, Jurchen men all joined the army, and most of the Khitan's young and strong men were recruited by the Jurchens to become new subordinates. Therefore, it is normal for Jurchen and Khitan to be dominated by women! In fact, in the Central Plains, the ratio of men to women is quite unbalanced, and the number of women is far more than that of men.

"Your Majesty, we are going to station troops in the north, and most of the men in our army have been fighting for many years, and most of them are unmarried. There are so many women here, we can encourage the lieutenants and soldiers to marry more here. In this way, It will also help change the ethnic composition here, and it will be easier for us Han people to gain a foothold in Liaodong!" Yu Yunwen said.

"Okay! That's a good idea!" Zhao Chen nodded with a smile.

They moved forward all the way, and finally arrived in front of the Jurchen Palace after two quarters of an hour.

This Jurchen Palace is very different from the Zhongjing Palace! Because after the Jurchens plundered the Zhongjing Imperial Palace, it no longer had the original bustling scene, but here it has not been destroyed, it is really magnificent!

Zhao Chen just looked around for a while before stepping in. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Where is Jurchen Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai? Bring him to see me immediately!"