Chapter 456 Zhang Guifen gives birth
Zhao Xing frowned slightly and said: "No matter what, abandoning the city and fleeing is a serious crime. Your father was just demoted, which is considered a very light punishment."
According to Zeng Qingxuan, the situation at that time was indeed untenable.
Zhao Xing is not a pedantic person. Even the soldiers and horses guarding the city have been mobilized. There will definitely be no reinforcements in a short time.
If Lingzhou City was not very important, given the situation at that time, giving up would be just a matter of giving up.
However, Lingzhou City was very important to the Song Dynasty. It was the only road from the Song Dynasty to the Western Regions.
Although the Western Regions were barren, they were the only route for the Silk Road. Not only could they trade with the western countries, the Song Dynasty could also obtain horses from the Western Regions.
Lingzhou City was lost, and the only way for the Song Dynasty to obtain war horses was also lost.
Since then, the price of war horses has doubled.
There was no other way. The Song Dynasty had no way to obtain war horses. It could only buy them from Liao and Xixia. After they had a monopoly, the price would naturally increase.
It would have been fine to give up because of the disparity in strength, but there was no defense at all, and Zeng Qingxuan's father directly ordered him to flee.
With Zhao Xu's temper, all the officials and generals who abandoned the city should be killed.
However, Zeng Qingxuan's father was only demoted, which shows how bad the situation in the Song Dynasty was.
"I don't resent the imperial court for this. Your Majesty is right. My father abandoned the city and fled. Such a punishment is considered light. However, this defeat was entirely caused by the battle between Han DaXiang and his princess. If Han DaXiangong did not deploy the soldiers to defend the city, Ma, this kind of thing will not happen. But Mr. Han was not punished in any way afterwards." Zeng Qingxuan said angrily.
Zhao Xing was silent for a while and said, "So you want to take revenge on Mr. Han?"
"Replying to your majesty, I have no thoughts of revenge on anyone. My father was demoted to Lingnan. Before his death, he told me that literati lead the army. If they win, they will be promoted. If they lose, they will not be punished. Even if they are punished, they will only be demoted. They will be used in the future. At that time, I just wanted to change this phenomenon," Zeng Qingxuan said.
"I also intend to change this phenomenon, Aiqing is determined." Zhao Xing said.
Regardless of whether what Zeng Qingxuan said is true or not, this person Zhao Xing will still be used for the time being.
However, what Zeng Qingxuan said was also a tradition of the Song Dynasty, and all this was caused by not killing civil servants.
"This matter won't be settled in a short time. Aiqing also caught the courtiers off guard today. They will definitely not give up in the future. Does Aiqing have any countermeasures?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Your Majesty can pretend to be sick to delay the matter until the dust settles," Zeng Qingxuan said.
He had no good solution at this time. As Zhao Xing said, he caught those officials off guard today.
Those civil servants cannot compromise easily, and they will definitely continue to make trouble.
"Pretending to be sick is too low-class."
Zhao Xing shook his head and said: "I am going to order someone to compile the book. Since ancient times, countless classics have been lost, and these are treasures. I will tell the world, collect the orphan copies, combine all the books, and compile a Xuanwu Grand Canon!"
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The so-called Xuanwu Dadian is actually imitating the Yongle Dadian compiled by Zhu Di.
The Yongle Dadian is all-encompassing, with a collection of seven to eight thousand kinds of books. Its content covers many fields such as classics, history, zi, and collections, and involves astronomy and geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of Tibetan Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, agriculture, and many other aspects.
It is the earliest encyclopedia.
Zhu Di ordered people to compile the Yongle Dadian in order to win over the literati and eliminate their dissatisfaction.
Literati love fame, and being virtuous and meritorious are called the three immortals by literati.
Compiling this kind of book that has been passed down through the ages is a good thing that will be famous throughout the ages.
Zhao Xing also had a similar purpose and sent the most vehement opponents in the court to study.
After all, he couldn't really kill everyone who opposed it.
In addition, Zhao Xing also wanted to preserve some cultural treasures for future generations. Even with the advent of printing, many books were still single copies.
Firstly, people like to cherish their brooms for themselves, and secondly, they have no value in spreading on a large scale.
However, Zhao Xing issued an edict calling on people from all over the world to donate the original copies, and it would be stated in the Xuanwu Ceremony who donated the books. There must be many people willing to donate the treasured original copies.
Zeng Qingxuan thought for a moment and understood Zhao Xing's intention, and said with admiration: "Your Majesty has done great work in compiling this book and will definitely become a sage of a generation."
"I leave this matter to you. Draw up a charter as soon as possible. First draw up an imperial edict and order the literati and common people in the world to donate books." Zhao Xing waved his hand and said.
He didn't care whether the Holy King was not a Holy King, nor did he think that he would be honored as a Holy King because of this.
After all, the emperor still governs the world. When the world is governed, his reputation will naturally come.
If he could not solve the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and the country would be destroyed in a few generations, he would still be evaluated as a mediocre king by future generations.
Zhu Di compiled the Yongle Dadian, and Qianlong compiled the Sikuquanshu. Is it because of this that both of them were revered as saints?
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Word spread quickly about what happened in the morning.
While the literary style of the Song Dynasty was at its peak, freedom of speech was also established early.
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It was very common for literati to discuss state affairs and criticize the government and ministers.
Although the scholars had previously made a fuss and petitioned at the palace gate, Zhao Xing became furious and punished many scholars.
But this does not wake up these scholars.
The Song Dynasty was founded a hundred years ago, and the sense of superiority among scholars has long been developed. How can it be changed so easily?
Many scholars even advocated again that they should unite to petition and not let the officials destroy the Song Dynasty. Only in this way can we maintain our literary character.
It's just that the last time Zhao Xing banned petitioners from participating in the imperial examination, it was still a bit of a deterrent.
Although the emphasis on literature and martial arts fostered a sense of superiority among scholars, those who learned literary and martial arts would still have to sell them to the emperor's family.
Han Chuang studied hard for many years just to become an official.
Therefore, although these scholars may sound fierce, there are not many actual followers.
This turmoil was not entirely without merit. At least it covered up the fact that Zhao Xing ordered local officials to screen those who participated in martial arts competitions and provide them with food and accommodation.
If it hadn't been for this incident, this decree would have definitely attracted opposition from all the literati.
After all, Qingwu in the Song Dynasty was already a "national policy", and the literati naturally did not want the martial artist who had always been suppressed by them to be taken seriously.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages, that is, Zhao Xing's edict was not seriously publicized in various places, and most of them were perfunctory.
In addition, now that everyone is talking about the turmoil in the DPRK, no one is talking about the military exercise at all, and the propaganda effect is even worse.
However, compared to the previous martial arts competitions, which were not taken seriously at all, and many people had even forgotten that there were martial arts competitions in the Song Dynasty, they still had some propaganda effect.
At this moment, news suddenly spread throughout Bianjing that the officials wanted to compile a canon containing all the books in the world.
If you have an orphan book at home, you can copy it and present it to the court. When it is compiled in the main hall, the person who donated the book will be noted in it.
As soon as this news came out, it was a good distraction.
There was a lot of discussion about this decree. Some people said it was a good thing, while others refuted it and said that those miscellaneous books and Confucian classics could not be merged into one canon.
Zhao Xing was not in the mood to pay attention to this because Zhang Guifen was about to give birth.
(End of chapter)