At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Shenzong, although the Song Dynasty was still prosperous on the surface, it was already in danger inside: the heavy fiscal expenditure made the national treasury empty for a long time, the bureaucracy system became a burden that could not be removed, and there was an army that could never be defeated. Outside the Song Dynasty, there were the Liao Dynasty in the north, Tubo in the west, Western Xia was eyeing it coveted, and Jiaozhi in the south repeatedly invaded the border. Fortunately, the Dali Kingdom advocated Buddhism and regarded Buddhism as the national religion. The successive emperors would also convert to Buddhism in their later years, which also gave the Song Dynasty a chance to breathe.

At this time, Song Shenzong was a good emperor with ambition. In order to change this situation, he finally made up his mind.

In the fourth year of Zhiping, Wang Anshi became the prefect of Jiangning. In the first year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of Song summoned Wang Anshi. No one knew what they were talking about at that time, but they saw Wang Anshi's head raised and chested, full of energy when he walked out.

In the three years of Xining, a reform that had been prepared for a long time was enough to affect the fate of the entire Song Dynasty to sweep the world in a very short time.

In the sixth year of Xining, who would have thought that the Song Dynasty, which had always been weak in military power, could ease the weak situation even after Wang Anshi's reforms, and the reforms' strong military measures reversed the passive situation of the northwest border defenses' long-term defeat. Under Wang Anshi's command, the Song Dynasty took back five prefectures such as He, Tao, and Min, and expanded the territory for more than 2,000 miles, and was subjected to 300,000 tents of Qiang people. This was the last unprecedented victory in the Northern Song Dynasty's military, but people could not always have smooth sailing.

In the spring of the seventh year of Xining, the world was drought, and people from all over the country were displaced. The old party took the opportunity to attack, and the Emperor Shenzong was also shaken. In April of the same year, Wang Anshi stopped his minister.

"Time flies. In the blink of an eye, the past four years have passed, and the past is still vivid in my mind. Now, alas."

Looking at the dazzling fireworks in the air, an old man over fifty years old, with long white and dry hair messily draped on his shoulders and holding a wine pot in his hand and said with sad expression.

Although the fire in the room was burning red at this time, no matter how hot the fire was, it could not resist the cold wind pouring out of the window, nor could it warm the cold heart.

He is the current prime minister Wang Anshi. No, I can't talk about the prime minister anymore, because he had been dismissed from prefecture, and he was unwilling to accept it. Shenzong once promised that he would always support him, but at the most critical moment, he was shaken.

But in just over half a year, he seemed to have grown a lot. His hair, which was originally half white, is now like snow.

Suddenly, Wang Anshi's eyes narrowed out of the window, and a trace of shock flashed in his eyes. Then he rubbed his eyes hard. When he opened his eyes, he found that this was not an illusion.

Wang Anshi, after a moment of silence, suddenly stood up, regardless of his own image, quickly walked to the door, opened the door, and shouted: "Come on, change your clothes quickly."

The next morning, many people discussed it in Bianliang City.

"You can see the purple light from last night. That purple light almost illuminated the entire Bianliang City."

"I saw it too. I thought it was the fireworks from someone's house, so spectacular."

"Go, go, I saw it one night, and I saw an old scholar who saw the purple light immediately fell to the ground and said, "A saint from the sky."

"Yes, my grandfather said that too."

The city of Bianliang was not peaceful because many people saw the strange phenomenon last night. Last night, in the harem, Concubine Hua, who was ten months pregnant, gave birth to a prince. Although the purple light appeared to disappear, it was not long, but everyone in the palace saw it. The purple light landed in the palace and merged into the bedroom of Concubine Hua who was giving birth with a shocked expression on the face of Shenzong. As the purple light merged into the cry of the baby came from inside.

When he learned that it was a prince, Shenzong was immediately overjoyed and immediately said, "This is really a gift from God."

Soon, the matter of God's gift of sons spread in the Song Dynasty in just a few months. More people said that this was a saint from heaven, and some even wrote a letter to ask Shenzong to make this prince the crown prince.

Just when the matter of God's gift to his son was causing a lot of discussion outside, Hua Yuelong finally recovered because he integrated into the baby's body just when the baby was born and his soul did not appear. So he took two days to merge, and he also learned some things from the conversations between people around him in the past two days.

It turned out that he had devoted himself to ancient times, and his status was not low. He was a prince. According to the palace maid, he was the fourth prince of the Song Dynasty, and his father was Zhao Xu, the Emperor Shenzong of Song. According to historical records, Song Shenzong was considered a rare young man of the 18 emperors of the Song Dynasty. His greatest achievement was to support Wang Anshi's reform. During the reform, the national strength of the Song Dynasty greatly increased. However, due to insufficient ability, he lost his chain at the critical moment, which failed. Finally, because of his a little inflated, he took advantage of the civil strife in Xixia and sent troops to attack Xixia. Unfortunately, he returned home with great defeat. Finally, he became depressed and died of illness at the age of 37.

"Since I came here, I will rest assured. Now I am the fourth son of Song Shenzong. You must know that Song Shenzong has more than a dozen sons. Song Zhezong hasn't made any statement at this time. It's still a long time, and as a royal family, there will be no shortage of resources. It's better to strengthen yourself as much as possible." Hua Yuelong looked at the gorgeous scene around him and thought, but he quickly figured out what the little arms and legs can do now. Anyway, there is time, so there is no need to rush for a while.

At this time, Wang Anshi became more energetic again because Song Shenzong re-activated him, which must have been several months ahead of history.

The reuse of Wang Anshi caused the dispute between the old and new in the court to break out again, and the world was not peaceful at this time. Xixia and Liao Kingdom were determined to perish the Song Dynasty. Although the court had an advantage, they did not get any greater benefits. In the world, because the Central Plains have been the center of the world since ancient times, there were endless masters. Among them, Shaolin Temple is the most famous, and all the martial arts of the world are famous for Shaolin.

Shaolin Temple did not disappoint everyone's high expectations. From the battle of Yanmen Pass that year, it can be seen that Shaolin Temple also made a lot of efforts for the world. Compared with the Great Song Dynasty, other countries were more than one step behind, but the methods were always more difficult. In order to compete with the Great Song Dynasty, Xixia specially formed a Yipintang to target the Great Song Dynasty. Tubo was not willing to fall behind and cooperated with the Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. The Liao Dynasty dominated the world with its iron cavalry, so naturally it was not afraid of anyone.

Sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye. Zhao Ren, the fourth prince of the Song Dynasty, was Hua Yuelong, was declared the crown prince by Emperor Shenzong of Song when he was ten years old, and was sent to Emperor Shenzong to allow him to review memorials at the age of twelve. With the secret help of Hua Yuelong, Wang Anshi was not as eager to make utilitarianism as recorded in history. Although the new policy was implemented very slowly, it has never stopped. The army in various places has been reformed. The combat effectiveness has increased greatly compared to the past. Last year, he fought a war with Xixia, and the Song Dynasty finally won. For a while, Song Shenzong had a higher prestige among the people, and the current Shenzong has long been dead, but now he is not only alive, but also very comfortable.

Under Hua Yuelong's strong request, Song Shenzong also agreed to Hua Yuelong to form the Tiance Guard, and the Tiance Guard was independent of the court and under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. Moreover, the Tiance Guard was targeting people in the world who attacked innocent people for no reason. Once the Tiance Guard was established, many masters came to join in.

Although the Song Dynasty had undergone reforms at this time, the phenomenon of emphasizing literature and neglecting military officials has not changed. Many people in the martial arts world envied scholars very much. They also subconsciously believed that they were not as good as scholars. Now the court suddenly established the Tiance Guard, and in order to protect the people of the Song Dynasty, more importantly, the prince of the Song Dynasty personally came forward to serve as the deputy commander of the Tiance Guard. Moreover, the official positions of the Tiance Guard can be done equally with the corresponding civil officials, but the requirements are relatively strict. People with virtue and ability must join.

"Your Highness, slow down, I can't keep up." On the street, a young man wearing silk and satin and holding a white jade fan in his hand walked in front. His pace seemed slow, but his speed was much faster than the young boy trotting all the way behind.

The one who walked ahead was Hua Yuelong. After sixteen years of recovery, with the help of some natural treasures, he has successfully entered the innate realm, and his cultivation is still very stable. His pace is "Spiritual Jade Step" collected by the palace. This kind of martial art is simple to get started, but it is very difficult to achieve success in cultivation. Once you have mastered it, you can even reach a state where you can walk on water without falling into it.

After sixteen years of development, Hua Yuelong also knew what kind of world this is. It turned out that this is the Tianlong Ba tribe written by Mr. Jin. At this time, Qiao Feng was the leader of the Beggars' Sect. He served as the leader of the Beggars' Sect for seven years. Qiao Feng was more generous, very kind to his brothers, and loyal to the country.

It is also worth mentioning that three years ago, at Hua Yuelong's strong invitation, Qiao Feng agreed to Hua Yuelong's request to join the Tiance Guard and serve as the captain of one of the four teams of Tiance Guard, heading north of the Song Dynasty. The other two teams were composed of people with equally superb martial arts but not famous. However, Hua Yuelong had clearly investigated their character.

"Yeah, here." Regardless of the shouting of the boy behind, Hua Yuelong looked at the big words on the stone tablet in front of the door, and a smile appeared on his face.

"The greatest hero is to serve the country and the people"

This is the word on the stone tablet, and it was specially written by Hua Yuelong in front of Tengceemon. These eight words made Qiao Feng, who was hesitant, finally agreed to Hua Yuelong's request, and because of these eight words, the passion of a large number of people in the world.

After passing the guard guarding at the door, Hua Yuelong came to the house. The Tiance Guard was located in a relatively remote place, but not far from the crowd. As soon as he entered the door, he could see hundreds of people practicing martial arts hard in the yard. There were some people in full shape. There were constantly people coming in and out of the main hall, which seemed extremely busy. This was the Tiance Guard's yamen.

Just like the six gates of the Ming Dynasty, the Tiance Guard had to deal with a lot of things every day. The Tiance Guard would not care about the grievances of the world, but once it was implicated by innocent people, the Tiance Guard would take action. After several years, the Tiance Guard had already been on the right track since its inception.

"Have you seen Your Highness" When he saw Hua Yuelong coming in, the person working immediately stood up and bowed.

"No need to be polite, I'm just here to see it." Hua Yuelong raised the fan in his hand and stopped it.

After hearing this, everyone in the room looked at each other and immediately sat down and got busy.

"Sir, there is something going on in the Xixia people." Just as Hua Yuelong was patrolling, a man wearing the uniform of Tiance Guard ran in and knelt down and said.
Chapter completed!