Chapter 470: I won’t play anymore (finale)

The rest of the people were all cowardly. The Song army's dragon cavalry launched a three-wheeled attack, and most of them warmed up. As soon as they raised their interest, the Xia army collapsed.

That night, a large area of ​​Xia army officials rushed to surrender to the Song army. Strangely, they avoided the Song army commander Zhao Xing and demanded to surrender to the Song army's small soldiers and even the mates porters. They had no requests, just two words: survive.

Unfortunately, the cruel Song army did not meet their minimum requirements. After the war, or five days after the war, Zhao Xing submitted to the court to the court and wrote: "Behead more than 30,000 people, and captives: zero."

In the official documents, this war was described as a tragic life-and-death battle. Wen Xixing and Lu Qiu Guan both exaggerated the Xia army's courage and unyieldingness, succession, and... the tenacity of the Song army in their memoirs.

Five days later, the Song army set out, and the battlefield behind them was vast, with no corpses, no blood, only the wind in the Gobi Desert. However, all the soldiers participating in the war seemed to have robbed a prosperous market. They all held horses, some of them held more than one horse, and the horses were packed with backpacks. When the Xixia nobles fled, they took all their property with them. They robbed the Song Kingdom for a hundred years and accumulated over a hundred years, and they were rich.

Originally, Zhao Xing did not plan to leave, and he planned to continue to advance until he met the Southern Army, but he suddenly received a news - news from the court, which forced him to return to Xingqing Mansion.

At this time, the Western Xia was in chaos. When the Song army on the southern front received the news of victory, they were already crazy. The generals were still thinking of picking peaches, hoping to maintain enough troops to arrive at Xingqing Prefecture as soon as possible to divide the spoils. Everyone knew that Zhao Xing was not obtained by war in war, and he handed over only the occupied land. However, the wishes of the generals did not represent the wishes of the soldiers.

Xixia fought with Shaanxi prefectures and counties for more than a hundred years. On average, they entered Shaanxi prefectures more than twice a year and carried out robbery. Almost every household in Shaanxi was slaughtered, abused, or hijacked relatives to Xia territory by Xixia people. Now they knew that they had won, and the brigade and established resistance no longer existed. The Song army was red-eyed and did not encounter a Xixia village. They broke in with resentment. They either looked for their lost relatives or looked for enemies. Therefore, they could not tolerate even a slight offense. Even a simple look could arouse the most violent revenge of the Song army.

The generals on the southern front wanted to try their best to control the army, but the roaring advance of the southern front army made the Song army completely open up the post road in Xixia. The news of Zhao Xing's successive massacre came, and the generals could no longer control it. The more controlled Song army could still roll their eyes to the orders they issued. The soldiers who obtained the news of the death of their relatives slashed and killed the officers who gave the orders. Next, I don't know where the team started. After the revenge, some Song soldiers took the property of the Xixia "thugs" he killed. Pandora's box was opened. The killing was not necessary, and the rich profit was enough to make everyone crazy.

The four Shaanxi officials made the final choices completely consistent. They left the army alone, and only brought their servants and personal soldiers to advance lightly. When the conscientious officials took them away, they could arrange a reserve team just in case. If they were a little greedy, they would simply sit down and divide the spoils, requiring the soldiers to hand over at least 40% of the stolen goods they had harvested...

At this time, in the Xixia side, after the Tiemen Pass War, all the high-ranking officials of the Xixia on the southern line had evaporated. Some of the Xixia officials on the northern line were taken away by the fleeing Xixia king, and some were scared by the smell of blood in the country, causing the entire Xixia to fall into anarchy. The government of the nomadic peoples had weak control, and most of the political forces in the country were implementing regional autonomy. The entire country was not so much a government as a joint-stock and limited liability robbery company. Now, the career they fought for throughout their lives

It was time to share the responsibility. Many people remembered the limited liability system, so those who were able to resist were hiding. The Xixia people who were unable to do so and still bullied the proud people of the Song people were unwilling to accept it. They carried weapons all over the world to find leaders. Unfortunately, these people were not very powerful, and most of them were overestimated. The four major strategic commanders went north and encountered countless suicide attacks from such small bandits. Although the four major strategic commanders' guards suffered minor casualties, they also annoyed the four.

Among the four major military commanders, the first one to arrive was the most powerful military commander of the Fuyan Road. As soon as he entered the gate of the Xingqing Palace, he laughed to the sky with no end: "It's been more than two hundred years. My family and the famous Kui family have been fighting for two hundred years. My family ancestors, you open your eyes and see, my feet are stepping on the palace of the Li family boy... Haha, what about the Li family, such a coward who escaped in the face of chaos, has caused me to swallow for hundreds of years."

Xiaozhong Jing said something wrong. Not all the Li family are cowards, but the kings who lost their country all have the same characteristics - they are unwilling to take responsibility. Normally, Song Huizong was like this. The last monarch of the Western Xia, the last monarch of the Liao Kingdom, and the last monarch of the Jin Kingdom were like this. It is not surprising that they chose to escape without exception when they should bear the responsibility.

Master Zhong was proud, and the struggles of the Zhong family over the years finally showed results. At this moment, he felt that he was not alone. The ancestors of the Zong family had traveled together. He was possessed by his soul. He looked around and was proud... He found that the atmosphere in the hall was wrong. Everyone present had a dark face, without the joy of victory, without the pride of the victor, and no one cared about him.

Zhao Xing sighed, threw down a letter, and said lightly: "I thought they were accomplices, but I didn't expect that my biggest enemy was them."

Everyone was speechless. Mr. Zhong stepped forward and picked up the letter. It was an urgent letter reporting the court's dynamics. It was funny that Huang Tingjian and others thought they could isolate the news after blocking the palace ban. They didn't know that among the minor officials who wrote the imperial edict were both Israelites and the Cheng family in Huangzhou. They copied the content of the imperial edict and notified Zhao Xing in advance with the fastest channels.

The imperial edict reads: The court quoted the ancestral teaching of "those who seized Youyan died" to reward Zhao Xing for his contribution to destroying Western Xia. According to Zhao Xing's suggestion, Zhao Xing implemented "feudalism" and named him the "king" of Danluo Island in the East China Sea - this is a feudal king, unlike the "king" who had a title in the past and had no actual territory. The feudal king means that he has the right to implement a high degree of autonomy in his territory and even implement his own laws.

This is what is often said in Chinese history that "breaking the earth and winning the king".

This kind of reward is unique in Chinese history. Of course, in normal history, the great eunuch Tong Guan helped the Song Dynasty to regain Youyan, and Song Huizong fulfilled his ancestors' promises and named this eunuch king. This phenomenon can only occur in the Song Dynasty, where the political atmosphere is particularly relaxed, and can only occur in the Song Dynasty, where the government's credit is particularly important because of the strong commercial atmosphere.

However, Tong Guan's king was a title, a "copycat prince" under slavery. Although Zhao Xing's title of king this time was an overseas leader under Zhao Xing himself, he was a real feudal king.

This reward is generous.

Mr. Zhong Yangyang's letter was about to say a few words of congratulations, but seeing that everyone's expressions were wrong, he buried his head and continued to read the following text of the letter.

After reading the following, a chill appeared on the back of the Zhong Shizhong. He was polite on the surface and could not be proved. The reason why this letter made everyone look gloomy was because the court removed all the dispatches from Zhao Xing after the reward, and the command of the battlefield of destroying Xia had been transferred to Xiaozhong's strategy. In addition, the court was obviously not at ease with the Shaanxi generals. The letter continued that the court would send several envoys to take over the aftermath of the war.

In addition, the court will dispatch several officials from the capital to rush to Xixia to serve as the politicians of the newly occupied land. Of course, the Song State cannot transfer unnecessary soldiers at present, so the new politicians have no soldiers or generals. Because they were temporarily selected from the alternate officials in the capital, they have no political experience and cannot cope with the chaos in Xixia after the war. Therefore... Therefore, the court asked the four major military commanders to sub-district the four major military departments of Xixia to help the new politicians wipe their butts. When the new politicians asked them to get out, they had to roll up the bedding roll and leave immediately without saying a word.

"Resist the order, resist the order! Who wrote such a confused order? Huang Tingjian and Zhang Shangying were confused. They dared to attach such orders to the order. I want to resist the order." Xiao Zhong Jingliu stamped his feet and roared.

This is the Song Dynasty. Officials in the Song Dynasty had the right to resist the order. Xiao Zhong's strategy of resisting the order was not for Zhao Xing, but for himself.

It was about to win, and the peach pickers emerged everywhere. They would never give up until they defeated the fruits of victory, but Xiao Zhongzhi wanted to wipe the butts for these people. According to official customs, it was not his fault for literati to do bad things, but all because of others. If there were generals, the mistake was caused by generals. If there were no generals, they would look for the common people. There was nothing, and no one could blame them. There was still a way. If the heavens and man responded, they could also blame the heavens and the others.

The Zhong family has been in the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. How long has the Song Dynasty existed? How long has the old Zhong family been an official in the Song Dynasty? How could he not understand these tricks of the officialdom? It is obviously a bit difficult to make him take the blame. After blinking, Zhong Shizhong thought of saying: "Although the Xixia has perished, the beacon has not been extinguished. I brought five hundred elite veterans who have been fighting for the rest of my life to Xingqing Prefecture. The chaos is like wild grass. I have encountered at least eleven attacks in a day.

One day, I repelled more than 40 decisive attacks - quickly tell the court that the people of Xixia were crazy, they did not care about life and death, but they just wanted to die together. They were surging like a tide and continued. It was already a lucky chance that we could defeat the main force of the Xia army with such a few people, but to defend such a large territory, the strength was far from enough. We asked the court to increase its troops, the more troops, the better. At least 200,000, and with one million reinforcements, it would not be too small..."

Shuai Fan interrupted Zhong Shizhong: "If you say that, I'm afraid the court will be even more suspicious."

Mr. Zhong glared at him: "What can he do if a tiger doesn't leave his nest?"

Zhao Xing was nicknamed Zhao Laohu, and the Song people all had the habit of liked to give nicknames, especially military people. Many warriors did not have nicknames, and they cried and asked literati to give themselves a nickname that was both loud and majestic. In the Song Dynasty, when the commercial atmosphere was strong, people had a good nickname, just like goods had a good trademark, which was a very decent thing. Therefore, Master Zhong mentioned the word tiger in front of Zhao Xing. This was not an insult in the Song Dynasty, but a disguised compliment, and a flattery.

Zhong Shizhong was hinting: If Zhao Laohu conquered Xixia, you might as well report to the court as I want. It means that Xixia is uneasy and requires a large army to guard it, so you cannot do without you. As long as you do not leave Xixia, what can the court do to you? Can you swallow you alive? As for how to support you with too many troops - Zhao Laohu is still afraid of having no money, Xixia has a large salt pond.

Zhao Xing glanced at Master Zhong, and Master Zhong's eyes were full of instigation, and Zhao Xing laughed.

After all, Huang Tingjian was still a brother and brother. He catered to the Confucian concept of monarch and ministers and restricted Zhao Xing, who was not rewarded by Xia, which showed his party's attitude of discussing things on the matter, but he firmly tried to eliminate bad things. This imperial edict was extremely good at preventing heroes, but at the same time, it also offended everyone, forcing these people to take unified and coordinated actions with Zhao Xing, otherwise, if they were not alive, they would die.

However, this was the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the official system was stacked with beds. In the Song Dynasty, soldiers could cause mutiny due to insufficient military pay, but officials were not allowed. Zhao Xing was wronged by the court. He could resist the order and make trouble. Other officials could show deep sympathy for Zhao Xing and public opinion support, but let them rebel with Zhao Xing... The welfare of officials in the Song Dynasty was so good. The per capita annual income level of the people of the Song Dynasty exceeded the 21st century, so they could rebel. Even when the Liangshan gangsters rebelled, they always thought about recruiting peace and living an ordinary life...

"There are rumors in the capital: during the time of Tong Guan's mission to Liao Kingdom, he had secret contact with the fugitive Ma Zhi of Liao Kingdom. He planned to contact the Jurchens through Ma Zhi, attacked the two groups to jointly destroy Liao to regain Youyan. For this reason, the Hedong Route Army and Horses have begun to reserve military supplies. The Beiyang Yamen's military ships have also received orders that long-distance voyages will be prohibited in the near future, and they must stay near the port and be on standby at any time." Zhao Xing looked at the Zhong Shizhong and said carelessly.

Zhao Xing's thinking jumped too much, and Zhong Shizhong was not adapted for a moment. The first thing he thought of was: "That is to say, the imperial court could no longer transfer other troops in the land of Xixia - now, the troops from the fourth line of Shaanxi are all here, and the Nanyang Yamen also used all their strength. Hedong and Hebei are going to prepare for a war. The imperial court has no soldiers to adjust. Xixia is ours. Taishi, I heard that you have a surrendered army on your hands. Hehehe, these people are very similar to some Xixia rioters. What if they meet those new government envoys and have an accident?"

This statement from Zhong Shizhong shows that as a family warlord who has dominated the country for more than a hundred years, he is a gentleman on the surface, gentleman, and unruly, but in fact he is also a hooligan.

On the one hand, he encouraged Zhao Xing to exaggerate the chaos in Xixia. On the other hand, he also encouraged Zhao Xing to use the Western Xia army to pretend to be the Western Xia thugs to intercept the new policing envoys who were trying to divide the fruits of victory along the way.

These were all done by him, Zhao Xing. This old military leader who has been standing for more than a hundred years. When he said these words, his expression was as pure as a seven or eight-year-old child.

Zhao Xing just smiled, and Shuai Fan looked angry. Lu Qiuguan suddenly interrupted: "Since I requested reinforcements from the court, the Grand Tutor should go to the capital immediately to meet His Majesty Daojun--"

As soon as Luqiuguan finished speaking, Zhong Shizhong immediately felt bitter.

Lu Qiuguan’s suggestion is: Since there is no way out, let’s just move forward bravely, which is in line with the usual character of Taishi. Zhong Shizhong has already expressed his supportive attitude, and the court has also handed over the command of the battlefield to Xiaozhong Jingli. Then we might as well throw the army down and go directly to the court to receive rewards. Use this action to express our attitude to the court. If the court still wants to take action, on the one hand, we should be concerned about the army thrown outside by Zhao Xing. On the other hand, the evil influence of the court’s contributions and not rewards was spread, and the four major strategies of Shaanxi that worked hard on the front line would be suspicious, and this would be a mess in Xixia.

This is what Zhong Shizhong is worried about. The soldiers in the Nanyang Yamen are all arrogant soldiers and generals who destroyed countless countries. In comparison, the experience of the four armies in Shaanxi's country destruction was not as good as that of the Tatars in the Qingtang. These two groups of people were ashamed of the Shaanxi soldiers and generals. These two groups only followed Zhao Xing's orders, and the others were not taken seriously at all. If Zhao Xing had a turmoil in the court... Zhong Shizhong thought to himself: According to Zhao Xing's prestige established in Huanqing, coupled with the prestige he had come out in Xixia this time, what if... at that time, the four major strategies might be held captive by the soldiers.

Shuai Fan shook her head: "Pharm to hold the machine".

Legend has it that the Song royal family had a secret medicine that is necessary for traveling at home, which is called "the drug to hold the machine". The late master of Li Tang who made "the building was stormy and rain last night, and the homeland was unbearable to look back in the moonlight" was poisoned by the drug to hold the drug to hold the drug to death. The same is true for Qian Miao's ancestor, Qiantang King. Shuai Fan was reminding Zhao Xing that if Emperor Daojun invited Zhao Xing into the palace and held a banquet to entertain Zhao Xing, the drug to hold the wine might be the drug to hold the drug to hold the drug to the wine.

After drinking the escort wine, it is impossible for the waist to be sore and the back will not be hurt anymore. The person who was drinking still has a few days left. When he was suffering from death from chronic poisoning, the court may commend him with great fanfare and let him die with great honor. Even after his death, everyone knows that he was poisoned to death, and they will only sigh and do whatever they should do.

This is the real history, the real tradition.

Zhao Xing hesitated for a moment and stood up: "Passive defense is indeed not my character. I decided to submit command rights immediately as soon as the imperial edict arrives - to instruct the men that they have enough fun, and it is time to calm down. Order them to return to the camp immediately and hand over the mission of sweeping to the Shaanxi soldiers. We are ready to pack it home."

Zhong Shizhong sighed. Since he couldn't hold Zhao Xing back, he was ready to fight for his own interests: "The Nanyang Yamen is not short of money. Since the troops in Nanyang have begun to gather, then as the general reserve team. How about the troops from my Fuyan Road entering Yanchi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Fenglu's military commander Liu Zhongwu ran into the door. He shouted anxiously: "No, Xingqing Mansion is like this. I dared to come in and see. The mansion along the way can't even find a good beam - I have no objection to this. The Grand Master broke Xingqing Mansion, and the Grand Master should enjoy it. But Yanzhou is the only fat left, why should you belong to Fuyan Road?"

Zhong Shizhong replied proudly: "First come first served. My Fuyan Road is closest to Yanzhou. It is better for my Fuyan Road to take over Yanzhou. Should you cross Zhuoluo and Nanjun Office, Ganzhou, Xiliang Prefecture, and Xiping Prefecture to take over Yanzhou? There are several states under your nose, all of which belong to you, and I won't rob you."

Liu Zhongwu glanced at the officials in the hall and sought support. He found that except for the Zong army, there were soldiers from the Nanyang system. In a blink of an eye, he found that the letter thrown on the ground was caused by curiosity. He picked it up and the more he looked, the more gloomy his face became.

Everyone in the hall was waiting for his reaction, and Shuai Fan stood up and executed Zhao Xing's orders. Liu Zhongwu organized a few words in his mind and said carefully: "As far as I know, we have been preparing for this war for two years. With the wealth of the Nanyang Yamen, the warehousing of the arms consumed, the war has stopped, and the small battles have continued. All the forces in the northwest and Nanyang Yamen are used here. The future custody work is difficult. The court wants to use new officials who are not familiar with the world to do this, and also wants to launch a campaign against the Liao Kingdom...

I don’t want to say much about the appointment and removal of imperial officials. I just want to know: Taishi, can the power of the Beiyang Yamen support that war? You must know that the Liao Kingdom was established far longer than the Song Dynasty, and its land area was larger than that of the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty wanted to destroy the Liao Dynasty, I would not expect to rely on the Nanyang Yamen. I am afraid that the Nanyang Yamen would not have the strength. With Tong Guan’s military level and the financial resources of the Beiyang Yamen, can it work?"

Definitely not possible!

However, this is the inertia of history.

Song Huizong, who liked "Fengheng and Yu Da", was an irresponsible artist who was also very fond of merit. He saw that the court did not spend a single money and was just a "defensive counterattack" from Shaanxi. Because he received the support of the Nanyang Yamen, he actually "accidentally" destroyed the Xixia. He thought that destroying the more powerful Liao Kingdom was also a slap in the forehead, not to mention that there were fierce Jurchens who sent troops to attack.

In normal history, Tong Guan's specific policy of attacking the Liao Kingdom was: not to fight. He ordered all the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty to not fight back when they met the Liao people. If they dared to fight back, it would be "destroying national unity". If they not only fought back, but also encouraged their companions to fight back together, it would be "inciting national confrontation" and a serious crime - as a result, all the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty were massacred by a super weak army of 10,000 people in the Liao Kingdom...

Tong Guan achieved his goal, and after that, who would not praise our Song Dynasty for being "benevolent and righteous"?

Although Zhao Xing tried his best to interfere with him, he was stubborn and moved forward according to the established track. At this time, Zhao Xing suddenly wanted to go to the capital. Did he want to stop the disaster or to watch coldly - Shuai Fan didn't know all this, he just mechanically gathered the team according to Zhao Xing's orders, and began to identify the demoted officials with the assistance of Yang Feng, trying to re-establish the local administrative agency.

Slowly, the troops from the four routes of Shaanxi gathered under Xingqing Prefecture, and then officials from all parties transferred the troops to various defense areas according to the stolen goods agreement. Zhao Xing found that he overestimated the administrative efficiency of the imperial court and overestimated the courage of the new governor. The new news showed that the Xuanwei Envoy (the angel who issued the imperial edict) was lingering in Shaanxi, hesitating whether to enter Xixia, while the new governor had just left Hedong and was considering whether to enter Shaanxi.

The envoy Xuanwei was a little more courageous, but he only asked the Shaanxi army and horses to escort along the way. The imperial envoy appointed six of them, and only two officials dared to step out of the capital. At the same time, Tong Guan had already brought Ma Zhi back to Bianliang, just in full swing to prepare for the attack on Liao.

On this day, the officials of Zhending Prefecture received news that the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, Zhao Xing, who was invincible in the Song Dynasty, was about to land and ordered the officials to come to greet him. After receiving this news, the officials were unbelievable at first because it was said that the Western Xia side was still not calm and the front line was fighting. The Grand Tutor suddenly appeared in Zhending Prefecture, which was very confusing. However, the controversial strategy of attacking Xia some time ago made the officials of the Song Dynasty extremely strong. After checking the relevant seal talismans of the soldiers, the officials of Zhending Prefecture accepted this fact calmly - anyway, this Grand Tutor is used to being elusive, let him make trouble. Let us just be respectful and flatter.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xing's current status is at its peak. He replaced the position of Taishi that Cai Jing originally occupied in history and became the head of the largest ruling party in the court. What is even more powerful than Cai Jing is that he has the halo of countless destruction of the country. As for the war he left behind in the Western Xia, he suddenly appeared in Zhending... The major events in the court are not something that we little officials can estimate.

In this way, Zhao Xing climbed the south bank of the Yellow River with a grand welcome. The people of the Song Dynasty were excited to visit Jinmingchi on March 3rd, and welcomed Zhao Xing to the shore intoxicatedly. Among the crowds, the old man and the aunt opened their mouths excitedly and shouted: "My wife, come out and see the heroes, live! It is not easy for us to see the living heroes in the Song Dynasty. You have to take a few more glances and make a comeback - there are so many people, it is not easy for us to squeeze in a stinky sweat!"

The officials' welcome was also very enthusiastic. Although Zhao Xing's expression was always cold, this did not hinder the officials' flattery - where could local officials know the dirty things in the court? They also speculated that Zhao Xing suddenly returned from the front line, and the officials were urgently recalling it, preparing to let Zhao Xing take charge of the destruction of Liao in the north. In this way, should this Grand Master reach the top of the ministers? Let's flatter as early as possible...

But there are also those who are ignorant among the officials. This is the Song Dynasty. No matter how the new and old party struggled, the hierarchical concept in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty always could not catch up with the Ming and Qing dynasties, nor the modern times. An official took advantage of the crack of raising a glass of congratulations and suddenly asked without any end: "Taishi, do you think, should we follow the laws of our ancestors?"

In today's words, the official asked: Taishi, shouldn't we keep the national tradition now?

Since he landed, Zhao Xing's expression has always been slim. When he heard the officials' questions, he frowned in disgust. Party struggles are really everywhere. Even at this kind of official banquet, people have expressed the concept of party struggles to ask: "If you are a human, you should not talk about tradition. At the beginning, monkeys who talk about traditions are still picking wild fruits in the forest. Only monkeys who don't talk about traditions have evolved into humans."

Zhao Xing's passage involves Darwin's theory of evolution. Officials in the Song Dynasty did not understand it. Zhao Xing changed his way. He picked up the wine glass and slowly said: "A hundred years later, we will look back. The only thing that changes the world is technological progress and technological innovation. Civilization is composed of creation, not destruction.

I remember that in the Spring and Autumn Period, when iron tools appeared, many people thought that iron tools were evil gold and were used unknown. However, where are the countries that insist on using bronze tools, their countries have long been broken by the powerful Qin wielding iron tools, and Zongsi was exterminated. Therefore, only declining countries adhere to traditions. Whenever a country and a nation declines, they begin to pay attention to sticking to traditions and reject any creation and innovation. The same is true for people. People who talk about traditions are declining."

"So, shouldn't we pursue tradition? Without tradition, who are we a group of people? Are we savages who eat raw meat and drink blood?"

"Eat raw meat and drink blood - You are right. From the perspective of evolutionary history, eating raw meat and drinking blood was once our tradition, but our ancestors did not abide by this tradition. They created the method of using fire, so we have eaten the dishes now." Zhao Xing saw the other party staring with big eyes and still didn't understand. He also stared at him and asked, "Do you want to replace the gods?"

Zhao Xing was notorious. The official of Zhending Prefecture vaguely heard that Zhao Xing was inhumane in the neighboring Xixia territory. His eyes widened, and the official jumped. He held a wine glass and replied submissively, but stubbornly: "The Xiaguan is just a mortal. How dare you guess the will of the gods - the Xiaguan is not a god, the Xiaguan respects ghosts and gods and distances them."

Zhao Xing nodded and explained: "What tradition should we keep? It is not decided by ordinary people, but by invisible hands. Therefore, mortals are worried and losing tradition is like worrying about nothing, even more absurd than that. In the dark, there is naturally an invisible hand that allows the people to spontaneously choose what to keep and what not to keep. In an attempt to make choices on behalf of the people, that is peeking at the power of God, and that is extremely arrogant.

In the pre-Qin era, our ancestors left many customs, and some customs have been preserved to this day. For example, the Nuo dance in the army was said to have originated from the era of Huangdi fighting against Chiyou. But what were the weapons used in that era? It should be wooden sticks and stones. We retained Nuo dance, why didn’t the weapons of that era be retained? Who decided that Nuo dance was a tradition, and wooden sticks and stones were not traditions? How do you know that the tradition you think now is not the era of Huangdi and Chiyou, and the sticks and stones on the hands of soldiers?

My Song Dynasty has its current glory, not because of our traditions, but because of our creation. So, don’t worry about how to maintain traditions. Just create. What should be retained? The decision is with God, not with people."

Everyone understood Zhao Xing's words. Sure enough, the official still guided the party to fight. He still held the wine glass and asked with the spirit of "striking the husband" on Wang Anshi's body: "In this way, does Zhao Gong agree with Wang Jing's 'three fears'?"

The "three no fears" that Wang Anshi said is: "The changes in heaven are not worthy of fear, people are not worthy of fear, and ancestors are not worthy of observing the laws of ancestors", which means: there is no need to be afraid of changes in celestial phenomena, the rules of ancestors may not be followed, and the people do not need to worry about the discussions.

Zhao Xing sat down again, looking quite impatient: "Wang Jinggong is a person who does not pay attention to rules. He despises the rules, so his reform broke all the rules, and then he continued to despise the rules, including the new rules he formulated for reform. Therefore, this person is a rule breaker, not the founder of the new world. The new party reform, taking him as a banner, will inevitably turn the reform into 'differences from the people and put them in his pockets', which is also a historical necessity."

"How can I say that? Didn't the Taiwei just say that traditions do not need to be scruples, just keep creating them. Didn't Wang Jinggong create new methods?..."

"Wang Anshi is not a creation, he is a destruction." Zhao Xing had already wanted to throw away this topic, so he called Wang Anshi disrespectfully, with his name and surname: "Before Wang Anshi's reform, he tempted the officials and said that he could do "the people do not increase taxes but the country uses the best." So, has his reforms "added taxes" to the people?"

This was a slap in the face of the new party. Even the most determined members of the new party could not deny that the people had indeed been given a tax on the people during the reform period, so millions of farmers who had lost their land emerged. In other words, Wang Anshi's reform under the banner of "the people do not add taxes", but the first thing he did was to add taxes. He reformed and established a new rule, and the first thing he did was to not abide by this rule was himself.

Zhao Xing asked again: "The people have increased their taxes, is the 'national use' sufficient?"
To be continued...