From the Turks to the Khitans, from the Khitans to the Jurchens, and then to the Mongols, including the half-Turkic and half-Mongolian Timur, etc., time and again, they have been demonstrating this indisputable fact.
This kind of geopolitical hammer force is born this way. They are next to a powerful and prosperous civilization, but because of the need to survive, they have to focus their main energy on learning and improving their military level, so they have to abandon other branches. Once they have obtained enough military technology and accumulated enough war potential, they will smash from the wilderness to the heights of civilization like a hammer! Then they can easily use their tenacity and cruelty from being used to hard times, plus this high level of military strength, to destroy the advanced civilization in front of them.
But without exception, in the process of destroying higher civilizations, they will be corrupted and controlled by everything in the higher civilizations.
It may be a bit wrong to say corrosion, because there is only this one way, just like water flows to lower places, it is basically a regular thing, but this process often appears more intense because it is accompanied by fierce military conquests... Many civilizations can withstand poverty, hunger and suffocating military pressure, but they cannot withstand such magnificence and refinement.
Therefore, in most cases, they would explode and die.
The few who managed to survive couldn't even tell what family or surname they belonged to.
Of course, these are all later stories. Back to the past, when the Jurchens finally made up their minds to launch a major invasion against Guanxi despite all the disadvantages, the situation in Bianliang in the south was getting hotter and hotter.
It is of course getting hotter and hotter in March, but what is even hotter is people's hearts.
It has been nearly a month since Emperor Zhao's "triumphal return to Tokyo", and although this battle between Song and Jin was not as exciting as the last time, it was undoubtedly the best situation since the Jing Kang Incident, because the Jin people did not make any progress at all and were trapped in Tongguan and voluntarily gave up their intention to invade.
Everybody was talking about it, everybody was guessing, and gradually more and more people came to agree with one view, that is, thanks to the emperor who was like "Chong'er of this age, Guangwu of this age", the Song Dynasty finally did not have to fear the loss of the country and the extinction of the race, and at the very least it could return to the Yellow River line and plan its course slowly and calmly.
In other words, the area south of the Yellow River is safe, and Tokyo City is safe!
Because of this trend of thought, more and more wealthy families returned from Yangzhou, Nanyang, and even Bashu, more and more merchants gathered from the south, and more and more local officials were eager to show their presence in Tokyo through various means.
Emperor Zhao, who was touted by Hu Quan as "the present Chong'er, the reincarnation of Guangwu" according to the content of the letter of persuasion when he ascended the throne, gradually became complacent after a month when he saw that the Jin army had made no move and summer was approaching.
However, the interesting thing is that the so-called sense of comfort, when it came to Emperor Zhao, was manifested in that this emperor began to interfere more and more in daily government affairs... This was a natural trend and behavior of a young official in peacetime. Therefore, although the ministers felt that the emperor was a little hasty, they still tried their best to cooperate with him.
"Rebuilding the Bianhe River Bridge... Of course, a few floating bridges there are inconvenient for both road and water transportation, but can the bridge be built higher?" In the Wende Hall of the Tokyo Imperial Palace, after the prime ministers had finished discussing some major issues, Zhao Jiu, who had brought several documents to discuss the matter, picked up the top one and looked sternly at Chen Gui, one of the four prime ministers.
"I would like to speculate that the emperor wants to build a few bridges on the Bian River that can accommodate ships to facilitate the passage of navy in the future?" Chen Gui was not surprised at all.
"That's right." Zhao Jiu nodded immediately.
"It can't be repaired." Chen Gui answered frankly. "With such a high arch, I don't know how long the bridge will be, and there are four or five of them... With this amount of manpower and material resources, it would be better to dig a new ditch in the north of the city for military use."
"...I know." Zhao Jiu was embarrassed for a moment, then he returned to normal. "There is another thing. It is said that many households returning to Beijing found that their houses were destroyed and occupied by others... Many people came to tell me about this. I hope Kaifeng Prefecture can handle it properly."
Chen Gui was increasingly helpless: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be properly handled... The Jingkang Incident caused four years of war, and Tokyo was only gradually stabilized last year. The destruction of the mansion is fine, there are many empty houses in Tokyo anyway, and we can divide and arrange them appropriately. But the matter of someone occupying the mansion is difficult, because although the mansion was occupied, most of the people who occupied the mansion had permission from the Tokyo garrison and the court later. How can we properly handle it?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other ministers and other important officials standing in the hall were all silent... After all, first of all, this matter has a legal dilemma and is really a mess; secondly, those who used to have a mansion in Tokyo and now have the energy to come here specifically to ask for it must be either noble ministers or wealthy people, and they can even find Emperor Zhao to talk about this matter, so there is no need to explain.
"Mr. Chen misunderstood." Zhao Jiu, seeing Chen Gui's somewhat anxious state, quickly responded with a serious expression. "My proper intention is to prioritize public interests over private interests, prioritize the majority over the small, prioritize the poor over the rich... When it comes to city defense, military camps, government offices and other public matters, public matters should be prioritized first; when there is a conflict between a large number of people and a small number of people, the larger ones should be accommodated first; if it is really difficult to decide, compare the wealth of the two families and provide housing to the poor first... This is not only my intention, but also the intention of the two imperial concubines. You can arrange according to these rules. If anyone still disagrees, let them beat the drum and come to me and the two imperial concubines to discuss directly."
Chen Gui felt relieved, and the other important officials looked at each other in confusion and were speechless... because this plan was too much like the official style.
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