As the general trend of the world goes, after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division.
The fortunes of dynasties throughout history are like this: prosperity for a long time will eventually lead to decline, and decline for a long time will eventually lead to chaos.
Boss Ying lives up to his name, he always wins every battle he fights.
He defeated the six kingdoms and left them in disarray. He eventually unified the six kingdoms, standardized weights and measures, and proudly built the Great Wall.
During his reign, the Qin Dynasty reached its peak of military power, conquering all lands.
But Boss Ying couldn't escape the age limit after all. After he died on the way to the parade, the world of Qin changed forever.
Originally, Ying Lao Da's eldest son Fusu was kind, filial and generous. He might become a sage king and create a prosperous Qin Dynasty.
But Boss Ying's subordinates were not honest. This bastard Zhao Gao and Li Si had several meals and drinks together in private, and maybe even visited a brothel together. Then the two became brothers who kowtowed to each other and exchanged letters.
This man tends to become confused in his old age. Boss Ying turned a blind eye to the dirty deals done by the two brothers. This Prince Fusu is not stupid.
Fusu is a man of courage and bravery. If he ascends the throne, will these two brothers suffer?
So the two of them conspired to forge Ying Lao Da's suicide note and kill Fusu, allowing Ying Lao Da's stupid son Hu Hai to succeed him.
Brothers are meant to be betrayed, this is something Li Si understood best. Zhao Gao had just made Hu Hai the boss and then betrayed Li Si.
After selling out Li Si, Zhao Gao felt more at ease. He then began to deceive Hu Hai. Hu Hai was not fit to be an emperor. He was deceived by Zhao Gao. After repeated deceptions, he finally destroyed the Qin Dynasty.
Then Xiang Daleng and Liumangbang came. Xiang Daleng was a single-minded man who treated Liumangbang as his good brother.
Even brothers can have a falling out. Xiang Daleng and Liumang Bang started fighting after they fell out.
The gangster gang had many followers, all of whom were skilled in martial arts. This gangster knew martial arts, and no one could stand up to him. So Xiang Daleng was chopped to pieces.
After chopping off Xiang Daleng, Liu Bang became the boss. His sons and grandsons were quite capable and managed to keep the family business that he had carved out with a kitchen knife.
After several generations, it was Liu Xin's generation. Unfortunately, he was a homosexual, and his flirtations with Dong Xian were all about homosexuality. It turns out that same-sex love is true love, but in the end, power was lost to Wang Mang.
Wang Mang was a traitor. Although he cherished the dream of a prosperous and great country, he never let his subordinates live in peace. Today he did one thing, tomorrow he did another. In the end, he got himself killed.
Fortunately, the Liu family produced Liu Xiu, who allowed the legacy of the Rogue State to continue to be passed down.
In the end, the situation was over when it came to Liu Xie. Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan all wanted to be the boss, so they started fighting among themselves.
The fight went on without a clear winner, and in the end, the enemy was swallowed up by the Sima family.
I really don't want to talk about the Sima family. The Sima family guarded their territory for more than a hundred years, but they didn't make any progress, and in the end, they were torn apart.
After being divided for hundreds of years, the territory was finally united under the leadership of Yang Jian. However, before the Yang family could even get comfortable in their position, the Li family seized the throne.
The Li family is full of talented people. Li Shimin was born to be the boss. He made the territory prosperous and established a solid foundation.
No matter how solid the foundation is, it cannot prevent a prodigal son from emerging from the next generation.
So the land that the Li family had seized was finally divided into pieces.
During the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Chai family produced a younger brother named Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin was no ordinary person. He was deceived by his subordinates and took over other people's territory, making himself the boss.
Zhao Kuangyin, who became the boss, was afraid. He was afraid that one day his subordinates would be fooled into becoming the boss like him.
It's a Chinese tradition to resolve conflicts over a meal. As the saying goes, "One who eats is grateful, and one who receives is tenderhearted." There's nothing a meal can't resolve. If there is, then two meals will do.
So Zhao Kuangyin invited people to drink, and after they had eaten and drunk their fill, his younger brothers willingly handed over their military power.
Zhao Kuangyin should be relieved now. But he was still afraid, after all, his position as the boss was not earned with a kitchen knife.
Throughout history, the status that is chopped out with a kitchen knife is the most stable.
So Zhao Kuangyin thought about it. He thought about it every day, every night, and pondered it hard.
Hey, he finally figured out a trick, emphasizing culture over military affairs.
He took back the power of the Jiedushi, and brought those who were skilled in using kitchen knives from all over the country to the capital to form the imperial guards.
These imperial guards were extraordinary. They were elites drawn from all over the country, similar to the special forces selected today.
The imperial guards were then divided into three departments for management. The three yamen had command power but no mobilization power. The mobilization power belonged to the Privy Council, and the various departments checked and balanced each other.
This old Zhao also painstakingly separated the troops and generals. The various armies of the imperial guards took turns guarding important border towns and key locations in the inner counties. This not only reduced the supply burden on the capital, but also left the generals without troops, thus posing no threat to the central government.
Old Zhao felt relieved now. As expected, the economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous and the people lived in peace.
However, the consequence of emphasizing culture over military was also serious, which was that the Song Dynasty's military was vulnerable.
During the reign of Emperor Huizong, both the Jin and Liao dynasties were eyeing the fat piece of meat of the Song Dynasty.
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Zhao Huan grew up with his grandfather, who also gave him the name. His grandfather was a fortune teller in his early years, but his predictions were not very accurate, and sometimes he was wrong every time.
For example, if a woman came to him for a fortune-telling, his grandfather predicted a boy, but she gave birth to a girl. His grandfather said that if it was a girl, she would often give birth to a boy.
As a result, his grandfather's reputation became increasingly bad, and fewer and fewer people came to him for fortune-telling. People called him a "fake fortune-teller" behind his back, and finally the old man simply closed up shop.
After Zhao Huan was born, his grandfather said that his grandson had a round forehead and a square chin, and that he had the appearance of an emperor. Because his surname was Zhao, he was named Zhao Huan.
What era is this? You still have the appearance of an emperor. Even if you have the appearance of an emperor, can you still be an emperor in this civilized society?
When he grew up, Zhao Huan found out that his name was the same as that of Song Qinzong, who was captured by the Jin people.
Grandpa Zhao Huan lived up to his reputation as the "fake calculator". When Zhao Huan grew up, he did not become rich at all, but instead became an unsuccessful online writer.
Zhao Huan wanted to settle accounts with his grandfather and pull out his white beard, but his grandfather had passed away the previous year, and this made Zhao Huan sad again.
Zhao Huan is a web writer, quite famous in the online literary world. He is famous not because he is a great writer, but because he is a failure.
He has been a failure in writing for many years, but he keeps trying again and again. He is a role model in the world of failures.
At this moment, Zhao Huan was hunched over his computer, arguing with a reader who was saying, "What the hell is this Sheng Han? It uses a crap first-person perspective." "How can you write well in the first person with your rubbish?"
Zhao Huan was angry. How could a guy like him with a brain as small as a bean understand Laozi's book?
So he was ready to start a fight. He opened the keyboard and was about to type.
Suddenly, everything went dark, I was filled with rage, and then I knew nothing.
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