This Song Dynasty is different

Chapter 96 Motto of the Mohist Family
Less than two miles south of Bianjing City, a pole was erected next to the official road.The pole was a half-barked tree trunk, about the thickness of a fist.

"This was peeled yesterday." An old farmer walked over and boldly thought about the time of the crime.He looked up at the ferocious-faced human head and shuddered, "The cuts are neat. Even Butcher Zhang in the village can't kill sheep so neatly."

Several sergeants from the Inspection Department were guarding the area. Several cavalrymen came from the city, asked a few questions, and then took away the head.

"Where's the pole?" someone asked.

No one cared about it, the old farmer muttered as he pulled out the pole, saying he was taking it back and putting it at the door to ward off evil spirits.

The head was thrown to the experts who stitched the corpse together. After some repairs, the head was stitched crookedly. Fortunately, the remaining two members of the mission were still too confused to notice at this moment.

Finally, someone couldn't help but write a memorial, starting from the hospitality of thousands of years ago to the kindness to the envoys of foreign vassals when the dynasty was founded, which attracted countless praises.

The conversation turned into a denunciation.

"The murderous Song Dynasty will make the neighbors uneasy."

Zhao Zhen looked up and the Queen Mother asked, "How do you feel?"

"I heard a saying that the best way to silence your neighbor is to put a knife to his throat, take out a carrot and ask him if he wants to eat the carrot or the knife."

"How about eating a knife?"

"Then the country will be destroyed."

"Where are the carrots?"

"Da Song leads them to live a good life."

The Queen Mother looked at him and said, "It is not the emperor who is murderous, but his ministers. And the ministers cannot be all such murderous people, otherwise... they will resort to violence, and sooner or later they will cause disaster."

"Yes." Zhao Zhen was taught.

"Why, don't you think I am too conservative?" The Queen Mother said with a smile, "Li Guoan is ruthless in his actions. Anyone who encounters him in Beiliao, Dangxiang, Jiaozhi, etc. will not end well. This person's attitude toward the outside world is evident. Those who are close to Zhu are red. Those who are close to the ink are black, but if you have a good relationship with him, you will not be affected?"

"Marquis Dingyuan once said that the strength of a country does not lie in the size of its territory. The strength of a country lies in whether the thinking from top to bottom is positive, whether it is proactive, whether it is constantly improving productivity, and when the top and bottom are united, then the world is invincible."

The Queen Mother nodded, "You are so sincere."

News from the Imperial City Division has arrived.

Zhang Jing went to track down the thief himself and looked at the dusty people.

"Your Majesty, I led my men and horses to search the area where the crime occurred. The surrounding villagers said they didn't see it."

"Did they take off their wings and fly?" the Queen Mother said dissatisfied.

"My servant went to Lao Yaxiang, and Marquis Dingyuan is at home..."

"What is he doing?"

"Barbecue."

The Queen Mother sneered, "The weather is dry, so he's not afraid of getting angry?"

……

"You should eat vegetables after eating barbecue, otherwise you will easily get angry."

Li Xian is nibbling raw radish.Sweet and juicy radishes taste better than fruit.

Knock knock knock!
Xinghua went to open the door, and Zhao Zhen hurried in, "Where is the barbecue?"

Li Xian smiled and said, "You have ears to repay God."

Wen Yanbo stood up and gave way to the kitchen to prepare meat.

Zhao Zhen sat down and put his hand on the charcoal fire, "Jiaozhi is a very troublesome place. There are many mountains, many forests, and it is a smog-filled place. That's all. But the natives there took advantage of the favorable terrain and thought that The Central Plains had nothing to do with them, so they frequently harassed them. It is really hateful."

It's okay now, but Cochin will become a habitual offender in the future.When the Central Plains are strong, they pretend to be grandsons, but when the Central Plains are weak, they will show their fangs and look for opportunities to bite.

"The smoky land is not invulnerable." Li Xian took a bite of the radish, which tasted slightly spicy, followed by sweetness.

"Epidemics, poisonous insects, miasma..." Zhao Zhen shook his head.

"Believe me, all this can be solved." Li Xian said.

"You mean..." Zhao Zhen's heart moved.

"When you find an opportunity, you will strike with thunder." Li Xian threw away the remaining radish tail, "Get rid of this scourge for future generations!"

"Is there a way to avoid miasma?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"What do I, the Mo family, do?" Li Xian sneered, "The ancestors beat the barbarians so hard that they knelt down and called them ancestors. The descendants of future generations are useless, allowing the foreigners to take whatever they want, and pretending to be grandchildren..."

He thought of Sima Guang, the man who smashed the vat.

Even if you are dissatisfied with the New Deal, why should you return the territory captured during Wang Anshi's administration?
It is precisely because there are so many people like this that the Central Plains will face a disaster every few hundred years.

"From now on, ministers with the compound surname, especially those with the compound surname Sima, should stay away. They are not good people. Don't believe it, think about Sima Yi." Li Xian thought about it, and Sima Guang seemed to be only four or five years old at the moment.I don’t know if I started smashing the vat or not.

Oh!
Later, when he encountered a giant snake on the road, Sima Guang drew his sword and killed it.

Isn't this the story of Liu Bang, the founder of Han Dynasty?

Kill the white snake and become an emperor.

"Marquis Dingyuan."

Han Wei came and saw Zhao Zhen there, and said happily: "Guan family, please go back quickly! The Cao family is in the palace!"

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Zhao Zhen said with a straight face, "She is in hers, what does it have to do with me?"

what!
Li Xian was surprised and felt that this guy seemed to have improved again.

"Marquis Dingyuan, I've found you here...where will the official go?" Han Wei asked.

Zhao Zhen stood up and said, "I ate too much barbecue, so I have to go for a walk to eat."

After he left, Wen Yanbo came with meat, "Where are the officials?"

"Let's eat it ourselves." Li Xian didn't want to mention that fool.

"Barbecue!" Han Wei was delighted, "I like to eat it."

Eating barbecue and talking about interesting things in the palace, Han Wei gradually relaxed and couldn't help but be curious when she saw Laifu quietly going to the corner.

Laifu slowly approached the corner while lying on his stomach, suddenly pounced forward, slapped his paw on the ground, and then came over with something in his mouth.

"Rat!" Han Wei screamed.When he went out, Li Xian was still rubbing his ears.

"A woman's scream is indeed one of the most unique weapons, and it is frightening."

After walking out of Laoya Lane, Li Xiangang wanted to get on his horse.

"Traitor, you must die!"

A man dressed as a scholar rushed over, holding a scroll in his hand and preparing to draw it.

Li Xian did not hide, but frowned and looked at the group of scholars behind him. The oldest had gray beard and hair, and the youngest looked young.

Those people couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw that their companions were about to rush in front of Li Xian.Someone covered their mouth, but they were surprised.

A figure flashed out from behind Li Xian and grabbed the scholar's wrist with one hand.The scholar screamed and struggled hard, but the hand did not move at all.

Wang He looked at Li Xian and asked, "Mr. Lang, how should we deal with this person?"

"Just don't be an eyesore." Li Xian said casually.

Wang He looked around, grabbed the scholar's collar, and used the opportunity to throw him away.

He happened to throw the man into the ditch on the roadside.

"Brother Huaide!" Several scholars rushed over with grief and anger, pinched their noses, and fished their companions out of the smelly ditch.

"Marquis Dingyuan." A scholar stepped forward, "Beheading an envoy is such a horrifying thing that I have never heard of. Qingshi Banban, you will definitely have a place."

Li Xian was a little confused, "I am a little confused. Is it your father or your grandfather that the Jiaozhi people made you so sad?"

The scholar was over 40 years old, and his face turned red with embarrassment when he heard this.

You are far behind in bickering with Lang Jun... Wang He shook his head.

"Secondly, who said that I killed the envoy? You are maliciously slandering me." Li Xian said with a cold face, "Here comes someone."

"Mr. Lang!" Fan Ji stepped forward. Li Xian pointed at the scholar and said, "This man slandered me in public. Take it and send it to Kaifeng Mansion. Tell the governor that if this matter cannot be handled impartially, we will file a lawsuit." Go to the palace!"

The scholar's expression changed, "I just said it casually."

Li Xian pointed around, "How many witnesses do you want?"

Surrounded by people from around Laoya Lane, a young man shouted: "I heard it."

"I heard it too. He also said that the Marquis killed someone and ran away."

"He said that the Marquis slept with the woman of the leader of the Li Dynasty."

"He said he was heartbroken over this..."

This episode made Li Xian feel good.

"Now you have really become the enemy of scholars." Before the discussion, Wang Zeng pulled Li Xian aside. "Now many scholars are clamoring to kill you."

"Have they not heard of the way my Mo family does things?"

"In what way?"

"I won't offend anyone unless they offend me." Li Xian geared up, "If someone offends me, I will offend them!"

What is the Mohist motto?
If you can do it, don't force it!
The king had sighed.

"Marquis Dingyuan, did you kill the Jiaozhi envoy?" Wang Qinruo asked with a smile.

Li Xian looked up at his rear, saluted, and stepped back.

Wang Qinruo: "..."

He turned around slowly and saw the Queen Mother coming in with the officials.

Looking solemn.

I seem to have violated a taboo.

"I said that the envoy from Jiaozhi died at the hands of ruthless bandits." Logically, the Queen Mother should have entered through the curtain, and then the ministers and ministers came in.But the Queen Mother occasionally acted casually and threw the rules aside.

"Your Majesty, Meng Lang is gone." Wang Qinruo felt that his favorability had dropped a bit, and he couldn't help but secretly resented it.

"I'm afraid there will be some back-and-forth over there in Jiaozhi." Lu Yijian mentioned the matter cryptically, "Guangnan West Road can be warned. It's best to be cautious and not to offend the people of Jiaozhi."

Li Xian laughed when he heard this, "So, after the massacre on Guangnan West Road, all the people in Jiaozhi should have mobilized. Why did Jiaozhi not only not guard against the invasion of the Song Dynasty, but instead became aggressive? Crossing the border today, invading tomorrow, it's endless. Gone."

"They're just barbarians, why bother with them." Lu Yijian said calmly.

"What is the plan that Prime Minister Lu is talking about?" Li Xian took a step forward, "Every time the Jiaozhi people cross the border, they either rob or kill people. The people are wailing, and they expect the court to make the decision for them. But what is the court doing? "

Li Xian looked at the prime ministers and assistants, "Why bother with them!"

Lu Yijian's expression remained unchanged, "This is a temple."

"The death of a few common people is a trivial matter. Isn't it worthy of being mentioned to the height of a temple?" Li Xian's eyes were bright, "What if the people who died were your relatives and friends, Lu Yijian? You can just say a barbarian in a casual way, so why bother with them?"

"Presumptuous!" Lu Yijian, a noble man from a well-known family, had never been so crowded and contradicted before.

"The splendid clothes on your body, the wat board in your hand, your hair crown, the food in your mouth, your horse, and everything in your home all come from the hard work of the people and the salaries paid by the people. They are supported by the people. You turned a blind eye to their suffering."

Li Xian saluted the Queen Mother and said, "I take my leave."

He slowly walked towards the palace door.

"Your salary is rich, and the people anoint the people. The people are easy to abuse, but the heavens are hard to bully."

This is a poem from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizu felt that the officials regarded the people as pigs and dogs, so he extracted these four lines and named them: Jie Shi Ming.And promulgate it to the world.

Decades later, in the eyes of Zaifu, who was above the Song Dynasty temple, the common people were still like pigs and dogs.

Zhao Zhen heard the irony in Li Xian's words, thought of the refugees he saw at the beginning, and couldn't help shouting: "The soldiers on the Guangnan West Road are ordered to be on guard. Anyone from Jiaozhi who dares to cross the border will be given a head-on attack!"

Li Xian walked outside the palace gate.

The Queen Mother's voice came to my ears.

"Can!"

(End of this chapter)