Chapter 472: The Subjugation of the Great Song Dynasty

From the outside, this room looks the same as the surrounding houses, but it is quite different when you enter the inside. Shen Long's exquisite gadgets from his own house are everywhere, and even the bedding on the bed has been changed.

"Please sit down, both of you! I'll be ready first." Shen Long led Wang Anshi and his son to the study to sit down, closed the window, put down the board, placed a box with big eyes on the table, pressed the button, and a beam of light Shooting from the big eyes to the tablet, the same scene as when watching Bi Sheng's experience last time appeared.

"Okay, let's talk while watching. If you have any questions, you can ask at any time." After speaking, a huge map appeared on the tablet. The map is divided into several colors, and the orange part in the middle is marked as "Da Song" ", on the north side of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom is marked in blue, and on the east side of the Liao Kingdom is Koryo, which faces the Wa Kingdom across the sea.

In the northwest, of course, is Xixia. To the west of Xixia are the Yellow-headed Uighurs and Gaochang Uighurs; to the south are Dali and the Angkor Dynasty, and the Jiaosiluo and Lhasa royal families are sandwiched between Dali and Xixia.

In addition to these, there are many country names that Wang Anshi and his son have only occasionally heard or even never heard of, such as the East Kara Khanate further west of the Gaochang Uyghur, the Ghaznavid Dynasty, the Seljuks, the Kepchak Khanate, the Black Clothing and food, Bagan, Queen's Kingdom, Chola Dynasty, Sanfoqi, etc. in the south of Dali.

On this map, the Great Song Dynasty appears so small, which really does not match the status of Wang Anshi and his son as the center of the world and the kingdom of heaven. Wang Anshi couldn't help asking, "My Great Song Dynasty is so small?"

"Hehe, the land area of ​​the Great Song Dynasty is about 2.8 million square kilometers, and the entire earth... oh, let's take it as the whole world. The land area of ​​the whole world is 149 million square kilometers, and the Great Song Dynasty only accounts for it. It's less than two percent." Shen Long said lightly, "Let me show you the whole picture of the world!"

After all, the Great Song Dynasty on the map keeps shrinking, and more countries are revealed. As Shen Long said, the Great Song Dynasty is just a corner of the world. On the Go board, it is occupied by three or five chess pieces. location.

"The Eastern Kara Khanate is almost in the Protectorate of Mengchi in the Tang Dynasty, and the Gaochang Uyghur is in the Protectorate of the Western Regions; the south of the Lhasa King's Line is Tianzhu in those days; as for the black food, there are quite a few from there The merchants who came here live in Quanzhou; the places farther away, Da Song is probably not visited by many people now." Shen Long pointed to the country names on the map and explained.

"Okay, let's not talk about that today, let's continue to talk about how the Song Dynasty died!" As soon as the voice fell, there was a change on the map. Several arrows started from Shaanxi Road and extended to the territory of Xixia, "Jiefu After taking power, the bad government was abolished, and the Song Dynasty improved slightly. In addition, the Queen Mother of Xixia was in power, and there was a lot of chaos in the country. Therefore, Shenzong thought that this was a good opportunity to crusade against Xixia, so he first attacked Qingtang Tubo and Jiaosiluo and other regimes westward. , expanded the land for more than 2,000 miles, established Xihe Road, and built Funing and Luowu cities with Han Jiang in the fourth year of Xining in order to complete the city of Hengshan. The Qiang people in Helu tried to attack Xixia in two ways,

However, it still failed under the tenacious resistance of Xixia and the containment of conservative forces within the Song Dynasty. "

Hearing the word Shenzong, Wang Anshi couldn't help but the corners of his mouth twitched for a while, is it really okay for the official to call him the temple name if he is still alive and well? But after hearing the words behind, he was speechless again.

"Ten years after Xining, Shenzong changed Yuanfeng to Yuanfeng. In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Empress Dowager Liang imprisoned Xia Guozhu Bingchang, and there was a great chaos in Xixia. Shenzong Yizong deployed Li Xian's department to go to Xihe Road, Zhong'e department to go out to Yanyan Road, and Gao Zunyu's department to go out to Huanqing Liu Changzuo's department went out of Jingyuan Road, and Wang Zhongzheng's department went out of Hedong Road, intending to conquer Xixiaxing and Lingzhou in one fell swoop." Five arrows appeared on the map again pointing to Xixia, but they stopped at Lingzhou. There were defeats, although some victories were obtained, but Xixia still could not be destroyed, Shenzong couldn't afford it, and died in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, and was passed down to his sixth son Zhao Xi, later known as Song Zhezong."

"Zhezong reigned for fifteen years. After taking office, he continued Jiefu's reforms, restarted the Battle of Hehuang, took over the Qingtang area, and launched two battles in Pingxia City, making Xixia surrender. He died at the age of twenty-four. Because he has no son, he was passed down to his younger brother Zhao Ji, and later generations are called Song Huizong." Shen Long couldn't help shaking his head when he said this, "Huizong likes to enjoy himself and ignores the government. He entrusts political affairs to the six thieves headed by Cai Jing. up."

On the map, flames were ignited in places such as Jiangnan, Shandong, and similar flames appeared in the northeast of Liao Kingdom. Arrows of two different colors collided, and then the color of Liao Kingdom was gradually replaced by gold. At the same time, Jurchen rose up in the Northeast, and defeated the 700,000 army of the Liao Kingdom with 20,000 soldiers in Dagang. Firmness will eventually turn bad, but gold will not change, so gold is the name of the country."

"The 20,000 troops defeated the 700,000 troops of the Liao Kingdom!" Wang Anshi snapped off his beard. The army of the Liao Kingdom was defeated by a mere 20,000 people. I dare to believe, "Could it be that Daoist Shen is wrong?"

"There is a saying in later generations, 'Liao was abolished by Buddhism, and Jin was destroyed by Confucianism'. The world has been in peace for a long time, and the Liao army is gradually degrading. In a few decades, they will have been abolished long ago, and they will be destroyed by twenty thousand tigers and wolves. It's nothing unusual to be defeated." Shen Long said indifferently.

Liao was abolished by Buddhism, and Jin was destroyed by Confucianism? Does this mean that the Liao Kingdom declined because of Buddhism, and the Jin Kingdom fell because of Confucianism?

Without waiting for Wang Anshi to ask, Shen Long continued, "Seeing that the Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Jin Kingdom, Song Huizong thought that the Great Song Dynasty could take advantage of it, so he sent people to sign a 'Sea Alliance' with the Jin Kingdom, agreeing that Song and Jin would perish together in Liao, The Song Dynasty took back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and the rest of the land belonged to the Kingdom of Jin."

"It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty really failed to live up to expectations. The hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated by the remnant soldiers of the Liao Kingdom. They had to spend money to buy back Yanjing from the Kingdom of Jin. Seeing that the Great Song Dynasty was so unbearable, Wanyan Aguda also coveted the Great Song Dynasty. In the heart of the country, Jin took the opportunity to go south to attack Song after annexing most of the forces of Liao."

At this time, the Kingdom of Liao on the map had been replaced by the Kingdom of Jin, and there was only a small area in the far northwest called Xiliao, and a new arrow protruded from the Kingdom of Jin, pointing directly at Bianliang, Tokyo. Wang Anshi and his son never Unable to restrain himself, he stood up immediately.

"Three years later, the Kingdom of Jin sent troops to the south, invincible all the way. Song Huizong was so timid that he hurriedly abdicated his son Song Qinzong and changed Yuan to Jingkang. In the second year of Jingkang, Jin soldiers went south again, encircling Kaifeng and breaking the outer city of Kaifeng."

"Emperor Huiqin searched all the money in the city and the women tried to bribe the Kingdom of Jin to retreat, but failed. The Jin soldiers captured Song Huizong, Song Qinzong's father and son, as well as a large number of Zhao's royal family, harem concubines, noble ministers, courtiers, etc. More than 3,000 people were escorted to the north. The public and private savings have been emptied, and the Northern Song Dynasty has since perished!"

After Shen Long finished speaking, he turned his head, Wang Anshi and his son were pale.