RNP Chapter 257
Chapter 257
Chapter 257
"No more." Zhang Qingfeng said.
He didn't want to say too many reasons. If he said it in detail, it would be unless the entire Southern Song court was overthrown, and then a new court was re-established to redistribute wealth.
Otherwise, relying on the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty itself, the Northern Expedition would have been impossible to succeed.
In Chinese history, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only emperor who succeeded in the Northern Expedition.
Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition was at the right time, place and people, and there was nothing missing. That's it, it took 15 years of arduous fighting to finally succeed.
And what did the Southern Song Dynasty have?It can be said that there is no such thing as the right time, place and people.
Speaking of the weather, although the Jin Kingdom was unstable internally, the Southern Song Dynasty was weaker.
As for the geographical advantage, the north is an endless plain, and the Jin State has a large number of cavalry. In the past, the infantry of the Southern Song Dynasty could only be passively beaten.
Renhe, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the officialdom continued to fight openly and secretly, and there were many people who were dragging their feet. The polarization of private wealth was serious. Most of the poor did not support war at all. They hoped that the rich would go to war. Inviting people to participate in wars will only resent them.
Under the circumstances that the right time, place and people were not available like the Southern Song Dynasty, how could the Southern Song Dynasty be able to succeed in the Northern Expedition?
"No more? I think you have a lot of ideas, why don't you have any more?" Hearing Zhang Qingfeng said no more, Lu You suddenly frowned and said.
"Sir, I'm not very talented, I can only see so much." Zhang Qingfeng said to Lu You.
"Then tell me, what should I do in Song Dynasty to succeed in the Northern Expedition?" Lu You asked Zhang Qingfeng again.
"I don't know about this, kid." Zhang Qingfeng didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.
"Say it, even if you're wrong, I won't scold you." Lu You said to Zhang Qingfeng.
Hearing Lu You's words, Zhang Qingfeng rolled his eyes secretly: You don't scold me, but you don't want to see how dark your own face has become.
"The kid doesn't have enough knowledge, so he can't make any sense." Zhang Qingfeng shied away.
"If you tell me what you say, I promise I won't blame you. I'm already so old, I don't want to be angry with you, a young man." Lu You said to Zhang Qingfeng. "Tell me, let me hear what you young people think."
"OK then!"
Zhang Qingfeng thought about it, and it was true.
Lu You is a clean person who pays most attention to reputation. Even if he blames Zhang Qingfeng for what he said, at most he just doesn't associate with him, and Lu You won't use his power to punish him.
Zhang Qingfeng thought for a while and said: "Sir, if I want the Northern Expedition to be successful, unless the court can completely reform the administration of officials, so that civil officials are not greedy for money, military commanders are not afraid of death, and then the wealth of the people must be balanced so that the common people Support the Northern Expedition so that it can succeed, otherwise there is no way to succeed."
"Tell me specifically." Lu You said to Zhang Qingfeng.
Hearing Lu You's words, Zhang Qingfeng said: "It is very simple for the court to want to rule the officials cleanly, it depends on whether the court can make a big decision to rectify.
As long as the court has the courage to replace more than half of the officials, I believe that the administration of officials will be very effective, at least it will be able to curb the bad atmosphere in the officialdom. "
"As for making military generals not afraid of death, we must improve the imperial court's shortcomings of emphasizing civil affairs over military affairs, give military generals full respect, and not make them feel that they are inferior to civil officials."
Zhang Qingfeng said: "A general is on the front line attacking cities and conquering territory, going through life and death, and finally made great contributions to the country, but when he comes back, he has to salute low-level civil servants. How can we make them sincerely serve the court?"
"There is also the extreme imbalance of wealth among the people. The rich eat meat every day, and the poor can't even eat. If the court can impose heavy taxes on the rich and then spend the money on the poor to improve their lives, In this way, the people will support the court."
"As long as the people support the imperial court, soldiers from common people's families will fight bravely for the imperial court without fear of death."
"As long as the above points can be achieved, the Northern Expedition will surely succeed." Finally Zhang Qingfeng said boldly.
Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Lu You showed a wry smile, and said, "If I could really do this, I, Song Dynasty, would have driven the Jin people out of the grassland long ago."
What Zhang Qingfeng said was even more exaggerated than Wang Anshi's reform. Lu You didn't think anyone else could do what Wang Anshi couldn't do.
If you want to carry out such a drastic reform, it is estimated that the whole world will oppose it by then.
"Father, the food and drink are ready."
At this moment, Lu You's youngest son shouted from outside.
"Go to eat, let's talk after we eat." Lu You said to Zhang Qingfeng.
Afterwards, the two left the study room, and Zhang Qingfeng followed Lu You to a room.
In the room, Lu Ziyu had already prepared meals.
After eating, it was almost dark, so Zhang Qingfeng found an excuse and left Lu You's house.
He was a little afraid to continue chatting with Lu You about the Northern Expedition, so he might as well bid farewell and leave.
"Father, why did Yang Sanlang leave suddenly?" Seeing Zhang Qingfeng leaving, Lu Ziyu asked Lu You in surprise.
"Hmph, let yourself be depraved." Hearing what Lu Ziyu said, Lu You just snorted without explaining anything.
The next day, Zhang Qingfeng didn't go to the palace, but concentrated on painting at home.
At night, he delivered the painting to Lu You.
Seeing Lu You again, Lu You didn't show any face to Zhang Qingfeng, instead he smiled and said something to him with sincerity.
Lu You mainly asked him to study hard, strive to be admitted to Jinshi, and serve the country as a civil servant.
Zhang Qingfeng apparently agreed to such words, but in fact he didn't take them to heart at all.
He is already an official now, and he still takes the imperial examination, isn't it a pain in the ass to be idle?
"Master Yang, my lord invites you to be a guest in the mansion."
On this day, Zhang Qingfeng was about to enter the palace to read the books collected in the palace, when someone found Zhang Qingfeng.
"Who is your adult?" Zhang Qingfeng asked the visitor.
"My lord is the Dazai Han lord." The visitor said to Zhang Qingfeng.
"So it was Mr. Han who invited the kid. I don't know why Mr. Han invited the kid?" Zhang Qingfeng asked the visitor.
"My lord wants to invite lord Yang to draw a picture for him!" the visitor said to Zhang Qingfeng.
"So that's it. Please wait a moment and let me take the brush before leaving." Zhang Qingfeng said to the visitor.
Afterwards, Zhang Qingfeng followed the visitor in a carriage to the residence of Prime Minister Han Kanzhou.
Zhang Qingfeng didn't come out of the Han Mansion until it was getting dark in the afternoon.
Zhang Qingfeng spent the whole day drawing for Han Tuozhou.
In the next few days, Zhang Qingfeng received invitations from many court officials, including those from the main combat faction and those from the peace faction.
For example, Shi Miyuan of the Zhuhe faction, although Zhang Qingfeng looked down on him a little bit, he still flattered him and painted a picture for him.
As the reputation of Zhang Qingfeng's paintings spread among court officials, Zhang Qingfeng received more and more invitations.
Fortunately, some officials knew that Zhang Qingfeng had too many people to paint, so they didn't use force to force him to paint for someone first.
For the next two months, Zhang Qingfeng would be the guest of honor of the dignitaries in Lin'an City almost every day.
Such a situation left him with little time to manage the drama troupe or write novels.
Fortunately, Zhang Qingfeng paints for these powerful people, and these powerful people are not stingy, and some of them are relatively generous.
Zhang Qingfeng earned a lot of money from these rich and powerful people almost every day, the least one was no less than one hundred guan, and the most one was a gift of 500 taels of silver.
After two months, Zhang Qingfeng discovered that he had earned [-] coins, which was too exaggerated.
His theater troupe only earned him [-] guan in a few months.He painted pictures by himself and earned [-] guan in two months.
After more than two months, Zhang Qingfeng finally dealt with the endless invitations.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he planned to go home and solve the problems at home.
Now, Zhang Qingfeng has become an official of the court, so he no longer needs to study for the imperial examination. He wants to clarify the matter with his family, which can be regarded as an explanation to the family.
On this day, Zhang Qingfeng put on his official uniform and hat, put on his official seal, rented a luxurious sedan chair, and hired a dozen porters, and then swaggered to Huihuantang Town.
(End of this chapter)