To be precise, Zhao Bing was very confused at this time. According to his personality and ideas, Chen Yizhong and others had been killed many times. It can be said that he was framed by him since he came to this world and almost lost his life. Later, he obstructed his journey to the island in Qiongzhou, which led to the court's defeat and almost destroyed his country. However, he patted his butt and ran away at the critical moment. The current situation had just improved, and he ran back happily. It would be fine if he stayed honestly, but he wanted to make trouble with him again.

Therefore, Zhao Bing and Chen Yizhong had both personal grudges and national hatred, and any reason could make him murderous intent. But think about the ancestral system that Zhao Kuangyin decided not to kill scholars and officials, and his first wish was to achieve the goal of governing the country by literati, eliminating warlord separatism, and thus achieving the goal of Zhao's family for generations. In the essence, it was for personal gain, but it received widespread support from scholars, which inspired their enthusiasm and achieved great social benefits.

You should know that only an oppressed person can know that it is valuable to not be oppressed. On the contrary, it is difficult for a person who is used to oppression to stop and not oppress others. In the feudal society of China, there were more than 300 emperors. Qin Shihuang, who practiced the worship of literature and suppressed martial arts, burned books and buried scholars before Zhao Kuangyin, could not do it, and Emperor Gaozu of Han, who used the Confucian crown as his urinary pot, could not do it, and Emperor Wu of Wei, who often took literati to sacrifice his sword. Even Emperor Taizong of Tang could not do it, because Li Shimin fought for his life, Wu was the first and Wen was the second. This was his inevitable order and it was also the inevitable choice of the supreme rulers of all dynasties.

Zhao Kuangyin was able to make changes that had not been seen in previous dynasties. It should be that he summarized the historical experience of frequent wars between the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Moreover, he might not have thought that at the beginning, he only thought that even if the literati were corrupt, he would not be as real as the warriors to do anything, and he did not think about how much impact his actions would have on future generations. However, for the 300th year of the Song Dynasty, his descendants could only follow his oath. Although the Zhao Song Dynasty did not have records of killing scholars, nor did he cut off the evil policies of literary inquisitions.

However, one thing that cannot be erased is that the Song Dynasty was indeed a dynasty with fewer scholars and fewer literary inquiries. The two Song Dynasty's favoritism for literati, cultural support, civilization promotion, and literature and art may be the most affirmative period in Chinese feudal society. Zhao Bing forgot that expert in his previous life once said:

The changes in ancient and modern Chinese society were the most important in the Song Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, it could be called ancient China, and after the Song Dynasty, it should be later China. Before the Qin Dynasty, it was a feudal aristocratic society, with the rise of the gentry family below the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were all determined in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and they were all family-leading societies, which could be called an ancient disguised aristocratic society. Only after the Song Dynasty was the pure civil society. Except for the foreign tribes in Mongolia and Manchu provinces who entered the privileged class, those who rose to the upper class were all raised by white-clothed scholars, and there were no remains of ancient feudal aristocratic traditions. Therefore, in terms of the Song Dynasty, politics, economy, social life, all changed compared with previous dynasties.

Moreover, Zhao Bing knew that hundreds of years later, China did not have the religious tradition that the Western world regarded as the state religion, and the ruling structure of ****. The people were all pantheistic pragmatists. They had different beliefs and were not dedicated to worshipping, which means they liked to cram the Buddha's feet when things happened. But we cannot conclude that for five thousand years, the Chinese people had no faith and no religion. In fact, the belief of the Chinese is culture, and the religion of the Chinese is also culture after all.

Therefore, the cultural spirit is considered to have energy that transcends history and is immortalized, culture is regarded as the life of the nation, and scholars are regarded as pillars of the country. It is also the spiritual inheritance of the Chinese people over the past three thousand years recorded in history. In this sense, the oath monument not only has the spirit of inheritance, but also is like the Yangtze River lying in the hinterland of China, and will never stop flowing any time after the dry season. Even in modern times, the social life model of the Song Dynasty was inherited by later Chinese people. Or it can be said that the modern lifestyle is not very close to the Qin, Han and Tang, and in terms of cultural origin, it is the closest to the Song Dynasty.

It was because Zhao Bing knew about it three thousand years ago and eight hundred years later that he was even more confused. Although he knew that the words left by Zhao Kuangyin had had an extremely positive effect on future generations, they had no meaning to him now, and instead became a roadblock on his way forward. It was so difficult to kill a guy who was betrayed the king. Now he didn't need to think too much about it. Once he insisted on imprisoning the canon, he didn't know how many people would write to plead for mercy or even protest against the court.

Zhang Bangchang was the emperor, but the government and the people said they should be killed. However, when it was time to take action, they began to plead for mercy. Zhao Gou had no choice but to change him to exile. In the end, he forced him to commit suicide on the charge of traitoring the palace maid. Only then did he achieve his wish, but he was still unable to escape being criticized afterwards. This reminded Zhao Bing of a joke about leaders discussing whether to build a school or a prison in his previous life. Of course, everyone knows that the result is to build a prison, and the reason is very simple: they don’t need it anymore in schools, but prisons may not be necessary.

Therefore, Zhao Bing, who has always been insidious, took it for granted that the reason why those scholars praised the sects and officials on the monument not to kill the literati and officials came up with various reasons to persuade the emperor to kill a literati who was extremely guilty was actually to leave a way out for themselves. If they were "inflicted" one day, they would not lose their lives. Therefore, they would be so resolutely obstructed because of their selfish intentions.

After Zhao Bing came to power, he always imposed the most severe punishment measures against traitors and traitors. Due to the situation, no one was irresponsible. After recovering Jiangnan, he issued an edict to "suppress the rebellion" to suppress traitors and traitors who had colluded with the enemy. In fact, some people were dissatisfied with the slaughter and thought that the massacre was too strong. The previous public execution of Qin Linfeng and his gang was frightened and alert. If Chen Yizhong was killed again, it would be very likely that the conflict would intensify, making him unable to ignore the political consequences...

After interviewing two generals, Zhao Mengjin and Chen Renweng, and arranged the military deployment in the Jingji area, Zhao Bing set off again. He entered the canal from Taihu Lake and headed south. Two days later, he arrived at the dock outside Hangzhou City to get off the ship. Wen Tianxiang led the civil and military personnel in the city to greet each other, then took a chariot and entered the city from Genshan Gate, and then went along the Imperial Street to Beigong. His return to the city this time means that the Song Dynasty returned to the old capital ten years after the fall of Lin'an, which is naturally extremely grand.

A colorful building had already been set up in front of the Gen Mountain Gate and a ceremonial guard was laid out. Zhao Bing changed into a dragon robe. After receiving the worship of the ministers, he boarded a cavalry brigade in front, and rode a war horse of the same color, holding various dragon flags, playing music to open the way. Then the ministers were either riding a car or riding a horse to lead the way, and then the sage guards of the personal guards were guarding. The civil and military officials followed the left and right, while the guard camp rode horses close to the guards, and finally the cavalry of the cavalry brigade was still broken.

On both sides of the Imperial Street are officers and soldiers of the Guardian Brigade and the Mountain Brigade, with a three-step and a five-step whistle. At the same time, all the yamen runners of Lin'an Prefecture were dispatched to maintain order on the streets and prevent the people from rushing to the Holy Carriage. It can be said that all the force that can be used in Lin'an City has been on the streets to maintain order. This is also a grand event that Lin'an City has not seen for many years. The shops along the street are decorated with lights and gathered with people. They burn incense and kneel down to the Holy Carriage and shout long live, which is as lively as the New Year.

Zhao Bing lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, but he saw the crowds of people, and the windows along the street were opened. He looked up at the street, and wanted to see his face. But he still felt that it was too much. There were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses used to enter the city this time, and all the streets were covered with colorful satin and surrounded by yellow silk curtains to block the people from coming forward. It was a waste of money and money. And after a while, the empress dowager would come back to the capital, but this must be done, otherwise it would be difficult to show the royal majesty.

The team, like being paraded by the public, walked on Yu Street for more than half an hour before reaching the Beigong Palace. After a few months of separation, it had changed a lot. The front door had been moved forward, and the duty room was built, surrounded by the palace walls, and the square in front of the hall was expanded. The front hall was changed to the Chuigong Hall as a place for court meetings; the main hall was changed to the Daqing Hall for celebrations; the back hall was changed to the Wende Hall, which was used as a place for the emperor to rest and work daily after the tide was receding.

However, the Beigong layout was still a little smaller. After the front hall was converted into office areas, the bedroom was occupied. The empress dowager was about to enter the capital, and the emperor would have a wedding in the future, so he had no place to live. Of course, Zhou Xiang would not have been careless about his master, so he asked Lu Xiufu for instructions. In addition to taking back the part occupied by the house, he also included the original Xin Palace and the Yu Palace on the east and west sides of the back garden into the Beigong area.

After discussing with the ministers, Lu Xiufu also felt that the scope of the palace city was too small. Not only did he agree, he also divided the land on the east and west sides of the palace area of ​​the previous dynasty into a palace city. In this way, the functions of the entire palace city were not only complete, but also square. These places were originally occupied by the Mongols, and they were admitted as officials after they ran away, so there was no problem of disturbing the people. After Zhou Xiang demolished the houses, it was too late to rebuild the palace. In order not to make it look empty, two rows of palace rooms and corridors were built along the edge to serve as office areas and ministry rooms in the palace.

As for the two royal palaces that were included in the palace city, Zhou Xiang also had renovations and renovations. On the east side, it was the bedroom of the little emperor and the queen mother's bedroom on the west side, and the back garden was the boundary between the two palaces and could also be shared. Moreover, the two royal palaces were each in a system, not only were there temples, but also pavilions, towers and various facilities. This not only made it convenient for the little emperor to go to the West Palace to pay homage, but also divided the palaces and lived without disturbing each other.

In addition, Zhou Xiang also dredged and widened the river in the back garden so that it could pass through small warships. The pavilions and damaged facilities were completely renovated. The unusable ones were directly dismantled from the original imperial city, and flowers, plants and trees were replanted as they were. The furniture needed in the palace was selected from the official offices and granaries for requisition and confiscation. Although it was not as exquisite as it was, it was also quite good.

Then the original palace wall was widened and raised, and the defensive facilities were added. Four gates were rebuilt, the city tower was built, and the water gate directly to the Zhonghe River was added, and a door was opened in the East Palace. The roads around the palace were widened and the Imperial Street was understood. The only disadvantage was that due to the local limitations, there was no way to build a square in front of the palace, which seemed a bit narrow.

Of course, Zhao Bing had no time to visit his new home at this moment. Since the leader has returned from ancient times to the present, he naturally had to welcome him. In addition, the emperor moved into his new home, so he had to hold a banquet to congratulate him. As the king of a country, his family naturally had to hold a banquet to entertain him, and those ministers naturally had to give him some tributes and not pay him any compensation.

"I am the Prince of Yiyang to pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"Who are you? Look up and see!" The ministers came out to pay homage and greet each other. At this time, another person came out to pay tribute. Zhao Bing asked when he saw that the subordinates were black and fat, wearing a python robe, with flesh on his face chubby, his nose and eyes were squeezed into a ball, and his big belly could not bend his waist. He frowned and asked.

"I am Zhao Mengqi, the prince of Yiyang. Pay a visit to Your Majesty!" The man bent down and raised his head, responded with a smile on his face.

"Prince of Yiyang? Why haven't I heard of it?" Zhao Bing looked at him for a moment, tilted his head and asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, before Lin'an fell, I lived in seclusion in the village and failed to protect my troops. Naturally, Your Majesty could not recognize him." Zhao Mengqi replied.

"No, right? I have always been in charge of Zongzheng. If you are a refugee, you should go to Zongzheng Temple to report first, check the disc and jade certificates, and verify your identity before you can join the sect. Why don't I know this at all!" Zhao Bing pretended to be ignorant and shook his head.

"This... I am indeed the heir chosen by the Empress Dowager for the King of Qi, and was granted the title of Prince of Yiyang." Zhao Mengqi was a little panicked and hurriedly explained.

"Then do you have a jade letter to prove your identity?" Zhao Bing asked again.

"Your Majesty, my jade certificate is lost in the midst of twists and turns." Zhao Mengqi explained in a daze. He secretly regretted that the Mongolian army was searching for the royal family at that time. He was so scared that he threw the jade certificate away. How could he have thought that the Song Dynasty would return to the sun!

"All my dear friends in the palace, have anyone known the Prince of Yiyang to prove his identity?" Zhao Bing turned to the ministers and asked.

"..." The palace was silent. The old ministers who participated in the canonization died early and scattered. Some of the current officials are still in the local area, and some are low-ranking at that time and have no chance to participate. There is a silence below that no one answers.

"Liu Ling, you were working as a servant by the deposed queen back then, have you ever seen the Prince of Yiyang?" Zhao Bing asked Liu Ling, who was serving beside him. At this time, Zhao Mengqi was already panicked, looking at everyone uneasy, sweating was flowing on his face, and he kept swallowing his saliva.

"Report to Your Majesty, I was granted the title of Prince of Yiyang back then. He went to the hall to thank him. The young man was on the turn of the hall and had the chance to see him." Liu Ling hurriedly bowed and replied.

"You go and identify it. That person is the Prince of Yiyang?" Zhao Bing pointed at Zhao Mengqiyan and said.
Chapter completed!