There are no high mountains and rivers around Hangzhou that can be held by danger, so it has never been a dangerous place in the traditional sense, and it does not match the majestic momentum of the dragon and the tiger. Then, in the 153rd year of the founding of the Southern Song Dynasty and the 138th year of the "establishment of the capital" of Hangzhou, in addition to the traditional way of collecting heavy troops to ensure the safety of Lin'an, in what way will the Jiangshan be forever consolidated?
Mountains and rivers are victorious in shape, and precious in the hearts of the people; the land of shape victory, bandits do not live. These two sentences of the ancients actually have the same meaning, saying that no matter how majestic and dangerous the situation in the mountains and rivers in your place is, it is not as the people want. It is also in response to such an old saying that the Zhao and Song Dynasties aimed at the core of "loyalty and righteousness" and used it as a way to open the long-term peace and stability of the Great Song Mountains and Rivers.
Looking at the story of a small "East Third Class" in Lin'an City, you may be able to get a glimpse and know the whole leopard.
Sudden fire
In June of the thirty-second year of Shaoxing (1162), Zhao Zhuo "retired internally" to become emperor taishang, and Zhao Xiao, who succeeded him, did a very influential thing in the second month after he ascended the throne: to rehabilitate the anti-Jin hero Yue Fei and rehabilitate Zhaoxue. This incident shocked the world, and everyone praised it.
However, Yang Cunzhong, a close minister of Zhao Zhuo for many years, felt that the situation was very bad.
What is the relationship between Yue Fei's rehabilitation and Yang Cun? It's so relational! On the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eleventh year of Shaoxing (January 27, 1142), Zhao Zhuo and Qin Ju killed Yue Fei, Yue Yun, and Zhang Xian, and Yang Cunzhong was the jailer on the execution ground.
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Therefore, Yue Fei's rehabilitation, a good thing that has been praised by the whole country, has a taste in Yang Cunzhong's heart. Now think of the bloody horror scene he had drunk 20 years ago, and his spine was sweating.
Yang Cunzhong can also be regarded as a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, but his ability to fight wars is much worse than Yue Fei. However, he had his "bright spots": Zhao Zhuo fled all the way south that year, and Yang Cunzhong followed him all the way, often ignoring the fatigue of running and often standing guard in front of his tent, which made Zhao Zhuo very moved. After the capital was set in Hangzhou, Zhao Zhuo, in view of Yang Cunzhong's stubbornness in mixing with himself, put him in charge of the Janissaries in the Imperial City, and worked for 25 years. Such a super-favored cattle man had a hard time finding the second one in the Song Dynasty.
However, he also understood that his reputation among the people was not the same. Originally, he had a tough and masculine beard, but because he got closer to the prime minister Qin Ju and was ordered by the emperor to be a supervisor to kill Yue Fei and others, he was regarded by the people as a villain who was good at greeting and had no husband's temperament, and viciously called him "bearded eunuch" (long-bearded eunuch). This is simply a personal attack, no different from cursing the severance of children and grandchildren.
Just when Yang Cunzhong felt helpless, a fire suddenly broke out in the area of Wushan Baominfang next to the Royal Street. Most of the houses in Lin'an City are mainly wooden structures, which is the tragic image of "burning camps" that is often seen. However, the fire in Wushan was very lucky, and it was very lucky to see that the smoke was rolling out of control, but it was quickly extinguished by the nearby military and civilians. In a burst of happiness, Yang Cunzhong suddenly found himself too lucky, because this fire was really timely for him!
Loyalty to the liver and righteous gallbladder "East Third Class"
Yang Cunzhong played Zhao Xi and said that this time the Wushan Baominfang fire, someone clearly saw two flags in the billowing smoke, one with the word "Qiao" written on one side and the word "Lu" written on the other. He said that the reason why he was spared the catastrophe this time should be because there were two "gods" of Qiao and Lu who were secretly blessed.
Yang Cunzhong
Zhao Xiao couldn't help but ask, who are these Qiao and Lu immortals? So, Yang Cunzhong began to take classes and told a story:
It is said that Taizu Zhao Kuangyin "mutinied" in Chen Qiaoyi, the northern suburb of Kaifeng, and on that day, the most urgent thing he had to do was to return to the capital and occupy the imperial palace to control the situation in the world. When Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to the Xuanyou Gate, the north gate of Kaifeng, the city gate was closed and the forbidden army guarding the city was waiting in a strict position.
Siege was definitely the next step at the time, but how to get into the city quickly? Xuanyou Gate could not enter, so Zhao Kuangyin had to move his division to other city gates to try his luck. It was also time for the Song Dynasty to come to power, Zhao Kuangyin's luck was super good, and the forbidden army guarding the second city gate saw that Zhao Kuangyin was going to enter the city and hurriedly opened the door to meet him. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin successfully occupied Miyagi and officially ascended the throne as emperor.
Thinking about the thrilling scene outside xuanyou's door, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he had to investigate the root cause. He asked, "Who is the gate where we entered the city just now?" Left and right said: "That is the 'scattered class' in the forbidden army." Zhao Kuangyin didn't think about it and said, "This 'scattered straight class' is demoted to the first class." ”
He also asked, "Who is guarding the Gate of Xuanyou?" "It's the 'East Third Class.'" Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered, "That's it! After the fall, the 'East Third Class' will open the road in front. "Zhao Kuangyin has a lot of ideas, the people who are three or four are unreliable, and this "East Third Class" can be described as extremely loyal and absolutely loyal to the old lord, then the first banner of my forbidden army is it.
However, what Zhao Kuangyin did not expect was that he gave the "East Third Class" a great honor, and the "East Third Class" once again refused without hesitation. Left and right to report, the "East Third Class" ignored the new order, and all the soldiers decided to commit suicide by introducing righteousness.
Zhao Kuangyin was startled, and he jumped up and ran outside, wanting to go to the rescue himself. He was worried that he was too slow to walk too slowly, and he urgently ordered the general Dang Yanjin to lead dozens of people to rush to the rescue. But it was still a step too late, when Dang Yanjin and others rushed to the "East Third Class" station, but seeing the corpses all over the field, the two "squad leaders" who were left were not dead, one was called Qiao Kang, the character Boren, and the other was called Lu Rail, the word Zhongmo.
Seeing this tragic scene in front of him, Zhao Kuangyin was extremely shocked and blurted out: "Why is this, as for this?" Qiao and Lu replied, "We only have one master, so don't stop us from dying." Zhao Kuangyin repeatedly dissuaded, repeatedly praised the "East Third Class" as loyal and righteous people, and promised never to abolish this number, and also gave the title of "Long Entry Waiting", the emperor traveled by the imperial car, and the "East Third Class" was the leader of the team.
Zhao Kuangyin even talked with Qiao and Lu about the details of the hat decorations of the "East Third Class" soldiers, promising that their hats would still wear the original blue and red color veils. Finally, it was also promised that after three years of service in the military, the rank of "Bao Yilang" would be awarded.
However, all of Zhao Kuangyin's efforts were in vain, and the two "squad leaders" resolutely committed suicide.
Zhao Kuangyin was full of emotions, generously donated to the dead of the whole class, and kept his promise, not only did not abolish his name, but also built another ancestral temple in the capital station of the "East Third Class", and continued to sacrifice.
With such a demeanor, Zhao Kuangyin set up a typical example of believing in "loyalty and righteousness" for the world, and since then, the "East Third Class" has been like a "golden signboard", which has been shining in the prosperous area of the capital, and the "loyalty and righteousness festival" has gradually become a "core value" derived and respected by the Song people.
The new "Eastern Third Class" has since been loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties. Among the soldiers who heroically resisted in the defense of Tokyo during the Jingkang Rebellion was "growing into waiting". Tokyo was captured by the Jin army, and many "long-term waiting" broke through the siege at The Wansheng Gate and went in search of King Zhao of Kang.
When Emperor Qinzong was detained by the Jin army, he also had inseparable "growing into waiting" around him. When Emperor Gaozong evaded the Pursuit of the Jin Army and fled south, some of the "Long Into Waiting" saddles before and after the horse escorted all the way. To Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the "Eastern Third Class" also came to Hangzhou with them.
Zhongyi, the core value of the Southern Song Dynasty
The Qiao and Lu banners that suddenly "appeared" in the Fire of Mount Wu now seem to be obviously fabricated, but Yang Cunzhong, who has long commanded the Great Internal Forbidden Army, is well aware of the "Eastern Third Class" period. Therefore, there was no need to "prepare the lesson" in advance, and he was touched by Zhao Xiao.com. Therefore, in accordance with Yang Cunzhong's suggestion, a "Zhaojie Temple" was built at the "East Third Class" station in Wushan Baominfang to carry forward the loyalty and righteousness of the "East Third Class" in order to carry forward the loyalty and righteousness of the "East Third Class".
The "East Third Class" has once again become a highlight on the Royal Street. Yang Cunzhong was finally at ease, with the sign of "East Third Class" that he proposed to set up there, the official family should not settle accounts with him for Yue Fei.'s
The "old things" of the Northern Song Dynasty of the "Eastern Third Class" were once again publicized in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there was a large and devious "shadow" behind it, but the "core values" it brought to people at that time really made the military and people of the Great Song Dynasty constantly deepen their impression of "loyalty and righteousness", and internalized them in their hearts and externalized in their deeds.
Later generations wondered why the Song Dynasty, which had always been considered weak and weak, would later become a particularly tenacious dynasty. Counting your fingers, the two Song Dynasties spanned 320 years, and it was actually the longest dynasty in Chinese history since the Qin and Han dynasties. The powerful Mongol war against the Western Xia took 10 years, and the Jin Dynasty took 20 years, but why did it take nearly half a century to conquer a so-called "weak" Southern Song Dynasty? In the meantime, he also took the life of the Great Khan Möngke.
Möngke was killed by a trebuchet used by the Southern Song defenders during the Battle of Diaoyu City
Even in 1276, when the Song royal family surrendered to the Yuan army and Lin'an was occupied, the Song army and civilians still resisted step by step, until the Defeat of the Song Army at the Battle of Yashan in 1279, when the Song army was defeated, and Lu Xiufu, the young emperor, jumped into the sea to martyrdom, and even 100,000 soldiers and civilians also jumped into the sea to die. What kind of spirit is it that sustains them?
Let's look at the "History of Song" again, for the first time in the main history, the "Biography of Zhongyi" was opened, leaving a biography of 289 loyal and righteous people at the turn of the two Song Dynasties and the end of the Song Dynasty in 10 volumes. But this was only a small part of the entire Song Dynasty loyalist community. The 100,000 soldiers and civilians martyred in the Battle of Yashan Mountain did not leave a heroic story of how to stick to the bottom line to the last moment.
Why did the two Song dynasties, which were repeatedly invaded by strong enemies, last for 320 years? The "key" to unlocking this answer may be in the story of the "East Third Class".
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