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Chapter 256: No fear of the weak Song

Two flowers bloom, each showing one branch. When the time travelers of the Special Administrative Region were unscrupulously discussing the general trend of the confrontation between Song and Jin, what was the emperor of the Jin Dynasty Wanyan Jing doing?

In the 18th year of Chunxi, the ninth day of the third month of the second year of Mingchang, the court meeting on this day was still very satisfied. Although the ministers had a lot of controversy, they still successfully passed the emperor's plan to repair the Confucius Temple proposed by the emperor. This plan cost a lot. According to the order of the young emperor, the Confucius Temple would be more grand than ever before, and it was decided to use glazed tiles for the first time.

In addition, in order to build momentum to the extreme, Wanyan Jing decided to carry out an unprecedented measure of respecting Confucius, which was to set up a famous horse-distance stele in history. In fact, a stone tablet was placed in front of the Confucius Temple, with the stele "Civil, Military, Military, Military, and Civilians dismounted from their horses."

This is a bit ironic. When the Jin soldiers went south, the fire almost burned the Confucius Temple. Now, when Wanyan Jing, who advocated Confucianism and vowed to win the hearts of scholars in the world, he suddenly praised Confucius to the sky. This can only remind people of the word "overcorrection". The Jin people were arrogant at first and respectful at the end, but this move was really quite capable of winning people's hearts.

Wanyan Jing thought that this was a proud move to capture the hearts of scholars and imagined that from now on, there would never be a talent like Xin Qiji who would travel south to Song again. He was in a good mood at this moment.

Speaking of which, Wanyan Jing took over from his emperor's grandfather. After three or four months ascending the throne, he won a big lottery - the Yellow River broke the dike. In May of that year, the Yellow River broke the ridge north of the small dike in Caozhou. The Ministry of Works had to organize six million people to repair the Yellow River. The loss of this breaking was almost equivalent to the consumption of a war. He poured a bucket of cold water on Wanyan Jing, who was originally energetic. In connection with the Confucian celestial human response, Wanyan Jing, who was only 21 years old, immediately felt great pressure.

As the saying goes, misfortune never comes alone. When the Yellow River breaks down here, the Tatar tribe in the north and the Hongji Assassin tribe take advantage of the situation to rebel and rebel against the Jin Dynasty. It is great that these guys who were worshipping at the feet of the Jin Dynasty in the past dare to rebel. It is amazing! It is conceivable that the Jin Dynasty generals who thought they were powerful and incompetent advocated sending troops to suppress them.

However, the head of the family realized that the food, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Wanyan Jing was in charge of the family. Now that he was suffering from disaster, he had to consider this matter carefully. Although Wanyan Jing did not think that the Mongolians in the north could defeat the decent Jin Dynasty soldiers, even the Meng'an Moukes who were constantly corrupt and declining in combat power were not something that the Mongolian barbarians could compete with.

Wanyan Jing asked for a fight in the face of the general and said:

"Now the south of the land is discussing the Seihe River, and the troops are re-engaging in the north, which is not the time."

Wanyan Jing rejected the use of military force against Mongolia in one sentence.

In fact, under the hands of Emperor Wanyan Jing's grandfather Jin Shizong, Meng'an Mouke, an organization equivalent to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, began to degenerate, just as the children of the Eight Banners will basically become idle and playful people who are distracted. The authentic Jurchens of this era are all aristocratic, who can enslave the Han people and enjoy the happy time of slavery. At the same time, their ability to ride and shoot is gradually abandoned.

In this regard, Wanyan Jing's solution was to fully learn the Han and Tang civilizations, such as abolishing slavery and liberating productivity. Of course, Wanyan Jing probably did not understand the word "liberating productivity", but he was actually ready to do this. Before the reform and abolishing slavery in Meng'an Mouke, Wanyan Jing now spared no effort to promote Confucian civilized rule, respect Confucius and respect Confucianism, and it was almost impossible to propose "full Songhua".

The overhaul of the Confucius Temple is one of the major measures. Perhaps in my heart, Wanyan Jing wanted to make a declaration through this measure - I am a dignified Jurchen, and I will never be in line with the barbarians from now on, and will be seriously entering advanced civilization!

Yes, although Wanyan Jing is a genuine Jurchen, under the cultivation of Jin Shizong, Wanyan Jing has long been a admirer of Chinese culture.

But Wanyan Jing successfully arranged the overhaul of the Confucius Temple today, and was in a good mood. After coming down, he came to the side hall and asked someone to spread out a calligraphy from yesterday and began to ponder it carefully.

This is a calligraphy by Huang Tingjian. As an enthusiast of calligraphy and painting, Wanyan Jing couldn't help but turn his wrists and fingers while experiencing Huang Tingjian's brushwork. The young emperor was also thinking about it, imagining Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, and couldn't help but be intoxicated.

Many people can't imagine that Wanyan Jing, a Jurchen, was completely devoted to Chinese culture. Moreover, he was also good at calligraphy and painting. He wrote a thin gold book with a certain charm. I don't know if there was any knowledge in the spring of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and I don't know what I thought about it. However, Wanyan Jing and Zhao Ji did have a relationship. Wanyan Jing's mother was Zhao Ji's granddaughter. Because of such genetic factors, let alone, in terms of calligraphy and painting cultivation, ordinary Han emperors may not be as good as Wanyan Jing.

Wanyan Jing was just about to ask the eunuch to serve the pen and ink so that he could copy it.

At this time, a eunuch came to report:

"Report to Your Majesty, the right political consultant asked for advice."

"Oh, please be welcome!"

The political affairs officer Wanyan Shouzhen entered the study room and was about to pay a visit. Wanyan Jing hurriedly stepped forward to support him as usual and said:

"Your dear is not a gift."

Wanyan Shouzhen is an old minister with a qualification, so she has to give her this little face.

"What's wrong with me?"

"The newspaper and the emperor know that after several months of trial production, the movable type printing machine was finally successfully trial production today."

"Oh, it's so good. A few days ago, my big gold wax paper engraving was finally passed. All things can no longer rely on the Song people. I feel very relieved. I think that the wax paper engraving is a powerful weapon and is a blessing for my big gold scholar. Today, the movable type printing is successful again, which shows that my big gold craftsman is not inferior to the Song people. I am happy to congratulate you! Let's go and take a look."

Half a year ago, the Han craftsmen finally developed a set of wax paper engraving. Although the quality is not as good as that of Mao's products, they can be used carelessly. It must be said that the great weapon of wax paper engraving is really significant in teaching. After the successful carving of wax paper, the relevant craftsmen were commended.

Before this, the Jin Dynasty also bought a set of printing machines from Mao's Group, but the price was ridiculously high. So Wanyan Jing ordered the organization of a copycat, but it was not as good as a copycat wax paper engraving and printing. The lead type printing technology was not so good. It mobilized many craftsmen and spent a lot of money, but it was repeatedly frustrated.

Seeing Wanyan Jing's inexplicable appearance, Wanyan Shouzhen felt sweaty and said that we were just reporting good news, but we hadn't reported bad news yet. Then he took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, saying:

"Prince, please see, this is what is printed, and it is slightly worse than the Song people's machines."

Wanyan Jing took it and found out that the real scene was "slightly inferior". Two printed proofs, one piece of paper had a slightly light ink mark, but there was obviously no strokes. The handwriting printed on the other piece of paper was not short of strokes, but the ink mark was very thick, but many places were soaked ink hard. Despite this, the handwriting was clearly seen, which was also because Wanyan Shouzhen dared to say that she was successful.

However, the warrior's words were not trustworthy. Wanyan Jing turned to Wanyan Xiang and asked:

"What do you think?"
Chapter completed!
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