Chapter 2 first quarter

The third year of Jiayou was the most dull year in the 167-year history of the Northern Song Dynasty. There were no major palace changes, no major wars, and of course no major natural disasters as Mr. Shi mentioned in "Water Margin". If the time is moved forward by one year, the empire has a few things worth mentioning. One is that the most controversial figure in the entire empire——Di Qing passed away in the second year of Jiayou. Firecrackers and wine are used to celebrate with prostitutes, because on the historical stage of the Northern Song Dynasty, the embarrassing and uneasy situation of soldiers worshiping prime ministers will no longer appear; "Draft" program - in the imperial examination, the Su brothers from the Sichuan competition area both reached the finals (Jinshi), and Da Su even won the second place in the examination - this was the stinky judgment error of Comrade Ouyang Xiu, the chief examiner. Da Su's hard-to-find perfect answer must have been made by his disciple Zeng Gong. In order to avoid suspicion, he "Su Guan Zeng Dai" replaced Da Su from the first place to the second place. Handsome Su should have been No.1.But in any case, the birth of the Su brothers in the second year of Jiayou gave the Northern Song Dynasty another shining term—"Three Sus"; In the end, we knew that he became one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. In that year, the Zeng family of Nanfeng (the family can be called the first Jinshi producer in the Northern Song Dynasty—the three generations of the Zeng family had a total of " "Produced" nineteen Jinshi) is also a bumper harvest, the four brothers of the Zeng family (Zeng Gong, Zeng Mou, Zeng Bu, Zeng Fu) were Jinshi at the same time, and their demeanor is not inferior to the Su brothers.

Among the eight masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, three were selected in the Jiayou imperial examination in the second year, which can be called the most valuable one in the history of Chinese imperial examinations. But what Jiayou dominated the current affairs news for three years was only a few lace news.For example, the emperor of Liao Kingdom, an allied country, died of his grandmother last year. As a courtesy, Zhao Zhen stopped working for seven days and lowered the flag at half-mast at the Neidong Gate to mourn; another example is Zhang, a civilian wife in Jiangxia. Xie Moumou broke into her home with a dagger while her husband was out, and wanted to force Zhang to have sex. Zhang Mei refused to obey. Xie Eishao later cut Zhang Meili's throat, but failed to force her to submit. The woman's deeds later It was widely circulated throughout the empire and became the person of the year who moved Jiayou for three years.

Of course, the most entertaining news is that Jiaozhi (now Vietnam) sent two national treasure animals to the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. They have a bird's beak, a bear's neck and a bull's body. Melon, respect food and not eat as punishment - before feeding, you have to beat me with a big stick before you gobble it up. Jiaozhi people say that it is a mythical beast that only existed in the ancient times of the Central Plains - Qilin. This made Zhao Zhen feel a little uncomfortable.Song Renzong and Comrade Zhao Zhen have been the emperor for thirty-five years. He has governed by literature and martial arts, and created the prosperous and prosperous age of the Song Dynasty. This prosperous age brings auspiciousness. Cross toes out.The Song Dynasty is majestic, the land is vast and the resources are abundant, and in the end, the younger brother produced an eternal beast.Where did the Jiaozhi people come to present treasures? They were clearly here to save the face of the Northern Song Dynasty people.

These two beasts must not be unicorns. From the first day they were sent into the territory of the Song Dynasty, this was their doomed fate. If it's not a unicorn, what should it be?This has to be explained to the Cochin people. Identifying cochin monsters became the most important diplomatic work of the Northern Song Empire in Jiayou's three years. The Northern Song Empire dispatched all the elites, but they failed to locate the two beasts accurately. The political conclusion that this thing is not a kylin can be drawn. The eyes of the people are on Sima Guang, a great talent, hoping that he can kill these two guys with one stone, just like he smashed the vat when he was a teenager.

Sima Guang came to the Chongzheng Hall with a magnifying glass to identify the beasts. Although Li Taibai was not as frivolous and unrestrained as when Li Taibai asked the wrestlers to take off their boots and noble concubines to grind ink, the countless eyes staring at him in the Chongzheng Hall were full of hope. Mr. Sima walked around the Cochin beast a few times, and three days after returning home, he handed in an appraisal report titled "Fu of Jiaozhi Presenting Strange Beasts". When Zhao Zhen saw Sima Guang's report, his nose was almost crooked. Mr. Sima Guang wrote a long article with sharp writing skills, but he didn't say what a cochin beast was in the end.

If you can't recognize it, Sima Guang put gold on his face, saying in the report that these two things are not benevolent unicorns anyway, there are not many if there are two more, and there are not many if there are two less. Your brothers, raising animals is worse than raising people, and respecting animals is worse than respecting people. Now that the price of goods is soaring, especially the housing prices in the capital are so high, you should give your brothers a little more salary. Zhao Zhen wanted to scold his mother, but he wanted to raise his salary!Don't look at how much silver is still in the treasury, your wages are still too little!In the three years of Jiayou, the Zhao Empire Co., Ltd. has an annual income of about 63 million to 68 million yuan, and it costs more than 1.4 million to pay the old soldiers who cannot win the war. One million yuan, accounting for five-sixths of the total income, and to support more than 200,000 civil servants and officials, it takes more than twelve million yuan, accounting for one-sixth of the total income.Lao Zhao's own food, drink, and sala (as well as the red envelopes for Xiao Lizi's family in Xixia, the Liao Empire of the friendly state) have to eat food for free or tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. You are silver and I have used you.

Later, Du Zhi, the magistrate of Qianzhou (now Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province), solved this problem for Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen accepted Du Zhi's suggestion, and the two cochinated beasts came to the Central Plains. In the end, they didn't get the name of Qilin, and they were named as strange beasts. The majestic Northern Song Empire could not recognize the two beasts. Although it temporarily fooled the Cochin people with low education level, there was still a man of insight who felt ashamed and continued to carry out scientific and rigorous research work for several years. Finally, the man finally found out that this thing is called Tianlu. We had this thing in the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains. It is not surprising that we don't think it is precious.

The man was Shen Kuo, and he recorded this incident in his book "Mengxi Bi Tan".