The reason why Zhao Yu made the decision to punish Zhang Song, the governor of Raozhou, was not only to appease the people, but there were actually bigger reasons behind it. You must know that since he came to power, he has faced a chaotic situation, except for Meng Yuan, the biggest enemy, which is the situation of national division.

Among them, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the sixteen states of Yanyun have not been recovered, resulting in the Han residents living in the north of the Central Plains have been living under Khitan rule, so they are not recognized by the Han people in the Central Plains and are called Beiren; After the fall of the Khitan, the rise of the Jurchens, the Song dynasty crossed to the south, and the Song and Jin Dynasty divided and ruled with the Huai River as the boundary, which also made the ethnic dividing line move south again, and the Han people in Huaibei were roughly classified into the ranks of the northerners.

More than a hundred years later, the Jurchen and Song dynasties were successively destroyed by the Meng Yuan. Because the so-called 'northerners' who were successively attached to the Jurchens and the Mengyuan participated in the war to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, the relationship between the Han people in the north and the south, which was already in a state of antagonism, became more acute. During this period, in order to prevent a large number of surrendered Song troops from rebelling, the Meng Yuan moved the southerners' troops to the north to Tuntian or participated in the Japanese invasion operations, while the Han army, which was dominated by the northerners, was stationed in Jiangnan to suppress the southerners' uprising, which made the southerners regard the northerners as enemies, and even hated them more than the Mongols.

Of course, the army composed of Han people in the north was also the main enemy of the Xing Dynasty, and the Song army was the main target of the Qiongzhou and Jiangnan wars, and Zhao Yu also believed that the Mengyuan Han army would still be their enemy for a long time to come. He also had to make propaganda choices for the needs of the war, and after the reconquest of Jiangnan, he also severely suppressed the Han bureaucrats and generals stationed in the north, and sent the captured soldiers to the hard labor camps to perform dangerous and hard work as punishment.

However, after Zhao Yu recovered Jiangnan, they faced a new problem, they were faced with the same Han nationality gathering place, so it was impossible to treat Jiangnan like Jiangnan, but became the object of their struggle and fought for national harmony. But whether it is to make the officials in the court, the generals of the army and the people of Jiangnan suddenly brake sharply, and then make a 180-degree turn, it is indeed a little difficult.

But it is difficult to do, because otherwise, even if the Northern Expedition is successful, Zhao Yu knows that if he responds to the previous policy, he will face the same situation as Meng Yuan in Jiangnan back then, facing one resistance after another, and they will have to spend countless money, food and troops to suppress it. And so we fall into a cycle of repression, rebellion, harsher repression, and more fierce revolt, and it goes on and on until one side is exhausted.

Therefore, before the Northern Expedition, Zhao Yu issued an edict strictly ordering all the armies participating in the war not to kill the people indiscriminately for the purpose of revenge, not to loot property, not to forcibly pull people's husbands, and not to forcibly occupy people's property and fields. The officials who accepted it also repeatedly stressed the need to strictly implement the established policies, not to engage in the division of the north and the south, and to unify the policies. It is forbidden to expropriate and forcibly occupy people's property; When punishing the old officials and the Han businessmen and big families who colluded with the Mongols, it is necessary to grasp the proportions and not to kill indiscriminately......

Now, judging from the results, all the armies participating in the war have basically done so, and there have been no serious violations of military discipline. Although there were some problems, most of them were not accurate in grasping the policy, which led to excesses in the implementation, but it was also corrected in a timely manner, and there were no large-scale escapes in Haozhou.

Zhao Hao knows that there is no such a big incident as Haozhou in various places for the time being, but it does not mean that there are no such signs, or there are no such signs. Whatever the cause, it is important to act quickly to alert others to the mistake of repeating it. In this way, we can stabilize people's hearts, resume production as soon as possible, and lay the foundation for national reconciliation in the future, of course, there is still a long way to go.

"Your Majesty, talents are rare, can you let Zhang Song not be transferred for the time being, and let him make meritorious contributions?" Wang Yinglin obviously didn't give up yet, and wanted to fight for it again.

"Prime Minister Wang, I also have something to ask for!" Zhao Yu didn't answer, but diverted the topic and said.

"Your Majesty, please speak, and listen respectfully." The little emperor talked about it left and right, which made Wang Yinglin stunned, although he didn't know what he meant, but he also hurriedly gave a salute.

"I have been reading "Zizhi Tongjian" for the past few days and nights, in which the Jin Ji has a saying, Liu Yuan sent the general Liu Jing to lead the army to attack Luoyang, Liu Jing drove and killed more than 30,000 Han people and sank in the Yellow River, Liu Yuan was furious when he heard the news, and said: Jing He saw me! And how can the way of heaven tolerate it! The one I want to get rid of, Sima Shi'er, what is the crime of the people. In later generations, some historians called Zhao Han III the five masters, and the beginning of the twenty-sixth year of the reign of the country. I don't understand, the barbarians have driven and killed our people endlessly in history, why only Zhao Han? Zhao Hao asked.

"Your Majesty, in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, when Liu Yuan, a Hun, raised an army against the Jin, the contradiction between Han and Yi was already very acute. Liu Yuan originally wanted to emulate Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and dominate the world after destroying the Sima clan of the Western Jin Dynasty, so he intended to ease the relationship between Hu and Han, but because Liu Jing drove and killed the Han people, the strategy he implemented died abruptly. Liu Yuan also had to compromise with reality, set up Shan Yutai, and implement the division of Hu and Han, with the intention of slowly easing the contradictions between Hu and Han, but this only caused the relationship between Hu and Han to become more acute, and the country was destroyed. Wang Yinglin pondered for a moment and explained.

"Well, a hundred years of grievances can actually be resolved in one day, so if our dynasty repeats the Central Plains, will we also implement the policy of dividing the north and the south?" Zhao Yu nodded when he heard this, and seemed to think it was authentic.

"Your Majesty, by all means!" Wang Yinglin was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly waved his hand and said loudly.

"The king whispered!" Wang De reminded in a deep voice beside him.

"Your Majesty atoned for your sins, and the minister was in a hurry and rude." Wang Yinglin immediately realized that he had lost his temper as soon as he mentioned it, and he also found that the guards outside the tent were looking into the tent, obviously his voice was too loud, which had alarmed the guards on duty, and he hurriedly bowed and asked for sin.

"It's okay!" Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "I am a little puzzled, why can't I implement the division of the north and the south?" ”

"Your Majesty, as a monarch, should tolerate the world, and cannot be regarded separately because the land is divided into north and south." Wang Yinglin heard the big urgency, "Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty vigorously promoted Han law, moved the capital to Luoyang, changed the name to Han, changed the Han surname, changed the Han dialect, intermarried with the Han people, etc., and implemented a series of sinicization policies, and then integrated Xianbei into the Han nationality, and was able to establish the country for one hundred and fifty years. ”

"Emperor Xiaowen is also respected by later generations, and I evaluate it to everyone Ouyang Xiu: his private poster, Wei's commentator said: Wei Zhixing, its origin is far away. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has changed the yuan, inherited the decline and disadvantages of the world, and has to work hard, and compete for China. As for filial piety, the seventh generation went to Yi Jihua, changed the surname to build the capital, and then determined the chaos of the world, and then repaired the ritual music, and revitalized the system and the text. Considering its gradual accumulation, although its morality is not as good as that of the three generations, and its merit, how different is the prosperity of the king; The famous Confucian Ye Shi said: Those who use Xia to change the way of the saint are also. He also thinks: "Filial piety is promising, Shun, and the posture of King Wen." ”

"Oh, in this way, the barbarians advocate Han law, then our dynasty will definitely be able to naturalize the northerners and achieve unification. Wang Xiang also did not agree with the division of the Han people in the north and south, but tried to appease the Han people in the north and south, so that the Han people in the north and south could be integrated and achieve true unification. But a hundred years of grievances can be resolved overnight. Zhao Haozuo said suddenly, and in an instant, he was worried.

In fact, he also knew that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hong was an outlier, and his experience was somewhat similar to his own. Tuoba Hong ascended the throne at the age of five and was ruled by the Empress Dowager. After Emperor Xiaowen officially took office, he further carried out reforms, first rectified the rule of officials, established the three-long system, and implemented the Juntian system; Four years later, he advocated moving the capital to Luoyang, comprehensively reforming the old customs of Xianbei, and severely suppressing the old-fashioned aristocracy who opposed the reform, which promoted the political, economic, cultural and military development of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was known as the "Taihe Reform" in history.

Zhao Yu also knew that in later generations, some people said that the reason why Tuoba Hong moved the capital to Luoyang, changed his surname to Han, changed his Han surname, changed his Han dialect, intermarried with the Han people, and so on, to implement a series of sinicization policies was because he personally admired Han culture and worshiped Sinology. In fact, this statement is not necessarily wrong, because such a preference of the monarch led to a country following a certain culture is not unheard of in Chinese history, and the prevalence of Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty is not unrelated to the preference of the monarch at that time.

But Zhao Hao thinks that maybe Emperor Xiaowen himself really has a certain admiration for Han culture, but he is first and foremost an emperor, a politician, and a politician of ethnic minorities. And as the ruler of the same dynasty,He thinks that maintaining the rule is the emperor's first priority.,The implementation of sinicization is more from the maintenance of his own rule.。。

Because Emperor Xiaowen realized that only by promoting Han culture among the Hu people at that time and allowing the Hu people to quickly integrate into the Han culture could the people of the two nationalities no longer be hostile and be able to sit firmly in their positions. But it was also his impetus that the Hu culture was completely assimilated under the influence of the Han culture, forming a great fusion of national culture in history.

"What Your Majesty said is right, our dynasty must have the heart of accepting all rivers in order to realize the unification of China, and it is a barbarian naturalization of our dynasty. Naturally, there will be opposition and boycotts. But as long as Your Majesty works hard, he will definitely succeed and leave a name in history. Wang Yinglin saw that the little emperor was depressed, and hurriedly cheered up.

"Zhang Song's young man returned to the court to serve the country, and he has contributed a lot to the court for many years, and now he has such a thing in Haozhou, and he thinks that he is also deeply affected by the Tartars, and then he acted excessively and did inappropriate things, if he is punished, will it make the ministers chill?" Zhao Hao sighed.

"No, you can't. As His Majesty said at the beginning, whether it was a cause or not, the consequences of the present are extremely serious, and the impact is extremely bad, and it is difficult for him to escape the blame as a minister of the pastor. If it is not punished, it will not be able to eliminate the people's anger and eliminate the impact, and the matter of the people's flight will become more and more serious, and even affect the surrounding states and counties, so they must be transferred out first, return to Beijing to wait for the crime, and then convict after the truth is discovered! Wang Yinglin said. But I didn't think about it anymore, I didn't want to exonerate Zhang Song, so why did I support his punishment......