Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 85 A Dream

The so-called covenant refers to the "Tanyuan Alliance".

In the first year of Jingde reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Song and Liao signed an alliance in Chanzhou.

In the treaty, Liao and Song agreed to be brotherly countries, with Song Zhenzong as the elder and Liao Shengzong as the younger. The Northern Song Dynasty gave Liao an annual tribute of 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 rolls of silk.

After that, there was no major war between Song and Liao for more than a hundred years!
The Alliance of Shanyuan was essentially a compromise and surrender of the Song Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty, which increased the power of the compromising faction within the Song Dynasty.

Now the new Liao emperor Xiao Yuanshan has ascended the throne and is about to send troops to attack the Song. As the war begins, Qiao Feng doesn't know whether to help the Liao or the Song.

So he hoped that in the form of an alliance, he could stop the conflict between the two countries and maintain the status quo of peace.

In this way, he wouldn't have to worry about whether he was Han or Khitan.

"Why?" Wang Yuyan asked curiously.

"The world will eventually unite after being divided, and the world will eventually divide after being united after being divided. The fact that Song and Liao could maintain peace for so long is simply because both sides were too incompetent!" Shi Fei sneered and said, "In the past, the First Emperor unified the world and called himself the emperor."

"Later, Emperor Gaozu of Han defeated the King of Chu and achieved great unification. It was not wrong for him to call himself emperor."

"Now, anyone from Xixia, Dali, Song, Liao can claim to be the emperor."

Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, the current Liao, Song, Dali and Xia Dynasties combined can barely match the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

This is exactly why Shi Fei looks down on them.

"Most people in Song are compromising and content with living in peace. They only think about living in a corner. They don't want to march north to retake the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and restore the territory of Han and Tang. Instead, they inherited the romantic life of the Later Tang. What is the Great Song? It's better to call it the Great Coward."

The Song Dynasty was criticized by later generations because it had no idea of launching a northern expedition to recover the northern territory.

Except for one attempt by Emperor Taizong of Song, there was no more Northern Expedition.

Not even as good as Ji Han!
Shi Fei added: "The same is true for the Liao Kingdom. There are many factions within the country, and the high-ranking nobles are obsessed with pleasure and power struggles. They have been letting their horses run wild for many years, and now they are afraid that they can't even lift their swords!"

"Xiao Yuanshan wants to go south, so he can go south? I'm afraid it's because of the huge pressure of internal conflicts, and the lower classes are hungry and want to rebel, so they go south to plunder!"

"Today's Dasong and Liao are a strange pair of rivals, barely a fight between weaklings."

"As for Xixia and Dali, they are small countries in remote corners and too weak to be evaluated."

Shi Fei made some comments about Liao Song and Xia Li, which made Qiao Feng feel that Shi Fei was very arrogant.

Ah Zhu stood aside and looked at her master silently, just like when she and Ah Bi sat on small stools and listened to Shi Fei chatting when they were little.

The same is true for Wang Yuyan.

“From what Master Murong said, the world is as easy as taking something out of a bag?” Qiao Feng couldn’t help but retort.

"If I think about it, it's true." Shi Fei sighed and said, "But it's meaningless."

Qiao Feng asked: "What does meaningless mean?"

How can conquering the world be meaningless?

Shi Fei said: "Being an emperor is just a dream when you wake up. Why bother to be so tired and affect your work? You might as well sleep a little longer."

Qiao Feng had a strange look on his face, and found Shi Fei inexplicable.

What does “going to work” mean?
Why does being an emperor affect "work"?
Shi Fei continued, "Liao and Song are indeed weak. Who knows, a Jurchen may pop up from some corner or a Tartar may pop up from the grassland and beat these two weaklings into fleeing in panic."

"If you care about the world, you might as well raise an army to destroy Liao and Song, and then establish a unified dynasty. If you care about the world and love the people like your own children, wouldn't that solve your identity problem of Song and Liao?"

Shi Fei prescribed a solution for Qiao Feng to solve his identity problem.

Wouldn't this problem be solved if we destroyed the Song and Liao dynasties?
"..." Qiao Feng was speechless and said, "Willn't that mean there will be another war? Then the people of the world will suffer. Qiao cannot bear to see the people of the world suffer!"

Shi Fei said: "Then you must destroy both Song and Liao!"

"why?"

"Because the people of the world are suffering right now, it's because of Song and Liao!" Shi Fei said calmly. Qiao Feng was struck by lightning.

Shi Fei asked: "The Zhao Dynasty has powerful civil officials, serious land annexation, and an increasing number of refugees. You used to be the leader of the Beggars' Sect. You knew that, right?"

Qiao Feng nodded. The development of the Beggars' Sect over the years was inseparable from the increase in the number of beggars.

There have been beggars in every era, but if their number suddenly increases, there must be something wrong.

"As for the Liao Kingdom, that's even more unnecessary. The Liao nobles were corrupt, and the lower classes also had a hard time. If natural disasters were added, it would be a huge tragedy." Shi Fei added:
"Neither the Song nor the Liao can be called a qualified dynasty. They are more like transitional dynasties in history."

"It's strange that they can live in peace. Neither of them wants to make progress!"

"The greatest original sin of a dynasty is incompetence!"

Qiao Feng was so confused and felt that Shi Fei's words were becoming more and more crazy.

Why would they rebel just because the number of refugees increases? Wouldn't that mean more people would die in the world?

"You heroes are essentially contradictory people." Shi Fei said to Qiao Feng with a smile, "You want to enjoy the fame that comes from doing good deeds, but you don't want to solve real social problems."

"You guys are just like... forget it, forget it, I won't say any more. It's meaningless to talk too much."

Shi Fei suddenly felt bored and didn't want to say anything anymore.

He didn't know why he dreamed of this place. He really didn't like this world.

Compared to the people here, he prefers Li Xunhuan, Shangguan Jinhong and others.

At least Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Jinhong are more real, while Qiao Feng and Duan Yu are more like... fake and fictional.

It's like there has to be someone like this, so someone like this appears.

Boring!

So boring!

"I'm going to sleep. I'll go back tomorrow. If you're willing, you can come with me. If not, I'll go back alone." Shi Fei waved at the three people, then he turned over and began to snore.

"What happened to Master Murong?" Qiao Feng asked puzzledly.

Ah Zhu looked at Shi Fei and said, "Young Master is like this. Sometimes he suddenly gets upset and doesn't want to say anything."

Wang Yuyan also said: "We have called this kind of situation sick since we were young. Now my cousin is just sick."

Qiao Feng was confused. From the first time he met Shi Fei, he felt that Shi Fei was very strange.

"Brother Qiao, are you going back to the Central Plains?" Ah Zhu looked at Qiao Feng and said firmly, "If Brother Qiao doesn't want to go back, I am willing to stay here with him!"

Before, she didn’t quite understand the difficulties in Qiao Feng’s heart. She thought it was too depressing for Qiao Feng, a prince of Liao, to hide in the barbarian land when he was surrounded and wanted by others.

Now, she understood the struggle in Qiao Feng's heart.

It is indeed difficult to choose between Song and Liao.

"Me too!" Wang Yuyan glanced at Ah Zhu and felt that Ah Zhu had said everything she needed to say. She said, "I am willing to be with Brother Qiao wherever I go."

Qiao Feng looked at Azhu and Wang Yuyan with great emotion.

If you have a wife like this, what can your husband ask for?
"Then can you please stop fighting?" Qiao Feng said with emotion.

"No!" X2.

　When I was a kid, I liked Gu Long and thought his writings were cool. Later, I thought Jin Yong’s writings were delicate and awesome.

　　Now, I like Gu Long because the little people he writes about are really real.

　　Jin Yong has never written about minor characters, except for The Deer and the Cauldron, which is probably the best work written by Jin Yong.

　　It is precisely because few people can relate to this story that The Deer and the Cauldron is so well written!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)