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From the development of the plot, we can actually see some of the context of Lao Gao's conception. From the story of the protagonist studying and practicing martial arts when he was a child, step by step to the end of the imperial examination, then to Beijing for development, to the end of the imperial examination, there are some branch plots interspersed in the middle, the protagonist's early life The story ends.

Entering the officialdom happened to be the first year of Xuanhe. The protagonist, Lao Gao, initially took the path of a civilian official in the army. This was also a characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Military generals could not hold the official seal, and they had to be civilian officials to take charge of the army.

The reason why it is placed in the Northwest Army is because the Song-Xia War happened to break out in the first year of Xuanhe, so the protagonist is asked to follow Zhong Shidao to find connections in the army.

After writing this, everyone should be able to see some clues. In the future, Xiao Li will be based in the northwest, but it will not be so smooth, it will be a bit tortuous, and it will have to be written slowly.

The book was expected to be about four million words, but now it is only one million words, so the story is still very long.

In addition, let's talk about Zhao Ji. Song Huizong is a famous fatuous emperor in history, but Lao Gao personally feels that Zhao Ji is not fatuous at all. It is true that he is greedy for enjoyment and reuses treacherous sycophants.

If Zhao Ji's biggest strategic mistake was to unite with Jin to destroy Liao, then at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty still united with Mongolia to destroy Jin, which was exactly the same path as the Northern Song Dynasty.

From today's perspective, it is indeed extremely stupid, but if viewed from the time, the Song Dynasty did not realize that the strength of the Jin Dynasty and Mongolia would be so powerful. Their hatred of the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty was unforgettable. Political correctness, we cannot force the sobriety of historical bystanders on the authorities.

The biggest problem of Zhao Ji was that too many eunuchs were reused. The eunuchs in power in the late Northern Song Dynasty was also a reason for political corruption.

But why Zhao Ji reused eunuchs is probably to compete with the power of civil servants. When Lao Gao wrote the chapter about meeting Li Qingzhao for the first time, he actually used the words of the author to explain the power of civil servants at that time. Cai Jing was demoted several times, and Being reused several times was probably Zhao Ji's last resort.

Lao Gao did not dare to say that the civil service group harmed the country, but it would indeed be unfair to put all the responsibility for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty on the two emperors.

Today we see many absurd things about Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, such as his relationship with Master Li. Lao Gao felt that this was a story deliberately exaggerated by later generations in order to make Zhao Ji bear the responsibility for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. It made people think that this person was a foolish emperor, and of course the Northern Song Dynasty was. Destroyed by his hands.

But what about the various negative consequences caused by the system? What was the influence of powerful civil servants on the decision-making of the Northern Song Dynasty? Don't you have any responsibility?

Lao Gao was not overturning the case for Song Huizong. He was the legal representative. Of course he was primarily responsible for the company's collapse, but the root cause of the company's collapse was not necessarily his. (End of this chapter)

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