Song Lord's New Path

Lin Yan, a modern scholar of Song Dynasty history, accidentally passed through his soul during an ancient book restoration work and became Zhao Kuangyin seven years after Zhou Xiande. At that time, Chenqiaoyi was about to be in a storm. With awe of history and concern for people's livelihood, he was determined to follow a more stable path while conforming to the context of the times. Faced with the dilemma of "taking charge of a small country with suspicion and surrounded by dangers on the border", he took "stabilizing the world and protecting the people" as his goal. He not only respected the general trend of history, but also resolved the crisis with thorough knowledge: he laid out his plans calmly at Chenqiaoyi to avoid war and disturbance; after he ascended the throne, he used "division" to "Checks and balances of power" regulates the military system, taking into account the loyalty and bravery of military officers and the stability of the court; promotes improved breeding, builds water conservancy to improve people's livelihood, builds convenience houses, and amends laws to calm people's hearts; improves ordnance, promotes military garrison to strengthen border defense, balances civil and military affairs, and recruits talented people to strengthen the foundation. From stabilizing Bianjing to reconciling the internal and external, from revolutionizing the past to protecting the original intention, Lin Yan used the prudence of a scholar and the responsibility of an emperor to step by step at key historical nodes, paving a new path for the Song Dynasty to "strengthen the army to defend the people, rejuvenate the country to stabilize the world", and demonstrated a pragmatic change based on historical conscience and feelings for the family and country.