Having read Li Qingzhao's message, Li Yi did not answer her question directly, but instead asked:
"Have you read Su Shi's lyrics, Lady Li?"
Li Qingzhao was stunned for a moment before realizing who he was talking about: "I have."
Li Yi: "What do you think of Su Shi's lyrics?"
Li Qingzhao: "They are poems that cannot be repaired."
Li Yi: "Are Yan Shu, Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, and Zeng Gong the same?"
Li Qingzhao: "......"
She seemed to understand a little.
Li Yi: "Then how about Liu Yong's lyrics?"
Li Qingzhao: "Although they harmonize with the musical scale, their words are dusty."
Li Yi: "Qin Guan, Qin Shaoyu?"
Li Qingzhao: "They focus on sentimentality, but lack historical facts."
Li Yi: "Huang Tingjian?"
Li Qingzhao: "They emphasize historical facts, but are full of flaws."
Li Yi: "Do you understand now?"
Li Qingzhao: "I understand."
So, this is the origin of Li's nickname, "Li Dui Dui"?
Although she merely believed that Song Dynasty lyrics were unique and that they should be distinguished from poetry, prose, and articles, her statement implied as much.
But this 'nickname' doesn't seem unjustified.
Only...
Upon seeing the evocative and ominous term "Two Song Dynasties," the significance of a nickname, whether flattering or not, became less important to her.
Now, she was more concerned with understanding..... why there were two Song Dynasties?
Li Yi: "Good, you understand. Now let's talk about the Two Song Dynasties.
"Just as there is a before and an after, a west and an east, a north and a south.
"Therefore, explaining the Two Song Dynasties is quite simple, they are the Northern Song and the Southern Song."
Li Qingzhao: "Northern Song? Southern Song? Did the Liao bandits really go south?
"Did the bandits go south, their strength overwhelming, making the Emperor unable to resist?
"So, that's why there's the Northern Song and Southern Song?"
Huang Rong: "It wasn't a flight to the south. The Emperor Huizong and Qinzong didn't even flee, they were captured along with the entire imperial palace by the Jin people."
Li Qingzhao: "!!!"
The amount of information in this statement was overwhelming, she didn't know where to start asking questions.
Her mind went blank for a moment before she asked again: "Emperor Huizong and Qinzong? The entire imperial palace was captured by the Jin people? Jin people?"
Li Yi: "Song Qinzong was the son of Song Huizong. Song Huizong was the younger brother of Song Zhezong, your current Emperor Zhao Xu, and now he is still the Prince Duan, Zhao Ji.
"In the first month of the third year of Yuanfu (1100), Song Zhezong Zhao Xu passed away.
"Because he had no sons, the Empress Dowager established Zhao Ji as Emperor in the same month, and the following year changed the reign title to Jianzhong Jingguo.
"After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he implemented new policies and heavily relied on the Six Evildoers led by your brother-in-law Cai Jing, allowing them to carry out evil deeds under the banner of new policies.
"Due to Zhao Ji's extravagance, indulgence in pleasure, and obsession with Daoism, he excessively built palaces and Daoist temples, causing peasant rebellions to erupt throughout the Song Dynasty, putting the rule of the Northern Song in jeopardy.
"While Zhao Ji was engrossed in Daoist rituals and living a life of luxury, the Jurchen people in the north unified under the leadership of Wanyan Aguda and established their nation in the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115), calling it 'Jin.'
"In the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125), Song joined forces with Jin to destroy Liao, losing the buffer in between. The Jin army then invaded Song.
"In the first year of Jingkang (1126), the Jin army arrived at the city gates, and Song Huizong Zhao Ji, upon the advice of Li Gang, ceded the throne to his son Zhao Huan.
"In the same year, the Jin army captured the outer city of Bianjing.
"In the second year of Jingkang (1127), in March, Song Huizong Zhao Ji and Song Qinzong Zhao Huan were taken captive by the Jin army.
"The Empress was reduced to a washerwoman, and the three thousand concubines were sold at set prices, an event known in history as the Jingkang Incident."
Li Yi only sent a few short paragraphs.
But in a daze, Li Qingzhao seemed to see the decline of the Song Dynasty over twenty years, from prosperity to decay, the invasion of the Jin army, the flight of the literati to the south, the sight of bones exposed in the fields, and the sound of no chickens crowing for thousands of miles.
The future was too heavy, so much so that she didn't know what to do for a while.
After a moment of silence, she sorted out the issue closest to her.
Li Qingzhao: "Did the Emperor pass away in the first month of the third year of Yuanfu?"
Yukine Yukinoshita: "My history books also record it that way.
"Song Zhezong passed away on the twelfth night of the first month of the third year of Yuanfu."
Li Qingzhao: "......"
Huang Rong: "Li Jie Jie, what year are you in now?"
Li Qingzhao: "The twelfth night of the first month of the third year of Yuanfu."
Lin Fengjiao: "......"
Li Shimin: "......"
Huang Rong: "So, that Song Zhezong is about to die? Or maybe he's already dead?"
Ying Zheng: "A mere mortal emperor, captured by barbarians, such a useless royal family, let the emperor die if he wants to."
Yukine Yukinoshita: "From the historical records, Song Zhezong seems to be one of the few emperors of the Two Song Dynasties who has received positive evaluations.
"During his reign, the Song Dynasty's national strength improved."
"Later generations praised him as 'a man of great talent, a true ruler.'
"If Zhezong hadn't died young and Huizong had ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty might not have suffered the humiliation of Jingkang."
Huang Rong: "It's fate.
"The Song Dynasty during Zhezong's reign was different from the Southern Song here.
"The Southern Song here is completely rotten, reviving it would be more difficult than overthrowing it and rebuilding.
"Li Jie Jie's place...... if that Zhezong emperor could hold on for a few more days.
"If you cultivate to the level of Grandmaster or above and have the strength to protect yourself, you could go find that dying Zhezong emperor and sell him a Golden Core at a high price to prolong his life.
"But now, that Zhezong emperor is going to die tonight.
"Not to mention the safety issue of revealing yourself without strength.
"Even if you can guarantee your own safety, without a certain level of strength, you can't enter the palace and see the dying Zhezong Emperor, can you?"
Li Qingzhao: "So, my Song Dynasty is hopeless?"