Chapter 57

After Zhao Kuangyin returned to his own world, he found that the people, officials and soldiers of Song Dynasty were still discussing about Zhao Ji.

In any case, they never expected that the emperor of the later Song Dynasty would be so absurd.

However, what makes Zhao Kuangyin even more troubled is that Zhao Ji is not the only Hunjun of the Song Dynasty on the list this time, but also Zhao Gou who does not know where he is ranked.
Sitting in the imperial study room, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help sighing: "The father and son are really better than blue, but they didn't surpass in a good direction."

Empress Xiaoming, Wang Shi, Zhao Kuangyin's second wife, came to the imperial study with the porridge she cooked for Zhao Kuangyin after seeing Zhao Kuangyin wake up.

Mrs. Wang came to Zhao Kuangyin's side with graceful steps, and said softly, "Official family, come and eat something!"

But Zhao Kuangyin was thinking about Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou, and the event that Da Song would be wiped out by the Jurchens in the future, so he was in a bad mood and had no desire to eat at all.

"Queen, today in the Wanchao Communication Space, I met two emperors of the Great Song Dynasty."

Since Mount Tai is some distance away from Bianliang, the content played in the video has not yet been transmitted to Bianliang.

Wang's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and asked curiously: "That's good! What did you talk about? How was our Song Dynasty at that time?"

It's okay if Wang didn't ask, but Zhao Kuangyin's already ugly face turned black when he asked.

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin's face was not right, Wang quickly put away her smile, and asked cautiously: "What's the matter, the official family, was the Song Dynasty not good at that time?"

"Bang!" Zhao Kuangyin finally couldn't help but slapped the table, he almost gritted his teeth and replied: "It's not bad! My Song Dynasty is almost about to perish under the tossing of those two incompetent people." !"

"Ah! This..." Mrs. Wang was so startled that she couldn't help covering her mouth and exclaiming.

"This time, Su Shangshen made a list of the 'Top Ten Faint Emperors', and Zhao Ji, an emperor of my Zhao family in the Great Song Dynasty, was actually the first to be on the list!"

"Top Ten Faint Emperors. And my Great Song Dynasty has two emperors on the list. That's really not good."

Wang pondered for a moment, and then asked Zhao Kuangyin: "This ranking also starts from the last place?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "Yes."

"That at least shows that he is not too bad after the other emperors." Wang tried her best to comfort Zhao Kuangyin.

But Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said: "He is the tenth, but in the eyes of all the emperors, he is completely inferior to the No. 9 emperor."

"Why?" Wang was a little confused, isn't the lower the ranking, the lower the stupidity?
"The No. 9 emperor is Zhu Youjian, the descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"Isn't that also the king of subjugation?"

"In fact, Zhu Youjian has backbone, ambition, and diligence, but because he doesn't know how to be a competent emperor, Daming gradually collapsed under his hands."

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and continued: "But Zhao Ji, he doesn't have these advantages at all. Some of them are just eating, drinking, having fun, reciting poems and composing poems, and even sending his wife and daughter to serve the Jurchen himself for self-protection!"

Wang Shi couldn't help being angry when she heard this, "He's such a jerk!!!"

"Just such a soft emperor, even if I want to help him, I'm afraid I won't be able to help him!"

"Is there no other way? Like rewarding him with some good weapons?"

"No!" Zhao Kuangyin flatly refused: "Giving him a rewarded weapon will only make it fall into the hands of the Jurchens, and the consequences will be even worse!"

"Yes." Wang Shi also knew that such a result would happen in all likelihood, and she immediately didn't know what to say.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't have a good solution for a while, so he temporarily put the problem aside, and waited for the next time he entered the communication space to ask other people if there was any solution.

"Forget it, let's put this matter aside for now, I'm a little hungry now!"

"Official family, this is the meat porridge made by the concubine himself. You should drink it while it's hot."

After Yang Jian returned to his own world, he called the "domesticated" Yang Guang to his side.

Compared with the "inferior" Yang Guang he met in Wanchao's communication space, Yang Jian suddenly felt much better.

Although Yang Jian didn't speak, the expression on his face gradually softened.

Seeing that Yang Jian's expression softened, Yang Guang took the initiative to say, "Father, my son has been thinking about a problem recently."

Yang Jian was woken up by Yang Guang, and immediately asked with a smile, "What's the problem? Tell me."

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a separatist regime. These princes are almost all descendants of wealthy families, not to mention the monopoly of the family on the ruling class after the implementation of the nine-rank system in the Jin Dynasty."

"Aristocratic family" Yang Jian also attached great importance to and feared this group of people, so he created the imperial examination system to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family on the ruling class.

"Go on!"

Seeing that his father was willing to listen to his thoughts, Yang Guang was greatly encouraged.

"Father, my son is thinking, this group of elites is a group of bugs lying on Da Sui and the common people to suck blood. If we don't get rid of them, it will be very difficult for Da Sui to become really strong!"

Yang Jian frowned and asked, "How do you plan to get rid of them?"

"Dig the canal! Or go to war!" Yang Guang said with a firm and stern tone, "Use huge projects or wars to force them to contribute money and effort, so as to quickly consume their strength!

Erchen estimates that it will only take a few years to consume their money, food and population. When they are almost exhausted, we can take the opportunity to send troops to take down this group of blood-sucking worms! "

Yang Jian said in his heart: "Sure enough!"

Li Shimin told him that Yang Guang was also a promising monarch in a sense.

It's just that Yang Jian's actions were too direct and eager for quick success, and he lacked protection for the people. In the end, the aristocratic family and the wealthy family did not drag down the people, but they dragged the people down and forced the people of the Sui Dynasty to rebel first.

"Your idea is very good, but have you ever thought about another group of people?" Yang Jian did not directly deny Yang Guang's plan but raised a question.

"Another group of people? Who?" Yang Guang asked in astonishment.

"People!"

"People? Those mud legs???"

When Yang Jian heard the words "mud legs", his expression changed immediately, and he said lingly: "Do you know the truth of 'the people are water, the king is a boat, water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it'?!"

Yang Guang turned pale with fright at Yang Jian's stare. He lowered his head and replied, "My son is wrong."

"Have you forgotten about my death in Great Sui II?"

Yang Guang's face changed from pale to pale this time.

Yang Jian did not kill Yang Guang, but made him the prince. This made Yang Guang puzzled, but also eager to express and make amends.

Today, he originally wanted to show his ability in front of his father, but he accidentally offended Yang Jian.

"You have always been able to see the troubles of the family, which is a manifestation of your ability, but while dealing with the family, you can't forget the survival and interests of the people!"

Yang Guang was born in a wealthy family, so he didn't understand the hardships of the people's life.

In his opinion, what qualifications do those "mud-legged people" have to be compared with the aristocratic families?

"'Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it' is what Li Shimin told me. If you can't understand the truth now, I suggest you get out of this palace and go to the countryside to experience it for yourself."

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(End of this chapter)

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