In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

The "rumbling" train is still running.

It crossed the hills, fields, villages, and finally arrived in the city.

This is Luoyang, about 170 kilometers away from Bianliang. If it were in the past, it would take at least two or three days to walk.

But now, if you take a boat or a train at the Luoyang ferry, you can travel between the two places in a few hours.

The rapid changes of the times have made people overwhelmed. In recent days, countless poems and lyrics about the new era have been written in Bianliang newspapers, praising the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

The train entered Luoyang Station and then stopped on the parking track specially set up at the station. At this time, it was only noon.

Local officials in Luoyang hurried to greet them. Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun had a meal in the local area accompanied by them, and also walked on the street to see with their own eyes that this ancient capital of thirteen dynasties was also so magnificent.

Due to the influence of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the population of Luoyang, the former eastern capital, dropped sharply, but it has been developing day by day in recent years, and the streets and alleys are also crowded with people.

When the common people saw many people surrounding a group of people, they thought they were some high-ranking officials and dared not approach from a distance.

However, Zhao Zhen did not shy away from this. He walked into every store, looked at the goods on sale, and asked the boss how the business was. He would also look at the pedestrians on the street from a distance, see how they dressed, and see their living habits.

He would even go to the street in person to chat with the common people and talk about their daily lives, wanting to know whether they were now well-fed and well-clothed.

Under normal circumstances, local officials would definitely arrange all kinds of agents. But on the one hand, there were too many people on the main street, and it was difficult to arrange at all.

Secondly, the Imperial City Division was watching. If they drove away the local poor in advance and arranged some agents to deceive the emperor, or they could deceive the emperor, but if they dared to deceive Zhao Jun, then the end would be beyond doubt.

Therefore, local officials were trembling with fear and accompanied him carefully all the way. The surrounding Imperial City Division guards were watching closely, protecting Zhao Zhen's safety at all times.

However, Zhao Zhen had nothing to do. He was wearing a Zhongshan suit and did not reveal his identity to the local people. He just held their hands and chatted with them for a while, smiling and asking about the local governance, whether the family had divided the land, how life was, etc.

Although it was somewhat distorted to ask in the city, if you want to ask, you should go to the countryside to ask. However, people in the city do not mean they live in the city. Many people go to the city to sell vegetables or find a job. There are also poor people.

So he always gets some very useful information, which makes Zhao Zhen understand a lot of things.

In the afternoon, Zhao Zhen not only visited the Luoyang Museum and saw the treasures in it, but also went to Mangshan and saw so many burial places of ancient emperors, which gave him another feeling.

In the evening, the group returned to the train, and the train will set off again.

This time the journey is much longer. The straight-line distance from Luoyang to Chang'an is more than 300 kilometers, and the train distance is more than 500 kilometers, which takes more than ten hours.

Strictly speaking, it is not difficult for a steam train to reach a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed can even reach more than 170 kilometers.

When running normally, the speed is maintained at 70 kilometers per hour. The total mileage from Bianliang to Chang'an is more than 700 kilometers, which takes about ten hours, while Luoyang to Chang'an only takes about seven hours.

But Zhao Zhen was on the train, so he didn't dare to drive so fast. Therefore, he not only delayed the departure speed of the front and rear cars, but also maintained a uniform speed of about 40 to 50 kilometers, which was still very slow.

The railway soldiers along the way were maintaining all the time, the telegraphs kept ringing, and they kept in touch all the time to prevent any possible railway accidents.

Zhao Jun was not so exaggerated when he traveled.

But there was no way.

In addition to Zhao Zhen sitting on the train, Zhao Jun was also there.

These two people were the top two figures in the Song Empire in terms of power and national reputation, and Fan Zhongyan could only rank third.

Therefore, the Imperial City Division responsible for protecting the emperor and the Zhiyuan and the Ministry of Railways responsible for railway operations must remain vigilant and dare not make even the slightest mistake, otherwise they may lose their heads.

In the evening, the sun sets, darkness shrouds the world, leaving only a brilliant glow. The Qinling Mountains in the distance are undulating, and appear hazy and orderly under the silhouette of the setting sun.

Zhao Jun picked up a cup of tea. The children were tired from playing at noon, and now Queen Cao and the sisters Cao Miaoxin took them to sleep in the next carriage.

He and Zhao Zhen still sat in this carriage to watch the scenery.

"I actually figured it out a little bit."

Zhao Zhen also picked up a cup of tea and suddenly said.

"What do you understand?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"I figured out why you must let me walk among the people."

Zhao Zhen smiled.

Zhao Jun asked curiously, "Oh, brother, tell me about it."

"Xunzi said that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Mencius also said that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important."

Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "I also understood this sentence before, but I often kept these words on the surface, hoping to be diligent in government and love the people, and be kind and virtuous to the people, but now it seems that the truth is not so."

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun responded, took a sip of tea, and motioned Zhao Zhen to continue.

Zhao Zhen said again, "The reason why I stayed on the surface is that I didn't come down to the people to see, and I didn't even know what the people looked like, so how could I be kind and virtuous to the people."

He didn't call himself "朕", but called himself "我", which is very rare even in private chats.

Obviously, Zhao Zhen did have a lot of new insights after coming out this time.

I heard him continue: "Only by going to see for yourself, understanding what the people need, and understanding what they are thinking, can we truly do things for the people and make the common people in the world feel at ease."

"Just like today I was chatting with an old man who went to the city to sell vegetables. He also talked about how miserable his family's life was more than thirty years ago. His wife was sick and had no money to treat him. His son was beaten to death by a landlord and his daughter-in-law had a difficult delivery. Passed away, dragging a grandson to this day.”

"But more than ten years ago, the local government allocated his land to him and exempted him from the rent owed to the landlord. Now the family not only has several acres of fertile land, but his grandson also found a job building a railway and earned a lot of money. Let him live a long life."

"These are actually the changes you helped bring about to them, my eldest grandson. But if my eldest grandson hadn't traveled more than ten years ago, how would I know that their lives were difficult, and how could I be kind to them?"

Zhao Zhen looked out the window and was filled with emotion: "The civil servants don't let me go out to see the world. They claim to be protecting me, but in fact they are weaving a web. What they let me see is the world they told me. Okay." There are some upright officials in the court, otherwise I would have thought that the world was full of beauty and there would be no suffering in the world. But even today, I realize that there are still many people who are suffering. This is my fault for not having done it earlier. Knowing these things clearly, just thinking and being arbitrary is also my problem.”

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "If I can have this understanding, I have not only surpassed all the emperors in history, but have risen to the height of dialectical view, which is admirable."

There was one more thing he didn't say.

This is actually something he often said before, and it is also one of his methods to organize the civil service group in front of Zhao Zhen.

So Zhao Zhen now has this understanding, although it is rare, it is not surprising.

However, what happened next was beyond Zhao Jun's imagination.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Hanlong, how do you think we can achieve a more mass-oriented approach? Make the royal family closer to the people?"

"this."

Zhao Jun hesitated and was stumped.

Don't talk about him, he will be a big problem even for future generations.

There are so many countries in the world that retain royal families, but few royal families choose to stand with the people.

The British royal family must please the people, otherwise the British will make a fuss and further weaken the royal family or even abolish it, then the royal family will suffer.

But no matter how much you try to please the people, it's all just a show. After all, the royal family has no power to govern, and there is no need to go deep into the people to understand their sufferings.

The Song Dynasty is still a powerful royal family, and there is no political crisis for the time being. Even if he wants to go deep into the grassroots, it will only be Zhao Zhen alone. How can it be possible for the Zhao royal family to do this for generations?

Unless Zhao Jun lives for hundreds or thousands of years and can suppress the imperial power with the power of prime minister, it will be impossible to complete.

He shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Brother, can you be like this now, or is it because you are you? Maybe you can do it. If it were your descendants, would they choose to integrate into the common people? This is a dead proposition. "

"That's it."

Zhao Zhen was a little disappointed, and then said: "What if the heir to the royal family has to go to the mountains and countryside many times a year to understand the sufferings of the people?"

"That's not realistic either."

Zhao Jun waved his hand: "If we don't talk about these things, what's the point? From now on it will only be a formality and show-off. Can we really understand the suffering of the people? I don't think so. I'm afraid there are officials who have prepared everything for them."

"yes."

Zhao Zhen thought about it and said with a wry smile: "Sure enough, the royal family has many constraints. It is still a bit difficult to work with the people."

Although Zhao Jun didn't come up with any good ideas, he comforted him: "There are always more ways than difficulties. Because I have never encountered this kind of thing, I don't know the solution and have no say. But it doesn't mean that there is no way. Maybe I can Look for it.”

"Hanlong."

"Um?"

"You know what I like most about you?"

"What?"

"It's just that you never tell lies."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "From the beginning, you have been emphasizing that without investigation, you have no right to speak. So you later left Beijing several times and went deep into the people. This also reminded me of that sentence."

Zhao Jun wondered: "What are you talking about?"

"You stopped your right to speak on a certain issue without investigating it. Isn't that too barbaric? It's not barbaric at all. Since you haven't investigated the actual and historical situation of that issue, you don't know what's going on. Talking about that issue must be nonsense. Everyone knows that nonsense cannot solve the problem, so why is it unfair to stop your right to speak? Many comrades keep talking nonsense all day long. It’s our shame, how can we just talk nonsense with our eyes closed?”

Zhao Zhen smiled mysteriously: "No! No! Pay attention to investigation! Oppose nonsense!"

Zhao Jun was taken aback for a moment, feeling that this sentence was somewhat familiar.

Then he thought carefully for a moment, and then seemed to think of something. His pupils shrank in an instant, and he turned his head and looked at Zhao Zhen in disbelief with wide eyes.

The train was still rumbling outside the car window. I don’t know when the moon had risen. The bright moonlight sprinkled the ground with silver light and shone into the car through the window.

"Have you seen it?"

Zhao Jun asked silently.

"Um."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Although I hid it a bit tightly, I went through every folder."

"Oh, it's my fault that I don't know how to lock the password."

Zhao Jun patted his forehead.

Those dragon-slaying books were the electronic versions he left behind when he took Mao Zedong classes in college, and they were all stored on the hard drive.

Later, I discovered that after I traveled through time, because I didn’t know how to lock the password, I hid it in some very deep folders and even made it hidden.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen discovered it.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhao Zhen could even discover his secret folder "Man and Nature", let alone those dragon-slaying skills?

Even if the Dragon Slaying Technique is hidden more tightly, the size of the folder cannot fool anyone.

Right-click to see how much memory there is, then click in to see that there is nothing inside. Even a fool will know that it must be hidden.

It's just that Zhao Jun was busy at that time, and he could also use the notebook to contain Zhao Zhen. If he didn't obey, the notebook would be smashed by him, so he kept the notebook with Zhao Zhen.

As a result, it seems that he shot himself in the foot.

"When did you find out?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"It must have been five or six years ago."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while.

"Have you finished reading all the content?"

"It's over."

"What do you think?"

"His mind is truly great."

"Is that all?"

Zhao Jun frowned.

The thoughts of great men are not just great.

It can more correctly shape people's values, worldview and outlook on life, and is a true philosophical thought.

Although Zhao Zhen was a feudal emperor, he was one of those whose thoughts should be criticized.

But Zhao Jun didn't believe that he couldn't find some truth in it.

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "What impressed me most was the Theory of Contradiction and the Theory of Practice. Among them, the dialectical thought and class thought mentioned in the Theory of Contradiction benefited me a lot."

"oh?"

Zhao Jun said curiously: "Tell me about it."

Zhao Zhen pondered: "What is the occurrence of the new process? It is the old unity and the opposing components that make up this unity give way to the new unity and the opposing components that make up this unity, so the new process takes place instead of the old process. The old process takes place. The process is over, and a new process has taken place. The new process contains new contradictions and begins its own contradictory development history. Now the Song Dynasty is in the stage of alternation between the old and the new, and serious contradictions have arisen between the new and the old at the beginning. , so Hanlong you need to kill so many people to solve the old process."

"It makes sense."

Zhao Jun's eyes lit up, and he didn't expect that Zhao Zhen actually had some insights.

"So I was thinking, if the emperor system is destined to be an old thing to be replaced by a new process, then can we find a way to integrate the emperor class into the common people?"

"Then do you think you'll find it?"

"It will be found."

Zhao Zhen looked into Zhao Jun's eyes and said seriously: "I am at least on the path of practice. If...I mean if I don't find it in the future, I hope you, Dasun, can help me look for it. If I can't find it, I hope you can help me find it." If so, forget it.”

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Zhao Jun also looked into his eyes without any hesitation.

perhaps.

They will also find out in the future.