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

The whole Song Dynasty knows that Zhao Zhen is a softie?

Many ministers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Although the emperor is a bit soft, it is not to this extent.

Turning his head to look at the emperor, he saw that his face had changed from purple to green, and then from green to black and red.

He must be mad.

I think so.

It is too uncomfortable to be scolded by others every day and not be able to talk back.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen clenched his fists.

His face was dark, and the veins on his hands were throbbing. He wanted to punch Zhao Jun.

But after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

After Zhao Jun's eyes recovered, he had to curry favor with him, otherwise how could the industrial revolution be carried out? His son was still not settled.

Fortunately, such a day is not far away.

Zhao Jun's eyes were about to recover, and he was looking forward to seeing his expression after the other party recovered.

"Ahem."

Yan Shu coughed twice and said, "Renzong is already one of the best emperors of the Song Dynasty. I believe that if he can get enlightenment, he should do well."

"You think too much."

Zhao Jun shrugged: "He is not just a soft egg, but his mind is not clear at all. To be honest, the so-called Renzong prosperity is all exaggerated, and the Renzong group is also the result of the scholar-official class flattering each other. What's the use."

"Teacher Zhao, enough is enough."

Lv Yijian looked at Zhao Zhen's increasingly ugly face and hurriedly reminded him: "We have said enough today."

Zhao Jun said angrily: "It's almost enough, it's not enough at all. I put the period of Song Renzong ”

“Let’s talk about the “Chongxi Increased Currency” first. When fighting with Xixia, Liao Xingzong forced Song to pay tribute and increase the annual tribute by 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 pieces of silk.”

“It was because his father had the “Chanyuan Alliance”, which was a precedent for paying tribute after winning the war. Otherwise, this matter should be nailed to the pillar of shame.”

“And the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the situation to threaten Song to sign the “Chongxi Increased Currency”. After all, the Song Dynasty was in internal and external troubles at that time. It had to deal with Xixia on one hand and Liao Kingdom stationed troops on the border on the other. It couldn’t go to war on two fronts. This reason was barely justified.”

“But the Xixia forced Song to sign the “Qingli Peace Agreement”, which not only required Song to recognize the establishment of Xixia, but also What about offering "150,000 pieces of silk, 70,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 kilograms of tea" to Xixia every year? "

"Xixia was a country with few people and a weak country. Its national strength was not even one-tenth of that of the Song Dynasty. As a result, it was beaten half to death by a small country, lost three wars in a row, and was forced to sign a humiliating treaty by a small country. If Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang heard about this, they would probably laugh their heads off. "

"And Sanyi Huihe, obviously gritted his teeth and had the ability to temporarily treat the symptoms, but in order to save time and effort, and to prevent the invasion of the Liao Kingdom, he deliberately adopted the worst strategy and flooded the entire Hebei Province, turning the originally wealthy Hebei Province into a swamp overnight. The losses were even greater than before. It was really his own fault. Not alive. "

"Militarily beaten by a small country; diplomatically humiliated; economically exhausted; educationally ineffective; livelihood management made the Song Dynasty thieves rampant, uprisings everywhere, and the Yellow River paving turned the mother river into a disaster river. Tell me, how good is this emperor?"

"However, such a thing was actually blown up as one of the few wise rulers in the Song Dynasty. You can see the value of this wise ruler. In other words, the number of incompetent rulers in the entire Song Dynasty is the highest in history, not much less than the Sima family and the Aisin-Gioro family. Otherwise, how could Zhao Zhen deserve the title of "benevolence"? "

At the end, Zhao Jun was so angry that he didn't fight for it, and he almost shouted it out.

Although his impression of Song Renzong was barely okay, because this person's temper and personality were indeed good, and there was barely a peaceful and prosperous era under his rule in the middle and late periods. But it cannot be denied that he was just a good person, not a good emperor.

The so-called wise ruler is basically exaggerated, that is, he did not make much trouble when he was in office, and he rested with the people. He issued many policies to reduce corvée and taxes, which was quite benevolent compared to the "increase of more than 340,000 hectares of land and reduction of more than 710,000 hu of taxes" during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty.

But to be honest, if Zhao Zhen was replaced by Liu Chan, he could still achieve such results. It is even possible that Liu Chan did better than him. At least Liu Chan always firmly supported Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, unlike Zhao Zhen, who was wavering about Fan Zhongyan's reforms.

So in a sense, Zhao Jun never thought that Zhao Zhen was a "wise ruler", but in the Song Dynasty, a dynasty that was worse than the others, he was really the tallest among the short emperors, and could barely be considered a human being.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen's face was already very ugly. This feeling was like being stripped naked in front of him, as if there was no privacy at all, which made Zhao Zhen want to find a hole to crawl into.

Everyone looked at each other, but Yan Shu looked at the sky and said to Zhao Jun: "Teacher Zhao, it's getting dark. Let's go back and have dinner and rest early."

"Yeah."

Zhao Jun knew that he was a little angry, so he slowly suppressed his anger and said: "Sorry, I was a little angry when I thought about the aggrieved things in the Song Dynasty. I didn't vent my anger on you, but on the Song Dynasty."

Lv Yijian and others almost peed at that time.

Good guy, he almost pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded him, and he said it was not directed at us?

If the time had not come yet, I am afraid that in order to protect the emperor's face, they would have rushed up and bombarded him in turns.

However, what everyone didn't know was that the reason why Zhao Jun was so angry was because it was too ironic to think that a person like Zhao Zhen, who had done nothing, could be regarded as a wise king.

Although rationally speaking, as history majors, they should look at each dynasty objectively and neutrally, without bringing in personal emotions.

But history majors are human beings and have their own preferences. Like the three dynasties of Jin, Song, and Qing, most history majors are not interested in them. Very few people choose "Song History" in "Selected Readings of Historical Materials" because reading about it makes people's blood pressure soar.

At that time, the National People's Congress invited Professor Cao, an expert on Song history, to come to the school to give a class on Song history. As a result, only a handful of people came. The counselor had to pull people one by one, and he could barely fill the small auditorium. This is evident.

So Zhao Jun hated the three dynasties of Jin, Song and Qing, but the people in the village especially liked to hear about the Song Dynasty, so why not seize the opportunity to scold him severely? Therefore, when it comes to Zhao Zhen, he feels a bit out of control.

It was getting dark at this time, and in the evening, Zhao Jun was soon taken away by Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu. He had dinner and lay on the bed ready to rest.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty went to the Guanjia Hall at the back to hold a small meeting.

At this moment, in the Guanjia Palace, Zhao Zhen was sitting on a chair, and the prime ministers were also sitting on his left and right sides.

The imperial guards from the Imperial City Department outside surrounded the palace on three floors and three floors outside. Even Wang Shouzhong could only stand at the entrance of the palace and did not dare to go in.

When it comes to the top secrets of the Song Dynasty except "Zhao Guangyi is a stupid pig", the security level is also increasing day by day. Except for special personnel, not even a fly can fly into the back garden.

Seeing the importance the officials paid to Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian was also a little scared. Fortunately, he listened to Yan Shu's words this time and did not insist on going his own way, fighting to the death with Fan Zhongyan.

Otherwise, I'm afraid the worst he can do now is to be exiled to Lingnan.

About thirty minutes later, Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu came back and reported to Zhao Zhen that Zhao Jun had taken a rest.

After everyone was seated, Zhao Zhen looked around and glanced at everyone.

No one spoke.

Zhao Jun scolded the officials badly today, and everyone was afraid that the officials would be angry again, so no one was the first spokesperson.

"Tell me about it."

After a while, to everyone's surprise, Zhao Zhen had calmed down and asked in a calm tone: "Tell me about your feelings today."

When Yan Shu heard what he said, he sighed with emotion: "Guanjia, today's conversation can be said to be the most harvested in these days. I sincerely sighed that the great man Zhao Jun spoke of is truly a god of the ages."

"Yes, throughout history, for thousands of years, we have never seen anyone who has analyzed things so deeply. Everyone in later generations understands this way. It is said that everyone is like a dragon."

Lu Yijian was also very surprised.

As the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, he was the most arbitrary among the three ministers. Even Wang Zeng and Wang Sui could not compare with him. He could be said to be a dragon or a phoenix among men.

But even he himself did not have such insight and vision. However, all the college students in later generations studied "Ma Pseudo" and "Selected Works of Great Men", creating extraordinary insights that are astonishing.

No wonder Zhao Jun knew so much about ancient society even though he was not born in ancient times. This is all the credit of that great man.

"The vision of the future generations is indeed the same through the ages, but what we have to consider is the present."

Zhao Zhen muttered: "What Zhao Jun said today makes me very uneasy. Zhao Yuanhao is rampant in the northwest, there are Liao border bandits in the northeast, and the rivers in the Central Plains are about to overflow and cause disasters. What should I do?"

"At the end of the day, it's money."

“It’s not about money, it’s about productivity.”

"Indeed, only by improving productivity can a country be strong."

Everyone was talking to each other.

This time Zhao Jun's words have touched the core, which is productivity.

At present, the productivity of the Song Dynasty has actually reached the first place in the world, much stronger than the Liao Kingdom and Xixia at the same time.

According to later Western historical scholarship, during the third year of Emperor Xianping's reign under Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, around 1000 AD, the GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for 30% of the world's total.

It is a pity that the productivity of the Northern Song Dynasty was not used in the right way. The problem of three redundancies was deeply rooted in the bones. Even if the annual income reached 100 million yuan at its peak, it would be of no use.

And now they are facing the pressure of Xixia, Liao and the Yellow River about to flood, which makes the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty full of urgency.

"Developing productivity is naturally the key, but what we must focus on is the most pressing issue at the moment."

Lu Yijian looked around and then said: "Zhao Jun said that Zhao Yuanhao was ambitious and established the Xixia Kingdom after defeating the Song Dynasty three times."

"Well, I will actually let Zhao Yuanhao force him to pay tribute in the future. It will be extremely humiliating."

Zhao Zhen thought of the "Qingli Peace Agreement" that Zhao Jun had said before, and felt his face began to feel hot again. This was really embarrassing. No wonder later generations disliked the Song Dynasty so much.

"The first step is to defeat Zhao Yuanhao and never allow him to establish a country."

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "Listen to Zhao Jun, the reason why the Liao Kingdom sent troops to the border is because they saw us defeated by Zhao Yuanhao and thought they had an opportunity, so they took advantage of the situation and forced us to sign the "Chongxi Increasing Coins". If we can defeat Zhao Yuanhao, the Liao Kingdom should not act rashly when they see the Song Dynasty’s military strength.”

"uncertain."

Lü Yijian glanced at Wang Zeng and said, "The Liao Kingdom has always wanted to move south. Yelu Zongzhen has been on the throne for only four years, and the court has been controlled by Empress Dowager Xiao. He imprisoned his mother and took power two years ago. His foundation is unstable. It is very likely that he will take advantage of our war with Xixia this time to lead his troops south to establish his prestige!"

"But later, Yelu Zongzhen did not go to war with us, which obviously shows that he just wants to establish his prestige and does not want to be our real enemy. At this time, the internal instability of his Liao Kingdom, once a war breaks out, will he really have a chance of winning?"

Wang Zeng retorted: "Therefore, we only need to defeat Zhao Yuanhao and let Yelu Zongzhen see our strength. He will naturally retreat. At that time, if we can go to Liao Kingdom and persuade Yelu Zongzhen to fight Zhao Yuanhao together, we may be able to borrow his 's hand to get rid of this beast. "

Lü Yijian sneered: "Are you treating Yelu Zongzhen as a fool? Let's not talk about the fact that Yelu Zongzhen and Zhao Yuanhao are relatives, and his daughter Princess Xingping married him as his queen. But when two tigers fight, one must be injured. Yelu Zongzhen would use troops against Xixia when the Song Dynasty was watching covetously? Isn't he afraid that the Song Dynasty will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? "

"Hehe."

Wang Zeng also sneered in response: "People are profit-seeking. Xixia is a small country with weak people. The Liao Dynasty may not be unwilling to covet Zhao Yuanhao's territory. Moreover, the Song Dynasty may have long been a cowardly and incompetent in the eyes of those border bandits. Otherwise, how could Zhao Yuanhao have the courage to establish a country without authorization? Yelu Zongzhen must think that the Song Dynasty dare not send troops. "

It's as if you guys, a bunch of idiots, really dare to send troops?

If Zhao Jun was here and knew that he had traveled to the Song Dynasty, he would probably raise his middle finger and curse fiercely, saying that you are not weak and incompetent in the eyes of the border bandits, but a group of weak and incompetent people!

However, it must be said that Wang Zeng is indeed strategic. History has evaluated him as a man of many plans and good decisions, and a strategist.

Because Zhao Jun did not actually tell everyone about the Liaoxia War, Liao Xingzong had just ascended the throne and his position was not stable. He also fought with his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, causing domestic turmoil.

For this reason, he must stabilize the situation and emphasize his status as the big brother of the Liao, Song, and Western Xia. So he sent troops to the border to threaten the Song Dynasty, and after the Songxia War ended, he sent troops to three routes without stopping, with 100,000 elite troops, and went directly to Western Xia.

In this way, he forced Zhao Zhen to sign the "Chongxi Increased Currency" in the south of the Song Dynasty, and beat up Western Xia in the west, so that he could establish his prestige in the country, severely strike those opponents, consolidate his position, and consolidate his imperial power.

Unfortunately, he succeeded in bullying the Song Dynasty, but was defeated by Xixia and beaten up by Li Yuanhao. He fled back in disgrace, which helped Li Yuanhao establish his country and become emperor.

So Wang Zeng could make such an accurate judgment without knowing these things, which can be said to be very strategic.

However, the quarrel between these two people made Zhao Zhen very angry.

The enemy is coming, and there are still party disputes here. What is the difference between what Zhao Jun said about the future and what he didn't say?

He slammed the table in anger and said, "Enough, what are you still arguing about? You only know party disputes every day. Can you do something practical? Now the enemy is almost at the doorstep, and you are still arguing here. What use do I have for you!"

This roar immediately made the whole room silent.

Everyone's face was different, with surprise, shock, worry, and bowing their heads in silence.

The official had never been like this before. This was a person who didn't have the heart to remind the palace maids when they forgot to serve tea, fearing that the palace maids would be blamed by the eunuchs.

He was also an emperor who would just smile awkwardly and not have any temper even if someone spit on his face.

But now, he sat on the chair and roared at the prime ministers in the room.

Everyone knew the reason.

The Song-Xia War, the Three Changes of Returning to the River, and the future Jingkang Shame and the demise of the Song Dynasty were like swords hanging over the emperor's head, deeply irritating his nerves.

Zhao Jun.

He was really changing the emperor of the Song Dynasty!