He only froze for a moment. The next second, Zhao Duan's movements returned to normal, but the smile on his face gradually faded.
He poured himself a cup of tea, picked it up, gently blew away the tea foam on the water, and took a sip. Zhao Duan's face was calm, as if he was just stating a normal thing.
"You are not young anymore. It's time to grow up. You should know that by this time, what we value will no longer be personal honor and disgrace, but only interests.
Regarding today's matter, I admit that I really feel sorry for you. I took advantage of this matter to force Ding Nie to hand over part of his military power.
But, you have nothing to lose.
The horse has been found for you, so why do you still have to worry about it?
And I will definitely benefit you afterwards, right? "
Zhao Jun still had a cold face: "Wang Banban was beaten."
Zhao Duan's face was extremely calm: "He's just a slave, and he'll be beaten when he's beaten. If he can get some military power back to the Tian family with a beating, he can be regarded as meritorious.
When the time comes, I will mention to him the position compensation of the supervising class. "
Zhao Jun clenched his fists fiercely and gritted his teeth: "He is mine!"
"so what?"
Zhao Duan sneered.
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Jun's originally angry face suddenly became calm, and he looked at Zhao Duan with a trace of pity on his face:
"You are such a pitiful emperor!"
Just such a sentence, just ten words, instantly angered Emperor Song, who had always remained calm!
"presumptuous!"
The white tea cup was thrown to the ground and made a cracking sound, and the pieces were scattered all over the floor.
The hot tea splashed everywhere, but the person who was burned didn't react at all.
The surrounding palace people quietly retreated to unknown places, and now only the father and son were left standing facing each other in the large Funing Palace.
The lights flickered, reflecting on the two people's faces, making their faces flicker.
It's just different from just now. The angry person's face became calm, and the calm person now is extremely angry!
"What? I just told the truth and you can't stand it? Haha..."
Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Duan with sarcastic eyes, he is such a cheap emperor!
Zhao Duan took a few deep breaths, his face looked gloomy and scary, he stared at Zhao Jun for a long time and said slowly: "
Don't think that I won't punish you just because you are a prince. Everything you have now is given to you by me!
Your identity, your body, and everything you have are all given to you by me.
And you have nothing, why are you here to say that I am pitiful!
What do you know!
I took charge of the artifact at a young age. When I took over the throne, the situation in the country was turbulent and careerists were ready to take action!
There is a group of civil servants inside who are almost arrogating the court, and there are soldiers and generals outside who are watching covetously!
The Song Dynasty was surrounded by Tatar threats in the north, chieftains in the south who made rebellions from time to time, and Xiongnu from the northwest who invaded from time to time. The entire northwest region of the Song Dynasty was used as a granary at any time!
The Japanese pirates in the southeast continued to invade, and from time to time, reports came in that several counties were looted by the Japanese pirates, and the people in the city were massacred!
It can be said that there are dangers everywhere!
And me!
He looked around, balanced the court, showed the enemy that he was weak and regained part of the military power, and let the emperor's uncle sit in the northwest to deter the Huns, freeing up my hands to clean up the domestic chaos.
In just three years, I have allowed the Song Dynasty, which was already riddled with holes, to regain its footing, and all threats from all sides have been contained.
In five years, I have weakened the civil servant group that was almost independent of the court to the point where it can only compete with the generals.
Now twenty years have passed, and although the threats are still there, they have allowed me to maintain a safe balance, and most of the people can live and work in peace and contentment!
And to be able to do this, do you think it’s just a matter of touching your upper lip to your lower lip?
For those who achieve great things, personal honor and disgrace don't matter. Only by letting go of it and looking at the most fundamental interests can you achieve the goal you want. And is there anything wrong with this? ! "
Zhao Duan stared at Zhao Jun and asked sternly.
Zhao Jun shook his head:
"So what? What I saw was an incompetent person tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall, repairing a broken ship that was leaking everywhere until it could barely move.
It is better not to abandon such a ship and just rebuild it!
You are the emperor!
And I am the prince!
Now my ministers beat me, the prince's man, and robbed me, the prince's horse, but in the end, I only handed over part of the benefits and could be exempted from punishment.
In this case, what is the difference between it and the atonement silver?
In history, all the dynasties where atonement silver appeared were at the end of the dynasty, when the majesty of the royal family was gone!
This means that the mystery of the royal family is gone, and the majesty of the law is gone!
If everyone can get away with the atonement silver, then everyone will know how to break the law to earn more money and more benefits. Anyway, in the end, they can escape with the atonement silver. No matter how you calculate it, you will make money!
At this stage, what future can there be for the imperial court? "
Zhao Duan's expression froze.
Zhao Jun just looked at him quietly.
That said, Zhao Jun just found a reasonable excuse to refute him. In fact, he was angry with Ding Nie for beating him and taking his horse. In the end, he only had to pay for the benefits and nothing happened!
This made him very unhappy, very unhappy!
And Zhao Duan seemed to be motionless as if he was deep in thought because of Zhao Jun's words.
After a while, he sat back and said indifferently: "What can I do? This is already the best result."
"The Ding family directly or indirectly influenced nearly half of the army of the Song Dynasty. If I deal with Ding Nie at will, and the Ding family fights back, wouldn't it be the people of the world who suffer?
Now it is the best choice to weaken the Ding family's power in the army, me! What else?
So what? ! "
"So what can you do to the Ding family?"
Zhao Jun asked.
"This is already the current limit!"
Zhao Duan said deeply.
"Then I'll do it myself!"
Zhao Jun said coldly.
Zhao Duan was shocked, looked up at the sixth son, and shouted: "Don't do anything excessive, otherwise I won't be able to protect you! As long as the Ding family has military power, they don't have so many scruples!"
Zhao Jun sneered when he heard this: "Don't do anything excessive? I know it."
After saying that, without waiting for Zhao Duan to say anything else, he turned around and left Funing Palace.
After Zhao Jun left, Cao Shuang came over with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, Prince Yun..."
However, Zhao Duan raised his hand and looked faintly at the direction Zhao Jun left. The various expressions on his face just now disappeared and returned to calm.
Waving his hand, Cao Shuang understood and immediately asked someone to bring him another cup of hot tea.
And quickly asked someone to clean up all the porcelain tea and tea on the floor.
But Zhao Duan just held the teacup silently and took a sip regardless of the boiling water.
But in his heart, he was thinking about the news reported back by the Imperial City Division.
My sixth son is not an ordinary person.
Starting eight years ago, the Imperial City Department reported that there was a secret force in the capital. At first, he thought it was some kind of espionage force.
But he has never been able to find any clues, and as his sixth son passed away six years ago, the forces active in the shadows of the capital fell into silence.
At first I didn't pay much attention to it.
But as he returned to Beijing, this force actually showed signs of activity again. Could it be...
Just take a look, take a good look...
(End of chapter)
