Gou Jian...sit down on the firewood and taste the courage...
Zhao Min thought of this allusion he had learned.
In order to take revenge, King Gou Jian of Yue was willing to endure, and was even willing to taste Wu King Fu Cha's feces in order to gain trust. He almost abandoned his human dignity in exchange for the possibility of returning to his country to straighten out his affairs and start over again.
And he continued to strive for self-improvement, working hard to remind himself not to forget the humiliation, until in the end, he succeeded in revenge and achieved hegemony.
This allusion is so inspiring that emperors of all dynasties must study it deeply and learn from Gou Jian's spirit of holding back and not making a last-ditch comeback.
Of course, learning is learning, and in the end, there are probably only a few that can really do it.
Of course, Zhao Hao had studied this story carefully and knew what Shi Hao meant.
"Forbearance? Is forbearance really useful?"
Zhao Min looked at Shi Hao.
Shi Hao nodded.
"It's useful, of course it's useful. Forbearance is the reason why Gou Jian destroyed Fu Cha and revived the Yue Kingdom! Forbearance is the foundation of Gou Jian's name in history. If your highness wants to revive the Song Dynasty, please be patient!"
"Even in the face of such an insult, do you still have to endure it?"
Zhao Min's eyes turned red.
"want!"
Shi Hao's eyes were also red: "The more forbearing you are, the greater the possibility of turning back and winning a complete victory in the future!"
Zhao Xun couldn't help it anymore. Tears welled up in his eyes and hit the ground across his cheeks.
Shi Hao also cried.
The two looked at each other in silence and cried for a long time. Zhao Xun finally stopped crying, and Shi Hao also calmed down.
Zhao Min held Shi Hao's hand tightly and did not let go.
"The teacher's words made me suddenly enlightened, and I understood it as clearly as the clouds were clearing. I have completely understood what the teacher said. I am willing to be Goujian, and I also ask you to be my fan Li and literary master. Of course, I will never let him repeat the literary style. Sow the same mistake!"
If Zhao Min could say this, Shi Hao would be satisfied.
"Although my talents are far inferior to those of Fan Li and Wen Zhong, I am as loyal as these two! Whenever Your Highness needs something, I am willing to work for His Highness!"
"gentlemen!"
The two hands held each other tightly and did not let go for a long time.
In the afternoon of that day, Zhao Hao stayed with Shi Hao to have a meal in his palace. After the meal, Shi Hao held Zhao Hao's hand and told him one more thing.
"Your Highness, if what I have predicted is true, in a few days, Your Majesty will definitely summon His Highness to tell you about the Zen throne. At that time, Your Highness must pretend to be at a loss what to do, be extremely surprised, and refuse again and again until the final decision is made. Don't accept it lightly, only in this way can Your Majesty be reassured."
Zhao Yan smiled helplessly.
"Doing this is no different from cheating. Doesn't it conform to my filial piety?"
"This has been the case since ancient times. Filial piety is hidden in the heart and does not need to be expressed on the face. Your Highness should take the Song Dynasty and the people as his own responsibility. Don't be complacent. When it is time to make changes, you must make changes."
Zhao Min nodded slowly.
"I will think more about it, thank you sir for your warning."
Shi Hao nodded and said: "If the war situation becomes urgent in the future, His Majesty may also lead the expedition himself. At that time, please also ask His Majesty to accompany you. Your Majesty may introduce the generals in the army to His Majesty and prepare for inner Zen, but there is only one thing , please Your Highness to refuse military power no matter what, and not to accept any military power until he succeeds to the throne."
Zhao Hao understood what Shi Hao meant.
"I understand, I will never forget sir's warning."
"That's very good."
Shi Hao held Zhao Hao's hand with joy, feeling that after spending most of his life in officialdom, he had finally found an emperor worthy of his assistance and could entrust his talents and knowledge to him.
Will the future Song Dynasty move towards glory under the leadership of this emperor?
Shi Hao said he was looking forward to it.
As expected by Shi Hao, Zhao Hao received a call from Zhao Gou on the third day after this meeting, saying that Zhao Gou had not seen Zhao Hao for a long time and wanted to meet him, have a meal, and talk about father and son. Feelings.
Zhao Min gathered all his energy, tidied up his clothes, and went to Zhao Gou's palace.
Zhao Gou really looked like he wanted to have a meal with Zhao Hao. He prepared a lot of food and wine, entertained Zhao Hao to eat and drink, and even invited him to sing and dance. He said that it had been a long time since he had eaten, drank and watched a song and dance with Zhao Hao, and suddenly he wanted to have such a party. Back.
Zhao Gou followed Zhao Gou's orders and ate, drank and watched singing and dancing. However, his posture was upright and not dissolute. He ate elegantly and drank without getting drunk. He looked like an emperor, which made Zhao Gou quite satisfied.
After all, if Zhao Xun didn't look like an emperor, he wouldn't dare to pass the throne to him rashly, otherwise he would completely destroy the foundation of the Song Dynasty in one or two times. He, Zhao, wanted to be a stable emperor. If you can't do it, why don't you cry to death?
After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Gou put down his wine glass, stopped singing and dancing, and talked to Zhao Min alone.
"Yuan Yong, these days there are turbulence inside and outside the court, and major events happen frequently, but I see that you don't seem nervous at all. Don't you know anything?"
Hearing this, Zhao Min put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "I know, I actually know that, but your Majesty will take charge of solving national affairs. Your Majesty is a wise king. Is there anything that your Majesty can't solve? I believe in your Majesty."
"Believe me……"
Hearing this, Zhao Gou smiled bitterly and said, "You believe me, but I can't believe myself!"
"Why did your Majesty say this?"
Zhao Min's face was full of doubts.
"In the war with the Ming Kingdom, should we fight or not fight? What should we do? Yuan Yong, tell us, what should we do?"
Zhao Gou raised his glass and drained the wine, then looked at Zhao Min and asked him this question.
Zhao Xin blinked, and then replied cautiously: "This is a major military and state matter, and it should be decided by your Majesty. How can I make unreasonable statements? Whatever your Majesty says, I will support whatever you say."
"Don't say that. There are only you and me here. When it comes out of your mouth and into my ears, no third person will know."
Zhao Gou was not willing to let Zhao Min go.
Zhao Xin looked hesitant and entangled, but Zhao Gou urged him on the third day, so Zhao Xin finally said it.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have never been divided into superior and inferior countries. They are the same country. However, the Ming Emperor rashly asked the Song Dynasty for annual coins. This is very unreasonable. If the Song Dynasty agreed to the Ming Dynasty this time, If the Ming Dynasty makes another extraordinary request in the future, how should the Song Dynasty deal with it? Should it agree or not?"
After Zhao Gou heard this, he drank a glass of wine silently.
"So you support starting a fight?"
"I obey your Majesty's orders. Whenever Your Majesty has some considerations, I will never object."
"Hahaha, slippery! Could it be that Shi Hao taught you such a watertight answer?"
Zhao Hao nodded immediately after hearing this.
"Yes, it was Mr. Shi who told me. Mr. Shi said that we must be respectful to His Majesty no matter what. His Majesty's words cannot be refuted. All His Majesty's words are the most reasonable principles in the world. He also said that I owe my current status to your Majesty's favor. I must do my best." We must keep His Majesty’s kindness in our hearts and never forget it.”
Zhao Gou laughed.
"Hahahahaha, it seems that there is nothing wrong with letting Shi Hao be your teacher. I value Shi Hao very much. He was nearly forty years old when he won the Jinshi and became an official. His early experience was quite bumpy, so He doesn't have the arrogance of those young successful people.
He is a deep and reserved person, and he is a person who can do great things. However, because of his relatively low qualifications, there is no suitable position for him in the government. After much thought, I decided to let him be responsible for your teaching and let him settle down. , accumulated a lot of experience, now it seems that this move is right, Shi Hao can do great things for the emperor. "
Zhao Chu quickly expressed his thanks.
"Your Majesty asked Mr. Shi to teach me. I would be very grateful."
"Well, Shi Hao is still very good."
Zhao Gou smiled and said, "It's great that you can learn something from Shi Hao. I feel relieved to see you now."
After Zhao Gou finished speaking, he opened the page and then talked about the previous topic.
"Since you advocate fighting the Ming Dynasty, you should consider the possibility of defeat. In your opinion, what will be the consequences if the Song Dynasty is defeated?"
"Defeated?"
Zhao Chun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. The Song Dynasty soldiers are well-fed and the soldiers are dedicated to their lives. How can it be defeated? The Song Dynasty will definitely win! The unreasonable demands of the Ming Dynasty will never succeed!"
"Hahahaha, the soldiers are well-fed? Are the soldiers using their lives?"
Zhao Gou seemed to be struck by laughter. He laughed for a while, and then he gasped and said, "Have you ever seen those generals running faster than me when they faced the gold thieves? I feel like I am running very fast, they are running faster than me, hahahahaha!"
Zhao Gou continued to laugh wildly, tears of laughter were about to flow down his face.
Zhao Min said nothing, lowered his head, and did not look directly at Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou finished laughing and his mood had almost eased. Then he poured himself another glass of wine, raised his head and swallowed it in one gulp.
"You are the crown prince I chose and the one who will inherit my position. I don't want to say anything false to you. I didn't tell you the truth before. When you take over, you don't know how to blame me for not telling you. The truth.
Let me tell you, the army of the Song Dynasty was rotten to the core. They were using empty pay. It was said that there were 400,000 troops. Whether there were 200,000 soldiers capable of fighting is still a question. I know this, but I don’t know. Maybe more. "
"………………"
Zhao Min was stunned.
"His Majesty……"
"Don't be afraid. I'm telling the truth. The Song Dynasty's army is really rotten to the core. I don't even know how to describe that feeling. If you want money, I will give you money. If you want weapons, I will give weapons. If you want soldiers, I will give you money." To the soldiers, I have given everything that should be given. Is it time to give me an elite army? Hey, give me an army of old, weak, sick and disabled people who have eaten half of their pay! Hahahahaha!"
Zhao Gou slapped the table and laughed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.
Zhao Xun quickly stepped forward to support Zhao Gou, comfort him, and caress his chest.
It took Zhao Gou a while to regain his breath.
The first words he said after he regained his breath almost made Zhao Xin's heart stop.
"After this battle, I will abdicate. Emperor, you will do it."
Zhao Xin's body stiffened and he couldn't move.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
"Don't be so surprised. Sooner or later, you will become the crown prince. Aren't you going to be the emperor next?"
"But...but...but Your Majesty, I...I didn't..."
"Nothing? It's obvious that the Song Dynasty cannot win this battle. If we really fight, the Song Dynasty will probably be defeated if it doesn't last two months. By then, whatever the Ming Dynasty wants, the Song Dynasty will want it. Give something, otherwise it's over.
It would be fine if the Ming Dynasty wanted less, but if it wanted more, who can bear the responsibility for defeat? Tang Si retreats? Shen should? Wang Lun? Ye Yi asked? Zhou Linzhi? No, they can't. Even if they resign collectively, it won't be enough. The only one who can take responsibility here is me. "
Zhao Gou pointed at himself.
"Only if I take responsibility can the grievances of officials and people disappear. Only if I abdicate and disappear, they will not transfer their grievances to our Zhao family, and will not have resentment towards the Song Dynasty. Only I can do all this. , so I take responsibility, I abdicate and no longer be the emperor. By then, you will be the emperor."
Zhao Gou's eyes, which were not cloudy, stared at Zhao Min.
It seemed that he wanted to see something he wanted to see from Zhao Yu's face.
Zhao Xin's body was stiff for a while.
Then, Zhao Min helped Zhao Gou sit firmly, and quickly climbed to the foot of the steps and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty! How can I be so virtuous and capable? Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. I am just lucky enough to become the crown prince because of His Majesty's pity. I have not made any contribution to the country, how can I become the emperor?"
"Credit... credit."
Zhao Gou stared at Zhao Min, pointed at him, and said: "There is no credit, no guilt, it is as clean as a piece of white paper, there is nothing wrong. Do you know how much I envy you? Do you know How much do I want to be you?
From the very beginning, I was not the chosen one. I was just the only choice for everyone. Without me, they would be more dangerous. Without me, the Song Dynasty would fall apart and not even half of the country could be saved! Half of the country cannot be saved. Is our Zhao family the only one who suffers?
No, none of the civil and military dignitaries in the entire dynasty would have an easy time! I am a flag, a flag that they need to raise in order to preserve their glory and wealth! Because I am the only one, that's why they need me. No matter what I do, they have to keep me. "
As Zhao Gou spoke, he slapped the table, as if sighing, regretting, venting, or rejoicing.
Zhao Min didn't know Zhao Gou's psychological activities at this moment. He only felt that Zhao Gou was telling him the truth.
As an emperor, it is extremely difficult to tell the truth to others.
Maybe it was really a long time since he told the truth, and Zhao Gou was so depressed that he would blurt out a lot of truths when he had the slightest chance.
"Do you think the emperor is using his ministers to protect the country? No! Aren't the ministers using the power given to them by the emperor to do whatever they want?"
"If there is no emperor to shoulder everything, why should they take away from the people? Why can they do whatever they want and still accuse the people of being unruly people from the height of morality? This is why the emperor always has to be scrupulous when dealing with corrupt officials."
"Look, do the officials of the Ming Dynasty dare to do this? If they dare to do this, the first person who can't spare him is their human emperor! Su Yonglin is amazing! The founding king and the emperor are amazing! If you don't say that you are not the emperor, you can call Ming The state officials are trembling with fear!"
"What is an emperor? Rich all over the world? Isn't it the king's land in the world? Fart! Fart! It's just a fart! If you are lucky, you can follow all the officials to dominate, but if you are unlucky, it will be the end of the dynasty due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and you will be the laughingstock of the ages. !”
"What will future generations say about me? A shameless person who, as the emperor of the Central Plains, knelt down to beg for mercy from a foreign race and was willing to be a subject? A heartless villain who sat back and watched his parents being humiliated and did nothing? A sinister emperor who killed generals and destroyed the Great Wall? I know it all. I know it all!”
The more he talked about it, the more sad Zhao Gou became, and the more he talked about it, the more emotional he became, with red eyes and tears, like a wounded beast, expressing his emotions to his heart's content.
