Although rationally speaking, as students majoring in history, they should look at each dynasty objectively and neutrally, and not bring in personal emotions.

But history students are human beings too, and they have their own preferences. For example, most history students have no interest in the Jin, Song, and Qing dynasties. Few people even choose "History of the Song Dynasty" from the "Selected Historical Materials" section, because it makes your blood pressure soar.

At that time, Renmin University invited Professor Cao, an expert on Song Dynasty history, to give a class on Song Dynasty history at the school. However, only a handful of people showed up, and the counselors had to go around and invite people one by one to barely fill the small auditorium. This shows how the situation was.

So Zhao Jun hated the Jin, Song, and Qing dynasties, but the villagers loved hearing about the Song dynasty, so why not take the opportunity to scold them harshly? Therefore, when talking about Zhao Zhen, he was a little out of control.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark. In the evening, Zhao Jun was soon taken away by Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu. He had dinner and lay on the bed to prepare for rest.

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

At this moment in the Guanjia Hall, Zhao Zhen was sitting on a chair, with the prime ministers sitting on his left and right sides respectively.

Outside, the imperial guards of the Imperial City Administration surrounded the palace in three layers. Even Wang Shouzhong could only stand at the door of the palace and did not dare to go in.

When it comes to the top secrets of the Song Dynasty other than "Zhao Guangyi is a fool", the security is becoming increasingly strict. Except for special personnel, not even a fly can fly into the back garden.

Seeing the emperor's emphasis on Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian was a little scared. Fortunately, he listened to Yan Shu's words this time and did not act on his own and fight to the death with Fan Zhongyan.

Otherwise, the worst that could happen would be exile to Lingnan.

After about thirty minutes, Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu came back and reported to Zhao Zhen that Zhao Jun had rested.

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

No one spoke.

Zhao Jun scolded the emperor badly today, and everyone was afraid that the emperor would get angry again, so no one was the first to speak.

"Tell me about it."

After a while, to everyone's surprise, Zhao Zhen had calmed down and asked calmly, "Tell me about your insights today."

Upon hearing his words, Yan Shu sighed, "Your Majesty, today's conversation has been the most rewarding of the past few days. I truly admire the great man Zhao Jun spoke of. He is truly a god-like figure of the ages."

"Yes, throughout history, over the past thousands of years, we have never seen anyone who has analyzed things so deeply. Everyone in later generations has such an understanding. It is said that everyone is like a dragon."

Lu Yijian was also amazed.

As the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, he was the most decisive among the three prime ministers and three councilors, and even Wang Zeng and Wang Sui could not compare with him. He was truly a rare talent.

But even he himself did not have such insight and vision, while college students in later generations all studied "Marxist Philosophy" and "Selected Works of Great Men", which developed extraordinary vision and was amazing.

No wonder Zhao Jun had such a good understanding of ancient society even though he was not born in ancient times. This was all thanks to that great man.

"The vision of that later generation is indeed unique, but we should consider the present."

Zhao Zhen pondered, "Zhao Jun's words today have left me deeply uneasy. Zhao Yuanhao is rampant in the northwest, Liao invaders are threatening the borders in the northeast, and the great rivers of the Central Plains are about to overflow. What should I do?"

"Ultimately, it comes down to money."

“It can’t be said to be money, but productivity.”

“Indeed, only by improving productivity can we make our country strong.”

Everyone was talking at once.

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 Dynasty and Western Xia of the same period.

According to later speculation by Western historians, during the third year of Emperor Zhenzong of Song's Xianping reign, which was around 1000 AD, the GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for 30% of the world's total.

Unfortunately, the productivity of the Northern Song Dynasty was not used in the right way. The three redundancies had penetrated deep into the bones, and even if the annual income reached 100 million guan at its peak, it was of no use.

Now they were facing pressure from the Western Xia, the Liao Kingdom and the impending flooding of the Yellow River, which made the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty feel a sense of urgency.

"Developing productivity is of course key, but we must focus on the most pressing issues at hand."

Lü Yijian looked around and said, "Zhao Jun said that Zhao Yuanhao was ambitious and that after defeating the Song Dynasty three times, he established the Western Xia Kingdom."

"Well, it would be extremely humiliating for me to be forced to pay tribute by Zhao Yuanhao in the future."

Zhao Zhen remembered what Zhao Jun had said before about the "Qingli Peace Agreement", and his face began to feel hot again. This was really too embarrassing. No wonder people in later generations disliked the Song Dynasty so much.

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

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice, "From what Zhao Jun said, the Liao Kingdom deployed troops on the border because they saw that we were defeated by Zhao Yuanhao and thought they had an opportunity, so they took advantage of the situation and forced us to sign the 'Chongxi Increased Currency'. If we can defeat Zhao Yuanhao, the Liao Kingdom will see the strength of the Song army and will not act rashly."

"uncertain."

Lu Yijian glanced at Wang Zeng and said, "The Liao Kingdom has always intended to move south. Yelu Zongzhen has only been on the throne for four years, and the court has always been controlled by Empress Dowager Xiao. It was only two years ago that they imprisoned their mother and seized power. Their foundation is unstable. They may very well take advantage of our current battle with Western Xia to lead their troops south to establish their prestige!"

"But Yelu Zongzhen didn't go to war with us afterwards. This clearly shows that he only wanted to establish his authority and didn't want to truly become our enemy. His Liao Empire was internally unstable at that time. If a war broke out, would he really have a chance of winning?"

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