The two saints were completely terrified and felt that their lives were in danger, and the ministers were also powerless.
"Official!" Li Guang regained his breath and asked again. "How far will the official go before he stops making trouble?"
"Who told the Zhongcheng that I was fooling around?" Zhao Jiu turned his head and looked at the tall ships of the Imperial Navy on the Yellow River in the north.
"Your Majesty." Another person spoke up, it was the Imperial Censor Li Jing, who was furious. "The two saints are not strong enough to shake your throne. Even if your Majesty is angry, it would be enough to send him to live in a Taoist temple. Why would it go to this extent? Do you really have to openly kill your father and brother?"
"Li Jing." Zhao Jiu finally turned around, his eyes full of coldness. "Who told you why I did this for the sake of the Second Saint?"
Li Jing became more and more angry, but just as he was about to say something, he suddenly remembered something written in his brother Li Gang's letter, and seemed to have some realization. Not only that, many other civil officials, both high and low, also seemed to be thinking about something, and the dragon flag became silent for a while.
"What are the Two Saints?"
Zhao Jiu saw this, not only did he not calm down, but he was completely furious, and he shouted directly on his horse. "I have thought it through a long time ago, they are just two useless people! If I want to kill them, I will lock them up far away and give them half a pound of arsenic every day, and wait for them to die on their own; if I don't want to care about them, I will just throw them into the Taoist temple as you said, why do I have to act like this?! Do you need to worry about my throne? No one could move it when I restored Tokyo! You keep saying that I am worried that they will shake it? What can you use to move it? That red robe? Or did you cultivate to become an immortal in Wuguo City?! The reason why I am like this is not to let you deal with the two saints, but to use the two saints to deal with you! This is just like you don't really respect the two saints, but want to use the two saints to control me!"
When the emperor was angry, his momentum was extraordinary. The whole audience was in awe. Even Wulinda Zanmo, who had been sneering and silent, became a little solemn. Only Han Shizhong and others on the horse knew that they were not going to fight for the throne or kill people. They looked at each other, loosened their horses' legs a little, and took the opportunity to stretch their legs.
After a while, Liu Dazhong, who had recovered from his shock, stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have something to say..."
"explain."
"I am not trying to use the two saints to control Your Majesty. It is because since ancient times, all countries in the world have been governed by the same principle..."
"All countries in the world are based on the same principle?" Zhao Jiu immediately raised his voice.
"yes!"
"Then I just happened to hear this." Zhao Jiu raised his voice. "It is about the world and the country, which are all the same... Liu Qing, the world and the country, are all the same, but now in a family, the sons and brothers work hard in the fields and weave, and they have toiled all year round. They finally save some food and cloth, but their fathers and brothers take all of it away to build gardens, hold banquets, and fill the harem. If they are not satisfied, they will be whipped and tortured, and they will not care about being beaten to death. If it were you, would you be willing to accept it?"
Liu Dazhong remained silent... Although he didn't know where these words came from, he knew that this was a criticism of the extravagance of the Supreme Emperor, especially the Supreme Daojun Emperor. This kind of criticism had been around for a long time and was really hard to refute.
But for some reason, many of the civil and military officials around, after hearing these words, felt as if they were possessed by an evil spirit and began to tremble all over. For example, Li Guang, who was originally going to help Liu Dazhong defend himself, now turned pale and his body began to shake.
But Zhao Jiu immediately continued, "That's not all. After building the garden, holding banquets, and filling the harem, there was finally some money left. Instead of sympathizing with the families of his sons and brothers who were still starving, he gave the remaining money to his enemies and bandits..."
"I am guilty!" Li Guang suddenly raised his head and shouted among the ministers, which aroused Liu Dazhong's suspicion.
Not only that, the Emperor Taishang Daojun, who had long dared not speak, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly covered his face and sobbed.
"Your Majesty..." Lu Haowen, who had come to his senses, suddenly spoke in a pleading tone.
Zhao Jiu paused for a moment, but continued to speak loudly: "The enemies and bandits took the money and became rich, and then came to our house to rob and kill people. As fathers and brothers, they only let their sons and brothers die... I dare to ask, is it okay for fathers and brothers to do this?"
"Mr. Liu, I'm asking you." After a pause in the wind, Zhao Jiu took the initiative to urge. "You said that the family and the country are originally the same. I ask you, is it okay for fathers and brothers to do this?"
"The official's words are sharp." Liu Dazhong responded helplessly, but he still didn't dare to confront him head-on.
"The words are sharp, but they are not mine. These are the records I saw during my leisure time in the harem." Zhao Jiu laughed. "Mr. Liu, this was told to the people of Jiangnan when Fang La rebelled eleven years ago... and Zhang Dutong on the river was also forced to join the Liangshan Mountain at that time."
Liu Dazhong's face was pale and he was about to collapse.
"However, who would have thought that, eleven years later, this statement is still so relevant?" Zhao Jiu sighed. "I have been thinking these days... about the world, the country, the court, the north and the south, and what exactly is going on with this Song Dynasty?! After thinking about it, the past cannot be changed, and no matter how dirty and rotten this Song Dynasty is, it is still ours, right? Therefore, all I can do is to recognize the previous Song Dynasty, and then focus on the present and the future... This is my responsibility! Not only do I have to inherit this country, protect it, and continue it, but I also have to guide it forward and take a path of complete transformation!"
"The one who leads the way is called Shao, and I will succeed the Song Dynasty!"
"We couldn't conquer Xixia before, and we couldn't defeat the Jin people before, so why can't we abandon those old things, start from scratch, and build a new Song Dynasty?"
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