"And what happened next?"
Although Zhang Shixun was over seventy years old, he was surprisingly curious. Perhaps the saying that the older you get, the more mischievous you become was true. He asked curiously, "What happened next?"
"Later, the Southern Song Dynasty seized control of the south, while the Jin Dynasty occupied the north. The Southern Song Dynasty's territory can be compared to the territories of the Eastern Wu and the Han during the Three Kingdoms period. More than a hundred years later, the Mongols rose to power, becoming the modern-day Mongol people. Their leader, Genghis Khan, unified the Mongol tribes and marched south to destroy the Jin Dynasty."
Zhao Jun shrugged and said, "The Mongols were very powerful. They also destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Battle of Yashan, the last prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu, jumped into the sea with the eight-year-old Emperor Zhao Bing in his arms, and the Southern Song Dynasty fell. That was more than two hundred years ago. After that, the Mongols established the Yuan Dynasty. A hundred years later, the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, which was replaced by the Qing Dynasty established by the descendants of the Jurchens. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the establishment of our new era, there was a transitional period of several decades, the Republic of China. About a thousand years later, our country was established, with the full name of the People's Republic of China. Before I came, our country had been established for seventy-four years, and its national strength was booming. Among countries in the world, it was second only to the United States in the Americas, and in Asia, it was the undisputed number one!"
Everyone looked at each other. If what the other party said was true, it would be shocking enough. It turned out that this was the history of the next thousand years. This shocking secret was obviously enough for them to digest for a long time.
“Ahem.”
Seeing the silence, Lu Yijian coughed twice and then said, "Alright, you don't need to know too much about these things. You just need to know that Hanlong is a top secret to us and to the entire Song Dynasty. It must not be leaked."
Wang Zeng immediately said, "And now we all must obey Han Long's orders. In the Constitutional Court, Han Long's orders are the highest, because only he can lead us out of our fate, and the emperor also trusts Han Long very much."
Lu Yijian looked at Wang Zeng with resentment. He originally wanted to establish his authority in front of the newcomer, but in the blink of an eye, Wang Zeng gave the authority to Zhao Jun. Would Jia Changchao rebel?
Zhao Zhen added, "Indeed, my eldest grandson is a descendant of the Zhao Emperor. He is my descendant, connected by blood and flesh and blood. His words are my words. From now on, in the Council of State, you must obey everything he says. Do you understand?"
Zhao Jun immediately puffed out his chest. In the past, he would have scoffed at the idea of blood ties and close relatives. Putting aside the question of whether the royal family had such a thing, even if they did, his bloodline was from a thousand years later, making it ridiculously thin.
But he had previously scoffed at the Song because he loathed it. Or perhaps it wasn't loathing, but rather anger at its lack of ambition, a sense of frustration at its failure to rise to prominence. Clearly, over the three hundred years of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, countless capable ministers and officials had emerged capable of governing the country, countless skilled generals capable of defeating the enemy, yet they were all wasted by the pig-brained Song emperors.
There is no need to say much about the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the emperors were mediocre. It was disgusting enough that they had Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Ji. As a result, the Southern Song Dynasty also had a guy like Zhao Gou. When Zhao Jun read the history of the Song Dynasty, he saw the bad things his ancestors had done and felt ashamed. He felt so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into the ground.
However, now that he has traveled to the Song Dynasty, even if he is angry at the lack of struggle, he can only stay. More importantly, the situation is getting better and better. Zhao Zhen has given him a lot of power, and he has the courage and opportunity to reform. There is a chance to change everything.
So unless Zhao Zhen disappoints him again, as everything is moving in a good direction, Zhao Jun can firmly believe that the future will be better.
"yes!"
Zhang Shixun, Jiang Tang, Jia Changchao, and Li Di hurriedly bowed to Zhao Jun and said, "We will obey the orders of the governor from now on!"
"Alright, now that you know my secret, even if you're one of us, you can be more relaxed when speaking in front of the Constitutional Council. But you can't talk about it in front of outsiders. You must maintain confidentiality."
Zhao Jun finally warned, "If this news leaks out, do you know what will happen? The Song Dynasty didn't often execute scholars and officials, but I'm not from the Song Dynasty. I won't tell you that officials can't be punished. I can only tell you that the law must be followed. If this news leaks out, you will be the only one who will be punished."
Everyone was shocked for a moment.
Zhao Jun had indeed killed civil servants before, but the highest-ranking one he killed was Yang Riyan, the transport commissioner of Huainan West Road. At most, he killed two former high-ranking officials, the former prime minister Yang Chongxun and the former transport commissioner of Huainan West Road Huang Wei.
The current senior official, Liu Yuanyu, was arrested and imprisoned by him, so many senior officials in office still think they have privileges.
But they didn't know that Zhao Jun didn't kill them because he couldn't find any evidence of their crimes, otherwise he would have killed them too.
In particular, Zhang Shixun was a little frightened when he saw Zhao Jun's murderous look.
It is said that Zhang Shixun used to be a colleague of Yang Chongxun when he served as prime minister, and they even drank together. However, the grass on his colleague's grave is probably three feet high now, and he still feels a little afraid when facing Zhao Jun.
The older I get, the more afraid I am of death.
"Okay, there's no need to scare them, Grandson."
Seeing that no one spoke, Zhao Zhen tried to smooth things over and said with a smile, "The four ministers are all sensible people. I believe they understand the importance of this matter."
He suddenly slapped his head and said, "Look at my memory. Since you are already admitted, you should be able to take a seat."
"Wang Shouzhong!"
He shouted loudly outside.
Wang Shouzhong hurried in and said, "Your Majesty!"
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