Zhao Jun started telling jokes about the Song Dynasty because he was so scared at the time. He had just experienced a mudslide and was blinded. He was in an unfamiliar environment. He thought that the village chief might not like the Song Dynasty very much, so he told a joke to ease his fear.
Unexpectedly, the old village chief was a fan of Zhao Guangyi. At that time, I thought I had flattered the wrong person. However, surprisingly, even so, the old village chief still wanted to tell more jokes about the Song Dynasty.
He asked twice afterwards, otherwise he would not tell the story, but the other party still insisted on telling the story.
Then Zhao Jun will not be polite.
Zhao Jun was very unhappy with the Zhao family. Jin, Song and Qing were among the three dynasties he hated the most. If he didn't get the chance to tell jokes about the Jin and Qing dynasties, it would be nice to tell some jokes about the Song Dynasty.
It was just that because of the fans of Donkey Cart God of War, he could only talk and make everyone laugh while the old village chief was away for a few days.
The old village chief is back today, so of course we can’t talk about the donkey cart.
Let’s talk about Mount Tai.
Mount Tai and Luo River are two brothers in distress. One was discredited by Sima Yi, and the other had the value of Fengshan lowered by Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng.
Others who were offered sacrifices to heaven and earth at Mount Tai were all top-notch emperors who ranked among the top ten emperors in history, such as Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Guangwu. Li Zhi and Li Longji, who were slightly inferior, were also considered top-notch and could be ranked in the top 20.
What the hell is Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan?
He won the battle, then signed a humiliating treaty, and yet he had the nerve to go and offer sacrifices to the gods?
Although from an objective and neutral perspective, the Alliance of Shanyuan enabled the Song Dynasty to achieve peace with the Liao Kingdom for about a hundred years, and objectively helped the Song Dynasty to recuperate and stabilize the internal situation.
But in essence, this is still a clause that is humiliating to the country. The sentence in the treaty that "Song Dynasty left silver and silk to Liao Dynasty every year" is not very harmful but extremely insulting.
All the other emperors had established a powerful empire and defeated foreign enemies, so they had the nerve to go to Mount Tai.
And Emperor Zhenzong of Song was really shameless.
More importantly, if he was a wise ruler, even if he signed the treaty, as long as he could govern the country better and achieve a peaceful and prosperous era, he would not be reluctant to go.
However, his so-called "Xianping Reign" did not last long. In his middle and late periods, he was obsessed with cultivating immortals and devoted himself to the affairs of enfeoffment and worship. He whitewashed the peace and built many palaces and temples, which wasted people's money and labor, so that his early savings were squandered. By his later years, "his savings were almost exhausted."
Although Li Longji's later years were not very good, he was at least glorious in his early years. He defeated Tubo externally and created the Kaiyuan Prosperity internally. He also set up the Mohe Military Governorate, the Shiwei Military Governorate, the Heishui Military Governorate, and the Bohai Military Governorate. For the first time in Chinese history, the entire three northeastern provinces were incorporated into China's territory. He was not forced to sign a humiliating treaty by being attacked at his doorstep.
That's why Zhao Jun told the joke about Zhao Heng's Fengshan ceremony. The original story was about the affair between Concubine Liu and General Zhang. He adapted it a bit. Firstly, he felt that the original story was too vulgar and it was not suitable to be told to an old man. Second, he felt that this adaptation was more ironic.
The old village chief can’t be a fan of Zhao Heng as well.
That's outrageous.
However, what he didn't expect at this time was that Yan Shu's face was already full of horror, because Zhao Zhen had turned around and left angrily.
He could only say "I'll see you tomorrow" before leaving, and then hurriedly ran out after Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen walked incredibly fast and soon reached the Guanjia Hall. He rushed inside and grabbed a stool. Yan Shu thought he was really going to hit Zhao Jun and hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"Still calming down?"
Zhao Zhen laughed angrily and said, "He's already started scolding my father, and he's asking me to calm down?"
"Your Majesty, Zhao Jun only looks at us from the perspective of the future. He doesn't understand the inside story, so he's naturally biased."
Yan Shu said tactfully, "And it wasn't an excessive insult; it was just a slight sarcasm. But he didn't realize how much benefit Zhenzong's alliance had brought us. That's his shortsightedness."
"snort!"
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and reluctantly put down the chair in his hand. He had actually wanted to throw rocks outside to vent his anger, but now that Yan Shu had persuaded him, he went along with it and pretended to hit Zhao Jun, who had been persuaded by Yan Shu. He said angrily, "This guy is too much. Tell him to stop talking from now on."
He wanted to listen to jokes about the Song Dynasty because he wanted to understand some of the things that happened later through the jokes. He also wanted to know what people in later generations thought of their Song Dynasty.
As a result, Zhao Jun became more and more outrageous.
When Zhao Jun talked about Zhao Guangyi, he actually didn't have any thoughts.
Because Zhao Guangyi died thirteen years after he was born, he had never seen his grandfather, so naturally there was no deep affection between them.
So he just said it, and Zhao Zhen could still bear it.
But when Zhao Heng died, Zhao Zhen was already thirteen years old. Zhao Heng was the only son, so he naturally doted on him very much. Therefore, there was still a relatively happy time between the father and son.
Now Zhao Jun turned his gun around and started talking about his father, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, which naturally made Zhao Zhen very angry.
Even if Zhao Jun just made a slight sarcasm, it wouldn't be okay.
After all, he is his biological father.
Yan Shu heard what Zhao Zhen said and smiled bitterly, "It was me who asked him to continue speaking before. He even asked me several times if he wanted to continue, and I insisted. Now that I'm asking him to stop, wouldn't that be going back on his word? Your Majesty, please be patient for a while."
"snort."
Zhao Zhen snorted again without saying anything, and turned his head away without looking at him.
Yan Shu pulled on his sleeve, approached him like he was coaxing a child, and continued, "Think about it, Your Majesty. When Zhao Jun's eyes recover, and he learns that you tolerated even such a blasphemous joke, won't he be filled with gratitude? Wouldn't that prove your generosity and prove that you truly deserve the title of 'the most benevolent ruler of all time'?"
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