In the spring of the fourteenth year of the Qingli reign of the Song Dynasty, His Majesty Zhao Zhen, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, traveled by train to tour the country and understand the people's sentiments.
He went to Luoyang, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, and also came to Chang'an, also the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties.
I have seen the scenery of Mangshan Mountain and stayed in the Weiyang Palace for a night.
What made him most reluctant to part with and unforgettable about this trip to Guanzhong, apart from the scenery along the way, were the working people he met along the way.
According to the records of the accompanying reporters, Zhao Zhen warmly comforted every needy person he saw and had a friendly conversation with everyone he met, which left a deep impression on everyone who accompanied him.
The written description was sent back to Bianliang via telegram, and various newspapers competed to report it.
For a time, Zhao Zhen's image of being close to the people quickly spread among the people, and his reputation naturally reached its peak.
In contrast, Zhao Jun has always been a bystander.
He neither told Zhao Zhen what to do, nor did he support or obstruct Zhao Zhen's actions of going deep into the people.
He was just a bystander.
Because in Zhao Jun's view, this itself is Zhao Zhen's own social practice.
Or it could be said that Zhao Zhen was trying to save the royal regime.
Did Zhao Zhen understand the art of slaying dragons?
Maybe he understood.
But it was precisely because he understood this that he clearly realized that the royal regime had no future.
After the Industrial Revolution, there are only two possible destinations for the world: one is capital controlling the world, and the other is a social ideology that stands on the side of the people and serves the people.
The former is that capital controls the world, and the latter is that the working class and peasant class control the world. No matter which one it is, it has nothing to do with feudal imperial power.
The essence of dragon-slaying techniques is to slay a dragon like Zhao Zhen. How could it possibly teach Zhao Zhen to sit firmly on his throne?
So it is for this reason that Zhao Zhen had to practice and explore a path of his own.
After all, for an emperor, even Renzong, it is impossible to hand over the imperial power.
This is also the direction he is looking for now.
As for Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun's position has been fixed, and helping Zhao Zhen is just due to some subjective and objective reasons.
After all, it makes no sense to pursue any path in this era. Only when you have enough food to eat can you consider what path you will take in the future.
But if every citizen can have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, then what is the point of talking about the road ahead?
Because this itself has already achieved a utopian ideal world.
So Zhao Zhen is trying to save himself now, but Zhao Jun still has a long way to go in the future. If he wants to realize the ideal world in his heart, it will not become a reality overnight.
In this case, he would naturally only watch Zhao Zhen from the perspective of a bystander and try to find a way out for himself, without giving him any help or reminders.
Simply put, whatever path Zhao Zhen figured out on his own was his own ability.
Zhao Jun has his own path to follow, and both sides just need to refrain from interfering with each other.
In mid-February, after staying in the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an for a few days, the group left Guanzhong and took a train to Chengdu.
Zhao Zhen visited the Wuhou Temple and the Emperor Zhaolie Temple. From the Three Kingdoms period to the present Song Dynasty, over thousands of years, the Wuhou Temple and the Emperor Zhaolie Temple have long been in disrepair.
Historically, it was not until the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty that King Zhu Chun of Shu renovated and integrated the Temple of Emperor Zhaolie, Huiling and Wuhou Temple, and things started to improve again.
However, when Zhao Jun traveled around the world for the second time, he asked local governments and cultural relics bureaus to carry out restoration work in these places.
Now, after many years, it has changed a lot from its original dilapidated and old appearance.
At this moment, the Wuhou Temple is reflected by the bamboo forest, and the Zhaolie Emperor Temple is lush with vegetation. Not only have various dilapidated buildings been repaired, but even the external layout has become different from what it was originally.
The flower beds made of bluestone are full of flowers, the evergreen shrubs are full of vitality, and the branches of the large trees that block out the sun sway in the wind, making the entire Wuhou Temple and Emperor Zhaolie Temple full of beautiful scenery.
After visiting the two places, Zhao Zhen highly praised the relationship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang as a monarch and his subject, and also affirmed that Zhuge Liang set an example as a minister throughout his life.
He said that although Zhuge Liang was powerless to turn the tide and could not lead Ji Han to fulfill Emperor Zhaolie's long-cherished wish, this cannot erase Zhuge Liang's life achievements, nor can it deny Zhuge Liang's political and military achievements.
What's more, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were both people who loved their people. They were kind to the people during their lifetime, and after their death, they welcomed all the people who came here to pay their respects and visit.
Therefore, the Wuhou Temple and the Zhaolie Emperor Temple should be open to the public so that all people who want to come can have a look and learn about the glorious and legendary life of Emperor Zhaolie and Zhuge Wuhou.
After the speech, there was thunderous applause.
Afterwards, Zhao Zhen inspected the situation in the city again, walking through the streets and alleys. Although there were many guards separating him from the people.
But it did not prevent him from taking the initiative to contact the people and chat casually, which was also a good thing.
In late February, Zhao Zhen left Chengdu.
In fact, he had only been away from Beijing for less than ten days. The entire journey was to take a train to Luoyang, then to Chang'an, and then to Chengdu, a distance of more than a thousand kilometers. But in the past, it would take at least more than a month to take a horse carriage.
Now, even the Shu Road, which was once difficult to travel, has been opened up, greatly deepening the trade ties between Chengdu and Chang'an and bringing the economies of the two places to a higher level.
The only regret is that the railway from Chengdu to Xiangyang had not yet been built, so when Zhao Zhen and his party left Chengdu, they could only take a boat.
However, the boat route down the Yangtze River had been developed for two or three thousand years and was already very mature. Furthermore, it was very fast and could reach Jiangling in a few days, so it wasn't a big deal.
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