Zhao Jun's words made everyone fall into gloom. Zhao Zhen immediately waved his hand and Wang Shouzhong came over in small steps. He whispered a few words to Wang Shouzhong, and Wang Shouzhong immediately left and sent eunuchs to the Imperial Medical Bureau to ask the imperial physician to diagnose and treat Li Zi.
There was a brief silence at the scene after hearing about Li Zi's death. Zhao Jun thought that his words had stunned everyone, so he smiled and said, "Are there any other records?"
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "During the Jingyou year, the great disaster in Jianghuai was quelled by Emperor Renzong of Song, who spent 200,000 pieces of silk from the imperial treasury."
"Isn't that what should be done? Natural disasters are unpredictable. If people suffer due to natural disasters, the government should be the first to bear the responsibility."
Zhao Jun wondered, "During the Wenchuan earthquake, how much manpower and resources did our country contribute? During the 1998 Yangtze River flood, the People's Liberation Army jumped into the river and used their bodies to stop the flood. In feudal times, monarchs ruled their own empires, so they should have been more patriotic and stood with the people. Now that the people of New China are in charge, the government is no longer a family empire, yet they're still making such a massive effort in disaster relief. Isn't that much more than in feudal society?"
Zhao Zhen was speechless for a moment, then said: "Power in ancient times was limited, not as good as in modern times. Renzong's actions have shown that he loves the people like his own children."
"not necessarily."
Zhao Jun retorted, "I still say that the emperor should love the people, not herd them. He should stand with the people. However, I remember there was a saying during the reign of Emperor Renzong: 'The rich have fields stretching as far as the eye can see, while the poor have no place to sew a pin.' This is where he was foolish."
"I"
Zhao Zhen was speechless, because this was the fact. From the reign of Emperor Zhenzong to his present time, land annexation in various places was extremely serious, the people were displaced, and countless people who lost their land gathered to rebel.
But he just had no way to solve it, and that was the root of the problem.
Zhao Jun said, "So, Renzong was only benevolent towards the literati and landlords, not the common people. To put it nicely, he was a paperhanger; to put it bluntly, he was a wimp. Expecting him to accomplish anything is ridiculous. Do you know how a joke from the Song Dynasty goes?"
"How did you say that?"
Zhao Zhen asked subconsciously.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, a young man complained at work, "This emperor is such a wimp." A guard overheard him and arrested him. The young man protested, "I didn't even mention which emperor it was. How could you arrest me?"
Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Stop lying!" The guard roared, "I've worked here for over twenty years. How could I not know which emperor was a wimp? The whole Song Dynasty knows that Zhao Zhen is a wimp."
(End of this chapter)
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