Chapter 27 Song Jiu and Zhao Kuangyin's Big Gamble (Part 2)
"Your Majesty, it is difficult for one person to cook. This is at most hundreds of people. If it is cooked for millions of people and hundreds of millions of people to eat, it is so difficult. It is also difficult for one person to make a good life for his family. Being a good emperor means making thousands of families live a good life. How difficult it is to do it. Although the emperor has great power, it is not a good job to do it well. Not only does it require talent, but also to work hard and do a lot of things. If the talents are insufficient, or to use the rights to enjoy it, and not think about the people, it will be left in history at the least, and the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed, and the descendants will be harmed. Therefore, since ancient times, the emperor has the most difficult to do."
"Why do many people want to be emperors?"
"The emperor has great power, like the Emperor of Southern Tang. If he was not a monarch, then he would have enjoyed it like that? So soon he would become a prisoner in the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly: "You made some sense. What a pity. I just discussed with my second brother how to place you. The second brother said that rewarding you with an eighth-nine-grade prose is also my idea. Moreover, I am not a person who forgets my roots. My country inherits the rule of Emperor Shizong. The rule of Shizong came from the battle of Gaoping. Your father made great contributions in that battle. Therefore, I want to reward you as a eight-official official and a founding man, but I thought of one thing, and only gave you a Rulin Lang."
The title was not worthwhile in the Song Dynasty, but it was also a representative of his identity. Song Jiu looked at Zhao Kuangyin suspiciously. Did he do something wrong?
He did too many wrong things, but his ideas were different, and he didn't think it was wrong.
"You said on Hezhou that if you want to win the world, you must have civil, military, martial arts, morality, and human hearts, so our dynasty can annex the world."
"Your Majesty, are you wrong?"
"It's not wrong, so we can't say it in front of so many people. Although our dynasty is the strongest among the countries, Jingchu is still quelling the rebellion, and the two Huai Rivers have not been fully restored, but there is a powerful enemy in the north. Song Jiu, you have also read many historical books. You know how lucky the Tang Dynasty was to unify the world. Not only did it destroy the heroes, but there was also a strong enemy, Turks. Fortunately, the Turks were short-sighted and the Turks in Youyun and other places could not control it. But look at our dynasty, Hedong was the Northern Han Dynasty, Youzhou was cut by Shi Jingtang to the Khitan, and the two major gates were opened. Our dynasty was limited in strength. How many troops could it be distributed to go south and west? And because of this strong enemy, it would be aborted if it did not send troops. Once you sent your words, Hou Shu and Southern Tang were alert, and the whole country was cheered up. How could China be unified?"
"Yes, if one thought is good and one thought is evil, if these countries really join forces, the Song Dynasty will have a headache. I will be negligent."
"You can't blame you. You have such insights, which are far beyond ordinary people... But you act too much. If you have any strange ideas in the future, you can write a note."
"Freaky...think."
"It's very strange. Maybe for you, I will sacrifice thousands of soldiers more than you."
"Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Zhao has put a big hat on me. Your Majesty must not put a big hat on me again."
"Big hat?"
"It's the kind of crime you want to accuse."
"You kid, you want to add your charges. Are you still less guilty?"
What is my crime? But can Song Jiu understand what he meant? Suddenly he had an idea: "Your Majesty, I understand what Your Majesty means. Before you start, don't be alert to the snake. You must be thunderous. Not only should you take it quickly with the least army, but you should also be quick. But you should not let these separatist princes be alert before, and it is best to sink into despair. There are many ways. The Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty is obsessed with beauty and love Buddhism. Your Majesty, Emperor Ming of Tang was misled by Yang Yuhuan's beauty, and Emperor Wu of Liang was misled by the Buddha's interpretation. You can send envoys to encourage the Southern Tang Dynasty to promote Buddhism, and even send monks to communicate and package the monks. The monks must first understand Buddhism, second, have good appearance, and third, be clean. Don't go to the Southern Tang Dynasty, just like the famous scholars of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, attracting people to watch in vain. Then a few women with both sexes and skills will be selected to despair the Tang Dynasty. Then the Southern Tang Dynasty will decline further..."
"I heard that Jade Apple has both sexes and skills."
"Where is Yuping..." Song Jiu did not dare to say anything.
"Do you let her go?"
"This, this..."
"She doesn't have much to do with you, and you can't bear to leave you, and other women! I don't want to say this."
Just this sentence, Song Jiu had to respect it.
Zhao Kuangyin looked at Song Jiu seriously. This kid did have many problems, but he had more talent. If he carefully cared, he could be considered a talent. But after thinking about it, he sighed and said, "Song Jiu, God has given you a lot of wisdom, but he has not given you a good temperament, lazy, bold, greedy, lustful, thick-skinned, and cunning. If you weren't bad, I would have classified you as a villain."
"Your Majesty, I am not a villain. I will never get what I deserve. I will listen to the teachings of the two kings strictly, take them with righteousness, take them with virtue, and take them with diligence."
"Boy, how dare you tamper with my words? I ask you, you just told the erotic story and sing that slang song at the door of Pan's mansion, which is called "being virtuous"!"
"That's my helplessness, otherwise the Pan family's little lady wouldn't let me go."
Zhao Kuangyi originally wanted to say that the official immediately gave the Pan family's wife a marriage to others, but when it comes to Pan Mei, he could not joke about Pan Mei's daughter. He closed his mouth and looked at Song Jiu. He also saw Pan Lian'er's child's attitude just now. Maybe the Pan Mei's daughter would get on the boy's pirate ship. Thinking of this, Zhao Kuangyi didn't know if he wanted to be happy or angry.
Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and signaled Zhao Kuangyi not to speak. He immediately started to talk about the serious matter and said, "Song Jiu, you are now an official of the court. I simply gave two doctors to your home to teach a book. That day, you said that the Hezhong area is poor, poor, and mostly foreign households. However, when the outer wall is erected, the difference between these foreign households and local households must be eliminated. Only when the people of the two rivers merge, the two rivers will be stable and the capital will be stable. You just happened to be teaching, so I asked Dr. Yan and Zhang to assist you. Do you know whether Dr. Zhang teaches arithmetic? You can communicate with each other, but it is my idea to teach the law. Most of the students need to use it, not only for your equipment, but also further melting the river, so that more than a thousand local households and more than a thousand temporary residents in the river can feel a sense of belonging. Do you understand?"
"I see."
"Otherwise, why should I teach them the law? If they are used, they are people from the court. Look, you are all the same scholars and don't abide by the rules. Besides, these students who know the laws of the country will become fearful. Only with fear can they be good talents."
"So..." Song Jiu was a little stuttered. If that were the case, Zhang Yan and the others would not be able to drive them away.
"I will also say to Dr. Zhang Yan'er, "You can't let your character be with you. They are great scholars and much older than you. They are your elders, so why not respect them."
Song Jiu was confused. After all, he had to give in, but he didn't know how to refute it.
"When you talk about Buddhism, how do you think about Buddhism?"
"Buddhism? Guan Zhong said that when the granaries are full, they know etiquette, and when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace, which is right. In terms of wealth, Wu and Yue and Southern Tang are both richer than our dynasty, and the people may not know etiquette, honor and disgrace. Guan Zi governed the country, Qi was the richest, but when Guan Zi died, the ministers immediately made trouble. Therefore, the Master repeatedly said benevolence and righteousness, which is virtue transformation. However, as the central royal power, we should also refer to some measures in Shang Yang's reforms, remove the drought and recommend the essence, govern the internal virtue, and cannot be weak outside. Lao Shu also played this role, and the law was not enough to govern the people. The Qin Dynasty's laws were not strict. However, in just a few decades, the people of the whole country rose up, so the Confucian virtue transformation was needed, and Lao Shu was assisted. At the same time, no matter which wise ruler governed, he would still be able to do so.
There are poor people, and there will be people who will encounter bad things. Having a belief means having a sustenance to reduce their pain and dissatisfaction with the country. But this is used to transform the people. The court must control it. There are more temples and more people who do not farm or weave. It will affect taxes and occupy arable land. It is not to transform the people, but to raise countless blood-sucking insects that suck blood on the people's countries. Especially the king, we must respect ghosts and gods. Your Majesty, how many emperors have appeared in ancient and modern times? No, the king has too great power. Your Majesty said that without awe, you cannot become a good minister. But if the king does not respect the people, whether it is afraid of the people or ghosts and gods, or ancestors, then he can do whatever he wants and become the second Emperor Yang of Sui."
"You can't be a good king without awe," Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but chewing on this sentence.
"Yes, but you can be respected, but you can't be close to each other. Emperor Wu of Liang and Lord Tang are not called awe, but affair. If there is a god here, it will help the country to be destroyed, rather than bless the country to be strong."
"Respect the ghosts and gods and stay away from them. The Master said it well... Hey, these boys."
Song Jiu stretched his head and saw several heads stretching out at the door of the Pan family, looking at the teahouse sneakily. It was Pan Mei's son and the second-generation ancestors. This chat had been a long time, and more than a dozen second-generation ancestors felt very strange. Song Jiu couldn't help but shook his head. He was working hard, but these second-generation ancestors didn't have to work hard, and they had everything. They were so idle that they didn't know how to spend time. Suddenly, he had an idea and asked Zhao Kuangyin with courage: "Your Majesty, I heard that you made a bet with Chen Tuan and lost to Chen Tuan three Huashan Peaks?"
"What bets lost..."
"Didn't the people say that when you go to Shaanxi, your Majesty, you deliberately lost Chen Tuan and Sanqi when you passed by Huashan, and then lost the Sanfeng of Huashan?"
"You believe the folk sayings," Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled, but when Song Jiu saw himself mentioning Chen Tuan, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes changed slightly. There must be a story in the middle, but it is not something he can know. It doesn't matter whether there is such a saying, what is important is the following. Song Jiu said again: "Your Majesty, Rong is brave and make a bet with Your Majesty."
"Bold," Eunuch Liu shouted.
Zhao Kuangyin was also excited and looked up at Song Jiu and said, "You guy, you have nothing, what are you going to bet with me?"
"Your Majesty, I have it. If I lose, I am willing to serve all this talent to the court."
"Bold, you are an official of the court. Who will you serve if you don't accept the court?"
"Eunuch Liu, don't worry, listen to him, Song Jiu, have you won?"
"If you win, you will reward the Hezhou outside the East Shuimen to me. No, that Hezhou is about twenty-six to twenty-nine hectares. I will invest in the construction of a dock and material transfer station for the court with two hectares, and then build a college with two hectares more than one area to cultivate various miscellaneous scholars for the court. The remaining half is used for commercial use, to build a residential house to recover costs and settle the people of Hezhou, and to build a flying bridge for the court on the Bian water." Song Jiu said this, dipped his hands with tea and painted a rainbow bridge on the table. The water traces cannot be killed immediately. The Zhao brothers all valued people's livelihood and watched the bridge fall into deep thought.
A bridge is very important, and it can only communicate between the two sides of the strait. However, the previous plan bridges made it impossible for big ships to pass through and affected water transportation. If all such bridges on the Bian water were like lifting the bridge hole several meters high, its significance would be more important than the crane of Song Jiu. Zhao Kuangyin walked a few steps: "Even if that's the case, do you think I will bet with you? Although Hezhou is in the suburbs, it is close to the city wall, and the Bian water is next to it. How important is your infatuation to be worth a Hezhou? And such a large flying bridge, do you have this money and silk? If I bet with you, it will be a devil for thousands of years!"
It turns out that this kid is still going to be greedy for money.
"Your Majesty does not have to worry about money and silk. As long as your Majesty dares to gamble, money and silk will be transformed. And it is not entirely given to the ministers. Those houses cannot be moved in the future, and the academy cannot be used, let alone the court, but the remaining commercial industries used will be returned to the court in fifty years, and the fifty years will not be given to the ministers. In the first two years, it cannot be profited, and the ministers will not pay taxes. In the third year, I am willing to pay taxes for the court. In the fourth year, it is 20,000 yuan, and in the fifth year, it is 30,000 yuan..." Song Jiu desperately thought about the time when the Song Dynasty recovered the Southern Tang Dynasty, and said: "The sixth to tenth years are still 30,000 yuan, the eleventh year is 50,000 yuan, the eleventh year is 60,000 yuan, the thirteenth year is 70,000 yuan, the thirteenth year is 80,000 yuan, the thirteenth year is 90,000 yuan, and the thirteenth year is 100,000 yuan. Until the 100,000 yuan."
Chapter completed!