Qiming 1158

Chapter 681 Until then, you will be the emperor

Gou Jian... pay for the hard work...

Zhao Tan remembered this allusion he had learned.

For revenge, King Goujian of Yue was willing to forbear, and he was even willing to taste the feces of King Wu's husband in order to gain trust, and almost abandoned his dignity as a human being in exchange for the possibility of returning to the country to rectify the Chaogang and start all over again.

And he continued to improve himself and tried his best to remind himself not to forget his past humiliation, until in the end, he succeeded in revenge and achieved a party's hegemony.

This allusion is too inspirational, the emperors of all dynasties must study in depth and learn the spirit of Goujian forbearance and forbearance to make the last move.

Of course, learning is learning, and in the end, there are only a few that can really be done.

Of course, Zhao Tan had studied this story seriously, and he knew what Shi Hao meant.

"Forbearance? Is forbearance really useful?"

Zhao Tan looked at Shi Hao.

Shi Hao nodded.

"It is useful, of course it is useful. Forbearance is all the reasons why Goujian destroyed Fucha and revitalized the country of Yue! Forbearance is the foundation of Goujian's fame in history. If your Highness wants to revive the Great Song Dynasty, please be patient!"

"Even in the face of such insults, do you have to endure it?"

Zhao Tan's eyes turned red.

"want!"

Shi Hao also reddened his eyes: "The more forbearance, the more likely it is to win a big fight in the future!"

Zhao Tan finally couldn't hold it any longer, Dou Da's tears welled up in his eyes and hit the ground across his cheek.

Shi Hao also burst into tears.

The two looked at each other silently, weeping for a long time, Zhao Tan finally stopped the tears, and Shi Hao also calmed down.

Zhao Tan held Shi Hao's hand tightly and did not let go.

"Mr.'s words made me stunned, and it was like seeing the sun through the clouds. I have fully understood what Mister said. I would like to do Goujian, and also ask Mister to be my fan Li and style of writing. Of course, I will never let Mister repeat the same style of writing. The mistake of the seed!"

Shi Hao was satisfied that Zhao Tan could say this.

"Although the talent of the old minister is far inferior to that of Fan Li and Wen Zhong, there is only one loyal who can not lose to these two! If your Highness needs anything, the old minister is willing to be driven by His Highness!"

"gentlemen!"

The two hands clasped tightly and never let go for a long time.

This afternoon, Zhao Tan left Shi Hao to have a meal in his palace. After the meal, Shi Hao held Zhao Tan's hand and told him one more thing.

"His Royal Highness, if the old minister's expectations are not bad, in a few days, His Majesty will definitely summon His Highness to talk about the Zen position. At that time, I also ask His Highness to pretend to be at a loss, be extremely surprised, and repeatedly refuse until the final decision is made. Don't accept it lightly, so that your Majesty can rest assured."

Zhao Tan smiled helplessly.

"Doing this is no different from cheating. Is it not filial piety for me to do this?"

"This has been the case since ancient times. Filial piety is hidden in the heart, and there is no need to show it on the face. Moreover, His Highness should take the great Song Dynasty and the people as his own responsibility.

Zhao Tan nodded slowly.

"I will think more, thank you sir for your warning."

Shi Hao nodded and said: "If the battle situation is urgent in the future, Your Majesty may also lead the expedition in person. At that time, please also accompany His Highness. Your Majesty may introduce His Highness to the generals in the army and prepare for the inner meditation, but there is only one point. , please, Your Highness, please refrain from military power no matter what, and will not accept the slightest military power until you succeed the emperor."

Zhao Tan understood what Shi Hao meant.

"I see, I will never forget Mr.'s warning."

"So good."

Shi Hao held Zhao Tan's hand with relief, feeling that he had been ups and downs for most of his life, and finally found an emperor worthy of assistance, and could entrust him with all his talents.

Will the future Song Dynasty go to glory under the leadership of this emperor?
Shi Hao said he was looking forward to it.

Not as Shi Hao expected, Zhao Tan received a call from Zhao Gou on the third day after the meeting, saying that Zhao Gou hadn't seen Zhao Tan for a long time, and wanted to meet him, have a meal, and talk about father and son. Feelings.

Zhao Tan gathered all his energy, sorted out his clothes, and went to Zhao Gou's palace.

Zhao Gou did look like he was going to have dinner with Zhao Tan. He prepared a lot of food and wine, entertained him with food and drink, and invited him to sing and dance. He said that he hadn't eaten, drank, watched songs and dances with Zhao Tan for a long time, and suddenly wanted to come to such a show. back.

Zhao Tan obeyed Zhao Gou's orders, ate, drank, sang and danced, but his posture was upright, with no reckless appearance, elegant eating, not drunk when drinking, and quite the appearance of an emperor, which made Zhao Gou quite satisfied.

After all, if Zhao Tan didn't look like an emperor, he wouldn't dare to pass the throne to him rashly, otherwise he would completely defeat the foundation of the Song Dynasty in three or two strokes, and he planned to be a stable imperial capital Can't do it, don't cry to death?
After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Gou put down the wine glass, screened the song and dance and left and right, and talked to Zhao Tan alone.

"Yuanyong, these days inside and outside the court are turbulent, and major events are frequent, but I don't think you are nervous at all. Don't you know anything?"

Hearing that, Zhao Tan put down his glass and smiled: "Yes, this minister actually knows about it, but your Majesty presides over and resolves major national affairs. Your Majesty is a wise ruler. Is there anything that your Majesty can't solve? This minister believes in His Majesty."

"Believe me……"

When Zhao Gou heard the words, he smiled bitterly and said, "You believe me, but I can't believe in myself!"

"Why did your Majesty say this?"

Zhao Tan was puzzled.

"The war with the Ming Kingdom, whether to fight or not to fight, what should we do? Yuan Yong, tell me, what should we do?"

Zhao Gou raised his glass and drank the wine, then looked at Zhao Tan and asked him this question.

Zhao Tan blinked, and then replied cautiously: "This is a major military matter, and it should be decided by Your Majesty. How can this minister speak falsely? Whatever Your Majesty says, the minister will support whatever."

"Don't say that, there are only you and me here, out of your mouth and into my ears, no third person will know."

Zhao Gou was not willing to let Zhao Tan go.

Zhao Tan looked hesitant and tangled, and Zhao Gou urged him on the third day, so Zhao Tan finally spoke out.

"Your Majesty, this minister thinks that the Great Song Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom have never been divided into upper and lower countries. They are the same country, but the Emperor Ming has rashly asked the Great Song Dynasty for the annual coins. This is very unreasonable. If the Great Song promised Ming this time. Kingdom, if the Ming Kingdom has more outrageous demands in the future, how should the Song Dynasty deal with it? Should I agree or not?"

After Zhao Gou listened, he silently drank a glass of wine.

"So you support the fight?"

"The minister obeys His Majesty's orders. As long as His Majesty has something to consider, this minister will never object."

"Hehehe, slick! Such a watertight answer, did Shi Hao teach you?"

Zhao Tan nodded immediately after hearing this.

"Yes, it was Mr. Shi who told the minister. Mr. Shi said that in the face of your majesty, you should be respectful no matter what. What your majesty said should not be refuted. What your majesty said was the best in the world. Keep your Majesty's kindness in your heart and never forget it."

Zhao Gou laughed.

"Hahahaha, it seems really right to have Shi Hao as your teacher. I value Shi Hao very much. He was a jinshi and became an official when he was nearly forty years old. His early years were quite rough, so He didn't have the arrogance of those teenage winners.

He is deep and introverted and can do great things, but because of his low qualifications, there is no suitable position for him in the DPRK that can be handed over to him. After thinking about it again and again, I decided to let him be responsible for your teaching and let him settle more. , After accumulating a lot of money, it now seems that this move is right, and Shi Hao can do great things for the emperor. "

Zhao Tan hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"Your Majesty asked Mr. Shi to teach the minister, and the minister is very grateful."

"Well, Shi Hao is still very good."

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "It's good that you can learn something from Shi Hao. I'm very relieved to see you now."

After Zhao Gou finished speaking, he opened the page, and then talked about the previous topic.

"Since you advocate fighting against the Ming Kingdom, you should consider the possibility of defeat. In your opinion, if the Song Dynasty were defeated, what would be the consequences?"

"Defeat?"

Zhao Tan hurriedly said: "His Majesty is wise and talented, and the Song Dynasty has enough soldiers and food, and the soldiers use their lives, how can it be defeated? The Song Dynasty will definitely win! Ming's unreasonable demands will never succeed!"

"Hahaha, is there enough food for soldiers? Soldiers use their lives?"

Zhao Gou seemed to have been hit with a laugh, he laughed for a while, then panted and said, "You haven't seen those generals facing the golden thief back then, you can say that they ran faster than me, and I can I feel like I'm running fast, they run faster than me, hahahahaha!"

Zhao Gou continued to laugh wildly, and the tears of laughter were about to flow down.

Zhao Tan said nothing, lowered his head, and did not look directly at Zhao Gou.

After Zhao Gou finished laughing, his emotions were almost relieved, and then he poured himself a glass of wine, raised his head and swallowed it.

"You are the crown prince I chose, the one who wants to inherit my position. I don't want to say anything false to you. I didn't tell you the truth before. When you take over, I don't know how to complain that I didn't tell you. The truth.

Let me tell you, the army of the Great Song Dynasty is rotten to the root. It is said that there are 40 troops. It is still a question of whether there are 20 soldiers capable of fighting. This is what I know, I don’t know, Maybe more. "

"…………"

Zhao Tan was stunned.

"His Majesty……"

"Don't be afraid, I'm telling the truth, Da Song's army is really rotten to the root. I don't know how to describe that feeling. If you want money, I will give you money, if you want weapons, I will give you weapons, and if you want soldiers, I will give you weapons. To the soldiers, I've given everything that should be given, should you give me an elite soldier? Hey, give me an old, weak, sick and disabled person who eats half of their empty pay! Hahahaha!"

Zhao Gou slapped the table and laughed wildly, almost out of breath.

Zhao Tan hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhao Gou, gave him a good breath, and stroked his chest.

It took a while for Zhao Gou to relax.

The first sentence that came out of his breath made Zhao Tan almost stop his heart.

"After this battle, I will abdicate, Emperor, you do it."

Zhao Tan's body stiffened and he couldn't move.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"Don't be so surprised, sooner or later, you have become the crown prince. Isn't the next step the emperor?"

"But...but...but Your Majesty, my minister...I didn't..."

"Nothing? The obvious thing is that Da Song can't win this battle. If it really wants to fight, it is estimated that Da Song will be defeated in two months. At that time, what the Ming Dynasty wants, Da Song will. Give something or it's over.

If the Ming Kingdom wanted less, it would be better, but if it wanted more, who would take the responsibility for defeat?Tang Si retreated?Shen this?Wang Lun?Ye Yi asked?Zhou Linzhi?No, none of them can. Even if they resign collectively, it is not enough. The only one who can take responsibility here is me. "

Zhao Gou pointed at himself.

"Only if I take responsibility can the grievances of the officials and the people disappear. Only when I abdicate and disappear, they will not transfer their grievances to our Zhao family, and they will not have resentment against the Song Dynasty. Only I can do all this. , so I take the responsibility, I abdicate, I will not be the emperor, at that time, it will be you who will be the emperor."

Zhao Gou stared at Zhao Tan with turbid eyes.

It seems that he wants to see what he wants to see from Zhao Tan's face.

Zhao Tan's body froze for a while.

Then, Zhao Tan helped Zhao Gou to sit firmly, and he quickly climbed to the bottom of the steps and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty! How can this minister be able? His Majesty is the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and His Majesty is the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. The minister is only a pity from His Majesty, so he was lucky enough to become the Crown Prince. He has no credit for Jiangshan's society, how can he become an emperor?"

"Credit... credit."

Zhao Gou stared at Zhao Tan, pointed his finger at him, and said, "No credit, no guilt, clean, just like a blank piece of paper, nothing wrong, do you know how much I envy you? You know How much do I want to be you?

From the very beginning, I was not the one who was chosen by heaven. I was the only choice for everyone. Without me, they would be even more dangerous. Without me, Da Song Jiangshan would fall apart, and even half of the country could not be preserved!Half of the country can't be saved, is it only our Zhao family who suffer?
No, not one of the civil and military dignitaries in the Manchu Dynasty would be better off!I am a banner, a banner that they need to fight in order to preserve their own prosperity!Because of the one and only, they need me, no matter what I do, they have to keep me. "

As Zhao Gou spoke, he slapped the table, as if sighing, regretting, venting, and rejoicing.

Zhao Tan didn't know Zhao Gou's mental activity at this moment, he only felt that Zhao Gou was telling the truth to him.

As an emperor, it is extremely difficult to tell the truth to others.

Maybe it was really a long time since he told the truth, and Zhao Gou was also very depressed. He had a little chance and immediately blurted out and said many, many truths.

"Do you think the emperor is using the ministers to protect the country? No! Isn't the ministers taking advantage of the power the emperor gave them, and then doing whatever they want?"

"Without the emperor being the emperor to take care of everything, why would they take and take away from the people? Why do they do whatever they want and still stand on the moral peak and accuse the people of being a traitor? This is why the emperor always has scruples when dealing with corrupt officials."

"Look at Ming's officials dare to do this? If they dare to do this, the first person who can't spare him is their emperor! Su Yonglin is amazing! The founder of the country is a powerful emperor right away! State officials are trembling with fear!"

"What is the Son of Heaven? Wealthy all over the world? Is there a king in the world? Fart! Fart! It's just a fart! If you are lucky, you can also make a fortune with the officials. If you are unlucky, you will encounter the end of the dynasty due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. That is the laughing stock of the ages. !"

"What will future generations say about me? As an emperor of the Central Plains, a shameless person who bowed his knees to a foreign race and begged for mercy and was willing to be a minister? A ruthless villain who did nothing while watching his parents get humiliated? An insidious emperor who killed his general and destroyed the Great Wall? I know it all. I know it all!"

The more he talked about it, the more pathetic Zhao Gou became. The more he talked about it, the more emotional he became. His eyes were red with tears, like a wounded beast, spraying his emotions to the fullest.

(End of this chapter)