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Chapter 1053 Reconciliation
There are not many people who dare to call Li Xia with "Hello" nowadays, he knew who it was as soon as he heard it, and when he looked back, he saw Zhao Jin standing in the corridor.

It was cold in mid-February, and although she held a copper stove in her hand, her cheeks and nose were still a little red from the cold, as if she had been standing here for a while.

"Hey, come here."

Li Xia didn't go there, but he didn't walk away, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Jin had no choice but to trot to him with the copper stove in his arms, and said, "I saw you this morning, have you visited the people in the alley?"

"Well, don't say it."

"So, you are a good emperor who loves the people like a son?"

"Didn't you say that I am not worthy of being an emperor, but a despicable and shameless bandit leader?" Li Xia replied casually, as if he felt that the bandit leader was more relaxed.

"It's kind of vengeful."

Zhao Jin turned her head and looked in a certain direction for a long time, as if she saw the corpses in Jiangling City through the courtyard wall, the depression and fear in her heart, and her feelings about this troubled world, all kinds of emotions were messy. , I don't know where to start.

"Actually, I know everything. My Zhao family has enjoyed the country for more than three hundred years, and the country will fall. I didn't say that after the fact. You know that someone wrote on the palace gate a few years ago, 'Yan Martin, Guoshi Dying'?"

Of course Li Xia knew that it was the first time he went to Lin'an, and Lin'an city was full of disturbance because of this sentence.

It seems that it was also from that year that the war between Sichuan and Shu resumed, and the party struggles in the Song Dynasty became fierce... It was like the prelude to the subjugation of the country.

From the perspective of later generations, it was in that year that Wen Yunsun and Lu Xiufu became officials, as if they came to accompany the Song Dynasty to complete the last journey.But in this world, no one has foreseen this "national situation will perish" early on.

"You wrote it?"

"It's not me. I was only young at that time. It was written by my uncle."

"Ah."

Li Xia knew at that time that Jia Sidao asked someone to write it.

Zhao Jin sighed leisurely, and said: "I entered Jiangling last night and saw the many corpses. I was thinking about what would happen after Duanping entered Luo, and what would happen without you frontier soldiers fighting bloody battles. The foundation of the ancestors was handed over to you. It is better to die in the hands of foreign bandits, and it is better than if there is another Jingkang change. In short, whoever is the emperor is good to the people of the world, I think come out."

After saying this, she seemed a little discouraged and showed a sense of loss.

But Li Xia said: "It doesn't have to be like this, you can still call me a traitor."

"I scolded you, then I was born as the daughter of the Zhao family... I don't know what to do if I don't scold you."

After Zhao Jin spoke, her voice became softer, revealing her melancholy.

She knew that Yan Rong cared about her, and she didn't want to show a sad look in front of Yan Rong.But living under the fence, I heard them talking about Li Xia every day. She wanted to look lively, but ended up clumsily doing so.

"It doesn't matter." Li Xia said: "Occasionally someone misunderstands me as the emperor, but you are insignificant anyway."

"Hmph. But I have to admit what I have to admit." Zhao Jin looked up at Li Xia, his eyes gradually became serious, and he said seriously, "You are a wise king."

"I know."

Zhao Jin was more serious, and said: "I am speaking to you as the daughter of Emperor Lizong of the Great Song Dynasty. Compared with Zhao Xuan who is currently sitting on the throne of Lin'an, I am more qualified to promise you the title of emperor on behalf of Zhao."

Li Xia was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

Zhao Jin immediately lost his confidence and lowered his head.

Walking around in this yard today, waiting for a full afternoon, she thought that these words were not easy to utter, and felt that this was the responsibility she should have as the daughter of the Zhao family.

At least in the eyes of a woman like her, no descendant of the Zhao family could defeat Li Xia.She definitely can't, and she can't count on Zhao Xuan.Then, the only thing she can do is to make the Zhao family lose the country just like the Emperor Taizu when he won the country.

But when she really said it, it was far from being as exciting as she expected. Instead, it seemed like she was bragging, and her confidence was lost immediately.

"Anyway, you are a good emperor, I admit it."

"I am your enemy." Li Xia said, "Zhao Yun died at my hands."

Zhao Jin asked: "If... I mean, if your plan goes well that night, and you get in front of my father, will you kill him?"

"meeting."

"Can't you say no? Maybe my father was just deceived by treacherous ministers. After you see him, explain clearly. Can he use you to regain the Central Plains?"

Zhao Jin seemed a little anxious, and even stomped his feet in front of Li Xia.

"So what can you say about being loyal to my father? I don't want to hate you anymore, and I'm tired too! My brother assassinated my father, my cousin poisoned me, my uncle shielded them, and practiced public law to make people miserable. Bad women are also Bad, but I've been with her all this time...I'm tired, the country hates me and the family hates me and I want to forget it. Then you just say one word so that I can feel at ease and forget it? You will die if you say one word ?!"

Li Xia didn't speak.

He looked at Zhao Jin and saw that she was crying as she talked, with a big tear hanging on her face... He felt that she was a little baffled.

I haven't finished my official business yet, but I came here to argue with an ignorant little girl.

Zhao Jin wiped away his tears and said again: "I know I'm useless, I can't save the country, I can't avenge my family. I also know that you hate me, there is no reason to follow my wishes, but...but..."

"But" after a long time, she couldn't think of any reason to make Li Xia accommodate her, so she wiped away her tears and cried again, and finally said: "But I also hate you."

"I don't hate you, I just think you should hate me."

"What do I hate you for? I hate you."

Zhao Jin wiped away his tears and turned his back.

"When my grandfather ruled Huaidong, he was impeached and died in a panic at the age of 46. Later, my uncle gained power and sought revenge from the person who impeached my grandfather... My mother protected him, she said... She said Xu There are also old and young members of the counselor's family, and their children are young... She said that she has experienced the pain of breaking the family, so why bother to let others go through it again..."

Speaking of mother, Zhao Jin began to sob while talking.

"She said that her grandfather has already passed away, and that there is only one more person in the world who can live well... I haven't forgotten my mother... What do I hate you for?"

Li Xia didn't expect that with Jia Sidao's narrow-minded temperament, he could have such a magnanimous sister.

From this point of view, it is not without reason that Zhao Yun only favored Concubine Jia Guifei back then, and even wanted to make her a queen.

After standing like this for a while, when Zhao Jin calmed down a little, Li Xia asked: "Admitting that I am a good emperor will make you feel more relaxed?"

"Ah."

"I'm not a good emperor yet." Li Xia sat down casually by the corridor and said, "I can be a good warlord, but I haven't learned how to be an emperor yet."

Zhao Jin turned his head and glanced at him, and said, "What else do you want? My father has been on the throne for 30 years and still says he can't be emperor."

Li Xia also turned his head, met Zhao Jin's gaze, and said, "Okay, to tell you the truth. I didn't want to kill the king that night, but wanted to remonstrate with the army. Please ask the late emperor to abolish Zhao Xuan and choose him from the clan. One son is the crown prince."

"really?"

Of course it's fake.

But Li Xia still said: "You can't trust me, do you trust Wu Qian?"

Zhao Jin was taken aback for a moment, and nodded.

"That's all. If I'm really a kingkiller, how can Duke Wu help me? Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain this."

Li Xia turned to look at the moon in the sky.

He knows he has changed.

More hypocrisy and thicker skin.

He clearly knows that he wants to be a good emperor. If he needs a little thick black as an emperor, then he is willing to add a little thick black.

Zhao Jin asked: "I asked you before, why didn't you tell me?"

"Don't care what you think."

"Why do you say it now?"

"You are too annoying."

Zhao Jin tilted his head, not knowing whether to believe him or not, turned around to leave, but came back after walking a few steps.

She put the copper stove in her hand on the porch bench, looked at Li Xia, and asked, "Although our country is ruined, I don't want to live a miserable life every day. I want to live a comfortable and happy life. You think I'm wrong Yet?"

"Why do you ask me?"

"You think I'm annoying, so I'll annoy you again."

Li Xia was silent for a moment, then said: "I told Yan Rong what you just said."

Yan Rong asked Zhao Jin for his opinion when he was about to take him in.

At that time he spoke briefly, but now facing Zhao Jin, he elaborated on his perception of the Zhao family.

"I want to change the dynasty. What I want is the unification of the world and the peace of the world. This is the goal. Driving the Zhao family from the throne is only one of the steps in the process, not the goal of driving the Zhao family to extinction. People can't do things without sacrificing the basics.

There are thousands of bad things about the Zhao family, but there are also good things.At least its clan management is better than that of previous dynasties, and the titles are strict. After three or five generations, the clan's children are almost the same as ordinary people. serious burden.

Most of the emperors of the Zhao family are bad, and I can't name any of them that I admire.But after the privileges of Zhao's direct lineage and the few kings and nobles that can be counted on one hand are wiped out, I hope that those Zhao's children who are like ordinary people in the world can live freely and happily under my rule.

For example, I want Zhao Mengfu to still be a generation of famous calligraphers and painters in the future... Your family is indeed talented in this area. "

Li Xia said these words while thinking, Zhao Jin sat down on the corridor and listened with his head propped up, and his mood gradually calmed down.

"Who is Zhao Mengfu?"

Li Xia said casually: "A child from the clan. When I remonstrated with the emperor, I wanted to ask the late emperor to accept him as his stepson. Unfortunately, I failed."

"Oh."

Zhao Jin thought for a while, and then asked: "Then, can I also be your subject? Live freely and happily."

Li Xia smiled wryly.

Originally, in front of Zhao Jin, who was the least likely to recognize his throne, he felt relaxed, but he didn't expect that she also wanted to be his subject.

"It's up to you to be free and happy. All I can do is try my best to make my subjects live in peace and prosperity."

"Me too? Should I feel guilty?"

"One's life is so short, one should live well."

Zhao Jin nodded, picked up the copper stove and prepared to leave, got up and couldn't help but asked again: "I went to Chang'an, can I play cuju?"

"I don't care about you, that's your business."

Zhao Jin walked a few steps and remembered something again, but turned his head and bowed to Li Xia.

She looked neither happy nor sad, only relieved.

"All blessings, Your Majesty, the daughter of the people will retire."

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Li Xia still sat there watching Zhao Jin's figure walk down the path.

He has always known that he has changed a lot, and the fate of many people in the world must have deviated from the original track.

The only regret is that too many people are unknown in the history, and only a few people can let Li Xia specifically say that their fate has changed for the better because of him, and what exactly has changed.

Such as Zhang Jue, such as Li Zengbo.Although Li Xia didn't know what their original destiny was, he could clearly be sure that because of him, they had realized their ambitions.

Last night, he was sitting in Fu'er's mother's house, thinking all the time, if not for himself, would this old woman's son die?Perhaps in the original time and space, the Yuan army went south and took Jiangling without bloodshed.

This kind of uncertainty is the most draining emotion.

Tonight, he can be sure that Zhao Jin's life will be better because of him, after all, how good the life of the girls of the Zhao family was when the country was subjugated.

Compared with all living beings, Zhao Jin is not important.It's just that this specific, definite, and clear change can occasionally soothe his emotions.

As for being emperor, he began to feel confident.

"correct."

Zhao Jin from the side of the path turned around and asked, "Is there a general named Lu Xiaoyou under your command? The one who sent Wang Cui back at that time..."

(End of this chapter)