The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 152 A Different Emperor
If other emperors really didn't have such an idea, they would do it directly. What else would they need if they had evidence?

But Zhao Kuangyin was a loving and righteous emperor after all, so he considered a lot.

He didn't want to be said to be ungrateful, and even more so, he didn't want to be recorded as such a person by the historian.

In this way, Lao Zhao is really a good emperor, and he knows how to record him in the history books, such a person is generally not a bad emperor.

Why? Because he always thinks about what history books will say about him and how history will record him after he has done this.

He has been constrained by history, he does not do things according to his own preferences, and he still cares about his own reputation in the future.

When such a person becomes an emperor, he must be very cautious. He must be a practical emperor, because he has people who are afraid of him.

You see, which of those famous tyrants in history said that they had scruples about this before doing something.

At that time, they were only caring about their own happiness, and they would not think about other things, so the "glorious deeds" they did were all recorded in history.

Although they were emperors at the time, people dared not say anything, but after such a record in the pen and ink of the historian, people later will naturally give corresponding evaluations.

Although Zhao Kuangyin's doing so helped to maintain his personal reputation, it also made him unable to do things as he wanted, and it can be said that he was a little timid.

Song Taizu, after all, was not a mediocre emperor, on the contrary, he was an emperor with great achievements. He knew when and what was the most important thing.

I became the emperor, not all for my own selfish desires, but more for the sake of the common people in this troubled world.

When I followed Chai Rong, I never thought that one day I would be the emperor. Even today, I still feel that this is a dream.

But he has become the emperor, which many people want to do but can't. He is sitting on the dragon chair now.

So from the angle he considers the problem now, he absolutely cannot look at the problem from the perspective of the past. This is not acceptable.

He has to be responsible for the entire country, and he has to think about the tens of thousands of people in the Song Dynasty. He is now the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Everything should be based on whether it is beneficial to Da Song, not just whether it is beneficial to oneself.

You must know that when you are in a high position, you will bear greater responsibilities. Whoever made you the emperor, you have reached the peak of the world, and you should bear things that others cannot bear.

Now Zhao Kuangyin is such a person. There are many things you don't want to do, but you still have to do them.

If you don't do this, it may be beneficial to you, it may be beneficial to other people, but it will definitely not be beneficial to the people.

Doing so may make them scold themselves for being ruthless and unjust, but it is beneficial to Song Dynasty as a whole.

And you have to choose one of the two, and you have to make a choice, even though you know how to choose.

Zhao Kuangyin narrated his inner conflicts to his son, and Zhao Xu listened carefully to his narration.

It turns out that the old man is worried about this. It seems that the old man is not an iron-blooded emperor. You see, never has Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated like this.

All the things that he thinks are not good for him are all removed, so he doesn't care what others say.Although there may not be Zhu Yuanzhang in the future.

But from this aspect, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Yuanzhang have completely different personalities, and their attitudes towards heroes are completely different.

Zhu Chongba and Liu Laosan are the same. They are both emperors who came from the poor bottom. They both love the people very much.

But they all have one thing in common, that is, they all slaughtered the heroes and maintained their own country.

"Xu'er, do you think I want to learn how Han Gaozu Liu Bang treated the heroes who founded the country like that?"

Zhao Kuangyin threw this question to his son, hoping that he would have some good ideas. In fact, he may have already made plans in his heart.

You asked me what to do, what good solution can I come up with, I think you must have an idea in your heart, your hand is very beautiful in history.

I can't think of a better way than you, why?You took back all your military power without spending a single soldier.

What's more important is that you didn't kill a single person, such feats are only achieved by the ancient emperors.

Based on this alone, you have killed the emperors of all dynasties in China in seconds, isn't it so?

Liu Laosan, the rascal's head of the pavilion in Surabaya, conquered the country with a stick of buddies, but he didn't change his rascal character at all.

Constantly finding excuses to make those princes of the opposite sex rebel, and then go to crusade on their own, and revoke these feudal states after victory.

Those princes or princes of the opposite sex, didn't they make great military exploits, and made great contributions to Lao Liu when he seized the country?
First, the world is peaceful, and then he starts to clean up his comrades. This kind of thing is really something such a rascal can do.

"That depends on what kind of emperor you want to be. Do you want to be an emperor like Han Gaozu Liu Bang or Tang Taizong Li Shimin?

You already have your own ideas in your heart, but now you ask me how to do it, then I will ask you what kind of emperor you want to be.

What kind of emperor do you want to be? You only need to answer what kind of emperor you want to be, and the answer will come naturally.

What I mean is obvious, didn't you ask me, I can't say, it's still up to you, just tell me what kind of emperor you want to be.

Zhao Kuangyin also bowed his head and remained silent, yes, what kind of person do you want to be, exactly what kind of emperor do you want to be?

How can the historian record himself for what he is doing now?How should future generations evaluate themselves?
There are also hundreds of emperors in history, needless to say Qin Shihuang, the one emperor through the ages, was still a tyrant, this is a conclusion in history books.

But he didn't think so. He wiped out the other six countries in one fell swoop, and for the first time a great unification appeared, ending years of wars and preventing the people from wars.

He also unified the written weights and measures, etc., which made our life gradually on the right track, and built the Great Wall to prevent nomads from going south.

He even sent general Meng Tian to go north to fight against the Xiongnu many times, so that the Xiongnu did not dare to go south and herd horses. To be honest, Zhao Kuangyin still admired this eternal emperor.

Such a person has a bad reputation in history and was reprimanded as a tyrant. Thinking of this, Zhao Kuangyin doesn't pay much attention to history.

According to his understanding, an emperor like Qin Shihuang should be respected by the Huaxia clan, but the fact is completely opposite.

Besides, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the founding emperor who created the foundation of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, is not bad in history.

But Zhao Kuangyin knew in his heart that Liu Laosan was a rascal at the beginning, who ate and drank on the street all day long.

He spent all day with his group of cronies and gangsters doing nothing good, which made everyone very disgusted with him.

Later, he and Xiang Yu attacked Qin State together, and Xiang Yu was attacking Julu, which was the elite of Qin State. Unexpectedly, Liu Bang bypassed the enemy and entered Xianyang directly.

Putting his allies aside, he entered Xianyang first, isn't it because Emperor Yi said that the one who enters Guanzhong first is the king?

From this point, we can see what kind of person he is, besides, he later became the emperor and slowly dealt with his heroes.

I still pretended not to know and threw all these to my wife. I didn't do it, it was all done by my wife.

You said it was your wife who did it, why don't you punish your wife? Would you not instruct her to do this?
These intelligences happen to those ignorant people, so they can deceive people all over the world, but you did it.

I, Zhao Kuangyin, would never be such a person. I despise such a person. Although such a person didn't dare to say anything at the time, did I feel better in my heart?

Let's talk about Tang Taizong Li Shimin, this person is undoubtedly a Mingjun, there is nothing to say.

During his reign, Datang's national power grew rapidly, and foreign countries surrendered, which made him known as the Khan of Heaven, and the national prestige of Datang spread far and wide.

But how did he come to the throne? He killed his brothers and forced his old father to get it. Such a person has already destroyed the righteousness of human relations, so there is nothing to say.

What Zhao Kuangyin dislikes most is such a person, so he hates such a person very much in his heart, and there is only one way left to go.

That is to be an emperor who has never existed before, and to become an emperor who has never been seen before.

It’s fine if you don’t do it, since you do it, you have to be the best. When I was a general, I wanted to be the best general. Now that I’ve become the emperor, I also want to be the best emperor.

After thinking through all this, Zhao Kuangyin no longer has so many worries:
"Okay, I just want to be an emperor that no one has ever done before. I must do what the emperors of the past can do, and I must do what the emperors of the past can't do."

"Not only do I want to do it, but I also want to do it better, to become an emperor who surpasses Qin Huang and Han Wu. This is my pursuit, and no one can stop me."

From this moment, Zhao Kuangyin had already let go of all the previous concerns, and knew what he should do.

He already had his own answer, and he knew what to do without saying anything.

To be a good emperor requires not only ability, but more importantly courage, and Zhao Kuangyin has all of these, so he knows what he is going to do.

History cannot be reversed because it has already happened, but the present can be changed.

I don't care what your previous emperors did, but I, Zhao Kuangyin, know what I should do, that is, to be a different emperor, an unprecedented emperor.

(End of this chapter)