Supporting Zhao Gou to walk in the small garden, Ye Yu has been quietly following aside, this is the first time he has been close to this controversial person.

An old man and a young man strolled in the garden, and from time to time Zhao asked Ye Yu a few words of homely things, and Ye Yu also answered them all.

Perhaps tired of walking, the two sat down in an attic. With the arrival of the two, the palace maid soon sent fragrant tea in the attic, and the two chatted about trivial matters in their spare time.

After some casual talk, Ye Yu had a general understanding of this old man who was over sixty years old.

"Yu'er, how do you say that in the annals of history in the future, will you comment on my life?" Zhao Gou blew the hot air on the teacup and asked a leisurely question without warning.

For this question, Ye Yu didn't know how to speak, he couldn't say that you would be despised by future generations in the future, and scold you for being a weak and incompetent person?

He couldn't say these words, and he didn't dare to say them, so it made him feel a little embarrassed.

Zhao Gou saw that Ye Yu was a little hesitant, so he showed a wry smile and said: "Actually, if you don't say it, I also know that the people and even the courtiers will secretly say that I used to be a faint king!" ”

"Grandpa Huang, you are thinking too much......"

"You don't have to cover it up for me, I actually know very well in my heart that they will scold me for being weak and incompetent, killing Zhongliang, and making half of my Great Song Dynasty rivers and mountains fall into the hands of Jinren!"

"......" Ye Yu didn't speak, because he didn't know what to say at this time, the only thing he had to do now was to be silent and be a faithful listener!

Zhao Gou sighed slightly, shook his head and said to himself: "The so-called is not at the same level, others will never understand the pain in my heart. I did something during my reign, and how can my people know everything? ”

"Grandson understands! The greater the power, the greater the sacrifice, the more fratricidal and wronged the flesh and blood...... Since ancient times, emperors have called themselves lonely people, and it is not people who are lonely, but people who are ...... hearts."

Ye Yu's words of emotion shocked Zhao Gou when he heard it, and then praised: "It's rare for you to have such insight at a young age!" Yes, it is not the people who are lonely, but the hearts! ”

"Although I have abdicated now, I have also heard about the affairs of the court, and most of the people in the world will accuse me of being weak and suing for peace with the Jin State, but have they ever thought that I am not good as an emperor?"

"Back then, my father and brother were both taken captive to the north, and I was not prepared at all to catch the ducks on the shelves, and fled all the way to Jiangnan to reorganize the army to resist the Jin soldiers! But had they ever thought that this battle could be fought casually? ”

Today, Zhao Gou seems to be very interested in talking, and he really wants to talk to the young man in front of him.

And after Ye Yu listened to Zhao Gou's words, the inherent thinking in his heart was slowly changing, and he suddenly felt that Zhao Gou was actually a poor person at this moment.

He picked up the throne because the Second Emperor Huiqin was taken away, but this throne can be described as hard-won, almost to the point of life and death.

As Zhao Gou said, this battle is actually not bloody. What is the war fought? Everyone knows that it's money, it's people!

And these two points, the Southern Song Dynasty was extremely lacking at that time. At the beginning of the establishment of the regime, the country was poor and white, the people were displaced, and food became a problem.

Speaking of the source of soldiers, the story is even more exaggerated nonsense. It can be said that under the military system of the Song Dynasty, many people were reluctant to become soldiers. Ordinary people would rather wander and suffer than join the military.

The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty changed the military practice of the Sui and Tang dynasties and adopted the method of recruitment to recruit soldiers, and most of the recruits were displaced and hungry people. Although being a soldier is worry-free about food and clothing, it is not a glory and wealth, and the most important thing is to tattoo words on your face.

The vice of tattooing was prevalent in the Five Dynasties and was inherited by the Great Song Dynasty in order to prevent soldiers from fleeing. And the people who tattooed their faces at that time, except for the soldiers, were criminals and slaves. So once you are tattooed after becoming a soldier, you will be looked down upon for the rest of your life.

Whether it is folklore or romance, it is believed that Yue Fei is about to smash the Yellow Dragon, and the destruction of gold is just around the corner.

But the historical fact is that at that time, there were at least 500,000 Jin soldiers, and the Song army, except for the rabble of the righteous army composed of some ordinary people, had no combat effectiveness at all.

The real soldiers, that is, hundreds of thousands, and they belong to several generals, are not united with each other, fight each other, and contain each other, how can such a Song army defeat the Jin people?

The Han people are a nation that loves to imagine beautiful things, and due to the weakness of the Song Dynasty's military affairs, there are even more nonsense.

After Yue Fei's death, his descendants were not reused, and they all practiced literature and did not practice martial arts, how could it be the surrender of the Jin State in the middle of the fight?

This made Ye Yu think of the life experience of Qianlong Hongli in the Qing Dynasty, the birth and identity of the children in the royal family, there will be a special Zongren Mansion to check, how can Hongli be the son of the Han people?

However, after the rendering, it seems to be a fact that is not true. In fact, to put it bluntly, this is a kind of subjective speculation, and the Han people have no hope of reversing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, so they take it for granted that they are self-consoling.

For what? It's just a little comfort for that little pride!

Zhao Gou took a sip of fragrant tea lightly, and then sighed lightly: "In all fairness, I am indeed afraid of the Jin Kingdom, this is an indisputable fact, and I don't want to hide anything!" But this fear is not innate, if my Great Song Jian'er is really powerful, why should I be afraid? ”

Seeing Zhao Gou unabashedly admit this fact, Ye Yu was very surprised. But Ye Yu believed that what Zhao Gou said was from his heart, and the victory of the small fight made Zhao Gou see no hope at all, but would provoke the counterattack of the Jin State.

This psychology, in the final analysis, is still the army of the Great Song Dynasty, which made Zhao Gou lose confidence!

As long as there are living beings, there will be a sense of resistance, let alone people? And the reason why I didn't resist was because I was afraid of being beaten!

Why are you afraid? Or is it because the skills are not as good as others!

"But can this be blamed on me? Half of the Great Song Dynasty has become an enemy, is it my fault? Is the century-old depression of the society a moment? Left this mess, what can you do for me? ”

"I admit that I am not an emperor who can do anything, but I am much better than my father and brother! During the reign of Emperor Renzong, there was Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal; During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, Wang Anshi changed the law, but what were these results? ”

"Failed! If it is said that I am an incompetent and faint king, then when Emperor Renzong was in power, there were no more famous ministers and famous generals, but the result was a failure, why? It shows that the shortcomings of the imperial court are heavy, and it is difficult to reform the system! ”

"Why don't I want to be a good emperor? Who wants to be notorious in the annals of history? But in this process, someone has to carry the infamy to the transition! Although I didn't expand my territory like Taizu Taizong, I at least kept the prosperity and well-being of the people in Jiangnan! ”

“……”

Zhao Gou's words made Ye Yu's understanding gradually change.

When he was reborn in the Song Dynasty, he still held the comments and positioning in the history of later generations, but when he integrated into this era and this court, he found that the current court seemed to be rich, but it was already facing decay.

As Fang Cai Zhao said, Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's later reform were not because these people were idle, but because this court and this political system have gradually become corrupt.

Until now, it has been struggling to support it for more than a hundred years, and the problems in it can be imagined how strict it is.

At this moment, Ye Yu seemed to understand Zhao Gou's helplessness more and more. For Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Liu Qi and other cadres, it is an indisputable fact that these generals are very good at fighting, but they are always just generals, standing not high, and not seeing far is a common problem of these people.

For the generals, all they saw was the march and battle, and they didn't think about the rest! For example, whether the treasury is empty, whether the internal contradictions are intense, whether there are natural and man-made disasters in the country, or the relationship between the diplomatic interests of countries......

No one pays attention to this qiē, but as an emperor, he has to take all of these into account!

And most of the Shilin literati are moaning without illness, only seeing one-sided factors, and they are bound to abandon the pen and sweep away the Jin country, but have these people ever considered the situation of the country?

And for the people, it doesn't really matter to them whether they fight or not. What they want is a stable life, and if there is a sudden war, the people will have to pay an extra 10% of the military salary and taxes!

Just like the republics of later generations, they were not moved by the repeated harassment of small island countries, not because they were weak and unable to swallow their anger, but because of the restraint of various factors, but we did not see or think of it, so we will take it for granted to blame the country and the leadership.

Zhao Gou stood up at the end, and his body was a little depressed: "Yue Fei is a loyal minister, Qin Hui is a traitor, this is very clear in my heart!" ”

"Why do you ...... your imperial grandfather?"

"This is the art of the emperor!"

Zhao Gou turned around, glanced at Ye Yu, and then said with a complicated smile: "Today, this bad old man of mine has talked a lot, it's noon, you can stay in the palace and have lunch with me!" ”

Ye Yu nodded and did not refuse, and had lunch with the Emperor Zhao Gou and the Empress Dowager Wu in Deshou Palace. What Ye Yu didn't know was that this honor was something that King Qing and King Gong did not have.

During the casual conversation at lunch, Ye Yu learned from the mouth of the eunuch that yesterday the Emperor Zhao Gou went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense, and heard a lot of gossip on the way, so he has been sullen since returning to the palace.

That's why I summoned Ye Yu to Deshou Palace today, and poured out the depression in my heart during the chat. As for why Zhao Gou wanted to chat with him, Ye Yu didn't know in his heart.

According to Zhao Gou's words, that is, the two are more compatible!

After coming out of Deokshou Palace, Ye Yu thought a lot along the way, and today he realized the real Zhao Gou, which may be the depression buried in his heart for most of his life.

Be yourself? Perhaps the person who stands at the top of the power will never be able to be himself......

The moment he walked out of Deshou Palace, Ye Yu understood what Zhao Gou's so-called imperial technique was!

Checks and balances, pay attention to the balance of power, loyal ministers have the use of loyal ministers, and traitorous ministers naturally have the use of traitorous ministers. A loyal minister will become a powerful minister after a long time, and a traitorous minister will become a minister after a long time!

Yue Fei is a loyal minister, but it can be said that he has a high merit, and most importantly, the establishment of the Yue family army is like a warlord!

Everyone felt sorry for the thirteen gold medals to be transferred back to Yue Fei, but they didn't take into account that there were twelve more gold medals for no reason, did it show the arrogance of the generals who were not subject to military orders abroad?

Even if there are various reasons to explain, but not listening to the order is a taboo for the monarch and the minister!

As a descendant of the Zhao family, Zhao Gou adheres to the Zhao family's tenet of emphasizing literature over martial arts, and he is uneasy about military generals, so if he wants to balance these border generals, then Qin Hui is the best sword.

Traitors have the magic of traitors, because traitors can do things that loyal ministers can't! Just as the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty knew that He Shen was a corrupt official, but he still entrusted him with important tasks.

In later generations, we hated or hated Zhao Gou because in our bones, we still thought that we were the Heavenly Empire, and the Song Dynasty should be stronger than the Jin people. And the reason why he was bullied was to blame Zhao Gou!

In fact, things have long been wrong, and only Zhao Gou can see through this qiē.

Of course, there is another person now, and that is him Ye Yu......

Mr. Lu Xun has seen this point more thoroughly, we regard the big bullying as normal, just like Ah Q's expression: first, bullying is weaker than himself; The second is to say, 'I ...... when my grandfather was in the time'; The third is the classic Lu Xun-style "I said him".

Whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, when conquering the surrounding countries, the lord of the small country took the initiative to surrender and sue for peace, we said that he understood the current affairs and complied with the mandate of heaven, but we could not accept the reverse situation.

The moment Ye Yu walked out of the palace, he glanced back at the deep palace wall, and said to himself: "The complexity of the human heart, how can it be explained in a few words?" History, is it really reliable? ”

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