"The fifth way in the world is the third, so the third is the doer. Said: Gentlemen and ministers, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, Kundi, and friends. Five, the world's way of reaching is also ......" Zhao Xu was extremely bored reciting the "Mean" that he had just learned today, and the whole person was already lying on the table, looking left and right with his two eyes, although he was not urged by Mr., but he did not dare to go out, because he knew that the eunuchs and palace maids around him were sent by the Queen Mother, and if he didn't read and ran to play, he would definitely be called to scold.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard the door of the study being pushed open with a "pop~", and then a young man with a long body looked at him and smiled: "Oh, our Emperor His Majesty is really hardworking, but your reading posture is really novel, is this kind of reading posture popular in the capital now?" ”

"Big ...... Eldest brother? Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment when he saw the young man coming in, and then rubbed his eyes in disbelief, convinced that he didn't see dazzles, and it was Zhao Jiashi who was standing in front of him, so he screamed in surprise, jumped up and ran over and hugged him and laughed: "Big brother, why are you here, I'm almost bored to death!" ”

Zhao Xu often runs to Zhao Yan, and usually has a deep relationship with Zhao Jia's brothers, so although they are cousins, Zhao Xu is also the same as Zhao Xin and others, calling Zhao Jia the eldest brother, when Zhao Jia was in the capital in the past, he often came to the palace to play with him, but since Zhao Jia went to the Naval Academy, Zhao Xin and others have also been locked up in Gewu Academy to study, which makes him usually unable to find anyone to talk to, and now he is naturally very happy to see Zhao Jia suddenly appear in front of him.

"Hehe, I've been out for two years, if I don't go home for the New Year this year, I'm afraid my mother will scold me to death, this is not the day before yesterday I just arrived in the capital. Today, my father brought me to visit the Queen Mother, and they didn't want me to hear about something, so they asked me to come and chat with you. Zhao Jia also smiled and patted Zhao Xu's back, and then pulled him to sit down and talk in detail.

"You came back the day before yesterday, and you didn't come to see me? It's not enough brothers! Zhao Xu shouted with some dissatisfaction when he heard Zhao Jia's words.

"I want to see you, but yesterday I was dragged by Si Xin and them to go shopping for a day. If I hadn't been dragged by my father to visit the Queen Mother today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have time to see you. Regarding Zhao Xu's blame, Zhao Jia didn't care about it.

Hearing that Zhao Jia was taken away by his cousin Si Xin, Zhao Xu immediately didn't dare to say anything, among the many brothers and sisters, what he was most afraid of was Si Xin, who had suffered a lot in her hands before, and his third uncle Zhao Yan still loved his daughter the most, and he had no place to reason if he suffered a loss. So I can only stay away from Sixin.

"Big brother, you've been here for two years, not only have you grown a lot taller, but you also seem to be more manly, tell me quickly, what do you usually do in the Naval Academy?" Zhao Xu quickly came to his senses again, and immediately came to Zhao Jia and personally poured him a cup of tea and asked, Since becoming the emperor. He was confined to the palace, although he could go to the Yue Palace. Usually, Zhao Yan also tries to take him out for a walk, but it is limited to the capital, and it is absolutely impossible to go out of the capital, so he is also very curious about life outside.

Maybe others will envy Zhao Xu for ascending the throne at a young age, but Zhao Jia feels that his cousin is very pitiful, because he can't play freely like an ordinary child since he was a child. Even food, clothing, housing and transportation have to be taken care of, this kind of day is more painful than killing people in his opinion, so when he used to have free time, he would come to chat with Zhao Xu, which can be regarded as doing a little bit of his duty as a brother.

"When it comes to life at the Naval Academy. It's really very exciting, in the first year, there was nothing, that is, in the academy to learn drills, but in the second year, we began to go to sea by boat, on the spot at sea to learn, such as dealing with various emergencies on the sea, as well as the piloting of sea ships, command, etc., some time ago Nanyang Port launched a war against the Sazi Kingdom next to it, I was there at that time, and I personally witnessed the naval battle between the two countries, but the process was a little disappointing......"

Zhao Jia also knew that Zhao Xu liked to listen to things outside, so he told his experience in detail in the past two years, which also made Zhao Xu fascinated, especially for Zhao Jia's life at sea on a warship, which made him feel very yearning, which also made him take the initiative to ask a lot of things about the sea, and Zhao Jia also answered them one by one.

After finally listening to Zhao Jia's story, I saw Zhao Xu suddenly sigh and said: "Big brother, I really envy your life, although you have the third uncle in charge, but at least you are much stronger than me, you have wanted to join the Navy since you were a child, and now you have entered the Naval Academy, which is almost half of your dream has been fulfilled, but you look at me, trapped in this palace every day, there is no freedom at all, let alone realize your dreams!" ”

Hearing Zhao Xu's complaint, Zhao Jia couldn't help but pat Zhao Xu's shoulder sympathetically and said in a deep voice: "Brother Xu, this Great Song Dynasty is our old Zhao family, there is always a need for someone to pick up this burden, it used to be your father, and now it's your turn, this is also no way, if you hold on for a few more years and wait until you grow up, you may be much freer." ”

"Alas, I really envy you, big brother, you can do whatever you want, I don't want to live this kind of freewheeling life in my life." Zhao Xu spoke again at this time, this was the second time he said that he envied Zhao Jia.

"Okay, our brothers finally met, don't mention these unhappy things, this time I met a very interesting thing in Nanyang, do you want to hear it?" Zhao Jia felt that the atmosphere was a little dull at this time, and changed the topic at the moment.

"Oh? What's interesting? Zhao Xu's eyes widened when he heard this, after all, he was still a child who had not grown up, and he was easily distracted.

"That's right, I have a friend named Li Cheng, and he used to go to the palace often, you should know him, right?" Zhao Jia said at this time.

"Yes, I remember this Li Cheng, speaking of which, he is a famous playboy in the capital, and he is not familiar with the hook bar in the capital, why, he also went to the Naval Academy?" Zhao Xu was also a little surprised at this time, his impression of Li Cheng was still on the impression that the other party was lustful, and he really didn't expect him to go to the navy.

"Yes, he and I participated in the Naval Academy together, and there is also Shi Liang of Yang Huaiyu's family, the three of us are classmates, and we also went to Nanyang Port together, one day when we were resting and playing, but we didn't expect to meet a trafficker, you also know the character of Li Cheng, so he went to the other party's residence with the trafficker, planning to buy a few beauties to go back, but he didn't expect to ......" Zhao Jia said and told him how he met Agnes, and also introduced the status of the Holy Roman Empire in Europe, And some of the current situation in Europe.

Zhao Xu has always been very interested in overseas affairs, when he heard that Zhao Jia actually met a European princess thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but be surprised, and he couldn't help but listen more seriously, but when he heard that the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was actually restrained by the pope, he was even more surprised, in his opinion, the so-called pope was just a religious leader, and it was estimated that the status of Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain in the Daomen was about the same, but how could such a person threaten the imperial power?

Zhao Xu couldn't understand the above question, so he raised it to Zhao Jia, Zhao Jia knew something about it, and immediately said: "I asked Agnes this question, and I also learned something from my father, the situation in Europe is different from ours, the religious power and secular power on their side are tightly combined, and even the appointment of the emperor and the king needs to be canonized by the church, otherwise it is illegal, and the people will not agree with the rule of the emperor and the king, plus the church has the power to collect taxes separately, There is even its own armed force, so that the pope, who controls the church, naturally has the capital to compete with the emperor, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and there must be one between the pope and the emperor to be pressed below. ”

"I see!" Zhao Xu finally nodded when he heard this, but then he frowned again and said, "In this way, the power of religion is really terrifying, no wonder so many emperors in history have issued orders to destroy Buddha, and now our Buddhism in the Great Song Dynasty is also very prosperous, so should we also limit it?" ”

Hearing Zhao Xu say this, Zhao Jia also lowered his head and thought for a moment, but soon shook his head with a smile and said: "I don't think there is a need to worry, when my father was in power, he used to strengthen the management of Buddhist and Taoist monks, and even the number of monks every year was controlled by us, and they were also mixed schools within themselves, and they could not form a unified force at all, so it was even more impossible to threaten the rule of the imperial court." ”

Regarding Zhao Jia's analysis, Zhao Xu thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement, the national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty are different from those in Europe, although the people will ask God to worship the Buddha, but if they really rebel with Buddhism, I am afraid that no one will have any influence. Thinking of this, Zhao Xu also put his heart down completely, and then asked about the situation in Europe, although the Great Song Dynasty is very far away from Europe, but because of this, Zhao Xu is more interested in Europe.

However, when Zhao Jia and Zhao Xu were chatting, in the empty Kunning Palace, as soon as the Empress Dowager Gao's words that she wanted Zhao Yan and Zhao Hao to deal with the government together, the atmosphere in the entire hall immediately changed, especially Zhao Yan's face immediately became gloomy, and the Empress Dowager Gao, who was staring at her sickly face, did not speak for a long time, no wonder Empress Dowager Gao behaved so abnormally just now, it turned out that it was all for this matter. (To be continued.) )