The Great Song Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum, located in the western part of Tokyo City, Gong County, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are buried here, in order to prevent someone from destroying the Imperial Mausoleum, heavy soldiers are stationed here all the year round, and although the Imperial Mausoleum is underground, there are still a large number of buildings on the ground, the criminal clan, as well as the palace maids who offend people in the palace, the chamberlain, etc., are often assigned here to guard the mausoleum, some people are a lifetime, and never walked out of this royal mausoleum.

The imperial mausoleum is not only buried with the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the queens, concubines, clansmen, ministers, etc., such as Yang Liulang and Chai Qing's tombs are buried next to the tomb of Emperor Renzong. It is also worth mentioning that Yang Wenguang has also been allowed to be buried in the imperial tomb of Zhao Yan's father Zhao Shu after his death, which is also a great honor for courtiers.

"Third uncle, what are we doing in the Imperial Mausoleum?" Zhao Xu rubbed his eyes and said puzzledly, because the imperial tomb is far away from the capital, so on the way here, Zhao Xu fell asleep because he was too sleepy, and when he woke up, he found that he was actually in the imperial tomb, when he gave Zhao Xuan a funeral, he had been here once.

"Worship your grandfather and father, and I'll tell you about them!" Zhao Yan said in a deep tone, he thought about the first lesson to Zhao Xu for a long time, and finally decided to tell Zhao Xu about the life of Zhao Shu and Zhao Xu.

Sure enough, when he heard that Zhao Yan was going to tell him about his grandfather and father, Zhao Xu's eyes lit up, and he was naturally very curious about the deeds of his grandfather and father, although he often heard people in the palace talk about his grandfather and father. But if you say that the person who knows them best, it must be the third uncle next to him, and the story from his mouth must be very exciting.

At that moment, Zhao Yan's carriage came to the Yonghou Mausoleum where Zhao Shu was buried, in the original history, Zhao Shu only served as the emperor for three years, and he did nothing during his reign. Therefore, his mausoleum is inconspicuous among the many imperial tombs. But in this historical time and space, because of Zhao Yan's crossing, Zhao Shu did a lot, during his reign, not only the national strength increased greatly, but also destroyed the Great Song Dynasty's henchmen Xixia, which can be said to be outstanding in martial arts, and is indeed worthy of the temple name of Yingzong.

There are many guards guarding the Imperial Tomb District along the way, but with the identities of Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu, they are naturally unimpeded. When they came to the Shinto in front of Zhao Shu's tombstone, Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu got out of the carriage, and then the two took down the incense candles from the car.

At that moment, Zhao Yan took Zhao Xu to Zhao Shu's tombstone, and then lit incense, candles, paper money, and even Zhao Yan took out a few offerings he brought and put them in front of the tomb. Although Zhao Xu is young, he is very sensible. Since getting out of the car, he has been helping Zhao Yan with things, and after the incense candle was lit, he accompanied Zhao Yan to kowtow to Zhao Shu a few times.

However, the next thing made Zhao Xu a little surprised, I saw Zhao Yan let all the people around him retreat into the distance, and then pulled Zhao Xu to sit on the futon used to kneel in front of the tombstone, which made Zhao Xu a little uncomfortable. After twisting his body, he finally spoke: "Third uncle, isn't it a little disrespectful for us to sit in front of my grandfather's grave?" ”

Although there are no regulations in the cemetery, it is indeed disrespectful for the deceased to sit on the kneeling futon like Zhao Yan, but Zhao Yan laughed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, now I will teach you a truth." That is, respect or not is actually in the heart, as for the surface of the kung fu willing to do it, if you don't want to do it, don't be reluctant, next I want to tell you about your grandfather's life, it takes a lot of time, if we keep kneeling like this, I'm afraid in the end don't want to stand up. ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's lesson, especially Zhao Yan always calling him "Your Majesty", Zhao Xu was also a little embarrassed, and immediately spoke: "Third uncle, don't always call me Your Majesty and Your Majesty, why don't you still call me a maid like before, or call me Zhao Xu now." ”

Zhao Yan actually felt a little troublesome about Zhao Xu's name, and now when he heard him say this, he smiled and said, "Okay, but since you have changed your name, then when there are no outsiders, I will call you Xu'er directly!" ”

"Okay, just call Xu'er, third uncle, tell me about your grandfather, and I'll go to my father later, I want to hear my father's story even more." Zhao Xu said a little impatiently.

Seeing Zhao Xu's anxious appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile slightly: "Okay, let's talk about your grandfather, you must also know that your grandfather is not the son of Emperor Renzong, and it is really not easy for him to sit on the throne, but it is precisely because of this that your grandfather did two wrong things after ascending the throne......

"Grandfather can do something wrong?" Before Zhao Yan finished speaking, Zhao Xu was very surprised and said, usually when he heard about the deeds of his grandfather and father, every one of them was wise and martial, and his eyes were like torches, and no one dared to say that they would make mistakes.

"Haha, people are not sages, they will naturally make mistakes, don't think that being an emperor is great, you are also an emperor yourself, do you think there is any big difference between you and ordinary people, do you have to eat when you are hungry, and drink water when you are thirsty?" Zhao Yan laughed and said, but although his words were light, they were to establish a correct world view and outlook on life for Zhao Xu, so that he could understand that although the emperor held great power, he was actually just an ordinary person, not a high heavenly son.

Zhao Xu was still young, and he didn't think the emperor was anything remarkable, so when he heard Zhao Yan's words, he nodded with deep approval, and then said curiously: "Third uncle, what mistake did my grandfather and his old man make?" ”

"In fact, you may have heard of these two mistakes, the first is that when your grandfather first ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager Cao at that time had concerns about it, so she never let go of power, which made your grandfather very angry, which led to the disharmony between the two palaces, which caused turmoil in the Korean situation, fortunately, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu were persuaded by two old ministers, which persuaded the Empress Dowager Cao to return the power." After Zhao Yan said this first mistake, he deliberately stopped to look at Zhao Xu's reaction, because the problems that Zhao Shu encountered at the beginning, Zhao Xu will definitely encounter them in the future, but one of the people in power is the Empress Dowager Cao, and the other has become the current Empress Dowager Gao.

"Yes...... But that doesn't seem to be wrong, right? Zhao Xu was full of doubts when he heard this, although he was young, he also knew that the power of the court should belong to the emperor, and his grandfather Zhao Shu was already in his thirties at that time, and he was not like a child, so the Empress Dowager Cao should not hold on to the power.

Hearing Zhao Xu's words, Zhao Yan was also a little helpless in his heart, if Zhao Xu had been thinking like this, then the conflict between him and the Empress Dowager Gao would inevitably break out in the future, although this kind of battle would not affect him, but he didn't want to waste the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty because of this.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan said solemnly: "It seems that there is indeed nothing wrong with it, but Xu'er, don't forget, your grandfather was the adopted son of the Empress Dowager Cao, from the perspective of the Empress Dowager Cao, it is normal to be uneasy about your grandfather, and it is actually very simple to solve this problem, you only need your grandfather to wait patiently, and usually walk around more in front of the Empress Dowager Cao, to eliminate the doubts in the heart of the Empress Dowager Cao, then it won't be long before the Empress Dowager Cao will definitely be willing to delegate power. But your grandfather chose the most stupid way, that is, to confront the Empress Dowager Cao, if it weren't for the two ministers, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, who were going around from it, I'm afraid things would have developed out of control! ”

Zhao Yan's words can be described as very polite, especially in front of Zhao Shu's tomb, which is even more disrespectful, but Zhao Yan has always been bold, telling the truth, and it is also to educate Zhao Xu, so he has no scruples when talking about these things.

Hearing Zhao Yan's analysis, Zhao Xu crooked his little brain and thought for a while, and finally nodded and said: "I understand, what the third uncle means is that grandfather should not be forced by his own temperament, but to find out where the problem is, and come up with a suitable solution, so that the problem can be better solved." ”

Although Zhao Yan had been prepared for Zhao Xu's intelligence, he didn't expect him to be able to make such an accurate summary, and he couldn't help but look at him in surprise again at the moment, and then nodded after a while and said: "Yes, Xu'er, you summarized it very well, your grandfather did make such a mistake, but it's one thing to understand, and it's another thing to want to do it, you must take it as a warning in the future!" ”

"Yes, Xu'er wrote it down!" Zhao Xu saw Zhao Yan's serious expression, and he couldn't help but say at the moment.

Seeing Zhao Xu's appearance, Zhao Yan also nodded with satisfaction, and then spoke again: "Okay, let's talk about the second mistake your grandfather made, that is, the dispute over Pu Yi......"

"I know! I know! I've heard about it! Hearing Zhao Yan mention the Pu Yi dispute, Zhao Xu immediately shouted excitedly, the Pu Yi dispute has a great impact and lasts for a long time, so Zhao Xu has also heard about it.

"Oh, since you know about this, what kind of mistake did your grandfather make in this matter?" Zhao Yan saw Zhao Xu's excited appearance, and couldn't help but smile and asked, he carefully selected these two mistakes about Zhao Shu, which were actually exactly what Zhao Xu was likely to encounter in the future, of course, Zhao Xu may not understand his hard work now, but when he really encounters something similar, he should think of their conversation today. (To be continued......)