In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Insulting the emperor as something worse than an animal?

Everyone's face became extremely embarrassed, and Zhao Zhen's face was almost distorted.

But they saw that Zhao Jun was very excited at this time, and they almost jumped up and pointed at Zhao Zhen's forehead to curse, and no one dared to stop him for a while.

The main reason was that they had been with Zhao Jun day and night for three months, and everyone had figured out his temper.

Young and energetic.

It is easy to get excited when being praised a little.

But it is precisely because of youth and enthusiasm that his personality is a bit strong and impulsive.

If the measures against him are too tough at this time, the more he is suppressed, the more he will resist, and in the end he will simply commit suicide, then both sides will suffer, and the gain will not outweigh the loss.

Everyone present, even Fan Zhongyan, has been ups and downs in the officialdom for many years, and they are not fools, so they can naturally think of this.

So they did not dare to persuade, refute, or help the emperor to maintain the dignity of the Song Dynasty.

For fear that Zhao Jun would hit his head against the pillar in his excitement.

However, what they didn't know was that after Zhao Jun finished scolding, he actually felt a little weak. After all, people are still afraid of death. Even if they have the will to die, it's always good to be able to live.

But Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian pushed themselves too much, so they couldn't blame him. Anyway, they had died once, and it was no big deal to die again.

The main reason was that they were often angry at the Song Dynasty for not fighting. Since their family was a direct descendant of the Song and Zhao, there was a formal Song and Zhao family tree in the village, and they naturally knew the bad things those stupid ancestors had done.

So in the excitement, they scolded Zhao Zhen and others, and they didn't give them any face.

But that was all their own fault.

Although Zhao Jun felt a little weak, his face still maintained an angry mood, and his eyes were fixed on Zhao Zhen, as if he would not give in!

Time passed by, and just when Yan Shu was about to persuade Zhao Jun, Zhao Zhen suddenly slammed the table and said, "Asshole!"

"Wang Shouzhong!"

"I'm here."

Wang Shouzhong hurried in.

Zhao Zhen shouted, "Take Zhao Jun to the Silkworm Palace and give him fifty heavy sticks!"

"Your Majesty!"

Lü Yijian, Yan Shu and others were shocked.

Fifty heavy sticks is not just fifty sticks.

Those with better physical fitness can survive, but they will inevitably have their skin torn and even broken bones.

If they are not in good health, they may die.

However, Zhao Zhen did not listen to any advice and shouted, "No need to say, I must teach this unworthy descendant a lesson today!"

"Beat me if you want to, it's your fault if you kill me, you deserve to be nailed to the pillar of shame!"

Zhao Jun still stiffened his neck and was dragged away by the guards, like a warrior going to die.

After he was dragged away, everyone hurried up to persuade Zhao Zhen.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Jun's matter is of great importance. Although he is arrogant, he can also eliminate the malpractices for the Song Dynasty. I hope your Majesty will think twice."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty is in turmoil now, and Zhao Jun is needed. You must not destroy the city wall."

"Your Majesty, why don't you give in and persuade Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun is a person who is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted, so why should your Majesty fight him and both sides lose?"

Everyone was talking, but Zhao Zhen was not moved at all, just sneered.

After they finished speaking, Zhao Zhen said indifferently: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. Zhao Jun is arrogant and unrighteous. If I can't teach him a lesson, how can I, the ancestor, have face?"

Now Yan Shu was anxious.

You know, he still owed Zhao Jun a favor, so he knelt on the ground and begged Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, please spare his life for Zhao Jun's innocence."

Fan Zhongyan also knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, although I don't agree with Zhao Jun's statement, he is indeed of great use to the country. For the sake of the Song Dynasty, please be merciful."

Lv Yijian and others looked at each other and said nothing. After all, Yan Shu owed Zhao Jun a huge favor, and Fan Zhongyan needed Zhao Jun to help him reform.

And Lu Yijian and others might have a conflict of position with Zhao Jun, and secondly, Zhao Zhen was angry now and might not listen to advice.

But at this moment, Zhao Jun had been taken away, and the guards took him to the next door Qincan Palace. A moment later, there was a scream, and the shrill scream echoed in the air, making everyone feel terrified.

Zhao Zhen still didn't speak, Yan Shu said anxiously: "Sir, do you really want to kill Zhao Jun? Without Zhao Jun, my Song Dynasty would be gone."

"No need to say more."

Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and said: "You wait here first, I'll go see if that unworthy descendant is still stubborn. If he is beaten into submission, I will let him go."

After that, he turned around and strode out of the Guanjia Palace, leaving everyone in the palace looking at each other, but they didn't dare to chase him rashly.

Because the Guanjia Palace was now blocked and surrounded by guards, they were not allowed to enter or leave.

Obviously, Zhao Zhen was afraid that they would chase out and continue to plead for Zhao Jun.

But what everyone didn't know was.

At this moment, in the Qincan Palace next to the shutdown, Zhao Jun was respectfully pulled to a chair by Wang Shouzhong, looking at the scene in front of him with a strange face.

I saw several palace guards holding down another palace guard and hitting him with big sticks. The man actually had something padding on his buttocks, but he was still being beaten so hard that he cried out in pain and made shrill screams.

Precisely because it was a real beating, the screams sounded quite similar, and the sounds were genuine. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhao Jun would have thought that people were almost beaten to death.

After a while, Zhao Zhen walked in. When he saw this scene, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, go ahead."

"Yes, official."

Several guards stopped, and the one on the ground quickly got up, completely fine.

It turns out that this man was a gangster before he joined the army, and he was already good at making noises and rolling around on the street. His colleagues looked heavy-handed, but in fact they were much lighter on the butt, so this scene is basically 90% acting and 100% real.

Zhao Jun was dumbfounded.

There were no such people in this year's Oscars, and he didn't even attend the Oscars. Compared with them, his acting skills just now were really not up to par.

"Everyone, get out."

Zhao Zhen looked at the other guards in the palace, waved his hand and said: "Everyone, go out and close the palace door so that only I and Zhao Jun are here."

"yes."

Wang Shouzhong responded and urged the guards to leave.

Soon, the Qincan Palace was empty. The door of the main hall was slowly closed, blocking out the sunlight that originally shone in. The entire room became much darker.

The candles in the room had long been blown out, and only the windows on both sides let in light. But the main hall was so big that even the center was dark. When Zhao Jun saw Zhao Zhen's face, there was a mixture of light and dark, and it was uncertain.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Zhen with a wary look. This guy secretly asked someone to bring him to the Silkworm Palace. Could it be that he wanted to intimidate and lure him?

Are you kidding me? I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of you?

However, it was seen that Zhao Zhen did not speak at first, but kept looking at Zhao Jun, his face seemed to be hesitating.

Zhao Jun was furious at being stared at, but he couldn't lose his momentum, so he stared back.

Seeing Zhao Jun staring at him, all Zhao Zhen's final hesitation turned into a long sigh, walked up to Zhao Jun, and said softly: "Zhao Jun."

"Um?"

"Are you really not willing to say something nice?"

"I'm just stating the facts."

"But I am also an emperor. If you insult me, the Song Dynasty and all your ancestors like this, where is the emperor's face? Where is the majesty of Zhao Song?"

"Sometimes, face is not given by others, but earned by oneself."

Zhao Jun looked at him seriously and continued to attack: "Gou Jian was willing to taste excrement in order to restore his country. In order to revive the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong and Li Chen pretended to be a fool for more than 30 years, and even escaped with their bodies covered in excrement."

"Most people look at the process and results. If Gou Jian and Li Chen fail, they are also tragic heroes, which does not affect their evaluation at all."

"And the majesty of Zhao Song had already been wiped out when Jingkang was humiliated, because whether it was the process or the result, Zhao Song was not as full of fighting spirit and passionate spirit as Gou Jian and Li Chen. This is Zhao Song The reason why it was called the Eunuch Dynasty by later generations!"

"If you want to be respected, you can't come to me to discuss with me and tell me to respect you. Instead, you should act with facts, work hard, inspire and strengthen the Song Dynasty, and let the Song Dynasty get rid of its shame and stand on top of the world. ”

"In this way, because of your achievements, even the scandals that Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng have done may be overshadowed because your personal glory is too strong."

"Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did many wrong things in his later years, which almost led to the destruction of the country, but because of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, everyone forgot about the dimness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in his later years, and only remembered his talents and strategies!"

"So for many things, you must not ask for anything, or you will not get it. Strength is the foundation. If you have strength, even if you slap Yelu Zongzhen and Li Yuanhao on the right cheek, they will only show the other cheek. Please don't destroy them. country. Without strength, even if you kneel in front of them, you are nothing!"

Zhao Jun finished with another impassioned speech, leaving Zhao Zhen silent for a long time.

The expression on his face was actually a bit dazed.

I don't know what he was thinking.

Maybe he really thought of that day, and thought of the scene where the Song Dynasty prospered and stood on top of the world with Zhao Jun's help.

After a while, he suddenly lowered his head and said, "Jun."

"what happened again?"

"I admit that I spoke a little too loudly before. There were a lot of people outside just now. It was my fault, and I will apologize to you."

As he spoke, he actually bent down and raised his hands to salute Zhao Jun.

This scene was so frightening that Zhao Jun jumped up from his chair, stopped him quickly and said: "Forget it, forget it, you are an ancestor, if you salute me, I will be struck by lightning."

"What you said is right. If you make a mistake, you should admit it. If you don't even have this courage, how can I be the king of a country?"

Zhao Zhen still maintained his salute posture and said with emotion: "Everyone in future generations will know this truth, but I never understood it. This is my fault. You must accept my apology."

"Okay, okay, I accept it."

Zhao Jun is a typical person who accepts soft things but not hard words. Seeing that Zhao Zhen could put down the emperor's airs and apologize to himself, he softened his heart at that time and pulled him up and said: "That's what I said, who told you to do something wrong and still refuse to accept it? As long as you correct your mistakes, you will still be my good ancestors.”

Zhao Zhen thought something was wrong, so he immediately said: "So, are you willing to stay and help me, to strengthen the Song Dynasty and the country for me?"

Good guy.

Zhao Jun was not stupid and understood immediately.

Zhao Zhen, when he sees that toughness is no longer enough, he becomes softer, so he resorts to a trick of bitterness, and plays the emotional card.

But he had already thought it through. Now that he couldn't go back, he could only stay.

And if he wanted to live a better life after staying, he would naturally adopt a cooperative attitude.

Now that Zhao Zhen had lowered his posture and given him a way out, he certainly couldn't continue to be so tough, otherwise the two sides would tear each other apart and no one would look good.

So Zhao Jun pretended to be convinced and sighed: "To be honest, you are the first "Renzong" in the history. Otherwise, if it were Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou, I would definitely jump up and smash their heads with a hammer, not to mention agreeing."

"So you agree?"

"I agree, but I ask for three rules!"

"You say."

Zhao Zhen was secretly happy, and the plan was successful.

Zhao Jun said, "I have been talking to you for so many days, and you know the situation of the Song Dynasty. In order to be strong, in addition to improving productivity and making the pie bigger, it is also important to carry out internal rectification."

"Reform is not a dinner party, but it will affect the interests of many people, so there may be bloodshed and murder. These things cannot be separated from your firm support."

"I am willing to agree to you because I am a descendant of the Zhao family, and I don't want the Song Dynasty to be destroyed by foreign races, ruled by Hu people, and turn the Han people into slaves who are servile and kneeling on the ground. But you have a bad record in history, so I must make it clear to you."

"In a company, trust between partners is very important. If you can't trust me unconditionally and believe me, then we can only break up."

"But I can assure you that I will not make drastic reforms to the policies immediately."

"Instead, I will conduct in-depth investigations and research to find out what problems the Song Dynasty has, and then make corrections. After all, I have said that if the direction is wrong, it will be a big mistake."

"After that, I will think carefully about the direction that needs to be reformed in the future, make a comprehensive plan, and seek your and their opinions before implementing it. What do you think?"

This is also Zhao Jun's sincerity.

Because he talked a lot when he was blind, but when he regained his sight and found that he was really in the Song Dynasty, he had to face the reality and understand that many things are easier to talk than to do.

For example, the Song Dynasty is currently in internal and external troubles, with Xixia and Liao watching covetously, and there are constant uprisings in the country. If he carries out reforms now, like Fan Zhongyan, he will lay off a large number of officials, causing the domestic situation to become more turbulent, which is no different from suicide.

So he clearly realized that many things must be done slowly and must not be done all at once. First clarify all the problems, and then solve them step by step.

This is the five-step working method of "finding problems, raising problems, analyzing problems, solving problems, and summarizing problems". It is also what great people often say, first deal with the main contradictions, then solve the secondary contradictions.