On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the seventh year of Qingli (AD 1047), Song Renzong issued an edict to recall the second son Zhao Zhongzhong, who was already sixteen years old, from the "Qingxi Academy". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When the new prince first made this request, the Manchu civil and military were all opposed, without it, all the ministers agreed that the prince was the prince of a country, the foundation of the country, how could he easily be in the border danger? Only Xiao Zixiu, the left minister who has entered the cabinet, does not say a word about this.

In the face of the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, Song Renzong glanced at everyone expressionlessly, and then slowly spoke: "All the secretaries said that the crown prince is the foundation of the country and cannot be easily involved. What is the foundation of the country? The ministers were stunned when they heard it, and subconsciously wanted to open their mouths to explain, but they didn't know what to say for a while after opening their mouths.

"Well, very good, no one said anything, which means that you all know in your hearts that the foundation of a country does not rely on the title of prince or emperor, if a country wants to be truly stable and prosperous, it needs the person who sits in the highest position to have the ability to be equal to his status, where does this ability come from? It didn't fall from the sky, and it wasn't something you could have if you didn't go out of the door, didn't step out of the second door, sat at home and died, or listened to the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military praise and flattery. ”

"People want to be rational without reading, but the real practical skills need knowledge and the practice of life, the so-called jade does not become a tool, ordinary children want to become successful, all of them have to go through all kinds of experience and polishing, the prince as the prince of a country, should be an example, a prince who has not experienced wind and rain, has not experienced the tempering of blood and fire, how can he bear this thousand catties of burden in the future?"

"The king, the king, the king of a country, refers not only to the supreme power and honor of the person who sits in this position, but also to bear the responsibility equal to this honor and power. The reason is that the person who sits in the highest position only knows how to blindly pursue power and enjoyment, but does not understand the responsibility that matches this position, the king of a country is like this, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world are naturally up and down, so how can the country not die? And so it goes. ”

"The so-called lessons of the predecessors, the future generations should be careful to take it as a warning, I have been the founding of the Great Song Dynasty for more than 80 years, after several generations of reform efforts have finally had the current situation, if we still blindly hold on to the old rules and customs of the past, feel that the children of the royal family are more delicate than ordinary people, reluctant to let the children suffer a little, the slightest danger and wind and rain do not let them experience, that is, our Great Song Dynasty is not far from collapse! The prince's play, very much to my liking, is accurate. ”

Renzong has been on the throne for more than 20 years, and his drastic reforms over the years have not only succeeded in recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, but also the treasury has become very abundant, and the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment.

Song Renzong's prestige has reached its peak in the hearts of hundreds of officials and the people of the world, as soon as his sonorous words just now came out, the courtiers who were in contact with his eyes unconsciously lowered their heads, Renzong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't say anything more, as for the new prince's invitation to join the army for training, naturally no one dared to object, just like that, Zhao Zhongzhong, who had just been promoted to the crown prince for only a few months, went to the border pass, two years later, the land of Yanyun rose again, and the Western Xia monarch Li Yuanhao united the desert tribes to fight against the Great Song Dynasty.

(Note, Li Yuanhao in history died in 1048 at the age of 46, because he was too stupid in his later years, he was killed by his eldest son, but in this different time and space, the Great Song Dynasty was too strong, after Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne, he has been in a situation of being suppressed by the Great Song Dynasty, and his ambitions cannot be rewarded, and Li Yuanhao, who was born unwillingly, naturally did not have the opportunity to show those bad habits and desires in his later years, but instead lurked intently, and slowly accumulated his strength, in the face of such Li Yuanhao, his subordinates and heirs, Naturally, no one dared to rebel against him, and at the age of 47, Li Yuanhao, who had been dormant for many years, finally officially showed his fangs. ）

At this time, the coach of Yanyun is Di Qing, Di Qing is a natural general, and he is a good general, but Li Yuanhao is a generation of heroes, he has been lurking for the first time after so many years, his power is not trivial, no matter how powerful Di Qing is, it is impossible to retreat and defeat Li Yuanhao at the first time, after Li Yuanhao's first wave of attack was blocked, the two sides formed a tug-of-war.

At the beginning of February in the first year of Huangyou (1050 AD), the prince Zhao Zhongzhong, who guarded Jizhou, was ambushed when he personally led his troops out to spy on the military situation, and he was seriously injured, and his defeat almost made the Western Xia army break through Jizhou, although the reinforcements came in time, the Western Xia army that had rushed into Jizhou City was beaten out, but the prestige of the prince fell sharply in this battle, the Yanyun War was not over, and countless impeachment of the prince flew to Renzong's desk, and Renzong has not been pressed.

In August of that year, Di Qing defeated Li Yuanhao, and the army returned to the court, at the same time, the twists and turns of the prince were like snowflakes flying to Renzong's desk, Renzong did not say a word, until Di Qing returned to the court, presented a secret letter, Song Renzong announced the cause of the prince's defeat in the battle of Jizhou, when the prince was ambushed, almost led to Jizhou is not his command error, but someone through Xia, leaking the prince's whereabouts and the city's defense......

After the matter was announced, Renzong immediately sent someone to investigate thoroughly, half a month later, the results of the investigation made Renzong angry, the people involved not only have their own sons and concubines, but also were involved in the noble ministers There are as many as seven, among which the Xinwangfu is also listed, Renzong took this file of repeated inspections, and launched the first major purge since he took the throne, and all of a sudden, countless heads fell to the ground.

The most favored concubine of the official family, Concubine Zheng De, was demoted to a talented person and entered the cold palace, the third prince Zhao Han was demoted to a concubine and exiled for three thousand miles, and the other officials involved in the case were beheaded, exiled, and copied the house, only the official family of the Xinwang Mansion has not moved, only let the Praetorian Guards surround it, and half a month later, on the evening of September 20, Song Renzong, who was dressed in civilian clothes, came to the Xinwang Mansion.

After arriving at the palace of King Xin, Song Renzong did not let the generals of the Praetorian Guard follow, and walked in alone, when he walked to the hall, King Xin Zhao Zhi and Princess Xin sat in it calmly and drank tea, King Xin saw Zhao Zhen, he was not surprised at all, he stood up generously, first saluted Zhao Zhen, and then said with a smile: "Official, you are here." ”

King Xin's clothes are neat, his eyes are clear, his bearing is elegant, his beard under his chin is very neat, and his complexion is also quite good, although he is already in his early fifties, but the whole person still looks like a beautiful uncle, he can't see the defeat of the enemy at all, and he is about to become a prisoner, compared to his calmness, the princess Jiang Tianqi, who is ten years younger than King Xin, looks much haggard, although the expression on her face also seems very calm, But her pale complexion and faintly blue eyes all show that her life has not been easy.

"Are you waiting for me?" Zhao Zhen looked at them and raised two eyebrows slightly.

"Well, I guess you should be here in the next two days, how about sitting down and having a cup of tea together?" Zhao Zhi shrugged his shoulders slightly, pointed to the coffee table in front of him, and spoke.

"Okay." Zhao Zhen looked at him quietly for a moment, then sat down opposite him, picked up the tea that King Xin had poured for him, and drank it without the slightest hesitation.

"You're not afraid of me being poisoned?" Seeing this, Zhao Zhi, the king of letters, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly.

"With the pride of the second brother, you can't do such a thing." Zhao Zhen had a calm face.

"After all, I am inferior to you, defeated in your hands, I have nothing to say, whatever you do with me, I am willing to accept the guilt." King Xin quietly looked at Zhao Zhen for half a cup of tea, casually stood up the teacup in front of him, raised his head and took a sip.

"What is the sin of the second brother? Although there is your shadow in this matter, but I can't find any evidence that can directly prove the second brother's guilt from beginning to end, the most important thing is that if it is not at an important juncture, the second brother's people will pass this matter to Di Shuai, Jizhou City was really taken away by the other party, and Xixia will take the opportunity to join forces with the outside and take Youzhou, this battle has to be fought, so, I came here today, just to have a cup of tea with the second brother. Zhao Zhen said with a smile.

"You're not afraid of me......" Zhao Zhi was stunned when he heard it, and blurted out subconsciously

"Afraid of what? Second brother, you are extremely talented, and it is normal for you not to convince me as a younger brother very much, but you are neither a villain, nor a hypocrite, what harm is it to me to leave an opponent like you? Zhao Zhen spread his hands slightly and said,

Zhao Zhi froze again, as Zhao Zhen said, he thinks very highly of himself in his life, and he is extremely proud in his bones, there are only a handful of people in this world who can really be seen by him, when the first prince was in power, he and his mother and concubine watched Queen Jiang and the prince die without saying a word, and finally Queen Jiang's mother and son fell, completely in their expectations.

Zhao Zhen, who is not as good as his younger brother, has aroused his interest since the day he returned, when Zhao Zhen first took the throne, he still wanted to compete with this younger brother, but later found that the power of Zhao Zhen's group was too strong, he was very aware of the current affairs and dispelled this idea, and when he saw Xiao Nan, he suddenly found that this inscrutable woman was Zhao Zhen's weakness, plus he saw through Jiang Tianqi's ambition at a glance, for this reason, he did not hesitate to ask to marry Jiang Tianqi.

He thought that he could find Xiao Nan's weakness through the medium of Jiang Tianqi, so that he could deal with Zhao Zhen, but soon he found that he was wrong, Jiang Tianqi was indeed a smart woman with ambition and means, there were countless noble women in Bianjing, and there were not many wisdom and means comparable to her, but she was of no use to Zhao Zhen or Xiao Nan......

King Xin is a very contradictory person, although he is a prince, he is actually not very interested in that position on the Jinluan Palace, he wants to fight with Zhao Zhen, just to prove that as the son of the emperor, he will not be worse than any of his brothers, but as time goes by, he finds that the possibility of pulling Zhao Zhen off that chair is almost none, for this reason, he turned his target to Zhao Zhen's sons......

"Second brother, I will tell you a heart-wrenching word, you are the person I admire the most in my life, except for my sister and the elder of the pavilion, okay, second brother, I have drunk the tea, and the day has been chatted, I should go, from now on, your Xinwang Mansion will be free again." Just when King Xin was in a daze, Zhao Zhen had already gotten up and stood up, and after saying this sentence in his mouth, he put his hands behind his back and walked out with Shi Shiran......