Chapter 795: Is the Emperor Miserable?
Zhao Yu knew that this god was generally a human at first, of course, the gods worshiped in various places were also different, take the road god Zitongjun as an example, he had helped Tang Xuanzong enter Shu safely in the Anshi Rebellion, so he was named the protector of Shu Road. After entering the Song Dynasty, it is said that he helped the Song army to quell the rebellion of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun, and the people in Shaanxi often worshipped the god of Zitongjun at home.
The Song Dynasty water god Tianfei is said to be the daughter of a general of the Fujian State during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, who can cross the sea by seat, predict people's blessings and misfortunes, and began to be called the Dragon Girl, and was named Mrs. Linghui and Concubine Linghui after the Song Dynasty. In addition, there are dragon kings of common faith, but the dragons are different and the size is different. But at the moment, the Song Navy ** is dedicated to the 'Six Kings', which is said to be a real dragon in the sky, which can protect the safety of people and boats on the water.
Zhao Yu knew that these six kings were actually himself, and he was worshiped as a god in Guangzhou because he predicted the coming storm and told the people to avoid leisure in time, and he was a real dragon son and grandson, and built a temple to worship. However, at that time, he was still on the way to escape, in order to avoid Meng Yuan's investigation, he avoided being called the six kings, and since then, he has not known his true face with false rumors, and now he has succeeded to the throne as the 'True Dragon Son', and he has confirmed this matter, but people dare not speak falsely.
However, most of the old people in the Qiongzhou Navy knew the truth, and then the little emperor led them across the sea to defeat the Yuan army. Together, they have long regarded Zhao Yu as a god, but they just want to avoid being born and pretend not to know, but whether they go to sea to fight or cruise on the sea, they will worship the 'six kings', in fact, they are also worshipping the 'true gods'.
For this habit in the navy, Zhao Hao is not easy to prohibit, after all, sometimes faith can also affect people's mood and morale in the army. In modern times, even in a developed country like the United States, there is still such an establishment as a chaplain in the military; Churches were also built in Soviet naval bases for soldiers to pray; Not to mention those **** countries. But the worship of the six kings spread, especially in the southeast coastal area, it is rumored that the southeast Mengyuan sailors went to sea before, but they didn't know that they worshiped the wrong god.
Of course, Zhao Yu couldn't worship himself, but it was really funny to watch Zheng Yong lead a group of people to respectfully hold out a smiling fat doll seated statue, and then put on all kinds of tributes and salute everyone. At the same time, the Sheji horn fired three cannons into the air. After worshipping the god of water, Xie Fang and Han Zhen had already set up a big tent on the dock, and led all the civil and military people in the city to raise wine to say goodbye, wishing His Majesty and the right minister a smooth journey. It is said that the cantonal ceremony usually holds a banquet at dawn to say goodbye, and the departure is at dawn, and at the same time, it is necessary to write poems to say goodbye. But everyone knows that the little emperor is most annoyed by reciting poems, and he doesn't want to be bored with himself, so he will send His Majesty on the ship after drinking farewell wine.
In the call of the mountain, Zhao Yu boarded the imperial boat accompanied by Wen Tianxiang, he looked back and saw that the lights were bright above and below the city, and the soldiers were standing full, all saluting to the imperial boat, he also stood up and saluted a military salute, and waved goodbye to the people who saw him off on the dock. At this moment, all the armies had boarded the ship, the forward fleet was lined up in the river from the shore, and the Sheji also raised the anchor and raised the sails in the command, slowly sailed away from the dock into the river, and sailed into the formation, and he did not return to the cabin until he could not see the crowd of people seeing him off clearly......
"Official, Zheng Dutong has sent all the sacrifices over, and the small one has already made the kitchen hot!" After Zhao Yu returned to the cabin, he changed into loose clothes, and when he came out, Wang De pointed to the dining table and said with a smile.
"Okay, you can also use some with me, how can I eat so much!" Zhao Yu greeted Su Lan and said.
"Official, why do you have to send it every time the water army sacrifices to the water god?" Su Lan served the little emperor and sat down, and he also moved an embroidered pier and sat down and asked strangely.
"For me, of course!" Zhao Yu picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of meat and said.
"Oh, but shouldn't the sacrifice be eaten by all? This is clearly untouched. Su Lan was still full of doubts. Of course, she knew that of course the gods would not come to eat, and in the end it was still enjoyed by people, and as long as His Majesty was on the boat, the navy would send the tribute intact after each sacrifice, and she had never been able to figure out the exquisiteness.
"Of course, the tribute must be eaten by the gods who are worshiped first, and the rest can be eaten!" Zhao Hao replied with a smile.
"But these six kings are too strange, how to eat the same as the official family's favorite food, including dried fish!" Su Lan frowned and muttered.
"Alas, Miss Su has always been very smart, why is she confused today!" Wang De on the side suddenly sighed.
"This ...... Shouldn't these six kings be the official family? Su Lan hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to say in surprise.
"Haha, why can't it be me?" Zhao Yu asked with a laugh.
"Huh?! The six kings are really officials, so don't they know? Su Lan looked the little emperor up and down as if he didn't know him.
"And to say stupid things, if they don't know, can they send everything to the official's house? They're just pretending to be confused! Wang De also smiled and pointed at Su Lan with his finger.
"So that's the case, no wonder I see that the statue is a little similar to the official family." Su Lan nodded embarrassedly, remembering that when she met the little emperor, he was a little fat man, and he often took dried fish as a snack.
"It's not bad to be worshipped, when I can't be the emperor one day, I can find a place to cross my legs and eat together!" Zhao Yu took a dried fish, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and laughed. However, the dried fish he ate at this time was not the salty and hard thing that he often ate back then, but a small fish with very thick fat but no name. This kind of dried fish is very delicious whether it is fried or baked directly on the fire, and it has also become his snack.
"Where the official family says, the little ones will have to serve the official family for a lifetime." Wang De said with a smile. In recent days, the little emperor seems to have something on his mind, often sitting alone in a daze, and saying some inexplicable things, but today he really feels uneasy to say such unlucky things......
Since the Yangtze River has entered a dry period, there is less water from the upper reaches, and the spring flood has not come, so it is easy for large ships to run aground. In addition, this time I also carried two marine brigades of the navy, which could only reduce the carrying of baggage, and now the military situation is not more urgent than when I came, so in order to ensure safety and replenish supplies, Zhao Yu ordered to sail during the day and anchor the ship at night, and increase the frequency of replenishment of supplies to reduce possible accidents.
But Wang De found that the little emperor's mood did not improve, and he still looked depressed. In the past, when the little emperor was not busy, he liked to walk around on the boat or go fishing. But he didn't leave the dormitory for several days, and when he stopped in Jiangzhou, he only summoned Sun Kai to meet him alone, but did not go ashore. This made him a little worried, and when he let the imperial doctor see it, he just said that His Majesty has been overworked recently, and it is good to rest for a while. He could only wait carefully, telling the little yellow men how long their eyes were, and staring at His Majesty not to have accidents.
"Official, Wen Xiang asks to see!"
"Well, let him go to the study!" Zhao Hao had just had breakfast that day, and a little yellow door came in to tell him, he thought about it.
After a while, Zhao Yu finished changing clothes and went out of the cabin to the small study, in fact, his mind has not been idle in the past few days, thinking that he will discuss the state of the country after returning to Beijing. 'Guoshi' was a commonly used term in Song Dynasty politics, roughly equivalent to what is now known as the general policy of a certain period. As in modern times, once the country is established, it will not be easily changed in the short term, until the next round of the country is redetermined, which is still different from the ancestral family law.
The ancestral family law is actually the basic line that runs through the country; The state is, on the other hand, the policy of a specific period. Since there can be different states in different emperors and different periods, that is, there are different central tasks and political ecology. The implementation of basic state policies also varies from time to time and from person to person, that is, from emperor to emperor. Now that Jiangnan has been recovered, the guidelines and policies formulated during the time in Qiongzhou are naturally no longer applicable, and adjustments and changes need to be made.
However, Zhao Yu found that some people wanted to discuss the country's affairs by discussing the country's affairs, rather than using their minds on the country, although they may not necessarily succeed, but it could not help but arouse his vigilance. It is precisely because of this that he feels that human nature is fickle and sinister, and that politics is ugly and cruel, which makes his mood become heavy again, thinking about how he will face the coming storm.
"Your Majesty, I recently heard that there are people in the court who oppose my return to the court, if so, the minister is willing to guard the western frontier for His Majesty, and it is okay to return to Qiongzhou!" After the two exchanged a few words, Wen Tianxiang suddenly spoke.
"Hehe, the news is still very well-informed." Zhao Hao saw Wen Tianxiang's angry appearance, but he felt that he was in a much better mood, and said with a smile, "I also received a note saying that Wen Xiang is eloquent and strategic, both civil and military, and the situation in Western Xinjiang is sinister, and it needs to be guarded by important ministers of the state, and you are recommended to stay in Jinghu." ”
"Oh, they've already written to Your Majesty, it's a little impatient. So what does Your Majesty think? Wen Tianxiang smiled bitterly when he heard this.
"Wen Xiang is already on the ship, is it necessary to ask me?" Zhao Yu looked at Wen Tianxiang's eyes and chuckled.
"Confused!" Wen Tianxiang was stunned and shook his head and said, "Then why does Your Majesty think they are preventing the ministers from returning to Beijing?" ”
"It's very simple, Wen Xiang is in the way of some people, of course they don't want you to return to the court." At this time, a small yellow door brought tea, and Zhao Yu took a sip.
"In the way?!" Wen Tianxiang was a little surprised when he heard this, and thought about it, "Back then, the ministers invited themselves to go to Jiannan Kaifu, and later asked to return to the court several times, but they were repeatedly refused, could it be that they wanted to repeat their old tricks!" ”
"Yes, there are people in the court who want to be powerful ministers and monopolize the court, but this time it is much more sinister." Zhao Yu nodded and said bluntly.
"Hehe, it's so easy to be a powerful minister!" Wen Tianxiang sneered when he heard this, "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and he has already presided over government affairs, but those little ones have this kind of thought, how different is it from a moth to a fire!" ”
"No, I am worried about this matter now, you must know that since Emperor Xiaozong, there have been Han Yanxuan, Shi Miyuan, Jia Yidao, Chen Yizhong and others who have dictatorships, control the government, and even manipulate the emperor to abolish the throne, which must not be taken lightly. Is there a good way to deal with it? Zhao Yu sighed and said.
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, as long as you are impartial, don't listen to and believe partially, it will be difficult for them to succeed......" Wen Tianxiang waved his hand and told the little emperor.
Wen Tianxiang reads a lot, and the champion really didn't come for nothing, and he didn't speak as subtle as his masters, which made him spend a lot less time pondering and comprehending. He also found that there were actually a lot of unjust cases in the Song Dynasty, such as Fan Zhongyan's overstepping of his duties in Renzong, Su Dongpo's Wutai poetry case in Shenzong, Sima Guang and more than 120 Yuanyou party members in Zhezong and Huizong, Yue Fei's trumped-up crime case in Gaozong, and Zhao Ruyu, Zhu Xi, and 59 other people's pseudo-academic rebellion against the party in Ningzong. At the time of Li Zong, there was also the case of Zhao Hong, the king of Ji, who had not been rehabilitated for 50 years.
These unjust cases are widely implicated and are famous in Chinese history, and the formation of these unjust cases is indispensable to the figure of the emperor, which also subverted some of Zhao Yu's previous views. In his previous life, he had heard how the Song Dynasty treated scholars or scholars well, and once the emperor showed signs of abuse of power and arbitrariness, he would immediately be protested and boycotted by the civil bureaucracy."
However, Fan Zhongyan's words and deeds exceeded his duties, and he was only impeached Prime Minister Lu Yijian, but he was convicted and demoted from the capital. Yu Jing, Yin Zhu, and Ouyang Xiu were upset, and they also fell because of "overstepping their duties". Not only that, but these intellectual elites were also regarded as friends by the monarch and Zai Fu together, which is why Ouyang Xiu's "Theory of Friends" is there.
What constitutes Yue Fei's "unwarranted" unjust case, although it is a factor that has the power to manipulate power, cannot exclude Gaozong Zhao Gou's consideration of the stability of his throne, if Yue Shaobao really recovers Bianjing and welcomes back the second emperor of Huiqin, how can Zhao Gou deal with himself? Until modern times, some people still claim that the Song Dynasty had a unique 'legislative democracy' mechanism in Chinese history, that is, in the trial process of a specific lawsuit, the Song Dynasty has established a system of independent trial, and external forces (including the will of the emperor) can supervise and impeach, but cannot interfere with the trial.
However, Yue Fei's unjust case was caused under this unique legislative democratic mechanism, if it is said that Yue Fei's trial was not interfered with by any external force, but the Wan Qian who knelt in front of Yue's grave in Hangzhou's West Lake with Qin Hui, Wang, and Zhang Jun was used by Zhao Gou and Zai Fu Qin Hui to replace the Dali Temple Qing Zhou Wei and Cheng He in the imperial history who found out because of conscience and did not want to create a strange injustice for the ages. In this way, I am afraid that it is difficult to explain that the imperial historian accepted the emperor's appointment to try the case, so he could not be interfered with by the prime minister and the monarch. And if Wan Qiaoduo hadn't made meritorious contributions to Gaozong at this critical moment, how would he succeed Qin Hui in the future......