Why did Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou take the initiative to Zen in his prime? For a feudal emperor who lived to be more than eighty years old, his fifties happened to be the prime of his life, and it was also the golden age of his rule. Moreover, there is no feudal emperor who is not greedy for power, and no one is willing to give up the imperial power to others, even if the successor is his own flesh and blood. Under this rule, Song Gaozong's feat of voluntarily ceding the throne to his adopted son Zhao Tuan in his prime can be said to be unique in Chinese history. It has also led to many conjectures.

Some people believe that although Song Gaozong was greedy for power, but he was worried about state affairs, so he was willing to continue to enjoy the honor of the emperor as the emperor of Taishang, but he could be free from the troubles of state affairs. But in fact, after Song Gaozong took the throne, he did not hide in the deep palace, recuperate for the rest of his life, and did not ask about the government, but at a critical moment, he would intervene, contain him in many ways, and not give an inch, indicating that he was still willing to worry about state affairs, or to grasp the power tightly, not what he said about "long-term idle retreat".

Some people think that Zhao Gou has always been greedy for life and afraid of death. After the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, in the face of the Jin people's plunder, they ran from Nanjing to Hangzhou, and from land to sea. The escape experience again and again made Song Gaozong realize that although the emperor was prominent, he was also the target of the Jin people's pursuit, and once he was in danger, it was very eye-catching and inconvenient to escape as the emperor; If you become the emperor, the attention will be greatly reduced, and it will be much easier and safer to escape. Therefore, the convenience of escape is also an important reason for the Zen position of Song Gaozong in his prime.

Zhao Gou's previous image has always been a negative example in Zhao Yu's heart in his previous life, asking for peace with Jin Nagong, being willing to be the emperor, and killing Yue Fei for this reason, appointing the traitor Qin Hui, which caused the world to complain. But when he became the emperor and came into contact with more secrets, his bad feelings towards Zhao Gou changed, but he didn't want to overturn the case for him, but a more objective evaluation.

Throughout the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty, in fact, life was relatively frugal, of course, this relative is not compared with the common people, but the monarchs of the past dynasties. In the case of the founding monarch Gaozong, the life in the early years of his reign was quite frugal, and he issued several edicts prohibiting the use of gold ornaments inside and outside the court. Her biological mother, Empress Dowager Wei, returned from the south of the Jin Dynasty, and some of the utensils prepared for her by Prime Minister Qin Hui were made of pure gold, and Gaozong immediately ordered someone to replace them with gold-plated ones.

Gaozong believed that horses could be used for military use, so he accepted them, but did not take any treasures, because he was afraid that the generals would take advantage of this to defeat the people and harm the military and government. In addition, Gojong eats very ordinary, even pork and tofu, which are not available every day. Zhao Hao thought it was still credible, didn't he often eat dried fish and rice to satisfy his hunger on the way to escape? There are also a group of people at the bottom who want to eat and drink, but everything is difficult during the grass creation period, although it is not bad for a mouthful of meat, but whether it is a show or a sincerity, they have to do it.

No matter how Zhao Gou is, he is not a narrow-minded person and cannot tolerate others. At that time, although a scholar wrote a poem "Poem on the Pigeon" to satirize him, asking him to raise wild geese instead, he could convey the message of his father and brother who were captured and went north. When Gaozong found out, he stopped breeding pigeons, and rewarded the outspoken scholar. As an emperor, it is not too much to raise a group of pigeons, and Tang Taizong, who is known as a generation of British masters, often plays with birds? However, later generations were dissatisfied with Gaozong's killing of Yue Fei and the peace agreement, so they took this opportunity to talk about things, which is also in line with the national temperament of the habitual beating of water dogs.

The world often says that Zhao Gou and the sinister prime minister Qin Hui can be called a match made in heaven. In fact, on the surface, the two are closely related. In fact, it is a relationship between the same bed and different dreams, each with a ghost and using each other. The reason is that Qin Hui has the backing of the golden people, and he has been the prime minister for decades, and he is deeply rooted in the Song Dynasty, his henchmen are like numbness, and there are countless henchmen, and even the guards and imperial doctors around Zhao Gou are Qin Hui's people, so Zhao Gou is also on guard every day, so that every time he goes to court, he has to hide a dagger in his boots in case of accidents. It wasn't until Qin Hui was sick and sick in his later years that he was about to die in Huangquan that Zhao Gou breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Qin Hui died, he told Zhao Gou that he wanted his son to take over his class. Zhao Gou listened, with a smile on his face, and kept comforting Qin Hui's illness in his mouth to show his concern. Qin Hui couldn't speak on the sickbed, he took out his red handkerchief and wiped Qin Hui's tears with his own hands. But on the night he left the Qin Mansion, he drafted an edict that removed Qin Hui and his descendants from all positions. Early the next morning, this edict was promulgated in the court, which can be described as lightning fast. Hear this.

That night, Qin Hui died with a whimper. Zhao Gou let out a long breath and said, "I don't have to hide a knife in my boots anymore." Then, Zhao Gou drove all the remaining henchmen of Qin Hui in the palace out of Lin'an. In order to prevent being assassinated by Qin Hui, he hid a short knife in his boots every time he went to court for self-defense, which was unique among ancient Chinese emperors. And although Zhao Yu was surrounded by ministers in the court when he was in Yashan, he still didn't dare to be careless, and he didn't go to meet guests without Ni Liang around him, which was also out of the same vigilance.

Speaking of Zhao Gou's sudden Zen position, in fact, it is not all fear of enemies and pleasure, leaving a way back for himself. In this seemingly abnormal move, Zhao Yu felt that he had great wisdom, at least he made a positive contribution to the inheritance of the Zhao family and the continuation of the national lineage. As we all know, for a feudal emperor who lived for more than eighty years, his fifties happened to be the prime of his life, and it was also the golden age of his rule. Moreover, there is no feudal emperor who is not greedy for power, and no one is willing to give up the imperial power to others, even if the successor is his own flesh and blood.

Think about his resistance to the throne at the beginning, to having to accept it, and now he doesn't want to let go of killing him. Under this rule, Song Gaozong's feat of voluntarily ceding the throne to his adopted son Zhao Tuan in his prime is unique in Chinese history. When he suddenly proposed to take the Zen position, the prime ministers and ministers around him were extremely right, thinking that this would cause chaos in the government and Jin Bing take the opportunity to enter. But Song Gaozong ignored it. However, on the grounds of "old and sick, and wanting to retire for a long time", he issued an edict to pass on the crown prince Zhao Tuan, proclaimed himself Emperor Taishang, and moved to Deokshou Palace.

But in fact, after Song Gaozong took the throne, he did not hide in the deep palace, recuperate for a long time, and did not ask about the government, which is not what he said about "long-term idle retreat". But at the critical moment, he will intervene, contain it in many ways, and not give an inch, which shows that he still holds on to power. Therefore, some people think that he is greedy for power, but he is suffering from state affairs, so he is willing to continue to enjoy the honor of the emperor as the emperor of Taishang, but he can be free from the troubles of state affairs.

Zhao Yu has a lot of strange things. Successive emperors often choose a person who is grateful to him as his successor. Song Gaozong had only one son in his life, named Zhao Yang, but his son died of fright at the age of three. Since then, Song Gaozong has not had any new children, and the voices of the government and the opposition advocating the establishment of the "fundamental" have become higher and higher.

As everyone knows, Zhao Gou belongs to a branch of Song Taizong, and after his biological son Zhao Yang died, according to the blood relationship, he should pass the throne to other descendants of Song Taizong, after all, there are many people who are eligible. However, Song Gaozong thought twice, in the second year of Shaoxing, Song Gaozong took Zhao Tuan, a descendant of Song Taizu, as his adopted son, and cultivated him as a designated prince, and finally chose Song Taizu's descendant as his successor.

Zhao Gou's 'rebellious' behavior broke the century-old convention of succession, although he realized the 'promise' that Taizong Zhao Guangyi was still in the Taizu line, complied with the wishes of most scholars, and won the reputation of returning the throne of Emperor Sun, a descendant of Taizu. But he also knew that he would inevitably be opposed by the clan, and even that there would be changes during the handover.

Therefore, only when Song Gaozong took the throne during his lifetime and then pressed the battle as Emperor Taishang could he ensure the smooth implementation of the succession plan, prevent the descendants of Song Taizong from ascending to the throne, and ensure the political stability of the Southern Song Dynasty. In addition, in the thirty-second year of Shaoxing, Zhao Tuan has lived in the palace for 30 years, if he waits until his deathbed to pass on the throne, he is likely to be more than half a hundred years old or even more than the age of sixties, so that not only will not be grateful to Song Gaozong, but will produce resentment, Gaozong in his prime, Zen also has the meaning of grace.

Facts have proved that Song Gaozong used the identity of Emperor Taishang as Zhao Tuan's backstage to deter the government, and Zhao Tuan ascended the throne as the eldest son of a non-grandson, and the government and the opposition were calm, and no one dared to have the slightest objection, which was extremely rare in the succession of emperors in the Song Dynasty. And it was not for nothing that Zhao Tuan was called Xiaozong after his death, he took good care of Zhao Gou's life in his later years, almost responding to requests, and never stopped for five days.

However, Zhao Yu also knew that Zhao Gou's choice of the prime-aged Zen position was also selfish. Thinking about his decades of hard work, he finally stabilized the line of defense, and he should also relax and live a happy life, which is actually human nature. In addition, he can also cover up the court scandal of his biological mother marrying a husband and having children in the Jin Kingdom, and then as the Taishang Emperor, he can continue to maintain the compromise and surrender line to Jin behind the scenes, and maintain his reputation after his death.

There is also an unspeakable thing about Zhao Gou, that is, the failure of the Song Jin Discussion at that time was related to the national anti-Jin situation. In order to promote peace, in order to be safe, he killed the anti-Jin hero Yue Fei on a "trumped-up" charge, which caused pain for relatives and fast for enemies, and also caused a passive situation in the Southern Song Dynasty war against Jin in the future, and the military attack of Jin soldiers against the Southern Song Dynasty was still the same.

Zhao thought of what Yue Fei said before his death, "The Jin people cannot be trusted, and reconciliation cannot be trusted", thinking of Yue Fei's foresight, thinking of the Jin people's rebellion, insatiable greed, tearing up the peace treaty, frequent plundering, and Song Gaozong, who insisted on the surrender line, was a little unbearable on his face. It should be said that he may have already had the intention to rehabilitate Yue Fei when he was in power, but he couldn't let go of the emperor's shelf, so he simply took the throne as soon as possible, and let Zhao Tuan, who was in urgent need of popularity, prestige, and support from the government and the opposition, be this good person!

In fact, Zhao Tuan was Yue Fei Zhaoxue at the end of the same year after he ascended the throne, you must know that this kind of politically sensitive incident involving the reputation of Song Gaozong, if it were not for the acquiescence of Song Gaozong, Zhao Tuan, who has always been known for his filial piety, would not dare to make a mistake no matter what, so Zhao Tuan repeatedly emphasized in the edict that "Emperor Taishang never forgets", and he is just "admiring the holy will......

Zhao Yu stood up and looked at the ministers in front of him, and then looked at these palaces and pavilions, everything here not only witnessed the luxurious life and indulgent laughter after Zhao Gou's retirement. At the same time, it also witnessed the ups and downs in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty, the struggles in the court and the changes in the world. And now that he has inherited this palace, he has also inherited a more complicated situation and faced a more powerful enemy than back then, how he did it, and how he did it, his descendants will judge, but it is not what happened in this palace.

"Xuandu Academy, Zhou Xiang will lead the prison and several masters to come here to see me!" Seeing that Yao Liangchen and Wei Tianzhong were singing and harmonizing to prevent themselves from entering Zongyang Palace, and finally prevaricated themselves with the long construction period, Zhao Yu suddenly turned to Chen Dun and said.

The ministers didn't know what the little emperor was going to summon a few inconsequential little people, but they also faintly felt that something was wrong. And this place has not yet been renovated, and there is not even a cup of tea to drink, the monarch and the minister just stared at it with such big eyes, Lu Xiufu opened his mouth several times to break this embarrassing situation, but he didn't know what to say, so he simply didn't talk about it, and he became a clay sculpture fairy in this view.

"My subordinates meet Your Majesty!" After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, Zhou Xiang led the hurried master to arrive, and left a few master craftsmen to wait in the back garden, he went up to the Sifang Pavilion alone, and as soon as he came over, he didn't have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead, so he panted and saluted, and he didn't see a few important ministers.

"Lord Zhou, I want to restore Zongyang Palace to the appearance of the North Palace back then, as the residence of the court and I and the Queen Mother. You can see how long it will take to complete the renovation, how many people will be needed, and how much money it will cost! Zhao Yu raised his hand to let him get up, and then explained the task.

"Yes, my subordinates will go immediately, please wait, Your Majesty!" Zhou Xiang didn't say anything, didn't even ask why, and immediately turned away.

Zhao Yu waved his hand and let him go, turned around and lay on the railing, looking at the goldfish floating on the surface of the lake in a daze; Jiang Xuan watched Zhou Xiang twist his fat body and trot away, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth. Lu Xiufu sighed lightly, smiled wryly and shook his head. Chen Zhongwei and Xu Zongren got up and looked at the couplets on the pavilion pillars, and discussed softly, and Deng Wenyuan quickly joined in. But Yao Liangchen and Wei Tianzhong were sweating on their foreheads, the two looked at each other and exchanged glances, and they both saw the panic flashing in each other's eyes.

"Your Majesty, after a preliminary survey by his subordinates and several masters, I thought that if a thousand craftsmen were mobilized, it would take a month to complete the renovation of the main hall and the back garden, and if the palace furnishings and furniture were not included, it would cost 200,000 yuan!" After waiting for about half an hour, Zhou Xiang returned to the pavilion and said to the little emperor.

"Well, how many people do you have at your disposal?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty, all the capitals are now rushing to make weapons and resume production. However, the subordinates knew that more than 2,000 enemy craftsmen captured after entering the city were still imprisoned in the camp, and they could select people from them to repair the palace building! Zhou Xiang reported back.

"Okay, I will allocate 200,000 yuan from the Inner Government to you, and grant you the right to mobilize craftsmen from all over the world, and you will settle here in a month from tomorrow." Zhao Yu said to Zhou Xiang.

"Yes, Your Majesty, if your subordinates do not complete the project on time, they will be punished!" Zhou Xiang Shili said......