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As we all know, Huaxia as a big country of etiquette, pay attention to "etiquette" first, in dealing with the throne, throne, title, property and other matters of the inheritance system principle is the primogeniture inheritance system, the so-called "to establish the eldest not to the virtuous, to establish the son to the noble not to the long",

But this principle is very elastic and not an iron law that cannot be changed. For example, if you run into the eldest son of Yan is a fool and a stupid person, a bad-tempered person and no one likes it, who can rest assured that the country will be handed over to such a person?

For example, the emperor doesn't like the eldest son, but likes the second son or even the concubine, the emperor is the boss, and he can't help others if he insists on not obeying the etiquette. All this determines that this principle can also be ignored, so throughout the ages, it is not uncommon to give up the heirs and establish the prince, and the phenomenon of abolishing the prince has also appeared from time to time, and even the extreme incident of Tang Xuanzong's "killing three sons in one day" has occurred.

At this time, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong encountered such a problem, that is, the current prince, that is, his eldest son Zhao Heng is not his favorite son, his favorite is his third son, that person is called Zhao Kai.

In fact, Zhao Heng also had the love of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, he was the only son-in-law of Zhao Ji's more than 30 sons, born in the third year of Yuanfu, and his biological mother Queen Wang was Zhao Ji's original wife and the first queen.

On the twelfth day of January of the lunar calendar in the third year of Yuan Fu (1100 years), Song Zhezong, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, died of illness, Song Zhezong did not leave any son, and there was no one to inherit the throne.

Zhao Ji was lucky to be selected by Empress Xiang from the rest of the sons of Song Shenzong, succeeded to the throne and became the emperor, and only three months after Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, he was happy to have a son, and it was also his first son, the eldest son Zhao Heng, "Chinese and foreign people heard and were overjoyed", with the experience of Zhezong, everyone thought that this was an auspicious omen, at least Zhao Ji was going to hang up suddenly, and he also had a son who could inherit the throne.

Song Huizong first picked up an emperor for nothing, and then came to a "auspicious" son, what a pride he was, of course he loved this son in every way. But who expected, Zhao Heng's mother Queen Wang suddenly fell out of favor soon after, the eunuch in order to cater to Song Huizong, wantonly framed Queen Wang, and then Song Huizong ordered people to strictly investigate, although it was confirmed that it was framed out of nothing, but Queen Wang was still snubbed from then on, and died in depression in the second year of Daguan, only twenty-five years old. Zhao Heng was only eight years old at the time, and every time he recalled his mother after that, he inevitably felt a faint pain and indignation in his heart, which also had a great impact on his character. It's just that although Empress Wang fell out of favor and died, Zhao Heng was the eldest son after all, and Song Huizong still followed the etiquette system and made him the crown prince at the age of sixteen last year, that is, in February of the fifth year of Zhenghe.

I don't know if it's because of his mother's tragic experience, Zhao Heng's personality has become very introverted, and even a little depressed, in short, he is completely different from his father's temperament and hobbies. Song Huizong was suave, and his demeanor was restrained; Song Huizong is versatile, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he is "good at vocal skills and music"; Song Huizong was known for being "lustful", but he was "quiet". Not only that, Zhao Heng also has a lot of opinions on what Song Huizong did, Zhao Heng often advised Song Huizong not to favor eunuchs and Yu Xing, "often unfair to the arrogance of the fortunate ministers"; Huizong worships Taoism and suppresses Buddha, Zhao Heng also disagrees, and even argues in the hall; Song Huizong was poor and extravagant, and he was very prosperous, but Zhao Heng was known as "the virtue of frugality and frugality" in the East Palace, and he was heard in the world; In addition, there are countless things, and Song Huizong is less and less fond of this son who was once regarded as "auspicious" by himself.

At this time, Zhao Heng's younger brother Zhao Kai was born, compared to Zhao Heng, Zhao Kai is simply printed in the same mold as Song Huizong, he is a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knows everything, is talented, handsome, smart and clever, no matter from which point of view, he is like-minded with Song Huizong. Song Huizong also loved this son very much, and asked him to accompany him when he invited the ministers, and he was the only one among the princes who had this treatment, even the prince Zhao Heng did not. In February this year, Zhao Kai even paid homage to the Taifu, even the crown prince Zhao Heng had no experience in this position, which was an exception.

The entire court speculated that the reason why Song Huizong still established Zhao Heng as the crown prince was just the result of compromising with the etiquette system due to the old system, but what he really wanted to establish was Zhao Kai.

Seeing that Song Huizong was inclined to Zhao Kai, in order to cater to the holy will, they all stood on Zhao Kai's side, and they all stood on Zhao Kai's side in everything, and at the same time strongly praised Zhao Kai, intending to shake the East Palace and pave the way for Song Huizong's dismissal of Zhao Heng, Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan and others were among them.

Although Zhao Heng's position as the crown prince has only been in office for less than two years, it is already stormy and precarious.

So what is Gao Yu's attitude? Gao Yu was able to marry Song Huizong with Keju, and step by step to the position of Tai Lieutenant, but it was not all from luck and Song Huizong's favor, no matter how well Keju played, he couldn't play for a lifetime, Keju was just a stepping stone for him to open the door to power, and all kinds of things in the future were obtained by him by judging the situation and his cautious and cautious style.

Unlike Tong Guan and others who were so anxious to stand in line, he maintained a rare sobriety in this battle for the East Palace, because he found a detail, that is, the old fox Cai Jing has been maintaining neutrality, and Cai Jing is what he admires most in the Manchu Dynasty, so he calmed down and continued to observe the situation carefully, so he soon found that there was a person who liked Zhao Heng very much, and this person was none other than the current queen Empress Zheng.

Empress Zheng was canonized two years after Zhao Heng's biological mother, Queen Wang, died of illness, that is, the queen who was canonized in October of the fourth year of Daguan, she also had a son, named Zhao Tan, who was the second son of Song Huizong, but unfortunately died early, and the reason why she was able to be canonized as the queen is said to be because after the death of the queen, Song Huizong wanted to establish another queen, and many favored princesses were interested in competing for the throne, but at that time, Song Huizong also liked his eldest son Zhao Heng, and he was afraid that setting up a princess with a son would cause Zhao Heng's panic, It will also increase the unstable factors in the competition for storage places, so the childless Zheng family is the queen. To put it bluntly, Empress Zheng's ability to be the queen is also thanks to Zhao Heng's light. And Empress Zheng also had a good relationship with Queen Wang, she saw that Zhao Heng lost his mother at a young age was very pitiful, and she experienced the pain of losing her child, and she had a sense of sympathy with the young Zhao Heng, so she has always been very good to Zhao Heng, and the young Zhao Heng also regained her mother's love from Queen Zheng, and the relationship between mother and son, who was not related by blood, was also very harmonious. There are even rumors that the reason why Song Huizong was able to still make Zhao Heng the crown prince was also influenced by Empress Zheng. Empress Zheng is in charge of the harem, so naturally she can't interfere in the government casually, but she also has an elder brother named Zheng Juzhong, who is now a member of the Privy Council, Dazai. Although the two did not explicitly express their support for the crown prince Zhao Heng, they had never confronted the crown prince in Zheng Juzhong, and Gao Yu had already smelled a trace of unusualness.

In addition to these two people, the crown prince Zhao Heng also has some hidden advantages, such as that he is the eldest son, occupying the high point of etiquette and morality; For example, his humble and thrifty style has won the appreciation of the vast number of officials and imperial historians in the DPRK and China; For example, his cautious personality also makes it difficult for him to be caught at fault and handled.

Comprehensive, Gao Yu believes that although Zhao Heng is currently at a disadvantage, his father does not love, and the minister does not support it, but he is not without the power of self-preservation, throughout the ages, the court dispute is often here and there, in case of any accident, such as after the founding of this dynasty, who could have imagined that Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, would suddenly die violently, leaving behind a "candlelight axe shadow" of the eternal mystery, the throne was not only taken away by his younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi, but also his two sons, Zhao Dezhao, who was supposed to inherit the throne, and his youngest son Zhao Defang were also forced to death by Zhao Kuangyi successively, so everything is possible, don't stand in line easily!

Therefore, Gao Yu chose neutrality, although this move may not be meritorious, at least there is no fault. It's a pity that the sky doesn't fulfill people's wishes, and Gao Yu, who wanted to put things out of the way, suddenly found trouble and came to the door .......