Chapter 319: The Crown Prince (19)
When the grandfather was fortunate in Luoyang, he proposed to move the capital here, and the ministers could not advise, and the grandfather said that he not only wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, but also moved to Chang'an.
The reason for moving to Chang'an is that "I want to go to redundancy according to the victory of mountains and rivers, and follow the stories of the Han and Zhou dynasties to calm the world." β
During his reign, the great grandfather had already perceived the problem of redundant troops that had plagued the Northern Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years in the future, and in order to develop production and reduce redundant troops, he made this extremely bold move, which made the capital also move for it, and the court was shocked.
Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, resolutely opposed the grandfather's plan to move the capital, and the grandfather had no choice but to give up; But he said to the left and right: "In less than a hundred years, the people of the world will be strong!" β
Although the relocation of the capital by the grandfather contained the intention of restricting the rights of the emperor's younger brother Kaifeng Yin Zhao Guangyi, its long-term considerations in terms of people's livelihood cannot be ignored......
Zhao Yuanzuo's praise of the merits of the grandfather was something Liu Min did not expect, and Liu Min knew that this homework was not done in vain; Zhao Yuanzuo's spirituality and potential were completely activated, so he changed the topic and said: "Big brother is really talkative, is it Liu Min's enlightenment, or Sister Yang brought a few birds to make your words burst out!" β
Liu Min said and pointed his finger at Yang Cuihua and said, "Big brother, she is Sister Yang Cuihua, the scholar of Scholar Li!" β
Zhao Yuanzuo listened to Liu Min's introduction, looked at Yang Cuihua and smiled.
Yang Cuihua is a shrewd person, and immediately carried the bird cage in her hand to Zhao Yuanzuo and said: "His Royal Highness King Wei, the slave maid was ordered by His Royal Highness King Xiang and Zhang Qi to run most of Kaifeng City; I bought four songbirds outside the sour jujube gate, one is a red indigo, one is a blue indigo, and two are green-winged parrots! You, these are two green-winged parrots, please look! β
Yang Cuihua said and handed the bird cage containing the green-winged parrot to Zhao Yuanzuo and said, "Your Royal Highness King Wei, please take a look, you must like the two green-winged parrots!" β
"Xiaosheng likes it so much!" Zhao Yuanzuo took the bird cage from Yang Cuihua's hand and stared at the two green-winged parrots inside, smiling loudly.
Zhang Qi wasted no time in handing him the birdcage containing red and blue indigo, and said, "Your Royal Highness King Wei, my master knows that you have liked to play with birds since you were a child; I asked the villain and Sister Yang to get you four precious birds! β
"Dechong is grateful to Little Brother Dechang, and grateful to Zhang Qi and Cuihua Girl!" Zhao Yuanzuo took all the three birdcages in his hands and laughed: "Of course, I have to be grateful to Little Sister Liu Min!" β
After a pause, he said: "The three bird cage students are going to take them to the northwest border, and they won't be bored to see the songbirds in the cage every day; I don't know how Liu Min's little sister arranged it! β
Seeing Zhao Yuanzuo say this, Liu Min fixed his mind and said: "Minzi has asked the master of the horse to make up for the emperor and lead the army to the border to expel the Tartars!" β
Liu Min cleared his throat as he said and said impassionedly: "Liu Min thinks that the emperor will definitely allow Ma Ye to lead the officers and soldiers to the border, and at that time, Minzi and Brother Chong were mixed in the army and rushed to the northwest border!" β
When Liu Min, Zhao Yuanzuo, and Zhao Heng were discussing the plan to rush to the northwest frontier on the side of the Wei Wangfu, Lu Chengyu was attending the court meeting in the Imperial Palace.
After Yin Zhao Tingmei of Kaifeng Prefecture was stripped of his official position, Prime Minister Lu Duoxun was also implicated and exiled to Yazhou; Emperor Taizong appointed Song Qi and Li Fang to Tongping Zhangshi, and Li Mu, LΓΌ Mengzheng, and Li Zhishen to participate in political affairs; Zhang Qixian and Wang Wei signed the Privy Council.
The official positions of the imperial court were replaced like a marquee, and Song Taizong did smoothly; But he will not forget the mutual attack between Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun.
Needless to say, Ludosun was a shrewd and capable prime minister; But he met a difficult hard stubble Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu was the founding father; Lu Duosun dared to talk to him, which shows that Lu Duosun still has some courage.
But Song Taizong wanted to use Zhao Pu to bring down his brother Zhao Tingmei, and Lu Duoxun and Zhao Tingmei had a relatively iron relationship; Naturally, the rabbit has to be cooked by the rabbit and the fox.
Lu Duoxun's crime is that he and Zhao Tingmei are plotting misdeeds together, and they are tired of doing things.
These were all reported by the courtiers below, but the masterminds behind the scenes were undoubtedly Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu.
Zhao Guangyi wants to use Zhao Pu to clear the suspicion that he has ascended the throne in a bad name, so Zhao Pu will use the hand of Song Taizong to kill Lu Duoxun.
After the deaths of Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, people were full of sympathy for the deaths of the two princes; was full of doubts about the legitimacy of Zhao Guangyi's acquisition of the throne, and although he didn't dare to express it in person, he inevitably whispered behind him.
Zhao Guangyi can't explain it either, because the explanation will only make people feel like they want to cover up; He desperately needs someone to step up and help him prove the legitimacy of his succession to the throne.
This man must be of high moral standing and respectable enough to subdue the Manchu ministers; Block Yoyo's mouth for him.
Zhao Guangyi understands that there is only one person who meets such conditions, Zhao Pu.
However, can Zhao Pu, an old enemy who has been fighting with Zhao Guangyi for more than ten years, stand on the emperor's side?
Note that Zhao Guangyi is the emperor; His rights are to be taken away from him by life and death; And Zhao Pu is a courtier, since Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne; He had a hard time.
After Zhao Pu was deposed, he lost his former glory, and the people around him have dispersed; Many people are still vying to complain about him.
When Zhao Guangyi became the emperor, he still had to give him small shoes to wear from time to time; Zhao Pu's life was even more difficult.
But after all, Zhao Pu is a capable minister who "rules the world with half of the treatise", in order to dispel Zhao Guangyi's suspicions; Taking advantage of the opportunity of a court meeting, he took the initiative to ask for the resignation of the position of prime minister to stay in Beijing.
Zhao Guangyi agreed to Zhao Pu's request and gave him an index to stay in Beijing; Zhao Pu's life did not improve from this, and his old opponent Lu Duosun was still sparing no effort to hit him.
Needless to say, on the issue of crowding out Zhao Pu; Lu Duosun and Zhao Guangyi are close allies.
As soon as Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, Lu Duoxun became the prime minister; The two changed positions strongly, and Lu Duoxun was more comfortable dealing with Zhao Pulai.
Zhao Pu has a brother-in-law named Hou Renbao, who was sent to Yongzhou (Nanning) by Lu Duoxun to serve.
Yongzhou is located in the southwest, and the living conditions in the underdeveloped area at that time were relatively difficult; Hou Renbao has been thinking about wanting to be transferred back to the capital.
Lu Duoxun was originally intended to squeeze out Hou Renbao in order to weaken Zhao Pu's influence, and it would be good if he was not assigned to the sea cliff; How could it be possible to bring him back again.
Therefore, every time the official is transferred, it is not Hou Renbao's turn, and Hou Renbao has been working in Yongzhou for nine years.
In this year, there was civil strife in Cochin (northern Vietnam), and the area of Cochin was nominally subordinated to the Song Dynasty; In fact, it has become an independent regime.
Hou Renbao felt that this was a good opportunity to get out, so he went to the court and suggested that he take the opportunity to send troops to recover Jiaozhi; At the same time, he also hoped to allow himself to enter Beijing and report to the emperor in person about the civil strife in Jiaozhi.
Hou Renbao's abacus is very fine, he knows that Zhao Guangyi is very happy; I will definitely be interested in his suggestion, and I can stay in the capital after the report.
Sure enough, Zhao Guangyi was immediately recruited; Immediately issued an edict ordering Hou Renbao to enter Beijing.
At this time, Lu Duoxun inserted another lever, and he saw Hou Renbao's intentions at a glance, and immediately saw the move.
Lu Duoxun told Zhao Guangyi: Hou Renbao's idea is indeed very good, but since he wants to send troops, he has to be faster; If Hou Renbao is summoned, it will leak secrets, so that the enemy can be guarded.
Since Hou Renbao understands the situation so well, it is better to allocate some more troops to him; It would be nice for him to take full responsibility for the conquest of Cochin.
Lu Duoxun's suggestion was detrimental enough, and Zhao Guangyi felt that it was also reasonable after hearing it; Just do as Lu Duosun wants.
Hou Renbao came up with the idea with all his heart, but instead he went around himself; Not only can I not return home, but I also have an extra dangerous mission.
Hou Renbao's luck was also very bad, and the battle was not fought well; The army was defeated and captured, and finally ended up in a foreign land.
Hou Renbao's incident hurt Zhao Pu very much, but there was another thing that almost blew Zhao Pu's guts.
Zhao Pu had a son named Zhao Chengzong, who was very angry because he married the daughter of the privy envoy Li Chongju.
This time, Zhao Chengzong is getting married again; The object is the daughter of the eldest princess of the Yan Kingdom (Zhao Kuangyin's sister).
At that time, Zhao Chengzong's position was the governor of Tanzhou; If you want to return to Beijing to complete the marriage, you must get the emperor's approval (according to the regulations, foreign officials are not allowed to return to Beijing casually).
In the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo, Zhao Chengzong was allowed to return to Beijing to get married; But Lu Duoxun fully carried forward the spirit of the neighborhood committee that everything must be managed, for fear that Zhao Chengzong would take the opportunity to stay in the capital.
In less than a month, he persuaded Zhao Guangyi to send Zhao Chengzong back to Tanzhou as soon as possible.
In this way, Zhao Chengzong didn't even feel comfortable with a marriage leave, so he had to go back in disgrace.
Obviously, everything Lu Duoxun did was aimed at Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu had no intention of interfering in political affairs, but his old rival Lu Duosun always seemed to regard him as the biggest threat; It seems that as long as Lu Duosun is still in the position of prime minister, he will not have a good life, and even his net worth may not be saved.
Zhao Pu was cornered, and finally let out an angry roar; He was fed up with Ludoson's aggressive face and decided to seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Zhao Pu realized that in order to bring down Lu Duoxun, he had to divide the alliance between Lu Duosun and Zhao Guangyi, and let Zhao Guangyi stand on his side.
In this way, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu are like two shrewd businessmen; Acutely aware of each other's value, the two invariably walked to the negotiating table to show their chips to complete a shocking political deal.
One day, Zhao Guangyi sent someone to summon Zhao Pu and said that he wanted to discuss something with him.
Since entering Beijing, Zhao Pu has never been welcomed; His interaction with Zhao Guangyi was only limited to routine court etiquette, and he was suddenly summoned this time, and he felt very strange.
Seeing Zhao Pu come in, Zhao Guangyi took the initiative to get up to greet him and gave him rare enthusiasm; After a few courtesies, Zhao Guangyi stepped back and began to move on to the formal topic.
He bluntly told Zhao Pu that this summons was to ask for his opinion on one thing: who should he pass the throne to in the future!
Zhao Pu didn't expect Zhao Guangyi to ask so directly, and he was shocked all of a sudden. Because it's an extremely sinister question.
If this is a multiple-choice question, based on the situation mentioned above, there are three options in front of Zhao Pu:
A. Zhao Kuangyin's son. B. Zhao Tingmei. C. Zhao Guangyi's son.
After all, Zhao Pu is a leader in "Half of the Treatise on Ruling the World", and such a topic seems to be difficult for him.
First of all, A cannot be chosen; Because although Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang are dead, their heirs are still alive, to paraphrase the "Inheritance Law"; Their sons can be subrogated. Of course, this is not what Zhao Guangyi wants to see. Moreover, whoever chooses A is tantamount to crying out for the two princes, which will definitely anger Zhao Guangyi......