Song Taizong used it conclusively to protect Hou Mo Chen's use, but Hou Mo Chen's use was not angry; At the critical moment, he committed a serious crime, and according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, he should be beheaded.

Song Taizong wanted to keep Hou Mo Chen from using, so Zhao Pu and Zhao Yuanxu went to see Taizong together; The two said as if singing a double reed: "Please behead this person immediately!" ”

Song Taizong was unwilling, and ordered his subordinates: "Forget it for a while in the prison!" ”

Zhao Pu disagreed: "Then the law of the Great Song Dynasty is out of order!" Don't disturb the Great Song Fadu because of an insignificant street gangster! ”

Since Song Taizong ascended the throne, he has done a lot of homework in order to verify orthodoxy, the most important of which is the "Golden Kui Alliance" conspired with Zhao Pu.

"The Alliance of Jinkui" is Yefeiye, few people know about it, but Zhao Pu is the prime minister of the former dynasty; Song Taizong and Song Taizu's mother, Empress Dowager Du, was guarding beside him, and Gu Zhao Pu said that Empress Dowager Du had a will before she died, and this will was a record made by Zhao Pu.

It can also be said that when Empress Dowager Du issued her will, there were only two people around Song Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu; Zhao Pu said that the grandfather asked him to make the queen mother's will before her death, and Zhao Pu recorded it.

The problem is that when Empress Dowager Du issued her will, Song Taizu, one of the two people around her, had ascended to heaven, and now only Zhao Pu is left; Zhao Pu said that the round one is flat, and it is not all based on his mouth.

But Song Taizong believed it, and Song Taizong believed that Empress Dowager Du had a will because it was beneficial to him; So here's the problem.

Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Tingmei, King of Wei, were both sons of the Empress Dowager Du, why didn't the Empress Dowager Du call them when she issued her will?

This question was raised by some people in the court at that time, but Song Taizong said that Zhao Tingmei was not the biological son of Empress Dowager Du; It was the work of his father and adoptive mother.

In order to prove his legitimacy, Zhao Guangyi did not hesitate to defile his father's character.

So why is Song Taizong himself not by the side of Empress Dowager Du, Zhao Guangyi's answer is more direct: involving the issue of the inheritance of the throne, Song Taizu sent the contemptible people away.

Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu finally formed a unified alliance, and grandly threw out the killer feature of "The Alliance of Jinkui", which has been criticized so far.

"The Alliance of Jinkui" naturally also brought benefits to Zhao Pu - to re-ascend to the phase.

After Zhao Pu ascended the phase, he also did a despicable thing, that is, he complied with the will of Song Taizong and forced Zhao Tingmei, the king of Wei, to death; There is a new version of "The Alliance of Jinkui" - the legal words of the throne passed to the descendants of Song Taizong.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuanzuo, the eldest son of Song Taizong, was a righteous man, and he was extremely dissatisfied with his father's death of his fourth uncle Zhao Tingmei; was finally beaten into the "cold palace" by Zhao Guangyi.

After Zhao Yuanzuo was abolished, Song Taizong put his second son Zhao Yuanyou on the throne; But Zhao Yuanyou is in cahoots with Zhao Puxin, and he has done everything better than Zhao Yuanzuo.

Song Taizong saw that Zhao Yuanyou and Zhao Pu sang and admonished Hou Mochen to kill Hou Mochen and use it, and the color on his face was ugly; After being silent for a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Hand it over to Kaifeng Mansion to deal with!" ”

Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Pu saw that the emperor asked Hou Mochen to use Kaifeng Mansion to deal with it, so they had to leave.

handed over to Kaifeng Mansion to deal with Hou Mochen's use of the possibility of being killed, and Song Taizong regretted it again.

It is really strange to immediately send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for someone; The man sent his horse stumbled and got stuck in the mud and had to find another horse.

In this way, the time was delayed, and when this man changed horses and came to Kaifeng Mansion quickly; The official said that the prisoner had been taken to the execution ground.

Song Taizong's envoy rushed to the execution ground again, and the head of Hou Mochen had been cut off by the executioner.

This incident touched Song Taizong very much, and every time he thought of it, he was angry in his heart.

Song Taizong asked himself: Are you still the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? Why can't you even protect the people around you?

Song Taizong felt that he was too much of an emperor, so he gave his anger to Zhao Pu and Zhao Yuanyou, and also called the department to sprinkle on him.

Song Taizong began to snub and alienate Zhao Yuanxi, although Zhao Yuanxi was made the governor of Kaifeng, he did not make him the son of heaven.

Zhao Yuanxi can't figure it out here! Zhao Yuanxi also complained: "Tell the father to kill Hou Mochen and use it, Yuanxi is all for the Zhao family!" Isn't that right? ”

Of course, Zhao Yuanxi did not do anything wrong, but his admonition was unhappy with his father, Zhao Laosan; Even if Lao Tzu is unhappy with what he does 100% correctly, it is still disrespectful.

In the second year of Chunhua, an even bigger turmoil occurred. Song Taizong's health is getting worse and worse, and he often suddenly becomes confused; Sometimes even the eunuchs around him can't recognize it.

However, Song Taizong never mentioned the matter of establishing a prince.

Zhao Yuanxi was in a hurry, someone was more anxious than him; One morning, Zuo Zhengyan, Song Xin, Yin Huangshang, Feng Zheng, and Right Zhengyan, Wang Shize, and Hong Zhan went to the gate of the palace to write a letter, requesting that the crown prince be canonized as soon as possible.

Song Taizong walked out of the gate, and the corners of his mouth trembled for a long time before he said: "Nonsense!" Then Tie blushed and walked away.

The next day, the men were out of luck. Song Xin was demoted to be a deputy to the training of idle officials with no post and no power, and Yin Huangshang and the other four were demoted out of the capital and went to some remote places to serve as the governor of the prefecture.

Even the prime minister Lu Mengzheng, who recommended Song Xin, was removed from the post of prime minister because of this incident.

After receiving such a blow, Zhao Yuanxi collapsed completely.

Zhao Yuanxi returned to King Xu's mansion and called his favorite concubine Zhang and the two hugged their heads and cried.

After crying, Zhao Yuanxi said: "I know why the eldest brother burned his palace!" Big brother isn't crazy! ”

Zhao Yuanxi decided to commit suicide to protest against Song Taizong. He thought hatefully, if you don't make me the prince, you regret going!

As soon as Zhao Yuanxi told Zhang this idea, Zhang "pounced" and knelt down and hugged his legs, crying and shouting: "You can't die, you said you want to help me up!" Besides, how long can that old thing live, not to mention the prince, even the emperor, sooner or later it will be yours! ”

One sentence woke Zhao Yuanxi up. He thought, "Yes! - I'm so dizzy! Looking at Zhang's flower-like face again, I couldn't help but secretly exclaim: "It's so dangerous!" I almost did something stupid! ”

Zhao Yuanxi was happy. He said to Zhang, "Go, bring the wine!" ”

Zhang slipped a cigarette and went to the kitchen. Soon, he brought Zhao Yuanxi four dishes and a pot of wine. put it on the table and said, "The prince will drink it first, and then I'll go make you a pot of tea." ”

After Zhang left, Zhao Yuanxi took the wine jug in his hand and felt that this jug was very peculiar; There are dragons and phoenixes engraved on it, and it seems that such a wine pot has never been seen in King Xu's mansion before.

But this was just a flash of thought for Zhao Yuanxi, and he didn't realize anything else; He poured himself a glass of wine, craned his neck, and drank it comfortably.

When Zhang finished making tea and turned it back again, he pushed the door and screamed, and the person withered to the ground.

Before he fell to the ground, Zhang knew that a shocking disaster had happened.

Since the last time Zhao Yuanxi promised to help Zhang as his wife, she has been interested in it, and found someone to make a special wine jug, which is a double-bellied pot, which can hold wine in one belly and poison in the other. Controlled by a secret mechanism, Zhang was originally going to use it to poison Zhao Yuanxi's wife, Li, but he didn't want to give it to Zhao Yuanxi.

Zhang persuaded others to be sober, but he was confused. Her confusion ruined the lives of a generation of princes.

When his beloved son died, Song Taizong howled and cried; After learning the cause of his son's death, he immediately became angry and cold: "I don't have this son!" ”

Zhao Yuanxi was the second son of Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong and his favorite son, who was almost made the crown prince.

Zhao Yuanxi is a very scheming person, Song Taizong originally wanted his eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo to pass on the throne to him; However, Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Pu's design finally made the eldest brother lose the qualification to inherit the throne.

This is really not as good as heaven, just when Zhao Yuanxi was about to get the position he dreamed of, he died violently because of a woman.

There is also a reason why Zhao Yuanxi doesn't look down on his eldest brother Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Yuanxi's martial arts are excellent; And Zhao Yuanzuo is very bleak compared to him.

Zhao Yuanzuo's mother is not from a high background, and he is not better than his younger brother Zhao Yuanxi except for the status of an eldest son.

But Song Taizong is an old-fashioned man, and he has to support his eldest son.

Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty appointed his eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo as the prince, while the other princes were as good as Zhao Yuanzuo; It's just the king of the county.

Song Taizong's meaning is very clear, that is, to make Zhao Yuanzuo the crown prince; Zhao Yuanxi was unwilling to forget it like this, and he also wanted to give it a go.