Chapter 560: The Cat in the Imperial Court
Eunuchs have no human rights. After passing the decree and painting www.biquge.info the pen, Liang Shicheng didn't dare to delay too much and wanted to rush back to the palace. When he left, Lao Liang didn't greet anyone, he looked like he was running for his life, and boarded the ship in a low-key manner.
However, Gao Fangping dominates any occasion, of course, he wants to control the movements of this eunuch, someone came to report that Liang Shicheng planned to leave without saying hello, hurry, Gao Fangping rode a war horse and rushed out of the city gate, and hurried to see off Lao Liang.
"Hey, I'll go, it's not good, the big manager, Xiao Gao Xianggong is chasing after me." When they saw a large group of war horses galloping over, Lao Liang's inner agents jumped up in fright.
Liang Shicheng's cheeks twitched slightly, and he understood that he couldn't run away, so he posed and commanded in a low voice, "What's the panic, stabilize our family." Can the Great Demon King still eat people? ”
When he arrived in front of him, Gao Fangping dismounted and went over, saw the situation of this group of "fleeing" guys, and said with a slight smile: "Manager Liang, did you do anything bad behind my back in Jiangzhou, why are you in a hurry to run for your life?" ”
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, don't frame us, let's travel on behalf of the royal family, how dare you mess around." Lao Liang's very loyal and brave shape said that there was no such thing.
Gao Fangping hesitated for a moment and waved his hand: "You wait to step down, I will talk to Manager Liang alone." ”
So, the Ouchi agents boarded the ship first.
Liang Shicheng said embarrassedly: "What do you want to say?" ”
"There are some things I shouldn't have asked, I just ...... I'm a curious person. Gao Fangping touched his chin.
When Liang Shicheng heard this, his face turned pale: "I know that I shouldn't ask, but I still came to embarrass our family." ”
"Did you run?" Gao Fangping stepped forward and grabbed his clothes, "I decided to ask." Lao Liang, what makes me most strange is that there was such a big thing in the palace, the queen was smeared and put under house arrest, but there is still no clear statement about who is involved. ”
Liang Shicheng raised his hand to cover his ears in horror.
Gao Fangping pulled his hand away and said: "Of course I know that it is Concubine Zheng Guifei who is maneuvering, although she is favored, she dares to call the queen and the eldest son of the emperor, I don't believe that there are no other heavyweights involved in this matter." Liang Shicheng, you are in charge of the Imperial City Division, you old pond fish in the palace must know the inside story, right? ”
"Xianggong, of course my Lao Liang knows something, but there are some things that kill me, and I can't say it. You know the rules. "Lao Liang looked very tragic and resolute.
Gao Fangping hesitated for a moment and smiled slightly, patted his shoulder and said, "Yes, it's not easy for eunuchs." I am relieved that Mr. Liang is so loyal and brave. ”
"Xie Xiaogao is generous." Liang Shicheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Gao Fangping leaned in again and whispered, "But remember, if some people are restless and have something to worry about, and I can't know in advance, then I will definitely die when I enter King Jingqin." You really don't think I'm going to be gentler than the people you're afraid of, that's the point. ”
"We've listened." Liang Shicheng lowered his head and said, "Can our family go?" ”
"Go all the way." Gao Fangping hugged his fists.
Walk a good hammer, can I walk well. Lao Liang thought about it and fled into the boat to hide......
When he returned to the Yamen, Gao Fangping had been thinking about it, and he understood that in addition to Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan would definitely have the bottom in his heart. Even Gao Yu's father knows the inside story.
But they will definitely not say it, Liang Shicheng is reluctant to say it, and Tong Guan certainly doesn't want to be involved in these things. As for the traitorous father, he is a kind existence, and he is afraid that his baby son "knows too much", so he will not mention it.
Gao Fangping has been thinking about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that just with Zheng Guifei and Zheng Juzhong, how dare they play so big?
This is very unscientific, no matter how much the queen is not favored, it is also the queen, and the queen's son has not said it explicitly since he served as the pastor of Kaifeng Prefecture, but according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, it is really confirmed that the status of the prince is confirmed.
"Could it be that it is precisely because of historical changes that these sequelae were triggered after the little prince was established as the crown prince in advance?" Gao Fangping muttered to himself. This is possible, establishing the prince in advance will really cause the prince to be on the cusp of the storm too early and become the target of some well-intentioned people. This is not unusual in any dynasty or generation.
So think about it from the concept of "prince": under the Great Song system, what kind of people can affect the status of the prince?
There are only two kinds of answers, one is the emperor, and the other is the queen mother plus important ministers.
Yes, other dynasties are not clear, there are many variables, and the main thing is that the emperor is the mainstay. However, in the Great Song Dynasty, if the reigning queen mother is unrestrained enough, even the emperor can be changed, and the premise is, of course, supported by an absolute number of scholars.
As for these guys in the Song Dynasty, they really followed the ancestral teachings of some saints, advocating that if the emperor was not good, he would change the emperor. For example, a few years ago, there was a terrible queen mother who wanted to do this, and the emperor was so frightened by her that he walked on thin ice all day long, but Han Qi Xiangye couldn't stand it, so he threatened the queen mother not to want it, so he had to give up on changing the emperor.
As a result, Gao Fangping patted his head and thought about it, and remembered another person, she was Liu Qingjing. It is Empress Yuanfu, the queen of Song Zhezong. Song Zhezong is Zhao Ji's elder brother, that is to say, now this Liu Qingjing is Zhao Ji's sister-in-law.
After the death of the elder brother, Zhao Ji ascended the throne, so he changed the name of his sister-in-law to Queen Yuanfu, and the following year, Zhao Ji also violated the convention and named his sister-in-law as the Empress Dowager Chongen.
Yes, Zhao Ji likes to do this kind of painful thing, and named his sister-in-law the queen mother, which must be a problem, but Zhao Ji was stunned. From here, it can be seen that Zhao Ji is willful and easy-going, and misses the old, as long as he is happy, he will do something against public opinion. is much more stubborn than his royal father who failed to change the law.
No one in history knows why Zhao Ji named his sister-in-law the queen mother and pressed a mountain on his head. There are many theories, one of which is that Zhao Ji misses the old and takes care of his sister-in-law and protects his sister-in-law because of his relationship with his brother.
It can be seen from here that Liu Qingjing and Empress Dowager Liu are very not simple people, at least she is one of the people who can handle Zhao Ji. In addition, the reputation of this Empress Dowager Liu in history is not very good, and there is a saying that Empress Meng was deposed because of this Liu Qingjing's smear.
However, the history book's evaluation of Empress Dowager Liu is also very strange, just saying that she has intervened in the affairs of foreign dynasties many times and acted imprudently.
Then in the third year of Yu Zhenghe, that is, four years after now, Zhao Ji and Zaichen discussed to abolish the queen mother. Then, Empress Dowager Liu was forced to commit suicide by her attendants.
Just because this woman is not very famous, she has always been ignored, and Gao Fangping has never remembered it.
But there are many doubts about her, in short, it hurts very much in Gao Fangping's eyes. Zhao Ji is a person who misses the old, since she was fooled and blocked Liu Qingjing, as long as she keeps a low profile and doesn't get into trouble, no one will care about her easily, and she will generally not be abolished.
The reason why Zhao Ji, who was not angry, later discussed with the ministers to abolish her must have been groundless, and this woman who likes to ask about foreign affairs must have crossed the line. But the strange thing is that since Zhao Ji proposed to abolish the Queen Mother, generally speaking, it will be stopped. However, it was not abolished, but there were attendants who forced Empress Dowager Liu to death.
This is a contradiction, the person who forced the Queen Mother to commit suicide was by no means Zhao Ji, there must be someone else. It is reasonable if the emperor secretly forced Empress Dowager Liu to death in order to protect the name of the harem and preserve the national dignity, and this is also the behavior of the hegemon. But he won't take off his pants and fart, and openly discuss the abolition of the Queen Mother.
Zhao Ji is not this kind of person, he dares to poke out and publicly abolish the Queen Mother. Just like asking the foreign minister's criminal department to investigate Empress Xiangong, Zhao Ji was so capricious.
It is estimated that in this matter, Zhao Ji is the one who is confused and takes the blame. He's got a pit on his back.
Thinking of this, Gao Fangping still didn't understand what happened to Empress Dowager Liu.
Of course, it is certain that Empress Dowager Liu is restless and likes to make trouble. In addition, she is only Zhao Ji's sister-in-law, and the ability of this kind of fake queen mother is limited, and she can't rise to the level of planning the throne, but ...... Is it hard to say that you can also contribute to the issue of the crown prince?
"I don't know if Lao Liang is trying his best to avoid talking about the person, is it her?" Gao Fangping muttered to himself again.
The emperor's second son died.
Therefore, after Zhao Huan, the eldest son, the ranking is the third son Zhao Kai at the top, Zhao Kai is now titled the king of Gaomi County, and has the official title of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions. Khan, the highest official title in the Great Song Dynasty, had it when he was seven years old. At the same time, he also led Xuzhou Mu. This year, the little prince is nine years old. Slightly smaller than Zhao Huan.
But this goods were not from Zheng Guifei, but from Zheng Guifei's enemy, the princess. In history, it was the princess and Concubine Zheng that competed for favor the most fiercely, and Queen Xiangong's praise was obtained from them, because Queen Xiangong tried her best to buffer, and no one was biased, and a bowl of water was leveled.
In the harem, they want to compete for favor, and Queen Xiangong doesn't bird them, and both of them are very good in bed, and they are bright for a while, so to say that the struggle between these two concubines does not involve Empress Dowager Liu Gao Fangping does not believe it, as long as he is not a fool, of course he has to win over "Lafayette" in the harem.
These things are a bad debt when you think about it, and it's a headache.
Speaking of which, the third prince Zhao Kai is most like Zhao Ji, and he is Zhao Ji's favorite son, he is different from Zhao Dasha in that he can play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he really looks like Zhao Ji. And then this awesome thing is that it is very literary, and it will be ranked first in the future.
Yes, the third prince also went to the exam, and the examiner was originally going to give him the champion, but Zhao Ji said that the impact was not good, so he was ranked first. Later, he was appointed by Zhao Ji to promote the Imperial City Division, which is Liang Shicheng's current position, the head of the royal spies. This is enough to see Zhao Ji's love for him.
Zhao Ji is really willful in this matter, and a prince with the right to inherit is not a prince, so he was brought to take charge of the royal secret service, which is a manifestation of a faint monarch. In other dynasties, there is a high probability of a moth, but fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty system is different, so in the end, there is no moth.
In the Great Song Dynasty, sometimes it is really not one person who has the final say to be the emperor, and the group of scholars and doctors outside do not support him, so it is useless for him to kill the entire imperial city. is also such a reason, I may feel the pressure from the Empress Dowager Liu again, and the queen mother wanted to find a ruthless person for Zhao Dasha to be a backer earlier, so that there would be no moths in the future.
These mothers, they really work hard for their son. And ah, the children in ancient times were really pitiful, and it depends on luck to survive to adulthood, for example, seven or eight of Zhao Ji's sons died before they reached adulthood, and more than a dozen of the little emperors died. This is in the royal family, where the death rate is much higher in the homes of commoners.
Of course, the court politics of all dynasties and dynasties are very dark, and there are the most moths, and there may be alternative reasons for the untimely death of the little princes and little emperors. But even in the Song Dynasty, it is difficult to have a more accurate record of these things. However, what has been recorded is also the most bizarre in the Song Dynasty, and all kinds of legends of what kind of civet cat for prince are popular.
When thinking about this, Gao Fangping had a hunch that there would be a big drama at some point, Liu Zhengfu was the cousin of "Lafayette" in the palace, and Lao Liu was now breaking with Zhu Mian, and Zhu Mian colluded with Cai Bian to get Zheng Juzhong to engage Lao Cai with his backhand, hehe, it's really getting messier and messier.
Gao Fangping is really not sure if these moths were made by me. It's hard to say that history has these, it is precisely because these guys provoked Lao Cai, and then Zhao Kai, the most favored prince, had no chance to be the emperor, and perhaps the Empress Dowager Liu was deposed and had something to do with Cai Jing.
"Day, it's still the simplest to go to Hainan Island to be a savage, no wonder the breeder has always disliked the big dye vat in the capital." Gao Fangping muttered to himself......