Song Gaozong Zhao Gou abdicated in the twentieth year of Jianyuan to make way for Xian, and passed the throne to the emperor's eldest son Zhao Qingcang. At this time, Zhao Gou was more than five years old, but he was in the prime of life, but he was willing to pass on the throne to Zhao Qingcang. It set off a shocking wave in the Great Song Dynasty, and everyone was in disbelief.

Zhao Gou practiced the internal strength of the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, and he was full of energy, even if he knew the age of the Mandate of Heaven, he couldn't see that the years had left any traces on his face. At this time, those old ministers in the court died one after another, and Zhao Gou destroyed the Jin Dynasty and divided the mountains and rivers of Jiuwang Town.

Now Yue Fei, one of the nine kings, has died at the hands of the remnants of the Jin Dynasty in Mongolia, and his position was inherited by his eldest son Yue Yun, but he did not want Yue Yun to also die in the battle soon after, leaving no heirs, and later inherited the title by the second son Yue Lei.

Fu Wang Wu Jue died of illness in the twelfth year of Jianye, Liu Guangshi, the king of Yan, died of illness in the second year of Jianyuan, three of the nine kings died, only nine remained, and Zhang Jun was also seriously ill, difficult to get out of bed, let alone lead the troops to fight, the Tai Doctor could only recuperate, and it was difficult to completely improve.

Zhang Jun also retired from the front line, if it weren't for Zhao Gou's selection of talents, he almost left the army of the Great Song Dynasty without a successor, and then Zhao Gou selected talents from the imperial court, and promoted Yang Wanli, Lu You and others to generals, and Gao Zhong was also promoted to one of the nine kings.

Now in the court, Li Gang has died of illness, Zhao Ding has died of illness, Pan Lianggui has also died of illness, and only Li Guang and Hu Quan can really take charge alone. Zhao Gou set up a selection system for the imperial examination, and selected outstanding talents again, including Fan Chengda, You Hao and others.

"Your Majesty, did you really decide to pass on to the crown prince?"

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "Yes, the holy decree has been issued, and the future Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji will all rely on the crown prince and all the lords, and I will let go of this burden." Now that the Great Song Dynasty is thriving, neither Dongying, Goryeo, nor other countries can compare with it, and I am also relieved to hand over the world to the crown prince. ”

Hu Quan has become the left prime minister, and the right prime minister is still Zhao Yougong, but he is ready to step down and hand over to Li Guang to take charge of the Privy Council. Therefore, Li Guang, Hu Quan and others were very surprised when they heard Zhao Gou's announcement of abdication in the court, so they stayed to persuade Zhao Gou to delay the abdication.

"The crown prince is still young, and the emperor is in the prime of life in the Spring and Autumn Period, if the throne is passed on to the prince, I am afraid that the countries around the Great Song Dynasty will be ready to move again. During the heyday of the Great Song Dynasty in these years, the four seas surrendered, thanks to the emperor sitting in the capital, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was able to suppress the small border countries. ”

"Prime Minister Hu, you're too worried!" Zhao Gou interrupted what Hu Quan was about to say, and he said with a smile: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty is on the rise, my abdication to the crown prince is also a decision made after many considerations. Even though the Great Song Dynasty is missing from me, there is still the crown prince Qingcang, and there is the king of Qin, Qingyu, what Hu Xiang is worried about will not happen. ”

"The prince's ability, I don't need to say much, Hu Xiang and other adults know it. Besides, he has now been crowned, and I inherited the throne at the beginning of the crown but the age of the crown, he is much more sophisticated than me, I will hand over the Great Song Dynasty to the crown prince, I can rest assured! ”

"As for the surrounding small border countries, how can they be compared with the Great Song Dynasty? If they are unwilling to comply, or tear up the former national letter, then they will be dealt a severe blow, these years the Great Song Dynasty is thriving, there are few wars, and those countries are also in peace. ”

"If there is the slightest move, there is no need to show mercy, so that they can remember it for a long time. The Great Song Dynasty army is not a drunken bag, even if the King of E, the King of Fu, and the King of Dun are no longer there, and the King of Xun is seriously ill in bed, and the king of the word side by side also retreats, but the Great Song Dynasty is full of talents, how can it be a barbarian and other small countries to compete with it, these don't have to worry, I have made up my mind, and the prime minister doesn't need to say much! ”

Hu Quan, Li Guang and the others sighed and got up to say goodbye and left, they really didn't understand what Zhao Gou thought! Even though the monarch and ministers have been thirty years, they still can't guess Zhao Concept's thoughts, especially when he was in his heyday, he was passed on to the crown prince, which made everyone very puzzled.

As Hu Quan said, Goryeo, Dali, Tubo, Mongolia and other countries were willing to surrender because Zhao Gou was still there. The person they are most afraid of is Zhao Gou, if Zhao Gou, the emperor, abdicates, they are afraid that these small countries will make a move, and Zhao Gou is like a god and demon in the hearts of these people, giving favors to their country, but holding military power.

It is impossible for the emperor of any country to really agree, that is, the yang is in disobedience and the yin is violated, and the darkness is Chencang. Zhao Gou also knew about this matter, but he didn't do anything, just because he decided to pass the throne to the crown prince, and these things would be what Zhao Qingcang should do.

Even if Zhao Gou abdicated, those people did not dare to make any moves at this time, and only when Zhao Gou completely ignored the government and gradually lost his influence, they dared to take action. The organization established by Zhao Gou at the beginning has been secretly incorporated into the ranks of the imperial court, and this matter is only known to the emperor, even Zhao Yougong and others.

At the beginning, during the Song-Jin War, this organization was used to investigate intelligence, and many people died. Later, after Zhao Gou completely destroyed the Jin Dynasty, he reorganized these people, especially the older ones, or the injured to settle them all, this organization was included in the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Zhao Gou, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was originally to supervise the hundred officials, but it was necessary to mobilize these people, and the emperor's edict was needed, or the gold medal order arrow.

"Your Majesty, did you really decide to do this?"

"Second brother, didn't you already know about this?" Zhao Gou said lightly, "After reigning for thirty-three years, it's time to step down from the throne." If you add the previous royal brother's year of controlling the government, it is also thirty-four years, which is enough. ”

"If you keep occupying this throne, what good will it do to the Great Song Dynasty? The current Great Song Dynasty is thriving, and I have been sitting on the dragon chair, so when the crown prince ascends the throne, then there is no need to worry about anything, and if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat. ”

"If there is no crisis, how to let the prince really control the Great Song Dynasty, and how to deter the four seas, is also a test! At the beginning, I didn't want to be this emperor, and I didn't have any freedom. If I could, I really wanted to travel all over the world like my imperial brother, and now is the right time to leave everything to the crown prince. ”

"For the monarch, he should be benevolent, and when he kills, he will kill, and he can do it with both rigidity and softness. The prince's temperament was thought to be like his mother, but I didn't expect his temperament to be similar to mine in his bones. As for Qingyu, his temperament is up to you, and that kid in your family is somewhat similar to Qingcang. ”

Zhao Yougong remembered Qingyu's martial arts obsession, and smiled bitterly: "It's not so much that Qingyu is like me, it's better to be like my father!" As for my boy, I haven't been playing with your family until I get older, and under the influence of hearing and seeing, of course my temperament is like this. ”

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, whether it is good or bad is up to them to decide!" Zhao Gou said confidently, "I believe that Qing Cang will not disappoint me, because he is my son, and he has no means." ”

"If you want to find someone to match Qing Cang, I'm afraid it's only that kid from your family!"

Zhao Yougong also sighed, Zhao Qingcang is the eldest son of twins, he was crowned king when he reached the age of twenty, and now he has been a prince for four years, Zhao Gou takes him with him all day long, teaching by word and deed, but also pointing, and even some performances, state affairs are Zhao Qingcang's participation in decision-making, Zhao Gou is just a bystander.

When Zhao Qingcang made the right decision, Zhao Gou did not have any reward; When he makes the wrong decision, he is punished. The kid mentioned by Zhao Yougong is Zhao Huaiying, the child of Zhao Gou and Fang Jinzhi, Zhao Gou has never met him, but Zhao Yougong has met many times.

Because Zhao Yougong is the owner of Amber Villa, he is also the owner of the Qilin Order, dealing with characters on the rivers and lakes, and Zhao Huaiying also fought with Zhao Yougong. At that time, Zhao Yougong intervened as the master of the Qilin Order because of the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but he met Zhao Huaiying, and the two fought, and at that time Zhao Huaiying was only eighteen years old, and his martial arts were not much worse than Zhao Yougong, and the most important thing was that his wisdom was not bad, which made Zhao Yougong very surprised, and finally the two recognized each other and found out that it was an oolong incident.

Zhao Yougong said that he listened to Zhao Gou, and he was also very pleased. Zhao Huaiying has been living in the rivers and lakes, and at the age of sixteen, he broke into the rivers and lakes alone, stirring up the wind and clouds, and challenging all factions. In ten years, Zhao Huaiying has challenged heroes from all walks of life, whether it is a decent family or the leader of the green forest, he knows his name.

Zhao Huaiying grew up, and Zhao Gou was busy with state affairs, so he never saw this exiled eldest son again, and his news was told to him by Zhao Yougong. In his heart, Zhao Gou felt a little guilty about Zhao Huaiying, and whenever he heard the news of Zhao Huaiying, he would think of Fang Jinzhi.

Fang Jinzhi single-handedly cultivated Zhao Huaiying into a heroic figure who stood up to the sky, which made Zhao Gou very pleased, but he was a little helpless. At the beginning, Zhao Gou also sent someone to take Fang Jinzhi back to the palace, but Fang Jinzhi politely refused, she would rather be exiled than stay in the palace.

When Zhao Gou announced the edict of succession, everyone was stunned, but Zhao Yougong was clear. Zhao Gou ascended the throne as the emperor in desperation, that was the trend of the times, the Great Song Dynasty was on the verge of life and death, and someone had to stand up and lead the people of the Great Song Dynasty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Now that the country is peaceful and peaceful, the four seas are peaceful, the name of the Great Song Dynasty is famous overseas, and Zhao Gou's heart is tired after sitting on the throne all these years, he really wants to have a good rest, and he announced the edict of succession without warning. Zhao Gou had his own plans, when he abdicated and gave way to Xian, and entrusted the country to the crown prince Zhao Qingcang, he decided to take his wife to travel around, and to meet the mother and son of Fang Jinzhi who had not been seen for a long time, and took Fang Jinzhi together, and since then he has traveled all over the world and lived a free life.

Zhao Yougong stepped down from the position of right prime minister, also to consider this matter, he has been really tired all these years. From not knowing how to manage the Privy Council at the beginning, to being well organized later, the top and bottom admired him very much, and Zhao Yougong also learned various means, which made him a little tired of officialdom.

So, after the announcement of Zhao Go's edict on the throne, Zhao Yougong responded decisively, resigned from the position of right prime minister and the Privy Council, and was willing to be an idle cloud and wild crane, just like his father, at ease. Zhao Gou did not object, and directly agreed.

Zhao Gou announced the edict of succession, called Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Qingyu to the study that night, and after talking to them again, he let Zhao Qingyu leave. Zhao Qingcang is the crown prince and the future prince, Zhao Gou told him some things, and then asked him to prepare for the throne.

Three days later, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in the new monarch's enthronement ceremony, Zhao Qingcang ascended the throne as the emperor, received the jade seal from Hu Quan's hand, sat on the dragon chair, and accepted the worship of the minister of civil and military affairs, and his appearance was seven points similar to Zhao Gou, which made everyone have an illusion, as if they saw the young Zhao Gou.

When Zhao Qingcang officially ascended the throne as the emperor, changed the name of the yuan to 'Jianping', also known as 'Shizong', Zhao Gou led Xing Bingyi, Li Shishi, and Zhao Yougong and his wife left the capital together, and completely handed over the Great Song Dynasty to Zhao Qingcang to manage.

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