Chapter 9 Filial piety and Zen position

Sincere and faithful to keep the filial piety of the father

Zen makes the dream of unification come true

However, it was said that Xiaozong heard that Emperor Taishang Zhao Gou's condition was aggravated, so he and the queen came to Deokshou Palace with the prince and his wife, and entered the inner palace, only to see that the emperor was gray and weak. Xiaozong stood on the side of the royal couch and inquired about the symptoms, and his worries and anxieties were overflowing.

The Emperor Taishang was unconsciously moved, stretched out his hand, held Xiaozong in one hand, and pulled the crown prince Zhao Dian in the other, his voice was hoarse, and he said in a low voice:

"Filial piety is the foundation of the country, passed down from generation to generation." After that, he fell into a deep sleep.

Empress Dowager Wu asked Xiaozong's father and son to go to the living room to drink tea and talk, looking at the crown prince Zhao Dan, the Empress Dowager said earnestly:

Grandson, do you understand what your imperial grandfather said? Filial piety comes first, and I am oriented to establishing a country with filial piety. At the beginning, after the great grandfather ascended the throne, his mother was extremely filial, and whatever the Empress Dowager Du said, he did it. In order to welcome back Grandpa Zigong and let Grandma get out of the bitter sea of the Northern Dynasty, your imperial grandfather did not hesitate to bend to Jinbang and sue for peace.

Filial piety is the first word, and death is inevitable. In the fifth year of Shaoxing (1136), Huizong died on the grass bunk in the dungeon of the Jin Wuguo City, after Empress Dowager Zheng was also tortured to death. Two years later, Gaozong, who was in Lin'an, learned that he was not only crying for the deaths of Huizong and Empress Dowager Zheng, but also worried about the fate of his biological mother, Empress Dowager Wei. Just when Yue's army won the battle, Gaozong relieved Yue Fei of his military power and sent ministers to ask for peace with the Jin State. Gaozong pitifully said to the envoys of the Jin State:

"It's sad that I own the world, but I can't support my parents. Now my father has no choice. Today, I made a vow that as long as your country makes a clear statement and sends back to my mother, Empress Dowager Wei, I will not be ashamed of asking for peace. ”

In order to achieve this goal, Gaozong did not hesitate to cede land and pay compensation, bowed down to his ministers, and finally took back Empress Dowager Wei. He served diligently until the death of Empress Dowager Wei at the age of eighty-two.

The crown prince replied sincerely, "The grandson respectfully obeys the decree of the queen mother. ”

The next day, Concubine Liu Xian met with the Emperor. When the Emperor woke up from his sleep, he saw that his concubine's tears were hanging down, and his flowers were discolored, and he couldn't help but cry.

This Concubine Liu Xian, who entered the palace at the age of fourteen, was inconspicuous at first, but two years later, she was stunning and captivated the city and the country. On that day, Gaozong was distraught by the tight war on the front line, so he and his attendants took a break in the imperial garden. Suddenly, I saw a palace maid, dressed in a red veil and came to deliver tea. Take a closer look:

Willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, cherry mouth, shy face, slender figure, wind swing willow, the whole pink carved jade stunning woman.

Gaozong was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't help but feel his heart shake, and all kinds of troubles were thrown out of the clouds.

stepped forward to hold hands, comforted gently, and then pulled into his arms and kissed the sweet little mouth. That night, the two of them were lying mandarin ducks in the red silk tent, and the man and the woman were in love. That is, Liu was named a talented person.

Since then, Gaozong has doted on this sister Liu in every way, and soon she was promoted to Jieyu and Wanrong, and in Shaoxing for twenty-four years, she was promoted to a virtuous concubine and lived in Cuihua Palace.

Some people say that King Jin Hailing is as lustful as his life, and the reason why he sent troops to invade the south and wanted to immediately attack Wushan was because he heard the name of Concubine Liu.

Time flies, the stars change, in an instant, more than 30 years have passed, at the beginning, Liu Wanrong, who was peerless and famous all over the world, has now lost her sideburns and white face. The Emperor Taishang's right hand caressed Concubine Liu Xian's beautiful and familiar face, and his eyes were full of pity and reluctance.

Concubine Liu Xian wiped away the tears with a handkerchief, fell into Gaozong's arms, and after a while, she said:

The official family should take medicine well, raise the holy bow in peace, and the concubines often come to see you.

Gaozong nodded, Ai Fei, do you know what I like most about you?

A trace of faintness appeared on Concubine Liu Xian's face, after so many years, how could she not know this? Then he asked: The official family wants to see it?

Gaozong also loves beauty, and when he was in his prime, he once had the feat of even four daughters in one night. This Concubine Liu Xian has two things that attract him the most. After stripping, smell carefully, this woman has a faint aroma under her armpits, and again, this woman has a pair of **, as big as a fist, soft and straight, light as white *** head is bright red, like a ripe cherry. Whenever Concubine Liu was in bed, Gaozong was enshrined as a holy object, full of praise, stroked by hand, mouthed, and tasted. Love cherishes it, and love is reluctant.

Recently, Empress Dowager Wu did not allow concubines to accompany her at night on the grounds that Gaozong was recuperating from her illness. Now that I see Concubine Liu, naturally, I think of treasures.

Gaozong whispered, how can you not want to, my heart and liver baby.

The concubine will let you see. So he let the chamberlain and the palace maid go out and close the palace door.

Concubine Liu Xian untied her chest, and a pair of white rabbits jumped out. Gaozong looked at it greedily, and there were words in his mouth, the cherry blossoms were red, the fat was like jade, the best in the world, but unfortunately, I am afraid that I will never be able to see it again.

When the old prime minister Shi Hao heard that Gaozong was seriously ill, he rushed from Yuehu Lake in Mingzhou and asked to enter the pilgrimage to the emperor, and the emperor played and sent a sedan chair to meet him.

On that day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, the spirit of the emperor was excellent, the Empress Dowager Wu and Concubine Liu Xian accompanied them, walked together in the imperial garden, although the two monarchs and ministers were old men, but they were deaf and clear-sighted, and they talked very well, and then, Shi Hao entered the palace together, among which the emperor also took the initiative to drink two cups of imperial wine.

On the third day after that, the Emperor Taishang died at the age of eighty. Three days later, Concubine Liu Xian died in Cuihua Palace.

When Xiaozong heard this, he immediately wept bitterly, remembering Gaozong's kindness to him, and couldn't help but burst into tears. The imperial decree gave the whole country a five-day holiday to hold a national funeral.

In the ancient system, when his parents died, his son had to resign and return to his hometown, and he would keep filial piety for three years. The supreme emperor also has to keep filial piety, but it can be replaced by months, and three months is enough. And filial piety is sincere and filial, and he wants to serve the mourning for three years.

Therefore, the imperial decree Prince Gong Wang supervised the country and participated in political affairs, and since then, Emperor Xiaozong has no mental government, and even participates in scriptures and recites Buddha all day long, leaving his past ambitions behind.

More than a year later, Xiaozong came to the government hall and convened the ministers to discuss the matter of Chan concession. Xiaozong said frankly that I have been on the throne since I was 36 years old, and it has been 27 years now. He has always been diligent in governing the government, eating and drinking, focusing on reforming the old and renewing, revitalizing the country's strength, trying to restore the Central Plains, and washing away the national shame. Now, over the age of sixties, the strength of the decay has retreated, and the desire to Zen is located in the prince, what do you think?

Zhou Bida, the prime minister of the left, got up and said: Although Your Majesty is old, the dragon is in good health, and the minister thinks that it is too early to do the Zen position.

The other five also chimed in, advising him not to rush into a decision.

Xiaozong waved his hand to stop it, and resolutely decisively, "You don't need to say anything, I have made up my mind!" ”

After a while, Tongzhi Privy Council affairs were stopped after Yutang wanted to speak, Xiaozong asked, Jing Aiqing had something to say, but it didn't hurt.

"Since the emperor is determined to take the throne, the ministers can only obey. The crown prince is humble and studious, the director is proper, inherits the unification, conforms to the law, and the subjects of the government and the opposition should also celebrate. It's just that the crown princess Li is afraid that it will be difficult for her mother to honor the world, please think twice. ”

Although the Li family is careless and behaves inappropriately from time to time, she has the family law of her ancestors, and she does not dare to act rashly. Hyojong is confident in this.

Please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, if you don't move today, he will be a disaster tomorrow. He regrets it every day, and he thinks about it. Jing Yutang's words are pertinent.

A few days later, Emperor Xiaozong wore court clothes, drove the Zichen Palace, and announced the world: the crown prince is the emperor, and I am called the emperor.

The crown prince Zhao Dian ascended to the great treasure and was worshiped by the ministers. It's for the Light Sect. Guangzong immediately issued an edict to honor the Empress Dowager Wu as the Empress Dowager of Xiansheng, Empress Xie as the Empress Dowager, and crown Princess Li Fengniang as the empress, and granted amnesty to the world.

Since then, Xiaozong moved to the north, changed Deokshou Palace to Chonghua Palace, took off his court clothes and changed to mourning clothes.