Chapter 2 Governing the Funeral, Stabilizing the Situation, Comforting the Right Heart, and Knowing the General Trend
The new empress heard the bad news, fainted on the spot, and hurriedly rescued her left and right, and Lu Junyi urgently ordered An Daoquan to come for treatment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info An Daoquan saw that the latter way was in a hurry, and he was anxious to order Gu Sister-in-law to relieve the new monarch and the empress, and prescribe a decoction to soothe the liver and depression, and after a long time, the empress woke up and turned around.
After waking up, the empress Huan Huan only cared about crying, the square inch was in chaos, and she didn't have any ideas, Lu Junyi bowed down and played: "Your Majesty's mourning, the only way to do this is to gather all the important ministers in the city of Dongdu, discuss the funeral of the second emperor, and spread the atrocities of the Jin people to the world, and then call on the soldiers and horses of the world to counterattack the Jin people, and avenge the second emperor and the dead clan, the army and the people." ”
Huan Huan cried: "I'm already confused, Marshal Lu, you can call all the ministers to discuss." Lu Junyi didn't shirk either, seeing that she was a little girl who had never been in the world, and she had suffered such a great change, and it was too embarrassing for her to support the director, so she didn't shirk at the moment, and said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order." ”
After receiving the will, Lu Junyi summoned the ministers of the Song family in the marshal of Dongyang County, and there were Su Yuanjing, Huang Shang and other loyal ministers rescued from Jin, as well as local officials near the left of Donghuang County.
After all the ministers arrived, Lu Junyi first told the situation of yesterday's battle one by one, and finally said: "After this battle, hundreds of golden prisoners were captured, and in order to find out the whereabouts of the second emperor and the clan, they were interrogated, and finally those captives said that the men of the second emperor and the clan had been killed by Wanyan Zongwang, and the corpses were burned after death, and there were no bones. ”
At first hearing the bad news, the ministers were also stunned together, Lu Junyi listed the confession of the captive, and later according to the confession, Lu Junyi sent people to the Jinren Beiying to investigate the place where the corpses were detained and burned. Then Lu Junyi said sadly and indignantly: "The Jin people are brutal, and they did not hesitate to kill the male members of the Song family in order to cut off my heir of Zhao and Song. Later, he inquired about the captives and learned that it was the Jin people who were afraid of leaking the news, so they ordered to block the news of the murder of the second emperor. ”
Speaking of which, the ministers read the bloody confession, and then looked at the on-site inquest, and indeed dug up a lot of charred corpses, and all the loyal ministers of the Song family cried and worshiped on the ground, and Huang Shang, Su Yuanjing and other important ministers were even more anxious, fainting a few, Lu Junyi hurriedly ordered the medical officer to diagnose and treat him, and only then did he wake up.
After Su Yuanjing was rescued, he beat his chest and cried angrily: "The Jin people insulted me too much, bullied me too much!" Huang Shang woke up in a daze. Lu Junyi was relieved for a long time, and the ministers' hearts gradually calmed down.
After calming down, they were full of anger, and all the ministers were full of grief and indignation, clamoring to lead the army to fight with the Jin people to avenge the two emperors and the clan. The hall was noisy and unorthodox, Lu Junyi frowned secretly when he saw it, and said in his heart: "It's also difficult for the second emperor of Zhao and Song, these loyal ministers are loyal, but they only rely on their will, but they don't have a clear mind." ”
At this moment, Huang Sheng stood up tremblingly and said loudly: "Ministers, don't be impatient! Su Yuanjing also said: "Don't make any noise, listen to Mr. Huang first!" ”
The ministers gradually quieted down, Huang Sheng sighed, and said slowly: "Now there is Hu Taishi in front of the army to lead the expedition, and she is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses ordered by the second emperor. At this moment, I wait for the princes, we should share the worries for Your Majesty and the Taishi, stabilize the situation in the rear, complete the funeral of the second emperor, raise military food and grass, and train military horses for the army, instead of just relying on a stream of blood, clamoring to go to the battlefield. We are all people who don't know about military affairs, and if we go, we will only cause chaos. ”
Su Yuanjing also said: "What Master Huang said is very true, the current national crisis, the new monarch has just been enthroned, we should first assist the new monarch to stabilize the court situation, and Kaifeng there, the siege has just been lifted, and there are millions of soldiers and civilians to relieve the difficulties, we should act as soon as possible, manage the funeral, stabilize the court situation, and return to Bianjing." ”
Hearing this, Lu Junyi nodded secretly, among the ministers of Zhao and Song, there are only these two people who are clear-minded. At that moment, Lu Junyi bowed his head and said: "What Taiwei Su and Master Huang said is very true, now under the order of His Majesty, we should first complete the funeral of the second emperor." This matter was also presided over by Taiwei Su and Bachelor Huang. ”
Su Yuanjing shook his head and said: "Master Hu has the power to protect the situation and support the new emperor to inherit the heir, and Marshal Lu is the person who His Majesty has issued a decree to handle the funeral, so Marshal Lu should be asked to preside over this matter." Lu Junyi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's will is only to teach Weichen to convene the ministers to discuss, there is still urgent military affairs in front of my army, and this matter should be presided over by the second duke." ”
Su Yuanjing looked at Lu Junyi and said: "The military situation is naturally urgent, but Su wants to come, since Master Hu taught Marshal Lu to come back in person, he naturally wants to preside over the overall situation." Now that the Jin people are retreating, there are still soldiers and horses inside and outside Kaifeng City to suppress the situation, if there is no Marshal Lu to preside over this matter, how can we rest assured? Speaking of this, Su Yuanjing stepped forward and whispered to Lu Junyi: "The public can temporarily preside over the court situation on behalf of the Taishi, if you shirk it, the court situation will be difficult to control." Here we need a leader to stabilize the situation in order to ensure that the power of the Taishi does not fall. ”
As soon as he woke up, Lu Junyi no longer shirked, and said: "Since this is the case, the ministers will act on the orders of His Majesty, and I also ask all the ministers to help." Su Yuanjing, Huang Sheng and others all returned the salute and received their orders, and the rest of the people also bowed their heads.
On the same day, Lu Junyi, Su Yuanjing, and Huang Sheng jointly presided over the funeral of the second emperor, and the news of the death of the second emperor was announced to the world. After the news spread, Empress Zhu of Qinzong, concubines of Huizong, Wei, Xing, Zhu, and Fujin Emperor Ji who were rescued from the Jin camp, all cried so much that even Empress Zhu, who had always been strong, wept like rain.
When the women in the palace were crying, they heard that the new empress had arrived, and Empress Zhu led a group of female dependents to hurriedly greet her. Huan Huan was already plain at this time, and came to the courtyard where the ladies lived, and after the ladies saw the salute, they all hugged each other and cried loudly.
Huan Huan's original intention was to come to comfort the women in the palace, they were all her mothers, sisters-in-law, and sisters, but she didn't expect to cry as soon as she met, and Huan Huan would not comfort people, so she had to endure her grief and only say a few words about the deceased.
Empress Zhu wiped away her tears and said: "Don't cry anymore, Your Majesty's pain in your heart is not inferior to ours, and you can still come here to comfort everyone, you should be considerate." As soon as these words came out, the women gradually stopped crying.
Huanhuan's eyes were red and swollen, and Queen Zhu couldn't bear it when she saw it, so she wiped her tears for her, and said softly: "I'm sorry for you." This voice hooked Huan Huan's sorrow again, and regardless of the emperor's demeanor, she threw herself into Queen Zhu's arms and cried.
Empress Zhu comforted: "Don't cry, now that you are the emperor, you should be like an emperor." Huan Huan gradually stopped crying, Queen Zhu introduced Huan Huan into the hall, the aunt and sister-in-law both sat down, and the rest of the girls also sat together.
Huan Huan cried in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, now that my father and brother are gone, what should I do?" Empress Zhu sighed, stroked her hair and said: "You are very good, since your father and brother have passed down the blood edict and want you to succeed to the throne, you will be the emperor, no, listen to the opinions of the ministers." We can be rescued this time, thanks to the female Xuanfu envoy on Shandong Road, oh, now I am the master of Hu. Now that my important minister of the Great Song Dynasty is counting on her, and your father and brother have ordered her to be an assistant, you just listen to her. ”
Huan Huan nodded, the tears were still there, and I felt pity. Empress Zhu said softly again: "Now you should handle your father's and brother's funeral first, I heard that Marshal Lu, Su Taiwei, and Huang Bachelor are loyal ministers to handle it, and you don't need to worry about it, everything is up to their ideas." ”
Huan Huan nodded again, and said with a sad face: "Imperial sister-in-law, I'm afraid that I won't be able to be the emperor well." Empress Zhu sighed and said: "My Zhao Song heir has been broken, and I think that I have exhausted my qi, you may not be able to do this emperor for long, but you still have to stabilize people's hearts first, and you can pass on this throne to talented and virtuous people, and teach the Han people in the world not to be bullied by foreigners, and you will do your best." ”
Huan Huanqi said: "Isn't there still a ninth brother?" I Zhao Song hasn't broken off yet. When Queen Zhu heard this, her face was cold, and she said coldly: "Don't mention the disloyal and unfilial King Kang Zhao Gou, he supported troops in Hebei to respect himself, but he watched his father, brother, wife and daughter, and relatives suffer this great disaster. In the past two months, it can be seen that he led a soldier and a pawn to Kaifeng Qinwang?! The will of the second emperor is good, such people should be demoted to commoners, and my Zhao family should not have such disobedient descendants as him! ”
On the way to Dongdu, Sun Erniang and others had already told King Kang Zhao Gou about his presence in Hebei in the past two months. I heard that Zhao Gou gathered seventy or eighty thousand military horses, but he didn't think about going south to King Qin, only the old general Zong Ze led a lone army to the south, but he led the army to the southeast, what he did really chilled the hearts of all the women in the palace, and Queen Zhu hated King Kang even more.
Huan Huan sighed and said: "It's always a family, maybe Brother Jiu was just blinded by the people below for a while." Empress Zhu shook her head and said: "Loyal ministers like General Zong can't persuade him on the side, he just just wants to go to the south by himself, what does he think in his heart, don't you know?" It's just for the throne, I can't imagine that he will hand over us to the Jin people for the throne, and there is no need to mention him anymore. After a pause, Empress Zhu shed tears again, and said slowly: "The second emperor is dead, and the bones have to be recovered, and all of our objects have been looted by the Jinren. Huan Huan also responded with tears.
In fact, there is no need for Huan Huan to make an order, Lu Junyi discussed with Su Yuanjing and Huang Shang, and the three of them went to Jinying in person to find the scorched corpse of the second emperor, although it is unrecognizable, but according to the confession of the Jin captive, the remains of the second emperor were buried there, and the remains were taken at the moment, wrapped in yellow robes and returned to the spirit.
Subsequently, in Dongluo County, it was handled in accordance with the funeral ceremony of Emperor Zhao and Song Dynasty, and the number of the funeral, the funeral ceremony, the announcement to the world, and the memorial etiquette were all handled in accordance with the regulations. The names of the two emperors are also the same as in history, and the empress Huanhuan and Empress Zhu were under the guidance of the courtiers and did not mention the funeral according to etiquette.
On this day, Zhu Wu reported that he had to stay on the Shandong Road to report that King Kang Zhao Gou and his subordinates Wang Boyan led more than 70,000 soldiers and horses south to Dongping Mansion, intending to cross the southeast of Shandong, Zhu Wu obeyed the will of the second emperor and instructed the armies to prevent them from going south, and most of the military horses were ordered to break away from King Kang, but King Kang and Wang Boyan refused to be called, and still wanted to go south, so the two armies fought. In one day and one night, the Song army on the Shandong Road defeated the rebels, and King Kang and Wang Boyan fled alone, and were killed by Li Zhu of Wang Qing's old department in Huaixi on the road.