Chapter 453: The Emperor Dies
The Mongolian army approached the capital, and the worst situation was not the Duke of Wei who encountered the verbal criticism of the Chinese military minister of the DPRK, but the emperor Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi, who had been on the throne for eleven years, did not worry about any matters in the DPRK at all, even if the sky fell, there was also the Duke of Wei Jia like Dao, and what Zhao Qi needed to do was to enjoy himself every day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Once the city of Xiangyang was taken by the Mongolian army, there was a palace maid in the palace who leaked the news, and was punished by Jia Nidao, and the palace maid who opened her mouth to tell the truth was mercilessly removed, since then, anything that happened in the outside world, Zhao Qi did not know, and he was still indulged in pleasure every day, and after Jia Nidao, the Duke of Wei, led the army to go out, everything changed.
The situation reported by the Minister of Chinese and Wu, and the urging of Empress Dowager Xie, made Zhao Qi's life worse than death, he would not deal with these dynasty politics at all, and remembered that when he first ascended the throne, he had to give instructions to play the folds, and the concubines around him did the work.
The situation is becoming more and more severe, the Great Song Dynasty has encountered a mortal threat, and Zhao Qi no longer has the muddy and seemingly peaceful days of before.
That is, in less than two months, Zhao Qi fell ill, this time he was really sick, and his condition was still very serious.
Zhao Qi was no longer able to act as the government of the court, and every time the early dynasty was hastily handled, many ministers in the court made a noise, which had no effect, and did not discuss any serious matters.
It wasn't until someone in the court proposed that Jia Nidao, the Duke of Wei who was in charge of the battle of Dingjiazhou, must be severely punished, that Zhao Qi mentioned a little bit of spirit, although Zhao Qi did not make a clear statement at that time, but it was tantamount to acquiescence, after all, Jia Nidao, who has always been authoritarian, left Zhao Qi with a very good impression.
What Zhao Qi didn't expect was that the matter was soon known by Empress Dowager Xie.
Before the early dynasty, I went to see the Empress Dowager Xie, and the Empress Dowager Xie specifically mentioned the matter of Jia Nidao, saying that the imperial court could not punish Jia Nidao, the Duke of Wei, anyway, for so many years, the imperial court has been supported by the Duke of Wei, and now at the most dangerous moment, the support of the Duke of Wei is still needed.
Zhao Qi didn't have any opinions, and when he heard Empress Dowager Xie say this, he immediately nodded and agreed, and he would not punish the Duke of Wei.
In the following early dynasty, Zhao Qi did not express his stance at all on the matter of punishing the Duke of Wei.
The change in Zhao Qi's attitude made the civil and military ministers of the court angry, and they ignored the rules of the court and made a lot of noise in the early dynasty, and no one could calm their emotions.
That is, in the process of an overly fierce quarrel, Zhao Qi suddenly fell into a coma.
In fact, Zhao Qi's health is already very bad, and after indulging in pleasure for a long time, Zhao Qi's body has been completely dragged down.
For more than ten years, Zhao Qi didn't care about political affairs at all, he didn't know what was going on outside, he was in the palace, and he was torn between many concubines and palace maids, not to mention Zhao Qi's body that had never been exercised, even if it was an iron man, it would be hollowed out.
Zhao Qi's coma made a mess on the hall, the imperial doctor hurriedly came in, and a imperial doctor accidentally fell when he entered the main hall, and was immediately considered bad luck by everyone, and was directly expelled.
The early dynasty was forced to terminate, and the quarrel was over.
When the news reached the palace, Empress Dowager Xie ordered the eunuchs around her to pass the word out, blaming the civil and military ministers in the court for not knowing etiquette and actually arguing in front of the emperor, causing the emperor to be seriously ill.
In the past, Empress Dowager Xie's words would definitely cause uneasiness among the people in the court, but unfortunately this time it did not have the slightest effect, many ministers of civil and military affairs were no longer afraid, they had already let it go, they knew Jia Nidao's scheming, if they couldn't bring down Jia Nidao this time, they would be the ones who would suffer next.
Zhao Qi's condition deteriorated rapidly, beyond everyone's expectations, in just a few days, the news from the palace came from the emperor, and the emperor was afraid that it would be no longer possible.
After Zhao Qi was seriously ill and unable to act as the government, the affairs in the palace were that the Empress Dowager Xie hung the curtain and listened to the government.
The historical Empress Dowager Xie, whose real name is Xie Daoqing, is known as a female politician in the late Southern Song Dynasty, with a good mind and bearing, she has been in charge of the harem for more than 50 years, and has always been peaceful, and her husband Zhao Yun of Song Lizong is also very respectful to her.
More than ten years ago, the Battle of Diaoyu City and the Battle of Ezhou, when the Mongolian army was approaching, Zhao Yun of Song Lizong once wanted to move the capital, but was dissuaded by Xie Daoqing and gave up the plan to move the capital.
Seeing that the emperor Zhao Qi's body was difficult to support, at the critical moment, the Empress Dowager Xie came forward again and presided over the government as the queen mother.
Empress Dowager Xie does support Jia Nidao, and her support is crucial, otherwise Jia Nidao would not have lasted for so many years, but the fiasco of the Battle of Dingjiazhou made Empress Dowager Xie change her opinion, thinking that Jia Nidao was still unreliable at a critical moment, but Empress Dowager Xie was unwilling to severely punish Jia Nidao, just thinking about revoking all his official positions, the reason was that she felt that the court was chaotic enough, the Great Song Dynasty was in danger, and Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei who was far away in Kaifeng, could not be counted on either. According to Jia Rudao's strength in the capital, I am afraid that the situation will not be stabilized.
Empress Dowager Xie, who has passed the season of knowing the destiny of heaven, has seen too many things.
When the palace maid Hua Rong came to report, the Empress Dowager Xie was thinking about how to deal with Jia Nidao's affairs, the early dynasty has been delayed for several days, there must be a clear answer, the minister of civil and military affairs represented by the right prime minister Chen Yizhong, asked to kill Jia Nidao, seeing that there was a Mongolian army outside, and the court was so unstable, Empress Dowager Xie felt that the government could not be delayed, and the emperor would continue to be in the early dynasty even if he was unwell.
"The slave and maid report to the queen mother, the emperor, the emperor and the dragon are not safe...
The palace maid didn't know how to say it, and some of them were incoherent.
Empress Dowager Xie's face sank instantly, she didn't expect that the emperor would not be able to support it so soon.
Hurriedly came to the emperor's bedroom, there were already some palace maids and eunuchs standing outside, and when they saw the Empress Dowager Xie coming, they knelt down one after another.
Empress Dowager Xie walked straight into the dormitory.
A smell of Chinese medicine came.
The emperor on the couch, his face was like white paper, and he couldn't see a trace of blood, or even the ups and downs of his chest.
The imperial physician beside the emperor was already kneeling on the ground, his body trembling.
"The mourning family came to see the emperor, what are you panicking about."
Empress Dowager Xie stabilized the situation with a word, and everyone no longer seemed panicked.
Zhao Qi, who was lying on the couch, suddenly moved his body.
The palace maid who was waiting on the side just covered her mouth, afraid that she would scream.
Empress Dowager Xie was calm, looking at Zhao Qi who was trying to open his eyes.
"Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, just say it, listen to the mourners."
Zhao Qi's eyes didn't have any light, he looked at the Empress Dowager Xie, a little helpless, he wanted to get up, but he had no strength in his body, and the heat in his body seemed to be dissipating a little, and the previous speed was still very slow, but this time it was very fast.
Zhao Qi was speechless, his body began to tremble, and his lips instantly turned blue.
Empress Dowager Xie glared angrily at the imperial doctor who was still kneeling on the ground.
The imperial physician hurriedly knelt down and crawled to the emperor's side, taking the pulse behind him.
It was at this time that the emperor sighed leisurely and closed his eyes.
The imperial doctor was already frightened, but the emperor's body became cold, and he could still feel it, the emperor's palm had become cold, and the heat was extending in the direction of the arm.
At this time, even if the gods are reincarnated, they will not be able to return to the sky.
After about half an hour, the emperor's body was completely cold, and his palms and arms had begun to stiffen.
The imperial physician knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, then turned around and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Xie.
Empress Dowager Xie has seen everything in front of her clearly, the emperor is the one she watched to die, and complaining about the imperial doctor at this time has no effect, it can only make everyone more panicked.
"The emperor has died, tell the world."
The bells inside the palace rang, fifteen in a row.
When this bell rang out, even the people in the capital knew what was going on.
Korakuen.
Hearing this bell, Jia Yidao's body suddenly began to tremble, he didn't expect that at such a critical moment, the emperor actually died, does this mean that he, the first powerful minister of the Great Song Dynasty, will have an extremely tragic fate next.
Chen Yizhong, who was promoted to the right prime minister and privy envoy for a short time, also heard the bell, he and Jia Yidao's thoughts were different, that is, he felt a little sad, Chen Yizhong and Jia Yidao were opposites, and he had always opposed Jia Yidao's dictatorship, and he didn't dare to reveal such thoughts before, but now he can.
The emperor's dependence on Jia Nidao, Chen Yizhong is very clear, the emperor's death means that Jia Nidao has completely lost the most important support, Chen Yizhong knows that the Empress Dowager Xie supports Jia Nidao, but the fiasco of the battle of Dingjiazhou made the Empress Dowager Xie change her opinion, it should be said that the days of Jia Nidao's dictatorship are gone.
Unfortunately, the situation has reached a point of no return.
Many ministers of civil and military affairs have gone to Ouchi.
When the emperor died, the first thing he faced was the matter of ordinating the new emperor, which was a rule that could not be broken, and the so-called country could not be without a king for a day.
On the eighth day of the sixth month of the tenth year of Xianchun, Zhao Qi of Song Lizong died of illness.
Zhao Qi in history died of illness in August of the tenth year of Xianchun, and after Wu Shaogang crossed, Zhao Qi died of illness two months early, leaving a mess that could not be cleaned up.
It should be said that Zhao Qi is still relatively lucky, although he is mediocre and incompetent, after all, he has not been the king of the country.
On the tenth day of the sixth month of the tenth year of Xianchun, Zhao Qi's son, Zhao Xian, who was only four years old, ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
Because the emperor was too young, under the repeated pleas of the Chinese military minister, Empress Dowager Xie listened to the government.
Empress Dowager Xie has been pushed to the forefront and will face too many complex and almost unsolvable situations, but for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xie must be fully supported.