Chapter 4: The Master of the Harem

As soon as he returned to the palace of the prince, he saw that Gonggong Li, the chief eunuch in the palace of the Empress Dowager Xie, was already waiting at the door, this Gonggong Li was in his sixties, he was the henchman of the Queen Mother, and he had served the Empress Dowager in the palace for more than 30 years.

In today's Southern Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xie and Jia Rudao are naturally people who lean towards the government and the opposition, and they are also people who I can't exonerate now.

In the inner courtyard of this palace, Empress Dowager Xie can be said to be the same, even when the first emperor Lizong was in power, she was polite to him.

According to historical records, Empress Dowager Xie's original name was Xie Daoqing, a female politician in the Southern Song Dynasty, canonized as the queen at the age of 19, respected as the queen mother at the age of 57, and respected as the empress dowager at the age of 65.

There is also an interesting wild history record about Xie Daoqing before entering the palace, Xie Daoqing had eye disease and dark skin when he was young, and unfortunately got a rash on the way to the palace, but fortunately with the help of a famous doctor, he was able to heal, and his skin fell off. It's just that Song Lizong favored Concubine Jia and others who entered the palace with her, but despite this, Xie Daoqing didn't care, so Lizong also paid tribute to him. When Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty was preparing to appoint Concubine Jia as the queen, the people in the court discussed one after another, "If you don't set up a real queen, will you set up a fake queen?" Li Zong had no choice but to thank Daoqing as the queen.

I have always believed that history is written by those in power, and there are too many political purposes in it, so the authenticity of history needs to be verified by yourself.

For me, the emperor who has just ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Xie does not pay much attention to it, the reason is very simple, my emperor has neither his own strength nor the courage and ability to roar the world, only know that he is weak and incompetent, such an emperor is naturally easy to control, which is also the main reason why Xie and Jia both acquiesced to Zhao Yu's accession to the throne, of course, there is another point, Zhao Yu is not the biological son of the first emperor Lizong, and he is from a humble background, since he was a child, Xie Daoqing has always been disliked.

There is the queen mother in charge of the road, and there is the dictatorship of the Tao outside, this is the current situation of the Southern Song Dynasty.

When Gonggong Li saw me coming back, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live, long live." ”

"Flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Gonggong Li got up, he said in a stiff tone: "Official, by the order of the Queen Mother, please go to Ningkun Palace to meet you." ”

I saw that although this Gonggong Li was polite, there was no awe in his eyes, knowing that the forces of the Empress Dowager Xie did not pay attention to him, he was suddenly angry in his heart, and was about to attack, and in a blink of an eye, he thought that with my current strength, he was not Xie Daoqing's opponent at all, and the contempt of the opponent was a good thing for me at present, these thoughts flashed in my mind, and Gonggong Li naturally did not know that at this moment, my thinking had been twisted and turned.

"Let's go." I said with a blank face.

Ningkun Palace is in the north of the harem and is the second largest building in the entire harem, second only to the Ningqian Palace of the first emperor Lizong.

"Son Zhao Yu visits the queen mother." I said respectfully to the Queen Mother.

"Settle down, Your Majesty." Xie Daoqing said coldly.

"Thank you, Mother."

"Your Majesty, sit down and speak."

Xie Daoqing, who was Empress Lizong at that time, was very unhappy when Zhao Yu was passed over, and later Zhao Yu misbehaved, which made Xie Daoqing very dissatisfied and even disgusted.

After I came to the Song Dynasty, I didn't have time to think about the future development, and now I can only be cautious, otherwise I will follow the path of history if I am not careful.

Xie Daoqing is different from Quan Jiu, I hid my thoughts in my heart, and tried my best to answer according to Zhao Yu's conscious thinking, and even my eyes became chaotic and unclear.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Xie Daoqing continue: "Since Your Majesty has ascended the throne, you should first start the matter of the imperial funeral. ”

Not long after the end of the early dynasty, Xie Daoqing already knew about it, and it seems that he also has a lot of ears and eyes in this dynasty.

"After returning to my mother, exactly." I replied cautiously.

Xie Daoqing glanced at me in disappointment, and said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty is also an adult, and you must slowly learn to decide national affairs by yourself." ”

"The child remembers the teachings of the queen mother."

Xie Daoqing nodded and continued: "After the seventh day, Your Majesty will officially come to the court, and you must reuse those ministers in the court who are loyal to my Great Song Dynasty, for example, Ma Tingluan, Liu Mengyan, Li Boyu, Chen Zongli, He Ji and others, Your Majesty can be entrusted with important tasks, and they are bound to help Your Majesty govern the country and manage the society well." ”

"Queen Mother, but please rest assured, Zhao Yu can save it."

I know that this is Xie Daoqing arranging the promotion of his cronies, among these people, except for Liu Mengyan who finally surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, several other people can be regarded as honest ministers and usable people in history.

Xie Daoqing saw that I promised so happily, his face softened slightly, and said: "Najia seems to have been in the court for many years, and he has won the trust of the first emperor, and he is very familiar with the affairs in the hall, so let him handle this national funeral." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

It's a kind of transaction.

That's politics, and it looks like I'm going to have to learn it slowly.

Xie Daoqing's power in the court is not as strong as Jia Nidao, so he hopes to install more of his cronies after I ascend the throne, so that he can compete with Jia Nidao in the court.

Just as I said goodbye and was about to leave, Xie Daoqing suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, on the night you were made the crown prince, the first emperor once said that this Great Song Dynasty is the world of my Zhao family after all, Zhao Yu, do it yourself." ”

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't understand the meaning of Xie Daoqing's words, on the way back, I thought about it carefully, and felt that Xie Daoqing's implication might be that I ascended the throne as a fait accompli, and I should slowly get rid of the control of ministers with foreign surnames such as Jia Yidao.

Thinking of this, a general thought appeared in my mind, if this Xie Daoqing and Jia Yidao are indeed recorded in the history books, I will continue to be this faint monarch on the surface for the time being, and I might as well have a Xie to fight fake (Jia) in secret.

Since the time of Li Zong, the Southern Song Dynasty has been the three-legged power of the emperor, the rear power, and the relative power. Song Lizong neglected the government and greedy for pleasure, and delegated a lot of power to Jia Yidao, Ding Daquan and others, which led to the prosperity of the prime minister, and he liked to appoint relatives to interfere in the ministers of the court, which made the power gradually expand, but the monarch's power was slowly weakened.

To this day, this is still the case, but I am not the original emperor who represents the imperial power.

When I left Ningkun Palace, I found that my back was already drenched in cold sweat, in fact, the person who was most afraid of Zhao Yu's consciousness was Xie Daoqing, maybe it was affected by this, and I was also a little nervous.

In seven days, there will be a mourning for the first empire, and then I will officially come to court.

In the past few days, there is only one major event of the national funeral in the DPRK, except for the occasional visit to pay tribute to the first emperor, the rest of the time is considered leisure, using these few days, I can think about my future, the future of the Great Song Dynasty, I can't let my brain get free, otherwise I will immediately think of Le Lingshan, the heartache is really unbearable.

I only have two advantages, one is that I have eight hundred years more knowledge than everyone in this world, and the other is that I, the emperor, represent the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty, and my disadvantages are also obvious, I don't have my own strength category, basically an emperor who has been set aside, the Battle of Xiangyang in a few years will be a watershed for the Song Dynasty to perish, and the lifespan of my body is only ten years, so I must reverse the combat effectiveness of the army in these years, and the Battle of Xiangyang must be won no matter what, I'm not very worried about the lifespan of my body, Zhao Yu died due to excessive wine, as long as I pay attention to this and strengthen my exercise, I guess it won't be so short-lived.

When I thought of exercising, I suddenly remembered those magical and mysterious exercises in martial arts novels, the Northern Song Dynasty had three heroes and five righteousness, and the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty were not the era of Guo Jing and Huang Rong?

Being able to play against the Condor Heroes has been one of my dreams since I was a child.