Chapter 268: The Discussion of the Crown Prince
Zhao Zhongzhen, a prince who looks docile and well-behaved on the surface, actually left the capital without permission, this is really an honest child wilting and naughty, but what everyone doesn't understand is that Zhao Zhongzhen has been gone for so long, why there is no movement in the capital at all, and it also brings death to the king.
This matter starts with the Western Xia Li Liangzuo harassment of the Great Song Dynasty, although Li Liangzuo in the Western Xia has met with the king a few times, but as he governs, he feels more and more that the governing principle told him by the king is right, only when the people are rich can he have the ability to develop and expand the territory, but all this with the accession of Yingzong to the throne, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, before Li Liangzuo wanted to send someone to take the wife and children next to the king to the Western Xia, but when Leng Qing arrived in the capital, it happened that there was a fire in the king's mansion, and Leng Qing only brought back the son of the king.
This incident made Li Liangzuo feel that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he couldn't get rid of it, but fortunately, Queen Liang Luoyao came up with the idea to keep this matter a secret first, and handed over the child to Liang Yi, who had no son, to be buried, of course, this child was the son of the king and even Liang Yi didn't know about it.
Li Liangzuo heard that Wang Bian had returned to the capital, and thought that he would come to Xixia soon, but he got the news that Wang Bian resigned from his official position and went south, at this time, Li Liangzuo was very unhappy, he thought that all this must be the ghost of the new emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the matter of discussion He felt more and more that the Great Song Dynasty was not sincere, and he was not energetic, after a long time, Li Liangzuo's warlike nature was revealed again, and he suffered a big loss in Tibet, and he did not dare to fight in Liao, coupled with Liang Luoyao's agitation, Li Liangzuo decided to compete with the Great Song Dynasty,
Since then, he has continued to send troops to harass Jingzhou and Yuanzhou on Qin Fenglu, although there are also soldiers guarding here, but most of them are old and weak soldiers, and the guards are not like the good wars like the kind of Yi and the seeds, these months Li Liangzuo's troops have often won great victories, killing and plundering tens of thousands of people and livestock of the Great Song Dynasty, even so, he is still thinking that if the Great Song Dynasty really sent the king to fight with him, then he must persuade the king to come to Western Xia, but the envoy sent by the Great Song Dynasty disappointed Li Liangzuo, It's nothing more than putting on a show of ordering Li Liangzuo to be honest and vassal, if he receives the edict, then how can he face the subjects of Western Xia and the soldiers who have won repeatedly,
Before the end of the New Year, Song Yingzong once again issued an edict to ask forgiveness Zuo, and warned that forgiveness Zuo was not allowed to invade the territory of the Song Dynasty in the future. He said angrily: "A crazy emperor, what qualifications do you have to warn me, now that Renzong is no longer on the throne, even my brother-in-law is not waiting for him, why should I listen to him." ”
The military generals above the court of Western Xia were inspired by the continuous victories, and when they heard the emperor say this, they all said: "Shengshang, I think we will send troops now, and then fight well in Shuichuan to take the Great Song Dynasty Qin Fenglu, and when we defeat the Great Song Dynasty, we will be evenly matched with the Liao State." ”
"Yes, Shengshang, as long as our soldiers and iron horses step into the Central Plains, the Song Kingdom has no power to fight back, so we will simply fight it in one go."
Hearing the discussion of the ministers, Li Liangzuo didn't speak, he was the emperor at the age of sixteen, and he didn't eat less when he won and lost the battle, he knew that this bone of the Great Song Dynasty was not so easy to gnaw, and let him send troops, one day if he fought against the king, he always felt that he felt a little unbearable in his heart, he glanced at the general Manba, the veteran Manba stood there without saying a word,
"General Man, what do you think about this matter?" Li Liangzuo respected this old general who helped him to the throne and fought with him from the bottom of his heart.
Hearing Li Liangzuo ask, he sighed in his heart that the emperor had matured, and he was no longer the barbarian boy he was back then: "Holy Lord, this matter should not be reckless, although the Song State is weak and weak, but we may not be much stronger now, not to mention that the Liao State lent troops to the Song State, it can be seen that the Song-Liao alliance has been decided, and the current situation is a three-legged stand, if my Western Xia officially attacks the Song State, the Liao State intervenes in it, I am afraid that we will suffer from the enemy." ”
"It's still the old general who sees it far, this matter is considered in the long run, but an edict of warning can make me give up harassing the Song Kingdom, that is also impossible, what is the name of the envoy who came this time." Li Liangzuo asked,
The privy envoy stood up and said, "Back to the saint, this person's name is Li Maoxian. ”
Li Liangzuo flicked the sleeves of his robe and said: "It doesn't matter what he comes first and what comes later, no matter who the Great Song Dynasty sends in the future, as long as it is not next to the king, he will not see it." After that, he turned around and announced his retreat,
Since then, Li Liangzuo has still gone his own way, which makes Yingzong very annoyed, and he has not thought of raising troops, but now the treasury is empty and he can't even pay his salary, let alone build weapons and equipment, and what makes him even more headache is that Zhao Zhongzhen doesn't know where to go, Song Yingzong Zhao Shu has no intention of going to the court to sleep and eat, Zhao Zhongzhen is his favorite child, even Queen Gao cries every time she sees Yingzong: "What if there is anything wrong with Zhongzhen, then what can I do." ”
Song Yingzong Zhao Shu and Gao are a young couple, and their relationship has always been very good, but he is also extremely upset about this matter: "You know how to cry, do you want the official family to post a notice, the prince is gone, and now the Western Xia is looking for our trouble, if the needle falls into the hands of the Western Xia people, not to mention the child's life, even the Great Song Dynasty will be lost in the hands of you and me." ”
When Empress Gao heard this, she was even more aggrieved: "I would have asked you to make a prince a long time ago, so that Zhongzhen could live in the imperial city, and there would be no such thing as today, it was all you, who broke the child's heart." ”
It's okay not to mention this, but Yingzong was particularly annoyed when he mentioned it: "What, do you think I, the emperor, will not be able to do it for long." "It's not for nothing that he is so annoyed, once when he had Yue Jinshi, countless times he saw himself die on the throne dragon bed, Yingzong himself hated his uncompetitive body very much, especially recently, but every time he thought of this, his heart ached, and now even his own queen said so, urging himself to establish a prince, isn't it ominous, Zhao Shu said with a straight face: "What is there to worry about the matter of establishing a prince, Zhongzhen is still young, and a few days ago, he was anxious to persuade me to send troops because of the matter of Western Xia, If he is young and vigorous, if he becomes a prince too early, I am afraid that he will be even more arrogant, not to mention, you see, I just scolded him a few words, and he disappeared, alas. ”
Empress Gao gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't fight for your own child, sooner or later the throne will fall into the hands of others!" Yingzong Zhao Shu angrily pointed at the queen above the royal collapse and said, "You, as a queen and the mother of a country, how can you say such a thing." At this time, the queen couldn't sit still, every time they discussed looking for Zhong Zhen, they all left the room and the courtiers and maids, at this time there were only two people who were angry and anxious, Queen Gao stood up and said: "Why can't I say it, the queen mother can say it." ”
Ying Zongqi slapped the dragon book case: "You also listen to the words of that old woman, well, what did she say." ”
"She didn't say anything, she just did it, when you were seriously ill, you broke into the queen mother's bedroom and scolded the queen mother, you think these things killed a Ren Shouzhong and it was calm, the queen mother already had the idea of finding someone to replace you, otherwise you want to call King Pu the father of the emperor, the queen mother will agree so happily." Queen Gao said in one breath, and then sobbed again,
Seeing the grievances of the queen crying, Yingzong was also distressed, he slowed down his tone and asked: "It's a good thing that the queen mother promised me to call me my biological father and father, even I didn't expect her to agree so happily, it seems that she still thinks that I am his adopted son, and you are her niece." ”
"Shengshang, how confused are you, you are the thirteenth in the family, and the twenty-eight sons of King Pu, if King Pu is the father of the emperor, then before our son is the crown prince, if there is anything wrong, your brothers are all candidates for the succession to the throne." The queen gritted her teeth and said,
Zhao Shu sighed: "Queen, you may be thinking too much, I only think I am suspicious, it turns out that your suspicion is not light." At this time, the tone of the two people softened, and the queen said in a low voice: "Shengshang, it's not that I'm suspicious, let's find the needle quickly, if you can't find it, you can only set up Zhao Hao as the prince, I have heard that when the emperor was sick and the queen mother hung the curtain, he privately summoned Zhao Zongchu, the king of Handong County, if you talk about the situation at that time, this matter is not a trivial matter, fortunately, the emperor blessed the saint to recover and asked the queen mother to remove the curtain, I think, in case the emperor is unwell......" Speaking of this, the queen couldn't go on, Their husband and wife have been married since childhood, and their relationship is very deep, even Zhao Shu became the emperor, and he didn't canonize any harem, of course the queen didn't want the emperor Zhao Shu to have any mistakes, but these words couldn't help but say,
Zhao Shu was also shocked when he heard it: "Why didn't the queen say such a big thing earlier, and no one told me about it." ”
The queen was disgusted: "Since the Holy Lord issued a decree to kill Ren Shouzhong, who in the palace would dare to say more in front of the Holy Lord, if it weren't for the Queen Mother's happy agreement to Pu Yi's matter, I wouldn't have thought of this section." ”
Zhao Shu broke out in a cold sweat, it turned out that the Empress Dowager Cao had already had the heart to find someone to replace her, if she said that others could still be joked, but Zhao Zongchu, the king of Handong County, was different, he was a brother with Yingzong Zhao Shu, both of whom were born to the main family of King Pu, if he did not set up his own heir as the prince, Zhao Zongchu was the best candidate, "Oh, fortunately, the queen thought of such an important thing." ”
The queen sighed: "Holy Lord, the matter of establishing the prince is to take precautions, I think you still summoned the minister Chen Chengli, and he knows best about the queen seeing Zhao Zongchu." ”
Chen Chengli is the eunuch foreman in the queen's palace, at this time he is in his room, drinking tea while listening to the little eunuch Yang Jian tell him interesting things in the palace, the little eunuchs are together every day what happens in the palace will spread very quickly, this little eunuch Yang Jian hung his legs for Chen Chengli, while talking about the emperor reprimanding the prince a few days ago, Chen Chengli listened to it twice: "If this King Ying will be the prince in the future, it is not good to wait." ”
The little eunuch Yang asked puzzledly, "Master, why do you say that?" "Don't look at this little eunuch Yang Jian, he is usually the most domineering in front of children of his age in the palace, but in front of his master Chen Chengli, he is very well-behaved.
Chen Chengli didn't have time to say, he heard the emperor's summons, since Ren Shouzhong, the emperor Song Yingzong Zhao Shu rarely summoned the eunuch, which made Chen Chengli a little uneasy, fortunately, the emperor just asked the queen mother about summoning Zhao Zongwei, Chen Chengli thought to himself that there should be nothing to tell the truth, but it was also his good life, since then, the emperor and the queen will ask him if they have something, and gradually Chen Chengli has become the eunuch favored by the emperor and the queen, and he is followed by the little eunuch, Yang Jian,