This year's winter was particularly cold.\\

If the weather in the history books of this year is taken out separately, it seems to be like the arrival of small-scale glaciers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are still strong winds and heavy snow in the first month. In the early Northern Song Dynasty in the warm winter, such weather was rare.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, another heavy snowfall fell in the city of Tokyo, and the snow accumulated on the huā racks in the Imperial Palace, and many huā frames were crushed one after another. This kind of snow will definitely hinder the crops in the coming year, and Zhao Zhen is barefoot in the forbidden court and prays to the heavens.

The first Zhao Zhen believes in God, the second Zhao Zhen has a clean heart, and often does such masochistic things, such as when there is an occasional rain in a great drought, he dances barefoot in the harem, and he is not afraid of colds.

But his health is really not good, and there are so many things happening in Chapter 726 Rescue (3), and his health is even worse.

The big thing is coming.

The next day is New Year's Day, that is, the first day of the first month, and hundreds of officials are lined up in the main hall to celebrate the arrival of the first day. Zhao Zhen also arrived, the eunuch sang harmony, Zhao Zhen sat down, and the eunuch began to open the curtain in front of the dragon chair.

Baiguan was visiting the shrine, Zhao Zhen felt a little dizzy, his body staggered, and then he collapsed.

The eunuch who served hurriedly lowered the curtain and pinched Zhao Zhen's middle with his fingers.

The ministers looked at each other.

Zhao Zhen was also sober inside, and during the New Year, he couldn't sweep everyone's excitement, so let the eunuch open the curtain again. However, he felt very unwell, and after the hundred officials finished saluting, he announced that everyone would disperse.

The ministers left the palace, their faces gloomy, and too many things had happened.

Some people are pessimistic, and even think of one thing, is this a sign of prosperity and decline? In these years, the monarchs and ministers have been conscientious, making the Song Dynasty like a dream, on the wealth has never been so rich, the tax revenue is not the highest, the peak is the Qingli War, once the tax and various franchise income reached more than 160 million a year. However, that is the income that has been forcibly collected, and it is not the income that is levied lightly and lightly at present, and the nature is completely different.

It seems that the south will soon add a lot of new income to Chapter 726 Rescue (3). Even to build a huge project of the Liuta River, the imperial court did not feel the financial pressure.

It lacked a little in martial arts, but the northwest and north had been peaceful for a long time, and the whole country attacked Jiaozhi, and in only two months, a small part of the army defeated it.

If it weren't for the Khitan and Xixia hanging above their heads like two sharp swords oppressing, Wenjingzhenguan Kaiyuan would seem to be nothing more than that.

Could it be that the good times are not long-lasting?

During the Chinese New Year, the shadow will be over the capital.

Of course, after Zhao Zhen brought it back, the ministers did not know how the imperial doctor would diagnose and treat him.

It seems that news came from the palace that the emperor's condition was slightly better.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Zhen has one more thing to do. Song and Liao are a country of brothers, no matter whether this brother is true or not, it must be done in courtesy, so every major festival, such as New Year's Day, must bow to each other and send envoys to congratulate. According to the usual practice, the envoy is generally received on the fifth day of the first month, and the gift is held on the sixth day of the first month.

The ministers were close to each other and took the four Khitan envoys, Xiao Yan, Du Zong'e, Yeluda and Liu Riheng, to the Zichen Palace.

At first, it was normal, and when Wen Yanbo climbed the stairs on behalf of the ministers, he came to Zhao Zhen's imperial couch to congratulate the emperor on his birthday (the Northern Song Dynasty retained many Tang Dynasty habits, and a cushion was placed under the buttocks during the palace banquet, and the table was relatively short, so it was called the imperial couch).

Because the minister was worried and the atmosphere was a little depressing, Zhao Zhen looked around and asked Wen Yanbo, "Aren't you happy?" ”

Wen Yanbo was speechless in astonishment, but knew that Zhao Zhen was ill, so he silently did not answer and retreated. However, on this day, in the minister's trembling mentality, he was lucky to end the feast.

Then, on the sixth day of the first month, the ministers sat down and a messenger brought in, arrived at the atrium, and saw that entering the Zichen Palace, Zhao Zhen was sick, and suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Quickly summon the envoy into the hall, I can hardly see each other." ”

Then he said a few more clear words.

The ministers petrified together.

The eunuchs knew that the emperor had been a little delirious because of illness in the past few days, and quickly helped Zhao Zhen to retreat. But there is one more thing to do, the envoy is about to enter the palace, Wen Yanbo reacted quickly, went out and pretended to pass on the message, saying that Zhao Zhen was really happy yesterday, he drank high in the palace, and today he had a splitting headache and couldn't come to the banquet in person, so he sent the minister to change places to drink, let's go to the post house and continue to drink.

The Khitan envoy prevaricated in the past, but the ministers had the heart to drink. After the banquet at the post house was dispersed, Wen Yanbo left some important ministers behind, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty has encountered some things, and he is seriously ill and behaves unmanneredly, and now the country has reached the most critical juncture. ”

Some things point out that the whereabouts of Zhao Niannu and Zheng Lang are unknown, and it is a good saying that they behave out of manners, that is, they are not delirious.

Everyone bows their heads together.

After some consultation, Wen Yanbo sent people to send Shi Zhicong and Deng Baoji, the chief eunuchs in the palace, and put forward a request, the country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty is sick like this, our ministers should have a number, and the chamberlains must report Your Majesty's illness at any time and wait for the minister's call.

Shi Zhicong was anxious, what are you doing, the affairs of the inner palace are not in the hands of your prime minister.

It makes sense that the imperial city is the imperial city, the government institutions such as the capital hall and the province are all in the imperial city, and the inner palace is the inner palace, which are two different worlds, except for the emperor's summons, no minister is allowed to break into the inner palace. It's the emperor's summons, and the eunuch leads the way, so you can't run blindly. This is not only related to the fact that there are many concubines in the harem, and it is inconvenient for men and women, but also related to the safety of the emperor.

Wen Yanbo shouted: "The lord is violently ill, it is the safety of the sect and society, you can only let you slaves enter and leave and ban reading, how can you not let the prime minister know the life of the Son of Heaven, what do you want to do?" ”

Shi Zhicong was frightened, the Song Dynasty didn't, the Tang Dynasty had a story, because the minister couldn't control the palace,

So several emperors let the eunuchs disappear. Wen Yanbo took another step forward and shouted: "From today onwards, Your Majesty's condition is good or bad, and it must be reported one by one." ”

I was afraid that these two big eunuchs would not accept it, so they directly asked people to forcibly pull Shi Zhicong and Deng Baoji to the middle to sign the military order, the emperor did not get better, and if something happened in the palace, the prime minister did not know, so he cut off their heads.

The two eunuchs held the military order in their hands, very helpless. Not only did he report to Wen Yanbo every day, but he also had to ask Wen Yanbo if the palace door could be closed at night.

But this is a helpless move, the two eunuchs are not convinced, but dissatisfied, but forced by themselves to be forced to obey, the emperor will get better, if he doesn't get better, he will be in big trouble.

With an anxious heart, Wen Yanbo took the scholars and doctors back.

On the seventh day of the first month, Wen Yanbo took the important ministers to the small hall of the inner east gate to ask Zhao Zhen how to live.

At the door, Wen Yanbo was talking to Shi Zhicong, and suddenly Zhao Zhen rushed out of the inner palace and shouted as he ran: "The queen and Zhang Mao have rebelled." According to the analysis of psychology, Zhao Zhen's situation is reasonable. I want to be a mediocre emperor very happy, I have the highest power in the world, and I have what I want. But it's not easy to be a good emperor. There is a rare longevity among the ancient Ming monarchs, even a strong body like Kangxi, but he only lived to his early sixties, Yongzheng exhausted himself to death As for Qianlong, he is just * the light of his grandfather and father, is he a good emperor?

Zhao Zhen was in a dynasty, with internal and external troubles, external Western Xia pressure, and internal disasters, it was not easy to be a good emperor. This pressure is unimaginable to outsiders.

Originally, there was also a Zhang Guifei, and the country's situation was also getting better, but as soon as Zhang Guifei died, her daughter disappeared, and Zheng Lang's life and death were unknown.

But why do you say the queen and Zhang Maoze?

Cao's entry into the palace was forced by the minister, and Zhao Zhen was actually very dissatisfied in his heart. In Wang Zeping's year, several guards broke into the palace and assassinated and quickly escaped, this is Zhao Zhen wanted to give the guards a way to live, but did not want Empress Cao to command bravely, among which Zhang Mao responded to Empress Cao's order, regardless of the danger, climbed to the roof, jumped off the roof and won the "thief". In the end, none of the "thieves" survived, and Zhao Zhen felt guilty about this, so he usually didn't like this Zhang Maoze.

But he was not at fault, so he stayed in the palace.

But does Wen Yanbo understand psychology? Hearing something wrong in his ears, he also heard some things in the palace and quickly thought of a clue, Zhao Zhen usually doesn't like Zhang Maoze, Queen Cao thinks Zhao Zhen is wrong, this is a very loyal eunuch, more protective of him, and Zhao Zhen is seriously ill, the wife in the palace is the niece of Cao Palace, and now the emperor broke out of the inner palace and asked the minister for help, is there a change in the palace?

The fatal Zhang Mao led the Imperial Pharmacy at this time, and whether he could cure the emperor or not depended on the Imperial Pharmacy.

At this thought, his face turned pale and pale.

Just when he was thinking, Zhao Zhen said again: "Zhuqing save me, Wenqing save me, Fuqing save me, Di Qing save me, Wang Qing save me, Zheng Qing save me." ”

As for Zhao Zhen calling Zheng Lang to save him, but Zheng Lang's whereabouts are unknown, everyone was automatically negligent together, and Guan Jian called Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Di Qing and Wang Deyong.

Could it be that there is really a change in the palace, and the emperor escaped from the palace to ask for political asylum?

As soon as Wen Yanbo wanted to go up, the attendants rushed up again, pulled Zhao Zhen to the inner palace, and closed the palace door.

What happened to the bottom?

The ministers were dumbfounded, and many ministers wondered, should they break into the inner palace and take a look? This scene was very funny, but none of the ministers on the scene could laugh, on the contrary, every minister was very nervous.

The palace door opened again, and the chamberlain said to the ministers: "The prince and the Son of Heaven will pardon and eliminate the disaster." ”

With just one sentence, all the ministers petrified again.

What does this mean? The imperial doctor could not cure the emperor, so he used the amnesty, what is amnesty, once amnesty, except for the heinous crimes, all prisoners can go home to be good citizens.

This is left to heaven to decide the fate of the emperor. But will God heal the emperor?

Wen Yanbo and the others felt that the sky had fallen, with a full of clouds, and they had no intention of breaking into the palace, so they returned to the capital hall to discuss whether to grant amnesty.

After a while, someone from the inner palace came to the capital hall to report, saying that Zhang Mao heard the emperor's words, and immediately committed suicide by hanging the sorghum, so that the left and right were rescued, and he was lucky not to die. Wen Yanbo said: "Bring him." ”

asked, if there is really a change in the palace, this Zhang Mao is a key figure, tried a few words, and finally judged that it was the emperor who was talking nonsense, and he couldn't take it seriously, so he said: "The Son of Heaven is sick, and he is lying nonsense, why do you have to be like this, if you die, how can the middle palace be ashamed?" ”

It doesn't matter if you die, if it is passed on, because the emperor's nonsense forced the big eunuch in the palace to live, and the reputation of the Song Dynasty is not very good. Therefore, Zhang Zemao was not separated from the left and right, but Queen Cao was also a relative and did not dare to go to visit the patient.

The ministers of the capital hall also have a headache, the emperor is sick, and it is very dangerous, Guan Jian does not have a prince in the country now, and the palace has adopted two people, but if something happens, who will be the emperor? Therefore, it cannot be granted immediately, it has to be postponed, and once it is announced that the emperor will be used to get better, it will actually be equivalent to announcing to the people of the world that the emperor is not saved. There will be changes in the Song Dynasty.

Wen Yanbo replied to Shi Zhicong, the amnesty is a must-do move, but the first ten days can't be amnesty, see if the emperor will get better in the next few days. First set up a reef in the inner courtyard of the palace in the Daqing Palace, the ministers of the two provinces are not allowed to go home from today, they are on guard in the Daqing Hall day and night, burning incense day and night to pray for the emperor, and sleeping in the west side hall of the Daqing Palace.

The eunuchs were dumbfounded, since ancient times, there has not been a gang of all the ministers of the two provinces to stay in the palace for the night, what has become of this? Wen Yanbo shouted again: "Is there a precedent for this situation? At this time, what story is still to be said! ”

Shi Zhicong has made Wen Yanbo spit every day in the past few days, and when he saw Wen Yanbo's big eyes rolling, yes, the sprinkler family will let you. The ministers of the two provinces guarded the palace day and night, and the capital was in turmoil. On the ninth day of the first month, Zhao Zhen was a little better, it was a little, but it was not better. walked out of the Chongzheng Palace, let the minister take a look, and asked the eunuch to help him back. Seeing the door of the dormitory closed again, several bigwigs glanced at each other, and the next day Fu Bi made a request, no, we stay in the Daqing Palace, it is still far from the inner palace, I don't worry about the emperor, we have to let us enter the dormitory to visit Your Majesty at any time.

What is the dormitory?

Shi Zhicong said angrily: "You ministers are going too far. ”

Fu Bi didn't drink heavily, but said coldly: "Prime Minister An Ke won't see the Son of Heaven for a day!" ”

A few big eunuchs still want to distinguish it, but seeing that the other ministers are forcing over together, yes, let's play with you. Since then, the ministers of the two provinces have turned the inner palace into a vegetable market again, not only freely entering and leaving the inner palace, greeting Zhao Zhen in front of the bed in the dormitory, but also taking a walk in the inner palace, looking at the huāhuā in the harem, groups of palace laves, and then shaking their heads and sighing. This treatment has never been enjoyed by Zheng Lang.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the world was amnestied, once last year, and again this year, all the prison city jailers have been really easy in the past two years. And all the taxes of the affected people, including the tax of the pavilion, the so-called tax of the pavilion is a special tax of the Song Dynasty, when the famine, it is mostly relief or tax exemption, sometimes the finance can not be turned around, it is inconvenient to be exempt from taxes, so what to do, so let the victims postpone the payment of taxes, and then pay after the year is good, but often owe more to the court, and some of them are owed for several years.

Fifteen, let go of the Yuan Guan Lamp, at this time, Zhao Zhen's sanity was a little better, but it was still not very good, lying on the hospital bed and couldn't get up, the prime minister did something, just nodded, and couldn't even speak.

Nineteen, after the reef, Shi Zhicong said: "The emperor Shi'an, please return to the first place." ”

What has become of this, the inner palace has become a vegetable market, and the ministers of the two provinces stay in the palace all day and night, go back, it can't be like this anymore. As a result, he was sprayed by the ministers of the two provinces, but a compromise was made, and the ministers of the two governments took turns to return to the first place, and they also took turns to send people to be on duty, staying in the Zhongshu and the Privy Council. You must know that Zhongshu Province is also in the palace, and you have to stay in the palace.

These big eunuchs gritted their teeth with hatred, but they didn't dare to speak.

Let Wenfu and the two take the ministers to make trouble, the world knows it, and Zheng Lang's life and death are unknown, and finally let one person see the opportunity, Jia Changchao of the Daimyo Mansion!!!

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