Xiang Gong hurriedly bowed and agreed, paced out of the ranks, stood in front of the side of the main hall, and said: "I waited for the five people to go to Zhuozhou of the Liao Dynasty to negotiate with the five Liao Dynasty ministers led by Han Kuangsi, the king of Liaoyan. The other party's words were extremely rude, and he repeatedly ridiculed the officials and His Royal Highness the prince, and after General Yang argued with reason, the other party relented. However, he insisted on unreasonable demands such as land cession and compensation, and at the same time, told us that the Liao army was ready to conquer Liangxiang City in one day. We didn't believe it, so they asked us to go to Liangxiang City to check it out. ”

Hearing that Liangxiang City had been conquered in one day, the ministers, especially the generals, began to mumble and talk, but they soon stopped, and they wanted to know more about what was going on next.

Xiang Gong continued: "Although the Liao army was stubbornly resisted by our Great Song army and suffered heavy casualties, it still took only half a day to capture Liangxiang City, capture tens of thousands of my soldiers, and send them to northern Xinjiang for labor. At the same time, according to the official family's personal eunuch Wang Gonggong, the Liao army had already captured the official family, but for some reason, they were released again, and only let the official family and a thousand guards live in the county government of Liangxiang City. The Liao army was heavily surrounded and was not allowed to go out. The Liao army allowed the official family's personal eunuch Wang Gonggong to come to us with the official family's secret decree. The secret decree designated His Royal Highness Zhao Yuanzuo to temporarily ascend the throne as regent. After we received the secret decree, we were about to leave and return to the Great Song Dynasty, and at this moment, the Liao army general Yelu Xiuge handed over His Royal Highness Zhao Yuanzuo to his own big tent, and then told us that His Royal Highness Zhao Yuanzuo had died violently. We went to check and found that His Highness was bleeding all over his body, and his death was terrible, and we immediately questioned him, and they were speechless, but insisted that they had not murdered His Highness. At our repeated requests, Fang wrote down what had happened. In view of the fact that His Royal Highness Zhao Yuanzuo had died, the prince returned to the county government of Daxian County to ask for secret instructions from the officials. The official family asked the prince to bring the secret decree again. We escorted His Highness's body back to the Great Song Dynasty. That's what it is. ”

Most of the ministers didn't know the details of this incident, and now they listened to it, and they couldn't help but look at each other one by one, first, they were shocked by the ferocity of the Liao army, and they conquered the city held by 200,000 Xiang troops in half a day, and second, they were shocked by the bizarre and violent death of the prince Zhao Yuanzuo; The third came to shock the secret decree of the official family to appoint the new monarch as a temporary regent, but he did not know who the designated new monarch would be. One by one, I pondered in my heart.

Queen Hua Rui said again: "Xiang Qing, you read out the secret decree of the official family. ”

Take out the secret decree to the arch and unfold it. Read it aloud.

The holy decree stated that before the return of the official family, Zhao Yuankan, the third son of the official family, temporarily ascended the throne as the emperor, and Empress Hua Rui listened to the government. Make the final decision. and designated Leng Yi, Zhao Honghua, Shen Lun, and Zhao Pu as auxiliary ministers. Zhao Guangyi repeatedly emphasized in the holy decree that all the conditions of the Liao Dynasty must be agreed, and the official family must be invited to return to the Great Song Dynasty.

After listening to the reading of the holy decree, the ministers in the audience looked at each other and did not speak.

Queen Blossom said: "Cut the land and pay compensation, and set up a new king." It's all related to my Great Song Dynasty. If you have any opinions, let's hear them. ”

Such a big thing. No one wants to be the first to express their opinions, and if they say it wrong, they will definitely be unlucky in the future, so they all bow their heads.

However, among these people who bowed their heads, many of them were happy, mainly the royal relatives of Zhao Yuankan's lineage.

Yin Hui, the duty of the right pan hall, stepped out of the column and arched his hand: "Since this is the edict of the official family, it is natural to strictly obey it." Now that the official family is in the hands of the Liao army and cannot preside over the state affairs, it is natural to set up a new monarch, and the official family has designated the three princes as the new emperor, and we must obey the arrangements of the official family and assist the new emperor. Speaking of this, he turned to Zhao Yuankan's grandfather, Li Ying, the commander of the Qianzhou defense of the school, and said, "Congratulations, Lord Taiwei!" ”

Li Ying is the grandfather of the eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo and the third prince Zhao Yuankan, and his daughter is Concubine Li Xian of the official Zhao Guangyi, but she has been killed by Concubine Li De a few years ago. Now that the official family has decreed that his grandson be the emperor, of course he is so happy that he is dizzy and unsteady, and when he hears Yin Hui's congratulations, he is overjoyed, and he is busy brushing his white beard and bowing: "Thank you, thank you!" Yuan Kan, this kid is still young, and he has to rely on Lord Yin and others to assist. ”

This Yin Hui is the younger brother of the original wife of the official Zhao Guangyi, Queen Shude Yin. The official worships the right pan hall duty. Originally, Empress Shude Yin's early haos, Zhao Yuankan's mother Concubine Li Xian had nothing to do with her, but after all, they were all Zhao Guangyi's wives and concubines, and they belonged to the same line, as long as the throne remained in this vein, he could keep everyone's glory and wealth, so he wanted to come forward to help speak.

Then, the front guard of the palace waited for Li Jihe to step out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Weichen agrees with Lord Yin's opinion. The holy decree of the official family cannot be disobeyed, and the three princes should inherit the throne. As for the compensation for land cession, it must also be implemented, because this is the will of the official family, and now that the official family is imprisoned by the Liao Dynasty, if you want to welcome it back, the so-called rat bogey, there is no other way. ”

This Li Jihe is the younger brother of Emperor Zhao Guangyi's concubine Li, Li was likely to become the queen, because he was jealous of the stamen, he wanted to fix the stamen, but he didn't expect to harm others and himself, and he was killed by Zhao Guangyi. However, Zhao Guangyi did not implicate her family, so Li Jihe was not demoted, and still served as his palace guard.

It is worth mentioning that this Li Jihe's own brother is the commander of the Ma Army, who was once beaten by Leng Yi, and the famous general Li Jilong of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Seeing that other Zhao Guangyi's imperial relatives were about to come out to congratulate, the old minister Zhao Pu finally couldn't help coughing in various ways, stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Wait!" This is not right! ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the audience all fell silent and looked at him together.

Zhao Pu continued: "The establishment of a new monarch is very important, and it cannot be cautious. -- As for how the new monarch should pass on the throne, Empress Dowager Du had already made a clear agreement with the first emperor, the official family, and others, and had already formed a special decree for the succession, called the 'Jinkui Covenant', which was recorded by the old ministers themselves, and signed and sealed by the Empress Dowager Du, the first emperor, the official family, and the Qi kings Zhao Tingmei and Zhao Dezhao. At this time, the basic agreement of the royal family on the succession of the throne, the succession to the throne, must be carried out in accordance with this. ”

"What Lord Zhao said is not right!" Li Ying bowed down with a gloomy face and said, "The 'Jingui Covenant' that Lord Zhao said is only a way of saying it now. None of us have seen it, including the official family, nor have we explicitly acknowledged it. Moreover, it seems that when the first emperor died, he had stolen some precious things, among which seemed to be the legendary Golden Covenant. So even if there is, it is lost and cannot be recovered. No one knows what's inside. Therefore, the succession to the throne of the official family did not come from this golden covenant. It is the favor of the first emperor. Now, the official family is under siege, and the holy decree has been announced. Since the official family has a clear decree of succession, if we do not follow the decree of the official family, it is a disobedience to the decree. According to the official family, it is to be decided and the nine clans will be connected! ”

His grandson is about to become emperor. Li Ying was so happy that she was dying. You can now listen to Zhao Pu say that the "Golden Kui Covenant" is to pass the throne back to the first emperor, then this boiled duck is about to fly, naturally he can't accept it, and he can't wait to fight and stand up for reason, and move out of Zhao Guangyi's threat of exterminating the nine clans.

This threat is an absolute threat to many ministers. So they're just waiting to see what happens. However, Zhao Pu, who was controlled by Leng Yi as the handle, had no choice. He had to act as Leng Yi's pawn and charge ahead. Right now. He has already moved out of the "Jinkui Covenant", so he can only follow Leng Yi all the way to the black, otherwise, Leng Yi or Zhao Yuankan will give him a good look. ”

Zhao Pudao: "This Jinkui Covenant is not just a rumor, nor has it been lost, the reason why it has not been taken out is only because it did not involve the issue of succession before, so there is no need for this." How the official family came to the throne must indeed be explained. If it is really just the choice of the first emperor, then there is nothing to say, and how to choose the heir to the throne is naturally up to the officials. However, the first emperor died suddenly, and he did not leave any legacy at all. According to the rules of all dynasties, the throne is inherited by the eldest son. That is, it should be inherited by Zhao Dezhao, and it cannot be inherited by the official family. Therefore, as the brother of the first emperor, the official family cannot inherit the throne unless it is in accordance with the edict of the Empress Dowager Du. Did you have anything to say about that? ”

Li Ying was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Zhao Pu would come out to oppose the official family's edict on the throne, and he didn't think of how to respond to his statement for a while, so he turned to look at Fu Yan with help.

Fu Yan is the younger brother of the official Zhao Guangyi's Empress Yide, who had died several years ago. Her father is the famous general Fu Yanqing. Before Empress Yide died, she had asked the official Zhao Guangyi to promote his younger brother Fu Yan to be the owner of the majestic left wing of the front of the palace. Empress Yide had a good relationship with Concubine Li Xian during her lifetime, and the two can be said to be sisters. At this time, he hoped that Fu Yan could stand up and help them talk, after all, if his grandson became the emperor and was also Zhao Guangyi's wife and concubine, the people in Zhao Guangyi's line would definitely have glory, and their status in the court would not be affected.

Of course, Fu Yan knew the truth of cold lips and teeth, coughed, stepped out, bowed and said: "Lord Zhao has been talking for a long time, and this golden covenant has not been taken out for everyone to see, if there is no such covenant, then Lord Zhao will be confused no matter how fanciful it is!" ”

Li Ying immediately reacted and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes! That's exactly what happened. Take it out! If you have something, take it out and let's take a look! ”

Zhao Pu slowly took out a golden holy decree from his arms, unfolded it, and said: "This is the Golden Kui Covenant, this covenant is not actually in the palace, the old minister has been collecting it according to the decree of the Empress Dowager Du, and it is declared to be in the palace to the outside world. It's all about confidentiality and security. Empress Dowager Du said that if the person who succeeded to the throne did not pass on the throne in accordance with this covenant, the old minister had the obligation to make it public. Now, Lao Chen felt that this moment was only afraid that it had come, so he took it out. ”

After that, Zhao Pu presented it with both hands.

All of a sudden, the ministers in the hall muttered and discussed. I was surprised that there really was such a covenant. But I don't know if it's true or not.

Blossom motioned for the attendant to pass it over. Hua Rui had actually seen this covenant from Leng Yi, pretending to be surprised, looked at it carefully, and said, "Are the signatures and seals on this the Empress Dowager Du and a few of them?" ”

Zhao Pu said: "The old minister doesn't dare to deceive the queen. However, for the sake of fairness, it is recommended to take the relevant signatures and seals, and then ask the Hongru of the Hanlin Academy to carefully compare them to determine the authenticity. ”

Blossom said, "That's very good! ”

At that moment, the decree was sent to get the signatures and seals of Empress Dowager Du and others before their deaths. These were available in the palace, and they were quickly retrieved. Then, please invite Cheng Yu, the head of the Hanlin Bachelor, Shen Lun, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, Dou Yi, the Hanlin Hongru Bachelor, Li Mu, the Zuo Counselor and the Hanlin Bachelor, and other people who have been around the Empress Dowager Du and others to identify together.

These people squinted and carefully looked at the comparison, and after arguing again, the prime minister Shen Lun, who was the leader, stepped forward and bowed and said: "Returning to the queen's mother, after careful research and comparison by the ministers, the signatures and seals of the five people on this edict, the Empress Dowager Du, the first emperor, the official family, Zhao Tingmei, and Zhao Dezhao are indeed my own. There is nothing false. ”

The other Hanlin scholars who participated in the identification all nodded.

At this moment, the ministers in the main hall began to talk again.

Hua Rui Niangniang waited for their discussion to stop, and then said to Zhao Pu: "Lord Zhao, then please read out this Golden Kui Covenant." ”

Zhao Pu agreed, picked up the covenant, and recited it aloud. The covenant said that at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the mistakes of the Later Zhou Dynasty, in order to prevent the weak country and the usurpation of the country, Zhao Kuangyin could not directly pass the throne to his son, but to Zhao Guangyi first, Zhao Guangyi and then Zhao Tingmei, Zhao Tingmei and then back to Zhao Dezhao, and then along the line of Zhao Dezhao. If it is violated, it will be damned.

After the recitation, Li Ying, Fu Yan and the others were dumbfounded. Look at each other.

Zhao Pudao: "According to the agreement between the Empress Dowager Du and the first emperor and the official family, the official family was able to inherit the throne, because the official family inherited the throne according to this covenant, so there is no need for the old minister to show this covenant." But now, the official family has arbitrarily designated the third prince Zhao Yuankan to inherit the throne. directly violated the covenant of the Empress Dowager Du. Therefore, as a last resort, the old minister took out the covenant. ”

This is the agreement between Empress Dowager Du and the first emperor and the official family on succession, and it must not be violated. Therefore, if you want to inherit the throne, you must follow the above. ”

Yin Hui said in a deep voice: "However, now that only the official family is still alive on the people on this covenant, then only the official family can inherit the throne, and then the official family will inherit it, which is also in line with the covenant." ”

Zhao Pu sneered: "Lord Yin, don't you blush when you distort the covenant in front of so many Hongru?" ”

Yin Hui's old face turned red and said, "Why did I misinterpret it?" (To be continued......)

PS: On the last day of the October Historical Military Channel, I don't know how long it will take to return to this day