Chapter 2: Zhao's Thoughts

"Hey, I didn't expect to be so sad to come here! has been an orphan all his life, and this time he will say that he will get his mother back" Zhao Yingying made up his mind. Thinking of the endless emergence of cattle people in this world, it seems that this life is destined to fight monsters in order to upgrade, so Concubine Liu should be her first big monster.

In other words, this Concubine Liu is not simple, in history, she is also a legendary woman. She was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, where her father was an officer and mayor of the local army, but later died in the war. When I was one year old, my mother also died of illness. Helpless, she grew up in hardship, and her difficult life experience made her more ** and scheming than ordinary women.

Liu E began to learn drama when she grew up, because she had a sweet voice, was very smart, and had outstanding appearance, she became a star in several opera competitions, and soon became popular, which is equivalent to a popular actress.

When she was 18 years old, she married a small popper who worked as a silversmith, and it seems that she has liked this tune since ancient times. In order to do better business and make money, the silversmith took Liu E to Kaifeng, the most prosperous capital at that time. But no one expected that it would be because of this relocation that it would become a turning point in her life.

During the days of living in Kaifeng, Liu E was still active on the opera stage. Kaifeng is very prosperous, there are many rich people, and there are many fans. As soon as she appeared on the stage, she attracted the attention of the audience, and became popular in the big city of Kaifeng. Soon after, her fame grew, and more and more people in Kaifeng began to come to see her opera, and the identity of the people who came became more and more noble, including one named Zhao Yuankan at this time. It is said that the origin of this person is quite big, he is Zhao Heng, who later became the emperor, who was only 14 years old at this time, was named King Xiang, and has not been made the crown prince.

Zhao Heng is also a fan of drama, and he is also quite an iron fan. After he heard Liu E's name, he brought a few bodyguards and wore civilian clothes to watch Liu E's singing. As soon as he saw Liu E's beautiful face and moon appearance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and Zhao Heng, a precocious royal boy, was fascinated, he looked at Liu E's big eyes that were secretly flirting, and couldn't help but feel ape, the second generation of the biggest official in the Great Song Dynasty didn't even think about taking Liu E back to his villa immediately.

But I didn't expect Zhao Heng's nurse to be quite temperamental, and she was very dissatisfied with Liu E, who was of unknown origin and from a humble background, so she went to Zhao Heng's father Song Taizong to make a small report, saying that the young master was addicted to women at a young age and did not do his job, which was not a good thing. Song Taizong listened to the nurse's report, and his temper came up at once, and he sent someone to order Zhao Heng to immediately send Liu E away. At this time, Zhao Heng, who was not yet the emperor, did not have that domineering spirit, and he couldn't fight his father, so he had to secretly send Liu E to the house of one of his cronies and secretly go to meet her.

It is said that opportunities are for those who are prepared, and this is quite true. Unexpectedly, after Liu E left Zhao Heng's villa, she saw the identity gap between herself and Zhao Heng, which not only did not scare her, but made her feel that her hope had come. So she began to study diligently, and studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In this way, Zhao Heng was even more impressed by Liu E. It can be said that Liu E is the first woman Zhao Heng really fell in love with, and this love has been extremely rare for a lifetime.

In the third year of the Dao Dynasty (997), Zhao Heng ascended the throne and became the emperor, that is, the historical Song Zhenzong. At this time, his royal spirit finally came into play, so he was sent to take Liu E into the palace, and was immediately named a beauty, and soon was named a concubine. Because of Zhao Heng's favor, Liu E's status has been continuously improved, but she enjoys the treatment of the emperor as a noble concubine, if it were not for the opposition of the ministers of the court, it is estimated that Zhao Heng would have plans to change the queen.

Liu E, a shrewd and capable woman, knows that a woman's beauty cannot last long, it all depends on the emperor's favor, once she is old and decrepit, she is nothing, and her only hope is to give Zhao Heng a child. However, Liu E found that she could no longer have children, so she came up with a plan to transfer flowers and trees.

On this day, Liu E decided to give her beautiful maid ring Li to her husband Zhao Heng, in ancient times, human rights were not talked about, and it was very common to send maids as the master. The young and beautiful Lee soon became pregnant, and a year later, Lee gave birth to a boy. Zhao Heng was overjoyed and named the child Zhao Yingli (later renamed Zhao Zhen, which was later Song Renzong). Liu E was also very happy, and she designed to immediately take possession of the child born to the Li family, and strictly forbade people in the palace to explain the truth to the child. Zhao Heng doted on Liu E and acquiesced in her to raise the child born to the Li family.

Soon, because Liu E had a "prince", under the historical background of Zhao Heng not having a prince, he finally made Liu E the queen as he wished, which is the famous "Queen Liu" in history, Wu Zetian's successor. After Zhao Heng's death, Liu E began to listen to politics for ten years, and a female star began to control the era of this huge empire.

Thinking of these historical materials, Zhao Yingyi also showed a wry smile. Society is like this, everyone wants to earn a chance to live well. From a modern point of view, Zhao Heng's approach is very unconscionable, but in the feudal dynasty where the emperor is respected, he really doesn't care about a maid. And it is even more common for the children of other concubines to be raised by the queen. Of course, he is a little selfish, after all, he has no emotional foundation with Concubine Li Chen, and at this time, he must be more biased towards Liu E in his heart. It can be seen from this that it is not surprising that he acquiesced to Liu E to occupy Concubine Li Chen's child.

"No matter what, Concubine Liu has always nurtured herself, and it is not all her fault for fighting for power and profit. In the future, she will have to face the fire method decently! It's all hard work," Zhao said to himself.

Zhao Yingfu thought that according to the course of history, he would have to hold back for more than 20 years, which was too wasteful of time, and if he wanted to change this result, he could only cultivate his own power from now on.

Early in the morning of this day, Zhao Ying came to Concubine Liu's palace early, and shouted loudly, "Erchen meets the mother, good morning to the mother, I wish the mother's eternal youth!" "My son is so good, so filial, I came early in the morning to say goodbye to my mother!" Concubine Liu happily coaxed, "Say, what do you want to do to help your mother?" ”

"Mother, you see I'm three years old, and I'm a child in such a big palace, it's so boring! Can you find a child to play and read with me? Zhao Yingfu endured the awkwardness in his heart, disgusted himself, and coquettishly faced Concubine Liu.

"Okay, good ......, my son is so good!" Concubine Liu smiled and stroked Zhao Ying's head and said, "Say, what kind of child do you want?" Mother will find it for you. ”

"Mother is so good! Thank you! Zhao Ying stiffened his fingers and began to make a request, "You can find me more than 20 children, and a few little girls, it's fun to have more people to play!" "Although I talk about playing, hehe, who of you knows that I want them to serve the Great Song Empire of Xiaoye! Zhao Yingfu laughed obscenely on the side. , of course, Concubine Liu can't see through his heart, and thinks he's just playful.

Concubine Liu thought to herself: "The child is still so young, and when he is still playful, he should find a follower for him in the future!" Although the number seems to be a bit large, it is not a big deal as a prince! After thinking about it for a while, Concubine Liu took Zhao Ying's little hand and said, "Okay, I promise you for my mother, and my mother will arrange it immediately, and I will find it for you in a few days." You're also three years old, so it's time to study for your mother, so be your companion when they come! Mother went to ask the emperor to find you a teacher, you have to study hard and fight for your mother! ”

As a top student, Xiao Zhao is quite confident in learning, and I think that the master was also a super master who was invincible in the whole school, not to mention that now he is just learning the knowledge of a thousand years ago, that is really Xiao X. Since you're going to study, if you don't have to go through the crowd to laugh at your big teeth, well, you have to get a few big cows! His eyes rolled, and Zhao Ying immediately said to Concubine Liu: "Mother, Erchen heard that I am a courtier to Kou Xiang (at this time, Kou Zhun has just come back to be a Xiangxiang for less than 1 year) has been smart and studious since he was a child, familiar with poetry and books, knowledgeable, and has been an official for several years, let him teach Erchen!" ”

At this time, Kou Zhun hadn't had an awkward relationship with Concubine Liu, she thought about it and felt that it was not bad, and being the current prime minister would also be conducive to the child's future development. can also use his power to contribute to the child's becoming emperor. Therefore, she also agreed to Zhao Yingying's request.

There is a certain reason why Zhao Yingfu chose this Kou Zhun, and history has also proved that he is indeed a capable minister. It is reported that Kou Zhun was born on July 14, 961 (August 27), and was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Taizong Taiping's rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty (980). Chunhua was a governor for five years, and his political talent was deeply appreciated by Song Taizong. He was upright, and because of his many direct advices, he was gradually reused by the emperor. Emperor Taizong was an official to participate in political affairs. After Zhenzong ascended the throne, he successively served in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of War, and served as the third envoy. In the first year of Jingde (1004), he served as prime minister together with Bi Shi'an, the governor of the council.

In the winter of that year, the Khitan went south to invade the Song Dynasty and surrounded Yingzhou and other Hebei regions, which shocked the government and the public; Kou Zhun strongly advocated the true clan and opposed the southward migration. After Zhenzong arrived in Lanzhou (now Puyang, Henan), the morale of the army gradually stabilized, and then shot and killed the vanguard of the Liao army, so he established the "Alliance of Lanyuan".

In the second year of Jingde, he was promoted to the post of Zhongshu Shilang and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Three years later, due to the exclusion of Wang Qinruo and others, he resigned. In the first year of Tianxi (1017), he resumed his position as prime minister, and was later excluded by Ding Wei and others because of his participation in the palace power struggle. He was relegated to Leizhou (now Haikang, Guangdong), Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan) and other places, and died of illness on the seventh day of the ninth month of the leap month in 1023 (October 24). There is a "Kolai Collection".

It can be said that Kou Zhun has had ups and downs in his life, rich life experience, ups and downs in officialdom for many years, and must have many protégés and former officials, which will be of great help to Zhao after benefiting, and what is even more rare is that Kou Zhun is indeed capable and has made great contributions to the Northern Song Dynasty, and is the main player who later dealt with Concubine Liu.

Zhao Yingfu returned to his place after coming out of Concubine Liu, and began to think about his own early childhood training plan, planning to pull a big cow to make a tiger skin and cultivate his henchmen from an early age. So the first kindergarten in the Great Song Dynasty and the first kindergarten in history stepped onto the stage of history under the encouragement of Xiao Zhao. And this has also become the source of motivation for Xiao Zhao's students to enclose land and grab resources in the future.