Chapter 134: All or Nothing
The night was already deep, Zhao Ji couldn't sleep, he got up in his clothes, looked at the jade seal on the table, after several screenings, he had already concluded that this jade seal was the national seal of the previous dynasties that had left the Central Plains for 200 years.
"Commanded by heaven!" Zhao Ji took out the jade seal from the box and played with it, at the time of this great change, the seal of the country was suddenly born, which made him excited, could it be that God hinted that the responsibility of the Zhongxing Song Dynasty fell on his second son, and he revived the prestige of the country and restored the country.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Ji is still very attached to power, abandoned by his eldest son, and entering the cold palace makes him feel guilty, knowing that Lu Dao is the most stable only by holding power in his own hands, but he also knows that it is difficult to reset in such a situation, and his team died and depreciated under Zhao Huan's blow, and there is no chance to get ahead. And now it is a strong enemy invasion, and when the country is ruined and the family is ruined, Zhao Ji is not sure whether he can reorganize the country.
Another thing that worries Zhao Ji is that Zhao Ta has always wanted to rescue Emperor Zhao Huan, and he understands that if the second son can fish him out of the golden camp, it is possible to rescue the eldest son. But Zhao Huan's performance has already chilled him, and he believes that his ability is limited and he is stubborn and self-serving, not only can he not rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty, but he may not even be able to protect half of the country.
Then there is Zhao Huan's attitude towards himself, depriving himself of all power, not to mention, but also putting him under house arrest in Longde Palace, cutting off all contact with the outside world, so that he did not know the situation outside the road after the Jin army broke the city, and as a result, he didn't even have a chance to escape, so he was caught by the Jurchens, suffered all the insults, and tasted all the hardships.
"Emperor, I'm not going to do it, let's be a free immortal!" Zhao Ji thought for a moment. Zhao Huan must not let him be the emperor anymore, and he can no longer do it himself. The two-month 'northbound' life really scared him, so he better find a place to retire with peace of mind!
"The gold thief is in the house. I have negative ancestors, and I am the crown prince Heng, and the heir emperor is enthroned by the treasure and honored me as the emperor. However, the heir of the emperor bears the expectations of the monarch and his ministers, has no way to resist the enemy, appoints treacherous evil, and the country is ruined, the people are displaced, and the holy car travels north. A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day. It belongs to the order of Elun, the second son of Qin Wang Ta should be a great treasure, his loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, leading the army in a good way, governing the country with a strategy, thinking deeply about the weight of entrustment, and being conscientious, can be the emperor! If you want to prosper and govern, you must reform the old and make the new. Everything is up to the old chapter. It is also to pay homage to the husband's ancestors. Self-only Liangde, still rely on pro-sage, and work together to create a new rule..."
Zhao Ji's pen walked the dragon, and an edict of enthronement was waved away. Covered with a jade seal. He knew that regardless of public or private, the current Great Song Dynasty needed a person who was decisive in killing and had remarkable martial arts to survive the crisis and rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty. Among the sons, only Zhao Ta can take on this important responsibility. And the seal of the country fell into his hands again, which made Zhao Ji make up his mind to pass on to him. It is possible to respond to the time of the day and follow the will of the people.
Next. Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Ta to meet him, and passed the edict to the generals and close ministers in the village, and Zhao Zhi, the king of Xin, read the edict in public, and established Zhao Ta as the emperor. Deposed Zhao Huan, eliminated his emperor title, changed his title to King Liao, abolished the crown prince Zhao Huan, changed the title of King of Huainan County, he is still the Emperor Taishang, Emperor Daojun, and still does not ask about political affairs, only manages the affairs of the door!
"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" Announcing the edict, without waiting for Zhao Ta to resign, Zhao Ji Shi shouted loudly, and when the others saw this, they immediately prostrate on the ground, and the mountain shouted long live, pushing Zhao Ta, who was not prepared at all, to the throne.
"Father, son-in-law..."Zhao Ta hurriedly returned the salute, although he was mentally prepared, but this matter came too suddenly, and he hurriedly excused himself.
"Erlang, now that the national crisis is at hand, don't give up those false courtesies and ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so as to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people, expel the gold thieves, and restore my Central Plains!" Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, he is not a person who pays special attention to the rules, he doesn't care about those false courtesies, and he may also be afraid of Zhao Huan's inauguration and rolling with himself.
"Alas, father, you are putting a heavy burden on the shoulders of your son!" Zhao Ta knelt down and took the heirloom seal handed over by his father and sighed, at this moment he suddenly felt a little lost and a little melancholy, this was actually not the goal he was striving for.
"Erlang, my father knows that you have no intention of taking the throne, but now although your mother is listening to the government in Beijing, it is difficult to stop the villain's covetousness, and you can only calm the hearts of the people and the army when you ascend the throne as soon as possible, and save the people from fire and water!" Zhao Ji touched his son's head and said with a smile, Zhao Ta nodded and got up to accept everyone's worship.
In fact, the change of dynasties, the rise and fall of dynasties, the most unfortunate thing is not only the emperor and the generals, but also the new monarch who took over this burden, although he stood at the peak of power, but at the same time lost the life he enjoyed as an ordinary person, which may have to be paid for with a lifetime of happiness, and this price is often unbearable for their lives...
Now that the war is urgent, it is impossible for Zhao Ta to return to Beijing to hold the enthronement ceremony, and he knows from the information that the Generalissimo Mansion is busy with the transfer of troops and generals, and he knows that Zhao Gou has lost patience and wants to forcibly seize the throne, and the Beijing incident has reached a critical moment that is about to break out. And once Zhao Gou launched, he embarked on a road of no return, and the matter of the brotherly wall was inevitable, and it was a heavy blow to the stormy Great Song Dynasty.
So Zhao Ta sent Zhao Zhi to carry the edict out of the mountain secretly, quickly rushed back to Bianjing to pass the decree, announced to the world, and then ordered someone to escort Zhao Ji to Bianjing, first stabilize the government, once there is any accident on his side, so as not to repeat the tragedy of the ownerless in the country again!
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On May 20, this is Zhao Gou's big day, and the inside and outside of the mansion are heavily guarded, and there is an atmosphere of slaughter up and down. He got up early to put on his helmet and armor to clean up, sat in the hall with a sword in his hand, and tried his best to put on a majestic appearance, but his slightly trembling hand pointed out that he had betrayed him, and today can be said to be the moment that determines the fate of his life. He didn't dare to imagine what the final outcome would look like!
Zhang Jun stood behind the big marshal with a knife, and last night he led 2,000 elites in the army into the palace according to the order, preparing to enter the palace with Zhao Gou. On the right hand side are the two senior staff of the Shuai Mansion, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, the two of them are talking quietly, sipping tea, and they look confident, and it is difficult to hide their pride. On the left-hand side sat Liu Guangshi and Yang Weizhong, Liu Guangshi looked at this, looked at that, there seemed to be thorns under his buttocks, and he was always writhing restlessly; Yang Weizhong leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, and no one could figure out what he was thinking.
"King Yu, Deputy Marshal Fan Ne sent a message that he had led the army to leave Nanjing, and was marching towards the Beijing Division, and entered the Kaifeng territory in an hour!" At this time, a soldier came in and said.
"Well, tell Deputy Marshal Fan and ask him to speed up his march, and there will be a heavy reward after his success!" Zhao Gou's face softened slightly, and he nodded.
"It's really rich to make ghosts grind, this old man finally obeyed the dispatch!" Huang Qianshan said with a smile.
"These warriors, where do they know what righteousness is, they only have wealth and beauty in their hearts!" Wang Boyan also laughed, and looked at the generals in the hall provocatively, Zhang Jun smiled at him like a flower, Liu Guangshi just blushed and gave them a flattering smile, and Yang Weizhong, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, didn't seem to hear anything, but the corners of his mouth trembled a few times.
"The king, the commander Yang Qing has led the army into the city from Xincaomen, and has reached Wangchun Gate along Niuhang Street, and has been blocked by the Hezhong army defending the city, and the two sides have a dispute!" Another soldier came in and said.
"King Yu, the troublesome team dispersed the Hezhong army defending the city, entered the inner city, walked along Panlou Street, and almost arrived at Xuande Gate!"
"Your Majesty, someone from Kaifeng Mansion is asking to see the King, please come forward to dissuade you!"
"Your lord, the troublesome Yang Qingbu was blocked in front of Pan Lou by the Hezhong Army who arrived, and they turned to Mahang Street and ran to Donghua Gate!"
"Yu Dawang, after Yang Qingbu entered Mahang Street, he beat away the Kaifeng Mansion officials who patrolled the street, and clashed with the Hezhong Army stationed in the left chamber, there were mutual casualties, the Hezhong Army has retreated to the fortification outside the Donghua Gate, and the troubled army was blocked, they began to rob the merchants along the street, burn the shops, and control Yang Qing can not be prohibited!"
"The king, the army of the Shuai Mansion harasses the people, you can't let them mess around, and please order it to be banned!" Yang Weizhong felt that the situation had deviated from the plan, and suggested.
"Yang Dutong, don't worry, the matter is in the mastery of the king, don't worry!" Huang Qianshan said with a beard repeatedly.
"The king, the chaos is like a coward, once the trouble is big, the situation will get out of control and cannot be cleaned up!" Yang Weizhong persuaded again.
"Yang Dutong, will the king not know the way? Don't say much! Before Zhao Gou could speak, Liu Guangshi reprimanded.
"You... Red-toothed child, your father didn't dare talk to me like that when he was around! Yang Weizhong said sharply, Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong were fierce generals in the Western Army at the same time, but Yang Weizhong was more sad, catching up with Liu Fa's defeat and being killed, Tong Guan concealed his merits in order to get rid of the crime, and put the blame on Liu Fa, so Yang Weizhong naturally followed and ate the melon and fell to the point of being a general under Liu Guangshi.
"This is not the time for arguments, all kings have their own opinions!" Seeing that the two were about to fight, Huang Qianshan hurriedly stopped.
"Your Majesty, Kaifeng Mansion invites the Emperor to quickly go to suppress the rebels and restore order!" At this time, there were also soldiers preaching.
"Tell Kaifeng Mansion that Ben Shuai already knows, but the chaos is large, he does not follow the order, and he does not have the order, and he does not dare to lead the troops into the city without authorization!" Zhao Gou said after hearing this, he knew very well in his heart that if his commander's army entered the city without a purpose, it would arouse the vigilance of Li Gang and others, and when they transferred the queen mother, he would not be busy in vain.
The personal soldiers who reported the news continued to enter and exit, reporting the affairs in the city, and the Kaifeng Mansion also repeatedly came to urge, and it was reported that the Zhongxing Army and the newly formed forbidden army outside the city had completed the mobilization with orders and were ready to enter the city to suppress it. Now is the most reluctant opportunity, the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent, Zhao Gou decided to take a desperate gamble... (To be continued......)