After seeing that all the ministers left, the old man Song Huizong said to me with a smile: What the emperor just said is good, which made the ministers stabilize their minds, and also laid the foundation for the smooth handover of their father and emperor, and stabilized the center of gravity of the court. Indeed, for the old man, everyone below is his old minister, who has accompanied him for many years, and he still has a little feeling, after all, now that he is leaving the court, he does have a sense of loss in his heart, no matter what bad deeds they have committed before, but after all, people's hearts are still nostalgic, and he is going south, I don't know when I can see them again, although I have hesitated before, wandered, and finally made a lot of determination, but now when I really face them and leave them, I am still a little sad and reluctant, After all, it's human nature.

I can understand the mood of the old man very well at the moment, more than 20 years of companionship of the monarch and ministers, not to mention the character, just this friendship is still very worth remembering, people's hearts are flesh and blood, I can feel the old man's sense of loss at this time, so I bowed my head and bowed over and comforted: Qi Qi father, the sons know that they have been with their fathers for many years, and they have also paid a lot of effort for my Great Song Dynasty. If his father's southern tour was needed, he could call any of them south at any time to serve his father.

Hearing me say this, the old man also hesitated for a moment and said to me: The emperor's filial piety is led by the emperor, and the father knows that the court is currently in the process of employing people, after all, they have dominated the affairs of the court for many years, and for the sake of the selfishness of the father, letting the ministers in the court go south with me will inevitably affect the emperor's governance. After all, the emperor has just succeeded to the throne, and many things still need to be handled by them, and after the emperor is familiar with government affairs, if his father needs it in the future, it is not too late to let them go south to accompany him.

Seeing the old man say this, I was really a little surprised and moved, the surprise is that although the old man is addicted to his own Danqing pen and ink, but his mind is still very clear, and he knows the current court pattern, and he is moved by the fact that after all, the father and son are connected, and the old man still cares about me very much in the depths of his heart, and he is always thinking about me and considering the overall situation, and the pattern of the literati is highlighted vividly at this time. At this moment, I also had a heart, so I bowed my head and bowed my hand and asked: Father Qi, after all, the retainer is not very familiar with court affairs, and there are a few affairs that I would like to ask my godfather how to deal with them?

The old man was slightly stunned at this time and said to me: I believe that the emperor can handle everything well, recently after my continuous observation, the emperor is very assertive in many aspects, more his own ideas, more deeply able to understand people's hearts, this is indeed much stronger than me, recently I am also constantly reflecting on my own experience for so many years, I seem to have realized one point, that is, I have a decisive and resolute spirit, which is easily affected by the environment and the people around me, but the emperor is not, the emperor can make Cai Jing, Wang Huang, Liang Shicheng and others are all speaking for the emperor, which is stronger than me, after all, they have followed me for so many years, and I still know them very well, they are all extremely intelligent and smooth people. The emperor's intentions are still handled by the emperor according to his own ideas, and my too much involvement will make the emperor confused.

Since I was a child, I have a soft spot for the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, especially the strange mountains and rocks, otherwise I would not have spent a lot of effort to build gardens such as Genyue, and after the gardens were completed, I also felt that there seemed to be a lack of a natural aura, and this inner temperament and innate beauty were incomparable to any artificial being. This is the magic of nature, so I want to see the mountains and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River with my own eyes in my lifetime, and witness the magnificent mountains and rivers for myself.

In addition, after twenty-four years of court affairs, my body and mind also felt exhausted, especially the Tianzuo Emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom, which made me make up my mind, the court situation in troubled times, need a strong-willed monarch to lead the Great Song Dynasty, it was at this time, I gradually found that the emperor was more and more suitable for the current court situation, and I was afraid that it would be too sudden, so I mentioned this matter to Cai Jing and others in private, and they did not have a clear objection, but also agreed to my Zen position, which is the so-called time, place, and people, For this reason, I made up my mind to tour the south, and at the same time cede the emperor's Zen to the emperor, I believe that the emperor can uphold the will of his ancestors, live up to my expectations, and can govern the Great Song Dynasty to be rich, prosperous and strong.

Hearing the old man say this, I was indeed very moved by such trust in me, so I couldn't help but bow down and say: The son is grateful for his father's trust, and the emperor will do his best to live up to his father's expectations. After speaking, he kowtowed three times, and the old man immediately said aloud: The emperor invites you, it is not easy for Taizu to start a dynasty, and we should focus on the society and the country. The emperor's kindness to my old ministers shows that the emperor is also a benevolent and virtuous king, especially the emperor's cultural and artistic cultivation and heritage, which reassures my father and the emperor, and also makes me proud of it, and I am very relieved.

I got up and bowed and saluted: It's all taught by my father! Then there was an in-depth exchange with the old man about the specific arrangements for the southern tour and other household matters, especially the arrangements for other princes and harems. On the way back home, I have been thinking that what is written in the history books is not necessarily correct, everyone's historical mission is different, although the old man did not have too many achievements in government affairs, and it can even be said that the old man was politically corrupt and incompetent officials during the period when the old man was in power, but it cannot be denied that the old man made contributions to cultural undertakings. The old man Huizong of the Song Dynasty developed court painting, collected painters, created the Xuanhe Painting Academy, and cultivated a number of outstanding painters such as Wang Ximeng, Zhang Zeduan, Li Tang and so on. Everything should be viewed from the perspective of dialectics, rather than unilaterally evaluating its historical merits and faults, rights and wrongs.

When I returned to the East Palace, I saw that everyone was waiting, and I must have known what happened in the Wende Hall today, and when I arrived, everyone saluted and congratulated: Congratulations to the crown prince on his promotion to Kaifeng Mansion Yin. I nodded to everyone in return, and then took the lead to the hall of the government, everyone followed me to the lobby, and I said to everyone in the hall: Thanks to the favor of my father, the prince will go to Kaifeng Mansion from today, and at the same time, my father will issue an edict to inform the whole country, and on the 28th of next month, the book will hold a succession ceremony in the Daqing Palace. Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and they knelt down and said: Congratulations to the prince! In the face of the rules of the hall, at this time the heart of the infinite generalization, unexpectedly, I am a salesman, by mistake to the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty Zhao Huan, after a series of efforts, the original history is quietly changing, and all this is just beginning......

Thinking of this, I said to everyone in the hall: Everyone, please get up, this is not only a happy event for the prince, but also a great event for the whole house. Everyone was overjoyed, and with the order of Steward Wang, the carnival mode of the whole house was opened......

After eating and drinking, I went into the bedroom with the crown princess Zhu Lian, and as soon as I arrived in the room, I sat on the edge of the bed, Zhu Lian also felt that I was tired, so he smiled and poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and said softly: The prince has worked hard recently, take care of your body. I gently hugged Zhu Lian's waist and said: Don't worry, concubine, this prince is currently energetic, but for the heavy responsibility entrusted by my father, I am worried about whether I can cope with it, after all, the current situation in the court is also complicated, I just feel tired.

Zhu Lian then sat on my lap and comforted: Prince, the concubine believes in the prince, I believe that the prince is the best, although the court affairs are cumbersome, but it will be slowly sorted out, the concubines don't know anything else, at least the concubines heard it in the harem queen and other places, they all said that the father and the emperor have a high opinion of the prince, and he will definitely be a generation of saints in the future, and the Great Song Dynasty will be able to surpass the previous dynasty under the leadership of the prince in the future. I laughed when I heard it: I can't see it, Concubine Ai has recently learned to speak, this prince is not so great, the previous dynasty was called the Tang Dynasty by the people, its national strength is strong, the territory is vast, it is completely incomparable with the current Great Song Dynasty, it can only be said that the prince is responsible for restoring the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Zhu Lian then leaned on my shoulder with his mouth cocked and said: I don't know anything else about the concubine, as far as the recent situation is concerned, the prince is very valued by the emperor, and he can pass on the throne to the prince, and the father himself went to the south to inspect, in fact, everyone knows that the southern tour is just a reason, and the real intention of the father is to let the prince succeed to the throne early, if it weren't for the high hopes of the father for the prince, it would be difficult to make such a decision at this time?

In addition, the East Palace has been very lively recently, this is a scene that has never been seen before, the ministers of the court and the central government have visited one after another, and they are very respectful to the prince, and they seem to be judged like two people before, especially the extremely popular ministers Cai Taishi, Liang Taifu and others, have never seen them so sincere. The concubines thought that the reason why they have been so active recently is that in addition to their father's favor to you, the prince's own ability is more important, and the other is that they have great confidence and expectations for the prince. There is also the queen of the harem, who also agrees with the performance of the prince very much, and every time he mentions the emperor's various praises for the prince in front of the concubines, they all say that the prince is talented and intelligent, and has excellent cultural and artistic heritage.

The concubines summed it up, whether it is the emperor, the ministers in the court or the harem, they are all very confident in the prince recently, this is what everyone expects, so the concubines believe very much that the prince can be a good emperor, govern the Great Song Dynasty, benefit hundreds of millions of subjects, and benefit the people of the world.

For the trust and praise of the crown princess Zhu Lian, I am still very useful in my heart, but I also know that I have all kinds of difficulties ahead at this time, and all kinds of thorny problems need to be solved one by one, and once these problems are not handled well, they will repeat the historical mistakes of that period with profound disasters. But the matter has come to this point, there is no other way but to move forward bravely, in order to trust my crown princess, my father, all the ministers, and the people of the world...... Thinking of this, he gently stroked Zhu Lian and said: Concubine Ai's words are very uplifting, this prince will try not to disappoint Concubine Ai, or we will give birth to a younger brother for Chen Er now. Zhu Lian lowered his head shyly after hearing this......