Chapter 401: Drinking Poisoned Wine on Birthday
Whether it is Zhao Pu or Zhao Guangyi, they are both proficient in personnel.
For Zhao Guangyi, after knowing that he had really ascended the throne, the ecstasy was only instantaneous, followed by overwhelming panic and confusion.
Because whether it is criticized by later generations or such bizarre records, it all shows one thing, the collapse of the imperial brother must be hidden.
Of course, he also had all kinds of conjectures about this, and killing was the last thing he wanted to face.
In the palace, accompanied by the royal brother inside, surrounded by the forbidden army, who kills whom?
Zhao Guangyi, who was on his back, smiled bitterly, tried his best to calm down and said:
"My brother has served my brother since he was thirty years old, and his temperament is that he knows it well, why did he become such a person who is inferior to a pig and a dog?"
"If the elder brother wants to get rid of the trouble, he can do it now, and the younger brother will never rebel!"
Zhao Pu raised his head and was expressionless, but his ears had been propped up as much as he could, trying to make sure that every word in the hall was missed.
At this time, when he heard what Zhao Guangyi said, he immediately shook his head in his heart, and made a good move to retreat!
For the monarch is the most taboo and not to teach, and the king of Jin is also a brother.
In this way, the official family will hesitate, and the king of Jin will be temporarily safe.
Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin, who had stood up lightly at some point, weighed the new jade axe in his hand, but finally shook his head and sat down again.
Zhao Guangyi in front didn't know what was going on at all, and he still looked like he was about to be killed with righteousness.
But at this time, no one dared to remind him, and the attendants on the side had long been silent, and they only dared to bury their heads in copying and did not dare to say a word at all.
Despite this, Zhao Kuangyin also woke up in his heart, the religion that he said several times in later generations may also need to be supervised, and he can't let it go so that he dares to get involved in anything.
But...... If it weren't for Monk Wen Ying pulling out a big fairy, I'm afraid that he wouldn't be so interested in the future after his death, but in a sense, he helped himself? Zhao Kuangyin was suddenly very conflicted.
Again...... According to the estimation of later generations, he only has two years left to live?
This news also made Zhao Kuangyin a little breathless......
Two years, what he wants to accomplish, two years will be insufficient!
Therefore, at this time, Zhao Kuangyin was also in the same urgent mood facing the light curtain, because he wanted to know how he died? Is there a way to hedge against risk?
……
In the mansion of General Han Chang'an, the light curtain was quite clear "killing", which made the scene completely quiet.
The son kills the father, the minister kills the king, and the following remnants are called murder.
Not to mention that it seems now, this Song Taizu Zhao Er is the courtier and younger brother of the Son of Heaven, how dare he really act like this?
Liu Bei, Kong Ming and others all had different faces and fell into deep thought, either wanting to restore the appearance of the Song Dynasty based on what they knew about it, or thinking about how to avoid it if the emperor changed history.
For a while, the hall seemed quiet, which made Zhang Fei feel unaccustomed, twisted his neck left and right, and saw that Ma Chao was also bored, so he simply chose to chat with Ma Chao nearby:
"Meng Qi, do you say that this person who gets the name of Taizong Temple in the future of Tang has to kill something?"
A question mark slowly popped up on Ma Chao's head: "? ”
Zhang Fei said with great interest:
"You see that Taizong of the Tang Dynasty killed his brothers, and Taizong of the Song Dynasty also killed his brothers, I am afraid that the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in the future will not be avoidable."
What kind of truth is this? Ma Chao ridiculed:
"The words of the three generals are quite nonsense, if what the future generations say is really true......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei was already close to his face like lightning and asked:
"Then when you go east out of Tongguan, how about Meng Qi respecting me as the main vanguard?"
Ma Chao was caught off guard, and almost subconsciously said angrily:
"So, am I still afraid that you won't make it?"
When he saw Zhang Fei sitting back with a smile, Ma Chao slapped his thigh:
It's bad, I forgot to say what if what I said is not true, and I fell into this black trick!
But then Ma Chao also felt that he was overthinking:
The future generations are full of food and support, and they will also talk about the Taizong of all dynasties?
[First of all, it can be made clear that Zhao Kuangyin really died in October 976, and it was an unnatural death.
According to the official history, in 976, Zhao Da's itinerary was quite intensive, either to order the school forbidden army or to inspect the courtyard, or to summon envoys or ministers.
Even in March, Zhao Da went to Luoyang to play for a whole month, and there was no sign of a terminal patient at all.
Until September, the official history still recorded that Zhao Da first inspected the state-owned textile printing and dyeing factory of Ayajin Temple, and then went to the Chengnan Chiting to see the scenery, and then went to Lixian's house for a ride.
This Lixian Mansion is an interesting piece of work by Zhao Da, who initially granted a plot of land in Bianjing and built several hardcover mansions to sell to defeated opponents who surrendered to him.
In order to obtain the right to live here, Qian Yu, the lord of Nanyue, not only helped Zhao destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, but also gave more than 20 boats of gold, silver and jewelry, which can be said to be the most successful real estate business in the Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that Zhao Da died too early, and this batch of Lixian mansions also made a lot of money from Zhao Li, otherwise maybe this Lixian Mansion could become the Song Dynasty's version of the merit forest.
This is far away, in short, Zhao Da in September was still alive and kicking, and even until October 6th, the official history of the half moon before his death also recorded:
"Xingxi Teaching Field, Guanfeishan Sergeant Hair Stone"
Although some people speculate that Zhao Da drank alcohol to death, according to the excavation, the distilled spirit, a high-grade liquor, did not appear until the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was still a low-alcohol liquor in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and it was difficult to get drunk to death.
Zhao Da himself also said that "if you are addicted to alcohol, how can you be a human being", introspection, the possibility of death from drinking is quite low.
As for the speculation about the cause of Zhao Da's death, there were inferences in the Ming and Qing dynasties: or died of Zhao Er's poisonous wine.
After all, there were too many unknown people who died in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the lord of the Later Shu Kingdom, Meng Chang, died in seven days, and the Wu Yue lord Qian Yu meteor fell and collapsed.
However, Meng Chang died quite early, and Houshu was destroyed by Zhao Kuangyin's troops, and he couldn't fight with Zhao Guangyi's eight poles, but if Meng Chang really died on his birthday, he could only sigh at the origin of Zhao Song's family.
In the same year that Qian Yu died violently, Li Yu, who was imprisoned in Bianjing, also died violently on his birthday, at the age of forty-two.
Probably because of these three unlucky ghosts who died in their own birthdays in vain, Li Tao's attitude was also very wandering when he wrote "Long Edition", and he did not directly refute the sound of candle shadows and axes as a fallacy, but added a "more detailed" note after revision.
There's no way, it's not that Li Tao doesn't believe you Song Taizong, it's really Zhao Er, you are a little too suspicious.
However, if you want to examine the truth of this matter, there is another angle to see what the people around Zhao Er were doing when Zhao Da died. 】
Zhao Kuangyin watched the future generations trying to restore the cause of his death, and it felt very wonderful for a while.
However, when he heard that poisonous wine was involved, he groaned for a while and simply said:
"In the Jin Palace, Cheng Dexuan can understand toxicology?"
Zhao Guangyi's standing body shook and said hard:
"Cheng Dexuan is a doorman, saying that his good doctor can solve all diseases, and his brother drank a lot in the past, and he was afraid that he would be unwell, so he stayed in the house......"
Speaking of this, it felt like it was getting darker and darker, so Zhao Guangyi simply stopped talking.
Zhao Kuangyin had already lost his patience, and simply turned his head to the chamberlain and ordered:
"Send someone to the Jin Palace, consult the doctor Cheng Dexuan, and ask him if he can know the medicine."
The attendants looked at each other, and finally the attendant who was standing at the front asked carefully:
"Official, what if he knows about the drug?"
Zhao Kuangyin said impatiently:
"This matter is handed over to the forbidden army to handle, if they know about the drug, they will be temporarily detained in Taiwan, and they still need to be educated?"
The waiter responded to the grievance, and he was about to go out to command.
But then Zhao Kuangyin thought about it for a while, and then added:
"If he doesn't know the drug, he also needs to be detained outside the Jin Palace."
So the chamberlain hurriedly crawled back and bowed, and then went out from the side door of the hall to order the forbidden army.
For a while, Zhao Guangyi's whole heart was like falling into an ice cave, and he was almost ordered by his brother to laugh angrily:
Since the left and right sides are going to be detained, what else do you ask?
However, he didn't dare to defend himself, after all, at this time, he could almost say that he was unable to protect himself, and it was difficult to pay attention to other people at all.
Doctors are just doctors, and they should not dare to blame themselves at will.
After sighing, Zhao Kuangyin sighed a little for this Lixian house.
It can be seen that no matter when, he has always wanted to make the world unified, and he did not hesitate to use such means to raise money for the country, but what could he ......
staring at his younger brother's back, Zhao Kuangyin also secretly made up his mind in his heart.
Regardless of whether this candle shadow axe sound is true or false in the end, King Jin needs to take a good rest.
……
"Poisoned wine...... Hey. ”
Li Shimin shook his head, with undisguised disappointment on his face.
Sun Simiao was very interested in the drug, and now he also knew that if he knew poison, he would need to understand medicine first, and if there was really a prescription for this poison, he would be able to reverse two prescriptions for curing diseases and saving people.
At this time, seeing Li Shimin's boring face, he smiled and said:
"What does Your Majesty want this candle shadow axe to do?"
Li Shimin didn't think about it:
"Of course, it was a sharp axe to cut off the head......"
As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was inappropriate, so Li Shimin coughed and said:
"However, its authenticity is still unknown, of course I still hope that this Zhao Da and Zhao are true brothers, friends and brothers."
Then Li Shimin sighed in his heart: When did you start to say that brothers, friends, and brothers need to add the word "true"? This future generation is really harmful!
Du Ruhui shook his head and commented:
"If all these poisonous wines are true, then this Song has been out of order at the beginning."
The monarchs and ministers of the Ganlu Hall almost unanimously nodded in agreement.
After all, these lords are all prisoners, what are they afraid of? If it can be repeated, you will defeat it the first time, can't you defeat it the second time?
"If you poison wine because of suspicion, it is done by a mediocre man, not like a human king!"
Wei Zheng frowned and scolded.
Li Shimin smiled and shook his head:
"Wait, it's true or not."
[On the night of Zhao Kuangyin's sudden death, the official history of the Northern Song Dynasty recorded a more intriguing movement of the three people.
First of all, there are two cronies of Zhao Er in the Jin Palace: Cheng Dexuan, who is a good doctor, and Ma Shao, who is a good dancer. 】
Zhao Guangyi felt that his heart would never beat again.
In a daze, he heard the orderly command of his brother behind him:
"If you go and add our message to the forbidden army just now, then Cheng Dexuan doesn't need to ask for the drug, just arrest it."
"And this Ma Shao, the Jin Palace's mansion must be searched out and strictly guarded!"
"Also, order the forbidden army to temporarily surround the Jin Wangfu and prohibit people from entering and leaving."
Zhao Pu glanced at Zhao Guangyi with a little worry, and then looked at the official family who couldn't listen to the advice at all.
Then he sighed softly:
He had already told the official family several times about cutting the wings of the King of Jin, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing today and move in a hurry.
I just want things to go smoothly.
[Generally speaking, it is now said that there were three major mysterious cases in the early Northern Song Dynasty, namely the Chenqiao Mutiny, the Candle Shadow Axe, and the Jinkui Alliance.
Jin Kui Zhimeng will talk about it later, this Chen Qiao Mutiny history textbook will not be repeated, in short, Zhao Da is not very glorious on the throne, so after succeeding to the throne, he directly ordered to prohibit the people from dancing the gods privately.
This is easy to understand, after all, Taoism has set guidelines from the beginning of its existence: insist on rebellion and never waver!
In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin was quite afraid that this group of people would jump out and say that the Mandate of Heaven would cause chaos, so he simply banned it.
In this case, Ma Shao can become Zhao Guangyi's confidant, which in itself can explain Zhao Er's attitude towards the throne and his thoughts about his eldest brother.
Time came to the night of October 19, only one day after Zhao Kuangyin's violent death, Ma Shao suddenly went to visit Cheng Dexuan.
Cheng Dexuan was very surprised by the sudden visit of this big fairy, and directly asked what the big fairy was doing.
Ma Shao is straight to the point: Tomorrow is the day of King Lijian of Jin, so I came to tell you.
This was definitely a heart-wrenching statement at that time, Cheng Dexuan's first reaction was to be taken aback, and then directly locked up Ma Shao and got up to find Zhao Guangyi.
In the annals of history, Zhao Guangyi was also taken aback, and first praised Cheng Dexuan for doing the right thing, and he must continue to detain Ma Shao well.
Then he said that it was late today, and I would report this matter to my brother tomorrow, so Cheng Dexuan went back to sleep with confidence.
And on the night of the 20th, things became even stranger, first someone patted Cheng Dexuan's door at night and let him enter the palace, and then Cheng Dexuan cleaned up at almost two or three o'clock in the morning, and instead of entering the palace, he went to Zhao Guangyi's place, and did not enter the Jin Palace, but waited quietly in front of the Jin Palace.
Soon, Wang Jien, the chamberlain in the palace, came out of the palace to go to the palace of the king of Jin, and was stopped by Cheng Dexuan, who was waiting here, and asked what was going on in the palace.
It is more winding before and after, in short, there are two points:
The sudden prophecy of Ma Shao, who danced the great god, and Cheng Dexuan's behavior so strangely in the early Northern Song Dynasty without nightlife, all show that these two Jin kings' cronies had something to expect or know about what was going to happen.
The appearance of the chamberlain Wang Jien to invite Zhao Guangyi to succeed to the throne is even more strange and contrary to the system.
Regarding Wang Jien, Sima Guang said in "The Story of Lianshui" that Empress Song wanted to welcome Zhao Defang after knowing that Zhao Kuangyin was dead, and the chamberlain Wang Jien was quite bold to insert the controversy about the queen's heir, and pretended to go to meet Zhao Defang, but in fact, he secretly went out of the palace and took Zhao Guangyi in so that Zhao Er could successfully ascend the throne.
"The Chronicles of Lianshui" is a collection of materials prepared by Sima Guang for the writing of "The Later Chronicles of Zizhi Tongjian", and this record is an interview with Qian Gongfu by Sima Guang.
Qian Gongfu once made a half-step prime minister, so this information is also quite true. 】
(End of chapter)