The Dispute of Puyi (Part 1)
That is, why are there so many abnormal things? From his refusal to his life when he was elected as the crown prince, to his escape on the day of his ascension, to his unfilial behavior at Renzong's funeral, to his great confidants, and the upcoming Yingzong dynasty's biggest event... The behind-the-scenes reason for this series of things is the original point of everything. It will be revealed soon, starting from Zhao Shu's ultimate wish...
After winning his confidant, Zhao Shu thought of the person he was closest to - his biological father, King Pu Zhao Yunrang. Now he is the emperor, and he can do whatever he wants. A mere lord: King Pu Anyi? How can he express his respect and nostalgia for his biological father?
On April 9, he issued an order to the Ministry of Rites to wait for all the above officials to discuss the status of his father, the two wife Wang, Han, and his biological mother, Jun Ren, and the first thing in the Yingzong Dynasty: the dispute over Puyi finally kicked off! First of all, we must affirm: this order itself is correct, the status has increased, and the son has become the emperor, so naturally the biological parents must have an explanation. The contradictions of the problem are focused on how to raise it, and to what extent?
Throughout Chinese history, similar things have happened: during the reign of Emperor Ai of the Western Han Dynasty, during Emperor Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and during the Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, they all agreed to the emperor's sons to discuss the status of their biological fathers who had no emperor status. In fact, such things do not happen often, because they have to have the same conditions: the late emperor not only has no son, but also has no brothers (that is, the first emperor can only have one son of the late emperor), and can only pass the throne to the relatives of the Yuanzhi clan. For example, Emperor Hui of Han had no son but had his younger brother Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang succeeded to the throne, Emperor Ruizong of Tang succeeded to the throne, Emperor Tianqi of Ming had no son but had his younger brother Emperor Chongzhen... This would be impossible.
Fu Bi was very sad to find that absolute power indeed brought about absolute corruption. Zhao Shu and Han Qi were completely different from before.
Zhao Shu was so self-respectful and indifferent to fame and fortune. Before he entered the palace, there was something that he had widely circulated, which gave him a lot of impressions of the successful election. It was when his father died, and he had 8 sons in total. When he was dividing the property, he wanted nothing. In the end, he barely left a gold belt worth 500,000 yuan. Later, he was eager to use money for something and asked someone to sell it. As a result, the man was negligent and lost it. The man was frightened and came to apologize, but Zhao Shu laughed: Lost? Then forget it... he was broad-minded and open-minded! But why do he have so many problems now when he becomes an emperor?
Han Qi had nothing to say before, the battlefield and officialdom were all very famous. Although he was a little tougher, he had never been a villain. But what he did now...
Faced with the current situation, Fu Bi made a decision and he was determined to retreat! I believe that if Renzong was in the court, he would not give in to Han Qi, and would be determined to fight, and Han Qi would not have a good life. No matter what, Han Qi was as good as Yelu Zongzhen, the Great Khitan Emperor at that time? What should I be afraid of? Unfortunately, Yingzong is now in power, and both the emperor and Han Qi have lost their minds!
Some people disagree with Fu Bi's decision. They believe that concessions to evil forces are also crimes against light and axioms! But concessions are also a kind of courage. Fu Bi saw the true faces of Zhao Shu and Han Qi. Leaving was the best choice for him and the court at that time!
Since last winter, Fu Bi has been at home due to foot disease and has sent more than 0 memorials to resign. Although Emperor Yingzong of Song did not allow it, the Privy Council could not be in charge of the overall situation. So on May 5, Prime Minister Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang were temporarily on the official office of the Privy Council.
When discussing the identity of King Zhao Yunrang of Pu'anyi, Hanlin scholar Wang Gui and others dare not be the first to be the first. Only Tianzhang Pavilion is under system, and the history master Sima Guang submitted a memorial to discuss the past and present. With the master's historical foundation, this memorial should be impeccable? How can it be! Otherwise, this "the most important thing in the Yingzong Dynasty" would be too simple? When Wang Gui put Sima Guang and his own opinions on June 1, that is, Zhao Yunrang posthumously named a high-ranking official, a great country, and three wives were also named the Grand Lady. After reporting to the Secretariat, it was immediately rejected! The prime ministers pointed out that official positions were just official positions. What we really want to discuss now is the relationship between King Zhao Yunrang of Pu and the current emperor Zhao Shu, which is the most important thing!
From the perspective of blood relationship, Zhao Shu is undoubtedly Zhao Yunrang's biological son. But if this is admitted in the official documents, it will lead to Zhao Yunrang's ranks with the late emperor Zhao Zhen, becoming the Huangkao (late emperor). Is there an additional emperor in the Song Dynasty?
Everyone knows this, but everyone hides it. Whether they agree or oppose it, they speak up. Because the consequences of this matter are greater than that of heaven! At this time, we must make it clear that as modern people thousands of years later, we are not very interested in the words "fame" and "fame". Only practical issues such as national sovereignty and territorial integrity can make us sensitive. We must examine this dialectically, because everything is relative. For us, the "Puyi dispute" in the Song Dynasty was very naive? But we cannot laugh at the excitement of the Song Dynasty at that time, but should acknowledge their understanding and persistence of right and wrong. This is a long-standing quality that is indispensable to the nation that strives to boost its support, and it should be praised...
Wang Gui immediately chose to take the lead. If you want a title, then give it a title. Based on his seniority, Zhao Yunrang was the cousin of Renzong Zhao Zhen, so he asked Zhao Shu to call him "Emperor Uncle" so accurately and appropriately, and he insisted on two points: 1. Yingzong was the son of Renzong, and Zhao Yunrang could only be "uncle". Zhao Yunrang was not the imperial sect but the imperial lord, and Song Yingzong Zhao Shu was the fifth emperor of the Song Dynasty, not the sixth!
Han Qi was angry as soon as he saw this! He instructed Ouyang Xiu to come forward and show a little bit of his inner order so that the people who are doing things below can have a direction!
Ouyang Xiu said a passage based on the Book of Rites - the son of the successor, who was called his parents (Huangkao). In the past, there were examples in the Han Dynasty, such as Emperor Xuan of Han Liu Xun. Now Wang Gui proposed the "Huang Bo Theory" without any basis, and it was rejected according to "rituals" and discussed again!
The Secretariat revealed its true intention for the first time. This is not allowed or that is not allowed. It is obvious that only the emperor is the only goal. This angered most ministers at that time. Because Renzong's body was not cold, someone jumped out to usurp his status just after he was buried in the ground? Is it unbearable! There is no king or father, and a traitor!
Justice is in the hearts of the people. Zhao Shu, Han Qi and other groups did too much! After Ouyang Xiu’s “imperial examination” hint, the ministers’ opposition came up one after another... The big thing was not good, and Han Qi came up with a new trick: Can you argue? Then don’t argue! On the 6th, Song Yingzong issued an order: The previous order was to wait for the orders discussed by all the above officials to be collectively discussed, and it will be invalidated! The Taichang Temple, a special agency, responsible for the court etiquette, came forward to decide Zhao Yunrang’s title!
This order was really wise. At that time, the ministers of the opposition all showed grief and anger - it was too despicable! First, Taichang Temple was just a small department, and the Secretariat dared not ignore the words of the Secretariat. Second, when you look at the leaders of its department, you will know the mystery: Fan Zhen, who won the crown prince for Zhao Shu, and the iron-killed royal party?
However, it was proved later that Zhao Shu, Han Qi and others were seriously disappointed. Fan Zhen received the order and gave the answer first: Since Renzong was respected as the imperial examination, for King Pu, whether it was to be emperor, emperor, imperial examination, erect temple, or Zhaomu, all the emperor specifications were wrong! He also found the relevant chapters in "Yi Li" to refute Ouyang Xiu's "Book of Rites" and completely rejected the "Huang Kai-shek" statement! The worst thing is that Fan Zhen also exposed the matter! He did not give Han Qi and others any chance to mediate, and wrote the conclusion directly into official documents and reported to the emperor! Do you want the discussion of Taichang Temple, right? That's it!
Han Qi was stunned. These damn nerds... He called Fan Zhen into the Secretariat, but he was full of anger but only cursed with one sentence, "Fan Zhen, what are you doing? The edict is to find materials and evidence, who told you to submit it to the court so quickly?" God testified: Han Qi could only pick this mistake! As a result, Fan Zhen replied unabashedly, "A minister who receives the edict can only do his best. Is it still a crime to do it quickly?" Han Qi was speechless...
Han Qi had nothing to say, but the censors were full of words. At that time, the censors were basically left behind by Renzong's dynasty, such as Sima Guang, the Censor General Jia An. Jia An was a person worthy of our respect. He was unknown in the history of the Song Dynasty, but his influence at that time was not inferior to Sima Guang. He was a top scholar. Of course, there were many top scholars in the Song Dynasty, but Jia An had his own uniqueness...
Jia An quarreled with Han Qi, debated with Ouyang Xiu, and competed with Zeng Gongliang and Zhao Jia, who was inactive but silent in the face of the ministers. He did it repeatedly and repeatedly, and it was obvious that he would never give up until he achieved his goal! As a result, in the long run, he was digging a hole for himself and causing trouble for his descendants. From a close look, he made himself sick... a very serious illness. Now it is the end of June, and by the end of September, Jia An died of illness...
Under the leadership of such a boss, countless people stood up! The Censor Lu Hui pointed out that the current imperial edict is just like playing games. First, let all officials discuss it, and the department will be named after the result. The imperial edicts have been repeated. There has never been such a thing in the Song Dynasty for more than 100 years! Emperor, don’t you blush?
Sima Guang, the Zhijian Yuan, said something more sharp, and for the first time elevated the Puyi dispute to the level of opposition between the two factions. He said that after collective discussion, except for the priest group, everyone passed the "Huangbo" theory unanimously. Now, the ministers in the court, except for the "talented treacherous and slanderous hearts" who attached the two palaces to deceive Your Majesty, all know that it is inappropriate to call King Pu the "Huangkao"! You should easily distinguish who is loyal and who is traitorous!
So far, the contradiction has not really escalated, and it is not the specific person who really intensified the contradiction, but the omnipotent God!
On July 5, Fu Bi dismissed the Privy Councilor. On the Japanese, Zhang Bi dismissed the Privy Councilor, and Wen Yanbo returned to the court to serve as Privy Councilor. On the Japanese, Lu Gongbi, the envoy of the Three Divisions, and Han Jiang, the prefect of Kaifeng, was appointed as the envoy of the Three Divisions. A large family surnamed Han rose in the Song Dynasty. This time, Fu Bi used 8 memorials to reject the title of envoy after retirement, and left the capital with only an ordinary position. Before he left, he left the last thank-you note in the Yingzong Dynasty. It was a dissatisfaction and warning to Zhao Shu and Han Qi. He clearly pointed out that the reason for resigning was that the officials had fought and there was no limit on the attack and revenge, which was not only a personal attack, but also endangered the national situation...
This is a red flag. In the previous top officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty, the previous work atmosphere was maintained. This may make everyone feel stagnant, passionless, and boring. But in the future, you will find that this atmosphere is valuable. Without quarrels, the problem will rarely intensify. Once it intensifies, the country will devote its main energy to internal struggle, power struggle, cleaning, and revenge. And the country is over! In fact, this is how the Northern Song Dynasty perished...
On August, Kaifeng City had a heavy rain. This rain was so heavy that it had never been seen since the creation of the world. The streets of Kaifeng City were like the Yellow River, the alleys were like the Fen River and the Wei River. The entire Kaifeng City was like a clear village gate and a reasonable planning naval camp. The streets were filled with endless houses, corpses of livestock, and the most were human corpses. Millions of residents, there were 1,588 corpses with names that could be found. Others can be imagined... In this disaster, Zhao Shu was still the most dazzling and shining star, and he did more than everyone else.
It can no longer be described as a heavy rain outside. It is like the Yellow River breaking its mouth in the sky, then the turbid waves are empty and pouring down to the ground. Song Yingzong did not go to Noah's Ark, but instead had to go to court normally. On that day, he sat in Chongzheng Hall waiting. It was almost noon, and only a dozen civil and military officials had arrived. He was very dissatisfied and was about to lose his temper. Someone came to report: Water has entered the palace, and the water level is getting higher and higher. What do you think?
Zhao Shu was furious and casually said the most common-sense answer - to open the gate and release water. Open the Xihua Gate and drain the water!
This order was so "wise"! He didn't think about it: all emperors of all dynasties would build the palace in the highest and best area in the region. Now that the palace is flooded, what about outside the palace? They actually have to "drain water out"?
The moment the Xihua Gate opened, huge waves were emptied and rushed in. A long row of guard barracks were washed away along the way, and a large number of soldiers and horses drowned. Song Yingzong set a record! He made the largest number of people die in the Northern Song Dynasty palace at one time! Unprecedented, except for the Jin soldiers who destroyed the Song Dynasty, the Jingkang disaster.
This disaster also has a benefit, which is that it scares Zhao Shu, the bitch. Did the Puyi dispute go too far? On the 8th, Emperor Yingzong of Song issued an edict to criticize himself and ask for a blunt statement.
Sima Guang, the Zhijianyuan, was the first to respond. He listed the points: 1. He believed in slander and was disrespectful to the empress dowager. He did not investigate the power of the two governments. He did not listen to the good words of the censors.
On the Censorate, Lu Hui and Lu Dafang came forward. The contents are basically the same, so I won’t go into details.
Chapter completed!