The Mourning of Zhao Zhen
Zanpu was a king, sacred and inviolable, and he had to obey unconditionally. Such concepts seemed to have always been proud of the Han people and believed that they were ahead of any nation. Even Confucius, who advocated this concept, were named saints. But in fact? Even Confucians themselves admitted that as early as the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou (bc403), when the three families divided Jin, the inviolable ban of the monarch was completely broken and there was no punishment. The three families divided Jin, and the King of Zhou recognized the fait accompli and appointed them as princes. As a result, the rituals and music were broken, and the world was in chaos, and the Warring States Period began. Later, Master Sima's lifelong masterpiece "Zizhi Tongjian" also began to record events from this year, reminding the kings how to govern people without being ruled.
But this is not the case with Tubo. At this time, the Yellow Sect, the Tibetan Buddhism of **********, was not born yet, but the concept of leader deification had long been born under the harsh environment of the snowy plateau. They did not talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism every moment like the Han people (does it feel like they always emphasize it because they always forget it?) but regarded this as eating and drinking water, which was normal.
So as long as Ye Sila has the so-called Zanpu blood relationship, he can be made king by Hehuang Tubo. As long as he escapes from heaven, a light word will lead Wen Qi to hell. By the same token, Wen Qi must rebel and cannot wait any longer. Because Ye Sila grew up and grew up, he must recognize his legal power.
Let me ask again: Since the Tubo Zanpu is so amazing, why did the sage before be careful and humble? It is also very simple: First of all, he was not born Zanpu, and there were some problems with his blood relationship. Secondly, the reason why Zanpu was sacred was because of his god. Wen Qi had no disrespect before this coup. Why should you kill him, destroy his clan, and kill him in blood?
In March 1032, after the Wei Siluo pacified the Wenqi coup, he moved the royal city from Miaochuan to Qingtang City. Tubo finally produced a veritable Zanpu a hundred years later.
May I ask: Who is the boss of the Song Empire today? Do you think that if Liu E dies, Zhao Zhen will become the natural successor? Just kidding! There are countless empress dowagers in the harem, Liu, Li and Yang!
Zhao Zhen’s real adoptive mother, Concubine Yang, is now the Queen Mother Yang. History has proved that she will always be Liu E’s good sister. She was following Liu E’s butt and climbed all the way in the harem. Now that Liu E is dead, her great maternal love will be continued. Liu E’s will: Empress Yang continues to rule the country from behind the curtain and protect “their son” Zhao Zhen.
As a result, at the opening of Zhao Zhen’s first court meeting, a good show was staged. A gate envoy suddenly stopped the official team: Please make a turn a little, don’t forget the rules, go to see the empress dowager first.
The scene was frozen, and I was gritting my teeth secretly, and no one dared to speak. First, this was the queen mother's will issued by the emperor's orders for the past 10 years. Second, the emperor himself did not explicitly object. But the danger factor was super. Once he went to worship this time, it would immediately become a fixed pattern, and the Song Dynasty would immediately enter another period of empress dominance.
The Empress Dowager regained the Empress Dowager, so many Empress Dowagers. The Emperor was wasted his time!
In the crisis, an official suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and shouted at the door of the pavilion, "Who will kill you?" with only four words. Then everything ended, the door of the pavilion disappeared immediately.
This official was Cai Qi, the chief censor at the time. This department was the nemesis of all officials. In addition, the prime minister was the object of its supervision, let alone a small envoy of the cabinet? In addition, Cai Qi has always opposed Liu E. He wrote a poem about consecration of a large temple and could get the title of deputy prime minister of political affairs, but he just refused and would rather be demoted from the capital and go to Henan to reflect. Such a person suddenly got angry and thought about what it felt like to be hit? Besides, there is the third one, the power of the four words "Who will kill you?" Do you dare to answer? It involves the power of the harem. Queen Yang herself can be excluded, and she has not cared about anything for many years. But if there is another queen mother in charge of the eunuchs of Queen Mother Liu, can they ascend to heaven?
Empress Dowager Yang's dream of being behind the curtain was shattered. On April 1, the sentence about Empress Dowager Yang's rule was deleted in Empress Dowager Liu's will. The 24-year-old Zhao Zhen finally "grows up" and began to rule.
Then now is the time to let the emperor know a certain truth, but no one dares to take the lead. A heavyweight figure appears - Zhao Guangyi's eighth son, Zhao Zhen's eighth emperor's uncle Zhao Yuanyan. It is also one of the prototypes of the Eight Sage Kings commonly known as the folk...
I saw that at Liu E’s funeral, the little emperor was heartbroken. Zhao Yuanyan was indifferent: Emperor, your mother is not your biological mother, your biological mother has not been able to be your mother for so many years. Now you are crying not your mother at all...
Zhao Zhen’s brain was severely lacking in oxygen. Uncle Eight, please speak slowly, I’m dizzy. So Zhao Yuanyan told the story one by one. The central topic is this sentence: “Your Majesty was born to Concubine Li Chen, and Concubine Chen died in a bad life.”
Zhao Zhen's heart slowly retreated into a cold and distant place. A cruel fact came without warning. My mother turned out to be someone else. She could only look at me silently for so many years, but could not recognize each other! And she also "died in a bad life" and then connected with the age difference between Liu E and Li, but both died one year apart. What kind of answer can she get?
Before her death, Liu E killed the only person who could threaten her! My real mother was killed by someone!
Zhao Zhen could no longer bear it. He immediately wanted to see his own mother, even after death, to see her body. It depends on how hard she suffered!
I immediately checked where my biological mother was buried? The answer immediately appeared: Hongfu Temple. Zhao Zhen was stunned. It was a very formal place... He was about to rush there immediately, but was stopped.
The Eighth Emperor said that you have a real uncle here, why not let him go first?
Zhao Zhen was mixed with joy and sorrow. Where was he? The answer was in the capital, and he was in the third squad in the palace. Zhao Zhen was stunned again: Did the empress dowager not know or was nervous, and she kept him under her nose? But she didn't care, so she sent her uncle Li Yonghe to fight the front station first, and then set off on her own. At the same time, she sent troops to surround Liu E's ex-husband and brother Liu Mei's residence. As long as she found that her biological mother Li's body was in danger, she would immediately search the house and ask!
The coffin finally opened. I saw Empress Li's face as if she was alive, lying calmly among the mercury. Wearing the Empress Dowager's clothes, there was no trace of suffering and disability. "Your Majesty was born to Concubine Li Chen, and Concubine Chen died in despair." The eighth uncle's words echoed in his ears. The first half of the sentence is correct, but the second half is in no way possible.
The foundation of the Song 'Ren's sect is revealed here. When he holds the power of life and death, he never uses other people's blood to prove his filial piety. On that day, Zhao Zhen calmly put down the coffin, sighed slightly, "How can people believe everything they say?" Then he ordered the army surrounding Liu's house to retreat. From then on, there was only sorrow, no anger.
This is helpless. No one in the world can escape the limitations of the times, and Zhao Zhen is the same. His grief and anger are only lies in the fact that once the biological mother "died from a bad life", once it proves that it is not true, the dark clouds in the sky will disperse. Because Liu E did nothing wrong.
So what if he stole Li's son? Li was just Liu E's maid back then. Everything about her, from her body to her soul, belonged to Liu E. What's more, Liu E has not harmed her for so many years, and even her younger brother Li Yonghe was carefully found by Liu E, step by step, from low to high, and he has served in the third class. He has done his best to be kind and righteous.
Therefore, the hatred of taking away the son and the deprived motherly love of Zhao Zhen are only regrets, and there is no hatred. Even if Zhao Zhen has many troubles, he has no right to retaliate publicly.
After all, the reason why he was able to become emperor was based on Confucian ethics. How could he let go of these ethics? It is not like not to hate him. Zhao Zhen still did something to vent his anger for his biological mother and calm himself down.
On April 7, Li was posthumously honored as the Empress Dowager. On the 9th, Empress Dowager Li was moved to the side of Zhao Heng, the father of Yongdinglingling.
Zhao Zhen chose Yan Shu to write a stele of the divine Tao for the Shuang Empress Dowagers later in the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to the official funeral report and the summary of the life of the empress dowager... The prodigy of Yan started scratching his head back then. The two empress dowagers really want to be side by side? But who is higher and lower between the primary and secondary? No matter from which perspective, Liu E is determined to be ahead.
So Yan Shu wrote that "the five mountains are magnificent, and jade is produced in Kunshan. The four seas are vast, and the beautiful water produces gold." Is this true? It is completely praise. The first two sentences say that the strength of the five mountains in the Central Plains gave birth to two pieces of "jade", that is, the two empress dowagers. The last two sentences say that water is really good water. In terms of the five elements, the real "gold" in the world is born. You, the emperor! The words are dubbed and the metaphor is clever, and the scholars and officials unanimously praised it. Zhao Zhen couldn't say anything. Because at this point, the two empress dowagers were still in a balanced state. Then Zhao Zhen suddenly became angry. The inscription reads "Li gave birth to a daughter, died early and had no son" *******! There is no son? Who is the emperor? Zhao Zhen was furious. At present, people in the world still want to regard me as a blind man and a waste? He also wants me to admit that he is Liu E's son? Put my biological mother in a place without son!
But his name is Zhao Zhen, not Zhao Shu, nor Zhu Hougui. So his anger was just anger, and it did not turn into a steel knife... but this incident still cast a shadow in his heart again... Many years later, Yan Shu fell because of this...
After the N rounds of battles, Zhao Zhen and his ministers finally compromised each other and reached the following clause: 1. Both Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Dowager Li cannot meet their father Zhao Heng for the time being. The only person who can accompany his father in the Taimiao was his father's first empress, Empress Dowager Guo; 2. Another hall "Fengci Temple" Liu was built outside the Taimiao. Li did not distinguish between each other. The relationship between master and slave was erased. One was Empress Dowager Zhuang Xianming Su (old system: 2 characters for posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous post
The above is the maximum comfort Zhao Zhen can do for his biological mother.
A historical fork appeared, and the Song Dynasty's rectification and liquidation movement was about to begin. At this critical moment, there may be only two people in the Song Dynasty who can stay awake. What's amazing is that their reasons for staying awake are completely opposite. One is Fan Zhongyan. On the 18th, he and Song Shou were transferred back to the capital. As soon as he came back, he sang a big rebellion with the entire court. He wrote to Zhao Zhen: Your Majesty, don't bother with the past little things. The Empress Dowager has protected you for more than 10 years. Now you should think about her benefits more and forget everything else.
Zhao Zhen felt ashamed. This was from Fan Zhongyan, who had resisted Liu E in the past, and it was stronger than any kind of persuasion. He immediately woke up. On May 9th, he issued an edict not to discuss any gains and losses when the Empress Dowager was in charge of the power behind the curtain.
The second person remained silent from beginning to end. But in fact, he should have been the one who acted the most and was omnipresent because he was the Prime Minister of the Empire, Lu Yijian.
When others pursued their status by using flattery and welcoming and worshipping, and when Fan Zhongyan used his knowledge and conscience to uphold justice, Lu Yijian had already gone straight to the point. Not only did he propose to promote the court, block evil paths, ban bribery, distinguish treacherous and slanderous, stop visiting women, dismiss the closeness of the customs, and save 8 prostitutes, he also communicated with the emperor for a long time in order to set a new government list.
One major principle: Anyone with close ties with Empress Dowager Liu should not. Anyone who opposes Empress Dowager Liu should be promoted. According to this guideline, the list was quickly decided. Only three people were left in the original government: 2 officials, Zhang Shixun, and Xue Kui. The third person was naturally Lu Yijian himself.
Why do you want to leave these two people? One is too tough, Xue Chuyou is not easy to mess with. The other is too soft. Zhang Shixun was Cao Yi's follower back then, and his loyalty was nicknamed "He Gu". Such a person would never want to start his own business. So he was able to continue to be the only one in the new team. After thinking about it, he was completely unscrupulous. Very good! Implement it here!
On April 24, Prime Minister Lu led all the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty to attend the morning court. He quietly listened to a personal appointment and removal. Six of the 9 teams were kicked out of the capital one by one according to his layout:
Yan Shu, the deputy governor of the government, was appointed as the governor of Jiangning Prefecture (later changed to Bozhou), Chen Yaozuo was appointed as the governor of Yongxing Army, Zhang Qi was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou (later changed to Chenzhou), Xia La was appointed as the governor of Xiangzhou (later changed to Yingzhou), Fan Yong was appointed as the governor of Jingnan Prefecture (later changed to Yangzhou), and Zhao Zhen was appointed as the governor of Hezhong Prefecture...
Prime Minister Lu Yijian issued a sentence to Chanzhou!
In an instant, the sky was spinning and Lu Yijian's soul was scattered. Did I hear it wrong? Is this true? I was also demoted to the public?
Hope is an illusion, but it is true. Lu Yijian was woken up by a blow in his dream. On that day, he used all his life to restrain his shock and calmly accepted the emperor's order.
After he came down, he quietly found his secret weapon - the eunuch Yan Wenying in the palace. This is what makes Lu Yijian unique. He had already had insiders in the palace, but he was not at all ostentatious.
From Yan Wenying's mouth, he knew the reason for his sudden collapse. It was a erotic and gentle queen-level pillow style. Speaking of which, Zhao Zhen and Prime Minister Lu Da carefully studied how to fire the squids of senior officials of Liu. As a result, the happier they thought about it, and they couldn't help but get off work, so they told their queen in the harem.
But Renzong probably forgot how Guo, whom he had never loved, became the queen, and that was Liu E's support! So after hearing this, Empress Guo smiled faintly, "Is Lu Yijian the queen's person? It's just that he is smart and clever." Queen Guo probably wouldn't have thought of: It was this sentence that brought him a tragic fate of being deposed, and also attracted Fan Zhongyan's mortal enemy for the first half of his life.
One sentence made Zhao Zhen completely cool. An ultimate question arises: For example, if Lu Yijian is really an outsider to Empress Dowager Liu, how did he become the prime minister?
Chapter completed!