Chapter 327: Is Zhao Liren going to rebel?

After establishing the new emperor, the palace hurriedly sent a chief magistrate to the palace of the princes to invite the five princes left by Emperor Shenzong to the palace. After a while, the eunuch sent by the palace returned, but only four princes rushed to Xuande Tower, and the one missing was King Duan.

Queen Mother Xiang was very surprised and quickly asked the eunuch she sent: "Why didn't King Duan come?"

The eunuch replied: "The King Duan is painting and cannot bear to interrupt. He said that he would enter the palace late at night and would be incompatible with the courtesy, and he would wait to enter the palace tomorrow to greet him."

Empress Dowager Xiang almost fell down in anger. Zhang Dun proudly shook his eyes at the surrounding ministers and hinted: Look, I'm right, King Duan acts frivolously, and it turns out to be true.

The Empress Dowager Xiang had a dark face and ordered: "Go and invite again - send Zhang Tian, ​​the imperial envoy, to lead the troops there, and immediately invite King Duan into the palace."

Zhang Tian rushed to Duan Prince Duan's Mansion. King Duan had finished his painting. Seeing Zhang Tian leading troops in, Duan Prince Zhao Ji changed his face. Zhang Tian repeatedly urged him to ask for it, but Duan Duan was unwilling to get up. Immediately, a little Shi came in from outside. Zhang Tian also knew Gao Qiu, the secretary of Duan's Mansion. When Zhang Tian returned to the capital from Guangxi, he brought back a gift that Zhao Xing gave to Gao Qiu. When he saw Gao Qiu, Zhang Tian begged: "Gao Xiaoshi, come and persuade the prince. Our family was ordered to invite Duan into the palace. If Duan did not leave, our family would have to force him to invite him."

Gao Qiu asked back: "Mr. Zhang, why do you want my prince to enter the palace late at night?"

Zhang Tian gritted his teeth and shook his head like a wave drum: "We can't say anything, please urge the king to get up."

The word "start" has already revealed some of the content. Gao Qiu's eyebrows jumped, and he bent down to King Duan and muttered a few words. King Duan still refused to leave. Gao Qiu turned around and begged Zhang Tian: "My Lord Zhang, my little prince is young and enters the palace late at night. There must be a maid who serves around him. I wonder if Lord will allow it?"

Zhang Tian was still hesitating, and a third group of urged people came to the gate of the palace. Zhang Tian stomped his feet: "Forget it, you can arrange a maid for the prince, please let the prince leave immediately."

Gao Qiu turned around and muttered a few words with his companions. After a while, a heroic maid hurried over. Zhang Tian suddenly found that the maid's outfit was very familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere. He looked a little and saw that the maid was wearing a whirlwind skirt that was conducive to riding a horse, that is, an eight-piece skirt, with a "back" on the skirt, and a rope tied around the waist. Because it was tied very tightly, it was impossible to see what was hidden in the clothes. However, the maid's waist was bulging...

The matter was urgent, and Zhang Tian didn't have to think too much. He hurriedly asked King Duan and the maid to get into the sedan chair. After walking a few steps, Zhang Tian suddenly hit his forehead and then turned over to ask Gao Qiu who was sending King Duan at the door: "Gao Xiaoshi, this maid was sent by Zhao Liren... I remembered that this dress was the maid in Zhao Liren's mansion. I have never seen such a similar dress in the capital."

Gao Qiu stared at Zhang Tian deeply and replied with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, it's very fast. My prince is a little timid. When I enter the palace late at night, I have to rely on it, right?"

Zhang Tian nodded, closed his mouth tightly, and jumped onto the war horse without saying a word.

This Zhang Tian was the original Guangxi Transporter. He had a very special relationship with Zhao Xing, so he naturally knew what was the bulging thing in the maid's waist - that was a pistol (musket). Zhao Xing had a team of female guards dressed up similarly, including military families selected from ethnic minorities in Guangdong and Guangxi. There were also some Japanese women, Korean women, Jiaozhi women, and Kunlun women. These women had at least four muskets on their waists, and more than a dozen maids shot continuously. Before they could shoot all the bullets in the pistol, hundreds of people could not get close to them.

However, what can a maid do? In front of tens of thousands of imperial guards in the palace, their existence is at most a spiritual comfort.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Tian thought again: King Duan is about to ascend to the throne. At this moment, why should I offend King Duan? He wants to bring his gun into the palace, so he will!

So Zhang Tian fell silent.

This year, King Duan was in his early 17 years old and was under eighteen.

In front of the palace gate, the five kings finally gathered together. Queen Mother Xiang did not explain the reason. Xuan summoned King Duan to enter the Funing Hall to stay overnight. As for the rest of the princes, they controlled them in the gatehouse where the palace guards were. At dawn, the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall returned to the hall, and Prime Minister Zhang Duan officially announced the "big move" of the little emperor Zhao Xu. Then, Queen Mother Xiang announced that King Duan would succeed to the throne, and King Duan was humble and said: "King Shen was older."

Queen Mother Xiang sternly scolded: "King Shen is sick and should make you the emperor."

King Duan was humble again and again. He made humble three times according to etiquette. After three requests from the court ministers, he succeeded to the throne as emperor. He immediately announced the mourning of the country, and the ministers of the palace began to cry loudly.

Next, we will discuss the posthumous title of the young emperor. After unanimous recognition by all the ministers, the posthumous title of the young emperor is "Zhe". The word "Zhe" is used in posthumous titles, which does not mean that he understood philosophy very well during his lifetime. Its true meaning is: it is difficult to evaluate - that is, "do not know what is called, so it is called 'Zhe'."

In other words, even the new party members felt that the little emperor was really not good at comment, or they also thought that the little emperor Zhao Xu was doing things - they didn't know what it was.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, the first order was to ask the Empress Dowager Xiang to rule the country from behind the curtain. After this order, the censor Wu Jingfang immediately turned around and said to Zhang Dun: "Xiang Zhang, this Empress Dowager Xiang and Empress Dowager Gao are the same in his mind, and both tend toward the old party. After the troubles of the Yuanyou ministers, our Song Dynasty could no longer make trouble. How could we restore the old party again?"

Zhang Dun had a wrong position on the welcoming matter. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, he cannot understand the political trend and refuses to express his opinion. Zeng Bu heard the words of the censor Wu Jingfang and went out to shout loudly: "Wu Jingfang, listen to the will of Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager - Fang is now in a state of mourning, and the new emperor is first established, the first decree he has done is to reject it unknown, so don't be arrogant!"

Zhang Dun continued to remain silent, but Wu Jingfang had no choice but to retreat silently.

After the first decree of the new emperor, Xiang Hao summoned all the ministers to come forward and discuss who could be regarded as the new emperor's team. This involves private insider transactions, how could the ministers suddenly express their opinions? After a long time, they were undecided. Xiang Hao ordered the ministers to Senate the Privy Council. Zhang Dun and others were relieved and retreated in panic. After that, Xiang Hao summoned the other four kings in the hall to come to the palace to pay tribute. Then, the young emperor issued an eunuch to the Duan Prince's Mansion and the eunuch Tong Guan entered the palace to serve.

A few days later, Zhang Dun's former ruling and 20 followers reported to the Empress Dowager. Lu Huiqing ranked first in the list, Lu Dian, Zeng Zhao, Gong Yuan, Guo Zhizhang, Jiang Zhiqi, Ye Zuqia, Xing Shu and others were all on the list. When Duan saw Lu Huiqing's name, he frowned slightly. He pointed to the list and said, "Lu Huiqing, please put it aside."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiang glanced at the new emperor and nodded slightly to praise. Zhang Dun had no choice but to take a pen and stroke the name of Lu Huiqing. Zeng Bu continued to report: "I think Ye Tao should be added to the list."

Queen Mother Xiang then added: "In this way, Wang Gu and Fan Chuncui should also be on the list."

The new emperor played with his fingers on the jade throne and said softly: "And Han Zhongyan."

Empress Dowager Xiang immediately added: "Add to Han Zhongyan, I went to Li Qingchen."

Who is Han Zhongyan? He was the minister who succeeded Wang Yansou as Privy Councilor. He was the second-generation head of the Han family. His father Han Qi and uncle Han Shen both served as prime ministers and were a backbone of the new party. However, Han Zhongyan did not have the same concepts as his father, and his father once supported Wang Anshi's reforms. However, he was an old party member. Zeng Bu replaced his position and then served as Privy Councilor and then entered the Political Affairs Hall.

Zhang Dun had already smelled the conspiracy from the appointment of Empress Dowager Xiang, and Zeng Bu also felt that it was inappropriate. The little emperor removed one Lu Huiqing, and the Empress Dowager Xiang removed one Li Qingchen, but added three old parties, Han Zhongyan, Wang Gu and Fan Chuncui, which was a clear expression of political attitude. He looked at Zeng Bu and sighed: "For the reason why the woman said crazy, the list of ruling was dismissed - there was nothing wrong in the world..."

There is nothing wrong in the world, and the last sentence is "Mediocre people disturb them."

Empress Dowager Xiang was choked, and the little emperor pretended not to hear it and continued, "Who else on the list?"

The little emperor was qualified to ask this because he chose his regent. Zhang Dun had to continue to report the list. Zeng Bu pointed to An Tao on this list and strongly recommended it: "Do your Majesty know An Tao? During the Yuanyou period, all the old people in Yuanfeng left to show that they were not in trouble. Only An Tao left his post because of Ding You in the fourth year of Yuanyou."

The Empress Dowager said: "At the end of Yuanfeng, everyone left, but An Tao did not, which means that this person was named the new party, but he was swaying among the old party, and he had no position - except An Tao, the other ministers were based on what the ministers discussed."

Zeng Bu bowed his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, the saint (the empress dowager) is so talented, and the ministers and others are even more indescribable."

At this time, the little emperor Zhao Xu had been in power for seven days. According to the agenda, the next step was to announce the burial matter. Xiang Hao pondered silently, the little emperor squinted his eyes and pretended to be asleep. None of the ministers spoke, just waiting for others to recommend themselves.

The atmosphere in the hall was dull, and Empress Dowager Xiang was considering the wording. Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu were making excuses of rejection in their minds. Everyone was waiting for the person who broke the silence to appear. Unexpectedly, a eunuch completed this mission. He ran in panic. When he entered the hall, he accidentally knocked on the threshold and rolled into the hall. Seeing this, Zhang Dun lowered his face. Before he could scold him, Zeng Bu was already scolding him: "Be more dignified!"

Empress Dowager Xiang also had a bad face because the chaotic order in the palace means that she was not good at managing the affairs in the palace. And she didn't even manage the palace well, so how could she talk about managing the country?

At this moment, Empress Dowager Xiang had already settled the matter later. She suppressed her anger and asked with a smile: "Why are you panic?"

The eunuch knelt on the ground and waited for breathing, before reporting: "Daming Mansion urgently reported that there is an emergency military information."

Zeng Bu jumped up and asked in sweat, "Daming Mansion...What are the abnormal movements in the Liao Kingdom? Let me bring the letter?"

Zhang Dun was also very nervous. He stared at the little eunuch with an anxious look.

Empress Dowager Xiang couldn't sit still and asked quickly: "What report does Gao Zunhui have?"

The little eunuch replied indifferently: "There is no letter in the emergency, only the verbal message - Gao Zunhui, left by Daming Mansion, sent a message saying that there were thousands of warships in Guangnan Navy, without orders or decrees, and suddenly entered the Beishui River. The vanguard had entered Shunbao Village. Gao had led his troops to stop the Guangnan Navy from continuing to go deeper. He sent an urgent message to inquire: The court may have an order and summon the Guangnan Navy."

Xiang Hao looked at the original King Duan, and now the new emperor of the land took a look, slowly took his seat, and asked: "Can the news of the death of the late emperor be passed on to Daming Mansion?"

Zeng Bu calculated and replied: "It's seven days now...it should be here. I just don't know if the news of the death of the late emperor arrived at Daming Mansion when Gao Zunhui encountered the Guangnan Navy. However, this news must have not been transmitted to Guangnan!"

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at the silent King Duan again, leaned over and continued to ask the eunuch where he reported the news: "Gao Zunhui is doing it properly... what else does he have to send a message?"

The little eunuch kowtowed and replied: "Master Gao said: The Guangnan Navy drove more than a hundred warships, saying that it was escorting the two kings of Jiaozhi to pay tribute. But Master Gao felt that this team was full of murderous aura. In addition, Guangnan had sent people to escort the tribute envoy from Yangzhou, so why did it flow into the Beishui River again?

Moreover, Gao Dadi believed that the number of soldiers from Guangnan was not appropriate. They had more than 3,000 people. According to the law, Zhao Xing and Zhao Li, the Guangnan Transport Author, could only dispatch 300 soldiers without following the military order of the Privy Council. It was impossible for the Privy Council to notify Daming Mansion in advance of these 3,000 soldiers... Therefore, Gao Dadi stopped them in Shunbao Village and asked the court to send a provincial envoy to introduce envoys to the capital, and to guide the two kings of Jiaozhi to continue to enter the capital."

In the hall, Zhang Dun's face was decadent, Zeng Bu praised: "Gao Zunhui's work was indeed exquisite - the two kings of Jiaozhi, why didn't they take the Yangzhou route? I remember that the tribute envoys of the vassals had landed in Yangzhou ten days ago, but the court encountered repeated changes. They were still stranded in Yangzhou today...

Without this reason, how could the tribute envoys be divided into two groups to enter the country? How could Guangnan allow the tribute envoys to go all the way to Yangzhou and Liubeishui River. And divide the order of order... It is not appropriate, I vaguely remember that Liubeishui River only resumed its flowing water this year."

Zhang Dun remained silent, Cai Bian replied: "Yes! Liubeishui River (the northern tributary of the Yellow River Canal) was cut off a few years ago. This spring rainstorms continued, and the water level was restored. However, the newly restored river had a very shallow water level. I heard that the Guangnan Navy liked to use giant ships. I guess, I am afraid Gao Zunhui could not stop the Guangnan Navy from going deeper. It is likely that the water level was too shallow and the Guangnan Navy's giant boat was difficult to get in, so it stopped in Shunbaozhai."

There was silence in the hall.

When the late emperor passed away, the new emperor ascended the throne, the Guangnan Navy suddenly divided into two groups to join the court. Although they used the excuse of being grand, the ministers in the palace said that they were not fools, and they all knew that Zhao Xing's intentions were not good.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Xiang first broke his silence: "The imperial edict was that Su Shi and Su Zizhan had regained the title of jurist and became the Minister of Rites. Huang Tingjian, Chao Buzhi and others were demoted one by one, and they were allowed to return to the north and inform the world that the court would restore their official titles as appropriate."

Zeng Bu stamped his feet and praised: "Wonderful!"

Zhang Dun said with a gloomy face and muffled: "I'm afraid this message cannot be transmitted. Zhao Liren always has one move after another when doing things, and his back is full of trouble, which makes people breathless - for example: ten days ago, the Guangnan Navy blocked the Yangtze River in the name of sending tribute envoys to the court. I'm afraid that the court has lost control of the prefectures and counties on the south bank of the Yangtze River."

Empress Dowager Xiang immediately ordered: "The imperial edict will be issued to re-establish Fan Chuncui as the Jingzhao Prefecture... I remember Fan Chuncui was in the capital and asked him to go to the Beishui River to comfort him."

Zeng Bu couldn't help but blurted out: "Great wonderful!"

After giving these two decrees to the Empress Dowager, she stood up and held King Duan's hand and ordered: "What to discuss now is useless. Let Fan Chuncui leave the city quickly and rush to Liubeishui River as quickly as possible."

So, the little emperor's first court ended in such a solemn atmosphere. After the court was dispersed, the palace was in a mess, and the eunuchs were anxious, but Empress Dowager Xiang returned to his palace calmly and summoned him to have a meal. The little emperor Zhao Ji said goodbye to Empress Dowager Xiang and returned to his bedroom. He was uneasy and urgently ordered Tong Guan to summon Gao Qiu to enter the palace.

Soon, Gao Qiu was ordered to enter the palace, and the little emperor asked, "Master Yan, there is no obstacle to this trip?"

Gao Qiu shook his head and replied: "Although the palace is in a panic, Zhang Tian is not replaced. I did not suffer any difficulties when I entered the palace. It seems that the empress dowager knows it."

Zhang Tian is Zhao Xing's close friend. If the Empress Dowager determines that Zhao Xing is suspected of rebellion, the first thing he needs to do is: regardless of whether Zhang Tian is suspected or not, replace Zhao Xing's former partner first. At present, Zhang Tian is still in charge of guarding the gate of the palace, which means that Empress Dowager Xiang understands in his heart.

The little emperor told Gao Qiu about the scene in the court and asked puzzledly: "Master Yan, you have worked with Zhao Liren, and you must know the temperament of Zhao Liren. The sage pardoned Su Shi and Su's disciples in the hall, and sent Fan Chuncui to serve as the Jingzhao left-behind. Zeng Bulian said two "wonderful" things, what does this mean? You have rich experience, analyze it for me."

Gao Qiu was fascinated by his leisurely: "It's really wonderful! Empress Dowager Gao was so skilled in the past. Empress Dowager Xiang was deeply influenced by Empress Dowager Gao. After taking power in the first year of the first lunar month, he was so decisive that he really deserves to be the second 'Yao and Shun among women'."

The little emperor widened his eyes blankly. When Gao Qiu saw it, he quickly laughed dryly, stopped sighing and explained: "I know that Zhao Liren's temper has made such a great contribution to Huanqing, but Zhang Xiang demoted him to Lingnan in the name of sorrowing him, and instead let Lu Huiqing take over his position. Later, Zhao Liren's respected teacher, Dunmu's brother, and Zhang Xiang all demoted them to Lingnan one by one due to party disputes.

Zhao Liren planned to capture Dali, but Zhang Xiang did not reward Zhao Xing, but instead rewarded Zhang Tian and Lord Zhang for his achievements in destroying the country. Zhao Liren suppressed the South China Sea, but Zhang Xiang still did not complain, but ordered the South China Sea vassals to pay tribute. To count it carefully, Zhao Liren made great contributions to the country, and the court did not reward Zhao many times, which was unfair to Lord Zhao, and it was not ordinary injustice, and it was extremely unfair. I believe that Zhao Liren was also full of resentment and resentment.

This time, he launched the Guangnan army and advanced from north to south, aiming directly at the capital. This move was not without the intention of demonstration, but Empress Dowager Xiang first pardoned Su Shi and then pardoned his junior brother, which was to alleviate the resentment in Zhao Liren's heart.

Your Majesty, you think that Zhao Liren has always had a reputation for respecting his teachers and the court rewarded him. If he ignores it, he will still force the court. In this way, will the reputation he has created in the past be destroyed? Who else can believe in his theory, his theories, and his opinions in the future? Therefore, the Guangdong Navy is not afraid of blocking the Yangtze River. As long as the imperial edict of Su Duke was pardoned to Zhao Liren, he cannot continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

As for the saint who sent Fan Chuncui to Xuanwei, it was the army in Zhao Liren's hands. I heard that Zhao Liren was wearing red in the Liubeishuihe Army. This army must be the Vermilion Bird Army, which Zhang Qi gave to Zhao Liren to train the Di Huanqing Musketeer. Because he wore red in all his body and used firearms, Zhao Liren named it "Vengu Army".

Your Majesty, think about Fan Chuncui, Zhang Qing and Zhao Xing in Huanqing and joined forces to defeat the attack of the Xixia people. These three people have no match for the prestige in Huanqing. Now that Zhang Qing has passed away, the only one who can restrain Zhao Liren and the army in Zhao Liren is Fan Chuncui. Once Fan Chuncui leaves, Zhao Liren will want to use the army in his hands to threaten the court, and I am afraid that he will feel a little hesitant."

Although the little emperor was young, he was not a fool. He was silent for a moment and immediately asked: "How do you know that Zhao Liren sent the Suzaku Army?"
Chapter completed!