The furious heir of King Yi was named Zhao Guihe.
Zhao Guihe is the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu and the ninth grandson of King Qin Kanghui. He is from the royal family. However, in the second year of Kaixi's reign, the king of Wuxing County, Zhao Guan, fell ill. Before his death, he left a note and begged the officials to choose a son of the same clan as his adoptive son to pay tribute to him.
The incense of Wuxing County Prince comes from the same family as the official family, Emperor Xiaozong. In his early years, Emperor Xiaozong loved the intelligence of Prince Wuxing. After becoming the Supreme Emperor, he intentionally designated him as the Prince of the East Palace to replace the then Emperor Guangzong's biological son, Prince Jia, who is now the official.
As a result, before this matter was implemented, the Supreme Emperor passed away. Emperor Guangzong was seriously ill and unable to govern, so the ministers launched a coup. Following the orders of Empress Gaozong and Empress Dowager Wu, they forced Emperor Guangzong to meditate and passed the throne to King Jia.
It is said that the Empress Dowager still preferred the Prince of Wuxing at that time. For this reason, she cried bitterly to the Prince of Wuxing and promised that the elders and the younger would be in order. The emperor would still pass it on to the Prince of Wuxing after King Jia finished his work.
This kind of empty promise will naturally be worthless in the future; but the lineage of Wuxing County Prince is actually only half a step away from the throne. Since the Song Dynasty moved to the south, several generations of official families have had difficulties in producing heirs, so this lineage is particularly rich and valuable, and its status is not trivial. Now that the Prince of Wuxing County himself is dead, the current officials are secretly happy in their hearts, and they are also willing to put this lineage directly in their hands by choosing an heir.
Immediately, the officials sent dedicated people to select the clan's children. In May of that year, Zhao Xiqu's son was given the name Zhao Jun, and he was named the heir of King Yi. He supplemented the right Qianniuwei general, and appointed two primary school professors for the palace of King Yi. Member, professor of reading to the heir of King Yi.
This heir of King Yi is quite different from the descendants of the nearby royal family. The outside world often uses the word "yingmin" to describe his character. Ying person means straightforward and decisive; sensitive person means smart and perceptive, and also means sensitive. As a core member of the royal family, he is favored by officials on a daily basis, and his treatment is almost the same as that of a crown prince.
At that time, Shi Miyuan defeated many political opponents and established an authoritarian government. Shi Miyuan's most important aid in the palace was the current crown prince Zhao Xun.
The favor given by the officials to King Yi's heir naturally aroused the crown prince's vigilance. So Shi Miyuan instructed his party members Shi Zongwan to write to the officials, requesting that the heirs of King Yi be changed from a single name to a compound name in accordance with the ancestral constitution, so as to show the difference between closeness and distance in the world and to highlight the respect for the crown prince.
As a result, Zhao Jun, the heir of King Yi, had a third name, Zhao Guihe.
For the crown prince, this was just a small matter to clarify his political status, but for Zhao Guihe, it was tantamount to a huge humiliation. As a result, Zhao Guihe's attitude towards Shi Miyuan became increasingly hostile. After this hostile attitude spread to the outside world, he naturally became the center of a vague gathering of officials who were alienated from Shi Miyuan.
At this time, Zhao Guihe became furious and smashed several treasures presented by Shi Miyuan. He also said that if possible, he would send Shi Miyuan to Xinzhou and Enzhou.
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a black beard and a dusty background let out a long sigh.
Zhao Guihe turned around and looked at the middle-aged man: "Sir, aren't what I said wrong?"
The middle-aged man bowed his head calmly and said, "The heir is not the prince. This is too much to say. It's wrong."
He pointed at the glittering gold and jade scattered on the ground, and said: "The heir should not be an enemy of the imperial ministers, this is not right... These things have been packed away, and they will definitely be reported to the Prime Minister's study by tomorrow at the latest. At that time, it will be in vain to cause Shi Xiang's displeasure."
Prince Yi laughed heartily.
"Sir, you still regard me as the ignorant child you were in the early days. Did you gallop hundreds of miles in two days and sneak back to Lin'an just to criticize me?"
"The heir is not ignorant. It's just that sometimes being too smart is not a good thing."
Zhao Guihe shook his head: "You don't understand!"
The Mr. Xishan in front of me is a famous contemporary Confucian who is truly virtuous. He was once responsible for teaching Zhao Guihe how to read, and the two had a deep relationship.
Zhen Dexiu has been secretly persuading Zhao Gui and Tao Gui to keep a low profile. This time when he was abroad, he heard that due to the changes in the situation in the north, the situation in Lin'an was also quite strange. He immediately rushed his horse back to Lin'an to ask for a meeting with the heir of King Yi in order to stop his restlessness. Because he came in such a hurry, the inner sides of his thighs were torn by the saddle, and he had no time to replace them.
Change clothes and bandage wounds.
The relationship between the two of them as master and disciple has been eight years now. Zhao Guihe is close to his teacher, and Zhen Dexiu also really cares about his student.
But Zhao Guihe was right, Zhen Dexiu didn't understand many things.
It’s not that Zhen Dexiu lacks insight or intelligence, but that as a representative of contemporary Neo-Confucian scholars, he cannot understand many things. Not only can’t you understand, you shouldn’t listen, let alone participate.
Zhao Guihe is a descendant of the clan selected from the people. He is not a fool who has been brainwashed by Confucian classics since he was a child. He has known in the past few years that since he has become the heir of King Yi, he is expected to fall into a trap. In this trap Li, sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.
Zhen Dexiu believes that it is best for Zhao Guihe to be a respectful and humble prince.
In fact, the struggle for imperial power in the Song Dynasty had no room for humility.
The succession of thrones in the Song Dynasty in recent generations has been driven by a confrontation of strength. Where does strength come from? Can it come from being respectful and humble? Big mistake! The more respectful and humble you are, the more you will be looked down upon by others, the more no one will think highly of you or rely on you, and you will have no strength at all!
If you want to have strength, you have to come up with an attitude and then clearly promote this attitude. Then people who agree with you will follow you from all directions, and will recommend you as a representative at a critical moment!
So, what should be Zhao Guihe's attitude?
He thought about this question over and over again dozens or hundreds of times, and finally confirmed one thing. Nowadays, the power of the Prime Minister is overwhelming and he controls all the affairs of the government. Today, the court has only one attitude on the surface, and that is to agree with the attitude of the Prime Minister.
Those who adhere to this attitude include countless civil and military officials in the court, as well as the crown prince Zhao Xun.
In this case, there is only one other way left for Zhao Guihe. He actually has no choice.
And after he embarked on this road full of trepidation, he made another surprising discovery.
On this road, he is not alone. At least, he has an extremely powerful backing, and that is the current official himself.
On the surface, the current emperor's trust in Shi Xiang is far greater than his trust in Han Yuzhou back then, almost like Emperor Gaozong's trust in Qin Zhongxian. In the past few years, both the government and the public have spoken to each other but not to the emperor, while the officials have done nothing and looked up to them.
This situation originated from the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition. The manpower, financial and material resources accumulated by the Song Dynasty for decades were all lost. People were frustrated, the government and the public were in an uproar, and no one in the court dared to take responsibility.
So the emperor tried his best to exaggerate how loyal and honest he was, almost calling himself a fool; and the political forces of all parties also tried their best to shrink, hoping that a few people, including the Prime Minister, would come forward to clean up the mess. As a result, Shi Xiang took this opportunity to expand his power in one fell swoop, but instead manipulated all the monarchs and ministers in the court.
Under this situation, the officials' trust in the prime minister was partly out of sincerity, but more out of necessity.
However, after all, the official family has been in power for more than 20 years, and there is no shortage of means to contain powerful officials. King Yi's heir's dissatisfaction with Shi Miyuan was one of his tactics.
If what Shi Miyuan did generally satisfied the officials, it would be fine. One day, the officials felt that it was unbearable, and all they had to do was spread the news about Yi Chu. The political forces secretly opposed to Shi Miyuan around King Yi's heirs would immediately expand violently and grow enough to confront Shi Miyuan.
By that time, the official family was in the ninth level, and with a little help, Shi Miyuan would end up as the second Han Zhouzhou. And everyone knows that the emperor is always wise, and it is always the female ministers who do the bad things.
Now that the female official has been executed, all the common people can do is be happy. Every few years, a female cadre would be killed and the ignorant people would be happy, which was a lot of fun.
But to realize this means of containment, two points must be guaranteed.
The first point is that the news about Yichu cannot be too loud, but it cannot exist without it. After all, the official loved his own son and was unwilling to throw dirty water on him. Therefore, the crown prince, who lives in the forbidden palace, only gets news of being unwell from time to time. It is really difficult to say which times he was truly unwell, and which times the emperor deliberately ordered people to publicize and exaggerate a minor illness into a serious illness.
The second point is that Zhao Guihe, the heir of King Yi, must be firm and unyielding.
Standing on the opposite side of history. This is the only meaning of the existence of the heir of King Yi, and it must not be lost. Fortunately, Zhao Guihe really hated Shi Xiang and carried out this task without any hesitation.
The emperor used Zhao Guihe as a tool to maintain the basic balance of the court.
The prime minister knew that Zhao Guihe was the emperor's tool. He is very smart and does not touch this tool lightly.
Zhao Guihe himself also knew that he was a tool. But in his eyes, he also saw the position above tens of millions of people. He wanted to retain the chance to obtain that position, even if it was a one in ten thousand chance, so he had to make the tools first.
For this reason, Zhao Guihe sent some people to incite the imperial students, belittle the diplomatic achievements of the prime minister, and force him to go against the Northern Dynasty. This was indeed his duty and it should be done.
The thing was done, but not smoothly.
Somewhat unexpectedly, it was Li Yun, the envoy from the Northern Dynasties, who beat up Shi Xiang's nephew and then brought out Han Xi as a warning to Shi Xiang.
Han Xi himself is just a useless person. The meaning of his existence is only to cover the intentions of Prince Yi's palace at certain times. But how smart is Shi Xiang? This cover was placed in front of the Prime Minister and was immediately revealed. As a result, Yuan Shao, the governor of Lin'an, immediately hired a large number of people to strengthen surveillance on the palace in order to flatter him.
This kind of monitoring has no practical significance. Zhao Guihe is neither afraid nor cares. But since a group of people blocked the door, and they were upset after all, it was even more natural that Prince Yi's palace would regard it as a provocation and send out guards to beat them up.
Zhao Guihe turned around to look at Zhen Dexiu and said in a calm tone: "Sir, it's better to leave quickly. Shi Miyuan's eyes and ears are all over the city. If his whereabouts are exposed, he may be impeached. As for me... Some things must be done, not just out of recklessness as you think... Don't worry, I understand everything you should understand."
Zhen Dexiu was used to the overly tough appearance of his students in daily life, and suddenly he was shocked to hear his sincere words, which did not sound like a teenager's tone.
The next moment, he seemed to understand the hidden meaning in Zhao Guihe's words. He hesitated for a while, hesitated to speak, and finally bowed deeply, said goodbye and left.
