After just a few months of wandering around like this, Zhao Heng finally came to Lin'an, the temporary residence of the Song Dynasty, although it has now become a real imperial capital.
“The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they only think of Hangzhou as Bianzhou.”
Zhao Heng looked at the painted boats above the West Lake and whispered, "Is this Jiangnan water town so intoxicating?"
As an emperor, he really doesn't feel good about Jiangnan. He doesn't like this place that can make your bones dry up, or he doesn't like it now. If Zhao Heng went to Mount Tai, he might like it here, but now Zhao Heng doesn't like this. What he likes now is the days when the Eight Hundred Miles United Alliance and the Iron Horse traveled thousands of miles like tigers. In his opinion, that is the life a good man should live and the life an emperor should live.
How should I put it? His current thinking is that of an emperor who conquers the world. That kind of person only believes in the power in his own hands. For that kind of person, even if the whole world turns against him, they still have the confidence to regain stability. The world, they will even be full of nostalgia for the days of competing for supremacy in the world, thinking about doing it again. It is based on this mentality that Zhu Yuanzhang has been leading people to help the late Ming Dynasty. If Zhu Biao and the others were not strict, Zhu Yuanzhang would I have already taken people out for a stroll.
Zhao Heng walked around Lin'an for a whole day. At night, he asked Guo Jing to take him into the palace.
The imperial palace of the Southern Song Dynasty followed the regulations of the Northern Song Dynasty. The emperor still lived in Funing Palace. The palace was not luxurious, but there were too many scenery in the garden. There were more than thirty places for the emperor and empress to live leisurely. , pavilions, studios, buildings, platforms, pavilions, temples and pavilions are all dotted here and there. , all over the entire palace, making Zhao Heng extremely unhappy.
Originally, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River was enough to consume his mind, but he didn't expect that it was even more extreme inside the palace than outside. He really didn't know what to say. How could an emperor with ambitions for the world come from a place like this?
Just when they entered the palace, a conversation was going on in Funing Hall.
"Why did my beloved come to the palace today? I usually ask you for orders but you don't even come. Why are you here today?"
Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yun, was leaning on his couch, looking at an old man in front of him who was wearing linen clothes and with white beard and hair. The two of them were very familiar with each other. Zhao Yun was not even on guard against him. There was an old man in the palace. None of the guards or ministers were there.
The old man was eating there with a plate filled with slices of meat cut very thinly. When the old man picked it up, light could pass through. There were several plates of the same thing beside him.
"How do the officials know? The old minister came and made so many mandarin ducks and five delicacies stew for me."
The old man was eating and talking.
"The imperial kitchen lost a cup of chicken soup today. I knew you were coming, so I specially asked someone to make this stew of five treasures for you. I remember this is your favorite food. You almost died from Ouyang that time. Hand of the Edge, isn’t this the last thing you want to eat?”
Zhao Yun also reached for a plate and imitated the old man, grabbed it with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth, "It's the most enjoyable to eat with you. I have to be careful when eating. You stay and help me. Anyway, your The position of the leader of the Beggar Clan has been given out, and the position of your current leader of the secret chamber should also be given out, Qi Gong!"
Zhao Yun looked at the old man Hong Qigong opposite and said.
"The position of gang leader was given to me, but the leader of Anxiang Army didn't give it to me. I'm not too worried about my two apprentices. Besides, Anxiang is the Songxiang Army. How can it be given to and received by the leader of a gang privately? Back then, Qiao Feng, the ninth-generation leader of the gang, got the position of the leader of the dark chamber through a private appointment without being appointed by the court, which led to such a big incident. I still knew in my heart that the leader of the gang could give people to the army. The Lord cannot be with others without the emperor’s order!”
Hong Qigong said after taking two bites of the mandarin duck and five delicacies stew.
What he said is really a huge secret. It turns out that the largest beggar gang in the world during the Song Dynasty was actually a member of the imperial court and the leader of the Xiang Army. If this matter spread to the world, I don’t know how big a commotion it would cause. It's bloody.
But think about it, at that time, the Beggar Gang directly went to enemy countries to collect military and national intelligence. People without an official background would not dare to do those things. Besides, in the world at that time, only their Beggar Gang dared to arrogantly march through large groups of people. If others dare to do this, please refer to Water Margin. The heroes in it will tell you what the court will do. When the time comes, just move Huizong to Zhezong or Shenzong. At that time, Xinzong The army beat Xixia to the point where it was called mother. If it weren't for the traitorous officials in the court, Xixia would have been gone long ago.
And there is another thing that tells everyone who the Beggar Clan is, that is, Wu Changfeng, one of the six elders of the Beggar Clan during the Tianlong period, won a merit gold medal. This gold medal is extraordinary. Only insiders of the imperial court can win this kind of gold medal. When it’s hard to reward merit, just give a gold medal like this. To put it bluntly, you can’t say you have merit, so I’ll give you a gold medal and keep it. This kind of thing is used internally to atone for crimes, except for treason. It can be used as an atonement.
"Well, Aiqing knows it well, and I know it too. However, you are old and it's time to enjoy your happiness. It's better to give away this position in the dark chamber. You have to know that no one will die well in this position. Back then, If you hadn't protected me for a year when I came to the throne, I wouldn't even know where my bones are."
Zhao Yun couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the bloody period when he came to the throne. During that time, people died every day in the palace, including the deposed prince Zhao Hong, the treacherous prime minister Shi Miyuan, and the late emperor's second queen. Yang Guizhi, the three of them were fighting for the throne. During that period, Zhao Yun had to open one eye at night, otherwise he might be touched on the neck. If Hong Qigong hadn't been there all the time during that time, If you had stayed in the palace to guard him, he would have died long ago.
When Zhao Yun came to power, he was not a serious prince. He was the tenth grandson of Zhao Kuangyin's son, Zhao Dezhao. The throne had nothing to do with him originally. However, Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo ordered Prime Minister Shi Mi because his eight biological sons all died in infancy. Search far and wide for a clan with good moral character to inherit the throne of King Yi.
Shi Miyuan handed over this task to his staff Yu Tianxi. Yu Tianxi encountered heavy rain when passing through Shaoxing, and took shelter at the home of Quanbao Zhang, where he met brothers Zhao and Ju. Yu Tianxi knew that they belonged to the Zhao clan, and felt that the two brothers behaved appropriately. He believed that they were suitable candidates to succeed King Yi, so he recommended them to Shi Miyuan. Shi Miyuan took the two brothers to Lin'an for personal consideration. He also believed that his brothers Zhao and Ju were suitable candidates to succeed King Yi. Therefore, in the 14th year of Jiading, he elected Zhao and Ju into the palace and changed their names to Zhao Guicheng to inherit the throne of King Yi.
After Ning Zong's death, Shi Miyuan and Queen Yang changed the suicide note and deposed the prince Zhao Hong, making him the emperor.
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