Why did Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army make rapid progress? It turned out that Emperor Huizong trusted Guo Yaoshi too much and believed Tong Guan's words. He felt that it was enough for Guo Yaoshi to guard the Yanjing area, so he reduced all the imperial troops in the Yanjing area except Guo Yaoshi's Wu Tai Army, leaving some old soldiers. The weak, sick and disabled Xiang army could not withstand the advance of Jin's troops. In addition, Pharmacist Guo was familiar with the situation in the mainland and personally served as a guide for Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army, so that Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army of the Jin Kingdom quickly reached the Yellow River ferry.
When the Jin army marched, the Xiang army along the way also resisted for a while, but their strength was too weak and they were either defeated or dispersed. The state capitals along the way kept reporting intelligence to Bianjing. In Bianjing City, Emperor Huizong continued to receive reports from various places, saying that the Jin army had captured Dingzhou, captured Daming, captured Chanzhou, captured Anyang, captured Junzhou, and had reached the ferry of the Yellow River.
Before the bad news came, Emperor Huizong had lost his solemnity and was terrified. In order to encourage the soldiers and civilians along the way to resist the Jin army, Emperor Huizong first issued an imperial edict and reflected on his mistakes. Then he cried in front of all the ministers and begged the ministers and generals to try to resist the Jin army's attack and ensure that Bianjing was safe. . In addition, Huizong secretly made preparations to flee south.
The ministers were also in chaos, and no one came out to share Huizong's worries. When Huizong saw this, he actually took Zheng Juzhong's hand and cried: "I have always been good to the Jurchens. I thought that they were in a cold, barren and miserable place, so I formed an alliance with them to help them destroy the Liao Dynasty, and the imperial court used this to regain Yanyun." Lost land. Now that the Liao Dynasty is dead, the Jurchens should be grateful to me. How can they treat me?!"
Zheng Juzhong is the cousin of Concubine Zheng, and can also be regarded as the uncle of Emperor Huizong. Emperor Huizong's uncle had opposed the alliance with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty from the beginning. Not long ago, he advocated recalling Zhao Liangsi, who had been demoted to Hunan, so that Zhao Liangsi could repair the relationship between the imperial court and the Jin Kingdom. As a result, he was scolded by Emperor Huizong. He said that for the sake of relatives, I would demote you to Hunan to stay with Zhao Liangsi. At that time, Zheng Juzhong was so humiliated and angry. Now, Emperor Huizong took Zheng Juzhong's hand and started crying, which made Zheng Juzhong very uncomfortable. He then said: "If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place? There were many opponents among the ministers of the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao. The Holy One listened to one side and acted on his own will, which finally led to today's disaster. What is there to say now?"
Zheng Juzhong's tone was very rude. Emperor Huizong was not angry at all. Instead, he said in a low voice: "Things are indeed wrong. I have already issued an edict to sin against myself." Zheng Juzhong said: "What's the use of the next edict to sin against yourself? I heard that Pharmacist Guo wrote a message specifically for the Kingdom of Jin to attack the Song Dynasty. He said things like "playing things to promote ambition", "sensual dogs and horses", "foolishness and incompetence", "the people are in dire straits" and "the people are in dire straits". Look at what they are doing. Come on!" Song Huizong was about to say something, but unexpectedly a mouthful of phlegm clogged his throat, making him unable to breathe and he fainted on the ground. The ministers were shocked and scrambled to lift Emperor Huizong and put him on the dragon seat. In the main hall, Gao Qiu suddenly rushed over, punched and kicked Zheng Juzhong, and cursed Zheng Juzhong: "You despise the Holy Emperor, you don't know the dignity of the emperor, you should be beaten!"
Gao Qiu was a military attache. In addition to being good at writing and writing, he was also good at guns and sticks since he was a child, and he had developed many good skills. Zheng Juzhong was a civil servant, and his few words made Emperor Huizong faint with anger. He was also frightened at the time, so he received a solid punch from Gao Qiu, but he did not dare to resist. Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Yang Jian, Li Bangyan and other treacherous ministers also cursed Zheng Juzhong. Seeing that the chaos in the main hall was unruly, other ministers filed out of the hall to hide from their troubles.
After a long time, Emperor Huizong was beaten and rubbed by a group of people before he coughed up the phlegm and his face turned from white to red.
When Cai Jing, Wang Fu and other treacherous ministers and traitors saw that Emperor Huizong had taken a breath, they were greatly relieved and said nonstop: "The health of the Holy Dragon is the greatest blessing for our ministers. Let's rest for the time being, and wait until the Dragon's body is fine. It’s never too late to discuss the matter again.”
Several treacherous ministers and traitors ordered the palace people to help Emperor Huizong into the palace to rest, and then returned to their respective homes.
On the way back home, Cai Jing felt uneasy. Cai Jing already had a premonition that something was wrong. Cai Jing was not optimistic about the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao at first. It was only in order to prevent Wang Fu and Tong Guan from being favored by Emperor Huizong alone that he became enthusiastic about uniting with Jin to destroy Liao. Now, the development of the situation is in line with his previous views, which makes Cai Jing panicked. If the Jin soldiers captured Bianjing, the Holy Emperor would have no protection; if the Holy Emperor had no protection, he would have no protection. Cai Jing knew very well that the reason why he had been favored for nearly thirty years was precisely because of Emperor Huizong. He had served as prime minister four times in the hands of Emperor Huizong. Without Emperor Huizong, he might be nothing. It will be liquidated. Because of this idea, Cai Jing felt uneasy.
What worries Cai Jing even more is that Emperor Huizong seems to intend to locate the property in Prince Zhao Heng. This sign was not seen by others, but the cunning Cai Jing saw it.
In the past few days, news continued to come that the Jin army had captured some state capitals along the route from Yanjing to Bianjing. Emperor Huizong appointed Prince Zhao Huan as Kaifeng Mu to preside over the military and political affairs of the capital. For the capital at that time, the biggest military and political matter was to prepare for the defense of the Jin soldiers and horses who were moving south and approaching Bianjing. At this time, Emperor Huizong appointed Prince Zhao Huan as Kaifeng Mu, which obviously gave Prince Zhao Huan the important task of resisting the Jin Dynasty. Emperor Huizong obviously had the idea of a 'southern tour'. The most important thing is that Emperor Huizong also gave Prince Zhao Huanpai a square jade belt. This row of square jade belts is not something that everyone can wear, only the monarch can wear it. It is obvious that Emperor Huizong already had the idea of letting Prince Zhao Huan succeed to the throne.
The crown prince is the one who inherited the throne. Is this strange? In fact, it is really a bit strange. Firstly, the relationship between Emperor Huizong and Prince Zhao Huan was not good; secondly, Emperor Huizong was still alive at this time. How could there be two people in the imperial court wearing Pai Fang jade belts at the same time? The situation is clearly not normal.
This situation was caught by the cunning Cai Jing, and he became worried. Cai Jing was worried that Emperor Huizong might abdicate the throne to Crown Prince Zhao Huan. He was also worried that Crown Prince Zhao Huan might liquidate him after he succeeded to the throne.
It is understandable that Cai Jing is worried about giving Emperor Huizong's Zen throne to the crown prince, because Emperor Huizong is his god! Without the days of Emperor Huizong, how could he still have the days of Cai Jing? Cai Jing was worried that the crown prince Zhao Huan would liquidate him after he succeeded to the throne. What was the reason?
It turned out that Cai Jing, who was deeply favored by Emperor Huizong, also discovered a problem, that is, Emperor Huizong did not like the crown prince Zhao Huan, but preferred his third son Zhao Kai.
Huizong Zhao Ji had thirty-two sons in total. Zhao Huan was both the eldest son and the legitimate son. He was the only son among the thirty-two sons of Emperor Huizong who was born to the empress of the palace, and he was the legal successor to the throne. Therefore, Zhao Huan's life path was smooth, rising from Duke of Han, Prince of Jingzhao, and Prince Ding to being officially confirmed as the crown prince.
Under normal circumstances, Huizong Zhao Ji is no longer around, and the successor to the throne is naturally the crown prince Zhao Huan. However, the relationship between Zhao Huan and his father Zhao Ji, who was having a good time and was very artistic and talented, was very bad, and there were many gaps and conflicts.
Huizong of the Song Dynasty was an emperor with a wide range of hobbies. In addition to not being able to govern the country, he knows everything, can do everything, is extraordinary at what he does, and has very high attainments, such as playing music, chess, singing, playing and singing, riding horses and cuju, tasting tea and food, and even appreciating antiques. It can be called a "master level" level. For example, when painting birds, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty observed so meticulously that he actually knew that when a peacock goes up the steps, it must move its left foot first! Huizong's discovery is still talked about in the classrooms of art schools.
Although I like these things very much, Prince Zhao Huan has no interest in them. The lonely prince Zhao Huan likes to hide in the house alone and admire the fish in the fish tank all day long. He doesn't care about other things. No one knows what he is thinking.
It can be seen that this is a boring son with no emotional intelligence. Therefore, Zhao Ji dislikes Zhao Huan, the son of the crown prince.
What made Huizong Zhao Ji even more disgusted was that the prince Zhao Huan only had different hobbies from him. Sometimes he was extremely stubborn and often acted against him.
Emperor Huizong loved luxury and drank heavily every day. Prince Zhao Huan liked peace and quiet and did not like such luxurious banquets. In addition to the royal banquets, festivals, and festive banquets that must be attended, Zhao Ji could push for the rest of the banquets. Even if he reluctantly attended, the prince kept a straight face and did not go with Song Huizong and others, which made the elated Huizong and Cai Favorites like Jing were greatly disappointed. Huizong felt that it was very shameful, and over time, he did not allow Prince Zhao Huan to attend the banquet. Ants climbed up the tree. Zhao Huan was also disgusted with the idea of celebrating success, and instead contented himself with hiding alone in the East Palace to watch fish and flowers.
Emperor Huizong's biggest hobby was to like women. There were beauties everywhere in the palace, which made Emperor Huizong happy and happy every day. On the contrary, Prince Zhao Huan especially disliked women, and hated the fact that the palace was full of beautiful women, making it appear chaotic.
Emperor Huizong also liked false Taoism and was called the 'Tao Lord', and wanted to be immortal every day. On the contrary, Prince Zhao Huan liked Buddhism and was pure in heart and desires every day. He also scolded those who had whims and wanted to live forever. Of course, although the prince was scolding those fake Taoist priests who cheated money, he had also offended his own father, Zhao Ji, invisibly. If the Taoist priests are a bunch of liars, then who is the emperor who believes in their theories? Isn't this scolding me?
In this way, inadvertently, the gap between Prince Zhao Huan and Emperor Huizong became wider and deeper. This estrangement and contradiction was discovered by Cai Jing, Wang Fu and other treacherous ministers, and they began to favor Emperor Huizong, and even encouraged Emperor Huizong to depose the prince.
As a courtier, once he participates in the matter of royal succession and abolition, he will commit a big taboo.
