It was December 22, the sixth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.
Prince Zhao Huan was carried into Chongzheng Hall... After he roared outside Chongzheng Hall just now, he suddenly fainted. Geng Nanzhong, who came with him, had no choice but to ask He Guan's two sons, He Ji and He Moss, to help. One carried the head and the other carried the legs, and carried Zhao Huan into the Chongzheng Hall. Then he stood up to the stunned Zhao Ji and The other courtiers present came forward.
The reason why Zhao Ji and the ministers in the Chongzheng Hall were in a daze was not because Zhao Huan fainted, but because they did not expect that Zhao Huan was still alive!
Everyone is familiar with the drama of the Xuanwu Gate Incident!
Li Shimin killed his brother first, and then forced his father to seize the throne... So everyone just thought that the Song Dynasty version of Li Jiancheng, that is, the prince Zhao Huan had been killed by Zhao Kai.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Kai did not kill his brother, but captured Zhao Huan alive!
Uh, isn't this just catching alive? He Guan's two sons "captured" Zhao Huan and entered the Chongzheng Palace... He Guan followed Zhao Kai and led troops to force the palace. He Guan was obviously Zhao Kai's best friend and confidant. His two sons carried Zhao Huan into the Chongzheng Hall, and of course they captured him alive.
A group of courtiers of the Song Dynasty who were very thoughtful immediately understood what Zhao Kai was thinking!
His Highness Prince Yun still wants to be an official... The reason why he refused just now is probably because he wanted to follow the three-yielding-three-giving process.
Since ancient times, the head of an official family, whether he ascended the throne legally or usurped the throne legally, had to pretend that he was particularly unwilling to do it. According to the standard, he had to yield three times. In the end, he had no choice but to become an official.
Although His Highness King Yun followed Li Shimin's example in seizing the throne, he was also afraid that the world would say that he was a rebellious minister and a traitor, so he had to follow the ancient etiquette of three bows and three concessions.
And He Ji and He Mo captured the Crown Prince and came to the Chongzheng Hall, just to use the living Crown Prince to blackmail the officials and cooperate with him in the drama of three bows and three concessions... This idea is indeed ruthless and meticulous enough. ah!
But do you want to cooperate with His Highness King Yun?
While the ministers were thinking about it, Zhao Ji on the throne had already begun to speak: "Brother, brother, wake up quickly, wake up quickly..."
I don’t know if Zhao Ji’s summons had an effect, or if Zhao Huan was not really dizzy at all, or for some other reason... In short, Zhao Ji just shouted twice, and Zhao Huan, who was still unconscious just now, He sat up suddenly, and then his eyes were round. He looked at Zhao Ji first, then at the ministers in the palace, and finally saw the ferocious-looking Zhao Kai.
After seeing Zhao Kai, Zhao Huan seemed to have gone crazy and shouted: "Third brother, third brother, Brother Yu is not an official this time. I really am not. You should be an official!" Now you are the only one who can save the Song Dynasty, save the world, and save Kaifeng Mansion and my father... If you become an official, I will flee to the south of the Yangtze River with my father to avoid trouble, and I will never return to the Central Plains again in this life!"
What?
When the ministers in the Chongzheng Palace heard this, they were all dumbfounded - Your Highness, are you trying to persuade me to enter?
And Zhao Huan's words can be said to have reached Zhao Ji's heart... It's important to escape!
The gold thief is coming to kill him soon, he has to escape quickly! As long as he can escape, doesn't it matter to him whether the official is Zhao Huan or Zhao Kai?
Moreover, he originally wanted to pass the throne to Zhao Kai, the Sanlang who was most like him. Otherwise, how could Zhao Kai have served as the Imperial City Secretary for so many years, and even established the fifth subordinate commander of the Imperial City Department who was loyal to Zhao Kai himself? ?
Now that even Zhao Huan is willing to support Zhao Kai, what are Zhao Ji waiting for? Hurry up and leave the mess to Zhao Kai!
"Okay, okay, what the eldest brother said is exactly what I want!" Zhao Ji got down from the throne as he spoke, then pointed at the empty throne and said to Zhao Kai, who was still in a daze, "Third brother, come here quickly. , sit here and be an official!
From now on, I will only take care of the affairs of the sect. The inheritance of my ancestors and the hundreds of millions of people have been handed over to you. You must do a good job. The whole country of the Song Dynasty depends on you! "
Zhao Huan also followed up and said: "What my father said is absolutely true! Third brother, Brother Yu is timid and weak. He has neither literary talent nor military strategy. When the country is in crisis, he is really not qualified for a big job. For the sake of our family, country and world, I am willing to support him." Third brother, you are the emperor... From now on, brother Yu, you will only be the master of Taiyi Palace, and it is enough to serve your father!"
After Zhao Huan said this, not to mention Cai You, Tong Guan and other ministers who were originally leaning towards Zhao Kai, even Li Gang, Wu Min, and even Zhao Huan's teacher Geng Nanzhong knew that Zhao Kai's official career was stable!
Now that Zhao Kai is stable, follow him quickly!
"Your Majesty, Cai You, respectfully invites His Royal Highness King Yun to ascend to the throne as soon as possible. With the dignity of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he will command the heroes of the capital and command the heroes of the world to protect the Song Dynasty and resist the golden thieves!"
Cai You, the treacherous minister, took the lead in persuading him to join!
All the loyal and treacherous ministers in the Chongzheng Palace cast disgusted glances at Cai You, the Privy Councilor!
Tongzhi Privy Councilor Tong Guantong took his eyes away from the triumphant Cai You and took a step forward. He wanted to stand up and persuade him to come in for the second time, but he heard Gao Qiu, Captain Gao, speaking in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty Gao Qiu." Seconded, Your Highness King Yun, now that you are the only one who can protect Bianliang, please consider the common people of the world and the people of Kaifeng and never refuse!"
When Tong Guan saw that Gao Qiu was ahead of him again, he knew that he had to speak immediately, otherwise the third place would be lost.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness King Yun, you are a filial son and a wise brother. Now that your father and brother are destined, you should stop hesitating and take the throne as an official as soon as possible!"
Although Cai You, Gao Qiu, and Tong Guan are not gentlemen, they are very representative!
Cai You was the top civil servant, Gao Qiu was in charge of the army in the third government office, and Tong Guan was the chamberlain in charge of the army.
And the three of them are Zhao Ji's confidants!
They came out together to persuade him to come in, which meant that the courtiers, generals, and chamberlains who were closest to Zhao Ji in the court all turned to Zhao Kai... Of course, this was what Zhao Ji meant!
Seeing the three of them taking the lead, the other courtiers standing in the Chongzheng Palace couldn't hold back... They were "part-time workers" after all. Now the officials, princes, and confidants of the officials in the Song Dynasty , together they want to push Zhao Kai out to be the official who carries the thunder, can they still stop him?
So a group of courtiers, whether sincerely or pretending, all started to persuade him to come in.
"I second the proposal. I respectfully request the king to quickly ascend to the throne, command the world, command the three armies, drive out the gold thieves, and defeat Yan Yun!"
Facing the voices of persuasion to join, Zhao Kai, who was not ready to become emperor, was a little confused. His plan was to leave Zhao Ji to carry the thunder in Kaifeng Mansion, while he went to Hebei to join the anti-gold warriors, accumulate strength to fight against the gold, and then ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor after the gold thieves broke through Kaifeng Mansion.
He was so confused that he lost his words and blurted out: "But, my family doesn't want to be the emperor yet!"
I don’t want to think that... He is telling the truth, but there is another explanation on the obedient side.
He doesn’t “don’t want to”, he just “don’t want to” yet, which means he wants everyone to continue to persuade us to join!
Three bows and three concessions!
I've only given in twice now, and I'm still missing one!
When the ministers below were preparing to "cooperate" with Zhao Kai to complete the procedure, Zhao Kai's eldest brother Zhao Huan couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know when he got up, dragged his father Zhao Ji and walked towards Zhao Kai. , while walking, he said to Zhao Ji: "Father, do you still remember the yellow robe?"
Zhao Ji was reminded by his son and nodded repeatedly, "Remember, remember..."
As they spoke, the father and son had already arrived at Zhao Kai's side, one on each side, and then they took Zhao Kai's arm and pulled him to the throne!
Zhao Kai never expected that Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan would do this. He was dragged two steps by them before he thought of struggling, but it was already too late. Because Chen Ji, Huang Wuji, He Guan, and He Guan's two sons who accompanied him also reacted...to support him, that is to say, they swarmed up and put the emperor's crown on the lord's head!
Now is the time to swarm!
Huang Wuji, He Guan, He Ji, and He Moss are all generals. They have a lot of strength. They pushed up together. Can Zhao Kai still run? Soon they and Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, father and son, pushed and pulled him to the throne, and then pressed him down alive.
He was still trying to stand up when he suddenly felt a chill on his head. His helmet was taken away, and then a long-winged straight-footed futon used by officials was placed on his head.
It turns out that Zhao Ji took away his son's helmet and put his own hat on his head... This is probably the legendary "coronation", right?
When the minister below saw this scene, of course he understood what was going on?
This is called "emperor's hat and crowning". Can the ministers of the Zhao family not understand the craftsmanship passed down from the ancestors of the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty?
Say goodbye quickly!
"I respectfully invite you to assume the throne of the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
There were a lot of people inside the Chongzheng Hall. Everyone was shouting together, and the sound was quite loud. The personal officers of the Imperial City Division who were guarding outside and the infantry soldiers who came in with He Guan all heard it. Of course they all understood. .
The soldiers of the Zhao family know how to wear yellow robes best!
This is how the Song Dynasty came about!
So they started shouting together.
"I respectfully invite you to assume the throne of the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Well, inside and outside Chongzheng Hall, the mountains are shouting long live!
This is what people want!
By this time, Zhao Kai already knew that he could act as an official, and he could act as an official if he didn't.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai could only sigh: "I really don't want to be the emperor!"
If you don’t want to be the emperor, why would you still call yourself “I”?
All the courtiers below understood and said in unison: "Your Majesty, please don't refuse any more, as this will chill the hearts of the heroes in the world..."
Zhao Kai thought that he was right. There were heroes like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong waiting for him to "take advantage" outside Kaifeng City. He couldn't let them feel cold.
So he nodded and said: "In that case, I will follow the advice of your ministers!"
"Long live Long live Long live!"
The ministers below shouted long live together, and the soldiers outside Chongzheng Hall also shouted together.
Zhao Kai is now an official of the Song Dynasty!
Now he has to clean up the mess in the Song Dynasty and Kaifeng Mansion!
I'm going to be really worried now...
