In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 172 The Most Aggrieved Emperor

Hu Song stood in front of the couch holding the imperial edict.

There was a lot of shouts at the scene, all civil and military officials knelt down one after another, and Zhao Mian also knelt on the ground obediently.

But just after listening to a few words, I felt something was wrong, and then my face changed drastically.

But at this time, he was already kneeling on the ground, and he didn't dare to get up at all, and he couldn't get up.

"The emperor's nephew and Rui Yiyi, the son of King Jinghui, are like my son. They are intelligent, talented, and knowledgeable. They are close and virtuous. I want to belong to them, and they stand side by side. A long-term thought, and I want to be an endless plan for the future—— "

"People think of Song De, and the family of Zhao Zong should give it to Zhao Yun (Zhao Yurui) with an artifact. Respect the empress as the empress dowager Shouming Renfu Cirui. event--"

After the edict was announced, Yao Bizhi shouted: "Hundreds of officials worship and dance, and congratulate the new emperor on the throne."

The hall suddenly erupted one after another, and all the civil and military officials shouted long live to meet the new emperor.

Shy and angry, Zhao Mian looked up and saw that Zhao Yurui was already wearing imperial robes and a crown, sitting on the emperor's throne.

"Still bowing your head." Seeing that he didn't bow, Xia Zhen stood up and pressed his hand hard on Zhao Mian's neck, forcing his head down.

Then, in the name of Empress Yang, no, now Empress Dowager Yang, the pre-drawn second edict was announced: "Rong Wang Zhao Hong opened the third division of Yitong and sentenced Ningguo Mansion."

The new emperor Zhao Yurui of the Southern Song Dynasty officially ascended the throne, and the reign name was changed to Baoqing, starting from January next year.

Zhao Yurui sat on the imperial couch, not too happy and excited.

He didn't feel any difference after sitting on the emperor's position, which countless people dreamed of. Instead, he felt a little uncomfortable under his buttocks, and even felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Of course he knows why?
Because the throne is not stable, it may be fart at any time.

Although he became the emperor as he wished, he is no different from a puppet now. With so many people who have traveled to become the emperor, I should be the most aggrieved?
In the original historical edict, there are only five words: Empress Dowager Yang hangs the curtain and listens to the government. The main purpose is to limit the power of Zhao and Ju.

But this time Shi Miyuan added a paragraph at the back: "The prime minister Shi Miyuan assisted the establishment of the emperor, and he has the right to hear and judge military and state affairs."

Shi Miyuan added himself this time, obviously he had negotiated with Empress Dowager Yang to share the power of the emperor.

So at this time, from inside the palace to outside the palace, all the important powers were controlled by Empress Dowager Yang and Shi Miyuan, completely ignoring Zhao and Rui.

Zhao Yurui had thought before: Shi Miyuan praised himself as the top, and he still wanted to bring down Shi Miyuan, isn't it a bit unkind?

Now I understand that Lao Shi is still for his own power after all.

Zhao Yurui sat there calmly, his mind was circling crazily, how to seize power.

He definitely couldn't wait for Shi Miyuan to die of old age.

The original history Shi Miyuan worked for another nine years before he died, and the power was returned to Zhao and Ju after his death.

How could Zhao and Rui wait for nine years in vain?
Even if he could wait, his subordinates couldn't.

What's more, he didn't know the history at all, and he didn't know when Shi Miyuan would repay his power. If Shi Miyuan lived to be in his eighties, wouldn't Zhao Yurui wait for his hair to turn gray?

And what he did in Jeju Island, if Shi Miyuan knew, Shi Miyuan would be the first to depose him.

We must seize power as soon as possible, otherwise the secrets of Jeju Island will not be kept for a long time.

Now that Shi Miyuan had just brought down Zhao Mian, when he was in power and high-spirited, he would never have thought that Zhao and Rui were planning to seize power immediately.

But after a long time, it's hard to say.

He was thinking about seizing power, and Yao Bizhi began to read out the imperial edicts.

Shi Miyuan forged more than [-] edicts, many of which were new personnel appointments, and a large number of Shi Miyuan's people were placed in important positions. For example, Zhao Rushu, one of the four evils, who knew Pingjiang from the capital and gained local power .

His nephew, Shi Songzhi, was promoted to the office of the director of the Jingxi and Hubei road system.

In addition, the entire ruling (the ruling in the Southern Song Dynasty includes: Privy Envoys, Privy Council Affairs, Shi Zhi Privy Council Affairs, Shenzhizhengshi, Menxia Shilang, Zhongshu Shilang, Shangshu Zuocheng, collectively referred to as "consuls". Prime Ministers and consuls are collectively called "Zai Zhi ") Almost all of them were replaced by Shi Miyuan's people.

Being in power is equivalent to the entire cabinet members of later generations, the most powerful decision-making layer in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Among them, Cheng Zhuo, a member of the Privy Council, died of illness last year. This time, Shi Miyuan promoted Ge Hong as a member of the Privy Council, Xue Ji as a member of the Privy Council, and Xuan Zang as a member of the Privy Council and political advisor.

In this way, the important officials of the Privy Council are almost all Shi Miyuan's people. Among them, Ge Hong is an upright official, and Shi Miyuan reused him because Ge Hong is talented and did not oppose Shi Miyuan. It shows his fairness in employing people.

The Privy Council is the highest military institution in the Song Dynasty, in charge of military registration, tiger talisman, military officer promotion and transfer, and the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty also served as a privy envoy. In this way, the entire Southern Song army was under Shi Miyuan's control, and whoever he wanted to be promoted could be promoted. Whoever you want to tune, you can tune whoever you want.

After Ning Zong's death, Shi Miyuan's power reached its peak, outside the palace, he had the final say.

When Yao Bizhi proclaimed the imperial edict, Shi Miyuan secretly looked at Zhao Yurui from time to time.

I saw that Zhao Yurui seemed to be absent-minded, and didn't have the heart to listen to these edicts at all, looking left and right, not knowing what they were thinking.

After all the edicts were read out, there was no discussion on the day, and the court immediately dispersed.

Shi Miyuan won a big victory and greeted the emperor happily.

The new emperor, Zhao Yurui, was not on top of it, so he opened his mouth and said, "In the future, the imperial court will buy Qingyuan brand white sugar, and the price will increase."

"..." The corners of Shi Miyuan's mouth twitched slightly, he didn't know what to say, but the next moment, he said cheerfully: "Your Majesty said yes, the price will be raised, and the price will be raised severely." So the new emperor is still thinking about making money?Hahaha, Shi Miyuan is really happy.

Eight days after Zhao and Rui succeeded to the throne, Zhao Mian changed his title to King Ji and bestowed the title of Huzhou.

In mid-September, I was appointed as an envoy in Liquan Temple, and I was actually supervised.
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In the 17th year of Jiading, the Song Dynasty changed a new emperor. The new emperor has not had any impact on the country for the time being, and everything in the country is as usual.

In the same year (1224), as if by appointment, Xixia and the Kingdom of Jin all changed new emperors one after another.

Last year Xia Xianzong Li Dewang ascended the throne, in response to the demands of the ruling and opposition subjects, he changed the national policy of encroaching on Mongolia and invading gold implemented by his father Shenzong.In February of the second year of Qianding (1224), taking advantage of Genghis Khan's expedition to the Western Regions, he secretly sent envoys to contact the tribes in Mobei that had not been annexed by Mongolia, in an attempt to form foreign aid and fight against Mongolia.

Mongolia learned that Xixia was pregnant with a different picture. In May, Genghis Khan returned to the army after he pacified the Western Regions. army attack.At the same time, Bolu, the king of Mongolia who was in charge of the armies in North China, invaded Xia territory from the east. In September, he broke through Yinzhou (now southeast of the confluence of Yulin River and Wuding River in the northwest of Mizhi, Shaanxi Province), and tens of thousands of Xia soldiers died in battle. The defender of the city, Tahai, was captured.

Although Xixia suffered heavy losses, Mongolia's blow this time strengthened Xia's determination to change from invading gold to coalition gold.In October, Xianzong adopted the policy of Gao Lianghui, the Prime Minister of the Right, and sent Li Zhonge, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to make friends with Jin Tongwen.Jin also sent Odun Liangbi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to Xia to report a peace agreement.Since then, Xixia has changed from being attached to Mongolia and invading gold to uniting gold and resisting Mongolia.

In December of the second year of Jin Yuanguang in the north (January 1224), Jin Xuanzong died. After defeating his elder brother Wanyan Shouchun's conspiracy to seize the throne, Wanyan Shouxu ascended the throne as emperor and changed Yuan Zhengda.

At this time, Mongolia repeatedly committed crimes against Jin, and Jin faced many difficulties in the face of the attack from Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty.Internally, he boldly employed generals such as Wanyan Heda, the prisoner Wanyan Chen and monk, and Xu Ding and other officials with both civil and military skills; externally, he changed Xuanzong's policy towards Xia and Song, and tried to unite with Xixia and Southern Song to armistice and reconcile. Xia Lian and Song Dynasty fought against Mongolia together, but the original history failed.

In the 17th year of Jiading, the three kingdoms of Xixia, Jin, and Song changed their emperors at the same time. The other two countries felt the threat of Mongolia, and everyone wanted to unite and attack Mongolia.

However, in the Southern Song Dynasty in history, it was actually a miracle to operate in the opposite direction, uniting Mongolia and destroying gold.

At the beginning of October, the first important event came after Zhao and Rui ascended the throne.

Emperor Wanyan Shouxu of the Kingdom of Jin sent Pingzhang Zhengshi and British Duke Xu Ding to the Southern Song Dynasty to ask to see the new emperor Zhao Yurui.

Xu Ding was a native of Fanzhi (Han) in Shanxi Province, an important minister of the Jin Dynasty, a British public official, and a political official in Pingzhang. His rank was second only to the prime minister. This was the first time that such an important figure came to the Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Jin Dynasty, he adopted a policy of plundering the south and kept attacking the Southern Song Dynasty to make up for the losses suffered by Mongolia in the northwest. At that time, Xu Ding strongly opposed it in the country, so he was dismissed from office.

After Wan Yan Shouxu ascended the throne, he revived Xu Ding again, and the meaning of sending Xu Ding this time was already very obvious.

But the Jin and Song Dynasties were feuds, and Jingkang was even more ashamed. The news reached Lin'an, and a large number of scholars in Lin'an City had expressed their views and refused Xu Ding to enter.

The second day of October.

In the Ciming Hall, Zhao Yurui stood obediently in front of Empress Dowager Yang.

Empress Dowager Yang smiled and looked at Zhao Yurui with satisfaction.

Zhao Yurui is now an official, and her attitude towards her is still exactly the same as before.

At this time, she was talking to Zhao Yurui about establishing a queen: "The daughter of the Xie family is blessed to be a queen. What do you think of Yurui?"

Zhao Yurui smiled and said, "I listen to my mother in everything." The Empress Dowager Yang is now his mother, and the Yu family is no longer.

Empress Dowager Yang said again: "You have seen Daoqing, you must be satisfied."

She stumbled over the matter of Zhao Yu's concubine, the two couples quarreled every day, and Shi Miyuan was engaged to Jia Yuhua for Zhao Yurui, so Empress Dowager Yang deliberately said that Zhao Yurui must be satisfied.

Zhao Yurui didn't hesitate: "Miss Xie is well educated and reasonable, dignified and generous, and Rui likes it very much."

"That's good." Queen Mother Yang nodded happily.

The two had a brief discussion that day, and they basically decided to make Xie Daoqing the empress, Jia Yuhua the noble concubine, and Qin Zhuo's daughter Qin Nan, Fuzhong Xiaotao, all as concubines.

Zhao Yurui also wanted to make Mrs. Xu a concubine, but Shi Miyuan and Empress Dowager Yang flatly refused, but they agreed to call Mrs. Xu into the palace to serve as a marquis by her side.

After talking to Empress Dowager Yang, Zhao Yurui thought about it, and suddenly asked, "Can Yurui go and see Mrs. Zhong?"

"..." Empress Dowager Yang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Zhao Yurui was targeted by Mrs. Zhong in the past, and it was said that she was scolded bloody, probably Zhao Yurui wanted to take revenge.

Of course, Queen Mother Yang was also upset with Mrs. Zhong. After putting Mrs. Zhong in the cold palace, she also went to show off her might. Seeing Mrs. Zhong's pitiful appearance at that time, Queen Mother Yang was very happy.

Everyone in the world is like this. Once they get their wish, they want to take revenge on those who humiliated them before.

(End of this chapter)