Song Gexing

Chapter 27 Zhao Fang was forced into a corner

"You are the eldest prince, and the position of prince is originally yours. Does it make any difference if you do it sooner or later?"

Seeing Zhao Fang's refusal, Ouyang Xiu immediately ran against him.

Zhao Fanggen straightened his neck and said: "Who said that the eldest prince must be the crown prince? My grandfather was the third son, and my eldest uncle was still here."

Everyone froze immediately, and he really found a flaw. Zhao Yuanzuo was still alive when Zhenzong was established as the prince, and he had recovered from his illness.

Moreover, Zhao Yuanzuo was originally Taizong Zhao Guangyi's earliest favorite candidate for crown prince, and he was always trained according to the prince's standards.

"How can the eldest prince refuse this matter! As the eldest son of the emperor, you have the responsibility to be responsible for Da Song."

Seeing that everyone was frozen, Han Qi immediately started to act shameless. He stopped trying to reason with you and just slapped a hat on you.

Zhao Fang wanted to jump on his feet, but Zhang Dexiang said quietly: "Dalang, you really can't refuse this matter. Regardless of the rules of the court or the rules of the royal family, if you are not the crown prince, the world will be in chaos."

"What does this have to do with anything?"

Zhao Fang looked at him puzzled and didn't understand why.

Zhang Dexiang sighed: "The emperor's eldest son is already well-known for his intelligence. If you are abandoned and someone else is established, not only will the successor be worried about you, but the people of the world will also be dissatisfied with others. Do you think the world will be in chaos?"

Zhao Fang was really dumbfounded this time. It turns out that being too outstanding is also the original sin. This is not a matter of Mu Xiu Yu Lin, but that you can't do it if you don't think others do it.

"No, old man, you are changing the concept. What I am saying is that I am still young and there is no need to establish a heir apparent so early."

After being stunned for a long time, Zhao Fang suddenly realized that he was being led into a ditch.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ouyang Xiu added unhurriedly: "Does it make any difference if it's later or earlier? You are the eldest son of the emperor."

It was the same sentence, just reversed order, but this time he really couldn't think of a reason to refute it.

I have previously refuted that my grandfather was the third son, and I cannot say this again. However, if I refute that it is too early to establish the crown prince, everyone has said before that the ancestral law can be changed, and I still have to prove it myself.

If you use this to refute everyone, wouldn't it be a slap in your face?

"You...you are all adults, how can you bully a child like this!"

Zhao Fang was really defeated. He really couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so he could only lament.

It seemed as if he could see freedom leaving him, how willing he was to do so. He also wanted to go shopping when he grew up a little. If he didn't go to play in this great country, he wouldn't be bothered by being trapped in Bianjing city all day long.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Han Qi laughed. With the crown prince as the vanguard, the path to reform would be much smoother.

At least the Zhang in front of him looked like there would be no more moths. This old man was also a staunch supporter of Zhao Fang, and he didn't want to ruin Zhao Fang's reputation.

This is the difference between the emperor and the prince. If the emperor makes a mistake, the ministers will take the blame. If the prince makes a mistake, he can only take the blame himself. This will have negative consequences for his future succession, which is intolerable to loyal ministers.

Zhang Dexiang opposed the reform, but he was a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty and a loyal minister of the Zhao family. He would never dare to risk the prince's reputation and hinder the reform.

"I can be the crown prince, but I must agree to retain the right to go out of Beijing to experience people's livelihood!"

Finally, Zhao Fang gave up struggling, but he also fiercely put forward conditions, staring at Han Qi with big eyes and angrily.

"Get out of the capital!"

Everyone was stunned. Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth to object, but Han Qi, who had quick eyes and quick hands, stopped him and said: "Is going out to Beijing just to experience people's livelihood? Isn't it just for fun?" "Who said I love to play?"

Zhao Fang immediately asked back, and said with a "humph": "We don't want to raise a Jin Hui Emperor, right? An emperor who doesn't know the sufferings of the people is not a good emperor!"

What he said made sense. Ouyang Xiu slapped his mouth and reluctantly chose not to speak.

"If you want to experience people's livelihood, I can promise to persuade everyone for you."

"Agreed so soon?"

Zhao Fang was surprised by Han Qi's cheerfulness and blinked at his father.

Zhao Zhen rubbed his nose with a wry smile, nodded and said, "Daddy can also agree to you, but you have to convince your big lady and little lady by yourself."

Zhao Fang suddenly had a black line on his forehead and cursed his henpecked father, "Two old ladies, this is a big trouble."

Especially Empress Cao, even though she is not her own mother, she really dotes on her as her own son, let alone thinking that she can be reasonable just because she is virtuous. Once her son's safety is involved, it is unreasonable.

He scratched his forehead with a headache and glared at Han Qi angrily. When he found that his face was smiling and seemed very proud, he immediately became angry again.

With a "hehe", Zhao Fang rolled his eyes, looked at Han Qi with a bright smile and said, "Privy Minister Han must have no good intentions for pushing me out so early. I don't believe you are doing it for my own good. There must be a conspiracy."

Han Qi was startled and immediately laughed: "Oh, Dalang doesn't believe me, so how can you prove that I have no conspiracy?"

When Zhao Zhen heard what he said, he wanted to blame his son for talking nonsense, but when he saw Han Qi's behavior, he understood that his son did it on purpose. Han Qi obviously understood, so he looked at him with a smile without saying a word.

I saw Zhao Fang looking grand, waving his hand and saying righteously: "Hostage! I want a hostage to believe it. I heard that Privy Han's family has a daughter, and the prince can ask for a royal attendant."

"what!"

Zhao Zhen was so shocked that he almost bit off his own tongue, and immediately yelled: "Brother, you're making a fool of yourself! How can Han Qing's daughter be so careless!"

Zhao Fang saw that his father seemed to be really angry, and then he suddenly remembered that what he said was indeed inappropriate.

Don't think that his Master Attendant will be a concubine in the future, but after all, that is the future, and those who enter the palace now are basically the same as the wives of noble families.

It would be cowardly to dare to treat Han Qi's daughter as a mistress. Although the Song Dynasty was not like the Ming Dynasty, the concubines had to be chosen from small private families, but they would not be chosen from high-ranking officials and noble families.

Queens are generally from the Wuxun family. This is the rule of the Song Dynasty. Except for Queen Liu of Zhenzong, there is no one else, but Liu E was not the queen from the beginning.

After Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin released his military power, in order to appease the military generals, he decided that the queen must be from a military general's family. Therefore, every emperor's first queen was the daughter of a military general's family.

This also made the civil servants and high-ranking officials reluctant to send their daughters to the palace, so concubines were generally from the families of middle- and lower-level officials, and even the daughters of common people.

In particular, the concubines taken by the emperor before he ascended the throne were not only from common people, but also widows. Even those who had engaged in kabuki would not be stopped.

Of course, this kind of kabuki is not the kind played in hook bars, but the kind that is innocent and makes a living by singing and dancing. Liu E was engaged in this industry and sang in restaurants.

It can be said that the restrictions on women in the Song Dynasty were very loose, but they were very casual about concubines. It was even fashionable to send concubines to each other, and Su Dongpo was one of the leaders.

Therefore, if a daughter of a scholar-official family becomes a concubine, you should never even think about it. Any scholar-official with integrity will never allow this to happen in his own family.

Of course, the emperor's concubines are an exception, but it is also rare to see the legitimate daughters of high-ranking officials and important ministers.

(End of this chapter)