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Chapter 49 Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng (big chapter)

[The fifth place is Tang Xuanzong. Tang Xuanzong's name is Li Longji, and he is the third son of Tang Ruizong Li Dan.

Because he grew up in danger and was more aware of the suffering of the people, after he ascended the throne, he governed the country with benevolence and righteousness, treated virtuous officials with courtesy, made clear rewards and punishments, did not abuse the criminal law, did not protect his relatives, opened up his voice, was good at listening to opinions, lightened the burden on the people, reduced taxes, and paid attention to Culture and technology gave rise to numerous talents in the Tang Dynasty.

The political clarity led to the rapid development of economy and culture, which made the world rich and unprecedented prosperity appeared during the Kaiyuan period.

It was during the prosperous age of Kaiyuan that the ministers in the court wrote letters one after another, asking Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to go east to Mount Tai to enshrine the throne. Li Longji accepted it calmly after some humility, and went to Mount Tai to hold the enshrinement ceremony in the 13th year of Kaiyuan.

When the large group of people arrived at the west of Mount Tai, a strong wind suddenly came up, and the team was in chaos. The envoy Feng Chan hurriedly smoothed things over, so that everyone could feel at ease.

However, unexpectedly at night, the wind suddenly picked up again, which made Li Longji uneasy and he prayed devoutly to heaven.

Perhaps God knew that he was serving the country and the people, or perhaps his prayers worked and the wind stopped blowing and the ceremony was successfully completed. 】

[The sixth is Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, the third emperor of the Song Dynasty. When it comes to the emperors who should be granted Zen, the one who should not be granted Zen is undoubtedly Song Zhenzong.

The other emperors who granted Zen status had meritorious deeds, but Zhenzong of Song Dynasty stayed in a corner, unable to defeat the Liao Kingdom, unable to expel foreign humiliation, and even signed the insulting Tan Yuan Alliance.

The most disgusting thing is that Zhao Heng actually thinks that he has done a proud achievement and is proud of it.

Then a flattering minister suggested to Zhao Heng that he should hold a ceremony to enshrine the throne. How could Zhao Heng, who was already very happy about success, not be tempted, so he readily agreed.

Zhao Heng officially set out on his eastward journey in early October, and a mighty procession of civil and military officials headed for Mount Tai. After 17 days of long journey, they arrived at Mount Tai. They fasted and worshiped at the foot of the mountain for three days, then climbed Mount Tai and completed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. , a ceremony to worship the earth gods was held on the second day, and then there was a series of celebrations. It took dozens of days to hold a series of farce in Mount Tai, and Zhao Heng also became the last person in history. The emperor of Feng Chan.

It was precisely because of Song Zhenzong's shameless behavior that subsequent emperors disdained to associate with him, and Taishan's enshrinement seemed to have become a joke.

So since Zhao Heng, no emperor has held a Zen ceremony. 】

"The main thing about Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty is that he lived too long. If he had died earlier, his current evaluation would definitely be improved a lot."

"Based on the prosperous Kaiyuan era, Li Longji was fully qualified, but it was a pity that it expanded in the later period."

"This is the peak moment of ancient China and the peak moment of Li Longji's achievements"

"No one in the Song Dynasty was qualified to go to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen, not even Zhao Kuangyin. There was a huge gap."

"I can only say that Song Zhenzong single-handedly lowered the level of Feng Chan and caused Taishan's standard to plummet."

"Finally Here, the Shame of Taishan Fengchan"

"If Fengchan Taishan hadn't been ruined by Song Zhenzong, later generations of heroes such as Hongwu and Yongle would also be able to Fengchan Taishan."

"Qin Shihuang: Is it you who made future emperors afraid to grant Zen status?" 》

"Song Zhenzong: Family members, let me bring you down the level of Taishan Fengchan"

"Taishan: It's over, it's really over, Zhao Heng is such a bastard"

"Song Zhenzong: There are always people chirping and making fun of me"

"If Song Zhenzong hadn't fixed this thing, Mount Tai would probably be covered with Qianlong's seals now."

"If Song Zhenzong had penetrated Liao all the way to Beijing, then he could indeed be enshrined in Mount Tai, but unfortunately, he didn't even dare to sign the Tanyuan Alliance in person."

"Song Zhenzong is the smartest. If he had gone to Zen two days later, Mount Tai would have become someone else's territory."

"Song Zhenzong was truly a wise king through the ages. He knew that enshrining Zen was a waste of people and money, so the emperor after he left would not bother to go again. It was for the benefit of future generations."

"Taishan: Who in the family understands, Song Zhenzong below"

"The Only Victim of Song Zhenzong's Taishan Fengchan, Zhu Yuanzhang"

"When Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty was granted Zen status, it was said that the court ministers almost died from laughter."

Datang.

Li Longji: I knew I was going to be scolded again. As soon as I was introduced, they said that I would live too long and wished that I would die early. Please tell me what happened next, so that I can prepare early. You didn't tell me any useful information except scolding me. How should I deal with this? Didn't I get scolded in vain?
  Although he had been mentally prepared, he saw that later generations were cursing him for an early death.

He still broke through his defense, and his whole face was very ugly and gloomy.

Anyone who is insulted and told to die early will be angry, let alone an emperor like him.

In normal times, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who would be disrespectful to him? Who dares to curse him to die early? No one has the guts at all.

But now, he has been scolded by future generations countless times in the past two days.

As long as there is an introduction about him on the marquee, he will inevitably be scolded.

But just scold me, tell me why!

He didn't say anything, and he didn't know what happened next, so that future generations would curse him like this.

While he was angry, his heart was filled with clouds, and a trace of fear spread in his heart.

Just because so many later generations scolded him, he could roughly guess some of the reasons.

It is estimated that he made major mistakes in the later period of his rule, which caused the Tang Empire to fall into crisis, the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty to take a turn for the worse, and there was even a possibility of national unrest.

Only this possibility will make future generations curse him for an early death.

But he couldn't figure it out. Now that the prosperous Kaiyuan era was praised by the people all over the world, what kind of crisis was hidden in the secret?

Today's Tang Dynasty is prosperous with singing and dancing, and people live and work in peace and contentment. He has not noticed the undercurrent hidden under the surface of the prosperous age of Kaiyuan.

There must be something missing, and it's still a big crisis.

He couldn't help but lower his head and think deeply, recalling what oversights he had made in his daily life.

But after thinking for a long time, he had no clue.

How much he hoped at this moment that future generations could tell him some useful information, even if he was willing to get scolded a few more times for it.

Compared to solving the crisis in Datang, scolding him is nothing.

He raised his head and looked at the introduction about Mount Tai's Fengchan on the sky screen.

In the original history, he led his ministers to Mount Tai to worship Zen.

But now, this history is about to be rewritten.

Because he has made up his mind not to go to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk.

He had indeed planned to go to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen, and soon he would discuss matters related to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen with the minister.

After all, he created the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty and was qualified to go to Mount Tai to be enshrined in Zen.

But now, he doesn't think so.

First, there was a huge crisis in the Tang Dynasty at this time. He had to find out the crisis hidden in the dark and solve it. He simply did not have the time or energy to go to Mount Tai to enshrine the Zen.

Second, Song Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty directly lowered the standard of the Taishan Conferential Zen. If he went to Taishan to confer Zen, he would feel a little uncomfortable.

He already knew the deeds of Song Zhenzong's Tanyuan Alliance from later generations, and of course he didn't bother to go to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen like Song Zhenzong. He signed the Tanyuan Agreement with the enemy, which was humiliating and humiliating the country. He gave the enemy a large amount of gold and silver every year. Such a person actually had the nerve to go to Mount Tai to become a Buddhist monk.

He was very curious as to why Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng was so thick-skinned and how he had the nerve to go to Mount Tai to be enshrined.

Northern Song Dynasty.

Seeing that Zhao Heng was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin stayed where he was, as if he had been struck by lightning.

At this moment, he was in a state of confusion and could not accept this reality.

Zhao Heng is the son of his younger brother Zhao Guangyi. Now Zhao Heng is the third emperor of the Song Dynasty. Doesn't this mean that the second emperor is Zhao Guangyi?
  He passed the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi?

No, this must not be possible, there must be something wrong with it.

He had a son himself, how could he pass the throne to Zhao Guangyi!

Something must have happened later that caused the throne to fall into Zhao Guangyi's hands.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, he did have the idea of ​​​​passing the throne to Zhao Guangyi.

The biggest reason was that the situation was unstable. For the sake of the overall situation of the Song Dynasty, he had to choose Zhao Guangyi as the successor of the Song Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period before the founding of the Song Dynasty, there were 20 emperors in just fifty years.

The biggest reason why emperors change so frequently is that they fail to choose a successor. The successor is either too young or too weak, which leads to the throne being taken away and the dynasty changing.

And his Song Dynasty had just been established, and neither the external situation nor the internal situation was stable.

In order to find a capable and capable successor, he turned his attention to his relatives.

As for his two sons, one is young and the other lacks ability.

Therefore, in order to consider the overall interests of the country and avoid the change of dynasty from happening to Zhao Song, he selected Zhao Guangyi, who was young and capable, as his successor. This situation was just the result of helplessness in the early days of the founding of the country.

However, as the country of the Song Dynasty became more and more stable, when he was able to completely secure the country and release his military power through a glass of wine to resolve the possible threats posed by the Forbidden Army generals, and the country was stable and would not be lost easily, his thoughts became There has been a big shift.

Since the country is so stable, there is no need for Zhao Guangyi. Even if the country is passed on to his son, there will be no problem and there will be no major turmoil.

In addition to the stability of the Song Dynasty, there was another reason that made him want to change his successor.

That is, when Zhao Guangyi was the governor of Kaifeng, he vigorously cultivated his influence. Every time he went out, he would be cheered before and after him, and the scene was no less generous than when he went out.

Therefore, he did not want to pass the throne to Zhao Guangyi anymore, so he felt relieved to pass it on to his son.

In order to pass the throne to his son smoothly, he made two arrangements.

One is to slowly weaken Zhao Guangyi's power, and the other is to slowly cultivate his son.

Weakening Zhao Guangyi is not something that happens overnight. It takes time to boil the frog in warm water.

After all, Zhao Guangyi followed him to conquer this country, and he still has some prestige in the army.

Moreover, when Zhao Guangyi was selected as his successor, the position of Kaifeng Prefect was given to Zhao Guangyi.

The capital of the Song Dynasty was Kaifeng, and Zhao Guangyi's position as Kaifeng Prefect was equivalent to the treatment of a prince.

Zhao Guangyi has been the governor of Kaifeng for so many years and has cultivated many forces of his own.

Therefore, at this time, Zhao Guangyi has slowly grown bigger and needs time to weaken step by step.

According to his expectations at that time, the throne could be safely handed over to his son in the end.

But now later generations tell him that Zhao Guangyi became the second emperor of the Song Dynasty.

It seems that something big must have happened later, which caused the throne to fall into the hands of Zhao Guangyi.

Could it be that Zhao Guangyi imitated Li Shimin and killed his brother?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

After all, except for Zhao Guangyi's rebellion, he really couldn't imagine how the throne came into Zhao Guangyi's hands.

At this moment, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and he was thinking quickly about countermeasures.

Zhao Guangyi must be eliminated. He wants to pass the throne to his son smoothly.

However, Zhao Guangyi has become bigger and it will take some effort to get rid of him.

But he was not in a hurry. Since he already knew that Zhao Guangyi was rebelling, he just needed to be more careful and deal with it slowly.

He is still very confident that he can get rid of Zhao Guangyi.

Until this time, he finally understood why the emperors after the Song Dynasty were so useless and nothing like him.

It turns out that they are all Zhao Guangyi's offspring, no wonder they don't have any bravery from him.

Seeing that the emperors behind the Song Dynasty were more and more useless, he became more determined to get rid of Zhao Guangyi.

The country he had worked so hard to build didn't want to be ruined like this by a loser.

Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng: I knew it would be like this, if there was overwhelming curses.

When Tianmu talked about the six emperors who were enshrined in Mount Tai, he had already expected that future generations would laugh at him again, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Anyway, he has already seen that as long as future generations talk about the Song Dynasty, they will inevitably insult him and ridicule him.

At this moment, his heart was very tired and he sighed deeply. Future generations would not understand him at all.

The 25-year war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom killed many soldiers of the Song Dynasty and brought such heavy disasters to the Song Dynasty.

He also signed the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom for the sake of peace and stability in the Song Dynasty.

For the sake of peace and tranquility for the people of the Song Dynasty, what happened to him becoming a brotherly country with the Liao Kingdom? Will future generations insult him like this?
  He just gave the Liao some gold and silver every year, which would bring peace to the Song Dynasty. Why not do such a good deal?
  Compared with the military expenditures spent on the war with Liao every year, these gold and silver are simply worthless.

Spending less than 1% of the military expenditure on gold and silver can bring peace to the Song Dynasty. It is natural for him to be enshrined in Mount Tai for such great achievements.

Facts have proved that after signing the Tanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom never fought again.

Isn't it good that he brought peace to the Song Dynasty and peace to the people of the world?

Just because he signed the Tanyuan Alliance and did not fight hard with the Liao Kingdom, later generations ridiculed him, and he was very dissatisfied with this.

In his view, people in future generations just stand and talk without back pain.

Many people will die in a war. No matter how many good men of the Song Dynasty die, it won't hurt, right?
  He believed that if he could draw those future generations who ridiculed him for signing the Tanyuan Alliance to fight with the Liao Kingdom, he would ensure that those future generations would kneel down and beg him to sign the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom.

He signed the Tanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom, and the people of the Song Dynasty did not complain about him, so it was not the turn of future generations to criticize him.

Thinking of this, he could face the ridicule of future generations calmly.

(End of this chapter)