The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 16 Father and Son Agreement
Song Huizong looked at Zhao Gou intently, seeing his unwavering gaze, and said: "Since you have your own path in your heart, I will help you!"

Zhao Gou said gratefully: "Thank you, Father, for fulfilling the task!"

"However, you must agree to one condition!" Song Huizong continued.

Zhao Gou was puzzled, and mumbled, "Father, what are the conditions you mentioned?"

Song Huizong smiled slightly and said: "You are my son, and also the king of Guangping County. All my sons and daughters must be canonized and crowned king in front of the officials at the age of crowning. If you want to travel around , looking for famous teachers everywhere, I won’t say too much, the only requirement is that you must appear in the capital when you are crowned, can you do it?”

Zhao Gou originally thought that Song Huizong was going back on his word, but he never thought that what Song Huizong said was this, and he replied directly without any hesitation: "My minister promised that when he was crowned, he must be in the capital. Break your promise!"

Song Huizong nodded in relief, and looked at Zhao Gou with a lot of emotion.Since Zhao Gou was born, he met less than three times until he was three years old, and he never said anything. Basically, it was over in a few words.Song Huizong looked at Zhao Gou, who was only six years old, like an adult, mature and stable, and couldn't help sighing slightly.

Zhao Gou raised his head and stared at Song Huizong. From Zhao Ji's eyes, Zhao Gou could see Song Huizong's love for him, but there were some things that he couldn't say or explain, maybe there was some unavoidable reason .However, Zhao Gou found that his father was very different from the Song Huizong in history.

Although Song Huizong still looked very bookish, he looked like a white-faced scholar after being influenced by Confucian culture.However, Zhao Gou was a little shocked by the heroic spirit in Song Huizong's eyebrows, especially Song Huizong's frowning, and the faint sadness in his eyes surprised him even more.

"Is there a mistake in history, Song Huizong is not only an emperor of calligraphy and painting, but also a real strategist?" Zhao Gou was puzzled, thinking secretly: "If Song Huizong in history has no talent, or If you don’t understand politics, how can you become the Ninth Five-Year King. Even if Song Huizong got the support of the Queen Mother, the ministers in the court were divided into two factions, and there must be some unknown secrets to be able to defeat Cai Wang Rongdeng Dabao.”

"Historically, Song Huizong's most beloved prince was the Great Prince, the future prince. It has never been heard that Song Huizong would have the slightest affection for Zhao Gou. Although I have only met him three times, this is the first time Four times, I still feel that there is something else in the father's eyes, what exactly is it?"

Even though Zhao Gou came from a later generation and possessed profound modern knowledge, he couldn't figure out what happened to all of this.In fact, this change in Song Huizong was all due to Zhao Gou himself.If Song Huizong hadn't seen hope from Zhao Gou, he wouldn't have spent a lot of trouble and started to make arrangements. Not only did he wantonly demote Cai Jing's power, but even his servant Yang Jian was given poisoned wine by him and died.

According to history, Yang Jian should not have died three years ago, and Cai Jing had already entered the court again as an official, and his power would be even greater.However, in the past three years, Song Huizong not only did not reuse Cai Jing and others' thoughts, even the struggle between the two factions in the court system showed signs of resurgence.

After Cai Jing was hit hard by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, he began to slump. Three years later, Cai Jing, who was staying at home in Hangzhou, was furious and sent people several times to inquire about the trend of the court.However, everyone began to stay away from Cai Jing, which made him even more anxious and terrified.

Three years have passed, and Cai Jing also knows that all the forces he planted in the palace have been cut off by an unknown force. Even his son has been dismissed from office, or demoted to a border town to take up an official position .Today, the power that Cai Jing has painstakingly managed for ten years has disappeared in less than three years.

At this time, Cai Jing realized that he had provoked the emperor's taboo, and it was too late to regret.Today, Cai Jing is in the mansion, stays at home, and has no intention of studying calligraphy. His whole body is drooping, sluggish, and he has lost the vigor of the past, and the courage to control everything, like a bereaved dog.

At the beginning, Cai Jing, who had been demoted for several months, came to Hangzhou and became the emperor of the land. Local gentry, wealthy businessmen, and officials came to the mansion one after another to visit Cai Jing, but he blocked them all. He was a little triumphant, and thought to himself: "Even if I am demoted, I am still very powerful. If there is no accident, I will be able to enter the capital again in the near future. Then you will wait."

Time splashes, fleeting!
The triumphant Cai Jing sat in the mansion as steadily as Mount Tai, drinking and having fun.One month passed, two months passed, several months passed, and even a year passed.Every time Cai Jing got worse and worse news, after the first month he knew that Yang Jian had died in the palace, he still dismissed it at that time, thinking that it would have no effect.

Two months later, Cai Jing received a secret report from the capital. It was not the emperor's intention to call him into the palace, but he heard that some people in his own power had committed crimes and were detained in a prison; several months later, he His eldest son was demoted and sent to the frontier; a few months later, Cai Jing heard again that the power he had worked so hard to build after a year fell apart.

"I'm dead!" Cai Jing was hit harder and harder, and even his son's official position in the court could not be kept. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "Your Majesty, have you really forgotten the existence of my minister? Really Let me never return to Beijing, I really don't want to be reconciled!..."

Song Huizong's vigorous and resolute style made Cai Jing afraid, and even the ministers of the court and central government shut up one after another, and all the ministers dared not dissuade him again.Moreover, some ministers of the two factions in the court system, no matter how big their official position in the court, will be demoted or even executed.

For a time, no one dared to oppose Song Huizong's power in the court, and if he was a little careless, he would be demoted or fined.The civil and military officials couldn't help being a little puzzled. They couldn't see what Song Huizong was thinking at all. He even abandoned all calligraphy and painting, and devoted himself to dealing with the government affairs.

Although Yang Jian was executed by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Tong Guan still existed in the court. He trembled and was afraid of being beheaded by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.The death of Yang Jian let everyone know that Song Huizong was no longer the emperor of calligraphy and painting, nor the emperor who was deceived by the ministers of the court, but the real one who kept his promises, dealt with things vigorously, decisively and resolutely, as long as Song Huizong still turned a blind eye to matters that did not involve the chaos of the court, as well as corruption and perverting the law, but if it endangered the court, no matter who it was, he would be demoted.

From the beginning, the ministers of the court and the central government did not understand what Song Huizong wanted to do. It was not until Cai Jing's power disintegrated little by little that everyone understood that Song Huizong was killing chickens to warn monkeys, a strategy of killing three birds with one stone.Firstly, to completely eliminate Cai Jing’s influence in the court; secondly, to warn people of the two factions in the court, if they dare to be presumptuous again, they will all be eliminated; thirdly, to consolidate their imperial power, and the emperor is supreme.

Some of the ministers in the DPRK, who thought they were senior in the DPRK, mentioned reform and conservative matters again in eloquence. Before they could finish speaking, they were dismissed from office by Song Huizong, demoted to common people, and asked him to retire and return to his hometown.At this time, the court officials realized that Song Huizong was just watching a play, and that the real Song Huizong was a man of soft exterior and strong interior.However, since Zhao Gou was no longer in the palace, Cai Jing was demoted, and Yang Jian died, the ministers saw the unique Song Huizong, exuding a sense of stability, and even the Confucian spirit disappeared without a trace Now, everyone secretly thought: "Based on the current state of the emperor, anyone who dares to endanger the imperial court will be eliminated. If the guess is correct, the emperor will no longer worry that the ministers in the court will return to their hometowns one after another, but the real decision. Clean."

Song Huizong deposed some officials, and promoted a group of officials from below to replace the original official positions, so that there was not much trouble in the court.Today's Song Huizong is no longer the emperor who can only calligraphy and painting. His true self, showing the majesty of the real Ninth Five-Year King, makes everyone dare not surpass him in the slightest.

For three years, Zhao Gou, who was immersed in martial arts, didn't know that so many things happened in the court, and he didn't know that his father was no longer the previous father.However, Zhao Ji, who is the emperor, is also a father. He hopes that Zhao Gou can stay, but he doesn't want to let him wander alone, and he is entangled in his heart.

Seeing Song Huizong's struggling eyes, Zhao Si hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, it's time to go back to the palace!"

"So soon?" Song Huizong murmured helplessly, looked at Zhao Gou again, glanced at it reluctantly, and then said in a deep voice: "Remember your agreement with me, as for the doubts in your heart, I will wait for you On the day of coronation, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

Before Zhao Gou had any reaction, Song Huizong and Zhao Si disappeared into the night; when Zhao Gou chased after him again, he could only hear the sound of galloping horses, and had to return to this hut.When he returned to the room, he found that there was a thick stack of bank notes on his bed at some point, the smallest one was ten taels, the largest one was one hundred taels, and the sum of scattered banknotes was 1 taels. silver.

Zhao Gou looked at the thick stack of banknotes in his hand, frowned, and thought deeply: "There are 1 taels of banknotes? Could this be left to me by my father!...My father knew my money from the very beginning. Xinxin, these taels of silver are reserved for me to eat and drink on the road, and it is only 1 taels of silver, isn't Father afraid of jealousy?"

So, Zhao Gou cleaned up and took a rest!

"Brother Huang, do you really decide to let him go on the road alone?" At this time, Song Huizong and Zhao Si had already returned to the palace, and Zhao Si still had some doubts.

Song Huizong said in a deep voice: "Since Gou'er wants to walk the rivers and lakes alone, I can't say anything. Now, Chao Gang is temporarily suppressed by me. However, this situation will definitely not be a long-term solution, and I can't do it." Really remove all the ministers from their posts."

"Gou'er is already six years old, and his height is not like that of ordinary six-year-olds, and he has some martial arts skills. I won't worry too much, but if I encounter a real master, I might suffer a disadvantage. That's fine, let me He will come back after suffering a loss. There are still ten years until the day of his coronation. Chao Gang has been temporarily suppressed by me for three years. In a few years, there will be another dispute. At that time, he must find a way to stabilize Chao Gang again. Just do it."

"As for Gou'er, Thirteenth Brother, you send two people to follow behind him, and never make a move unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Zhao Si nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Emperor, all the ministers of court, Chinese and military have been shocked by you. As you said, it is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution to this problem. Only other methods will work. However, if this continues, the minister is worried that the court ministers will have other opinions."

"Why don't I know that this method can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Everything can only be seen in the future. Now, all I have left for him is time, buy time for him, and let him deal with it when the time comes. Sometimes, I also have powerless intentions. The deep-rooted ideological burden is really hard to shake, and only a huge crisis can solve all problems fundamentally."

Song Huizong Zhao Ji and Cai Wang Zhao Si were both silent, bowed their heads and remained silent. Facing the danger of the Song Dynasty, they, as those in power, had already understood where the root lies, but they were carrying huge burdens , can't give up easily, otherwise there will be chaos in the government, the people will live in dire straits, and lose the support of the people. After weighing the pros and cons, Song Huizong can only temporarily choose to suppress it and choose to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. The time is not yet ripe!

(End of this chapter)