The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 582: King Yan
"Eunuch Wang has worked hard all the way!" Zhao Gou said enthusiastically, "How about sitting down for a while and having a glass of wine?"

"Your Highness is too polite!" The Eunuch Wang replied respectfully, "Our family is the only one who disturbs your Highness's wedding, how dare you drink any more water!"

"Elder-in-law said that, that's really alien!" Zhao Gou couldn't help pulling him to sit down, and ordered someone to bring up a jug of wine, and drank with him.

Seeing Zhao Gou's kindness, Wang Gonggong couldn't refuse anymore, so he sat down and had a few drinks.Zhao Gou got married yesterday. This is a wedding banquet. He is an eunuch.Wherever Wang Gonggong goes, few people treat each other so sincerely, but Zhao Gou is like a friend, which makes him very flattered.

"Did the prince make any mistakes?" Zhao Gou drank a few cups and said with a smile: "I am just a commoner, how can I afford the word 'prince'? , how to call it 'Prince'."

The prince respectfully said: "My lord doesn't know something. The emperor has ordered you to be king. After the wedding is over, I will go to the palace to face the saint. Our family came here this time to deliver the decree. It is about this matter." .As for the reason, I don't even know."

"Wang Gonggong, are you joking?" Zhao Gou asked solemnly.

The prince nodded again and said: "If the prince doesn't believe it, there is an imperial decree to read here, and the prince will know after reading it!"

Zhao Gou took the imperial decree handed over by the prince, and looked at it seriously with wide eyes. It clearly stated that he was indeed crowned king, and he was still the "King of Yan".At the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, no one had conferred the title of King Yan, because at that time the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun had not been recovered and were in the hands of the Liao people.

"Eunuch Wang, Mr. Zhao still doesn't understand, what exactly does this mean?" Eunuch Wang is someone close to the emperor, if nothing happened last time, maybe Zhao Gou went directly to the palace to face the saint.Now Zhao Gou can only ask Wang Gonggong, because he really can't understand what his father wants to do.

The prince replied in a low voice: "My lord, our family really doesn't know what the emperor means, but I have observed many different things about the emperor these days. The emperor is always used to being alone in the study, and no one is allowed to come close. Even those of us are leaving."

"The last time the prince and the emperor had a falling out, there were a lot of rumors in the palace, and even our family was taken aback. After all, we have seen the relationship between the emperor and the prince, but we don't want that kind of thing to happen. It was really unexpected.”

Zhao Gou was also dizzy, he really couldn't understand why his father did this.Even Wang Gonggong didn't know, Zhao Gou knew what he said, and he was afraid that his father had ulterior motives.If you ask another insider, you will get nothing, and Zhao Gou is helpless.

"My lord, please forgive this old slave for talking too much!" The prince said in a low voice, "I have observed that my father has a lot of worries recently, and I am afraid that I have a lot of trouble, but I have been hiding it in my heart. However, His Royal Highness King Chu entered the palace to report to the emperor. The emperor was very happy to report the great wedding of the prince, and went to the other courtyard where the prince lived when he was young, and stayed for a long time before coming out."

"I'm very unhappy these days, and I only smile when I think of the prince. Maybe the prince still has a lot of misunderstandings about the emperor, and even got angry, and disappeared for more than a month. In fact, the emperor misses the prince very much, but the emperor has his own difficulties. I can’t search like other people, but I have inquired a lot, and the emperor did all these things secretly.”

"The old servant is anxious in his eyes, and I want to say something here. If the prince really cares about the relationship between father and son, he might as well go to the palace to meet the emperor! As for the reason why he was named king of Yan, as long as the prince asks, the emperor will definitely will explain."

"Thank you, Eunuch Wang!" Zhao Gou saw Eunuch Wang's sincere eyes, and he knew that Eunuch Wang was sincerely for his father.

Wang Gonggong is older than his father, if the previous chief executives were all treacherous ministers, he would not have appeared.After many observations and unannounced visits, Wang Gonggong is indeed a loyal person, and he is definitely not like other people who fill his pockets.

Because of this, Zhao Gou also respects Wang Gonggong very much.Originally, it was necessary to burn incense and kneel to greet the imperial decree, and it was not easy for the prince to do it too obviously, so he wanted to announce the decree.After all, the face of the royal family is still needed, and it is not appropriate to abolish the public just because he has a good relationship with Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou rewarded Wang Gonggong 100 taels, and Wang Gonggong took it directly without saying anything.Then, he ate some wine and left.

"Steward Wang, wake them all up, even if you pour cold water on them or throw them into ice cubes!" Zhao Gou sternly shouted, "When they wake up, go to Pan Shangshu, Wang Shangshu's mansion, invited them to the mansion, and said that I have something to ask, the matter is of great importance, and there should be no delay."

Steward Wang was taken aback, and hurried to the front hall, without saying a word, he directly brought several buckets of cold water.Whether it was Gao Chong, King Chu, etc., all of them took a cold shower.The drunkenness of the crowd was awakened by the piercing cold water. They all looked at Steward Wang angrily, but just as they were about to make a move, Steward Wang blocked all their movements with a word.

"This is the young master's order. In addition, the young master ordered to invite Wang Yun, the minister of punishment, and Pan Lianggui, the minister of rites, to the mansion, saying that there is something to discuss. If you delay for a while, you will bear the consequences yourself. If you don't want to bear the consequences, then leave it to me Get up quickly and go ask someone."

Everyone jumped up suddenly, ignoring the cold water on their faces, and even the water on their bodies, they went out straight away and went to the residences of Minister of Punishment and Minister of Rites.As for Zhao Yougong, who came to Zhao Gou's place, Zhao Gou looked up at the wet Zhao Yougong, and said with a dumb smile, "Second brother, what's wrong with you? You're just drunk, how can you be in such a mess?"

Zhao Yougong glared angrily, and said: "It's not the housekeeper of your house, but you have the audacity to pour cold water on me. You must know that I am the king of Chu, and I am also a privy envoy. I really don't know who gave him that courage. Steward Wang Say you have something to do, what is it that is so urgent?"

"There's one thing here, second brother, let's talk about it after you have a look!" Zhao Gou handed the imperial decree to Zhao Yougong and asked him to read it by himself.

Zhao Yougong was a little surprised when he saw the imperial decree, and was even more surprised when he saw the content, saying: "The emperor made you king?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Zhao Gou glanced at Zhao Yougong, despising him very much, it was clearly written in black and white, so it would be superfluous to ask this question, he said in a deep voice: "Father made such a big commotion, Even you, the Privy Council, don't know, let alone other people, don't know whether this prince is good or bad."

"Isn't it a good thing to make you king?" Zhao Yougong asked in surprise.

Zhao Gou replied, "Let's see who the king is again!"

"King Yan!" Zhao Yougong read it again, and finally saw it clearly, 'King Yan' was impressively listed.Moreover, it was stated in the imperial decree that Zhao Gou's fief was actually the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which was bigger than the prince's territory, not to mention the king of Chu, Zhao Yougong.

Originally, the princes and queens had to leave the capital and go to the fief.However, Chu Wang Zhao Yougong is an exception.In fact, this is also to prevent too many princes in the capital from endangering the status of the prince.Therefore, as long as the prince becomes king, he will leave the capital.

However, Zhao Gou's edict did not specify when he would leave Beijing, but only explained that Zhao Gou's wedding was divided according to the ancestral system.The more Zhao Yougong looked at it, the more he felt that this imperial decree was very weird, any award had a reason, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public.

If Zhao Gou regained the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and was conferred the title of 'King of Yan', that would make sense. This was a city that Zhao Gou had brought down by himself. No one dared to take it, and no one could command the guards of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.Now Zhao Gou's generals are basically all in the Sixteen States of Yanyun, which seems to be Zhao Gou's territory.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are one piece of iron, and Zhao Gou is the core existence of this iron plate.If you are really worried about the master of high merit, you only need to make Zhao Gou another prince.Now the emperor is doing the opposite, not only canonizing Zhao Gou as the king of Yan, but also giving Zhao Gou the jurisdiction of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which makes Zhao Yougong a little confused.

(End of this chapter)