The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 647
Song Gaozong Zhao Gou abdicated in the 20th year of Jianyuan and passed on the throne to the eldest son Zhao Qingcang.At this time, Zhao Gounian was more than five years away, and he was in his prime, but he was willing to pass the throne to Zhao Qingcang.There was a shocking wave in the Song Dynasty, and everyone couldn't believe it.

Zhao Gou practiced the internal strength of Buddhism and Taoism, and he was full of energy. Even at the age of knowing the destiny, he could not see any traces of time on his face.At this time, those veterans in the court died one by one, and Zhao Gou overthrew the Jin Dynasty and entrusted Jiuwang Town to Shanhe.

Now Yue Fei among the Nine Kings has died in the hands of the remnants of the Jin Dynasty in Mongolia. His position was inherited by the eldest son Yue Yun, but he didn't want Yue Yun to die in the battle not long after, leaving no heirs. Later, the second son Yue Lei Inherit the title.

Wu Jie, the king of Fu, died of illness in the 12th year of Jianye, and Liu Guangshi, the king of Fu, died of illness in the second year of Jianyuan. Three of the nine kings died, and only nine remained. Zhang Jun was also seriously ill, and it was difficult to get out of bed, let alone lead the army. In combat, the imperial physician can only rest in rest for diagnosis and treatment, and it is difficult to completely improve.

Zhang Jun also retreated from the front line. If it wasn't for Zhao Gou's selection of talents, the army of the Song Dynasty would almost have no successors. Later, Zhao Gou selected talents from the court and promoted Yang Wanli, Lu You and others to generals. Gao Chong was also promoted to one of the nine kings.

Now in the court, Li Gang has died of illness, Zhao Ding has died of illness, and Pan Lianggui has also died of illness. Only Li Guang and Hu Quan can truly stand alone.Zhao Gou promoted the imperial examination selection system, from which outstanding talents were selected again, including Fan Chengda, You Miao and others.

"Your Majesty, do you really decide to pass on to the Crown Prince?"

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "Yes, the imperial decree has been issued. In the future, the country and society of the Song Dynasty will all depend on the prince and your lords, and I will let go of this burden. Now the Song Dynasty is flourishing, whether it is Dongying, Koryo, or other countries. It is incomparable to it, and I will give the world to the prince with peace of mind."

Hu Quan has become the prime minister of the left, and the prime minister of the right is still Zhao Yougong, but he is ready to step down and hand over to Li Guang to take charge of the Privy Council.Therefore, when Li Guang, Hu Quan and others heard Zhao Gou's abdication in the court hall, they were very surprised, so they stayed to persuade Zhao Gou to delay the abdication.

"The prince is still young, but the emperor is in the prime of life. If the throne is passed on to the prince, the countries around the Song Dynasty may be ready to move again. During the heyday of the Song Dynasty, the whole world surrendered, all because the emperor was in the capital. Only the emperor can control the small border country."

"Prime Minister Hu, you are worrying too much!" Zhao Gou interrupted what Hu Quan was about to say, and he said with a smile: "Now that the Song Dynasty is on the rise, I abdicated and passed it on to the crown prince. A decision can be made. Even if the Song Dynasty lacks the government, but still has Prince Qingcang and King Qin Qingyu, what Xiang Hu is worried about will not happen."

"I don't need to say more about the ability of the prince. Hu Xiang and other adults know it well. Besides, he has been crowned now, and I inherited the throne at the age of crowning. He is much more experienced than me. I hand over the great Song Dynasty Give it to the prince, I can rest assured!"

"As for the surrounding small border countries, how can they be compared with the Great Song Dynasty? If they are unwilling to obey, or tear up their previous credentials, then they will be severely punished. The Great Song Dynasty has been flourishing these years, and there have been few wars, and those countries have kept their own laws."

"If there is the slightest move, don't be merciful, so that they can remember it long. The Song army is not a gangster, even if King E, King Fu, and King Fu are no longer there, and King Xun is seriously ill in bed. The word side-by-side king also retreated, but the Great Song Dynasty is full of talents, how can the barbarians and other small countries contend with it, there is no need to worry about these, I have made up my mind, so there is no need for the prime minister to say more!"

Hu Quan, Li Guang and others got up and left with a sigh. They really didn't understand what Zhao Gou was thinking!Even though it has been 30 years for the emperor and ministers, they still can't figure out Zhao Gou's mind, especially when he was said to be the prince in his heyday, everyone is very puzzled.

As Hu Quan said, countries such as Goryeo, Dali, Tubo, and Mongolia were willing to surrender because Zhao Gou was still alive.The person they are most afraid of is Zhao Gou. If Zhao Gou, the emperor, abdicates, I am afraid that these small countries will make some moves, and Zhao Gou is like a god and demon in their hearts. master.

It is impossible for the emperor of any country to really agree.Zhao Gou also knew about this matter, but he didn't do anything, because he decided to pass the throne to the crown prince, these things are what Zhao Qingcang should do.

Even if Zhao Gou abdicated, those people did not dare to take any action at this time. They dared to take action only when Zhao Gou completely ignored the government and gradually lost his influence.The organization that Zhao Gou established at the beginning has been secretly incorporated into the imperial court team. Only the emperor knows about this matter, not even Zhao Yougong and others.

At the beginning, during the war between Song and Jin, this organization was used exclusively to investigate intelligence, and many people died.Later, after Zhao Gou completely destroyed the Jin Dynasty, he reorganized these people, especially the older people, or those who were injured, and settled them all. This organization was incorporated into the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Zhao Gou, and The court is supposed to supervise all the officials, but it needs to mobilize these people, the emperor's order, or the golden medal order arrow.

"Your Majesty, do you really decide to do this?"

"Second brother, didn't you know about this a long time ago?" Zhao Gou said lightly, "After 33 years in power, it's time to step down from the throne. If you add the previous year when the emperor ruled the government for a year, it will be 34 years. enough."

"If you keep occupying the throne, what good will it do for the Song Dynasty? The current Song Dynasty is flourishing, and I have been sitting on the dragon chair, so when the prince ascends the throne, you don't need to worry about anything. If you sail against the current, you will retreat. .”

"Without a crisis, how to let the prince really control the Song Dynasty and how to frighten the world is also a test! At the beginning, I didn't want to be the emperor, and I didn't have any freedom. If it is possible, I really want to Traveling around the world like the emperor brother, now is just a chance, everything will be handled by the prince."

"For a king, benevolent is benevolent, and killing is killing. The prince's temper was thought to be like his mother's, but he didn't expect his temper to be similar to mine. As for Qingyu, his temper is up to you." , that brat in your family is somewhat similar to Qing Cang in temper."

Zhao Yougong thought of Qingyu's appearance of being obsessed with martial arts, and smiled wryly: "It's not so much that Qingyu has a temperament like me, he might as well be like my father! As for my kid, didn't he play with your Qingcang until he was a child, and he heard and saw him?" Under the circumstances, of course the temperament is like this."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, whether it is good or bad, they can decide for themselves!" Zhao Gou said confidently, "I believe that Qingcang will not let me down, because he is my son, how can he have no means. "

"If you want to find someone to compete with Qing Cang, I'm afraid there is only that kid from your family!"

Zhao Yougong also sighed for a while, Zhao Qingcang is the eldest son of the twins, he was crowned king when he was 20 years old, and now he has been the prince for four years, Zhao Gou takes him by his side all day long, teaching by example, giving advice, even some Zhao Qingcang participated in the decision-making of state affairs, and Zhao Gou was just a bystander.

When Zhao Qingcang made the right decision, Zhao Gou was not rewarded; when he made the wrong decision, he was punished.The boy Zhao Yougong mentioned was Zhao Huaiying, the son of Zhao Gou and Fang Jinzhi. Zhao Gou had never met him, but Zhao Yougong had met him many times.

Because Zhao Yougong is the owner of the Amber Villa, and even the master of the Kirin Commander, he deals with people in the world, and Zhao Huaiying also has a fight with Zhao Yougong.At that time, because of Jianghu affairs, Zhao Yougong intervened as the lord of the unicorn, but met Zhao Huaiying, and the two fought. At that time, Zhao Huaiying only had martial arts that were not much worse than Zhao Yougong, and most importantly, his resourcefulness was not bad. , which surprised Zhao Yougong, and finally the two met and found out that it was an oolong incident.

Zhao Yougong said that he and Zhao Gou heard about this matter, and he was also very pleased.Zhao Huaiying has been wandering in the rivers and lakes. At the age of 16, she entered the rivers and lakes alone, stirring up the situation and challenging all schools and schools.For ten years, Zhao Huaiying challenged heroes from all walks of life, whether he was a decent family or a leader of the green forest, everyone knew his name.

Zhao Huaiying grew up, and because Zhao Gou was busy with state affairs, he never saw the eldest son living abroad again, and Zhao Yougong told him all the news about him.From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Gou feels a little guilty towards Zhao Huaiying. Whenever he hears about Zhao Huaiying, he always thinks of Fang Jinzhi.

Fang Jinzhi alone trained Zhao Huaiying to be an indomitable hero, which made Zhao Gou very pleased, but he was a little helpless.At the beginning, Zhao Gou also sent someone to take Fang Jinzhi back to the palace, but Fang Jinzhi politely refused, she would rather live outside than stay in the palace.

When Zhao Gou announced the imperial edict, everyone was stunned, but Zhao Yougong knew it well.Zhao Gou had no choice but to ascend the throne as the emperor. This was the general trend. The Song Dynasty was on the verge of life and death, so someone had to stand up and lead the people of the Song Dynasty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Now the country is peaceful and peaceful, the world is peaceful, and the Song Dynasty is famous overseas. After sitting on the throne for these years, Zhao Gou's heart is tired. He really wants to have a good rest and announces the imperial edict without warning.Zhao Gou had his own plans. When he abdicated the throne and entrusted the country to Prince Zhao Qingcang, he decided to travel around with his wife and meet Fang Jinzhi, mother and son whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Jin Zhi picked him up together, and from then on he traveled around the world and lived a carefree life.

Zhao Yougong's resignation from the position of prime minister right was also for consideration of this matter, he was really tired all these years.Since he didn't know how to manage the Privy Council at the beginning, he was well organized later on, and everyone admired him very much. Zhao Yougong also learned various methods, which made him a little tired of official life.

Therefore, after Zhao Gou's edict was announced, Zhao Yougong responded decisively, resigning from the positions of Prime Minister You and the Privy Council, willing to be a wild crane, just like his father, at ease.Zhao Gou didn't object and agreed directly.

Zhao Gou announced the imperial edict, called Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Qingyu into the study that night, and after talking with them, he let Zhao Qingyu leave.Zhao Qingcang is the crown prince and the future prince. Zhao Gou told him some things, and then asked him to prepare for his enthronement.

Three days later, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in the grand enthronement ceremony of the new monarch. Zhao Qingcang ascended the throne as the emperor, took over the Chuanguo Yuxi from Hu Quan, sat on the dragon chair, and accepted the worship of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. They are [-]% similar, which makes everyone have an illusion, as if they saw the young Zhao Gou.

When Zhao Qingcang officially ascended the throne as emperor, and changed his name to "Jianping", also known as "Sejong", Zhao Gou led Xing Bingyi, Li Shishi, and Zhao Yougong and his wife to leave the capital together, and completely handed over the great Song Dynasty to Zhao. Managed by Qing Cang, they traveled all over the world with a group of them. They were not entangled in government affairs, so they were naturally in a good mood.

(End of this chapter)