Chapter 64 Politics Relating to the Private Life of the Emperor

Not long after Zhao Ding returned to the prime minister, under his strong initiative, Zhao Gou planned to move the capital back to Lin'an on the grounds that "after the military rebellion, things are different from before, and the move of the capital should wait for the opportunity". Zhao Ding's attitude towards Jin was completely different from Zhang Jun's. Zhang Jun was a tough anti-Japanese faction, while Zhao Ding's ruling idea was to advance with defense and stop with silence. Everything was based on the premise of preserving half of the country.He believes that the state apparatus has just been established, and the focus of work should be on domestic social and economic construction, while diplomacy and armaments can tend to be conservative or even do nothing.He thought: "Today's affairs are like a person recovering from a serious illness, and should rest in peace. If you blindly add more acupuncture and medicine, it will hurt your vitality." Therefore, after returning to the phase, he sang with Zhao Gou and talked about moving back from Jiankang. The various benefits of Lin'an.

The attitude towards moving the capital is actually an attitude of fighting and defending. Chang'an, Xiangyang, Chengdu and other places had debates about establishing their capitals, but during the Shaoxing period, other cities had lost their choice, and the debates were mainly concentrated in Jiankang and Lin'an. The capital is Jiankang, and it is possible to "meet the manager of the Central Plains as required." The capital is Lin'an, and you can escape from the sea at any time. After a lot of effort, Zhang Jun finally persuaded Zhao Gou to set up his headquarters in Jiankang. When he was dismissed, he never forgot to say to everyone: "If Liu Fei returns to control, I am afraid that the morale of the people will disintegrate." , it will be difficult to restore the Central Plains."

Now Zhao Ding and Qin Hui are going in the opposite direction, planning to move the capital to Lin'an Mansion. From September to October of this year (the seventh year of Shaoxing, that is, 1137), many civil and military officials stationed in the local area were successively recalled to Jiankang for "hajj". Yue Fei was included in the list.It was this time that Yue Fei committed an unforgivable crime in Zhao Gou's view. Xue Bi was also transported by the army with Yue Fei.Xue Bi took a boat from Ezhou to Jiangzhou to meet Yue Fei, and they went to Jiankang Mansion together.Yue Fei hid in the cabin for several days after boarding the boat, Xue Bi felt very strange.On the fourth day, the suspicious Xue Bi entered Yue Fei's cabin uninvited.

Yue Fei focused on writing in front of the small case, without even noticing that someone came in.Xue Bi was taken aback for a moment, and then he leaned forward to take a look. The desk was full of neat little scripts. "Why are you practicing lowercase?" Xue Bi asked. Yue Fei smiled but did not answer. After a lot of "poor questioning and clues", Yue Fei revealed that he was drafting a secret performance, which was Guan Guoben's big plan ("Sometimes this trip will make a big plan"). Xue Bi was even more surprised, and asked him again and again what he was going to report.

Yue Fei hesitated for a moment, then replied slowly: "According to the intelligence from the outpost, the chieftain of Jin is going to depose Liu Yu and change the crown prince of Emperor Li Yuansheng as emperor, intending to create a situation where the northern and southern Song dynasties are opposed. The only immediate plan is to Please ask the emperor to appoint Jianguo Gong, who is studying in Zishantang, as the crown prince, so that the enemy's conspiracy can be crushed." The Emperor Yuansheng mentioned by Yue Fei was Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng once made his son Zhao Chen the crown prince in the first year of Jingkang (1126), and they were captured by the Jin people together.And Zhao Gou's only son died in the Miao-Liu incident. He himself was frightened by the Jin army when he was having fun in Yangzhou and lost his fertility. Although he searched for famous doctors all over the world, he never had a son and a half daughter. I feel that the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty is an "extinct" court. Once the Jin people take Zhao Chen as emperor, it will undoubtedly shake the support of the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty to a great extent.In response to this situation, Yue Fei felt that it was necessary to persuade Zhao Gou to establish an heir to the throne early to reassure the people.

There are candidates to inherit the throne. In the past, when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw that Zhao Gou blushed and couldn't bear a son, they all advised him to adopt one if he really couldn't.Zhao Gou has been seeking medical treatment for many years, but he could not recover his sexual ability and was in great pain. He was forced to accept the reality and agreed to adopt one. Of course, the candidate for adoption can't be any ordinary commoner, but must be the emperor's nobles, dragons, branches and phoenixes.Except for Zhao Gou, Zhao Ji's lineage was basically wiped out in the Jingkang disaster.Then find it from other branches.Which branch is better?After deliberating for a long time, Zhao Gou planned to choose an heir from the lineage of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Since Zhao Guangyi obtained the throne from his elder brother Zhao Kuangyin, he never thought of returning the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendants.There are rumors in the world that Wu Qimai, the gold master, is the reincarnation of Zhao Kuangyin, who came here for the purpose of Ping Liao and destroying Song Dynasty.Zhao Gou felt that only by returning the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendants could the national destiny of the Song Dynasty be continued. He said: "Taizu settled the world with holy martial arts, but his descendants can't enjoy the throne. Time has passed and circumstances have changed, and the situation is pitiful. I will choose his descendants to be my heirs to comfort his spirit in heaven!" The Holy Martial Order governs the world, but the descendants do not enjoy it, what a difficult time it is, and it is pitiful! If I don’t choose the descendant of Taizu as my adoptive heir, how can I comfort his spirit in heaven!”) Zhao Kuangyin’s descendants have gone through years of washing , the status has retreated to the civilian class.

With the efforts of the officials in charge, ten boys under the age of seven were finally selected from Taizu's lineage as candidates for the palace. In the end, only one boy was left and sent to Zishantang to study as a candidate for the crown prince.The boy who was left behind was Zhao Bocong, the seventh grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, the successor of King Qin Zhao Defang. Yue Fei once went to Zishantang, saw that the child was smart and cute, he couldn't help sighing and said: "Isn't the candidate for revitalizing the Song Dynasty falling on this person?" Now that the Jinren threatened to make Zhao Heng's son Zhao Chen the emperor, Yue Fei decided to take advantage of the opportunity to plead with Zhao Gou to establish the crown prince as soon as possible.

At this time, Zhao Gou's heart to seek medical advice from God was still alive, and he was still visiting doctors and seeking medicine, asking God for divination. If he asked him to make Zhao Bocong the prince immediately, he might not be reconciled.Moreover, Yue Fei, who was far away from the imperial court, did not know that Zhao Gou had already found a medical officer named Wang Jixian, who could refine the aphrodisiac medicine "Black Tiger Pill". Realized it. Although Xue Bi didn't know about Zhao Gou's messy private life, after hearing Yue Fei's answer, he felt a little inappropriate, and was extremely worried, reminding him: "As a general of the town, it seems that you shouldn't meddle in the important affairs of the palace."

Yue Fei said disapprovingly: "Civilian officials and military commanders are all officials of the Song Dynasty. They are worried about state affairs and should not worry too much." , quietly exited the cabin. The boat went down the river, and the river, which has witnessed the misery of countless people, flows eastward silently, as if silently telling something... On this day, when he arrived at Jiankang Mansion, Yue Fei lay down on the ground and played the scripture he had written to Zhao Gou, but he had an ominous premonition that Zhao Gou would not approve the application. , "The wind blows the paper and shakes", Yue Fei shivered involuntarily, and the voice of the previous performance trembled inexplicably, and he could hardly make a sentence.

After reading the memorial, what followed was a deathly silence.The entire court was very quiet, as quiet as a cemetery at midnight. Yue Fei fell on the ground anxiously, not daring to raise his head.The heartbeat in the chest echoed like a drum. After a long time, a voice came from the top of my head. It was very cold, as if floating out of a coffin, and it was chilling—"Although you are loyal, but you have a heavy army in your hand, don't interfere with this kind of thing." ("Although you are loyal, you still hold a heavy army outside. This is not what you should do.") His voice was full of dissatisfaction. Yue Fei couldn't help shivering, feeling as if a blade had brushed his throat, his whole body was stiff and his face was ashen. When he came down from the hall, Xue Bi who was walking towards him was shocked.Xue Bi knew that Yue Fei had hit a wall. When Zhao Gou saw Xue Bi, he reprimanded him, "Yue Fei just asked for the establishment of the crown prince. Don't you staff members know that this kind of thing is not what they, as generals, should care about?" Zou, begging for the name of Zheng Zizong. I said that although Qing is loyal, but holds a heavy army outside, this is not what Qing should do.") Xue Bi replied: "Although I am in his tent, I haven't heard him talk about this matter. I came with him in Jiangzhou a few days ago, but I saw him practicing lower script in the boat all day long. Unexpectedly, he is I'm writing this script. Sigh, not to mention me, even his family members don't know about it." Zhao Gou snorted resentfully, and said, "Yue Fei seemed very unhappy just now, so you can untie him as you wish." Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, it's a pity that Yue Fei knows what he can't do, but he does it! Xue Bi hurriedly bowed his head to thank him, and said, "I really don't know which scholar taught him to do this!" After dismissing Yue Fei and Xue Bi, Zhao Gouyu was still angry, and he denounced Yue Fei to Zhao Ding, the left minister, and vented his anger. Zhao Ding said: "I never expected Yue Fei to be such a restless person. Let me tell you about him later." The next day, Zhao Ding approached Xue Bi and said with great earnestness: "The general is out with his troops, how can he interfere with the government without avoiding suspicion? Yue Fei is a warrior, such a suggestion cannot be thought of by him himself, it must be a village scholar among his staff You taught them. You go back and tell those staff members that you must never come up with such a bad idea in the future. This is definitely not the way to preserve your fame." Therefore, I was taught by a talented scholar in Nakamura Nakamura. Returning to the public, don’t make such a statement in the language screen, it’s not the reason to preserve fame and fame.”) According to Zhao Ding’s understanding, Yue Fei is a warrior who only knows how to fight and doesn’t understand politics. The proposal to establish a reserve to the imperial court must have been instigated by someone. In fact, Yue Fei is not only a military genius, but also very sensitive politically. He heard the Jin people's conspiracy to set up another Song Dynasty, and immediately came up with a countermeasure.And why didn't he himself know that it would be a disgrace to the world to propose to Zhao Gou to establish a reserve?But he was upright by nature, cared about the imperial court, had the world in mind, and only thought about the success of the anti-golden cause, and he had long since disregarded his own life and death. In many books, Yue Fei is portrayed as a born hero, who never knows the danger, and doesn't take death seriously. Once it is something he is sure of, he will do it to the end without strategy or method. This is not the real Yue Fei. It is absolutely impossible for any normal person to be rash in the face of a life-threatening matter. If Yue Fei is really such a reckless person, he is not a real hero. The real Yue Fei is a person who respects life and also has fear in his heart. Hitting people without slapping them in the face, and exposing others without revealing their weaknesses, suggested that Chu would inevitably poke at the most vulnerable place in Zhao Gou's heart.Yue Fei also hesitated and feared before taking this action. He knew that he would commit the serious crime of deceiving the emperor, and he also knew the preciousness of life.However, Wushu really wants to establish Zhao Heng's son as emperor, set his capital at Bianliang, the old capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and build another "Northern Song Dynasty" to challenge Zhao Gou's "Southern Song Dynasty", and compete for the orthodoxy of the world. It's hard to predict if it's back, and the most deadly thing is that everyone in the world knows that Zhao Gou is sterile, has no children, and has no successors. In other words, following Zhao Gou may not have a stable and reliable future.To smash the enemy's conspiracy, the only way is to put personal safety aside, put the country first, risk beheading, and confront the Jinren's conspiracy - Li Chu. Knowing the difficulties and pains you may face, fighting against the fear of death, and finally defeating yourself is true bravery. Yue Fei is such a hero who defeated himself and put life and death aside. However, Zhao Gou was suspicious by nature. A series of incidents such as the Yangzhou Incident, Miaoliu Coup, and Huaixi Mutiny had pushed his suspicions towards generals to the extreme. Yue Fei had the last time he had a criminal record, and his suspicions and fears deepened.It can be said that this time the performance of the secret concert has planted a seed for future tragedies.Someone sighed at that time: "My husband! Peng (Pengju, referring to Yue Fei) is a general, and if he exceeds his post, he will die!" However, what needs to be added is that Zhao Gou never had a man and a half woman, and finally passed the throne to Zhao Bocong, the founding father whom Yue Fei was optimistic about, that is, Song Xiaozong in the future.Song Xiaozong once said to Yue Fei's third son, Yue Lin: "The discipline of the Qing family and the way of using troops are far inferior to those of Zhang and Han. The Qing family has been wronged, and I know it, and the world knows its injustice." Filled with infinite admiration. In February of the eighth year of Shaoxing (1138), Zhao Gou tried his best to move back to Lin'an Mansion, and his long-cherished wish came true.Since then, Lin'an has officially become the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.