Chapter 55 Fortune tricks people into becoming emperors

On the fifth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Jiatai reign of Song Ningzong (1204), Zhao Xi's family, the captain of Shanyin County, gave birth to a son, who ranked sixth and named him Zhao and Ju. This is really a trivial matter, perhaps not worthy of being recorded in the history books at all, but 20 years later, this child named Zhao Yuju ascended the throne, and the scene of his birth was exaggerated to be extraordinary .It is said that before Zhao Yuju's mother, Quan's family, was due to give birth, Zhao Xi sent a servant to take her back to her natal home. When she set off at dawn, she found many soldiers outside.Then, when they boarded the boat, they found a black boa constrictor lying beside the boat, causing the boat to tilt.The Zhao family was surprised by these strange omens, so they canceled their plan to return to their natal family.That night, Zhao and Ju were born.Although it was night, the red light shot up into the sky, making the surroundings look like daytime, and the room was filled with a strange fragrance, as if there were two young boys with green covers protecting the newborn child.It seems that all of these are showing that this child will have an unusual future.

However, the child's father, Zhao Xi, was just a small county captain from the ninth rank, and died of illness shortly after he was born.The mother Quan's had to take Zhao Yuju and his younger brother to her natal family, but the whole family was not rich, and the child's uncle only served as the local security chief.Although they are also the clan of the Song Dynasty, Zhao and Ju are still the tenth grandson of Taizu in terms of seniority.But more than two hundred years have passed, and it has long been not much different from ordinary common people, it is completely an ordinary common people's family.Zhao and Ju spent their teenage years in such an environment, and received some rough education just like children of his class.If it wasn't for those accidents later, he would have spent his life in such a mediocre way. However, when he was eighteen years old, an accidental event changed his fate.

A man named Yu Tianxi is a student of Prime Minister Shi Miyuan, and he is going back to his hometown to take the provincial examination.Encountered heavy rain on the road, he went to the nearby Quan Bao Chang's house to take shelter from the rain.The Chief Quan Bao heard that he was a guest of Prime Minister Shi's museum, and he was busy killing chickens and preparing rice, so he received him very grandly.Perhaps he thought that Yu Tianxi was a big shot from the prime minister's side, and wanted him to see his nephew's future, so he pointed at brothers Zhao and Ju during the banquet and said, "This is my nephew. The fortune teller once said that these two children will be rich and honored in the future." Unlimited." Yu Tianxi carefully observed the words and deeds of the two children, and thought they were pretty good, and learned that they were the tenth grandson of Song Taizu, and they would not even take the provincial examination, so he returned to Lin'an immediately and told Shi Mi Far.Shi Miyuan asked Yu Tianxi to bring his two children to Beijing.It turned out that this time Yu Tianxi returned to his hometown with the mission Shi Miyuan gave him.The son of King Yi, the younger brother of Emperor Ningzong, died. Shi Miyuan asked him to choose a wise and kind person from the clan to be the queen of King Yi.So he saw that brothers Zhao and Ju were good, so he wanted to take them there.The chief security officer was overjoyed when he found out what was going on, and thought of Prince Yi's mansion, which was a step up to the sky.Even the land was sold, and the clothes of the two children were tidied up. It was inevitable that relatives and friends would be called together, a big feast would be held, and the adventures would be told vividly, before the children were grandly sent to Beijing.

However, things were not that simple. Prime Minister Shi Miyuan had deeper plans in his heart. He not only wanted to establish a queen for King Yi, but also wanted to find an heir for Emperor Ningzong. The whole story of this matter has to be recounted in detail.Since the Song Dynasty was driven to Lin'an after the Jingkang Incident, not only was the country in decline, but even the ability of the royal family to have children seemed to have declined accordingly.Therefore, once the emperor has no sons, he adopts the children of the clan as heirs.Song Gaozong had no sons, so he adopted the descendants of Song Taizu and raised them in the palace. After succeeding to the throne, he became Xiaozong.Emperor Xiaozong did have a son, but he was extremely unfilial. When he was the prince, he was arguing every day to succeed to the throne early.Xiaozong had no choice but to abdicate as the Supreme Emperor to make way for his son, but this son did not even look at his father when he became emperor.The ministers couldn't see it anymore, and wrote to him every day to persuade him to be filial, but he still refused to go. Even after Emperor Xiaozong died, he didn't go to the funeral to pay a funeral.The ministers all felt that it would be unsightly for this unfilial person to be the emperor, so they simply said that he was insane and forced him to give up the throne to his son Ningzong.And this group of ministers is considered to have "contributed to support".One of them was Han Yuzhou, who was also a relative of Empress Ningzong, so he held the power alone and was invincible.He also wanted to establish immortality, so he decided to make a northern expedition to the Kingdom of Jin, known in history as the "Kaixi Northern Expedition".But fighting is not a trivial matter, and it requires full preparation and strict deployment. Han Tuozhou's Northern Expedition was a hot-headed decision.But the Jinren's conditions were very harsh, not to mention the cession of land and compensation, but also the head of Han Tuozhou.At this time, Empress Han, Han Tuozhou's backer, was dead. Ningzong's new queen, Yang, always disliked him, so she conspired with Shi Miyuan to kill Han Tuozhou when he was in court, and cut off his head and sent it to Jin Dynasty. The country invites peace and goes.

Han Tuozhou was dead, Shi Miyuan had made great contributions to the peace talks, and had the empress' support, so he naturally gained power for a while.Emperor Ningzong had no sons, so he also chose the children of the clan as heirs in the palace.His prince, Zhao Xun, had a good relationship with Shi Miyuan, and the murder of Han Tuozhou was a conspiracy between the two, but the prince died later, and Ningzong had to choose another heir, but the new prince, Zhao Mian, hated Shi Miyuan very much.There is a map hanging on the wall of the East Palace. He once pointed to the location of Qiongya (now Hainan Island) on it and said that once he ascended the throne, he would demote Shi Miyuan to that place.When Shi Miyuan heard about this, he was naturally afraid. Knowing that the crown prince ascended the throne, he must have no good fruit to eat, so he thought about how to deal with it every day.He has a deep plan and knows that he must be prepared for this kind of thing. If he can control Zhao Mian, it will be fine. If he can't control it, he still has powerful means.This method fell on Yu Tianxi.

Yu Tianxi took Zhao and Ju brothers to see Shi Miyuan in the prime minister's mansion.Shi Miyuan was also very satisfied to see these two children.But he has big ambitions and deep scheming. He wants to find a backer for himself, not wealth for his children. If it is inconvenient, let them go back to Shaoxing immediately.The head of the Quanbao was ashamed and ashamed, and the villagers laughed secretly. But at the turn of spring and summer of the next year, Shi Miyuan suddenly brought up the old matter to Yu Tianxi and asked him to call the two children from Shaoxing again.Even Yu Tianxi couldn't understand what was on the prime minister's mind, and the chief of security didn't know what to do. Naturally, he didn't want to be treated as a laughing stock by the villagers for the second time, so he quickly declined.However, Shi Miyuan secretly told him that the elder brother was the most blessed and the richest of the two children, so he should be raised in the capital.When the prime minister spoke, the chief of security did not dare to disobey too much after all, so Yu Tianxi took Zhao Yuju to Lin'an again.

When Zhao and Ju arrived in Lin'an, they were established as the heirs of King Yi and named Zhao Guicheng.On the one hand, Shi Miyuan arranged life for him, chose teachers, taught him to study scriptures, Shi Wenhan, and court etiquette; The emperor ordered Zhao Guicheng to be the prince and changed his name to Zhao Yun.In just two years, this child from a commoner background has become a prince, only one step away from the high throne. But this step is not easy. Although the relationship between Zhao Mian and Shi Miyuan is getting more and more rigid, Shi Miyuan picks on Zhao Mian's problems every day, hoping that Emperor Ningzong will abolish Zhao Mian and establish Zhao Yun, but the matter has not been successful, and he has never caught it. What is Zhao Mian's handle.Just one month after Zhao Yun was made prince, Ning Zong died.On the one hand, Shi Miyuan falsely spread the edict of Ningzong to make the prince Zhao Yun succeed to the throne; on the other hand, he wooed Empress Yang and asked her to recognize Zhao Yun.Then, they sent someone to declare Zhao Yun to enter the palace quickly.The palace envoy was about to go, Shi Miyuan specially emphasized: it was the prince Zhao Yun from Prince Yi's mansion, not the prince Zhao Hong from Wansui Alley.If you make a mistake, you will be punished without mercy.Naturally, those people did not dare to make mistakes, otherwise Prime Minister Shi would inevitably have to make a trip to Hainan Island.

At this time, the real crown prince Zhao Mian was waiting at home for someone to call him, but he didn't arrive for a long time.Later, someone finally called him into the palace.But when passing through the palace gate, the entourage was stopped by the guards.He had no choice but to enter the palace alone, Shi Miyuan led him to mourn in front of the coffin, drew out the curtains, and then called all the officials to set up a class to listen to the legacy.Zhao Mian was led into the hall, and still stood in the old class where he used to go to court.He couldn't help being astonished: "I shouldn't be standing here for today's affairs, right?" Others lied to him and said: "Before the announcement of the system, I should stand here. After the announcement, I can ascend the throne." Zhao Mian did not recover. , thinking that this is the case according to the rules.At this time, he saw from a distance in the shadow of the candle, but there was a person sitting on the throne vaguely, and then he heard the edict announcing that Zhao Yun would be the emperor, and all the officials immediately bowed down and shouted long live.Only then did Zhao Mian suddenly realize that he was deposed, so he refused to bow down to the new emperor in a fit of anger.But at this time, there is no room for rudeness, someone pressed his head and forced him to worship, and this thrilling enthronement ceremony was declared complete.Zhao Mian was granted the title of King Ji and lived in Huzhou.Shi Miyuan got his wish, and Zhao Yun succeeded him as emperor, who became Song Lizong.