Chapter 2 Chapter Two

At this time, the future His Majesty Shenzong, the eldest son of Yingzong named Zhao Cheng at that time appeared, he knelt down and raised a medicine bowl to ask his father to drink, Zhao Shu's pomp was even more grand.If you ignore it, just pretend you didn't see it. The "sickness" is getting worse and worse, no matter whether he is mentally ill, physically ill, or pretending to be sick, if he has been suppressed for many years and once feels happy, he seems to be sick, and he will not be an emperor in this way.There is no way to work at all. The ministers discussed it, even if they decide on the world's major affairs, at least there must be someone who signs it.So Empress Dowager Cao was pushed to the front desk. After half her life, she finally became the second empress dowager in the Song Dynasty after Liu E.In this way, everyone felt a faint sense of relief in their hearts.

The new emperor was extremely unwilling to take the throne from the very beginning, maybe it was because of too much pressure, and he became a two-thirds type of idiot now. Wouldn't it be better for the queen mother to stand in his way now? The answer is quite the opposite. Zhao Shu has developed from abnormal behavior to complete abnormality. This man speaks well, has a rosy face, walks like flying, and does everything like a mature man.But in a blink of an eye, the rivers and rivers went straight down, and they let out thousands of miles. They fell down as soon as they said it, and it was common for them to stay in bed for two or three months.Its suddenness and persistence are not worse than the half a year before his adoptive father Emperor Renzong died.

Everyone is so depressed, could it be that Renzong is possessed?It's really like, the most mysterious thing is that he also became silent. From July 13th of this year to November at the end of the year, as long as he showed up on formal occasions, he would always sit upright and pretend to be a fairy, standing still. Move without saying a word.Until the day he really turned into a beast. November is the day for the funeral of His Majesty Renzong, Emperor Renzong of Daxing. Even in modern China, sons have to wear mourning clothes and cry bitterly. That's Dad!But Zhao Shu can remain motionless, hiding in the deep palace but not coming out!

This animal, at the sacrifice site of Qionglinyuan that day, only Renzong's widow Empress Dowager Cao stood alone in front of the coffin, Zhao Zhen really became a sonless person! Where is the son?Zhao Shu hid in the palace, just a word.I'm sick and I can't go anywhere. When the matter developed to this point, not only the Empress Dowager Cao was sad, but even the courtiers couldn't stand it anymore.Human relations are so great that they are more important than anything else. Even your father can ignore you. Who else can you treat well?This kind of anger not only rose among the Zhao clan and some courtiers with a strong sense of justice, but even people from Zhao Shu's faction also stood up.

For example, Sima Guang, now known as Admonishment Academy. Sima Guang will always have a way to transform emotions into motivation, so that the person concerned will not be able to attack, and he must take his opinions seriously.Regarding this matter, he didn't directly say that Zhao Shu, you are a scum who pretends to be sick and is not filial.Instead, he found a point of strength very cleverly. Arrest all the doctors in Tai Hospital! Checking the emperor's medical records, the recent reports of the imperial physicians are "the six channels are peaceful, and there is no disease in the body." That's good, why is the emperor so sick that he doesn't even show up for his father's funeral? !Knock the mountain to shake the tiger, let Zhao Shu understand that this is a technological age, and pretending to be sick cannot cover up the real truth that you are a beast.

Zhao Shu was very obedient, and he finally walked to the front desk.Four days later, he reluctantly stood in front of Renzong's spirit. On that day, the surrounding mourners shook the ground, and all the officials were in agony, but when he looked up by chance, he found that his son, Zhao Shu, had a blank face and no tears at all! At that time, the officials could no longer control this beast, and there was an uproar.Everyone knows that you are not your own, but don't you even have a little upbringing?How did your biological parents teach you? !This is not only a question of depth of relationship, but even the most basic etiquette cannot be justified!

But 99% of the people in the world are for power and not for someone, especially no one will offend the new emperor for a dead emperor.Zhao Shu's inhuman behavior was actually legalized.The officials of the Ministry of Rites in the Song Dynasty invented a new term called "soldier crying". Pawn, the meaning of the end.This is the traditional process for previous Chinese funerals.Before that, the parents died, and from death to funeral, there were endless cries.After the funeral, the filial son misses his parents, and tears uncontrollably at any time and place.It's called "The Cry of No Time".It's over here at Zhao Shu's place, the bosses only need the priest to be present, you can cry or not.

Since then, this has become a new policy that has been favored by successive dynasties. It can be seen that there are many people like Zhao Shu in the world, and they have never disappeared! Such bad deeds gradually faded among the officials of the Song Dynasty. Everyone is nostalgic for the incomparable official enjoyment of the Song Dynasty. Why should they ruin their own happiness for other sorrows? !So from Renzong's funeral to Luanjia's return to Beijing, only one person's anger kept pace with the times and became heavier and heavier. Empress Dowager Cao, Renzong's widow, couldn't take it anymore.During this year, she fully saw how shameful, cruel, and ruthless this child she had raised with her own hands was not an adoptive mother but also an aunt in name.On the way back to Beijing, she made up her mind.

Get rid of this goddamn thing!Re-elect an animal that is at least human for Song Dynasty to be the emperor. For this reason, she carefully prepared some things, and as a reason for abolishing the establishment, handed it over to... No way, it can only be Han Qi.He is the current prime minister. These things are some "lyrics" written by Zhao Shu in the palace, as well as a general list of his faults.On the way back to Beijing, a eunuch handed it over to Han Qi.The tried and tested Han Xianggong looked through it calmly. After reading it, his behavior can be said to be a traitor. He picked up the candle and burned it on the spot.

It was a crime for Zhao Pu to burn the documents of local officials in the political affairs hall, so what is the burning of the empress dowager's edict?What's more, this is the empress dowager who is listening to politics behind the curtain!The strange thing is that he also talked while burning, ordering the eunuch to pass on a message. Didn't it mean that the emperor was sick?What he said and did during his illness was not a sin... After dismissing the servant calmly and gracefully, Han Qi immediately became energetic and every hair on his body stood up. The crisis had arrived, and the biggest danger in this life was right in front of him!He urgently notified his accomplices to get closer to him, and if something serious happened, they all came over.

Ouyang Xiu arrived first, and this was the weirdest behavior in his life.Recall that when Zhao Shu was established as the prince, he just followed the trend and made a memorial, basically nothing to do with him, this crisis is even more related to Han Qi's life, and Ouyang Xiu has no connection with him, why is he so active?This has to be found in the behavior of his life. His principle is to slap the Taiwan admonisher when he is an ordinary official, and slap the executive group when he is an admonisher, and never slap the emperor no matter when and where. You know, this is the best time to get closer to the current emperor. The Prime Minister Han Qi, the Deputy Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang, the political counselors Ouyang Xiu and Zhao Gai, the privy envoy Zhang Yi, and the deputy envoys Hu Su and Wu Kui.Wait a minute, do you feel like you are missing someone?Yes, Fu Bi, the first of the Four Trues in the court, Fu Bi, the real prime minister, went back to his hometown to observe filial piety because of his mother's death.This was Han Qi's great fortune and Renzong's sorrow. When he came out again, the situation was irreversible. These people quickly reached an agreement on how to face the angry queen mother, and then marched to the palace immediately without any delay.In case the queen mother gets mad and really writes another edict, her order is now the highest order of the Song Dynasty, and no one has the right to disobey it. It is not an exaggeration at all, if Zhao Shu is to be abolished, now is the best and only chance.First of all, Empress Dowager Cao is currently listening to the government behind a curtain. Even if she can't reach the level of Liu E, her courtiers dare not openly resist; second, Zhao Shu was outraged at Renzong's funeral. More importantly, the supremacy of imperial power is deeply rooted in China. Once Zhao Shu sits on the throne for a long time, the subjects will naturally obey, and then it will be too late. Han Qi knew these key points deeply. On the way to the palace, the names of several people fluctuated in his heart. They were the magic stars in his life at this moment.Zhao Shu's father, Zhao Yunrang's brother, Zhao Yunning's son, Yizhou defense envoy, Guo State Duke Zhao Zong'e; Song Taizu's great-grandson, Youwei General, Qizhou defense envoy, Anguo Gong Zhao Conggu; A year ago, he was on the same starting line as Zhao Shu. They are all candidates for the crown prince. If the Empress Dowager Cao really abolished Zhao Shu, who was sick, stupid, and unfilial, and replaced them with these clan members of the same blood, there would be no controversy at all.The prime ministers want to object?Decades later, there was a real prime minister who opposed the emperor chosen by the queen mother, but he was rejected on the spot. Ask who is that?Prime Minister Zhang Dunzhang, who is hundreds of times tougher and more vicious than Han Qi. Going back to the present, if the emperor changes, the previous merit of supporting him will become a crime of wrong selection, not to mention Han Qi himself, and even his descendants will not be able to turn around.Thinking of this, he trembled involuntarily, but the first moment he entered the palace and faced the Queen Mother, Han Qi suddenly relaxed.He never expected that the Queen Mother would look like this. Empress Dowager Cao burst into tears, sobbing and said, "I have nothing to do with my old body, so I have to make the decision!" Wow—that's it... The whole Zaizhi group wiped off the cold sweat. It seems that Renzong's tutor is better. He has trained his wife to be soft and warm, and he can't be cruel to anyone.Han Qi became careless, as if talking to his second aunt. "It's because of the illness. When the illness is cured, it won't be like this. Besides, if the son is sick, can't the mother tolerate it?" Probably even the second aunt would raise her hand and slap her across the face, this poor little kid!There is no respect for the elders at all.But the reaction of the kind and kind Empress Dowager was... who knows what happened, she was "shocked" and at a loss. Comrades who have not experienced actual struggle just don't know how to beat unreasonable hands.Facing Han Qi's offense, he actually got the best time to make a move. A shout of "Bold!" is enough to make Han Qi bow his head and plead guilty. No matter whether he accepts it or not, at least he must first apologize before defending himself. More than 20 years later, Wang Anshi, the toughest prime minister in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, is the best example. He was shouted and shouted by lower-level officials in front of the emperor, and he dared not disobey at all. But at this time, the time passed by minute by minute, and after each moment, the majesty of the Empress Dowager Cao was rapidly lost, until Han Qi's white face effect was completely achieved, and the person who sang the red face appeared on the stage. It was Ouyang Xiu's turn to speak, and the romantic and talented man said so with a gentle attitude. "The Empress Dowager has served Renzong for decades, and the virtues of benevolence and sage are known all over the world. The nature of a woman is never jealous. You can treat her as arrogantly as Empress Wen Cheng back then, and you are always tolerant. What else is there?" What can't you tolerate? Mother and child are close relatives in front of you, so what is there to care about." It looks like a compliment-style persuasion, but in fact, anyone can hear how many bones and teeth are in it. "Women are seldom jealous." She actually scolded Grandma in front of a woman.But the terrible thing is that Empress Dowager Cao's expression softened, and her anger began to dissipate. She said, "It's really a blessing for the court that you can be so considerate."