Soon, neither Zhao Xu nor Empress Dowager Gao had the intention to pay attention to Wang Gui's affairs anymore.
Because, the condition of the officials in Funing Palace deteriorated rapidly.
In Yiwei (the second day of junior high school), I could no longer feed him any soup or rice.
His body fell into complete paralysis.
Except for breathing, he was almost dead.
Someone began to suggest whether they could try the so-called 'elixir' that was presented to them by a monk named Dao Qin in the fifth year of Yuanfeng.
It was also on this day that Zhao Xu completed all the procedures for establishing a crown prince - according to tradition, when a prince establishes a crown prince, he needs to express his humility with seven expressions of thanks (five for the emperor, one for the queen mother, and one for the empress). Of course, all the expressions of thanks
, all written by Deng Runfu on his behalf.
Therefore, on this day, the Prime Minister of the capital promulgated a general amnesty, in the name of establishing a prince and praying for the emperor, to grant amnesty to the whole world.
On Bingshen (the third day of the Lunar New Year), all the methods used by the Chinese doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau to stimulate the emperor, who was bedridden with illness, were ineffective.
After discussion, the two palaces could only do the last thing they could do for Zhao Xu's father.
They informed the officials about the "elixir" offered by Taoist monks in the fifth year of Yuanfeng.
The governors then went to the table and asked the two palaces to use the 'elixir'.
Although, everyone knows that this will not help.
Everyone also knows that all elixirs and elixirs of longevity are fake.
Even the emperor who was sick in bed knew about it - otherwise the 'elixir' would not have been kept in the imperial medicine hospital.
But at this time, the manpower has been exhausted, and we can only act as a living doctor, so we have to do this thing.
Otherwise, how will future generations evaluate it in terms of national history?
There is clearly an 'elixir' but it is not used by the emperor?
How would the prince feel if he knew this when he grew up?
Therefore, the two palaces issued an edict, agreed to the Prime Minister's request, and ordered Liang Congzheng to retrieve the 'elixir' that was stored in the imperial medicine courtyard.
Hopefully it will work.
It's a pity that even though I tried my best, I couldn't get the emperor to take the 'elixir'.
No one dared to risk "damaging the dragon's body" by forcefully opening the emperor's mouth.
No one dares to use those folk remedies.
The prince is watching from the side!
Zhao Xu shed tears and looked at the anxious and sweaty doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau, as well as Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang who were crying like him.
He sighed.
"Mother...mother..." Zhao Xu cried and said, "You can order the Chinese doctors to withdraw!"
"Father, the dragon body must not be damaged at all!"
Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang both nodded with tears in their eyes.
They know in their hearts that the so-called 'elixir' is just a gimmick.
It is used to silence others.
Now that the prince has agreed, there is no need to risk damaging the dragon's body and do something that is bound to fail.
Seeing this, Zhao Xu closed his eyes and knelt down in front of his father's bed again.
He knows that the palace carriage Yan Jia is right in front of him!
But at least he allowed his father to die in peace before his death.
There is no need for someone to force open your mouth and force a heavy metal elixir the size of an egg into your stomach.
Let it go away with pain in the end.
Outside the curtain, the governors all prostrated themselves.
Inside the curtain, the Chinese doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau also apologized and exited.
And at the moment when the Chinese doctors came out of the curtain.
Zhao Xu saw the prostrate Prime Minister in the palace.
He counted only six people.
In other words, Left Prime Minister Wang Gui is still staying at home.
The next day, on the fourth day of March, Chen Yijian from the Imperial Medical Bureau reported that Guan Jia's pulse could no longer be felt, and he could only hear Guan Jia's weak heartbeat and short breathing.
On this night, senior monks from the entire Bianjing City gathered in the Vajra Dojo of Daqing Hall.
The chanting continued all night long.
As the crown prince, Zhao Xu, accompanied by Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang, personally attended this Vajra Dojo.
However, gods and Buddhas did not perform miracles after all.
The next day, Wuxu Day (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year), Chen hour.
As the bell tower on the Xuandemen Gate was rung, the entire imperial city became deserted.
The emperor who had been ruling the world for nineteen years finally passed away!
In the Funing Hall, the emperor's body has been carried out and placed on the west steps of the hall.
Zhao Xu knelt in front of the soul, crying extremely sadly.
Both emotionally and objectively.
He must cry, and he must cry sadly!
Beside him, the queen cried with him.
Empress Dowager Gao was sitting among the curtains in the palace, also weeping.
The ministers filed in from outside the palace.
When all the ministers arrived in front of the imperial court, they all cried, and then prostrated on the ground: "I would like to extend my condolences to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, Her Majesty the Queen, and Her Majesty the Prince!"
"The country and the country still need the support of Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"I wait for ten thousand deaths, but I dare to invite His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne in front of the late Emperor's spirit, so as to stabilize the country and stabilize the world!"
So, immediately some ministers came forward on their knees, then lifted up Zhao Xu without hesitation, put a yellow robe that had been sewn long ago on him, and then placed him in the east corner of Funing Hall.
On a prepared throne.
The ministers rushed forward, prostrated on the ground, held up the imperial hut, bowed three times and kowtowed: "I respectfully wish to express my sincere wishes to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Then, outside the Funing Hall, the civil and military ministers who had gathered outside the hall also knelt down and bowed three times and kowtowed: "I respectfully wish that His Majesty the Emperor will bow down and pray for all blessings!"
Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the throne, was sobbing and crying.
His eyes were just looking at the late emperor's body which was placed on the west steps of the hall.
He knew that this was the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty.
When the late emperor ascended to his throne, he was no longer a king, but a spirit of his ancestors.
The ancestral gods of Shengxia only have the function of offering sacrifices.
This is the characteristic of the Song Dynasty.
Since Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan advocated the ancient prose movement and launched the Qingli Xue Xue.
The scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty no longer believed in the influence of heaven and man, nor in the divine right of kings.
Now that the scholar-bureaucrats have even thrown aside Dong Zhongshu’s sense of heaven and man.
How could they be expected to be loyal to an emperor sitting on the throne of Bianjing?
joke!
Since the Xining Reform, what have the old party ministers done?
I won’t serve you anymore! Goodbye!
I went to Luoyang!
Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Sima Guang and others were all like this.
This is called "If you don't follow the road, you will float in the sea on a raft"!
It's not just the old party ministers who are like this.
The same goes for the new party!
What happened to Aoxianggong Wang Anshi?
People in Jiangning said: Don’t cue, just plant flowers and recite sutras.
This is why Han Qi was respected by all the emperors of the Song Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Han Qi was given the posthumous title "Zhongxian".
When Han Qi was still alive, even though he opposed the new law, he did not obstruct it, let alone destroy it. Instead, he assisted in the implementation of the new law.
On this point, in the emperor's mind, he was far ahead of other scholar-bureaucrats.
When Zhao Xu thought of this, he also sighed in his heart: "When the country is in trouble, we miss our loyal ministers!"
"Where are my loyal subjects again?"
He looked towards the palace.
Zhao Xu understood that the ministers currently in power were about to face the stormy waves of the Two Palaces Era.
No one can survive it!
Zhao Xu can barely protect the dignity of these people and let them serve as officials in local states and counties, which is already good.
Therefore, they are unlikely to be the 'loyal ministers' Zhao Xu needs in the short term.
Besides, Zhao Xu now doesn't need a real veteran of the late emperor to talk to him about the late emperor's ambitions and Xifeng's old stories every day.
Zhao Xu has his own ideas and does not need their teaching.
Therefore, it is better for these ministers to go out.
Zeng Bu and Deng Runfu, on the other hand, had good luck. One won the trust of Empress Dowager Gao, and the other gained the trust of Empress Xiang.
In this way, the two-house era that is about to begin will have these two additional variables.
But are they loyal ministers?
Deng Runfu may be, but Zeng Bu really has a big question mark!
As for the officials of the old party?
They say they are definitely more loyal than anyone else, but whether it is true or not? Only God knows!
So, Zhao Xu looked around the entire court, but there was not even a single 'loyal minister' he felt he could rely on!
I can’t help but feel sad in my heart!
Fortunately...
"There is still a loyal minister!" Zhao Xu looked outside the palace. He knew that there was a minister who was absolutely loyal and could be relied on. He was outside the palace at the moment.
Su Song Su Zirong!
In Zhao Xu's previous life, he already knew that he was a loyal minister! After studying abroad for ten years in modern times, Su Song's status has skyrocketed in Zhao Xu's heart!
He has been regarded as a confidant like a humerus!
Thinking in his mind, Zhao Xu wiped away his tears, looked at the prostrate ministers in the hall, and also looked outside the hall.
He choked with sobs and said, "I'll excuse you, sir!"
He followed what Empress Dowager Gao taught him and said without changing a single word: "Unfortunately, Emperor Daxing is about to leave the world! With the blessing of the gods of my ancestors, I am loved by the world. At the young age, I am insignificant.
I live in a body that is above all the people in the world. I am trembling with fear, as if walking on thin ice. I hope that my ministers will give me more help and advice!"
"I will not give up even if I die!" The ministers bowed their heads and bowed again.
Therefore, when Wang Gui, the left prime minister, accused the family of being guilty, Cai Que, the right prime minister, was ordered to read out the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing.
This edict had already been written.
On the day when Zhao Xu established the crown prince, it was written together with the lyrics of the title.
Now, just by changing the time, it can be read directly in court.
"I have flattered the emperor and been appointed to the ancestral temple for nineteen years... The crown prince is gentle and courteous, and has long-term wisdom. Kindness, filial piety and respect are born from my nature! People want you to belong to you, and the artifact belongs to you! But
In front of the coffin, he is the emperor..." During Cai Que's cadence of reading, people inside and outside the Funing Hall choked up and sobbed.
Zhao Xu also left the throne, knelt down facing his father's body, and cried with tears.
The two immediately stepped forward, pretending to help him up, but they couldn't help him, so they could only advise: "I hope the officials will rest the dragon's body for the sake of the country and the country, and take care of the sacred bow!"
Cai Que, who was in the palace, paused for a moment, then continued to read: "However, the thought is just in the year of the Chong Nian, the general affairs are extensive, the emperor's Xu is protected, and the mother-in-law of the emperor..."
"The Empress Dowager is a profound sage, compassionate and benevolent. She assists the late emperor and supports me. She has a little knowledge and has been heard all over the world. She can be respected as the Empress Dowager!"
Empress Dowager Gao, who was behind the curtain, burst into tears. Several ministers quickly stepped forward to support her, and they all advised: "I would also like to ask the Empress Dowager to do it for the sake of the government and the country, and the mourning will end!"
Cai Que paused for a moment, waiting for the newly promoted Empress Dowager to finish mourning behind the curtain, and then continued to recite the edict: "The Empress Xiang, whose virtues are gentle and gentle, and whose ways are virtuous and gentle, assist me, uphold the virtues of Qi Ming, and serve as the crown prince."
My true mother, the one who teaches me the most by my own flesh and blood, can be honored as the Queen Mother!"
Empress Xiang, who was in front of the coffin, burst into tears and wailed bitterly. Her left and right sides hurriedly stepped forward to grab the empress dowager who was about to throw herself down on the late emperor's coffin.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, please express your condolences! My condolences! The official family still needs your Majesty's protection and support!" The female ministers cried and comforted the newly-promoted Empress Dowager.
Cai Que still paused for a moment, waiting to express his condolences to the Queen Mother, and then continued to read: "In response to military and state affairs, the Queen Mother has the power to deal with it, and the Queen Mother has the power to assist, and Yu Yizhang Xian Mingsu's story is implemented..."
No one listened to the rest.
All the ministers, both inside and outside the palace, faced the Empress Dowager inside the curtain and the Empress Dowager who was weeping with the ministers on her back in front of the mourning. They held the phoenix and bowed: "I respectfully wish the Empress Dowager a long blessing!
"
"I respectfully wish the Empress Dowager a long blessing!"
Zhao Xu was in the palace, listening and watching quietly.
My heart is like a bright mirror.
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Note: The issue of the elixir is recorded in a long article in the Xu Zizhi Tongjian. The original text is Shen Shen Nao Dao, so I won’t mention it. It is certain that there is such a thing.
Note 2: After the death of emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty, they were all buried on the west steps of Funing Hall, while their successors received congratulations on the east side of the hall.
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