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Chapter 452 Falling into the Water and Ascension to the Throne (two chapters in one)

Chapter 452 Falling into the water and ascending to the throne (two chapters in one)

Author: Uncle Long Legs

Chapter 452 Falling into the water and ascending to the throne (two chapters in one)

In the second year of Jingkang's reign, it was a quarter past noon on the fifth day of February, that is, around 11:15 am.

This is a time that many historians of later generations have remembered deeply. Hu Biao and other more than 300 people were greeted by huge cheers and kneeling scenes.

Carrying ten large tablets and walking all the way, we finally arrived in front of the golden wooden gate.

Why is it that such a period of time is so deeply remembered by many people in later generations?

The reason is very simple. A very important thing happened at this point in time, which not only caused a series of far-reaching consequences.

It has almost changed the power structure of this planet for hundreds of years or even longer.

The whole process and results have made future generations think about it in detail, and they are full of too many doubts and deserve to be written down in detail.

So much so that even years later, people would repeatedly mention and brag about it, thinking it was full of conspiracy theories.

Even in the later Internet age, there is a group of people called "Internet authors".

In the novels they brainstormed, every time they wrote a plot like this, they would write a long plot with great fanfare.

Specifically, this is what happened at the time.

When they saw Hu Yitong and others in front of them, the father and son Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng felt even more complicated.

On the one hand, that is the people under his command.

First, with a fanatical expression on his face and loud cheers, he greeted Hu Biao and others.

Then, after seeing those sacred statues, they all knelt on the ground with piety, a scene that the two officials had never enjoyed before.

As a result, these two officials, who had never really thought about why such a situation was caused, now felt very uneasy in their hearts.

For Hu Yitong and his Xuan Ge camp, the fear in my heart was even deeper.

However, he still did not regard these people as the biggest threat in his heart.

The main reason is that these two officials asked themselves that if they were on the battlefield, they would definitely not be the opponents of ordinary men like Hu Yitong to fight against the Han people.

But if it were changed to an officialdom, he could easily handle this person.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than using high-ranking officials and generous salaries to win over and divide Hu Yitong's subordinates in the coming days.

After the wings are cut off, then we can slowly deal with Hu Yitong himself.

No excuse? It doesn’t matter if you install a ‘unnecessary’ one.

On the other hand, the two people's hearts at this moment were filled with a sense of relief and indescribable joy after the arrival of strong support.

Therefore, at such a moment, Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng, a father and son with a loving father and a filial piety, looked at each other as if they had a clear understanding of each other.

Everyone's eyes were full of inexplicable confidence at this moment, as well as ridicule and mockery of the other person.

In the end, after the father and son straightened their clothes, with spring-like smiles on their faces, and with impeccable and elegant manners, they took the lead to greet him one after another.

Anyway, I was already prepared in my heart. I would first warmly welcome Hu Biao and others, show how much I value Hu Biao and others, and then comfort them.

Next, he squeezed out some tears and cried loudly for the righteous people.

If necessary, the memorial tablets may even be lifted up for a while. In short, these means are used to gather and restore people's hearts and lay a solid foundation for some subsequent plans.

Needless to say, in terms of these political tactics and shows, they are much better than Hu Biao and other rookies.

The crux of the problem is that what Hu Biao did was completely unexpected.

That's a simple, crude, and quite effective...

When a father and son like Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng walked onto the suspension bridge of the golden wooden gate with their own calculations, they were ready to start their respective performances.

That strip had been trampled by pedestrians and crushed by wheels for a long time.

Even a few days ago, after being loaded with war horses and armor by the Jin soldiers, the iron pagoda, which weighed over a thousand kilograms, was repeatedly trampled on, but there was no problem with the suspension bridge.

At this time, something went wrong.

It looked extremely strong. The bridge plate was wrapped with iron sheets at key positions and had long iron nails nailed on it. With a 'click~' sound, the bridge board was broken into two pieces.

Because the thing broke so fast, Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng, who had just walked to the bridge at that time, had no time to react.

Even Zhao Ji, an artist-emperor, actually had quite good physical fitness.

In the original history, during the time he was imprisoned, he not only gave birth to a lot of children, but also played polo with the Jin soldiers who guarded him, and even won.

Still in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Hu Biao and other hundreds of people from Xuange Camp, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians watching the excitement near Jinmumen.

When the deck of the suspension bridge suddenly broke, it suddenly fell into the water.

After being stunned for a second or two, Grandpa Hu Yitong and Hu were the first to react, shouting, "Save people, no! Protect me, protect me~"

As soon as he shouted something, Hu Biao rushed towards the Jinshui River desperately.

Even though he was planning to wear heavy armor, he jumped into the water regardless, looking like a loyal and brave savior.

As a result, before he could rush to the river, several younger eunuchs and imperial guards from the Imperial City Division who had reacted had already plunged into the Jinshui River, which was still bitter to this day.

After a short time, two officials from the Song Dynasty were rescued.

Although the two of them drank a lot of river water that was stinking of corpses and stained with blood in their panic, they did not drown in such a short period of time.

Just like this, the two people who were frightened for a while were hurried back to the palace.

After the imperial doctors were captured by the Jin people, there was no way to pass on the disease. Fortunately, there were still many famous doctors left in the city, and they hurried into the palace to treat them.

At the same time, today's follow-up activity, in which Grandpa Hu and others entered the city, showed victory to the officials and were greatly rewarded, had to end without any problems.

Such a nonsense thing also made Hou San wait for the people in the city.

I feel a little aggrieved because of what happened to Grandpa Hu and others; as for the physical safety of the officials, does it have anything to do with them?

But what Hou San and the others didn't know was that for the subsequent changes, the incident of the two officials falling into the water was just the beginning of a series of major historical events that would follow.

The series of events that followed made everyone in the world dumbfounded...

What! According to unofficial records of later generations:

The two emperors of Huiqin fell into the water that day. Although they were rescued in time and treated by famous doctors in the city, they were too frightened and the filthy river water entered their lungs too much.

Two days later, Huizong Zhao Ji was concerned about national affairs.

Due to mental fatigue, he was too frightened, and the sewage hurt his heart and lungs, so he unfortunately died.

The next day, Qinzong Zhao Heng died of the same illness as Huizong, and because of Huizong's death, he was extremely sad and died.

Suddenly, the entire Song Dynasty was in mourning.

On February 9, the second year of Jingkang, a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace signed a letter to be appointed to the Privy Council. He was promoted to Zuocheng, and his minister Geng Nanzhong personally led all the civil and military officials to the palace to ask for an audience with Emperor Maode.

They all knelt down and worshiped in front of Emperor Maode, crying and begging:

The sky cannot live without the sun, and the country cannot live without a king. Now that the family has suffered a series of catastrophes, not counting the princes and the royal family who were kidnapped by the Jin soldiers, only the ninth prince Zhao Gou and several emperors are left in the royal family.

Ji.

However, the Ninth Prince was a man who had played too much since he was young and had no reputation as a virtuous person. He was unable to cope with the current chaos of the Song Dynasty, which had not been seen in a hundred years.

Emperor Maode had always been well-known among the people. During the Jingkang Disgrace, she even sacrificed her wealth to go into battle and kill the enemy with arrows, earning the respect of all the people.

In the rush for power, they did not care about the inherent ancestral laws of the Song Dynasty.

We can only follow the ancient method of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and implore Emperor Maode to ascend the throne as the empress to deal with the current chaos that has not happened in a hundred years.

Facing the weeping pleas of Geng Nazhong and other civil and military officials, Emperor Maode refused to accept the request on the grounds that she was a female prostitute. The officials knelt down and continued to plead, but Emperor Ji refused to accept it again.

Again, again, and again, three times postponement will not be followed.

After hearing the news, hundreds of thousands of people in the city rushed into the inner city, knelt on the ground outside the palace, and together prayed for Emperor Maode to be crowned queen.

In desperation, Di Ji had to accept it with tears in her eyes.

And she swore to the Tianmeng in public that she was only temporarily on the throne to deal with the current huge chaos; twenty years later, regardless of her physical condition, Zhao Jinfu would abdicate and give up the throne to the children of the Zhao family.

If she violates this oath, she will definitely die a miserable death.

Three days later, Emperor Maode was in a hurry to keep everything simple, and hastily held a coronation ceremony, becoming the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Era name: Maode, known as Empress Maode in history, she was the second empress of the flower gardening family.

When the empress first came to the throne, she showed some thunderous methods.

First, make Geng Nazhong the prime minister of the dynasty, and add Qin Guogong as the head of the hundred officials.

Hu Biao was granted the title of Deputy Prime Minister and the Privy Council Envoy in charge of the world's military. He was mainly responsible for retraining a strong army of the Song Dynasty to attack Huanglong and bring about the great shame of Jingkang.

Ma Kuo was granted the title, and Yue Fei was appointed deputy envoy to the Privy Council.

Among them, Ma Kuo stayed in Kaifeng City to assist Hu Biao in reorganizing his army and preparing for war, while Yue Fei continued to stay in Xiangzhou to train his troops and horses to prevent the Jin soldiers from joining the invaders again.

Beiji, Xu Feng, Lao Hei, Warehouse Guan, Lang Qing, Yu Hanfeng, Singer, Imperial Concubine and others all have their own awards. They are all officials of the third rank or above. They are civil servants or chief officials of various ministries, or in the military.

Controller.

Even Liu An, the former Kaifeng Prefecture policeman, became the Kaifeng Prefecture Yin.

The people who came down from Chubing Mountain that day, as well as all the civil and military officials in the court, were all rewarded. As soon as the Queen issued this order, the people in Kaifeng City immediately calmed down.

It's just that there are rumors among the people that Empress Maode is just a puppet, and Prime Minister Geng Nanzhong is also a humanoid seal.

Hu Biao and Hu Yitong coerced the emperor to order the princes and relied on a group of party members to control the government. They were just another copy of Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty.

Secondly, along with the news of the Queen's enthronement, there were also rewards and promises made to officials from various places after Queen Maode issued an edict.

Confessing the ninth prince Zhao Gou as a virtuous king, he promised that the next emperor would pass the throne to his descendants.

She promised that when she was in power, she would never initiate harsh policies such as Hua Shi Gang, and that the Song Dynasty would never make peace, pay tribute, or become ministers. The emperor would guard the country and the king would die in the country.

Among the awards given this time, among the officials from all over the country

There are seven dukes in Canada, 29 marquises, 51 uncles, and more than 300 viscounts and barons.

The Queen also promised that although their current official positions would remain unchanged, they would be promoted in the future.

All political laws and regulations during Huizong's reign remained unchanged, giving greater power to local officials.

For a time, although there were some "hen Si Chen" objections to the empress's ascension to the throne in various parts of the Song Dynasty, overall the situation was barely settled.

There is also basic recognition of the Queen among various places.

Of course, all the above are just information and statements on the surface; privately, I don’t know that there are still conspiracies and disturbances planned...

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The time is February 12, the first year of Maode, which is the night when Queen Maode ascended the throne.

Location: It was originally a luxurious residence in the inner city belonging to Cai Jing, the leader of the Six Thieves, but now it is the residence of Deputy Prime Minister, Privy Councilor Hu Biao, and Xianggong Hu.

After working hard for several days on the Queen's enthronement.

And it is foreseeable that in the follow-up time, there will be more scenes that require busy work; Hu Biao and others took a break from their busy schedule, and everyone sat together for a temporary meal.

It’s a good reward, I’ve been like a dog since I was so busy before.

After putting a piece of "Dongpo Pork" weighing one or two pounds into his mouth, chewing it a few times and swallowing it, he drank a glass of ice-cold wine.

Yu Hanfeng was in the mood and asked something he had always been curious about:

"Lao Hu, you are what many people call Cao Aha.

Let me tell you, what do you think? Why didn't you choose to be the emperor yourself in the first place, so that we could be kings side by side or something like that, but why did you push Emperor Maode to the throne?

He also asked Lao Ma to lead people to resort to tricks, so that the father and son Zhao Heng and Zhao Ji fell into the water and died, just like those ministers in the Ming Dynasty; they were not happy at all, how about letting me kill him?"

The voice just fell, and the singer, Lao Tie, Fengche, Li San, Chen Tang and others all agreed one after another.

We all agreed that we were really unhappy that Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were allowed to pass away so peacefully, and that the so-called Great Song Dynasty was allowed to continue.

"Isn't it nonsense to rebel and become emperor yourself?"

After hearing this, Hu Biao responded in this way.

In the following time, he slowly expressed his thoughts: "In the incident of Jingkang's shame, the ugly state of the old Zhao family was clearly visible to the world.

But the people in Kaifeng City and the north may feel willing to change to an emperor with another surname because of their personal pain.

But in other places, especially in the hearts of officials, scholars, landlords and gentry in the Jiangnan area.

Their old Zhao Jana is still very popular and is considered orthodox.

We are really going to rebel. Believe it or not, Dingtian has occupied some small areas around Kaifeng City. Zhao Laojiu will be pushed to power and then start a civil war with us.

Or the one that prioritizes dealing with us and does not consider fighting the Jin people at all.

Do you really hope that when the time comes, you will be attacked from both sides, and you will have to engage in internal strife with your own people under the current circumstances, so that the Jin people will laugh at it?

As for the method, it doesn’t matter whether it’s pleasant or not, as long as it works well.”

Faced with Hu Biao's statement, the singer said somewhat unconvincingly:

"So what, can we mobilize the masses at all? Our party has so many excellent and mature experiences, we can definitely learn and carry them forward, and we will no longer need an emperor.

If that didn't work, we simply took a large number of craftsmen and people with us and went to other places to develop, so that both the Jin Kingdom and Zhao Laojiu could use their wits.

When we had the strength, a guy pushed them flat."

This time, there was no need for Hu Biao to speak. Barong, a rookie who claimed to be a history buff, expressed some of his different views:

"Singer, none of your statements are reliable. After all, thousands of years have passed since the incident, and the specific circumstances are different.

The people of this era are still accustomed to having an emperor above their head, but as long as they are from the Zhao royal family, it doesn't matter who they are.

What matters now is that imperial power does not go to the countryside, and all the say in the countryside is controlled by various local tyrants and evil gentry.

If you think about it, even in the modern dimension, the people's wisdom before 49 years ago was much more open than it is now.

Our party has been rumored by those local tyrants and evil gentry to have the appearance of a "Communist Party of Seven (to avoid taboo)".

I don’t know how much trouble and misunderstanding it has caused among my fellow villagers. In this day and age, I don’t know what the rumors will be like, and then we will fight to the end.

Without decades of time, slowly advancing and changing the wisdom will not be effective at all; the system does not have so much time, leaving us to slowly fiddle with it."

What Baron, a rookie, said is indeed quite reasonable.

Because just 3 days ago, the first phase of their mission had been officially completed, although the second phase had not yet been triggered.

But if you think about it with your toes, you know that the grandson of the system cannot be given decades to run it.

As for why they don’t move to another place for development, Lang Qing responded: “There is no need to change places. In fact, Kaifeng City is a good place.

Resources such as coal and iron are quite abundant in the surrounding area.

Even though it's not Jiangnan, due to water transportation, the waterway construction is actually quite complete.

The ability to transport goods by water solves the problem of our current serious shortage of cattle, horses and other livestock for transportation.

In addition, the Central Plains Province is located in a plain and has been a grain-producing land since ancient times.

This time, because a large number of royal family members and officials were arrested, and many gentry ran away on their own, a large number of good fields were left vacant.

It was just used to allow the large number of unemployed people in Kaifeng City to farm and live.

The only problem is that there is already a serious shortage of food in the city. Even if we use this method of farming, not to mention the problem of grain planting, it will take at least half a year before the harvest.

Before the harvest, if there is not enough food, we will not be able to mention the matter of training troops and farming."

After thinking of this, everyone let out a long sigh. Even the table of wine and food carefully prepared by the chef at the best restaurant in Kaifeng City, Fanlou, suddenly tasted tasteless.

Because in ancient times, nothing was more important than food...

There will be another chapter later

(End of chapter)


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