In the seventh month of the sixth year of Chunyou.
Su Mingzhe felt Emperor Zhao Yun's trust in him, and went directly to the grassland for the success of the Northern Expedition.
Guiyou, the son of Ogedai, who was supposed to inherit the throne of grassland khan, was assassinated on the eve of his proclaimed khan.
This sudden assassination made all the prairie nobles bewildered.
Some people suspect that it was the work of Wokuotai's grandson Shiliemen.
Because before his death, Wokuotai passed the throne to the fallen warriors.
Later, the reason why Guiyou succeeded to the throne was entirely the result of the wanton behavior of Queen Ogedai, Tuo Lege.
Although the Shiliemen also wanted to assassinate Guyu, it was really not him who did it this time. When they heard that others were framed against them, they pointed the finger at Kuoduan.
Kuoduan was also the son of Wo Kuotai and Queen Tolegona, and he had always been prestigious on the grassland.
When Genghis Khan was still alive, he asked Ogedai to pass the throne to Kuoduan.
Therefore, now that Guiyou has been killed, Kuo Duan is the biggest suspect.
As everyone's quarrels became more and more serious, they eventually broke up on bad terms.
Queen Turegona continued to be the regent on the grassland.
Under the protection of his followers, Shiliemen returned to the Ogedai Kingdom and inherited the throne of the Ogedai Kingdom.
Kuoduan arrived at Uzang and declared that he would inherit the throne of Khan.
Members of the Jin family who also attended the conference included Jochi's son Orda, Chagatai's son Yesu Mengge, Tolei's son Mengge, etc.
After they returned to their fiefdoms, they also announced that they would inherit the throne of Khan.
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The storm is rising on the grassland.
When Zhao Yun heard the news on the grassland, he jumped up and down excitedly, and asked someone to pass on the message to Su Mingzhe, asking Su Mingzhe to prepare for the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, so as to take advantage of the turmoil in the grassland to restore the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
At this moment, Su Mingzhe believed that Zhao Yun really wanted to be a promising monarch!
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Chunyou seven years.
March.
Su Mingzhe has already trained 200,000 Northern Expedition troops.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong also rushed to Qizhou with their children, preparing to accompany Su Mingzhe on the Northern Expedition.
At this moment.
The two imperial edicts reached Qizhou and shocked everyone.
It turned out that during the New Year, Zhao Yun, who wanted to have fun with the people, took his concubine to the West Lake and was hit by a tornado and fell into the water. Although he was not drowned, he was infected with lung disease.
By mid-February.
Zhao Yun passed away and left a posthumous edict, allowing Zhao Chun, the son of the palace beauty Tang An'an and his only son, to succeed to the throne.
If only that were the case.
As a minister, Su Mingzhe naturally had to obey the imperial edict and then go to Beijing to express his condolences.
However, Zhao Chun was only two years old, and even with Zhao Yun's posthumous edict, he still attracted a lot of opposition.
The biggest voice of opposition came from Zhao Guiqian, the king of Laizhiyi.
Zhao Guiqian opposed Zhao Chun's succession for three reasons.
The first reason is that the prince chosen by Song Ningzong was Zhao Hong.
Zhao Yun's succession to the throne was a puppet promoted by Empress Yang and Shi Miyuan through forged edicts.
This reason means that Zhao Yun's throne is illegal.
Since Zhao Yun's throne is not legal, Zhao Chun is even less qualified to succeed.
Second, Zhao Chun's biological mother, Tang An'an, was born in a brothel and entered the palace when she was pregnant. The child in her belly may not necessarily be a child of the Zhao family.
This is questioning the legitimacy of Zhao Chun's succession.
Third, the master is suspicious of the country!
Zhao Chun was only two years old, and the Song Dynasty was already in danger. If a little boy succeeded to the throne, power would inevitably be lost, and some people would become unpredictable.
For this reason, Yi Wang Zhao Guiqian expressed that as the son of Song Ningzong and the brother of Zhao Yun, the prince of the Song Dynasty, he was willing to learn from Song Taizong and shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Song Dynasty.
After Zhao Guiqian stood up to oppose, there were voices of opposition and support.
Prime Minister Shi Songzhi is a die-hard supporter of Tang An'an and her son. After all, he knows best what is going on with Tang An'an and her son.
But Yang Gu and others became Zhao Guiqian's supporters.
The identities of Tang Anan and Zhao Chun are questionable, and it was Yang Gu who brought it up.
Both factions have supporters.
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On Zhao Chun's side, because of Zhao Yun's imperial edict and the support of Prime Minister Shi Songzhi, he got the support of most courtiers after rushing to handle the enthronement ceremony.
However, Zhao Guiqian ascended the throne in Nanchang and proclaimed himself emperor with the support of several pacification envoys.
After both parties ascended the throne, they both issued notices and edicts to the state capitals all over the world in order to correct their names.
It was under this situation that Su Mingzhe received two imperial edicts.
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Knowing the current situation in the Song Dynasty, Su Mingzhe was secretly happy, but on the surface, he sought the advice of his master Guo Jing:
"Master, do you think which side of the imperial edict should I accept?"
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Guo Jing also felt it was a bit difficult to handle.
Logically speaking, with Zhao Yun's edict, Su Mingzhe should respect Zhao Chun as the new emperor.
However, Zhao Guiqian's reason is also right.
Not to mention that Zhao Chun's identity and origin are in doubt, but his age also makes everyone very worried.
Guo Jing, who was undecided, had no choice but to look at his wife Huang Rong:
"Rong'er, what do you think?"
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Huang Rong rolled her eyes at the man, then looked at her disciple and asked:
"Mingzhe, are you worried about which imperial edict to accept now, or are you worried about other issues?"
Su Mingzhe heard Huang Rong's words, immediately raised his head, and looked back with sincerity:
"Master's wife, to tell you the truth, this disciple is only thinking about the Northern Expedition and doesn't want to pay attention to these internal fights!"
"Mingzhe, since you don't want to pay attention to it, just ignore it."
Huang Rong guessed her disciple's thoughts and immediately supported her.
Compared with Guo Jing and Huang Yaoshi, Huang Rong did not have so many loyal and patriotic thoughts in her heart.
This time, she followed her husband Guo Jing to Jingdong Road just to help Su Mingzhe in his northern expedition.
The couple had also been to Jingdong Road before.
At that time, on Jingdong Road, people's livelihood was in ruins, bones were exposed in the wild, and thousands of horses were silent.
Today's Jingdong Road, under the management of Su Mingzhe, although not very populated, is full of vitality.
From this point of view, Su Mingzhe has the potential to be a wise king.
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Su Mingzhe finally accepted the imperial edict from Lin'an. After all, he was his biological son.
The eunuch who announced the decree in Lin'an is Chang Xi.
Chang Xi had a good relationship with Su Mingzhe, and when he saw Su Mingzhe preparing to receive the Lin'an imperial edict, he let out a long sigh.
Afterwards, Chang Xi read out the imperial edict.
The imperial edict was drawn up by Prime Minister Shi Songzhi.
The article begins by praising Su Mingzhe’s achievements.
Then came various substantive rewards.
The first content of the reward was to raise Su Mingzhe's title by one rank, from the original title of a county king to a 'one-character shoulder-to-shoulder king' - King of Lu.
(In the "One-Sided King", the title of Lu ranks only behind Qin, Han, Tang, Jin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Wei, Zhao, Han, Song, etc., and it can be regarded as the top king title.)
(In the Song Dynasty, there was no Zhao or Song.)
The second reward was to confer Su Mingzhe the title of Grand Marshal of the World's Armed Forces, allowing him to conquer unconquered subjects on his own.
This gave Su Mingzhe the power to conquer on his own without asking the court for instructions.
This was the only one in the entire Song Dynasty.
Su Mingzhe guessed that Tang Anan should have added this reward.
Finally, there are the privileges of adding Jiuxi, opening the mansion with three divisions, etc.
After receiving the imperial edict from Lin'an, Su Mingzhe asked about the current situation of Nanchang and Lin'an.
Chang Xi hesitated for a moment and finally explained the situation.
After all, even if he didn't say it, Su Mingzhe would only know it a few days later.
When Su Mingzhe learned that more than a dozen general managers in the Southern Song Dynasty had been granted the title of Duke or King by the two imperial courts of Nanchang and Lin'an, his eyes widened: