We have mentioned before in the first volume of this book, "The Messenger", that when Emperor Renzong lost two princes one after another, in order to protect his only second prince, Zhao, who had been named King Yong at the time,
Xin, after painful thinking, he falsely announced to the public that King Yong Zhao Xin had died of illness.
But in fact, he changed his prince Zhao Xin's name to Yong Xin, and still stayed in the royal family to raise and protect him.
Changing the name of one's own prince is effectively abolishing his identity as heir to the throne, thereby keeping his prince away from the competition for the throne and preventing his only son from suffering any further mishaps.
After King Yong Zhao Xin was born, Emperor Renzong, in order to protect him, renamed the "Purple Guards" who were originally members of the royal family's internal guards to "Yong Wang Guards" to provide careful protection to King Yong Zhao Xin.
After being forced to change the prince's name and identity, in order to strengthen the royal family identity of "Yong Wang Wei" and to inspect his younger brother, Zhao Yunrang was named King Pu.
Emperor Renzong selected two boys from his younger brother's heirs and gave them the surnames "Wang" and "Wei". They were named county kings and made them deputy envoys of the "Yongwang Guards" and commanded the protection of the "Yongwang Guards".
Royal security, supervising all civil and military officials.
Emperor Renzong's move was also to win mutual trust with his younger brother and pave the way for subsequent operations.
After conducting a secret investigation and confirming that Pu Wang Zhao Yunrang was completely loyal to him and there was no problem, Emperor Renzong named his younger brother's thirteenth son Zhao Zongshi and brought him into the palace.
He was raised by the queen, who later became Song Yingzong.
The reason why he chose his younger brother's thirteenth son was because he was the same age as his imperial son Zhao Xin, and he was respectful, filial, humble, honest and steady.
After Emperor Renzong personally inspected his younger brother's thirteenth son, he was very satisfied and felt that letting this child inherit the throne in the future would not embarrass his own emperor Zhao Xin.
Emperor Renzong took great pains to ensure that his emperor would have a safe future.
Therefore, under the current situation that Emperor Renzong no longer has his own prince to inherit the throne, there is only one young son in the palace who is selected from the descendants of Pu Wang Zhao Yunrang and is brought into the palace to be raised by the queen herself.
So, the actual situation is that the son of King Pu Zhao Yunrang will be officially adopted to Emperor Renzong in the future and become the current prince, the future crown prince, and the future emperor of the Song Dynasty.
You said that Pu Wang Zhao Yunrang has such a noble status as the biological father of the future emperor, and has two sons who later became county kings and joined the "Yong Wang Wei" as deputy envoys. Then he expressed clear opinions and supported the current king.
After his opinion, who dares to fight with him again?
If this is contrary to him, it will be contrary to the opinions of the current king and the biological father of the future king.
Moreover, if a discerning person looks at the configuration of the officers and soldiers in this "Yongwang Guard", it is obvious that they are an elite division of the Royal Forbidden Army.
However, it also has a powerful fighting force that is much more powerful than the royal imperial army. Such a team that protects the safety of the royal family and supervises the behavior of all officials, no matter how powerful it is, has the full support of Emperor Renzong, and it is a matter of imperial palace prohibition.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who were ministers, had no need to be serious about this.
As long as the throne is in good hands, the harem is stable, the frontiers are stable, the government is fine, the politics are clear, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy is prosperous, what else do ministers have to complain about and pursue?
From then on, the political status and rights attributes of "Yongwang Wei" were finalized. By the end of the Song Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were no more disputes or disputes between monarchs and ministers.
So, who leaked the secret of the royal treasure a hundred years ago?
Yong Ming knew that no one would know about that mysterious device except for the Yong clan chiefs in the past generations.
This is because, in order to keep this secret, the Yong clan chiefs in the past generations have tried their best to protect this secret in a way that is almost harsh and incomprehensible.
Although this kind of protection method is somewhat cruel, it can provide the best protection.
So, after the mysterious device has gone through nine hundred years of ups and downs, and the Yong family is safe and sound until now, and is not known to outsiders, the only thing that can make people malicious towards the Yong family is the secret stored somewhere
A royal treasure.
After Yong Ming thought about it, he focused his suspicion on the close confidants who were responsible for the placement of these royal treasures under the orders of Emperor Renzong.
Otherwise, there is no way to reveal the secret of the royal treasure.
So, how do you prove your judgment?
Based on the instructions left by his ancestors and his own careful research, Yong Ming decided to use this mysterious device to confirm his ideas.
However, there is a practical problem that cannot be ignored, which causes Yong Ming to take great risks.
The problem is that the only "ace" in Yong Ming's hand that could activate and use this mysterious device was the one he owned, and the other four "tokens" of the Ministry of Health of the "Four Davids of the Yong Family".
However, because the "Four Davids of the Yong Family" had not yet returned to the General Guards at that time, these four "tokens" were missing the surnames originally embedded on them and were not complete.
If such a "token" is used on a mysterious device, it can be used, but during use, the effectiveness of the mysterious device will be affected.
As for what kind of influence it was, Yongming searched through the information left by his ancestors, but could not find any relevant descriptions or records.
This is because, after this mysterious device was developed, and in the nearly two hundred years before the "Battle of Yashan", Yongming's ancestors used this mysterious device with all their "aces" and "tokens" in hand.
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After the "Battle of Yashan", for seven hundred years, this mysterious device was properly protected but never used again.
The reason for this is, firstly, that in the "Battle of Yashan", the "Yongwang Guard" lacked the "King" and "Guard" troops, and the two "aces" disappeared together with them.
Second, because they suffered a heavy blow from the destruction of their home and country, the first thing Yongming's ancestors had to do was to protect their own tribe and the Ministry of Health.
With only one of the "aces" left and two missing, in a dangerous and precarious situation, Yongming's ancestors had no time to think about using the mysterious device.
Regarding this situation, Yong Ming, as a descendant, can really understand his ancestors.
He knew that his ancestors, in an extremely dangerous situation at that time, could lead their tribe and the remaining members of the "Yongwang Guard" to fight their way out of the mountains of corpses and sea of blood, and save their tribe and subordinates.
How difficult it is.
In Yong Ming's opinion, being able to protect this mysterious device intact and pass it on to him under such difficult circumstances was that his ancestor had truly created a miracle that made him want to kneel down and worship.