As soon as I returned to the prince's palace, I saw Eunuch Li, the chief eunuch of Queen Mother Xie's palace, waiting at the door. This Eunuch Li was in his sixties and was a confidant of the Queen Mother. He had served the Queen Mother in Ningkun Palace for thirty years.
Youyu looks shiny and energetic. It is obvious that he is a very favored person, so he appears to be arrogant.
In today's Southern Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xie and Jia Sidao are naturally considered to be the most powerful people in the government and the public, and they are both people who I cannot offend now.
In the inner courtyard of the palace, Empress Dowager Xie could be said to be unparalleled. Even when the late Emperor Lizong was in power, she was always courteous to her.
According to historical records, Empress Dowager Xie's original name was Xie Daoqing. She was a female politician in the Southern Song Dynasty. She was appointed queen at the age of 19. She was honored as the empress dowager at the age of 57. She was also honored as the empress dowager at the age of 65. Xie Daoqing was open-minded and took the overall situation into consideration. The harem has been harmonious and stable for 50 years.
There is an interesting unofficial record about Xie Daoqing before he entered the palace. Xie Daoqing had eye problems and dark skin when she was young. Unfortunately, she got a rash on the way to the palace. Fortunately, with the help of a famous doctor, she was cured and all her skin fell off. Her dark skin turned out to be because of this.
Her skin became as white as jade, and her congenital corneal clouding was cured by doctors. Xie Daoqing turned from an ugly duckling into a beauty. It was just that Song Lizong favored Concubine Jia and others who entered the palace with her. Despite this, Xie Daoqing
He didn't care about it, so Lizong also respected her with courtesy. When Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty was preparing to make Concubine Jia his queen, the people and the court were discussing, "If we don't make a real queen, will we make a false queen?" Lizong had no choice but to make Concubine Jia his queen.
I can only make Xie Daoqing my queen.
I have always believed that history is written by those in power, and there are too many political purposes in it, so the authenticity of history needs to be verified in person.
Queen Mother Xie doesn't pay much attention to me, the newly crowned emperor. The reason is very simple. As an emperor, I have neither the strength of my own nor the courage and ability to be proud of the world. I only know that I am weak and incompetent.
, Such an emperor is naturally easy to control, which is the main reason why both Xie and Jia acquiesced in Zhao Yu's ascension to the throne. Of course, there is another point. Zhao Yu is not the biological son of the late emperor Lizong, and he was born in a humble background. Since he was a child, Xie Daoqing has
Never liked it.
The Empress Dowager is in charge internally, and the Taoist dictatorship is external. This is the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.
When Eunuch Li saw me coming back, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live."
"Plain body."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Eunuch Li stood up, he said in a stiff tone: "The official family, in accordance with the decree of the Queen Mother, invites Your Majesty to go to Ningkun Palace to have an audience."
I saw that although Eunuch Li was very polite, there was no awe in his eyes. Knowing that Queen Mother Xie’s faction did not take me seriously, I felt angry and was about to explode. In the blink of an eye, I thought, with my current strength, I am not worthy at all.
Xie Daoqing's opponent, and the opponent's contempt is actually a good thing for me now. These thoughts flashed through my mind. Naturally, Eunuch Li didn't know that my thinking had gone through several twists and turns at this moment.
"Let's drive." I said expressionlessly.
Ningkun Palace is located in the northern part of the harem and is the second largest building in the entire harem, second only to the Ningqian Palace of the late Emperor Lizong.
"My son, Zhao You, pays homage to the Queen Mother." I said respectfully to the Queen Mother.
"Get back on your feet, Your Majesty." Xie Daoqing said coldly.
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Your Majesty, sit down and talk."
Xie Daoqing, who was Empress Lizong at that time, was very unhappy when Zhao Fu was adopted. In addition, Zhao Fu's subsequent misbehavior made Xie Daoqing even more dissatisfied and even disgusted.
I haven't had time to think about future development since I came to the Song Dynasty. Now I can only be cautious, otherwise I will end up in the wrong direction of history if I am not careful.
Xie Daoqing is different from Quan Jiu. I hid my thoughts and tried my best to answer according to Zhao Fu's conscious thinking, even my eyes became confused and unclear.
As soon as I sat down, I heard Xie Daoqing continue to say: "Since His Majesty has ascended the throne, the first thing to do is to mourn the empire. I heard that during the court meeting this morning, His Majesty handed over all these important matters to Lord Jia Sidaojia?"
Not long after the morning court ended, Xie Daoqing already knew about it, and it seemed that he also had many eyes and ears in this court.
"Back to my mother, exactly." I replied cautiously.
Xie Daoqing glanced at me with disappointment and said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty is also an adult, and you must slowly learn to decide on national affairs by yourself."
"Children, remember your mother's teachings."
Xie Daoqing nodded and continued: "Your Majesty will officially come to the court in seven days. Those ministers who are loyal to me in the Song Dynasty must be reused. For example, Ma Tingluan, Liu Mengyan, Li Boyu, Chen Zongli, He Jishuang and others. Your Majesty can
Entrusted with important tasks, they will definitely be able to help His Majesty govern the country and manage the country well."
"Mother, please don't worry, Zhao Yu will be spared."
I know that this is Xie Daoqing's arrangement to promote his cronies. Among these people, except for Liu Mengyan who finally surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, several others can be regarded as upright ministers and useful people in history.
Seeing that I agreed so readily, Xie Daoqing's face softened slightly and said: "Jia Sidao has been in the court for many years and has won the late emperor's trust. He is very familiar with the affairs in the court. Let him handle the matter of national mourning."
"Yes, Queen Mother."
This can be considered a kind of transaction.
This is politics, and it seems I have to learn it slowly.
Xie Daoqing's power in the court was not as powerful as Jia Sidao's, so he hoped to install more of his cronies after I came to the throne so that I could compete with Jia Sidao in the court.
Just as I was saying goodbye and preparing to leave, Xie Daoqing suddenly said: "Your Majesty, on the night when you were established as the prince, the late emperor once said that this Song Dynasty will eventually belong to my Zhao family. Zhao Yu, please take care of yourself."
I was stunned at the time and didn't understand the meaning of Xie Daoqing's words. On the way back, I thought about it carefully and felt that the implication of Xie Daoqing's words might be that it was a fait accompli that I would ascend to the throne, so I should slowly get rid of Jia Sidao and other ministers with foreign surnames.
control.
Thinking of this, a general idea appeared in my mind. If Xie Daoqing and Jia Sidao are indeed as recorded in the history books, I will continue to be this faint king on the surface for the time being, and I might as well come to Laxie to crack down on the fake (Jia) secretly.
Since the time of Lizong, the Southern Song Dynasty has been dominated by the three pillars of imperial power, queen power, and prime minister power. Lizong of the Song Dynasty neglected government affairs and was greedy for pleasure. He delegated many powers to Jia Sidao, Ding Daquan and others, which led to the great power of the prime minister and the power of the prime minister.
He likes to appoint relatives to interfere with the ministers of the DPRK, which makes the power of the queen gradually expand, but on the contrary, the power of the monarch is gradually weakened.
To this day, the situation is still the same, but I, who represent the imperial power, am no longer the original emperor.
When I left Ningkun Palace, I realized that my back was dripping with cold sweat. In fact, the person Zhao Fu feared the most was Xie Daoqing. Perhaps influenced by this, I was also a little nervous.
The imperial funeral will be held in seven days, and then I will formally attend the court.
In the past few days, the only major event in the court was national mourning. Except for the occasional visit to pay homage to the late emperor, I had a lot of free time. Using these few days, I could think carefully about my future and the future of the Song Dynasty.
You can't let your brain be free, otherwise you will immediately think of Le Lingshan, and the heartbreaking heartache is really unbearable.
I have only two advantages. One is that I have eight hundred years more experience than everyone else in this world. The other is that as the emperor, I represent the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty. My disadvantages are also obvious. I have no strength of my own.
Category is basically an empty emperor. The Xiangyang War in a few years will be the watershed for the demise of the Song Dynasty. Also, my body has only ten years to live, so I must turn around in these few years.
The combat effectiveness of the army, the Battle of Xiangyang must be won no matter what. I am not very worried about the lifespan of my body. Zhao Fu died due to excessive drinking and sex. As long as I pay attention to this and strengthen exercise, I guess it will not happen.
So short-lived.
When I thought of exercising, I suddenly remembered those magical and mysterious skills in martial arts novels. There were three heroes and five righteousnesses in the Northern Song Dynasty, and wasn't the late Southern Song Dynasty the era of Guo Jing and Huang Rong?
Being able to compete with the Condor Heroes has been one of my childhood dreams.