Almost every day there is news that the Liangshan army is about to cross the Yellow River. No one knows whether it is true or not! Sometimes, someone suddenly shouts "Liangshan army is coming" on the street, and immediately the whole street is full of chaos!
Starting from the end of April, countless people in Bianliang began to flee outside, some to the south, and some to the west! By the end of May, the number of people fleeing was increasing, and now there are nearly half
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There is also a tense atmosphere in the Bianliang Palace now!
At this moment, Song Huizong finally stopped studying Taoism! In the morning of this day, he called some of his close ministers over!
Including Grand Master Cai Jing, Grand Lieutenant Gao Qiu, eunuch Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and others were beside him. The guards outside guarded the door tightly to prevent anyone from entering.
Song Huizong looked at these courtiers. His face was pale and his hands were trembling, and he said: "These days, there have been rumors that the Liangshan bandits are about to cross the river! Tell me, can Bianliang City stop the army of Liangshan bandits?"
Cai Jing frowned, and after a moment, he shook his head.
Gao Qiu said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Bianliang City to resist the army of bandits! The bandits have many cavalry, and Bianliang is surrounded by plains. On the plains, the advantage of the cavalry is too great for us to resist."
Song Huizong nodded and said: "I have thought for many days and now only Chang'an in the west is safer. There are Tongguan, Huashan and hundreds of thousands of Western troops there. I am going to the west. Are you willing to go with me?
go?"
After listening to Song Huizong's words, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others were stunned. After just a moment, everyone nodded together and expressed their willingness to follow Song Huizong to Chang'an in the west.
Song Huizong was overjoyed and said: "It's best if you are willing to follow me! But Bianliang is the capital, and we can't just throw it away. I'm going to give it to the prince to defend the capital!"
Regarding Song Huizong's words, the ministers did not have any objection, and the matter was passed.
Song Huizong made an escape plan in the morning, and by the afternoon it had spread throughout the Bianliang officialdom! Countless officials, big and small, were packing their belongings and preparing to escape with Song Huizong! But the people in the army were panicked, and the emperor was about to escape.
, this had a huge impact on the morale of the army! A very important reason why the soldiers defended the capital was that the emperor was here! Now that the emperor is leaving, what are they doing to defend here?
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Zhao Ding, the original commander of Luoyang, had been promoted to Minister of War in the past few years.
After Zhao Ding got the news, he was shocked! He didn't have time to have dinner, so he immediately ran towards the palace!
It was already dark, and the palace was about to close. Zhao Ding forced his way in! Several eunuchs and guards at the door hurriedly followed him, shouting loudly that they were going to stop Zhao Ding!
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ding was extremely fast. After running for a while, another eunuch stopped in front of Zhao Ding, and it turned out to be Yang Jian!
Yang Jian blocked Zhao Ding and frowned: "Master Zhao, it is already dark and the palace gate is about to close. What are you doing by breaking into the palace at this time?"
"I want to meet His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty has fallen asleep!"
"How could His Majesty sleep at such a moment? It's all eunuchs like you who are causing harm to the country and the people, deceiving the superiors and the subordinates! How could His Majesty decide to flee the capital without your instigation?"
He made a big fuss here, and more and more eunuchs and guards followed him. Gradually, the surrounding palaces were alarmed! Song Huizong heard that Zhao Ding had arrived. After being stunned, he decided to go see this minister.
Look what this minister is going to do!
Seeing the emperor's chariot arriving, the eunuchs and guards hurriedly got out of the way!
When Zhao Ding saw the emperor arriving, he knelt down and said, "See your majesty!"
Song Huizong said calmly: "Zhao Aiqing, what can you do to break into the palace at this moment?"
Zhao Ding said: "I heard that His Majesty is planning to leave Bianliang. Is this happening?"
Song Huizong was silent for a moment and said: "Yes, I discussed it with the Grand Master and the Grand Lieutenant in the morning, and we all decided to leave Bianliang."
Zhao Ding hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this! Bianliang is where the Sheji Ancestral Temple is located, and there are millions of people here! If you leave, what will happen to Bianliang? What will the people of the world think?"
Song Huizong said: "I have decided to appoint the prince as the governor of Kaifeng and let the prince oversee the country!"
In the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng Prefect had great power and was one of the most important positions in the country! From the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty, many emperors served as Kaifeng Prefect before they came to the throne, including Zhou Shizong, Song Taizong, Song Zhenzong
They all once held this position! Many "Crown Princes" who did not eventually ascend the throne also once held this position. Zhao Guangmei, Zhao Guangyi's eldest son, etc. all once served as the governor of Kaifeng! In addition to the crown prince
In addition, there are also some important ministers who serve as Kaifeng Fuyin. Kou Zhun, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi, Sima Guang, and Bao Zheng all once served as Kaifeng Fuyin! If the prince serves as Kaifeng Fuyin, the Kaifeng Fuyin will be responsible for handling matters when the emperor is away.
In state affairs, the orders of the Kaifeng Prefect are equal to the emperor's edicts! If a minister serves as the Kaifeng Prefect, he can supervise the ministers and control the central officials as nominal local officials!
Song Huizong decided to grant the prince the position of "Kaifeng Prefecture Yin", which meant that he would allocate part of the power belonging to the emperor to the prince.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "The prince is the prince after all. Even if the prince serves as the governor of Kaifeng, it is not enough to command all the armies in the world and to make all the armies in the world come to serve the king! Moreover, His Majesty has gone to the west, and the people of the world are in chaos.
How can the prince stabilize people's hearts?"
Song Huizong was stunned and said: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Zhao Ding said: "If your Majesty is determined to go west, then pass the throne to the prince, and let the prince handle state affairs with integrity and deal with bandits!"
This... Song Huizong stayed there. After a while, Song Huizong suddenly nodded! It turned out that at this moment, Song Huizong no longer valued the throne very much. He already regarded the throne as a huge burden! Now
He just wanted to escape immediately, and it no longer mattered whether he was the emperor or not! In fact, at this moment in history, he gave up the throne without hesitation and had no greed for the throne.
Seeing Song Huizong nod, Zhao Ding continued: "Your Majesty must take care of everything before leaving!"
Zhao Ji nodded again. He was ready to leave Bianliang in the shortest possible time, which meant that he had to "give up" the throne in the shortest possible time.
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In the early morning of the next day, Song Huizong held a morning court, and all the ministers came here!
The ministers are panic-stricken. At this moment, these ministers don't know what to do. They also feel that the future is not good!
Song Huizong was sitting on top and was about to speak when suddenly he frowned and his whole body trembled violently! The ministers below were shocked. At this moment, Song Huizong suddenly "fell" from the dragon chair.
, and then fainted!
The surrounding ministers rushed forward. Some ministers had anxious expressions on their faces, but Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others had smiles in their eyes. They all knew that this was a play performed by the emperor in order to give up the throne.
Get out! Even if Song Huizong wants to abdicate, he cannot lose face. He cannot let historical records say that he abdicated because he was afraid of Liangshan. It can only be said that he abdicated because he was unable to handle state affairs due to illness!
"Quick! Call the imperial doctor!" Yang Jian shouted loudly.
After a while, the imperial doctor arrived! After a careful "examination", the imperial doctor said: "Your Majesty suffered a stroke and can't move half of his body!"
Song Huizong "woke up leisurely". He looked at the "worried" eyes of the ministers around him and said: "Now that I can't move half of my body, how can I deal with state affairs? It seems that the only way is to let the crown prince succeed to the throne. I will write this now
Abdication edict!"
At that moment, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty raised his left hand, wrote an "Abdication Edict" with his left hand, and then asked the crown prince to appear in court!