【Leaf Pages】Tao and Shu - Zhao Yuanzuo's Final Choice
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The protagonists in the novel are all the same. The protagonist may go through complicated struggles, but he will never do anything that will make people and gods angry. For example, in the chapter "How to choose", it seems that Yang Hao's choices are nothing more than three:
The first teamed up with the Song Dynasty to fight against the Liao Dynasty (unless both sides are stupid, the armies will never trust each other);
Second, cooperating with the Liao to march into the Song Dynasty would definitely be a fatal blow to the precarious Song Dynasty under the current circumstances. However, even if the Song Dynasty were defeated, it would not be easy to deal with the Liao Dynasty due to the exhaustion of military power, not to mention that doing so would definitely be scolded by many readers.
The third method is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. No matter who wins or loses, his vitality will be severely damaged, and then he will give a fatal blow. However, if this method is used to win the Liao Dynasty, since Yang Hao is using the name of King Qi of the Song Dynasty, he will inevitably fall and see the demise of the Song Dynasty.
If Song Sheng sends troops again, he will have a bad reputation for adding insult to injury. No wonder it is difficult to choose.
However, there are always hidden routes and hidden figures to help Yang Hao at this time. Just like when Zhao Kuangyin was good to Yang Hao, Zhao Guangyi killed Zhao Kuangyin for Yang Hao's final unification. At this time, the person who helped Yang Hao make a choice would be
Zhao Yuanzuo.
There are two kinds of power in the world, one is Tao and the other is art; Tao is the truth and art is the means; those who only adhere to the Tao are like castles in the air. Although they shout that there is justice in the world and the awe-inspiring spirit will last forever, it is nothing more.
Empty talk, although its spirit may be admirable, is pedantic and will ultimately accomplish nothing. Only clinging to skills, trapped in intrigues, losing the right path, and leading evil paths. Such people may gain power for a while, but they often end up in the end.
How miserable! Only by adhering to the way in your heart and being flexible in your approach, which is what Confucianism calls the inner sage and the outer king, can you succeed.
Zhao Guangyi and his son are two extremes. Zhao Guangyi is obsessed with power. From the time when he was the governor of Kaifeng, he facilitated Zhao Pu's power struggle. After he took the throne, he squeezed out the old ministers and secretly plotted against Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang. It can be said that he was proficient in the use of power. However,
It was precisely because of this that he met his final end. There were two people in history who did similar things to him, Li Shimin, who murdered his brother, and Zhu Di, who took his nephew's position. Zhao Guangyi was not as good as Li Shimin, and he squeezed out his veterans.
Li Shimin did not have the ambition to use his brother's counselor Wei Zheng; Zhao Guangyi was not as good as Zhu Di. He did not make the decisive decision to kill the ten tribes, so he left countless troubles. Li Shimin had the way of tolerance, Zhu Di had the way of killing, and only Zhao Guangyi was obsessed with skills.
, I wanted to be a bitch and wanted to build a memorial arch, so I ended up in the end.
Maybe Zhao Guangyi felt deeply about his own shortcomings in Tao, so he cultivated a son Zhao Yuanzuo who was obsessed with Tao. Every character in the novel has its own value. What is the value of Zhao Yuanzuo's existence? Maybe he did this for Yang Hao.
It is difficult to make a choice to help Yang Hao make a judgment. What choice will Zhao Yuanzuo, who is too obsessed with Taoism and has no skills, make? Personally, I think he will give the imperial seal, abdicate to "Zhao Defang", and then commit suicide. In fact, from this point on
Some clues can already be seen in one chapter:
First of all, Zhao Yuanzuo has begun to suspect Zhao Guangyi's death in Bisu, and ordered the Imperial City Department to conduct a strict investigation. Once it is found out that it is true. Think about Zhao Yuanzuo's entanglement with Zhao Guangyi over Zhao Kuangyin's death. Once he finds out, it is almost as if he himself killed his father.
So what decision will he make if he is obsessed with Tao?
Secondly, when the Liao soldiers pressed the border, Zhao Yuanzuo originally wanted to send Luo Ke to fight against the Xixia enemy, but he finally gave up. Why, he said that Zhao Defang was a brother, and after all, a member of his own family, and he would not hold back at this time. This sentence illustrates
Two problems, one is that even so, Zhao Yuanzuo did not think that this unfounded Zhao Defang was an enemy, and the other was that Zhao Yuanzuo was extremely politically naive. Zhao Defang used Yang Hao to send troops, and Zhao Yuanzuo actually thought that Zhao Defang could control everything, just talk to Zhao Defang.
It can be solved.
Combining these two points, we can draw the final analysis. Once Zhao Yuanzuo knows that Zhao Guangyi did die at the hands of Bi Su, then he will abdicate Zhao Defang. This is because even he himself feels that his father's position is unfair, and he does not want to sit in this position.
position, and still regarded Zhao Defang as a brother in his heart, so Zhao Defang's abdication was also an atonement for Zhao Kuangyin in Zhao Yuanzuo's view (the reason for using abdication may be to return the throne to Taizu's son in name, which is similar to the reaction of the Golden Chamber Alliance)
Xiangban, because in ancient times a son could not directly accuse his father, otherwise Zhao Yuanzuo might have abdicated the throne directly without abdication procedures).
The other is suicide. There are three factors that determine whether Zhao Yuanzuo will commit suicide. The first factor is the superficial factor in the book. Zhao Yuanzuo is obsessed with Tao, which means he killed his father and had to die to apologize.
Firstly, he wanted to apologize to Zhao Guangyi, and secondly, he wanted to apologize to the deceased Zhao Dezhao, Empress Song, etc. on behalf of Zhao Guangyi. In his view, the throne had been returned and he was dead, so both himself and his father's sins were cleared.
Secondly, Zhao Yuanzuo is politically naive, which does not mean that the court ministers are naive. If he wants to abdicate, it is not possible for Zhao Guangzuo to abdicate if he wants to. If he mentions it, he will be opposed, and Zhao Guangzuo obviously does not have the ability to persuade the ministers.
Therefore, there is only one death, and once he dies, surrender will become a fait accompli.
Thirdly, the person Zhao Yuanzuo abdicates is "Zhao Defang." If the formal procedures are followed, then "Zhao Defang" will definitely accept the abdication. However, this Defang is not Defang. If Zhao Guangzuo knows the truth, he may not abdicate for the sake of the Zhao family. Therefore,
Zhao Yuanzuo must die because of the plot arrangement.
Just imagine what will happen if Zhao Guangzuo surrenders to "Zhao Defang" and then dies. There is only one Yang Hao who doesn't have to make a choice because Zhao Yuanzuo has already made the choice for him.
The conversation between Yongqing and Zhao Pu in this chapter about the issue of succession actually reveals a message, that is, if Yang Hao wins the world, he will probably not change the name of the Song Dynasty, but will still respect Zhao Guangyi as Taizu. There are two reasons for doing so.
This is an advantage. Firstly, it can persuade some generals who have conquered the Song Dynasty, such as Luo Kedi; secondly, there is no precedent in history. Just a few decades ago, Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty passed the throne to Chai Rong, and then Yang Hao
If he marries Yongqing (which is almost an inevitable outcome), it would be logical.
Then Yang Hao, who has justifiably won the Song Dynasty, will lead the army to start the final decisive battle with the Khitan.
Therefore, Zhao Guangyi and his son, one was obsessed with art and the other was obsessed with Tao. However, the two of them joined forces to open up a golden road to hegemony for Yang Hao.
