Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 515: Alliance of the Golden Chamber
The Zhenguan officials were not surprised by Queen Changsun's words.

Who among the old people in Prince Qin’s palace didn’t know that this couple was in love with each other?
Close ministers such as Fang Xuanling knew even more clearly that when the King of Qin encountered some difficult decisions, he would even privately invite the eldest grandson to meet and discuss, and the eldest grandson often had unique opinions.

Moreover, Fang Xuanling privately felt that if the Empress Changsun had not died early in the history of future generations, and Her Majesty was also an extraordinary person, I am afraid that Empress Changsun would have become what future generations would call a female politician like the Empress Dowager Xiao.

For this reason, Queen Changsun's sigh did not cause displeasure, but caused much discussion. Even Pei Xingjian couldn't help but express his opinion:

"Then the Emperor of Song Dynasty is so weak in virtue, how can he be compared with His Majesty?"

For Pei Xingjian, His Majesty sent him to the Hongwen Hall, which can be regarded as a favor.

First destroy the Turks and then pacify Tuyuhun. I want to restore the Western Regions but the country does not add taxes.

Although he still didn't quite understand what this light curtain was, he had heard clearly about Zhao Er's deeds, so his thoughts in his heart were extremely simple:
How could such an emperor not be worthy of taking the lead? Then why can Emperor Song be compared?

Pei Xingjian's unabashed attitude made the whole hall laugh.

The atmosphere gradually became cheerful, but unfortunately Pei Xingjian couldn't understand what these people were talking about afterwards.

The content of this Golden Chamber Alliance is quite simple. It probably means that when Zhao Da Zhao Er's biological mother, Empress Dowager Du, was seriously ill, she summoned Zhao Pu to the palace to record and explain her son's funeral affairs.

The death of Zhao Dezhao is recorded most clearly in the annals of history:
During the Battle of Gaoliang River, Zhao Er, who was driving the army himself, ran too fast, leaving the Song army without a leader, and had no choice but to elect Zhao Dezhao as the interim leader. After fighting and retreating, the remnants of the Song Army successfully returned to Zhuozhou City.

"When you receive an order from outside, when you unite your troops and kill those who don't obey the order, you can only fight with one heart and one mind!"

In fact, judging from Zhao Guangyi's commonly used combos, the next step must be to frame him for treason, establish evidence, and exile the whole family.

The jade ax that had been used to play with before was now resting on King Jin's neck, with a cold light shining slightly.

Zhao Dezhao did not die of fear, but he thought too clearly and had to commit suicide.

Because of this sentence, Zhao Dezhao was afraid of committing suicide. This is of course a euphemism in the history books.

In the same year that Zhao Defang died, Zhao Er was both happy and worried when he took the letter of the Golden Chamber sent by Zhao Pu. He was happy that he had legal support for his succession, but he was worried that there was one more person to deal with.

After Zhao Dezhao found out about this situation, he went to Zhao Er stupidly to ask for rewards for the soldiers. As a result, Zhao Er was furious:
"When you become emperor yourself, it will not be too late to reward you."

"I died of illness at the age of twenty-three."

"What if Cao Bin keeps the promise?"

As a result, Zhao Pu gave a black and white answer:

Although he lost consecutive battles, Zhao Er was not in a bad mood at this time, because just two years before Yongxi's Northern Expedition, Zhao Tingmei, who was demoted to Fuling County Duke, died of worry.

So Mrs. Du struck while the iron was hot and asked Zhao Pu to write an oath to record it and hide it in a gold cabinet. This is commonly known as the Golden Chamber Alliance.

However, Zhao Pu's Golden Chamber Alliance was actually just an unexpected surprise for Zhao Er.

This question attracted Li Shimin to look over. Fortunately, Pei Xingjian did not disappoint him:

However, Zhao Er still needed to pretend. He held the alliance letter in his hand and asked Zhao Pu:

Such a great kindness can only be repaid by the Prime Minister. After ten years of ups and downs, Zhao Pu once again worshiped the Prime Minister.

According to records, Empress Dowager Du believed that her son's success in the Chenqiao Rebellion was due to Chai Rongwu Changjun, so she persuaded Zhao Da to pass the throne to his younger brother after his death. Zhao Da naturally did not dare to disobey his old mother's deathbed instructions.

"Let's see if your two nephews are as short-lived as Dexiu Delin."

"not me!"

Zhao Kuangyin stood aside and held his younger brother firmly with his hands, saying nothing.

[If the Battle of Gaoliang River was a squandering of Zhao Da’s inheritance, then Yong Xi’s death was a real loss of his pants.

Zhao Defang was neither the eldest son nor the prestige of Zhao Dezhao, so he was quite simple to be "sensible", and there were only a few records in historical records.

During this moment of daze, Li Jing suddenly turned around and asked:

"Good brother, this light curtain hasn't said anything yet."

However, Zhao Dezhao, who temporarily led the army, did not expect a reward, but a rebuke from Zhao Er, who drove a donkey cart to triumph first.

Zhao Guangyi's sharp voice sounded in the hall, but was violently suppressed by Zhao Kuangyin immediately.

The little Huangmen watched His Royal Highness Prince Jin being pinned down firmly on the chair by the officials, unable to move.

Wang Zhongsi, Feng Changqing, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, these completely unheard names were mentioned one after another.

The last heir designated by the Golden Chamber Alliance no longer exists, and the two sons of the dead brother are also dead, and the future troubles for the throne have been completely eliminated. 】

"Sun Tzu said: If the army is not attacked, the city is not attacked, the territory is not fought over, and the emperor's orders are not accepted."

Because before that, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang had passed away one after another very wisely.

This made Pei Xingjian very puzzled. How come he had never heard of such famous generals?

[As we said before, Zhao Pu lost power during the Zhao Da period, and was later oppressed by his political opponents during the rebellion against Bianliang. He started his old profession out of desperation, offered Zhao Guangyi the Golden Chamber Alliance, and found a barely convincing candidate for his succession. legal support.

After the defeat, the Song Army soon had an opinion: You are a dog emperor, just forget about the defeat in Gaolianghe, but Taiyuan was defeated by everyone with all their lives, why haven't you been rewarded yet?

At this time, Zhao Guangyi was lying on the chair and was forced to raise his head, but his face was pale.

"It's not my fault!"

No one doesn't understand Zhao Tingmei's name taboo, and changing her name due to taboos is nothing new. Just like Zhao Guangyi's original name was Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Tingmei must be Zhao Guangmei.

"Then should I pass the throne to my younger brother Zhao Tingmei?"

His Majesty sighed, and the two prime ministers also looked regretful.

"Your brother was blind in the first place to let you take the position. Do you want to be blind again?" (Taizu has made a mistake, how can His Majesty allow him to make another mistake)

So Zhao Guangyi started quickly, and the unfinished script on Zhao Dezhao was completely performed on Zhao Tingmei.

It didn't take long for someone with a nose and eyes to report that Zhao Tingmei wanted to rebel and assassinate. Zhao Er said that he was my flesh and blood brother and just drove him out.

Zhao Tingmei was first moved to Luoyang, and then a group of civil and military officials were accused of having an affair with Zhao Tingmei. They were either exiled or executed. Zhao Tingmei was held accountable and was not allowed to step out of the house.

Then he demoted Zhao Tingmei as the Duke of Fuling County, sent him to Fangzhou, and paid the magistrate of Fangzhou three hundred taels of silver to "supervise" Zhao Tingmei.

A year later, Zhao Tingmei "died of grief". At this point, Zhao Guangyi's succession was legally impeccable.

Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a lot of talk about the authenticity of the Golden Chamber. Scholars from all dynasties have come out to prove its authenticity. But whether it is true or not, one thing is certain: this Golden Chamber and the alliance documents inside it have never been officially recognized in official history. No one has ever seen it, and there has never been a record of Zhao Guangyi taking it out for circulation among ministers.

And if it is true, Zhao Guangyi could have presented it directly on the day he ascended the throne to silence everyone. Why wait until six years after taking the throne before Zhao Pu presented it?
Another point is that after Zhao Tingmei's death, Zhao Guangyi once publicly said: Tingmei's mother, Mrs. Geng of Chen Guo, was my wet nurse. She later married the Zhao family and gave birth to Tingjun. Because of Tingmei, I ordered Tingjun to be under the control of Tingjun, but Tingjun leaked the ban and caused trouble to Tingmei.

This is actually patching up Zhao Tingmei’s rebellion, but it also leads to another simple and crude judgment:

If Zhao Guangyi's statement is true, then the Golden Chamber Alliance will automatically become false, because neither Empress Dowager Du nor Zhao Pu need to worry about a concubine's son having the right to inherit the throne.

On the contrary, if Zhao Tingmei and Zhao Dazhao Er are really of the same mother, then the Golden Chamber Alliance really doesn't know whether it is true, but it is certain that Zhao Er arranged for his biological mother and younger brother, and his character is very questionable. 】

〖Li Shimin: Brother Zhao, just give it two punches and you’ll be fine. Don’t do it too hard.

Zhang Fei: That's right. If you accidentally beat him to death, and you want to hit him again to vent your anger, where can you find evil? 〗

Zhao Guangyi now truly understands what it means to cry without tears.

Forced to raise his head by his brother, he could see these two lines of words clearly, and instinctively wanted to curse, but his reason told him that Tang Taizong and Zhang Fei were right, and his brother listened to what they said. Maybe you can even save a life.

He was tightly held on the chair by his brother. He only had to raise his eyes slightly to see a face trying to suppress murderous intent.

Tears and snot rushed out of Zhao Guangyi's face, and his voice was no longer as sharp as before, like a broken drum:
"Brother..."

Zhao Kuangyin took back his hands, knocked the jade ax on Zhao Er's shoulder and said:

"I cherish the love of flesh and blood brothers, so we share glory and wealth."

"It's a pity that you are a talkative person who only knows how to eat wine and rice. You regard your brother as an enemy bandit. You kill your nephew, harm your brother and falsely accuse your mother. How are you different from a pig or a dog?"

The jade ax hit his shoulder without holding back his hand at all. Zhao Guangyi could not suppress his cry of pain, and slid to the ground holding his shoulder and wailing.

Zhao Kuangyin took two steps forward without haste and stood in front of his younger brother.

Seeing that playing the victim did not win him any sympathy, Zhao Guangyi immediately stood up. Although there was still cold sweat on his forehead, he could feel from his left hand holding his right shoulder that the injury should not be broken.

This is reasonable, after all, the jade ax is not a real iron ax, it is just a toy object.

Holding his shoulders, Zhao Guangyi jumped to his feet and said angrily:

"Your two sons are alive and well, what else are you waiting for?"

This jumping question made Zhao Kuangyin burst into laughter:

"You accepted those thieves and bandits to declare their fate and conspired with the servants in the harem to plot against me and assassinate me."

"The King of Jin wants to kill his superior and rebel, but you ask me what else to do?"

Zhao Guangyi was anxious: "How could I act like this?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Kuangyin said calmly:

"When you succeed in your rebellion, you will be able to write as a historian according to the orders of the emperor."

"Instead of doing this, it would be better for me to discipline you on your father's behalf, reduce your rank and demote you, and order the magistrate of the state to discipline you on your behalf, so that I can teach you to repent."

"You!" Zhao Guangyi's face turned red. He didn't expect that the trick he heard just a moment ago would actually fall on him.

If you can escape back to the Jin Palace, you may be able to make some noise with advance preparation, find a way to escape to the Northern Han Dynasty or escape to the Khitan, you can survive.

However, not only was he unarmed at this time, he was also far behind Zhao Da in terms of martial arts.

Moreover, the palace gate was also blocked by Zhao Da, not to mention being in the palace and surrounded by layers of forbidden troops outside. Even if he was Zhao Zilong resurrected, it would be impossible to get out single-handedly.

For a moment, Zhao Guangyi felt a little discouraged, but then he raised his head and saw the changing scene on the top of the palace. For a moment, he became angry, turned around and kicked him hard:
"Dogs will damage my foundation!"

"If I see this thing in three years' time, I will first destroy Xu Tu Khitan of the Northern Han Dynasty. Why can't I unify China and follow the Tang Zong and Han Wu?"

Zhao Pu on the side opened his eyes wide. Although rationally speaking, he did not believe that King Jin's small body could cause any harm to a stone table, but what if?
Fortunately, Zhao Pu only had time to be surprised, but Zhao Kuangyin had been in military battles for a long time, and his body reacted faster than his head.

"How brave!"

The loud shouts in the small hall made Zhao Guangyi's head buzz for a moment, and then before he kicked out his right foot, he felt a heartbreaking pain in his left calf.

So he fell down sideways, holding his calves and wailing.

Zhao Kuangyin, who threw the jade ax in an emergency, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he succeeded.

Zhao Kuangyin slowly tugged on his brother's clothes and dragged him out for a distance. Then Zhao Kuangyin squatted down and laughed:

"The officials really think that when you succeed, you will be favored by your descendants?"

"The healthy man by the Gaoliang River, the dead man from Yongxi's Northern Expedition, Jingkang had so many shameful things, he begged for peace and ceded land and sold his people."

"I'm afraid the younger generation will have a lot of disdain for you as an official."

Zhao Kuangyin stopped cursing, but these words hit Zhao Guangyi's heart hard, making him temporarily forget the pain and defended:

"What do the affairs of future generations have to do with me?"

"The one who created the figurines has no descendants?"

This sentence was not very appropriate, but it made Zhao Guangyi speechless for a while. He didn't know for a while whether his brother was referring to the violent deaths, or the Song Dynasty's restraint of culture and force, which provoked later generations to resist with reforms.

Just at this time, there were reports from the imperial guards outside, claiming that they were returning in compliance with the imperial edict.

After receiving the official's look, Xiao Huangmen, who had gone out twice to report, was already familiar with the road. He walked quietly to the palace gate and asked softly through the door the result of the forbidden troops outside.

After all, whether it was the vision of the light curtain or the current emperor breaking King Jin's leg in this hall, it was not suitable to watch.

The situation reported by Xiaohuangmen was not complicated. Cheng Dexuan was unable to restrain the chicken, so a group of sergeants had already invited him over to watch and arrest him.

Ma Shao, on the other hand, faced the sergeant's invitation, pretended to agree, and then found an opportunity to escape. The Forbidden Army was searching for him.

It was even simpler for Wang Jien. He couldn't even leave the palace gate without orders, and he didn't know what was going on, so an edict was issued to arrest him.

The situation in Prince Jin's Mansion was a bit more complicated. There were sounds of fighting and fighting in the palace, but they did not act rashly. However, the imperial army was ordered to temporarily surround them, so the two sides were still in a stalemate.

As for the reactions of other civil and military officials in Bianliang City, Zhao Kuangyin could no longer care about it for the time being.

This is the time to cut through the mess with a sharp knife.

As for the younger brother... After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Kuangyin sneered:
"I'll finish watching it here so that I can see how future generations view this official family."

(End of this chapter)