The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 4 Lord of the Harem

As soon as I returned to the Prince's Palace, I saw Li Gonggong, the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager Xie's Palace, waiting at the door. This Li Gonggong is in his sixties, and he is the Empress Dowager's confidant. He has served the Empress Dowager in the Ningkun Palace for more than 30 years. , looks radiant and hale and hearty, obviously a very favored person, that's why he looks arrogant.

In today's Southern Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xie and Jia Sidao can naturally be regarded as people with power, and they are also people I can't blame now.

In the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, Empress Dowager Xie can be said to be the same, even when the late Emperor Lizong was in power, she was still courteous to him.

According to historical records, Empress Dowager Xie, formerly known as Xie Daoqing, was a female politician in the Southern Song Dynasty. She was recognized as empress at the age of 19, honored as empress dowager at the age of 57, and honored as empress dowager at the age of 65.

There is an interesting unofficial record about Xie Daoqing before entering the palace. Xie Daoqing suffered from eye disease and dark skin when she was young. Unfortunately, she got a skin rash on the way to the palace. Thanks to the help of a famous doctor, she was cured and all her skin fell off. And her skin became as white as jade, and the doctor cured her congenital corneal clouding. Xie Daoqing turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful woman.It's just that Song Lizong favored concubine Jia and others who entered the palace with her. Even so, Xie Daoqing didn't care about it, so Lizong also respected her.When Song Lizong was about to make Concubine Jia the empress, the people in the court discussed, "If you don't make a real queen, should you make a fake queen?" Lizong had no choice but to make Xie Daoqing the queen.

I always think 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 by yourself.

Empress Dowager Xie didn't pay much attention to me, the emperor who just came to the throne. The reason is very simple. As an emperor, I have neither my own strength nor the courage and ability to be proud of the world. Such an emperor is naturally easy to control. This is also the main reason why both Xie and Jia acquiesced to Zhao Yu's ascension to the throne. I have always disliked it.

The Empress Dowager is in power inside, and the Taoist dictatorship is outside. This is the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty.

When Eunuch Li saw me coming back, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "See my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live."

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After getting up, Eunuch Li said in a blunt tone: "Officials, according to the order of the Queen Mother, please go to Ningkun Palace to have an audience with Your Majesty."

I saw that although Eunuch Li was very courteous, there was no sense of awe in his eyes. Knowing that the faction of Queen Mother Xie did not value me, I was furious and was about to explode. Xie Daoqing's opponent, and the opponent's contempt is actually a good thing for me at the moment. These thoughts flashed in my mind, and Eunuch Li naturally didn't know that my thinking had been twisted several times at this moment.

"Let's go." I said blankly.

Ningkun Palace is located in the northern part of the harem, and is the second largest building in the entire harem, second only to Ningqian Palace of Emperor Lizong.

"Son, Zhao Yu pays homage to the queen mother." I respectfully said to the queen mother.

"Stay flat, Your Majesty." Xie Daoqing said coldly.

"Thank you mother."

"Your Majesty, sit down and talk."

Xie Daoqing, who was the empress of Lizong at that time, was very displeased when Zhao Yu was adopted. In addition, Zhao Yu's misbehavior later made Xie Daoqing very dissatisfied and even disgusted.

After I came to the Song Dynasty, I haven't had time to think about the future development. Now I can only be cautious, otherwise I will fall behind in history if I don't pay attention.

Xie Daoqing was different from Quan Jiu, I hid my thoughts and tried to answer according to Zhao Yu's conscious thinking, even my eyes became blurred.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Xie Daoqing continue to say: "Since Your Majesty has already ascended the throne, you should first proceed with the funeral of the empire. I heard that His Majesty handed over all these important matters to Mr. Jia Sidao during the court today?"

Not long after the early court ended, Xie Daoqing already knew about it, and it seemed that he had many eyes and ears in this court.

"Going back to the mother, it is." I replied cautiously.

Xie Daoqing gave me a disappointed look, and said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty is also an adult, and he must learn to decide the country's major affairs by himself."

"The child always remembers the mother's teachings."

Xie Daoqing nodded and continued: "Your Majesty will officially come to the court in seven days, and those ministers who are loyal to our Song Dynasty must be reused. For example, Ma Tingluan, Liu Mengyan, Li Boyu, Chen Zongli, He Jizhuo and others, your majesty can Entrusted with important tasks, they will certainly be able to help His Majesty govern the country and manage the country well."

"Mother, please don't worry, Zhao Yu will save you."

I know that this is Xie Daoqing's arrangement to promote his cronies. Among these people, apart from Liu Mengyan who finally surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, several others can be regarded as upright ministers and available people in history.

Xie Daoqing saw that I agreed so readily, his face softened a little, and he said: "That Jia Sidao has been in the court for many years, won the trust of the late emperor, and is very familiar with the affairs in the hall, let him handle the national funeral."

"Yes, mother."

This is also a transaction.

This is politics, and it seems I have to learn it slowly.

Xie Daoqing is not as powerful as Jia Sidao in the court, so he hopes to install more cronies after I ascend the throne, so that he can compete with Jia Sidao in the court.

Just as I was about to leave, Xie Daoqing suddenly said: "Your Majesty, on the night you were made the crown prince, the late emperor once said that the Great Song Dynasty is ultimately the world of my Zhao family. Zhao Yu, let's do it for ourselves."

I was taken aback at the time, not understanding the meaning of what Xie Daoqing said. On the way back, I pondered over it carefully, and felt that Xie Daoqing's implication might be that my ascension to the throne is a fait accompli, and 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 stupid king on the surface for the time being, and I might as well come to Laxie to crack down on fakes (Jia) in secret.

Since the era of Lizong, the Southern Song Dynasty has been the power of the emperor, the power of the queen, and the power of the prime minister.Song Lizong neglected government affairs and was greedy for pleasure. He delegated a lot of power to Jia Sidao, Ding Daquan and others, which led to the prosperity of the prime minister. He also liked to appoint foreign relatives to interfere with the ministers of the court, which made the power gradually expand. On the contrary, the power of the monarch slowly weakened.

Today, this situation is still the same, but I am not the original emperor who represents the imperial power.

When I left Ningkun Palace, I realized that my back was dripping with cold sweat. In fact, the person Zhao Xuan feared the most in his mind was Xie Daoqing. Maybe it was affected by this, and I was also a little nervous.

Seven days later, there will be a funeral for the First Empire, and then I will officially come to court.

In the past few days, there is only one major event in the court, the national mourning. Except for occasionally going to pay homage to the late emperor, the rest of the time is considered free. Using these few days, I can think about my future, the future of the Great Song Dynasty, I I can't let my brain be idle, otherwise I will immediately think of Le Lingshan, the kind of heart-piercing heartache is really unbearable.

I have only two advantages. One is that I have 800 years more knowledge than everyone else in this world. The other is that my emperor represents the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty. My disadvantage is also obvious. I don’t have my own strength category. , is basically an elevated emperor, the Xiangyang War a few years later will be a watershed for the Song Dynasty to perish, and the life span of my body is only ten years, so I have to reverse the army in these few years The battle of Xiangyang must be won no matter what, I am not very worried about the lifespan of my body, Zhao Yu died due to excessive drinking, I just need to pay attention to this point, and strengthen the exercise, I think it will not be the case short-lived.

When I thought about exercising my body, I suddenly remembered the miraculous and mysterious exercises in martial arts novels. In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were three heroes and five righteousness, and the end of the Southern Song Dynasty was the era of Guo Jing and Huang Rong?

Being able to compete with the Condor Heroes is one of my childhood dreams.