The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 75 Dream

The death of Chai Rong cast a shadow over Dazhou, and all the people in the country wept bitterly.

This is a beloved emperor, and the people are very sad about his death.

Zhao Xu and Miao Xun were walking on the street and saw people on both sides burning incense and worshiping in front of their door.

How many emperors in history were treated like this by the people, Chai Rong deserved his life!
"My lord, it seems that Emperor Sejong hates the people so much." Miao Xun said looking at the scene on both sides.

Last time, Zhao Xu didn't let Miao Xun call the lord outside, so it would be easy for people to think that he was up to no good, so let's call him young master. Miao Xun really remembered this.

"Sejong is so loved for a reason. He is a wise king." Zhao Xu and Miao Xun said as they walked.

It is right to admire Chai Rong. This monarch who died young is also an emperor who is rarely praised by people in later generations.

When he was in power, he adopted a series of reform measures, which were conducive to recuperation, and at the same time strengthened the strength of the Great Zhou. Later, the Great Song was able to dominate the world and obtained a lot of inheritance from Chai Rong.

In terms of culture, Chai Rong implemented an examination system to select capable literati and improve the status of literati.

More importantly, although Chai Rong was born in the army, he cherishes some classics very much.

Once he saw that there were very few classics in the national library, so he ordered that anyone who voluntarily contributed orphaned classics to the government would be rewarded.

For the presented books, he summoned many Hanlin scholars to proofread them, then transcribe the copies, and treasure the originals, creating a precedent for national collections, which made a great contribution to Chinese culture.

Sejong was cautious in his work, asked for advice humbly, and never killed a person because of his remarks.Zhao Xu wondered if Song Taizu had been affected by this.

During Chai Rong's reign, he encouraged ministers to write letters and speak freely, which is why "Ping Bian Ce" was passed down to later generations.

Zhao Xu said so much in one breath, but Miao Xun listened very seriously and nodded from time to time.

"Is the "Pingbian Policy" that the young master said written by Mr. Wang Pu, and Zhou Guo's unified strategy is based on this?" Miao Xun knew Wang Pu.

"Yes, it was him, a very capable and far-sighted minister. Unfortunately, he passed away early. It is a great loss for the country!"

Zhao Xu admired Wang Pu very much. He was a minister with a vision.

But he passed away in the sixth year of Xiande, if such a person lived a few more years, it would be a good thing for the whole country.

Zhao Xu stood on the city wall and looked at the scene in Bianjing. At this moment, Chai Rong came to his mind.

During his short five-year reign, he cleared up the administration of officials and selected talents, which made the administration of officials of the country clean up.

At the same time, he also measured the acres of land and formulated reasonable taxes, which greatly reduced the burden on the people. Can he not lose the love of the people!
Rectify the forbidden army, restrict Buddhism, reward farming, restore water transportation, build water conservancy, revise criminal laws and calendars, test Zhengya music, correct the shortcomings of imperial examinations, search for lost books, carve ancient books, and promote culture and education...

These all show that he is a great emperor. If you will not die young, I will definitely help you unify the world, but, alas...

While Zhao Xu was lamenting Chai Rong's untimely death in the distance, the atmosphere in the palace was also very depressing, because everyone was sad because the emperor died, but the more important thing was to register a new emperor.

It is said that a country cannot be without a master for a day. Since Sejong passed away, it is imperative to choose a new heir to the throne. In fact, Chai Rong had already made a decision before his death.

It stands to reason that after the death of the emperor, the death of the emperor should only be announced after the new emperor ascended the throne, and the posthumous title of the emperor Daxing should be given.

These are all historical conventions, but Da Zhou is different from the past, announcing the emperor's death early.

Many people broke into a cold sweat, worried that doing so would cause panic, but they did not expect the expected panic to occur.

In Chongyuan Hall, a six-year-old child is being worshiped by hundreds of officials. This is Chai Rong's appointed successor, Chai Zongxun.

Chai Rong had no choice but to choose a six-year-old child. Chai Zongxun was his fourth son. The first three sons had all died in Guo Wei's coup.

Chai Zongxun is his actual eldest son, born to him and Empress Fu.

Chai Zongxun ascended the throne and became the third emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Fu Shi, who had just been conferred the title of Empress, was also promoted to become Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager is only in her 20s and young. She is the younger sister of the late Empress Fu, and she is now in charge.

But what kind of political mind does a woman in her twenties have, so all political affairs are handed over to the three prime ministers, Fan Zhi, Wang Pu and Wei Renpu.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, the ministers of the court also had some promotions, which were used to show the greatness of the new emperor's grace.Among them, Han Tong, the Jiedu envoy of Songzhou and the Taiwei of the school, was transferred to the Jiedu envoy of Yunzhou, and still served as the deputy commander of the guard and army.

Changed Xuzhou Jiedu envoy Zhao Kuangyin to Songzhou Jiedu envoy, and still served as a checker in front of the hall, and also inspected the Taifu.

The Zhang family, the eldest princess of the state of Jin, that is, the wife of Zhang Yongde, was named the eldest princess, and Zhang Yongde, the captain-in-law and inspector Taiwei, was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou, and entered the title of Duke Kai.

Everyone was satisfied with the award. During the national mourning period, everything was as usual, and Chai Rong left a photo. After his death, he did not have to follow the ancient rituals, and the first priority was to unify the world.

Although Chai Rong said so, everyone still dared not do so, especially several prime ministers, who strongly opposed the mobilization of troops during the national mourning.

Because Han Lingkun, who was stationed in Bazhou, had just defeated Khitan, the invading enemy of the Liao Kingdom, he wanted to ask the imperial court to send troops as soon as possible.However, Fan Zhi and others sent envoys to Liao to discuss peace.

At the same time, he brought a large amount of gold and silver treasures to bribe the senior officials of the Liao Kingdom, hoping that the Liao Kingdom would not use weapons during the national funeral of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

All the generals pleaded for orders, but they were all rejected one by one. At the same time, they also reprimanded Zhao Kuangyin and the privy envoy Wei Renpu, saying that they did not respect the emperor and always wanted to go to war, which made the generals very angry.

"What's wrong, dad? Seeing your anger, what's going on?" Zhao Xu is not qualified to go to court now, so he doesn't know what happened.

"It's not Fan Zhi's stubborn old masters who say that the bones of the late emperor are not cold and it is not suitable to use troops, but the late emperor clearly left a will to unify the world when he was dying, but what about them?"

Zhao Kuangyin was really angry, his face was so dark that it was frightening.Zhao Kuangyin took a sip of water and continued:
"They also said that it is too early to unify the world. His Majesty is still young. It will not be too late to discuss the unification of the world when he grows up. He is only seven years old today. When he grows up, the situation may not be what it will be. Our group The general is old too."

What Zhao Kuangyin said is also wrong. When Chai Zongxun grows up, he still doesn't know what the situation will become.

The world was in chaos and the people didn't know what kind of suffering they were going to suffer again. Zhao Kuangyin shook his head helplessly, but there was nothing he could do.

Before Zhao Xu had time to persuade Zhao Kuangyin, a person came in. It turned out to be Liu Hongqing. Liu Hongqing was now in charge of collecting information. He handed Zhao Xu a wax pill and then withdrew.

After Zhao Xu finished reading it, he did not say a word, accused Zhao Kuangyin of his guilt and left. Before Zhao Kuangyin could ask him what he was doing, Zhao Xu disappeared into the backyard.

He also shook his head, I can't control my son anymore.

What's more, it's already night now, what Zhao Xu is going to do now, if he can't figure it out, he simply doesn't think about it. There are too many things at this stage, and the new emperor's son has not been promoted at all, let alone the promotion, nor the original official position. recover.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't know, what's going on, when the late emperor Chai Rong was in power, he attached great importance to Zhao Xu, but what's going on now?

Although he was granted the title of Marquis of the Founding of the Kingdom, it was a vain position, a title that was paid for nothing, so what's the use?

It's just that he always felt that his son had become more and more mysterious since the death of the first emperor, he didn't know what he was doing all day long, and he often visited his brothers.

He is not Du Yuhou now, but he can visit the elders as a junior.

No one can say anything, and I don't know what they said when they met?
Zhao Xu still went to his Forbidden Army military academy to train the new Forbidden Army every day, and he worked very hard. Everyone thought that he was going to make achievements to show the new emperor, and the good officials were reinstated.

Zhao Kuangyin waited in the middle of the night, but he still hadn't seen his son come back. He was so drowsy that he had to go to rest, but it was this rest that gave Zhao Kuangyin the idea of ​​becoming an emperor for the first time in his life. I had a dream, a strange dream...

In a resplendent and resplendent palace, there are no lights inside, but what illuminates the entire palace is the bright starlight.

There is no one in the huge palace, only a dragon chair is placed on it, and there is only one person in the hall, this person is called Zhao Kuangyin, he doesn't know why he can come here, and why he appears here.

As soon as it comes, it will come. Zhao Kuangyin came to this strange place without any fear. He just looked around alone. At this moment, a voice sounded:
"Emperor Brother, you are here."

Immediately after, a person appeared on the empty dragon chair, a person Zhao Kuangyin was very familiar with, that is Chai Rong who died not long ago, Zhou Shizong.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't know why Chai Rong appeared here, but he still bowed obediently:
"Your Majesty Zhao Kuangyin paid a visit to His Majesty. I was terrified. I really don't deserve the title of Emperor's Brother. Please take it back."

The emperor's younger brother; the general term for the emperor's younger brother in the royal family.Of course, a person with a prince can be called by the emperor in this way.

The title of emperor's younger brother is really too big, and Zhao Kuangyin is not Chai Rong's real brother, nor Chai Rong's relatives, let alone the prince, so he really can't deserve such a title.

Unexpectedly, Chai Rong laughed out loud at this time, which made that Chai Rong feel even more bewildered. Before he could recover, Chai Rong started talking.

(End of this chapter)