Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 618 Where is the Son of Heaven?

At the same time, nearly a thousand civil and military officials gathered in front of the Daqing Hall.

Lu Duoxun and Shen Yilun seemed to have arrived very early, standing opposite each other one by one.

It's just that... Pan Mei, who was returning to Beijing to report on her work, still didn't see her, and her son Cao Wei didn't rush back either.The most important thing is that Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi has never appeared.In addition, it is said that Zhao Dezhao, king of Wei, who was already in the palace, did not come either.

Cao Bin suddenly felt a little anxious.

Not allowing Cao Bin to think too much, after the sound of the whip, Wang Jien and Xue Juzheng led a group of ministers to march slowly into the Daqing Hall.

In the Daqing Palace, it was as dark as ever.The sun cannot penetrate the tall palace, and it is still early in the morning, and there is no sun to illuminate it.

The courtiers were arranged according to rank, stood in order in the hall, and began to wait for the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor.

The waiting time passed slowly.But in reality, it was just a little more than half a quarter of an hour.

With a sharp voice, Wang Jien reminded the courtiers of their demeanor. A man in a bright yellow dragon robe entered the front hall from the back door and walked to the throne.

The courtiers bowed their heads as usual, waiting for the emperor to take his seat.Only Cao Bin glanced up, feeling cold all over his body, as if falling into an ice cave.

Although the person who sat on the imperial couch was similar to Zhao Kuangyin in body, description and appearance, he was not the current emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

King Jin really did it!

King Jin really succeeded in rebelling!
Even though he had been thinking about this possibility, it suddenly became a reality, which made Cao Bin feel unimaginable, like a bolt from the blue.

How did you do it?It was not His Majesty who returned to Beijing yesterday, and the person in the carriage was not His Majesty.

Do not!
It's too late to think about this now, what should be considered is how to face it.

"Prince Jin, you are so courageous, where is the Son of Heaven?"

Cao Bin roared out immediately.

Those who dare to stare at the emperor to identify when the emperor is on the stage, only an important minister with qualifications like Cao Bin can occasionally be presumptuous.

Xue Juzheng next to him was shocked when he heard the sound, and he didn't give in. He raised his head and saw the person sitting on the imperial couch, and stepped out of the train angrily, shouting angrily: "Prince Jin, what do you want to do, Your Majesty?" where?"

Although Xue Juzheng has some abilities, he is still far from being a prime minister. The reason why Zhao Kuangyin asked him to participate in political affairs first is that after Zhao Pu was dismissed as prime minister, he was directly promoted to prime minister. This time he made a western tour to sacrifice to heaven, and specially asked Xue Juzheng to stay in Kaifeng Sitting in the center is because Xue Juzheng is extremely loyal to Zhao Kuangyin, which is exactly the case in fact.

Originally, under the leadership of Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin, they worshiped Sheng'an as usual, but now when the courtiers heard the angry shouts and questioning voices of the two prime ministers, they were confused for a while, and looked up together, and instantly understood what was going on. thing.

Was it the king of Jin who usurped the throne?All the people who didn't know the truth beforehand were like thunder, and their hearts were shaken.

"Where is the Son of Heaven? But he was killed by a traitor like you?"

Cao Bin continued to roar in the hall as if no one was around.

"Zhao Guangyi, you are so courageous." Xue Juzheng shouted loudly, his whole body trembling, his eyes ready to burst into flames.

"Presumptuous!" Zhao Guangyi didn't expect the two to react so violently, disrupting what he said first.However, he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He interrupted Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin with a stern shout, and then burst into tears, crying on the spot: "Lu Duoxun, Shen Yilun, Wang Jien, tell the officials what happened. What's the matter?"

Cao Bin understood everything at this time, and knew that the following was just a one-sided remark to deceive all officials. He was about to continue to question Zhao Guangyi face to face, but unexpectedly, Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Yuefeng suddenly shouted: "Master Cao has a ghost in his heart, so he dare not listen. Master Lu and the others will explain in detail."

This sentence was extremely vicious. It not only blocked Cao Bin's next words, but also put Cao Bin in an extremely dangerous situation, laying the foundation for Zhao Guangyi's next attack.

At this time, Lu Duoxun, Shen Yilun, Wang Jien and other officials who accompanied Zhao Kuangyin on the west tour to worship the sky also looked sad, and forced some tears. Lu Duoxun took the lead in crying and said: "On that day, I went to Baiyun Mountain in Song County, Luoyang with Your Majesty. The Jade Emperor offered sacrifices to the heavens... Bai Canghai, the assassination chief of the Huaxia Weifu, colluded with the Yangzhou Jianzhuang Bai family to plot a rebellion, and assassinated His Majesty when he was offering sacrifices to the heavens at the Jade Emperor... His Majesty has already passed away."

"That's right, what Lord Lu said is absolutely true. I also accompanied His Majesty and saw it with my own eyes." Shen Yilun also continued.

"I am also with His Majesty, and I can testify that what Lord Lu and His Royal Highness King Jin have said is true."

"I guarantee with my head that His Majesty was killed by the traitor Bai Canghai."

"I saw with my own eyes that His Majesty was suddenly assassinated by that rebel Bai Canghai."

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All of a sudden, the officials who followed Zhao Kuangyin on his westward tour to sacrifice to heaven stood up one after another to prove what Zhao Guangyi and Lu Duoxun said.

Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had already guessed most of what was going on, such as Li Junhao and Cao Bin knew what was going on, but after hearing the news that the emperor had died, there was no doubt that a thunderbolt from the blue sky shook everyone's hearts.

"Impossible, Bai Canghai will never rebel." When Li Junhao saw King Jin sitting on the dragon chair just now, he already understood that Hu Sanguang's guess was right. Xu Fangyi had rebelled. He and Xu Fangyi were as close as brothers. The shock and blow to him was greater than the death of the emperor, and he didn't recover for a while, but now he heard Lu Duoxun say that Bai Canghai plotted to kill the emperor, he came back to his senses and refuted aloud.But after the words came out of his mouth, he already knew in his heart that refutation was useless, and he knew very well what he was going to face next.

Sure enough, as Li Junhao yelled, Zhao Guangyi suddenly yelled: "Bai Canghai is plotting a rebellion, everyone in Huaxia Weifu is suspected, come here! Take Li Junhao down and wait for punishment."

Xuesha, wearing the uniform of the commander of the guards, walked out from one side, bowed and said yes, and then rushed up with more than a dozen guards with knives in hand. With a whoosh, everyone around Li Junhao hurriedly scattered, and a blank space was instantly left, allowing Li Junhao Standing there alone.

Li Junhao knows Xuesha, and also knows the strength of the latter. He is very clear that he is definitely not his opponent. What's more, even if he rushes out of the Daqing Palace, it is easy to guess. The outside has already been surrounded by thousands of forbidden troops. He was pierced by hundreds of arrows and died.

Thinking of this, Li Junhao didn't resist, but was arrested, because he knew that as long as he didn't resist, in front of thousands of court officials, Zhao Guangyi would not kill any courtiers at will.And if he resisted, he would die in vain if he was killed.

Li Junhao allowed two guards to tie him up, his eyes swept over Shen Yilun, Lu Duoxun and Wang Jien, and finally stared at Zhao Guangyi sitting on the dragon chair, and said coldly: "Don't forget, I am Huaxia Weifu Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is still alive."

Including Zhao Guangyi, all the people in Zhao Guangyi's family changed their expressions slightly after hearing the words.This is exactly what worries them the most.But Ye Chen disappeared and there was no news of him. Even if they wanted to mobilize an army to surround and kill him, they couldn't find anyone.And as long as Ye Chen is alive, they will always be hungry.

Zhao Guangyi snorted coldly, and said: "If King Xiangfu did not participate in the rebellion, he would naturally enter the palace to plead guilty. Also, at this time, the [-] troops have already surrounded the Huaxia Weifu by order, so don't think that someone will Save you. Alright, take him to the prison of Dali Temple and take good care of him."

Cao Bin was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Even if your Majesty is murdered by the rebels, but His Royal Highness Jin Wang is not my Great Song Crown Prince, let alone my Great Song Emperor, how can he pretend to be His Majesty's order to mobilize the imperial army? After passing through the Privy Council, His Royal Highness King Jin has no right to mobilize the army even if he is in charge of the country now."

Zhao Guangyi knew that Cao Bin was different from Li Junhao. The latter had little experience in the Great Song Dynasty, and even offended too many people in the position of supervisory envoy of the Huaxia Weifu. Clap your hands.

However, if he had no reasonable reason to take Cao Bin down, it is very likely that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Song Dynasty would rebound, or even mutiny. This is definitely not the result he wanted.However, Cao Bin's questioning in front of him was already in his expectation, so he sighed slightly at this time and said: "Mr. Cao doesn't know something, come here, please ask the queen mother's edict and the first emperor's edict."

The content of these two decrees is nothing more than passing on the position of the Son of Heaven to Zhao Guangyi, there is nothing to say, the key point is the authenticity of the two decrees.

Cao Bin, Xue Juzheng, Lu Yuqing and other third-rank officials carefully read the two decrees, and the final result was that the Taiyi decree was indeed true, and even had the seal of the witness Zhao Pu on it. For Zhao Guangyi, even if he wanted to fake it, he would definitely Zhao Pu will not be chosen as a witness.As for the late emperor's last edict, it was obviously fake, but no one would say it was fake, even Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin didn't say any more at this time.Because both of them know that the matter has come to this point, talking more is not only useless, but also will send thousands of people in their family to death.

But Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng were loyal to Zhao Kuangyin after all, the latter gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, please treat the late emperor's son kindly."

Seeing that Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng finally compromised, Zhao Guangyi was in a good mood, and said, "Xue Xianggong, don't worry, the two nephews, I will treat you kindly. I have ordered someone to take care of Defang, but Wei Wang Dezhao has disappeared. I was originally just Suspecting that Bai Canghai assassinated the late emperor was ordered by the King of Wei, and now that the King of Wei has fled in fear of crime, it has been confirmed that he is the real murderer behind the murder of the late Emperor. This king has asked Xu Xuan to write the imperial edict overnight, and Let Ti Xing Si spread the word to the world and arrest the King of Wei. Well, do you have any objections?"

There was a sudden silence in the Daqing Hall, and then Lu Duoxun, Shen Yilun, and Lu Yuqing knelt down first and said loudly: "I will follow my emperor's will."

Only then did the others come to their senses. Except for Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng, all officials including Yang Yanjun, Luo Yaoshun, and Luo Gongming knelt down at the same time, and said in unison: "I will follow my emperor's will."

Regarding Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng not kneeling down, Zhao Guangyi just glanced coldly, and did not pursue it on the spot. After all, strictly speaking, he has not yet ascended the throne, and even if he controls all the forces in the palace, he cannot move the two in front of him at will. prime minister.

(End of this chapter)