Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 625

The whole palace is busy, busy in the depression and tension, the inner palace wall is not high, and the tops of the white flags purchased by the inner court can be faintly seen, rushing on the wall, heading towards the direction of the front palace.

The emperor was on a grand tour, and all civil and military officials took turns entering the palace to cry and guard the spirit. Although Zhao Guangyi was busy looking for Ye Chen and dealing with Cao Wei who fled with 2000 people, and at the same time constantly planting his confidantes in the imperial army, he was a bit burnt out, but he had to Three times a day, they took the lead in crying and offering sacrifices. By the afternoon of the next day, the whole palace was exhausted.The weeping officials who came in were quite energetic, but people like Wang Jien and Xin Shi couldn't take it anymore.

Boxes of undyed white silk and satin were brought out from the harem. The craftsmen were busy, and all the sheds in the inner court had been built, and the sheds stood there solemnly.

The little prince Zhao Defang was still young, plus he was injured, and his heart was filled with grief. He couldn't bear it anymore, and was taken down for a rest, but the Empress and Princess Yongqing still stayed before the coffin, and only rested in the middle Two hours later, I ate something.Shui'er, who had been by Zhao Defang's side earlier, disappeared and went to nowhere.

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A remote alley, a little far from the center of the imperial power in Kyoto, and not close to the most luxurious and wealthy residences in Kyoto.The sad and frightened Kyoto people on the street generally don't enter this alley, because this alley is full of all kinds of unpleasant smells and the screams of fat pigs before they die all day long.

That's right, this is the Pig Killing Alley, which is quite famous among the lower-level people in Kaifeng City. It has a very inconspicuous name, but more than [-]% of the pork eaten by the people of Kaifeng is slaughtered in this alley, and then transported to the city. throughout.

At the end of the noisy and chaotic alley is a small courtyard. The courtyard was bought by someone two years ago. I have lived here for more than two years. During this period, no one has visited or the population has increased.So these days, no matter whether it was Xu Fangyi's spies or the imperial army who came to search, there was nothing unusual.

In the imperial palace today, the deceased emperor is being honored.At this time, Ye Chen was sitting leisurely under the tree in this yard to enjoy the shade, drinking herbal tea at the same time.He lowered his head and thought about something.

Ye Chen wore a green cloth dress.Naturally, there was another face on his face. At this time, he gently turned the slightly hot cup with his fingers, and suddenly sighed. The famous minister of the great power said: "After all, King Wei is His Majesty's son, so it is more suitable for him to be emperor than King Jin, who murdered his brother and conspired against him."

It was Zhao Pu who was talking to Ye Chen. At this time, Zhao Pu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "In this case, the old man will follow what King Xiangfu said and mobilize the hidden people in the court to postpone Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne for three days. .”

That's right, this is where Zhao Pu and King Wei are hiding, and Ye Chen was able to find this place because of the joint efforts of both parties to meet.

"Okay, there are still many things to do, I'll go first." Ye Chen politely saluted Zhao Pu as a junior, then turned and walked out of the small courtyard.

Zhao Pu didn't dare to be negligent while returning the salute, and said: "King Xiangfu, I don't see His Royal Highness King Wei."

Ye Chen glanced at a certain place on the ground of the small courtyard, shook his head, and said, "Let His Royal Highness King Wei hide it, and don't show up at will."

As he spoke, Ye Chen had already left the small courtyard, and Lian Jicheng, who had also changed his appearance, got out from somewhere, followed Ye Chen silently, and walked out of the pig-killing alley.

In the basement of the small courtyard, King Wei looked a little gloomy after learning that Ye Chen didn't come down to meet him.

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The three of Ye Chen made several detours, walked half of Kaifeng City, and came to a secret stronghold.

The two entered the house, but there was one person who had been waiting for a long time.

It was none other than Hu Sanguang. When Hu Sanguang saw Ye Chen, he knelt down with agitated expression, and lost his voice: "My lord..."

Ye Chen sighed, helped Hu Sanguang up, and said, "Okay, don't say some hypocritical nonsense, just say something useful."

Hu Sanguang immediately calmed down and said respectfully: "My lord, with the help of thousands of people from the Dajiang Gang secretly mobilized by the Secretary of the Nanfu Liu Jinyuan, the envoy Bai and Lord Bai Jian led people to rescue the whole Jianzhuang and sent them to Hangzhou. Now General Zhao Zan is taking care of him temporarily. His subordinates have also contacted Si Shi Bai. He is now hiding in the secret stronghold of Qi County with 33 killers and 24 swordsmen. In addition, Liu Jinyuan sent the deputy envoy of Nanfu, Duo Luo Leading fifty masters from Nanfu also went north with Bai Sishi and hid in Qi County. But there are too many people and too many targets to enter Kaifeng City. Even if they enter the city, it is not easy to hide with unfamiliar faces."

Ye Chen couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that Liu Jinyuan had sent Dorothy to lead fifty masters.

Duoluo was originally the head of the Four King Kongs of the Maitreya Sect, and he is actually the number one master in the Nanfu of the Huaxia Weifu. He is even stronger than Liu Jinyuan, the envoy of the Nanfu. .In addition, under Ye Chen's secret behest in Nanfu in the past two years, Liu Jinyuan has won over many real masters in the world. Among the fifty masters who followed Duoluo, there will be many first-class masters. He didn't reach the first-class level, but he should be a good murderer.With the participation of these people, his next plan will increase by another [-]%.

Thinking this way, Ye Chen said: "You sneak out of the city, go to Zeng Shangfei, and ask him to arrange for Bai Canghai, Duoluo and the others to enter the city. After entering the city, they will hide in Zeng Shangfei's house. We will move there too."

When Hu Sanguang heard this, he couldn't help being overjoyed.Zeng Shangfei was originally a member of the Privy Council, but a few days ago, Zhao Guangyi let him take the position of Dangjin, and became the commander of the city defense army that had been transferred to the outside of the city.Because Zeng Shangfei secretly surrendered to Zhao Guangyi under Ye Chen's instruction half a year ago, so he can be regarded as Zhao Guangyi's confidant.It is most suitable for him to arrange this matter.

Ye Chen set up this hidden step, but now it happens to be used.

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The emperor made a great trip, and after three days, the new emperor ascended the throne.

There is a vast expanse of whiteness beyond the mourning hall, but the Daqing Hall has returned to its glorious golden wall.

The royal family is not comparable to ordinary people's homes, and family affairs are also state affairs. The new emperor's ascension to the throne is a big day for the whole country to celebrate.

The enthronement hall is extremely grand. From the inner court, the outer court, to the Meridian Gate and Yujie, all the mourning sheds have been removed from the white silk and replaced with colored silk. They are decorated with colorful flowers. Only the mourning hall still wears filial piety and wears white clothes. Palace servants and servants wearing white belts are also temporarily restrained in the mourning hall, and are not allowed to move around during the ceremony.

Standing in front of the emperor's throne, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but start thinking about it.

Thinking of the fact that he will be the only protagonist in the world today.His every move, every word and deed, is in accordance with the will of heaven. He is the emperor aloof. Everyone will pay homage to him later. Shanhu long live, when he looks at the courtiers kneeling under the imperial steps, he There is a feeling of a high god looking down on the ants under his feet.

A few days before the official enthronement, Lu Duoxun, Lu Yuqing, and Xue Juzheng, who had surrendered to Zhao Guangyi, led Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​Privy Council, the First Academy, Six Departments, and Jiuqing to ask His Majesty to change the reign name.

Following the old rules, the reign name would not be changed in the year when the first emperor passed away, and the new emperor would have to propose a new reign title on the first day of the first month of the following year. Brother's shadow is lingering, his throne is still not solid enough, so he can't care about the old rituals, under his instruction, the three ministers led all the officials to ask for the year name, and Zhao Guangyi, who was already prepared, pretended to push it away. After a while, the year name was changed to "Taiping Xingguo".

Immediately, Zhao Guangyi changed his name again.

His real name was Zhao Kuangyi. After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, his courtiers wanted to avoid the taboo of the emperor's name, so he changed his name to Zhao Guangyi. Now naturally there is no reason to change his old name back, and he doesn't want to change it back. The name Zhao Kuangyi always reminds him Another name with a similar pronunciation, so he secretly invited a famous physicist in the capital to draw up a new name for himself, the single name Jiong. From now on, Zhao Guangyi will be called Zhao Jiong.

Song used Huo De to rejuvenate the country. This Jiong word has fire in the sun, which is in line with the national fortune of the Song Dynasty. In his opinion, it is auspicious. Although the theory of fate and feng shui is a bit false, for Zhao Guangyi who is eager to consolidate the regime, as long as he can win Now he doesn't tire of bothering about those things that are auspicious and lucky, and he is good at what he does.

After setting up the year and name, the new policy to be promulgated must be prepared in advance. Of course, according to the usual practice, the world must be amnesty to show the new emperor's kindness. Prisoners were released and their sentences were commuted.

After this series of preparations are in place, it's time for the real enthronement.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, all civil and military officials, relatives of the emperor, and elders and senior ministers enter the palace in sequence.

Standing in front of the dragon chair, Zhao Guangyi looked down at his younger brother Zhao Guangmei, who was kneeling on the ground, and the royal relatives, civil and military officials and officials. He knew that when he sat down, he would become the second monarch since the founding of the Song Dynasty , the ruler who controls the lives and deaths of hundreds of millions of people.

This is the goal he has been fighting for for a long time. For this goal, he has been terrified and jealous, but finally learned to be patient, calm, wait... vicious, and finally murdered his brother and plotted against him.

When such a target was suddenly close at hand, Zhao Guangyi's mood was so calm that he even felt a little weird.

"Please ascend the throne, Your Majesty."

"Please ascend the throne, Your Majesty."

Three times like this, Zhao Guangyi bowed three times to show his awe of heaven, earth and people. Then he straightened up, looked at the kneeling officials in the hall, and seemed to see hundreds of millions of people in the whole world looking at him. Kneeling, a sense of satisfaction in controlling the world arises spontaneously.

Thinking this way, Zhao Guangyi wanted to sit on the dragon chair.

(End of this chapter)