The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 478 Suicide in fear of sin
The palace, the imperial study.

Zhao Guangyi had already learned about the news about Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao's suicide, and after he heard that Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao committed suicide, he didn't pay much attention at first, but after he thought about it, he found that things were a bit difficult.

Although King Wu Zhao Defang conspired against him, he was a member of the royal family after all. Would it make people think that Zhao Guangyi forced him to kill himself?
In fact, as the emperor, he can't kill anyone he wants, but Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao is a member of the royal family after all. How will it be recorded in the history books that he, Zhao Guangyi, forced Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao to death in order to pass the throne to his prince?
If King Wu Zhao Dezhao was just another prince, it would be fine, but he happened to be the prince of the late emperor, so it was a bit difficult.

But after he thought for a while, he finally said to the eunuch who delivered the decree: "The decree said that King Wu Zhao Dezhao committed suicide in fear of crime. I think he is the son of the late emperor, and he is allowed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum."

Speaking of this, Zhao Guangyi's expression suddenly changed, and he said: "His concubine Xia He committed a heinous crime that cannot be pardoned. Even if he dies, he cannot tolerate it. He ordered his body to be whipped and thrown to the wild wind hill to feed the wild dogs."

After the decree eunuch took the order, he hurriedly followed Zhao Guangyi's instructions.

In this way, when the news of King Wu Zhao Dezhao committed suicide in fear of crime spread throughout the capital, many people thought the result was normal. Anyway, King Wu Zhao Dezhao conspired against him and put many family members of officials under house arrest. Now that King Wu Zhao Dezhao committed suicide, those Minister who is willing to speak for him?
The development of the matter was better than what Zhao Guangyi thought. No one questioned his judgment. After all, Zhao Guangyi's throne is stable now. After all, what King Wu did before was indeed a bit unkind. If you don't want others to live, how can others let you live?
And when the news of Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao's suicide spread throughout the capital, another news came that Zhao Pu, who had just become prime minister not long ago, resigned as prime minister.

Many people were surprised by Zhao Pu's resignation as prime minister. After all, in their view, although such a thing happened when Zhao Pu was in charge of Gyeonggi, the fact that he sent someone to send a letter to Zhao Guangyi was still established. It's a credit, otherwise when the imperial army arrived at the capital, the palace might have already been breached.

Therefore, in the early court, many people questioned this matter, but Zhao Guangyi did not explain too much about it, and only said that Zhao Pu proposed to resign, and he was very old, so he gave permission.

In this way, no one can say anything.

The resignation was indeed proposed by Zhao Pu. If he wants to resign, does he want the emperor to persuade him to stay?
After Zhao Pu was assassinated to be prime minister, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He thought everything was under his control, no matter who wins, he would be able to keep his position as prime minister. Called to the palace.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Guangyi looked at Zhao Pu, and asked coldly: "Master Zhao, what do you want to tell me?"

Zhao Pu's expression was slightly concentrated, and then he suddenly knelt down to Zhao Guangyi: "I failed to protect the palace and manage the capital well. This is my fault. Please forgive me."

Zhao Guangyi glared at Zhao Pu, and suddenly threw a memorial to Zhao Pu: "Look at it."

Zhao Pu received the memorial, and after reading it, his expression was startled. He saw that the memorial stated all the things he had done after Zhao Guangyi left the capital, including accepting money from Wuyue envoys, including meeting Xia He, and including all the things he had done in his letter. Under the proposal, let the forbidden army leave the capital without authorization.

Many things were written in the memorial, but no name was left.

This is very unreasonable. It stands to reason that any memorial must be clear and clear, but it is not. That is to say, the origin of this memorial is not correct, but someone secretly reported it.

Zhao Pu was startled, thinking that the memorial was a secret report, he immediately understood that it must be Zhao Guangyi's own strength, it turned out that Zhao Guangyi had already sent spies in the capital to monitor him.

Sweat dripped from Zhao Pu's forehead. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I am loyal to the Holy Majesty. Even if I met Xia He, it was just to get some news from her. As for sending the imperial army out of the city, it was just to Let the people in the imperial army pass the news to the Holy Majesty, otherwise... otherwise, how can the Holy Majesty think of countermeasures in advance?"

Zhao Pu is a smart man. He knows that coveting money will not kill him, but the crime of colluding with traitors is serious. If it is serious, it may affect his family. Therefore, he wants Zhao Guangyi to understand that everything he does is for the court , and in fact half of his motives are to do so.

Seeing that Zhao Pu admitted these things, Zhao Guangyi showed a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "You are a veteran of my Great Song Dynasty. The late emperor has favored you very much, and I have also had your assistance. Now that these things have happened, what do you think should be done?" What should I do?"

Zhao Pu rolled his eyes and said hastily: "I have committed a crime, and I am no longer suitable to be an official in the court. I am willing to resign from the position of prime minister."

Now Zhao Pu just wants to survive, it doesn't matter if he can become an official or not, Zhao Guangyi nodded immediately: "Okay, since that's the case, you can submit your resignation tomorrow morning."

Zhao Pu's status is special, even more special than Zhao Dezhao's. Even if Zhao Guangyi wanted his life, he would not dare to kill him for a while. First, he was the prime minister of the two emperors of the Song Dynasty, and second, he was a scholar. , He has made great contributions to the construction of the Song Dynasty, and he cannot be killed.

But he can't be killed, and he can't be kept, so he can only be let go, and he, Zhao Guangyi, can just act out the same drama that Zhao Kuangyin played back then.

After Zhao Pu left the palace, he was really disheartened, so he no longer had the dream of being an official in the court. After returning to the mansion, he immediately called his family and servants and said to them: "My lord, I have resigned from the official position again. , Now that I have no intention of officialdom, those who want to leave can leave, I will give you the money you left, and if you still want to follow me, I feel like packing up, and we will leave the capital in a few days and settle in Luoyang."

Zhao Pu's family members and servants looked at each other, and then made their own decisions. Many servants chose to leave, and many continued to follow. After Zhao Pu nodded slightly, he ordered people to go to prepare.

After many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Zhao Pucai finally saw the officialdom clearly, no matter how glorious you were before, but as long as the emperor doesn’t like you and hates you, throwing you away is like throwing away a piece of shit Same.

In the officialdom, the situation is ever-changing, things are irregular, and there are no absolutes. Even if you have a perfect plan before, when you actually implement it, there may still be problems.

Zhao Pu has seen through the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, and since he has seen through it, it is useless to be obsessed with it. It is better to leave here and be a Tao Yuanming who sees Nanshan leisurely.

Fortunately, after he ceased to be an official, he still had a lot of money to spend on himself.

(End of this chapter)