Chapter 512: The Attack of the Car God

Han Chang'an General's Mansion.

Pang Tong pondered for a moment and was a little worried:

"I don't know when Zhao Da is here?"

"If it's early, it's fine. If it's late..."

The implication is also very clear. If it's late, it might be too late.

This is the only means revealed by this history book, but in fact, there will be more confidants planted secretly.

Liu Bei is quite optimistic:

"Since Zhao Da has seen the light curtain, the situation has been different from the history of later generations."

In this regard, Liu Bei feels that he still has some empathy with Zhao Da.

He Liu Bei saw the decline of the Han Dynasty, the chaos was obvious, and the Cao thieves were powerful, and the situation in the world was dark and unclear.

Zhao Da experienced the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the heroes were fighting each other and were in danger of losing their lives. The end of the chaos was still uncertain.

At this time, the light curtain suddenly appeared, telling him that the Han Dynasty was not over and the Han people were not dead, so he was inspired and wanted to revive the Yan Han.

Zhao Da had been watching the imperial court for more than a year. Even though the younger generation had not mentioned much about the Song Dynasty, at least he knew clearly that the Song Dynasty had indeed ended the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty.

This news alone was a priceless treasure for Zhao Da.

Liu Bei did not quite understand the succession between the elder brother and the younger brother, but for a stable dynasty, it was quite clear which was better, the succession between the elder brother and the legitimate son.

Zhao Da should have fully understood this principle.

Kong Ming concluded:

"A small mistake can lead to a thousand miles of difference, and history is no exception."

He shared the same opinion with his lord. Although Zhao Da's means of seizing orphans and widows were a bit disgraceful, he was able to fight his way out of the chaotic times and promote civil governance, so he must not be a mediocre person.

For example, the plan of the Lixian House made Kong Ming slap his thigh in frustration:

He should have calculated the money and expenses in Chang'an with Xiahou Miaocai.

【So far, whether it is Ma Shao's sudden crazy prediction or Cheng Dexuan sitting in Jinwang Mansion waiting for Wang Jie'en in the middle of the night when he couldn't sleep, they are all suspicious.

The behavior of the two Zhao Er confidants shows one thing together, Zhao Er was prepared for Zhao Da's death.

Even if Zhao Da died in an accident, the appearance of Wang Jie'en basically confirms that Zhao Er did cultivate a team in secret, and for this reason he did not hesitate to insert a spy next to Zhao Da's pillow.

The behavior is there, but now there is still a lack of a motive.

Now there is a saying that when Zhao Da was alive, he actually wanted Zhao Er to succeed to the throne. The relationship between the two brothers was very good, and the evidence is the loss of power of Prime Minister Zhao Pu.

In addition to Zhao Pu's opposition to Zhao Er's father-in-law's control of military power, crackdown on bribery of Zhao Er's staff, and forced killing of Zhao Er's subordinate Yao Shu in the official history, the "Biography of Tingmei" in "History of Song" records that after Zhao Er ascended the throne, he asked Zhao Pu about the matter of passing on the throne. At that time, Zhao Pu's answer was:

Taizu has made a mistake, how can Your Majesty make another mistake?

The "Taizu has made a mistake" in this sentence, Ming and Qing scholars believe that most of the time when Zhao Da was alive, Zhao Pu secretly advised against the matter of passing on the throne, but unfortunately Zhao Da did not listen.

Judging from the tit-for-tat attitudes of Zhao Pu and Zhao Er, Zhao Pu's dismissal and loss of power in 973 AD did seem like Zhao Kuangyin paving the way for Zhao Guangyi.

But what happened in 973 was not only Zhao Pu's loss of power. In this year, Zhao Dezhao was awarded the title of Inspector of the Imperial Tutor, and for the first time he was ranked above Zhao Guangmei.

Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangmei, Zhao Dezhao, and Zhao Defang have been granted official positions in order of age, but this order was quietly broken in the year when Zhao Pu left Beijing.

Zhao Guangmei and Zhao Dezhao were both Jiajianxiu officials, and Zhao Dezhao was Taifu, ranking above Zhao Guangmei's Taibao.

In addition, in the year when Zhao Kuangyin died, Qian Chu entered the court.

According to the tradition since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi was responsible for receiving the surrendered king, but this year Zhao Kuangyin issued an additional decree asking Zhao Dezhao to supervise this matter.

In summary, Zhao Kuangyin's intention to cultivate an heir among his sons during the Kaibao period was quite obvious, which may be the motive of Zhao Er's collusion with his party members.

From this point of view, Zhao Pu's dereliction of duty was mostly due to himself, and it should not have much to do with the dispute over the succession of the country.

It was also because of such early conflicts that Zhao Pu was depressed and frustrated after returning to Beijing. He was excluded and suppressed by Lu Duosun everywhere. First, his brother-in-law Hou Renbao was unjustly killed, and then his son Zhao Chengzong was driven out of the capital as soon as he got married.

In this situation, Zhao Pu finally judged the situation and presented Zhao Guangyi with the "Golden Chamber Alliance" he had crafted, hoping to turn things around, but this is all later.

From this, we can also see the suddenness of Zhao Kuangyin's death:

The real eldest son Zhao Dezhao was at a loss.

The Queen Song, who was close to the water tower, wanted to recommend Zhao Defang, who had a better relationship.

In the end, Zhao Guangyi, who had already made a plan, calmly entered the palace to pick peaches, and by dawn, the dust had settled.

Limited by the "unrecorded" historical materials, no matter how suspicious Zhao Guangyi's behavior was and how sufficient his motives were, he could only be said to have a great suspicion of killing his brother.

No matter how much criticism there was, he finally succeeded in sitting on the throne.

The next thing we are all familiar with is:

The attack of the Gaoliang River car god! 】

Zhao Pu never thought that he would have his own part.

Hearing the words "Taizu has made a mistake", Zhao Pu bowed to Zhao Kuangyin, and seeing the emperor waved his hand to show that he didn't care, a touch of joy appeared on his face.

Then he tried to stare at the screen, while taking a little energy to observe the emperor's expression.

When he talked about his frustration, he was very free and easy.

When he talked about his brother-in-law being wronged, he was righteous.

When he talked about his own son being expelled, he almost had tears in his eyes.

…The "Golden Chamber Alliance" he created by himself…

Zhao Pu: "Ah?"

"The official family must be..."

Seeing the cold look on the official's face, Zhao Pu was speechless.

With Zhao Guangyi Zhuyu in front of him, Zhao Pu was quite straightforward and paused and said:

"I am too ashamed to speak."

Although they didn't know what the "Golden Chamber Alliance" was, several people in the hall could vaguely guess it.

Zhao Guangyi couldn't care less about his own situation and laughed twice in gloating.

What else could involve Zhao Pu? No wonder it was said earlier that people are forbidden to dance to the great gods privately. It turns out that the real master is right in front of them.

When the Later Zhou Dynasty still existed, wasn't the song "Become the Emperor of the Emperor" sung in Bianliang City by Zhao Pu in front of him?

Then one can imagine the content of the "Golden Chamber Alliance".

But in any case, Zhao Pu was finally brought back by Zhao Kuangyin himself, and he has indeed worked hard to cut off his younger brother's wings this year, and the predicament mentioned in this is indeed considered to be helpless.

So at this time, the official Zhao Song impatiently knocked on the armrest with his jade ax and said:

"The Donkey Cart Emperor, what's so good about him?"

Zhao Guangyi was quite free and easy at this time. He simply did not get up but dragged the chair over and leaned on it, half leaning on the floor.

At this time, he didn't feel much fear after hearing his brother's scolding, so he retorted:

"If my brother could have established Dezhao earlier, my brother would not have become the Emperor of Gaolianghe."

He didn't know what the later generations meant, so he simply pieced it together randomly.

Zhao Kuangyin saw his brother's nosebleed staining the clothes on his chest, and he simply didn't bother to do anything anymore. He just said like he scolded the sergeant when he led the army:

"You're a picky turtle and you don't even have a whole backbone, so you're worthy of being a king?!"

"Why not?" Zhao Guangyi retorted with his face turning red.

Zhao Kuangyin looked disdainful:

"If you fail in martial arts, you will become a foolish king by your descendants. Go and become slaves with your slaves!"

After that, he stopped looking at his brother to save himself the trouble.

Zhao Pu on the side once again felt that he was extraneous here, and his original intention of complaining and boasting about his achievements in front of the officials disappeared with the final news.

In the end, I could only sigh secretly in my heart:

How painful is it?

…

Li Shimin pinched his eyebrows and muttered:

"So complicated?"

I wanted to say something, but thinking about the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty during the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, I decided not to say anything in the end.

Changsun Wuji, who had been silent all this time, remembered something:

"Since future generations can examine the bones and know the disease from which he died, they will lift up Zhao Da's coffin and examine the bones. Although the mystery will not be solved immediately, we should be able to learn more about the situation."

Now that he has nothing to do at home, he has read all the laws of the previous dynasty. What he envies most is the method used by later generations to identify the cause of Cao Cao's death based on his bones. After all, from what he has seen, it is not uncommon for his death to be unconfirmed, and it has been handled in many cases. Reason for stagnation.

Wei Zheng nodded, Fang Xuanling shook his head, and Du Ruhui directly pointed out:

"We don't know where Zhao Da is buried, but I think it's not far from Bianliang."

"The Northern Song Dynasty fell, Kyoto fell, the imperial mausoleum..."

So Changsun Wuji could only sigh. If possible, he would really like to know this ability.

However, he suddenly thought that since he was exiled to Lingnan and later ordered to be hanged by his nephew, his body would probably be nowhere to be found.

Hearing that Zhao Da might have his grave dug up, Li Shimin immediately wanted to move forward to the light curtain, but was immediately pulled by the sleeve by Empress Changsun who had quick eyes and quick hands, dumbfounded:

"Erlang, please don't do this nonsense."

The nicknames were all called out, so Li Shimin had no choice but to give up, but still explained:

"I am a benevolent and righteous gentleman, but I just want to make Zhao Daming never forget his hatred."

This statement is very convincing, and no one in Ganlu Temple agrees with it.

[Speaking of Song Taizong, the first thing that needs to be affirmed is that he did make a good start in the Song Dynasty's civil affairs.

Because he was always diligent in reading, others advised him to read less to avoid stress. Zhao Er replied that just opening the book and looking at it twice was better than not reading at all, leaving behind the allusion that "opening the book is beneficial".

In 993, Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising broke out in the Sichuan Gorge area, kicking off the continuous peasant uprisings in the Northern Song Dynasty. This uprising only made matters worse for the Northern Song Dynasty, which had already lost consecutive battles and was on the defensive. Zhao Er also suffered a lot. Show benevolence to win people's hearts.

In the winter of that year, Zhao Er issued an edict to give silk and silk to the old people in Bianliang, and those who were over 100 years old were given gold ribbons. Later, he also issued an edict to give thousands of coins and rice charcoal to the lonely, old and poor people to survive the winter. This left behind the allusion of giving charcoal in the snow.

Although it can be considered a good thing anyway, the root cause of this mess is inseparable from Zhao Er.

In a sense, as a closely neighboring dynasty, the Song Dynasty is indeed very similar to the Tang Dynasty in some places.

For example, Zhao Kuangyin is quite thrifty and doesn't like luxury. He is somewhat similar to Erfeng in that they both have accumulated some wealth.

And as for the successor on the stall, among other things, he is a very strong spender, and he also likes to use religion to promote himself.

In the first year after he ascended the throne, Zhao Er ordained 170,000 monks and nuns. Later, during his reign, he even invested in the construction of Buddhist temples in famous mountains and rivers. Some temples in Mount Wutai, Mount Emei, Mount Tiantai and other places survived from the period of Zhao Er.

At this point, the trend of exterminating Buddhism that started from Chai Rong came to an end, and the monks and nuns returned, adding another big mountain to the heads of the farmers who were already being exploited by bureaucrats and powerful men.

During the Chunhua period, Zhao Er had spent almost all of Zhao Da's savings and issued an edict to the court to discuss the tea monopoly. This was also the predecessor of the later tea introduction method.

Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun and others who made a living by selling tea lost their jobs, which triggered the irreconcilable grievances of the people, and the peasant uprising in the Sichuan-Xiamen region broke out.

Compared with Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty, the uprising of Wang Xiaobo and others was small in scale and was suppressed after only two years.

But it is worth mentioning because Wang Xiaobo and others shouted the slogan of "equalizing the rich and the poor" for the first time in the uprising.

They completed the fundamental contradiction that Huang Chao's uprising did not touch, and thus made the guiding ideology of the uprising go a step further.

Huang Chao destroyed the flesh of the family, and Wang Xiaobo took over the banner and pointed the spearhead at the root of inequality at that time for the first time:

the feudal system. 】