Chapter 31 Candidates for Succession
at the same time.
On the other hand, Chaijiazhuang, which is 300 miles away from the wild boar forest, has a man of about 34 or 35 years old standing at the main entrance of Chaijiazhuang, who is known as the name of benevolence and righteousness in Mengchangjun of the time.
Chai Jin was behind his back with his hands, looking deep in his eyes at the east, and he was suspicious, [calculate the time, then Lin Chongqi was sent to Cangzhou and had to pass by my Chaijiazhuang. According to the time, he should have passed by my Chaijiazhuang in the near future. You must not miss it.
Zhao Ji tried to gather the national fortune and suffered backlash. He would have been a long time since he failed. Over the years, Zhao Ji valued culture and over military officials. All those who controlled the court's discourse power were his favorite officials. Those capable and capable warriors were not valued. After his death, how could his descendants control the world? It would be worth enduring for all these years. The time to revive the Later Zhou Dynasty finally came.]
"Grand official." Behind Chai Jin, a burly and strong man walked out, wearing a turban, white shank, and exposing his chest.
"Teacher Hong." Chai Jin looked behind him, as gentle as jade.
Teacher Hong's heart trembled when he saw the look of Master Chai.
A scholar died for his confidant, and Chai Jin had the kindness of knowing him and saving his life, so he served the high-ranking official for a full twenty years. As the "security captain" of the Chai Mansion, he was a die-hard fan of Chai Jin.
The official Chai has been talking about Lin Chong these days, but coach Hong doesn't understand what Lin Chong is good about? Everyone is the coach, and he is also the coach. Is it worse than Lin Chong?
Lin Chong was originally a little famous because he was Zhou Tong's apprentice. With the unparalleled Lu Junyi's pearls and jade in front of him, many people also think that Lu Junyi's junior brother Lin Chong should also be a well-known man.
"The wife of Lin Chong was insulted by a playboy repeatedly, but she didn't even dare to let go of one of them. I guess she was a coward. If my wife was insulted like this, I would definitely kill the playboy. I don't think that Lin Chong was just a master's honor." Teacher Hong said disdainfully.
Chai Jin did not agree with coach Hong's idea in his heart, but did not argue with him.
Five steps of blood splashing is a pleasure, but a real man should be able to bend and stretch.
Coach Hong is still too young. Even if Lin Chong is really a vain person, he will do this.
Not for anything else, just because he has a reputation as a righteous person in the world.
It is not only those who sell horse bones, but also those who buy horse bones, but also those who buy horses.
Without this reputation, how could he make friends with heroes who are unfulfilled and frustrated?
But it has been more than half a month since Lin Chong was sent to the exile, Chai Jin has been unable to wait for Lin Chong for a long time.
He was a little confused. Could it be that something happened to Lin Chong?
Chai Jin sent someone to inquire about the news.
But I learned that Lin Chong had not arrived in Cangzhou for a long time and had no trace of him along the way.
Chai Jin secretly said, could it be that Lin Chong was killed on the road? Or was he looking for an opportunity to break free and escape?
This made Chai Jin feel a little regretful. Such a good opportunity was wasted
Fang Mu lived in Hangzhou for a while since the Shensha Gang incident.
In addition to the daily martial arts class, I will listen to some dramas, watch lanterns, go to brothels to listen to everyone playing the piano, and eat some delicious food in the restaurant.
This is something that is difficult to enjoy in Cheng'an County. Although the entertainment is not as rich as the dream world, if you have money, you can enjoy a unique taste.
Fang Mu did not reveal his identity, but just pretended to be an ordinary rich young man wandering around Hangzhou every day.
During this period, there was no conflict with the second generation in Hangzhou. Instead, he met many rich and powerful sons from Hangzhou through his outstanding conversation, and under their leadership, he saw some interesting places.
A few days later, Ning Hai soldiers found Fang Mu who was listening to the drama, "Little Langjun, the general asked you to go there and said there is something important to come to you."
The two young and handsome men sitting next to Fang Mu were stunned and looked at Fang Mu in surprise. Didn’t you say you were just the son of an ordinary wealthy businessman? Why did you have a relationship with the general on the car?
The only one who can be called a general near Hangzhou City is the only one.
Thinking of Fang Mu's surname, the two of them glared at each other and thought of something incredible.
Fang Mu smiled, got up and bowed to the two of them.
"I'll go first, you two, and if you have the chance, I'll drink together."
Not to mention the surprise of these two people, Fang Mu rode a horse prepared for him and rushed to Ning Haijun after leaving the theater.
"If you want to guard Hangzhou City, you cannot act rashly, so you need to go to Kaifeng Prefecture." Fang Tianding from the commander's tent said to Fang Mu who was recruited.
"Speaking of this matter is related to you. I have discussed it with your grandfather. If it is too conspicuous to revoke the wanted order for Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong and Shi Jin, it is too conspicuous to revoke the wanted order. Gao Qiuzhizhong and others know that they are afraid of them. Although our Fang family is not afraid of them, it may be a good thing to make fewer enemies. So after discussing with your grandfather, I decided to ask Your Majesty to amnesty the world."
"You may not know what happened a few months ago." Fang Tianding's eyes were deep.
"When the pilgrimage was preparing to gather national fortunes and establish a new dynasty, unfortunately, I failed and was defeated by luck and was lying on the bed for a long time until recently when I returned to court. If he successfully obtained luck and prolonged his life, he would have enough time to regulate his national fortunes." It was a pity, but Fang Mu always felt that his father's tone was filled with gloating.
Of course, for those who are ambitious, Zhao Ji is not expected to fail.
I believe Zhao Ji also understands this. Although he rarely cared about court affairs, it does not mean that he does not know these ambitious people.
Although the Song Dynasty had no military general group, there was another civil servant group that was more terrifying than the military general group.
Officials protect each other, collude with officials, cultivate close friends, and cultivate students.
It’s not that Zhao Ji didn’t want to move, but that he couldn’t move. One branch was easy to break, but countless branches twisted and entangled together to form a deformed behemoth.
Therefore, the matter of Zhao Ji gathering the national destiny was not publicized, but carried out secretly and secretly.
"If he fails, he will start paving the way for the next emperor. Although there are many disadvantages in the world, it is the simplest way to win over the people's hearts. All the following crimes can be released." Fang Tianding said, "So Your Majesty will definitely agree."
Of course he would agree that the original trajectory of Water Margin happened to be around this period of time.
The general amnesty for the world was originally a measure taken by the emperor to win over the people and strengthen his rule.
Historical records record that Emperor Ling of Han reigned for twenty years and had a general amnesty for twenty times.
Liu Bian was pardoned twice after only half a year in office.
The more unstable the dynasty is, the higher the frequency of amnesty in the world.
When the rule is stable, the frequency of amnesty in the world will be greatly reduced.
Of course, not all criminals in the world will be exempted from amnesty, such as treason, betrayal of the court, unfilial, disrespectful to the emperor, and violate ethics.
Although Shi Jin had dated the bandits, he did not rebel and did not kill the imperial officials.
Lu Zhishen beat a notorious bully to death.
Lin Chong brought a knife into the White Tiger Hall and ran into Shangguan.
All three of them happened to be within the scope of amnesty.
In order to maintain the successful ascension of the new crown prince, it is not difficult for the emperor to ask Zhao Ji to amnesty the world.
In addition, Fang Mu had another task during this trip, which was to establish a good relationship with the upcoming prince and give him a gift on behalf of the Fang family.
However, the position of the prince is not obvious at present, and Fang Tianding is still hesitating to whom he should give this gift.
"I have discussed with your grandfather that the most likely person to be competent for the position of crown prince is the third prince Zhao Kai. Zhao Kai is the most similar to Your Majesty among all the princes. He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is gentle and polite and loved by Your Majesty."
Zhao Kai is a good candidate.
Fang Mu certainly understood that among all the princes on the surface, the one who looks the most like Zhao Ji is Zhao Kai. He is like a young version of Zhao Ji, who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he is also the highest-ranking scholar in history.
He secretly participated in the imperial examination in the first year of Chongqing and won the top scorer. In order to prevent people from talking about gossip, Zhao Ji named Wang Ang the second place as the top scorer, but the gap between him and Wang Ang was very obvious. In fact, anyone with discerning eyes could see that Zhao Kai was the top scorer in that class.
Zhao Kai's talent and reputation have become famous all over the world, and have attracted the attention of the family and literati to talk about it.
It is precisely because of his talent that he was admired by his father that he was constantly awarded the title of Duke of Wei, Prince of Gaomi, Prince of Jia, Prince of Yun, and also served as the governor of Ningjiang Army, the governor of Jiangling and Kuizhou. The map placed in his dream is probably the highest civil and military officials in the area from Chongqing to Hubei today.
In the minds of many people, Zhao Kai is a popular candidate for the next emperor, and the Third Prince's Mansion has always been crowded with people.
But unfortunately, Zhao Ji had two sons who both became emperors, but neither of them was Zhao Kai.
One is the neglected eldest prince Zhao Huan, and the other is the inconspicuous ninth prince Zhao Gou.
Zhao Huan, the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Gou, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Gou, who was able to take advantage of the opportunity to take control of the court to establish a new dynasty when Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Zhao Kai and his group were captured, was of course not a simple figure. Later, he was unique in calligraphy and painting and inherited his father's talent.
But fundamentally speaking, Zhao Gou is just a dog guarding the house. He is not afraid of being a wise ruler in the prosperous era and a lord in the border. His ability to extend the lifespan of the Southern Song Dynasty has a lot to do with the group of outstanding civil and military officials during the founding period of the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, it was neither Zhao Gou nor Zhao Kai who inherited the throne of Zhao Ji, but Zhao Huan, the eldest prince who was obviously unpopular.
His Majesty Zhao Ji is still a stable person after all. He did not use the relatively best third son among all his sons, but chose his eldest son to ascend the throne as the crown prince.
In fact, this is extremely rare in the whole history.
In history, there were only 73 emperors except for the founding emperors.
Eight of these seventy-three mothers were legitimate wives but had never been queens. The biological mothers of twenty-two emperors were the regular wives who were the ones who were married or who were the concubines.
Among the remaining forty-three emperors, there are only twenty-nine who are the eldest sons.
Moreover, some of these twenty-nine people were puppet emperors or were assassinated during their reign, and the last emperor like Zhao Huan who had not been in office for two years.
Therefore, since ancient times, the eldest son of the royal family has been in a high-risk position. Countless people are staring at his every move, and any of his small actions will be infinitely magnified.
Chapter completed!