Chapter 452 Falling into the water and ascending to the throne (two chapters in one)

Author: Uncle Long Legs

Chapter 452 Falling into the water and ascending to the throne (two chapters in one)

In the second year of Jingkang's reign, it was a quarter past noon on the fifth day of February, that is, around 11:15 am.

This is a time that many historians of later generations have remembered deeply. Hu Biao and other more than 300 people were greeted by huge cheers and kneeling scenes.

Carrying ten large tablets and walking all the way, we finally arrived in front of the golden wooden gate.

Why is it that such a period of time is so deeply remembered by many people in later generations?

The reason is very simple. A very important thing happened at this point in time, which not only caused a series of far-reaching consequences.

It has almost changed the power structure of this planet for hundreds of years or even longer.

The whole process and results have made future generations think about it in detail, and they are full of too many doubts and deserve to be written down in detail.

So much so that even years later, people would repeatedly mention and brag about it, thinking it was full of conspiracy theories.

Even in the later Internet age, there is a group of people called "Internet authors".

In the novels they brainstormed, every time they wrote a plot like this, they would write a long plot with great fanfare.

Specifically, this is what happened at the time.

When they saw Hu Yitong and others in front of them, the father and son Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng felt even more complicated.

On the one hand, that is the people under his command.

First, with a fanatical expression on his face and loud cheers, he greeted Hu Biao and others.

Then, after seeing those sacred statues, they all knelt on the ground with piety, a scene that the two officials had never enjoyed before.

As a result, these two officials, who had never really thought about why such a situation was caused, now felt very uneasy in their hearts.

For Hu Yitong and his Xuan Ge camp, the fear in my heart was even deeper.

However, he still did not regard these people as the biggest threat in his heart.

The main reason is that these two officials asked themselves that if they were on the battlefield, they would definitely not be the opponents of ordinary men like Hu Yitong to fight against the Han people.

But if it were changed to an officialdom, he could easily handle this person.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than using high-ranking officials and generous salaries to win over and divide Hu Yitong's subordinates in the coming days.

After the wings are cut off, then we can slowly deal with Hu Yitong himself.

No excuse? It doesn’t matter if you install a ‘unnecessary’ one.

On the other hand, the two people's hearts at this moment were filled with a sense of relief and indescribable joy after the arrival of strong support.

Therefore, at such a moment, Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng, a father and son with a loving father and a filial piety, looked at each other as if they had a clear understanding of each other.

Everyone's eyes were full of inexplicable confidence at this moment, as well as ridicule and mockery of the other person.

In the end, after the father and son straightened their clothes, with spring-like smiles on their faces, and with impeccable and elegant manners, they took the lead to greet him one after another.

Anyway, I was already prepared in my heart. I would first warmly welcome Hu Biao and others, show how much I value Hu Biao and others, and then comfort them.

Next, he squeezed out some tears and cried loudly for the righteous people.

If necessary, the memorial tablets may even be lifted up for a while. In short, these means are used to gather and restore people's hearts and lay a solid foundation for some subsequent plans.

Needless to say, in terms of these political tactics and shows, they are much better than Hu Biao and other rookies.

The crux of the problem is that what Hu Biao did was completely unexpected.

That's a simple, crude, and quite effective...

When a father and son like Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng walked onto the suspension bridge of the golden wooden gate with their own calculations, they were ready to start their respective performances.

That strip had been trampled by pedestrians and crushed by wheels for a long time.

Even a few days ago, after being loaded with war horses and armor by the Jin soldiers, the iron pagoda, which weighed over a thousand kilograms, was repeatedly trampled on, but there was no problem with the suspension bridge.

At this time, something went wrong.

It looked extremely strong. The bridge plate was wrapped with iron sheets at key positions and had long iron nails nailed on it. With a 'click~' sound, the bridge board was broken into two pieces.

Because the thing broke so fast, Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng, who had just walked to the bridge at that time, had no time to react.

Even Zhao Ji, an artist-emperor, actually had quite good physical fitness.

In the original history, during the time he was imprisoned, he not only gave birth to a lot of children, but also played polo with the Jin soldiers who guarded him, and even won.

Still in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Hu Biao and other hundreds of people from Xuange Camp, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians watching the excitement near Jinmumen.

When the deck of the suspension bridge suddenly broke, it suddenly fell into the water.

After being stunned for a second or two, Grandpa Hu Yitong and Hu were the first to react, shouting, "Save people, no! Protect me, protect me~"

As soon as he shouted something, Hu Biao rushed towards the Jinshui River desperately.

Even though he was planning to wear heavy armor, he jumped into the water regardless, looking like a loyal and brave savior.

As a result, before he could rush to the river, several younger eunuchs and imperial guards from the Imperial City Division who had reacted had already plunged into the Jinshui River, which was still bitter to this day.

After a short time, two officials from the Song Dynasty were rescued.

Although the two of them drank a lot of river water that was stinking of corpses and stained with blood in their panic, they did not drown in such a short period of time.

Just like this, the two people who were frightened for a while were hurried back to the palace.

After the imperial doctors were captured by the Jin people, there was no way to pass on the disease. Fortunately, there were still many famous doctors left in the city, and they hurried into the palace to treat them.

At the same time, today's follow-up activity, in which Grandpa Hu and others entered the city, showed victory to the officials and were greatly rewarded, had to end without any problems.

Such a nonsense thing also made Hou San wait for the people in the city.

I feel a little aggrieved because of what happened to Grandpa Hu and others; as for the physical safety of the officials, does it have anything to do with them?

But what Hou San and the others didn't know was that for the subsequent changes, the incident of the two officials falling into the water was just the beginning of a series of major historical events that would follow.

The series of events that followed made everyone in the world dumbfounded...

What! According to unofficial records of later generations:

The two emperors of Huiqin fell into the water that day. Although they were rescued in time and treated by famous doctors in the city, they were too frightened and the filthy river water entered their lungs too much.

Two days later, Huizong Zhao Ji was concerned about national affairs.

Due to mental fatigue, he was too frightened, and the sewage hurt his heart and lungs, so he unfortunately died.

The next day, Qinzong Zhao Heng died of the same illness as Huizong, and because of Huizong's death, he was extremely sad and died.

Suddenly, the entire Song Dynasty was in mourning.

On February 9, the second year of Jingkang, a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace signed a letter to be appointed to the Privy Council. He was promoted to Zuocheng, and his minister Geng Nanzhong personally led all the civil and military officials to the palace to ask for an audience with Emperor Maode.

They all knelt down and worshiped in front of Emperor Maode, crying and begging:

The sky cannot live without the sun, and the country cannot live without a king. Now that the family has suffered a series of catastrophes, not counting the princes and the royal family who were kidnapped by the Jin soldiers, only the ninth prince Zhao Gou and several emperors are left in the royal family.

Ji.

However, the Ninth Prince was a man who had played too much since he was young and had no reputation as a virtuous person. He was unable to cope with the current chaos of the Song Dynasty, which had not been seen in a hundred years.

Emperor Maode had always been well-known among the people. During the Jingkang Disgrace, she even sacrificed her wealth to go into battle and kill the enemy with arrows, earning the respect of all the people.

In the rush for power, they did not care about the inherent ancestral laws of the Song Dynasty.

We can only follow the ancient method of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and implore Emperor Maode to ascend the throne as the empress to deal with the current chaos that has not happened in a hundred years.

Facing the weeping pleas of Geng Nazhong and other civil and military officials, Emperor Maode refused to accept the request on the grounds that she was a female prostitute. The officials knelt down and continued to plead, but Emperor Ji refused to accept it again.

Again, again, and again, three times postponement will not be followed.

After hearing the news, hundreds of thousands of people in the city rushed into the inner city, knelt on the ground outside the palace, and together prayed for Emperor Maode to be crowned queen.

In desperation, Di Ji had to accept it with tears in her eyes.

And she swore to the Tianmeng in public that she was only temporarily on the throne to deal with the current huge chaos; twenty years later, regardless of her physical condition, Zhao Jinfu would abdicate and give up the throne to the children of the Zhao family.

If she violates this oath, she will definitely die a miserable death.

Three days later, Emperor Maode was in a hurry to keep everything simple, and hastily held a coronation ceremony, becoming the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Era name: Maode, known as Empress Maode in history, she was the second empress of the flower gardening family.

When the empress first came to the throne, she showed some thunderous methods.

First, make Geng Nazhong the prime minister of the dynasty, and add Qin Guogong as the head of the hundred officials.

Hu Biao was granted the title of Deputy Prime Minister and the Privy Council Envoy in charge of the world's military. He was mainly responsible for retraining a strong army of the Song Dynasty to attack Huanglong and bring about the great shame of Jingkang.

Ma Kuo was granted the title, and Yue Fei was appointed deputy envoy to the Privy Council.

Among them, Ma Kuo stayed in Kaifeng City to assist Hu Biao in reorganizing his army and preparing for war, while Yue Fei continued to stay in Xiangzhou to train his troops and horses to prevent the Jin soldiers from joining the invaders again.

Beiji, Xu Feng, Lao Hei, Warehouse Guan, Lang Qing, Yu Hanfeng, Singer, Imperial Concubine and others all have their own awards. They are all officials of the third rank or above. They are civil servants or chief officials of various ministries, or in the military.

Controller.
To be continued...