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Chapter 165 Surprise! (6.4K)

The news of the Empress Dowager's death came extremely suddenly.

Except for a few insiders, the vast majority of people have not made sufficient psychological preparations.

The news came like a downpour.

It brought a bit of coolness to life in the capital city of Song Dynasty, which should have been as hot as summer.

For example, many shops on the busiest Royal Street closed their doors.

The number of soldiers checking in and out of Suzaku's gate has increased a lot.

The expression is chilling, serious and unsmiling.

The Bianjing Night Market, which was supposed to be bustling, suddenly cooled down and was replaced by a curfew, and all restaurants and restaurants were not allowed to open.

Zhang San also told Xu Yun.

Another Cuju match, which was originally planned to start five days later, was passively postponed indefinitely.

The entire Bianjing is not allowed to slaughter livestock, nor is it allowed to marry.

The temples in Beijing have to ring their bells a total of 10,000 times

Basically it can be said that.

In the two months before the empress dowager was buried, the financial revenue of the entire Bianjing city had to suffer a loss of at least 70%.

What is even more depressing and even panicking is another thing:

It is now the beginning of August, and the time when Song Zhezong and Zhao Xu passed away is

February 23, 1100 AD, would have been exactly five months ago.

It was mentioned before.

According to the rules of "Book of Rites King System".

After the death of the emperor, he had to be buried in seven days and buried in July.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was buried earlier, usually around three to five months.

According to the "Song History" Volume 18 "Zhezong Benji" records:

"In the third year of spring and the first month of Xinwei, the emperor was sick and ignored the dynasty.... Jimao, the emperor collapsed."

"At the end of April, the posthumous posthumous title was Emperor Qin Wenrui Wu Zhaoxiao, and the temple name was Zhezong.... In August, Renyin was buried in Yongtai Mausoleum."

According to the comparison table of the lunar calendar and Gregorian calendar in August 1100, it can be found that the Renyin day in August is the 25th. (Refer to the website wannianli.tianqi.com/rilibiao/1100/)

That's right!

at this point in time

Song Zhezong hasn't been buried yet.

Less than ten months before the late Emperor's burial, the Empress Dowager passed away suddenly.

In whichever feudal dynasty you are placed in this situation, it is definitely not a good sign, and it will undoubtedly be an impact on the royal power.

In addition to the "number of days", there is another "personnel matter" that is quite coincidental:

Because he openly said "Duan Wang is frivolous" in front of the queen mother, Zhang Dun had already submitted his resignation as prime minister in May.

Although Zhao Ji did not agree to his request, in the current August, Zhang Dun has already lived in the monk's house, ignoring government affairs.

The second prime minister, Han Zhongyan, will not take office until next June, that is to say.

In the current Song court, there is no prime minister sitting in charge!

Therefore, the temporary residence of Lao Su, the former prime minister, suddenly became lively in the past few days.

The veteran of the four dynasties, who was dedicated to official duties, once again passively returned to the public eye.

Half a month later.

"Why"

After sending away a Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Officials.

Old Su dragged his exhausted body back to the living room, and said to Zong Ze beside him:

"Ru Lin, which guest is this today?"

Zong Ze was originally waiting for his appointment to return, but now that the Empress Dowager's incident happened, his appointment was naturally postponed indefinitely.

So under Xu Yun's take-up line.

This 'Grandpa Zong' who had a relationship with Lao Su as a teacher and apprentice temporarily lived in Su's residence to help Lao Su with some official documents.

As a result, we cooperated for a few days.

Lao Su accidentally discovered that Zong Ze's abilities were much stronger than he had imagined.

Although some ideas are sharp and immature, they are quite novel and reasonable.

Therefore, on some occasions, he was brought by his side and acted as a secretary, taking over receptions and sending them off by the way.

Hearing Lao Su's question, Zong Ze quickly replied:

"Back to the teacher, this is the seventh."

Old Su nodded slightly, reached out and rubbed his shoulders, suddenly thought of something, and asked again:

"By the way, where is Xiao Wang?"

"It seems to be teaching Miss Li in the academy."

"Where is His Highness King Jian?"

"His Highness still hasn't arrived."

Lao Su frowned suddenly.

At this time, almost half a month had passed since the death of the Empress Dowager, and the empress dowager's body had been buried in the coffin seven days ago.

Xiao Zhao is not the mother-son of the Empress Dowager, theoretically speaking, he can go out of the palace more or less once or twice.

Then he was silent for a moment, sighed, and said:

"Ru Lin, follow me to meet Xiao Wang."

Zong Ze said respectfully:

"yes."

It's a pity that Xu Yun was not at the scene, otherwise, if he heard Lao Su's words, he would probably be glad that he didn't use Ji's surname as a vest.

Then Lao Su took Zong Ze back for a while, and the two soon came to the courtyard of the three-person classroom.

As a result, he was just approaching the gate of the courtyard.

Xu Yun's voice came from Old Su's ears:

"Miss Li, today our small class for dispelling rumors is about a pair of animals, mandarin ducks."

"The ancients believed that mandarin ducks were the representative of love. For example, Lu Zhaolin wrote in "Chang'an Ancient Ideas", "If you want to be better than your eyes, why die? If you want to be a mandarin duck, you will not be envious of immortals." You must have heard of it, right?"

"But in fact, there is a phenomenon of interbreeding between mandarin ducks."

"For example, male mandarin ducks almost always cheat. When the male mandarin ducks and the female mandarin ducks have finished mating, they will mercilessly abandon the female and look for the next mating partner."

"In addition, female mandarin ducks also mate with different males and can become pregnant multiple times."

"Thus, although the little mandarin ducks in the same nest have the same mother, they may have different fathers."

Old Su and Zongze:

"."

Then Xu Yun paused, and then said:

"Then let's talk about lying on the ice seeking carp, and discuss whether it is from the heat energy formula we have learned before"

When Old Su heard this, several black lines appeared on his forehead.

He walked quickly into the yard, coughed lightly, and interrupted Xu Yun:

"Ahem. Xiao Wang, I'm in class."

Xu Yun was originally talking about his excitement, but when he heard the words, he turned around subconsciously, and was stunned when he saw Old Su:

"Master, why are you here?"

Old Su Xin said it was thanks to me that I came, otherwise I would see Lao Li carrying a kitchen knife one day to ask for an explanation.

But the slander belongs to the slander, he still said:

"Well, just after seeing off the guests, I turned around to have a look and tell you something by the way."

Xu Yun blinked and said:

"What's the matter?"

With his chin, Lao Su nuzzled the waist badge representing the doorman on his body, and said:

"Xiao Wang, you have entered the roster of the family's guests in the mansion, and you are a person who is enshrined as a doorman."

"According to the standard rules, when the Empress Dowager Zigong enters the mausoleum one month later, you have to accompany the servants in the mansion to see her off outside the Suzaku Gate. You need to be prepared for this."

Xu Yun was taken aback for a moment, and said in doubt:

"One month? The queen mother entered the mausoleum so soon?"

Old Su nodded, looked around a few times, and a few words came out of his mouth:

"The first emperor will also enter the mausoleum together."

Xu Yun opened his mouth, and was about to ask something, but soon he realized it by himself.

Yes.

In terms of time.

Right now, Song Zhezong's coffin is about to enter the mausoleum, and it is estimated that it will only take a week or two.

Song Zhezong's mausoleum is Yongtai Mausoleum, and Empress Dowager Xiang will be buried with Song Shenzong in Yongyu Mausoleum.

Both belong to one of the Song Mausoleums, located in Gongyi of later generations, and the straight-line distance is only about 300 meters.

The locations of the two are similar, and the funeral specifications are also similar.

Therefore, as long as Song Huizong postponed the time of Song Zhezong's entry into the mausoleum by half a month, he would advance the entry time of the Queen Mother by half a month.

In this way, the two can be completed at just one node.

Anyway, the royal family's burial time is very flexible nowadays, unlike the Zhou Dynasty where they had to stay for seven months.

It doesn't matter if it's long or short.

For example, Liu Heng, the eldest emperor of the Han Dynasty, was buried in the coffin for eleven months.

And another Emperor Han Jing of the Han Dynasty entered the mausoleum after only staying in the coffin for forty days.

Actually.

The purpose of stopping the coffin has evolved to the present, and it is not even involved in preventing resurrection.

This approach is purely to tell the Manchu civil and military one thing:

There is nothing wrong with the cause of the late emperor's death. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself.

Of course.

There is another meaning in Lao Su's words:

Empress Dowager Xiang has already gone, Xu Yun, as a former actor, should give her a step due to emotion and reason.

After all, as the saying goes.

The debt of death is eliminated.

It's a pity that Xu Yun didn't know about Lao Su's brain supplement. He thought it was just a common custom, so he agreed immediately:

"Don't worry, I will definitely be there with the servants. Before you leave, you can ask Mr. Xie to call me."

Old Su nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Xiao Li, and asked:

"Qingzhao, how is His Highness King Jian today?"

Xiao Li saluted him first, then a trace of worry appeared on his face, he shook his head and said:

"Uncle Su, His Highness has rarely been out of the palace recently, and seems to be restrained. If the letters hadn't been exchanged as usual, my daughter would have thought that something happened to him."

Xu Yun let out a light surprise when he heard the words, and keenly discovered a word:

"Wait, letter?"

Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment, then said unnaturally:

".It's just that the atmosphere in Beijing has been weird recently. It's inconvenient for His Highness to leave the palace. It's just to communicate with each other."

Xu Yun glanced at the little bean sprouts, and pulled his throat meaningfully:

"oh--."

"OK OK."

Seeing this, Old Su at the side took the initiative to relieve Xiao Li and said:

"Xiao Wang, don't bury others. Tomorrow I will ask Yuan Nian to find a tailor and make you a decent outfit. The rest will be as usual."

Seeing that Lao Su mentioned the business again, Xu Yun quickly put away his playful thoughts and replied seriously:

"The villain understands."

Although Zhao Ji is not the mother and son of the Queen Mother, he has always treated the Queen Mother as his biological mother.

Therefore, after the death of the queen mother.

Zhao Ji took the initiative to resign from the government, and kept his filial piety in front of the Empress Dowager's palace day and night.

If the emperor is like this, naturally no one will make trouble on the surface.

Therefore, within a month since Lao Su and Xu Yun finished chatting.

Everything seems to be calm, as long as the coffin is buried, Bianjing can return to normal.

But anyone who really understands the situation in Beijing and China can see it.

Under this calm appearance, there is an undercurrent that may break through the ice at any time.

For example, according to what Lao Su said.

these days.

Many oranges who were originally affiliated to the Empress Dowager's forces changed their families one by one, and hastily expressed their loyalty to Zhao Ji.

Some of Xiao Zhao's subordinates tapped the body of Xiao Zhao's biological mother Zhu Guifei from the side, as if thinking about whether to jump or not.

Among them, a courtier whose ancestors came from Fanbang Frank and was in charge of white cloth production in the Weaving Bureau, simply threw himself into Zhao Ji.

Especially on the day of the Lantern Festival on August 15th, a major earthquake occurred in East Ludong.

Although the magnitude of the earthquake was not high and did not cause too many casualties, there were also various rumors among the people.

that's all.

A month passed in a blink of an eye.

Time soon came to the day when Song Zhezong and Empress Dowager Xiang entered the mausoleum.

This morning.

Xu Yun put on his outfit in advance, and under the leadership of Mr. Xie Duguan, he followed dozens of servants from the mansion to the gate of Suzaku.

According to the funeral arrangements obtained in advance.

The position of the retainers should be before the servants and after the family members of the court, which has a similar transitional nature.

Since Lao Su's other children are not in Bianjing, there is only Xiao Su No. 6 standing in the front row with Lao Su today.

In addition, the three sons of Xiaosu No. 6, Xiaosu Youth Edition No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.

As for the number of diners, there are more:

Although there were only three retainers in Lao Su's house at the beginning, in addition to Xu Yun, civil servants or mathematicians such as Zong Ze, Lao Jia, Liu Yi, etc. have also been included in the register of disciples by Lao Su recently.

Therefore, the number of diners in the entire Su residence has reached eleven, which is higher than the number of the main house.

Standing next to Lao Su's family were some other Beijing-China meritorious servicemen, probably in the second-rank group's range, and everyone's attitude was very polite.

After all, even though Lao Su has become an official, he is also a former prime minister, and he still has the titles of Prince Shaobao and Duke Zhao.

that's all.

After about an hour or so.

clang clang clang——

In the Daxiangguo Temple closest to the imperial palace, three huge bells suddenly sounded.

I don't know what method was used there, it seems to amplify the sound a lot.

After a while.

From the right Changqing Gate, a huge coffin-carrying phalanx slowly walked out.

This is a coffin-carrying team composed of 72 people. The earliest professional funeral team came from Bianjing and surrounding areas.

In the past ten days, they have also performed numerous bar performances.

The so-called leverage.

It refers to finding a piece of Dulong wood with the same weight as the coffin and putting a whole bowl of water on it. The coffin-carrying team must carry the coffin to travel ten miles into the bowl without spilling a little water to be considered a success.

And after this coffin-carrying team.

There are also people pulling the yellow dragon tent, followed by white silk curtains on both sides.

After that, there are sixty-four Yinfan people with strange paint on their faces.

Holding up the Manmin Flag and Umbrella, I was thinking about something while walking.

Then came the Lubo honor guard, holding high the weapons and paper bundles.

It looks like a manga coser who holds a paper man's wife in the future

Of course.

In such an occasion, the shadow of suona, a soul instrument, is naturally indispensable.

According to Lao Su's previous introduction.

The entire Song Zhezong team has a total of 1,633 people, including three teams of bearers, and they have to take turns to carry them to the imperial mausoleum.

That's not all.

Anyone who was an emperor in his previous life and was buried smoothly knows it.

After waiting until the imperial mausoleum.

At that time, the successor emperor will have to offer wine three times. At that time, the books and treasures will be placed on the throne of the book in the underground palace, and the auspicious soil will be put into the golden well of the coffin bed.

Then the eunuch lights up the lamp, and the successor emperor personally guides Long Kai into the underground palace in front of Zi Palace, followed by the ministers.

Stayed on the coffin bed.

The craftsmen will remove the dragon and officially place the Zi Palace, and the emperor and ministers will leave the underground palace after paying homage.

Finally, the craftsmen put the Longshan stone, that is, the stuck coffin, and the natural stone on the top outside the stone gate to completely close the stone gate, and remove the wooden track to close the underground palace.

Waiting for the successor emperor and ministers to return to the ground.

They have to mourn again before the five stone offerings, and send the god tablet to the capital to enshrine in the Taimiao, and the burial is not completed until now.

But this step is not for everyone:

Officials must be of the fourth rank or above and be full-time officials to accompany them.

For a vacant post like Lao Su who has already retired, the farthest he can go is outside Suzaku's gate—even if he is the former prime minister.

After Song Zhezong's coffin was unearthed, it was the turn of the Empress Dowager Xiang to enter the mausoleum.

It is the same as Song Zhezong's formation.

When the Empress Dowager appeared on stage, she was still carrying the coffin, holding the banner, and suona.

However, compared with Song Zhezong's more than 1,000 people, the funeral team for the Empress Dowager was a little smaller.

According to Xu Yun's visual estimation, the number of people may be around 600, at most 800.

that's all.

After a full three hours, the two coffins officially left Bianjing.

And this also means that Song Shenzong's two closest relatives have completely withdrawn from the stage of history.

Da Song has officially entered the stage of giving away.

Follow normal history.

Another twenty years.

Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, and Song Gaozong are three wonderful things, and they will play a series of show operations that are unique in human history.

The mountains and rivers fell, and the country collapsed.

Hundreds of thousands of people died in the battle of Yashan a hundred years later.

Blood and tears put a tragic end to this wonderful and humiliating operation.

After the funeral.

Xu Yun and the others, who had no follow-up tasks, returned to the Su Mansion and continued to do what they were supposed to do.

that's all.

Time passed quietly day by day.

Someday after three months.

this day.

Xu Yun was teaching Lao Jia and others how to solve the quintic equation, and Lao Su was listening with great interest, while Xiao Li was still a circle of mosquito-repellent eyes.

at this moment.

Mr. Xie walked quickly from a distance, accompanied by a somewhat unfamiliar maid.

Since Xiao Li didn't understand a word, he was the first to notice the person coming, and she raised her eyebrows in surprise:

"Xiaoyun, why are you here?"

"Miss, something happened!"

The servant girl was still sullen at first, but when she saw Xiao Li, she couldn't hold it anymore, and said with tears in her eyes:

"My lord, he was captured!"