Xianxia version of Water Margin

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For example, Zhao Ji moved out to Longde Palace, Empress Zheng lived in Xijing Garden, Prince Zhao Kai of Yun was dismissed from the Imperial City Office, Min was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and eunuchs who passed by Longde Palace were beheaded.

Zhao Ji made all arrangements for what would happen after the abdication.

This included taking away the power and support of Zhao Kai, Zhao Huan's biggest political enemy.

That's right.

Before this, Zhao Ji liked Zhao Kai, who was suave and talented and very similar to him, and even thought of replacing Zhao Huan, who was nothing like him, with Zhao Kai as the crown prince.

——Zhao Ji believed in Taoism, while Zhao Huan believed in Buddhism; Zhao Ji liked extravagance, while Zhao Huan advocated thrift; Zhao Ji liked poetry and songs, and liked to play, while Zhao Huan only liked to look at goldfish and hated sensual pleasures; Zhao Ji liked women, while Zhao Huan had no interest in women at all, etc. In short, Zhao Huan was not at all like Zhao Ji, and it could even be said that they were two completely opposite people.

In order to pave the way for Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai had been in charge of the Imperial City Division for many years.

The Imperial City Division was responsible for entering and leaving the palace, guarding the surrounding palaces, opening and closing the palace gates, and introducing public affairs in the rear palace, and also undertook some of the work of the palace guards.

——The palace guards were jointly responsible by the Palace Front Division, i.e. the Imperial Army Palace Front Guard Division and the Imperial City Division. The Palace Front Division was in charge of the names of the various squads of the Palace Front and the various commanders of the infantry and cavalry, commonly known as the Palace Commander. The main guards in charge of the palace were the guards of the Palace Front Department, who were all brave soldiers selected from the imperial guards, but the guards closest to the emperor were the guards of the Imperial City Department, called "close followers".

To put it bluntly, the Imperial City Department was an organization similar to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, and it had great power.

Zhao Kai, who had the Imperial City Department, could threaten Zhao Huan's position as the crown prince.

This also gave Zhao Kai the upper hand in the years when Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai were fighting for the throne.

However, now Zhao Ji has taken away Zhao Kai's Imperial City Department and let Wang Zongchu take charge of the Imperial City Department.

Wang Zongchu is Zhao Huan's cousin. Zhao Ji arranged for him to replace Zhao Kai in charge of the Imperial City Department and to manage the affairs of the Palace Front Department. His purpose was obviously to let Zhao Huan control the imperial guards in the palace.

It can be said that after deciding to pass the throne to Zhao Huan, Zhao Ji cleared all obstacles for Zhao Huan to succeed to the throne and obtain the highest imperial power of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and passed on to Zhao Huan a real and unrestrained Song Dynasty.

In other words, Zhao Ji placed all his chips on Zhao Huan, who was less than 23 years old.

Perhaps it is possible that Zhao Ji also felt that it was his own romantic, unrestrained, arrogant and extravagant character that caused the Zhao Song Dynasty to fall into such a difficult situation, so he resolutely passed the throne to Zhao Huan, who was completely opposite to him, hoping that Zhao Huan, who was praised by the subjects of the Zhao Song Dynasty, could save the Zhao Song Dynasty.

During this period, Zhao Kai even led his troops into the palace and wanted to "seek an audience" with Zhao Ji, but was stopped by He Guan and his guards.

Zhao Ji was not unaware of this, but he still did not meet Zhao Kai, adding variables to Zhao Huan's accession to the throne.

It can be said that Zhao Ji was very thorough in passing the throne to Zhao Huan, and he handed over everything he could.

Of course, you can also say that in order to evade responsibility, Zhao Ji threw away this mess very thoroughly. He passed the throne to Zhao Huan, a son he did not like, instead of Zhao Kai, a son he liked. He wanted Zhao Huan to die for him, and he was reluctant to let Zhao Kai, whom he liked, take this risk.

After everything was ready, Zhao Ji said to the new prime minister Li Bangyan and deputy prime minister Wu Min he prepared for Zhao Huan: "Call for illness, otherwise there may be chaos."

Wu Min replied: "That's good."

Zhao Ji said again: "Don't call him the Supreme Emperor, call him Daojun."

Wu Min insisted that Zhao Ji be called "the Supreme Emperor" after abdication, instead of the inappropriate "Emperor Daojun".

Zhao Ji said: "Don't be conservative, it's just a title."

Seeing this, Wu Min stopped talking.

Zhao Ji turned his head and asked Li Bangyan: "Who drafted the edict?"

Li Bangyan replied: "Scholar Wu Min."

Zhao Ji nodded, and then told Wu Min: "Very good, when drafting the edict, you must say that I can't improve the internal affairs and satisfy the wishes of distant descendants." Then he said: "This move is in accordance with the will of heaven, and it is for the sake of the ancestral temple and the people." After thinking for a while, he added: "You calculated the benefits and disadvantages of the Central Plains for hundreds of years yesterday, which is my intention."

From Zhao Ji's meaning, it is not difficult to see that he admitted that he did not govern the Zhao Song Dynasty well, nor could he deter foreign enemies. He abdicated for the sake of the ancestral temple of the Zhao Song Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains, and the fact that he did not want war to break out in the Central Plains.

Wu Min cried and accepted the order, and then retreated to draft Zhao Ji's abdication edict.

After everything was explained, Zhao Ji summoned a group of prime ministers to come in to report.

Ministers such as Bai Shizhong, Cai You, and Zhang Bangchang walked in from outside one after another.

Zhao Ji said to Cai You: "Jiang Yan is too much of a bully. If he dares to tear up the peace treaty, I will fight him to the last man!"

While speaking, Zhao Ji suddenly grabbed Cai You's hand, fell off the bed, and then "passed out"!

A group of prime ministers and ministers hurried forward, helped Zhao Ji up with all their might, and invited him to the east pavilion of Xuanhe Hall.

Liang Shicheng found the imperial physician and boiled a bowl of ginseng soup for Zhao Ji to drink, and Zhao Ji slowly "woke up".

Zhao Ji wrote on the paper with his left hand: "I can't move half of my body, how can I do anything big?"

At this moment, the prime ministers and ministers understood that Zhao Ji was pretending to be sick and abdicated.

Sure enough!

Zhao Ji quickly wrote again: "What do you think?"

The prime ministers and ministers were all cunning, how could they say such a thing as asking Zhao Ji to pass the throne to Zhao Huan?

Zhao Ji looked around and saw that no one was cooperating with him, so he had to act by himself. He wrote on the pen with his left hand: "The crown prince can ascend to the throne of emperor, and the leader Daojun can retire to Longde Palace." Then he added: "Yes. Call Wu Min to come and make a Zen edict."

Dazai Bai Shizhong opposed Zhao Ji's Zen position. He insisted that doing so was a mistake, so he was not ordered to do so for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji repeatedly wrote at the end of the paper with his left hand: "The young master is in charge." That is to say, the current young master Li Bangyan was asked to preside over the issue of Zhao Ji's Zen throne to Zhao Huan.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was determined to take the Zen position, Bai Shizhong had no choice but to accept the imperial edict.

Therefore, Bai Shizhong summoned Zhao Huan, Sanya and Wu Min, and the Zen process officially began.

The Zen edict is as follows:

"I was granted the honor of being enshrined in the ancestral temple because of my bad deeds. I relied on the spirit of heaven and earth to keep my inner peace for twenty-three years. I am respectful and tired of the great entrustment entrusted to me by the saints. I am only afraid of it day and night. I neglect health and tranquility. I am worried about my hard work and illness, and I am worried about everything. The opportunity comes from my heart. The prince Huan is smart, filial to his friends, and well-known in the world. He has mastered the Bible for ten years and should be given to the country..."

Zhao Ji looked at the edict and wrote at the end of the edict with his left hand: "In this regard, I am very relieved."

Soon, Zhao Huan came to Zhao Ji's imperial couch.

A group of ministers told Zhao Huan that Zhao Ji would abdicate and let him ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Zhao Huan burst into tears and refused to agree.

All the ministers thought that Zhao Huan knew the rules and was playing tricks.

So Li Bangyan and Liang Shicheng hurriedly put the imperial clothes on Zhao Huan.

When Zhao Huan saw it, he spread his upper arms and struggled desperately, refusing to wear the dragon robe that represented the highest imperial power of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji wrote with his left hand: "If you don't accept it, you will be unfilial."

Zhao Huan replied: "It would be unfilial for me to accept this."

Zhao Ji also ordered to summon Empress Zheng to persuade Zhao Huan to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

——Zhao Huan's mother, Queen Wang, died long ago, and Queen Zheng's son died young. Zhao Huan was brought up by Queen Zheng.

Queen Zheng came over soon. After hearing what Zhao Ji said, she said to Zhao Huan: "The official family is old. My wife and I want to entrust you with our lives, so you are ordered to ascend the throne."

But Zhao Huan still tried his best to refuse.

Some ministers calculated that three concessions and three concessions were enough, so they began to persuade Zhao Huan to ascend the throne according to his father's orders.

But Zhao Huan still refused to be the emperor, so he kept crying and begging Zhao Ji to take back his life.

Some people were confused: "Does the new king want to make five concessions and five concessions?"

Zhao Ji was upset when he saw Zhao Huan crying and looking hopeless. He ordered his servants to support Zhao Huan to go to Funing Hall to ascend the throne.

But Zhao Huan stubbornly refused to go. He just cried and asked Zhao Ji to take back his life.

After receiving the order, the chamberlain could only desperately support Zhao Huan to ascend the throne.

However, Zhao Huan refused to go. In order to fight with the chamberlain, Zhao Huan almost pulled down the door frame. He even fainted from crying and almost died of anger.

Seeing this, many people realized that Zhao Huan was not playing tricks at all, but that he really didn't want to be this fatal emperor.

Things have come to this point, how can Zhao Ji agree that Zhao Huan should not come?

When Zhao Huan woke up, Zhao Ji ordered his servants to come forward and escort Zhao Huan to the west verandah of Funing Hall. A group of ministers and ministers greeted him and then rushed to Funing Hall.

However, Zhao Huan still refused to ascend the throne.

At this time, it was already dusk, and all the officials had gathered in the Chui Gong Hall, waiting to see the new king.

The crowd was all anxious.

Bai Shizhong said: "Otherwise, we should issue the edict first and then discuss everything later?"

All the ministers agreed.

So Bai Shizhong came out and announced: "The new emperor has ascended the throne."

But all the ministers did not retreat, and they had to see Zhao Huan, the new emperor.

——This is an insurmountable link for the new emperor to ascend the throne.

At this time, Liang Shicheng came to Chui Gong Hall from Funing Hall and whispered to all the ministers: "The emperor has gathered himself in Funing Hall and has no one there yet. See you tomorrow."

All the ministers looked at each other speechlessly, not knowing what to do?

Li Bangyan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty is familiar with Geng Nanzhong."

Therefore, Bai Shizhong issued an edict to summon Geng Nanzhong to Chui Gong Hall to meet the saint.

Geng Nanzhong served in the East Palace for ten years. He served as Prince Zhan Shi, direct bachelor of Huiyou Pavilion, direct bachelor of Baowen Pavilion, etc. He was very familiar with Zhao Huan, and Zhao Huan obeyed his advice.

Geng Nanzhong came to Funing Hall with Wu Min.

Seeing that Zhao Huan looked gloomy, Geng Nanzhong asked an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Zhao Huan.

Wu Min asked the ministers to come to see him tomorrow on the grounds that it was late in the day.

After the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor and the persuasion of Geng Nanzhong, Zhao Huan accepted this cruel reality.

The next day, a group of ministers first went to the Xuanhe Hall to see Zhao Ji, and then came back to the Funing Hall to see Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan officially ascended the throne as Qinzong.

The next day, Zhao Huan began to visit Chongzheng Hall.

Bai Shizhong led hundreds of civil and military officials to congratulate him.

On the same day, Zhao Ji left Longde Palace and Empress Zheng left Jiejing Xiyuan.

Bai Shizhong led his officials to bid farewell to Zhao Ji while crying.

Zhao Ji also cried. He said to the ministers: "Don't give it away. Help the new king with your heart."

After his inner Zen, Zhao Ji was still thinking about state affairs. He once said this to Zhao Huan and his ministers: "Others don't know, but I know that Jiang Yan is invincible. If I go to the southeast, the emperor can go to Shaanxi and send troops. Figure recover."

Zhao Ji was indeed afraid that Jiang Hongfei would go south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, even after living in Longde Palace, Zhao Ji was still uneasy, so he planned to leave the capital and seek refuge in the southeast on the pretext of going to Mengcheng, Bozhou to burn incense.

Bozhou Mengcheng is the hometown of Zhuangzi and a cultural holy place of Taoism. There is a Zhuangzi Temple in the eastern suburbs of Mengcheng, which was built in the first year of Yuanfeng in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Ji respected Taoism and worshipped Laozi and Zhuangzi. As early as June of the first year of Xuanhe, he issued an edict to posthumously confer Zhuangzi the title of "Weimiao Yuantong Zhenjun".

A few days later, Zhao Ji formally proposed to Zhao Huan that he wanted to go to Mengcheng, Bozhou to burn incense and worship Zhuang Zhou before the Lantern Festival, praying for the Taoist ancestors Laozi and Zhuangzi to bless the country and the people.

Zhao Huan agreed, and the next day issued an edict for the emperor to go to Bozhou to burn incense, requiring all relevant departments to make all preparations.

The historian also made some divinations and suggested that Zhao Ji choose to set off at the time of Chen on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

However, on the night of the third day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ji could not wait to quietly leave Longde Palace, go to Tongjin Gate, and go down the river by boat.

At this time, Zhao Ji was accompanied by only Cai You, Le He and several eunuchs.

Zhao Ji hurriedly boarded the boat and left the city overnight along the Bian River.

The water flows in the night, and the boat travels on the water.

It was winter, and the water level of the Bian River was shallow, so the boat was a little slower.

Zhao Ji felt that it was too slow to move, so he abandoned the boat and went ashore, and took a sedan chair instead.

After sitting in the sedan chair for a while, Zhao Ji felt that it was still too slow, so he returned to the shore and intercepted a boat carrying bricks and tiles to continue running.

Because the departure was too hasty, the eunuchs had no time to prepare food.

And after all this bumpy ride, Zhao Ji was still hungry.

Cai You hurriedly sent the eunuchs to find food on the boat.

Later, Le He asked the boatman for a cake.

Zhao Ji asked everyone to share it.

After all, he inherited the "excellent genes" of the Gaoliang River God of Carts. In one night, Zhao Ji and his men actually ran hundreds of miles, and arrived at the Southern Capital of the Zhao Song Dynasty, Yingtianfu, which is Shangqiu, Henan, at dawn.

At this point, Zhao Ji was slightly relieved.

Cai You hurriedly arranged for the officials of Yingtian Prefecture to buy various supplies, horses, and mules.

After dawn, that is, on the fourth day of the first lunar month, it was learned that Zhao Ji had run away in the middle of the night. The Empress Dowager Zheng, a group of imperial concubines, and a group of princes and princesses also left Tokyo Bianliang City and fled south one after another. They boarded the ship and went to chase Zhao Ji.

After Zhao Huan learned about this, he ordered Fan Ne, the governor of Pingliang Army and the governor of Zhongtaiyi Palace, to lead the army and escort.

On this day, many court officials heard that Zhao Ji had left the capital and fled from Tokyo Bianliang City one after another.

Zhao Ji did not stay in Yingtian Prefecture for long. After they prepared supplies and bought horses and mules, they hurriedly rode on and continued to go south.

On the way, passing a village, Zhao Ji was tired and wanted to rest. Seeing that a family's bamboo door was half-closed, he knocked on the door and entered.

There was only an old woman at home in this family, and Zhao Ji started chatting with her.

The old woman asked Zhao Ji what his surname was?

Zhao Ji replied: "My surname is Zhao, I live in Tokyo, I have retired, and I recommend my eldest son to take my place."

After Zhao Ji and his party arrived in Fuli, they boarded the official ship and began to slowly head south.

When the ship reached Sizhou, Zhao Ji went ashore and went to the riverside market to buy fish.

He was very good at buying things, and he bargained with the fish seller. The two of them kept arguing, and the fish seller called Zhao Ji "Baoyi".

——"Baoyi" is Baoyilang, a military officer rank, formerly known as Youban Dianzhi.

After buying fish, Zhao Ji returned to the boat and was quite touched, so he wrote a short poem "Linjiangxian":

Going through the water and through the mountains, I chanted about a thousand lines of poetry. The Huai River waves are cold and the rain is sparse. The herons on the beach are covered with smoke, and people sell fish on the boat. I will stay in the secluded room of the ancient temple for the time being, and stay in the monk's residence late at night. The soul woke up from the dream and sighed. Worrying in my heart, I wrote back with tears.

Not long after, Zhao Ji and his party arrived in Yangzhou.

But Zhao Ji still felt unsafe and insisted on crossing the river to the south. The local elders strongly advised that Fang La's righteous army and the Yuan army had not been wiped out, and the carriage could not cross the river, but Zhao Ji did not listen.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, Zhao Ji crossed the Yangtze River by boat and arrived at the south bank.

The local county officials in Zhenjiang all welcomed the emperor at Xijin Ferry.

At this time, Queen Mother Zheng had chased to Yangzhou, but she did not follow Zhao Ji across the river, but stayed in Yangzhou.

The concubines, princes, and princesses who followed Zhao Ji to the south were scattered in the prefectures and counties along the way.

Zhenjiang was the destination of Zhao Ji's trip.

Zhao Ji had feelings for Zhenjiang. In the third year of Shaosheng, he was named Prince Duan by Song Zhezong as the governor of Pingjiang and Zhenjiang Army. He was only fourteen years old that year. In the third year of Zhenghe, Zhao Ji upgraded Zhenjiang from a prefecture to a prefecture. This was the first city in Liangzhe to be upgraded from a prefecture to a prefecture, which shows that Zhenjiang held a relatively high status in his mind.

There is also the natural barrier of the Yangtze River in the north of Zhenjiang, which can stop the Yuan army from going south.

Moreover, the political situation in Zhenjiang was also more favorable to Zhao Ji. The prefect Cai Huo was Cai You's younger brother, and Song Huan, the shipping envoy of Jianghuai, Jingzhe and other routes, was Cai You's brother-in-law, and Cai You was the person Zhao Ji trusted most.

It can be said that only when he came to Zhenjiang did Zhao Ji feel safe.

Zhao Ji then settled down in Zhenjiang with peace of mind and began to wait for the Yuan army to go south to attack Song...

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