Qiming 1158

Chapter 702
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"

Zhao Tan couldn't believe what he heard.

The five ministers of Saisuke could not believe what they had heard.

They couldn't believe what Zhao Gou had just said was about the throne of the Great Song Emperor.

They couldn't believe that Zhao Gou decided to give Zhao Tan the position of Zen at this time.

Zhao Gou's previous statements and actions have indeed let the civil and military officials know that he has the idea of ​​​​giving in, but it is generally estimated that after this battle is over, when Zhao Gou signs the agreement of the Ming Kingdom, he will carry the last The black pot abdicated to let the virtuous, and gave Da Song a new future.

This is acceptable to everyone. The emperor who is covered in black history just retire will be better for the Song Dynasty.

However, it is different now. The war has not ended, the treaty has not been signed, why are you in such a hurry to leave?
Doesn't this mean that the next pot will be thrown on Zhao Kan?
The ministers were surprised and puzzled, and even thought that Zhao Gou was joking, or that he was confused for a while, and would soon wake up, but they did not wait for Zhao Gou to wake up, or that Zhao Gou did not intend to wake up at all.

Zhao Gou quickly asked the personal eunuch to hand over to Zhao Tan the jade seal, clothing, and reliance sword used by the emperor to symbolize the name and power. Zhao Tan's enthronement ceremony.

Really, without any water, Zhao Gou was really preparing for his abdication ceremony and Zhao Tan's enthronement ceremony.

Zhao Tan looked at Zhao Gou's series of hurried actions, and everyone was dumbfounded.

To be honest, after the previous conversation, Zhao Tan began to imagine what kind of mood he would become emperor under what circumstances.

But no matter what he thought, he never imagined that he would be the emperor in such a mood under such circumstances.

Zhao Gou didn't ask his opinions or thoughts at all, he just said that he would pass the throne to him, and also asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare immediately to announce the convening ceremony and announce that Zhao Tan was about to become the emperor.

He asked people to call all the officials and officially announced that the Song Dynasty was going to change the emperor.

The five ministers of Zaifu are already here, and then Zhao Gou will send someone to call the main high-ranking generals in the army, and let the main civil officials and military generals of the Southern Song court witness this moment together and let them know that he has decided to take the throne. Zen gave up to Zhao Tan.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Minister of Rites brought some craftsmen and some young officials from the Ministry of Rites to work. They hurriedly built a simple table that could meet the minimum requirements of the cemetery ceremony, and the main civil officials and military generals were also extremely shocked in the process. He accepted the fact that Zhao Tan was about to become emperor.

It's just that this scene is somewhat funny and familiar.

Because that year, when the Jinbing went south, Zhao Gou's father Zhao Ji passed the throne to his son Zhao Huan in this way, and hurriedly became the Supreme Emperor and went south to seek refuge.

At that time, Zhao Ji must have felt that Kaifeng could not be preserved, but no, Kaifeng was preserved, and the first peace talks between Song and Jin were fruitful.

Later, Zhao Ji returned to Kaifeng with a cheeky face, and even planned to compete with his son for power and profit.

As a result, the next year, the people of Jin came again. This time, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, the best father and son, did not have such good luck. They passively bear their fate.

The scenes from the past just appeared in front of us, and everyone felt in a trance that this moment was just like that moment.

Everything is so similar, as if it hasn't changed at all.

Only time flows, the world has never changed, as always, the stupid mistakes made in the past are still repeated.

It's just that the protagonists of the year were Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, and there was nothing about Zhao Gou.

Now, the protagonist has become Zhao Gou, and his heir Zhao Tan.

The stage has not changed, the actors have changed.

The emperor wants to abdicate and become the supreme emperor, and then go out to take refuge in an upright manner, leaving the responsibility of defending the country to the new emperor.

It wasn't until this moment that Zhao Tan reacted, realizing that he was already in a rather embarrassing position.

Zhao Gou was determined to throw the throne to himself.

This was his dream. He really wanted to be an emperor, but he didn't want to be an emperor in this way under such circumstances.

But at this moment, the thing he least expected to see happened. He will become the No.11 emperor of the Song Dynasty and the second emperor after Song Ting went south at the most inappropriate time in the way he least expected. emperor.

Because even he could see it, Zhao Gou was frightened by the news that the Ming army navy was approaching Lin'an, and wanted to run for his life, but did not want to take the responsibility of the emperor.

The emperor's responsibility is a fart in his opinion. What he needs is safety and life, so he will leave the mess to Zhao Tan and let him deal with it.

Maybe he just wanted to run away subjectively, he was just too scared and didn't think of the serious consequences of letting Zhao Tan take the blame.

However, objectively, his move was to let Zhao Tan and Ming Guo sign a compromise clause, which cast a shadow over Zhao Tan's clean political career from the very beginning.

You didn't say that at the time! ! ! !

Zhao Tan still remembers Zhao Gou's determination at that time, and how moved he was when Zhao Gou said "I will help you one last time".

At that time, he felt that the situation of Song Dynasty was very bad, but if Zhao Gou could help himself bear the blame of defeat, carry a heavy political burden on his back, and let himself come to power without any scruples, it would definitely be good for Song Gou. of.

An emperor without historical problems and stains is too important to the Song Dynasty. Such an emperor can make drastic reforms and do many things he wants to do.

No one will question him or oppose him because of his dark past. They will only be full of hope for him. The resistance he will face will be much smaller, and the help he can win will be much more.

Based on this, Shi Hao also discussed with Zhao Tan his governing strategy after he came to power.

However, Zhao Gou suddenly came out like this, which directly disrupted all the deployment.

He seemed to have forgotten everything he had said before. He didn't want to stay behind and take the blame. If he wanted to escape, he would still run away as the emperor, and he didn't plan to use his identity as the emperor to help Zhao Tan for the last time.

Obviously, Zhao Gou himself knew that doing so was not very friendly to him, but he couldn't take care of that much anymore.

He was afraid, and the fear was like [-] ants crawling on him and biting him, and he wanted to die. He urgently needed to leave the city and exchange for a place where he could feel safe.

Lin'an no longer has a sense of security. Without a sense of security, Zhao Gou cannot live.

At this moment, Da Song's future and his old age are not in his consideration, because all these require a premise - he must live first.

So when Zhao Gou tightly held Zhao Tan's hand and explained to him what happened next, Zhao Tan was somewhat unacceptable.

"Your Majesty, this minister...the minister did not make any preparations at all, and now he hastily ascended the throne, isn't it...the minister...the minister can't do it!"

Zhao Tan's tears were about to fall.

Zhao Gou didn't care whether Zhao Tan was mentally prepared.

"Since I have made you the crown prince, you must be ready to be the emperor at any time. The crown prince is the heir, and always wants to be the emperor, not now, but also in the future. How can you be unprepared? In any case, the throne is just give it to you!"

"But……"

"No but! This is the request of the father, the order of the father! Zhao Tan! Are you going to disobey the order of the father?"

Zhao Gou was furious.

The father's life was as big as the sky, and the heavy moral burden was weighed down, which caught Zhao Tan off guard and couldn't bear it at all.

He can only choose to compromise.

So in the midst of the storm, and when the Ming army navy was actually threatening the danger of Lin'an City, Zhao Gou and Zhao Kan held a Zen ceremony that was not as hasty and scribbled as in Kaifeng City back then.

Zhao Gou almost took off the emperor's clothes. He waited patiently for Zhao Tan to wear the emperor's clothes to pay homage to his ancestors. He hurriedly left Lin'an under the protection of the imperial guards and some close ministers, and headed to the southwest. Direction "turn in".

He couldn't stay in Lin'an City for a moment.

(End of this chapter)