Qian Song

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After the Qian and Song Dynasties made peace, Zhao Gou thought that the world would be peaceful.

Taking advantage of this hard-won respite, Zhao Gou did not put his mind on how to work hard and how to govern the Sichuan-Shanxi area, but on treating himself.

Zhao Gou is only in his early twenties this year, and he is completely incapable of doing things down here, and he can no longer enjoy male-for-female swaps. This is something Zhao Gou can't bear no matter what.

Therefore, Zhao Gou sent people to search for doctors and medicines everywhere, hoping to heal his own unspeakable secrets.

As for the government affairs of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou appointed Zhu Shengfei as the prime minister, and Wang Yuan as the privy envoy and the commander of the imperial battalion. will come forward.

Wang Yuan was already a military general famous for his bravery when the Zhao Song Dynasty fought against Xixia—he made repeated military exploits in the war against Xixia.

In addition, Wang Yuan also participated in the war to encircle and suppress Li Cun and Fang La, participated in the war to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and participated in various subsequent wars to suppress bandits and rebels. It is no exaggeration to say that Wang Yuan really went all the way. The general who came to fight.

However, in addition to Wang Yuan's extremely rich resume, there are three reasons why Zhao Gou reused Wang Yuan so much:

The first reason is that when Zhao Gou was still the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Wang Yuan led his troops to vote, and he had the merit of following the dragon.

The second reason is that Wang Yuan is still very capable - not only is he good at fighting, but he is also good at recruiting and accepting rebels. He often leads hundreds of cavalry to recruit tens of thousands of rebel soldiers. Seeing Wang Yuan's vigor and courage, most of the rebels accepted their heads and bowed down.

The third reason, and the most important reason, is that Wang Yuan was captured by Li Cun together with Han Shizhong and others, and Han Shizhong and others surrendered to Li Cun, but Wang Yuan was always loyal to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and was finally used by the Zhao Song Dynasty. It was changed back, so Zhao Gou believed that Wang Yuan was absolutely reliable.

So Zhao Gou especially favored Wang Yuan.

But the current Wang Yuan, after experiencing so many things, has a very bad problem, that is, he is extremely greedy for money.

This may be because during years of battles, Wang Yuan saw that so many generals around him died for their country, surrendered to the Daqian Dynasty, or were killed by rebels. It is the most important thing for children and grandchildren to set up some industries.

In fact, among the military commanders of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Wang Yuan was not the only one who was greedy for money. Tong Guan, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi all had this problem, and even Han Shizhong and Wu Jie also had this problem.

This is related to the tradition of the Western Army, and it is also related to the fact that most of the emperors of the Zhao and Song Dynasties did not take corruption of civil and military officials seriously.

Also, to be fair, the reason why the generals of the Zhao Song Dynasty were greedy for money is also related to their need to use money to maintain the loyalty of their subordinates.

This is actually one of the reasons why there are many warlords here in Zhao Gou.

And Wang Yuan's greed for money has even reached the point where he has to bring a lot of gold and silver treasures with him when he marches and fights.

What is particularly infuriating is that in order to protect his own treasure, Wang Yuan put the life and death of his soldiers in disregard.

At the beginning, when the Gan army was marching westward, Zhao Gou sent someone to inform Wang Yuan to lead the army to take charge of the rear, and to help him block the Qian army.

As a result, in order to protect his own property, Wang Yuan missed the time to transfer the large troops, causing tens of thousands of soldiers of the Song army to be defeated by the Qian army. He was also captured by the dry army.

For Song Jun, who was already at a disadvantage, this kind of loss was very heavy.

However, Wang Yuan committed such a serious crime, and Zhao Gou, who was so focused on treating illnesses and completely ignoring other things, actually only dismissed Wang Yuan from the position of deputy privy envoy, and did not punish Wang Yuan——Wang Yuan still As the commander of the imperial battalion, he commanded all Zhao Gou's pro-army.

As a result, many soldiers of the Song army in the imperial camp refused to accept it.

They thought, why should a person who, because of his greed for money cause tens of thousands of soldiers to be defeated and thousands of horses fall into the enemy's hands, rule us?Moreover, we are also people who have made great contributions to the protection of the dragon. Why did Wang Yuan get a promotion, but we didn't get anything?

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were also the first batch of generals to follow Zhao Gou.

Miao Fu followed Liang Yangzu to serve Zhao Gou together with Zhang Jun. At that time, like Zhang Jun, Miao Fu also served as one of the five armies in the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Liu Zhengyan's heel was even stronger. His father, Liu Fa, was a famous general of the Western Army. There was a saying that "the famous generals of the time must be headed by Liu Fa". Commander of the Western Army.

Moreover, Liu Fa died heroically in the war against Xixia.

According to later generations, Liu Zhengyan is the son of a martyr, a family of generals whose roots are Zheng Miaohong, and a first-class general in the yamen.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan felt that their merits and identities were not inferior to Wang Yuan's. They believed that the reason why Wang Yuan was appreciated by Zhao Gou, got a high official and rich salary, and was not punished for his deeds was because Wang Yuan made friends with the servant Kang Lu and others. However, Kang Lu and other servants were deeply favored by Zhao Gou, and Kang Lu and other servants often spoke well of Wang Yuan in Zhao Gou's ears, so Wang Yuan was not questioned when he was guilty.

Therefore, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan incited among the soldiers in the imperial camp, saying that we were born and died for the Song Dynasty, our military shoes were torn, our bow strings were loose, our war knives were rusted, and we couldn’t get anything if we ate every day. Supplies, but Wang Yuan and Kang Lu can rely on the emperor's favor and trust, countless treasures and beauties, delicacies and delicacies every day, so happy, they forget that their parents Gaotang, wife and children have fallen to the enemy, and they don't want to regain their homeland at all. Not killing is not enough for civilian outrage.

Under the instigation of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, the dissatisfaction among the officers and soldiers of the imperial camp reached the peak, and they all wanted to kill Wang Yuan and then quickly.

Therefore, the soldiers of the imperial battalion ambushed at the place where Wang Yuan went to court, and when Wang Yuan arrived, the rebel army rushed forward, dragged Wang Yuan out of the sedan chair, beat and kicked him, and scolded him at the same time. He harmed the country and the people, was greedy and incompetent, and deserved to die. In the end, Liu Zhengyan chopped off Wang Yuan's head with a single knife.

This matter suddenly became a big deal.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan are actually two big bosses who say grapes are sour when they can't eat grapes. They have no political foresight or ambition at all. After they killed Wang Yuan, they planned to lead the soldiers of the imperial camp to rob Wang Yuan The home of Wang Yuan is divided into treasures and beauties.

But at this time, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan's strategists told them, the general should not be like this, let's not rush to grab things, the reason why Wang Yuan gained the emperor's trust is because Wang Yuan made friends with the servants, we have to enter the palace Only by killing all the eunuchs can we eradicate the roots, otherwise, in the future, these eunuchs will speak ill of us in front of the emperor, and the emperor will definitely take revenge on us when he is angry.

When Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan heard it, they thought it made sense, so they immediately led troops into the palace to kill the eunuch.

When Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan led troops to the gate of the palace, Zhu Shengfei heard that there was a change in the palace, so he hurriedly led some local troops and yamen servants he could mobilize into the palace to escort them.

However, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were all led by the soldiers of the Imperial Battalion. These people were originally the troops around Zhao Gou who were responsible for protecting Zhao Gou. Can the motley crew resist it?

Seeing that they couldn't beat him at all, Zhu Shengfei and the civil and military ministers of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty could only invite Zhao Gou who was still looking for medical treatment.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan led the army to the gate of the palace, Zhao Gou learned that his own soldiers in the imperial camp had mutinied, and they beheaded Wang Yuan who was helping him in charge of the imperial camp.

Zhao Gou never expected that Li Cun didn't send anyone to arrest him, instead he was caught by his own army.

Zhao Gou, who really had nowhere to run, could only listen to Zhu Shengfei, climbed up the city gate and asked Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan: "What does Aiqing want?"

Miao Fu said: "Miao Fu is not responsible for the country, only for the world to eliminate harm."

When Zhao Gou heard that Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan didn't want to rebel, they killed Wang Yuan just because they wanted to eliminate harm for the world. He quickly said, "Since Wang Yuan has been executed, can the two generals retreat?"

Liu Zhengyan said: "Although Wang Yuan has been put to death, Ban Kanglu, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is still there. I can't let him misuse the country and the king anymore."

When Zhao Gou heard that Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan wanted to kill Kang Lu, he couldn't bear it.

——Kang Lu was Zhao Gou's servant who had been with Zhao Gou when he was King Kang, even when Zhao Gou was a child, so Zhao Gou had a deep relationship with Kang Lu.

It is precisely because of this that Kang Lu and other eunuchs were able to rely on Zhao Gou's favor and extravagance to cause chaos, which caused dissatisfaction among many people.

Zhu Shengfei saw that things had come to this point, and Zhao Gou couldn't bear to part with an eunuch who colluded with important officials, so he couldn't help being anxious.

But Zhu Shengfei was very smart, he didn't personally persuade Zhao Gou, but he glanced at the other eunuchs around Zhao Gou, meaning that Kang Lu died, wouldn't you have a chance to come up?
At this time, the eunuch who was eager to get ahead said to Zhao Gou, "Your Majesty is not alone with Kang Lu."

Zhao Gou was forced to have no choice but to acquiesce in Zhu Shengfei's handing over Kang Lu.

So Zhu Shengfei ordered that Kang Lu be sent down to the city quickly.

After Kang Lu was tied to the city, Liu Zhengyan rushed up and cut Kang Lu in half with a single knife.

Seeing that his favorite servant was killed by the rebels in the blink of an eye, Zhao Gou couldn't bear to watch this bloody scene any more, so he closed his eyes.

Killing Wang Yuan and Kang Lu made Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan happy, but also felt that something was missing.

Miao Fu discussed it with Liu Zhengyan, and then said to Zhao Gou: "Wang Yuan didn't fight when he met the enemy, which harmed the country and the people, but because of his friendship with Kang Lu, he got such a high-ranking post as a privy envoy; we have made many contributions, But you only have to train as a junior official of the fifth rank, Your Majesty, don’t you don’t reward for meritorious service, are you partial to listening and trusting?”

When Zhao Gou saw it, he knew that Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were easy to deal with.

Don't you two just think that officials are petty?
So Zhao Gou asked Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, "What kind of officials do you two want to be?"

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan thought about it for a long time, and said that they should give us Wang Yuan's official.

After Zhao Gou heard this, he immediately issued an order to promote Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan to be the commander of the imperial camp and deputy commander of the capital, and all other people who participated in the mutiny were rewarded.

Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others got what they wanted, and immediately smiled.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others really have no long-term strategy and no great ambitions - if they really want to rebel, they should coerce the emperor so that the princes can hold the military power of the whole country in their hands and order the world to be right , but these two fools, at this time, are still thinking of being the head of Zhao Gou's bodyguards, which shows what kind of quality they are.

After Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan got Wang Yuan's official positions, they were satisfied, and then they were ready to disperse their subordinates.

But Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan are confused, but it doesn't mean that there are no sensible people under them.

At this time, a central military commander named Wu Zhan hurriedly stopped Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan who were about to give orders, and then Wu Zhan glanced at Zhao Gou without any trace, meaning, let's kill Zhao Gou's favorite minister and force Zhao Gou Giving us an official position has completely offended Zhao Gou to death. We can't keep this emperor.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan thought to themselves: "That's right, if Zhao Gou is still the emperor, then how can the two of us, the commander of the imperial battalion and the deputy commander of the capital, be able to be stable? Zhao Gou is playing with me to slow down the army Woolen cloth?!"

Therefore, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan immediately repented, and then said to Zhao Gou: "Your Majesty's throne is not right, and Yuan Sheng has returned. How should we deal with it? It is better to abdicate and let the virtuous."

Yuan Sheng is Zhao Huan.

After Zhao Gou came to the throne, he gave Zhao Huan the emblem of "Xiaociyuan Holy Emperor".

Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others asked Zhao Gou, what would you do if Zhao Huan, the real emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty, came back?
Zhao Gou immediately stood there without saying a word.

Not to mention that Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan are still alive, even the real prince Zhao Chen is still alive.

According to the jurisprudence system of this era, Zhao Gou's throne came from a wrong path and could not be regarded as righteous.

Therefore, in the face of Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others' doubts about the legitimacy of Zhao Gou's throne, Zhao Gou was at a loss for words.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, someone proposed an idea, that it is better to let Zhao Gou's son, Prince Yuan Yi, Zhao Yan succeed?
When Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan heard this, they thought it was a good relationship, maybe they could be the king regent in the future.

But Zhao Yan is only three years old, and he is still too young. Let alone governing the country, it is impossible to go to court.

After Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others discussed it, they said that it was easy to handle, so they asked Zhao Yang's mother, Concubine Pan Xian, to be the Queen Mother, and Concubine Pan Xian could listen to the government behind the curtain.

At this point, Zhao Gou had no choice but to send his servant to call Concubine Pan Xian over.

It was winter at this time, and the weather was cold, and the unshielded city tower was even more cold and windy. Zhao Gou rushed to meet these rebels, but he didn't have time to put on a cloak or something. At this moment, his clothes were thin and his stomach was empty. , coupled with anger and fear in my heart, I couldn't help but start to tremble.

It was an emergency, and the servants didn't have time to bring the emperor's daily necessities. There was only one bamboo chair upstairs above the city gate.

Zhao Gou couldn't care too much at this moment, so he sat down on the bamboo chair and waited for Concubine Pan Xian to come.

Sitting on a bamboo chair in the cold weather made Zhao Gou's already useless body completely hopeless.

And Concubine Pan Xian, a deep palace woman, has never experienced such a thing, she doesn't know what to do?I also didn't want to meet Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and other rebels, so I kept procrastinating there.

But Zhao Gou has purpose, the key is, if Concubine Pan Xian does not go to see Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and other rebels, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and other rebels will definitely send people into the palace to "invite" Concubine Pan Xian.

There was no other way, Concubine Pan Xian could only hold Zhao Yang in her arms and climbed up to the city gate tower.

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan then said to Concubine Pan Xian: "The country is in trouble, the second sage has not returned, Your Majesty does not think about making progress, and favors traitors, so we suggest that Your Majesty abdicate and let the imperial concubine assist the Crown Prince to listen to the government behind the curtain."

How could Concubine Pan Xian dare to agree?
Concubine Pan Xian said: "The official family has just been weak, and the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak. Do you think it is appropriate to ask the official family to be the Supreme Emperor and a one or two-year-old child to be the emperor? Have there been such cases in all dynasties? And I am a married woman. Knowing how to govern the country, this is absolutely impossible, and I hope that the two generals will return to His Majesty, and I will guarantee that the officials will not hold the two generals accountable for the rebellion, what do you think?"

Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan didn't care about this, they said: "The last general was born in martial arts, he doesn't know history, he only knows how to fight, he only knows how to speak with a knife, the imperial concubine can just say whether she wants to be the queen mother or not?"

Seeing the murderous looks of Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others, Zhao Tan was frightened and cried again, and Concubine Pan Xian could only agree.

As a result, Zhao Gou was imprisoned in a ruined temple. Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others made Zhao Dan the puppet emperor, and Empress Dowager Pan listened to the government behind the curtain, and changed the Yuan to "Ming Shou".

At this time, Zhao Gou was abolished, and the people in power in the small court of the Western Song Dynasty were a young woman in her early twenties and a baby who was less than three years old. The small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty that was just established seems to be coming to an end...

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