I studied in modern times

Chapter 981: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Emperor Taizong
Xianyifang is located inside the residence of Prince Yang, a famous local.

The eunuch who announced the decree has just left.

Prince Yang Zhao Hao's face was extremely stiff and ugly.

Behind Zhao Hao, his eldest son, Zhao Xiaoqian, had an excited look on his face.

"Sir!" Zhao Xiaoqian bowed his head and said respectfully, "I am following your order to investigate the evildoers in the palace!"

"I will definitely not bring any harm to your reputation!"

As Zhao Hao listened, the gloom on his face grew even heavier, and his facial features looked gloomy, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Just when he was about to lose his temper and scold this unfilial son.

He saw the figures of the old leftover soldiers standing at the door.

Then, he recalled the past when King Zhao Jue of Jing brought these old remnant soldiers, tied him up and pressed him to the ground.

He watched with his own eyes as Chen Yan and others were beaten to death or hanged themselves in the palace.

So he knew.

If he dared to be angry with Zhao Xiaoqian.

Then, the Queen Mother in the palace will send Prince Jing to "preside over the review" next time.

And King Zhao Jue of Jing...

I wish he would die immediately!

Because only when he died could Zhao Ruo sleep peacefully.

Weighing the two evils...

Zhao Hao could only grit his teeth, take a deep breath, then turn around and say to Zhao Xiaoqian: "Everything in the palace is left to my son!"

"Believe in my son, I will never let the court down!"

At least, Zhao Xiaoqian was his son.

If you examine the father by the son, he will be left with some respect.

Zhao Xiaoqian bowed and said, "Yes! I will follow your instructions!"

Then he stood up, walked out the door, and held high the imperial decree from the palace: "By the Imperial Order!"

"Weizhou Defense Envoy Xiaoqian, purge the palace of treacherous officials inside and outside!"

"come!"

"Catch all those villains who usually deceived my father!"

"Yes!" The old surplus soldiers responded loudly!
This past winter, it was rainy and snowy, and the weather was freezing cold.

At their age, it would have been impossible for them to survive - after a single winter, there were hundreds of elderly, weak and orphaned people who froze to death in the prefecture.

But these helpless and childless remaining soldiers all survived.

reason?

very simple!
The government rewarded us with money, rice, charcoal and winter clothes.

He also gave wine, meat and medicine!

So that during that past winter, they had a charcoal stove to keep warm, rice and meat to fill their stomachs, and medicine to take.

Not only that, the government also selected a few "loyal, diligent and useful" remaining soldiers from among them, and selected children from among the newspaper boys in the Bian Jing Yi Bao as their adopted sons.

These adopted sons are all smart, intelligent and reliable.

A hundred years later, they will also have people wearing mourning clothes and offering blood sacrifices!

The government’s kindness is not over yet!

In this way, these old surplus soldiers were able to blindly obey the orders of the palace 100%.

Zhao Xiaoqian led the remaining troops and quickly surrounded the courtyards in the palace.

Then, more than a dozen guests and officials from the palace were escorted out.

They were all raised by Yang Wanghao with great effort in the past year.

There are both his think tanks and entertainers who chat and laugh with him.

More often than not, they were the brothers of Yang Wang Hao’s concubines.

Zhao Xiaoqian looked at these people with a grim smile, and said righteously: "You guys are paid by the court, but you don't think about serving the court. Instead, you deceive my father. Do you have evil intentions and want to alienate the flesh and blood of my royal family?"

"come!"

"Take them all away and interrogate them carefully!"

"Yes!" The old remaining soldiers responded in unison.

With murderous glares in their eyes, they looked at the palace's retainers, staff and officials who had been tied up, and laughed strangely.

Although they are old, some of them even have disabilities.

However, they had been eating the rice provided by Emperor Zhao for their entire life.

He did countless dirty and tiring work for Emperor Zhao.

He is already familiar with various torture instruments and various memory recovery techniques.

In an instant, dozens of ways of torture came to their minds.

Under punishment, there is no mouth that cannot be pried open!
Zhao Xiaoqian looked at those people who were dragged by the old remaining soldiers and taken to the torture room in the palace.

Then, he turned around and saw the deadly face of his biological father Zhao Hao.

He turned his head slightly and cursed in his heart: "Old thief, why don't you die?!"

Zhao Xiaoqian knows his biological father's ambition better than anyone else.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Zhao Hao was jumping up and down in the palace, intending to imitate the story of Taizong.

At that time in the palace, apart from his fourth uncle Zhao Ju, he, Zhao Xiaoqian, was the one who warned the imperial aunt in Kunning Palace the most times.

Zhao Jue gave the warning because he was afraid that Zhao Hao would really become the second Taizong, and then he himself would become King Fudao.

The same principle applies to Zhao Xiaoqian's warning.

He was afraid that he would become Zhao Yuanzuo, the Prince of Wei Gongxian, and Zhao Yuanxi, the Prince of Zhaocheng!

Never forget the past and learn from it!

Zhao Xiaoqian's reading of history was not in vain.

He knows it too well!
If biological father Zhao Hao really realized his ambition.

The fate of this eldest son born to his hated wife would probably be even worse than that of Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Yuanxi!
In order to prevent himself and his mother from having a miserable end, Zhao Xiaoqian would do anything!

……

In the residence of Prince Jing, which is separated from the residence of Prince Yang by a wall.

Prince Zhaojun of Jing was copying an authentic calligraphy of Yan Zhenqing given by the palace.

His newly-wed wife, Lady Wang of Tan State, was beside him, grinding ink for him.

Zhao Yu copied the calligraphy once, then blew on the ink and said with a satisfied smile: "My calligraphy is one step closer to the ancient sages!"

The Zhao family may really lack some talent in other aspects.

But his artistic accomplishment and aesthetics are beyond reproach.

King Zhao Yu of Jing was no exception.

Now, because the officials in the palace repeatedly gave him the originals and rubbings of Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing, he went a step further and even copied the works of the masters.

Wang looked at her husband's appearance and smiled, "From my point of view, your handwriting is not inferior to that of contemporary masters!"

As the couple was talking, sounds of crying, begging for mercy and shouting for injustice were suddenly heard from the Prince Yang's residence next door.

Zhao Yu listened, walked to Wang's side, and covered his wife's ears with his hands: "Such obscene sounds, do not pollute your ears!"

Zhao Ruo really didn't want his wife to get involved in the dirty affairs of his family.

There is no benefit in this!
Although Wang Shi did not understand what her husband meant, she was very smart. She only needed to think about the messy rumors about the Yang Wang family next door, and she roughly understood it. So she smiled and said, "I have suffered from hearing problems since I was young. Many things are difficult to hear clearly when I am a little far away. I hope my husband can understand!"

Zhao Yu laughed: "Madam, you have an ear disease?!"

"Very good! Very good!"

"I also have this disease!"

The royal family ancestor must be ill!

If you are ill, there is no harm!
If you do no harm, you can live in peace for the rest of your life!
For example, the ninth son of the late emperor, Prince Daning Zhao Qi, had eye problems since childhood and could not see clearly, but was loved by the current emperor, who often brought him by his side, taught him in person, and gave him favors and rewards beyond the regulations of etiquette. He was friendly and respectful to his brothers, and was praised by the court and the public.

so……

Zhao Ruo felt that after some time, he could claim to be sick.

Just say that you might have an ear disease and can't hear intermittently.

……

Zhao Xiaoqian was very efficient. Within three days, he submitted a secret report, reporting the interrogation findings in detail to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu took the secret letter and looked at it, and narrowed his eyes: "Sure enough!"

"There is an expert beside my uncle!"

However, it was Han Lu and others, the secretary and military officer of Prince Yang's palace, who had been advising Prince Yang last year that he should disgrace himself in order to preserve himself.

Prince Yang refused to listen.

Until the Empress Dowager was forced to withdraw the curtain because of the Zhang Dunli case.

Yang Wanghao then became panicked and remembered the advice of Han Lu and others.

However, Han Lu and others did not really want to help Prince Yang.

But because of poverty!
Want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune!
It's very simple!
However, Prince Yang Hao did not finally admit to self-defilement until the Empress Dowager was forced to withdraw the curtain, and he waited and watched for more than half a year before deciding to defile himself. This made Zhao Xu very unhappy!

Because this proves that Zhao Hao had been harboring illusions until the Empress Dowager withdrew the curtain.

"Emperor Taizong..." Zhao Xu threw Zhao Xiaoqian's secret letter into the brazier and watched it burn up: "You really left a rich intangible cultural heritage for future generations!"

Just like Emperor Taizong of Tang, who ascended the throne through Xuanwu Gate.

From then on, the princes, princes and even princesses and queens of the Tang Dynasty followed suit.

For a time, the Xuanwu Gate inheritance law was as popular as the wind.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty had to keep an eye on their sons, queens, concubines, and daughters...

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang even staged a miraculous show of killing three sons in one day.

As for the Song Dynasty, it might as well give in more.

Taizu himself came to power in an illegitimate way, leaving a stain in the history books for thousands of years.

This stain is actually nothing.

As long as we can recover Yanyun, unify the world and restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Thousands of years later, future generations will only praise him as - the greatest emperor of all time, with extraordinary achievements!

Alas, Taizu's great cause had not yet been accomplished when he encountered an obstacle halfway through.

When Taizong ascended the throne, there was already suspicion of treason. In order to clear his name, he had to hastily launch the Northern Expedition.

turn out……

They were first defeated at Gaoliang River, and then defeated at Junzi Pavilion.

The Chinese military might that was fought by the soldiers of the Five Dynasties was completely destroyed!
This was actually the result of Zhao Xu's taboo on respecting the respected person.

Otherwise, if his fellow disciples in modern times were to make the comments...

Zhao Xu closed his eyes, and the sounds of his fellow disciples intoxicating him echoed in his ears.

The Gaoliang River Car God is considered to be relatively gentle and fair.

Zhao Jiong... and even Yelu Jiong, these homophonic puns are often on people's lips.

Zhao Xu was speechless in the face of these teasings from his fellow apprentices.

no way!
What Taizong did made it impossible for him to save his reputation, and he didn't even have room for excuses.

All he could say was: "Emperor Taizong of Song is not completely useless!"

"At least, he is pretty good at civil affairs!"

“It opened the first dynasty in Chinese history that was based on a civil service bureaucracy!”

"The Northern Song Dynasty thus became the dynasty with the lowest living standard for common people in all dynasties!"

However, at this time, his fellow apprentices could only laugh and say, "Yes, yes, yes! You are right!"

Then he started to say something sarcastic like 'Governing a country depends on Xiu De, and the four barbarians should be left out', 'Controlling the generals is the foundation of the country, come, give me the battle map, no, listen to me! ', 'I am determined to pacify the wilderness'.

Zhao Xu had no choice but to lower his head in shame.

no way!
What they said is all true.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu's mentality had been tempered during his ten years of studying abroad in modern China.

I have long been able to remain calm even when faced with a mountain collapse.

no way!
If he was in a bad state of mind, once he saw the outrageous actions of Zhao Ji and his son and Wanyan Gou, he would probably have a heart attack and die instantly!
Looking at Zhao Xiaoqian's secret letter burning to ashes in the brazier.

Zhao Xu waved to Tong Guan beside him.

Tong Guan immediately stepped forward and lowered his body.

"Tell Liang Congzheng and others to bring more street entertainment to the Empress Dowager!"

"Don't let the Empress Dowager worry about the affairs of the outer court!"

Nowadays, there are only a few female officials in the Qingshou Palace who have followed the Empress Dowager all the way from Prince Pu's residence to now.

It can be said that almost all of them voted for Zhao Xu and his mother.

Even those female officials secretly hinted to Madam Anren Baoyou that they were willing to surrender.

Therefore, today's Qingshou Palace can be described as a huge information cocoon.

Even the ladies of the Gao family, when they entered the palace, only spoke to the Grand Empress Dowager about things that Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Xiang liked.

Therefore, in just half a year, the Empress Dowager could only hear and know those things that Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Xiang were willing to let her know.

Including this time when Feng Ji impeached King Yang.

The only thing that Qingshou Palace knew was that a treacherous minister had instigated Prince Yang to do evil.

Fortunately, the emperor was wise and saw through the treacherous ministers' schemes, thus preserving Prince Yang's reputation!
The harmony between uncle and nephew in my Zhao family is rare in history!
"Yes!" Tong Guan took the order and left.

Not long after Tong Guan left, the Tongjian Division delivered the letter from the Liao ruler sent back from Waqiao Pass.

(End of this chapter)