The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 112 Don't kill scholar-bureaucrats?
Actually, my name is Zhao Xu.

In such a short few words, Fu Xuetong was speechless. He is the prince of the Song Dynasty, the person I want to marry.

In this case, there is no problem, but this guy knew I was Fu Xuetong just now, so why did he do it on purpose.

"Hmph, did you do it on purpose? No wonder you became so relaxed when you knew I was Fu Xuetong just now. Did you mean to read my jokes?"

"Hey Xuetong, don't be angry. Come and sit down first. You won't be tired and the child won't be able to take it." Zhao Xu immediately changed his face, and even changed his name for Fu Xuetong.

"Don't be so affectionate, do I know you very well, you bastard."

Well, according to Fu Xuetong, Zhao Xu actually became a prostitute.

Zhao Xu was still wondering, who should I reason with, but what he can say now, it's useless to argue. When a woman gets angry, the man should just shut up obediently.

"Hey, I didn't know you were Fu Xuetong at that time. To be honest, I have been paying attention to you recently. Didn't you find that you have been going smoothly all the way, and you haven't encountered any troubles. It stands to reason that a beauty like you should be Trouble abounds, but it doesn't."

What Zhao Xu meant was that I have been sending people to protect you secretly, no matter what, I have not forgotten you.

In fact, Zhao Xu didn't need to say that Fu Xuetong knew that someone was secretly protecting her. He didn't pay attention at the time, but slowly discovered many unusual things. Once again, she deliberately let a few hooligans molested her.

And she pretended to escape by chance, but when she came back to observe in secret, she found a group of people beating those people around, of course she would not think it was accidental.Later, after a few deliberate attempts, it turned out that someone was protecting her.

Thinking of this, Fu Xuetong was a little relieved, and looked at Zhao Xu a little more pleasing to the eye. If you say that women in ancient times are weird, they ignore you at first, but after a while they inexplicably like you.

In fact, not to mention that I often heard that as long as a woman's body is given to you, there are only two choices: one is to die, and the other is to follow you.

Fu Xuetong obviously chose the latter. The two people who had only met once, became a little ambiguous because of a wrong combination. What's more, they were pregnant, so there was no choice. up.

Zhao Xu felt that this incident was unbelievable. If such a situation happened in the previous life, the two parties patted their asses and left, how could there be such a good thing? I didn't expect to settle Fu Xuetong so easily. Even Zhao Xu felt a little strange weird.

The two of them didn't say a word, they just sat there quietly, and had a warm dinner, maybe it was dinner. Zhao Xu would pick up vegetables and serve her soup from time to time during the dinner, like a gentle husband.

By the time Fu Yanqing arrived, the two of them had already finished their dinner. Lord Fu saw this posture, and he was so old that he didn't understand that something must have happened between his daughter and this young prince, but it was also his fault. Glad to see, the smile on the old guy's face never stopped.

"Have you known Fu Yanqing's daughter for a long time, kid? How did I hear that you stayed with her in your Taoxiang Tower all afternoon, and there were only two people in the room?"

In the Funing Palace where Zhao Kuangyin lived, the father and son were talking about something.

"I didn't know it was her at the time, and I was eager to save people. Who would have thought that she was Fu Xuetong, but it's not too late to know now."

Zhao Xu was a little proud when he said this, but I really don't know what this guy is proud of.

"Hey, get ready and go to the Taimiao with me tomorrow to worship our ancestors and pray to heaven. The first prince of the Song Dynasty is going to get married. By the way, you are also married. I am going to give you a name, called Tian Lin it!"

"Book of Rites · Qu Li" said: "A man with twenty crowns has a character." Although Zhao Xu is not yet twenty, the emperor's father asked him to choose a character for himself, and he was of course willing to accept it.

To say that this word was most popular at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the Three Kingdoms came together, such as Zhuge Liang's word Kongming, Cao Cao's word Mengde, etc., Zhao Xu, the Tianlin, or Zhao Kuangyin has been thinking about it for a long time.

Tianlin took Tianjianglin'er, which shows that he is extraordinary. Besides who is Tian, ​​Tian is the emperor. Tianlin means that Zhao Xu is destined to be the prince's life.

The next day, Zhao Kuangyin led the people of the Zhao clan to the Taimiao of the Song Dynasty. Of course, other people could only kneel and wait outside the Taimiao, while Zhao Kuangyin led the prince Zhao Xu into it.

This Taimiao is stricter than the ancestral halls of ordinary people. Being able to enter it means that you have the power to control ancestor sacrifices, that is to say, you are either the master of the country or the heir of the country.So the emperor and the prince went in.

"The descendants of later generations, Zhao Kuangyin, have been blessed by their ancestors and ascended to the position of Ninth Five-Year Supreme. Today, the heir of my Zhao family, the heir of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, is getting married soon, and I am here to pay respects to our ancestors."

In front of Zhao Kuangyin and his son are a lot of spiritual tablets, all of which belonged to the ancestors of the Zhao family. Zhao Xuzhi knew his grandfather, and the others were just rumors, but these are all his ancestors. He has already believed in ghosts and gods after experiencing rebirth, and followed My father obediently kowtowed a few times.

With regard to these things, it was just to let the ancestor know that he was going to get married, and there was nothing else to do. Zhao Xu was going to get married, so he kept telling his ancestor.

At this moment, Zhao Xu's eyes fell on something covered by a yellow silk cloth in the side hall of Taimiao. It must be the so-called great song oath stele.

According to the records of later generations, when Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, he erected a stone tablet in the chamber of the Taimiao and covered it with a yellow cloth. It can only be opened when the four seasons are sacrificed or when the new king ascends the throne. Others have no right to open it.

Even the little eunuch who went in with the emperor had to be illiterate, and didn't know what the Taizu oath tablet said. Later, the Jin army broke through Kaifeng City, and this oath tablet was able to see the light of day again.There are only three of them:
One is: "The descendants of the Chai family shall not be given additional punishment if they are guilty. If they commit a crime and seek rebellion, they will be given to death in prison. They shall not be slaughtered by Cao Cao, and they shall not even sit on their relatives."

The second is: "It is not allowed to kill scholar-bureaucrats, and to write letters to speak people."

The third is: "If the descendants keep this oath, the heavens will kill them."

Zhao Xu guessed when this thing was put here. He really didn't know. In fact, he didn't pay attention. At that time, he went to the Northland to inspect, and Zhao Kuangyin put this oath tablet here.

Seeing Zhao Xu walking towards the oath stele he had made, Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly stopped him. He had set a rule that could be opened by the living emperor, so how could he let his own to break the rule he set.

"Xu'er can't make mistakes. This is the ancestral family law established by me. You can't read it. You can only open it after a hundred years, you know?"

Zhao Xu retracted his outstretched hand and sighed:

"Father doesn't say anything, I also know what the three items above are, especially the second item is even more inappropriate. This will only increase the arrogance of the literati. In the long run, what kind of backbone do I have in the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Kuangyin was also puzzled that he knew what was written on the inscription, how could he know, his face was full of disbelief, Zhao Xu knew what he was thinking.

"Is it really okay for the father not to kill the scholar-officials?" As soon as these words came out, Zhao Kuangyin no longer doubted that his son really knew the content above, so he had no choice but to reach out and tear off the yellow cloth on it.

The exposed oath tablet was indeed exactly the same as the one in the legend. In fact, there were only two of them, and the third one was based on the first two.There is nothing to say about the preferential treatment for the descendants of the Chai family. It is a bit unreasonable not to treat others preferentially after taking away the family's orphans and widows.

Zhao Xu really disliked the second one. No wonder the literati in the Song Dynasty had never heard of anyone being killed unless they committed a major crime of treason. The murdered Yue Fei was still a general.

"I don't know how you know it, but you must not let it out. This matter is the patriarchal law of our Zhao family, and future emperors must abide by it. You say that the second rule is not good. Why is it not good?"

Zhao Kuangyin won the country as a general. In addition, he was also a person who had experienced the wars of the Five Dynasties. He knew the reason why the emperor changed quickly, so he was very afraid of generals taking power, so he respected literati and suppressed generals.

In this way, the family of literati became dominant, and the generals had no status. This also caused the Song Dynasty to have no backbone in the future. Facing the invasion of foreign enemies, they could only passively seek peace.

The reason is that no matter how much meritorious service a military commander has made, he is not as vocal as a civil official. Military generals of the same level are immediately short in front of civil officials, so some people in later generations say that Song is not like a man.

"I know that your purpose of doing this is to prevent the situation of military generals from reappearing in Song Dynasty, and more importantly, to make my Zhao family's country last forever. The power of generals must be limited, so as not to cause a situation where the tail is too big to lose."

"Since you know what these questions are, you still say that my policy of not killing scholar-bureaucrats is wrong. What's wrong?" Zhao Kuangyin thought this was his proud work, but he didn't expect that his crown prince would not agree with it, which really made him a little annoyed.

"Father listened to me slowly saying that it is necessary to restrict military generals, but we don't need to place the position of civil servants so high, and we can't leave a vow not to kill scholar-bureaucrats. Although only the emperor himself knows this, after knowing it, the emperor I will keep this oath firmly in mind, and my heart will unknowingly lean toward the scholar-officials."

"In this way, the literati will think that it is impossible for the emperor to do anything to them. The more they are arrogant, the more arrogant they will be. In the end, they may make their family dominate and limit the imperial power. Didn't you say that only military generals usurp the country, and how can civil officials seize power? Yes, why did Gao Yang, the son of Gao Huan, the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, establish the Northern Qi Dynasty? Isn’t he a civil servant? So we can’t be too tolerant of civil servants, let alone kill scholar-bureaucrats.”

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