Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 93
Zhao Dezhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought that Sun Chengli must have cried to the emperor's father in the past few days. The father always valued the relationship with his old brothers, so he must have something to say for Sun Chengli.

Now he smiled and said: "Since my son is patrolling and consoling the imperial army on behalf of the emperor, using father's emperor's ceremonial guard, wearing father's armor, and carrying father's long spear, isn't it a matter of course that he should have father's prestige? Daddy Giving these things to my son is not just for..."

Zhao Kuangyin was a little anxious when he heard this, and stared at him: "What was given to you? It's a loan! It's a loan for you to use! You kid really expect to go out with the emperor's honor guard to show off? To be honest, I already have some I regret it, I wanted to give you a boost, but in the end you insisted on causing trouble for me!"

Zhao Dezhao thought for a while, then asked tentatively: "Could it be that a minister in the court handed over a memorial to impeach his son for using the emperor's guard of honor to inspect and comfort the imperial army?"

Zhao Kuangyin said with a dark face: "There is no impeachment, but there is a father who persuaded me, and there are many!" He pointed to the memorials piled up like a hill: "Admonish this matter. I have pulled out all the memorials, these are all!"

Zhao Dezhao lowered his head and did not answer. He glanced at the emperor's father's black face, and suddenly wanted to laugh:

"Fortunately, a few days ago, those crazy dogs who liked to bite people were dealt with severely. This trick seems to be very effective. At least no one dares to be as stubborn as Tang Jixian. They Even if he had a lot of opinions, he didn't dare to raise them publicly in the court, and he only dared to sneak up on the emperor's father to give advice, which is equivalent to the emperor's father passively helping himself to block the gun, no wonder his face is so ugly."

But what Zhao Kuangyin said next immediately made him stop laughing.

"I lent you the emperor's guard of honor, not only to increase your power, but also to test the attitude of the ministers in the DPRK towards your possibility of becoming the crown prince!"

"But the result of the test is obviously not very good!"

After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, he sighed, and tapped the pile of memorials on the imperial case with his chin, indicating to Zhao Dezhao that this was the feedback he got after this trial.

The emperor lent the imperial ceremonial guard to the prince to inspect the three armies. This is a very directional political signal and political temptation. If any minister is too dull to understand this, he will not be able to get his current position.

If a certain minister objected to the appointment of Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince, he would not be so stupid as to directly oppose the appointment of the king of Tianshui County as the crown prince. He only needed to submit a memorial to the emperor not to break the ritual system without authorization in response to the fact that the emperor lent the royal ceremonial guard , is enough to implicitly and clearly express their opposition.

Therefore, these piles of exhortation memorials piled up like hills, on the surface, are talking about the issue of etiquette, but in essence they are talking about the issue of establishing a reserve.

After the emperor's father's instructions, Zhao Dezhao instantly understood the mysteries involved, and he suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment in his heart.

It turns out that the old man said jokingly a few days ago that he lent him his ceremonial guards, armor and weapons to grow his prestige. It was not just a father playing with his beloved son, nor was it true It's just to give his son a prestige, but there is such a deep meaning behind it!

It turned out that Jiang was really hotter. The emperor's father's set of political temptations, which used small things to describe the big, was so high compared to his own half-bucket water!

Zhao Dezhao took a deep breath, walked directly to the imperial case, picked up the pile of memorials that looked like a hill, and counted them.

He wanted to know how many ministers in the DPRK were opposed to his possible becoming the crown prince.

Just after counting a few copies, the emperor's father's voice sounded from behind: "Don't count, there are 53 copies in total, your father, I have already counted them for you!"

Zhao Dezhao was stunned for a moment, and began to wonder in his mind that 53 ministers opposed it. Is this a lot?

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to be able to see through his son's thoughts, and then added at the right time: "There are only more than [-] Beijing officials who are qualified to give directly to your father and me!"

After hearing this, Zhao Dezhao cursed a curse word in his heart.

This proportion of opposition is a bit scary. Although Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi is powerful and has many party members, Zhao Dezhao does not think that Zhao Guangyi's power in the court can be so exaggerated, otherwise he would not have to fight for the position of heir. Now, wouldn't it be easier to usurp his elder brother's throne directly?

Of the 53 opposing ministers, Zhao Guangyi's party members must have only accounted for a small part of them, and most of the rest may not have a high opinion of him, thinking that his virtue is shallow and he is not worthy of being a prince.

After thinking about this point, Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but feel a little depressed. It seems that even if he has made some achievements in handling taxes for the first time, it is still far from enough to reverse the low evaluation of him by the court ministers. He still has a long way to go on the road to become the crown prince some distance.

Zhao Kuangyin's voice sounded again, it sounded a little dispirited:

"Erlang, Daddy told you earlier that the most important thing about establishing a crown prince is to obey the sky and respond to others. If you have outstanding achievements, are favored by everyone, and are attached to the government and wild people, Daddy will naturally be happy to see it happen."

"But right now there are so many ministers standing up against you, even if daddy forcibly carries you to the seat of the crown prince, you will not be able to sit still, otherwise it will harm you instead. It seems that this matter is really too urgent ah……"

Zhao Dezhao didn't answer immediately, but lowered his head in thought. He knew that what the emperor's father said was very reasonable, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Wasn't it the emperor himself who once said to his face, "Don't worry, take your time, in ten years, even if you are a dou, I can support you"?
The emperor's father is willing to wait even ten years, so why has he suddenly become anxious recently, so that he deliberately made the act of bestowing the emperor's ceremonial guard on himself to test the attitude of his subordinates?

Thinking of this, Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhao Kuangyin: "Dad, did you suddenly feel that your body is not as good as before?"

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help being startled, then nodded, and said slowly:
"In the past, when Dad was just riding a horse, he would occasionally feel dizzy, flustered and short of breath; recently, he had frequent attacks, almost once a day, and the imperial doctors were helpless after seeing them. Of course I understand it in my heart. In his later years, your grandfather was often dizzy, flustered and short of breath, which is no different from your father's current illness. Within two or three years, your grandfather suddenly passed away."

Zhao Dezhao was taken aback and opened his mouth wide in astonishment.

(End of this chapter)