Zhao Zhao's becoming emperor was a complete accident, and the probability of dropping a pie in the sky and hitting his head and buying a lottery ticket to win the jackpot was similar. Zhao Zhuo ranked ninth, had no hope, and was not outstanding among the brothers, so he was able to take the throne because of the Jurchen invasion of the south and the northern hunting of the Second Emperor.
Caused by sharp ethnic contradictions.
In the second year of Jing Kang, Emperor Huizong of Song and his more than twenty sons in the city of Bieliang all became prisoners of the Jurchen ranks, but Zhao Shuo, who was abroad, escaped a disaster because he stayed in Hebei and Shandong.
In early April of the second year of Jing Kang,The Zhihuaining Prefecture and the clan zhao Zisong (this clan was a descendant of Zhao Kuangyin) who coveted the throne wrote a book to Zhao Shuo, declaring: The system of the state has no prince outside. The Lord has given the king the power of marshal, which is provided for by Providence.
As for what Zhao Zisong said about the "special payment" thing, not only Zhao Shuo, but even the wenchen martial generals around him also understood it very well in their hearts. Before the destruction of the city of Bieliang, Emperor Qinzong of Song appointed Zhao Shuo as the Grand Marshal of the Terracotta Army of Hebei, which was of extraordinary significance to Zhao Huan and Zhao Shuo, who were "subjects to the emperor with courtesy and brothers with righteous words". When the appointment was made at the time when the gatekeeper of the capital city was broken, It was Qinzong's last effort to preserve the rule of the Zhao surname under the last resort. For Zhao Shuo, he could not live up to the weight of the emperor's trust, but also an excellent opportunity for him to realize the value of life.
To Emperor Qinzong's surprise, he would not be granted some orders outside!
The city of Bieliang was in danger, but Zhao Shuo and his cronies formed a consensus that the most urgent task was to "first get the great king (Zhao Shuo) to go safely." As for the siege of The Liberation Division, "everything must be measured." Zhao Zhao opened the Grand Marshal's Office and called on the four sides to serve the king, taking advantage of the situation of "the capital city has been besieged for a long time" to make "all the affairs of the four sides depend on the Marshal's Palace". When the army gathered, but zong ze and others who were reluctant to go all out to rescue the capital division did not use it, ignored the edict of "urging the governor to enter the aid" in the city of Bieliang, did not advance, and sat and watched the situation change.
At the same time, Zhao Zhuo began to prepare public opinion for his succession.
In November of the leap year of Jing Kang's first year, Zhao Shuo suddenly said to several of his confidants, "At night, the Emperor of Dreams took off his imperial robe and gave it to me, and I undressed my old clothes and gave it to me. Although this historical record is not necessary to take seriously, but there are thoughts day and night dreams, Zhao conceived to take over Qinzong's class, and he was already a little impatient.
In December, the Grand Marshal opened the mansion... Shangchu Kaifu, Fu Pai Fang Yu Belt, Yu Boyan, etc.: "On the day of my majesty's resignation, the emperor gave him favors, and Wu Xun resigned for a long time, and the emperor said' The past was in the Eastern Palace, and the Taishang xie gave this belt to the emperor. It is advisable to collect it. 'I have to pray. ”
The warm pulse of the memory comes from Zhao Shuo's mouth, but it is only to prove that his imminent ascension to the throne is an orderly inheritance, this kind of thing cannot be verified at all, how can his close confidant Wang Boyan and others not hear Zhao Shuo's unspoken meaning?
Sure enough, these things all became the reason for his cronies to persuade them to enter the Light of Zhengda. In April of the second year of Jing Kang, Hui and the Second Emperor of Qin hunted in the north. The news reached Jeju, where the Marshal's Office was located, and geng Nanzhong, a servant under his command, led the military attaché to persuade him to advance. It says, "The Destiny has been signed, and the hearts of the people have returned." It should be a good thing to be a good person, and it is appropriate to have the opportunity. Then he listed the signs of "harmony between heaven and man": since the rise of the ancient emperors, there will be a sign of ordination... On the day of the Great King's resignation, the Emperor gave him a jade belt... He was ordered by the Grand Marshal to establish a palace, and had the dream of giving robes. The emperor ascended the throne, and the era was known as "Jing Kang" ,...... Emperor Qi's move to the north, people began to understand: "Jing" character from Li, from December, is the emperor li ten have February and Kang Wang Jianshuai. The word chronology is a sign today...
Among the Fu Rui mentioned by the cronies, the first two were transferred from Zhao Shuo's self-description, and as for the word splitting game of Jing Kang, it was just a side meeting, and it was not worth refuting. The only weight was the so-called "Tai Shang Li" (太上萬里) that is, the sign of truth, which, according to Geng Yanxi, a close confidant of Zhao Shuo, at that time, had escaped from the hands of the Jurchens and brought back the message of Emperor Huizong: "King Kang is the emperor." There is also a wax seal square two inches Xu, the handwritten word "that is, true" as evidence.
If there really is the word "true" in Emperor Huizong's imperial pen, then Zhao Shuo's succession to the throne is a logical thing, and there is no need to find any auspicious rui to count. Obviously, this is a move to add to the snake concocted by Zhao Shuo, purely for the sake of nothingness.
The relic that Emperor Huizong of Song gave to Zhao Zhao was a "garment belt edict". In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Xian of Han also gave Liu Bei an edict, and no one can say clearly whether Luo Guanzhong referred to this historical record or whether Emperor Huizong of Song was inspired by the "Speaking of Three Points" script.
According to the "Records of the Northern Hunt", after Zhao Shuo had already made a mature meal with raw rice, Cao Xun returned from the Jin camp and brought back the Song Huizong's personal letter with an edict, with eight characters on it - "But it is true, come to save the parents"!
This time, Zhao Zhuo's succession had legitimacy and legitimacy, and he showed this edict to several auxiliary ministers to show that the destiny of heaven was returned.