Part III: The Jigsaw Puzzle
Let's take a look at the situation.
Shenzong was seriously ill and decaying, and the three princes were far from underage and had not been crown princes.
Empress Dowager Cao had died, and Empress Gao was the first person in the harem. She was the most fond of Zhao Hao, and Zhao Hao and Zhao Hao lived in the palace, and the latter only zhao Hao was the head of the horse.
Such a delicate moment can not help but make people wonder, to whom will the throne be passed?
Up and down the government, everyone may have made a small calculation in their hearts. They must calculate accurately, calculate the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty, and even more calculate their own rich future.
Of course, the one who counted the most was Zhao Hao. At the age of 34, it is the time when he is rich and powerful and has great ambitions, how can he not be moved and not carefully calculated?
Of course it moved. It is difficult to change anyone's heart like water.
Brother sick nephew, he occupies the heavens.
In the forbidden palace, he has the advantage of the territory.
The Empress dowager is gracious, and he possesses people and people.
Such a favorable time and place, his chances of winning are very large. Moreover, there are precedents in this dynasty such as Taizu and Taizong's brother and brother, and if he succeeds to the throne, he can also be regarded as following the ancestral family law.
Speaking of which, at the critical moment of the handover of the throne, where to live and in place in time is the key. When Taizu died that year, with the assistance of the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, Emperor Taizong arrived in the palace before Dezhao and Defang, thus establishing the throne in one fell swoop.
Zhao Haolai had been in the palace for many years, wasn't it just for this moment? In the palace, once the Divine Sect died, he immediately preemptively succeeded to the throne, who could help? If he took advantage of the fact that the Divine Sect was critically ill and handed out a holy will from the palace, he could also ascend to the position of the Ninth Five.
Obviously, this was the closest Zhao Hao was to the throne, very close, very close.
Unfortunately, he still lost his hand.
From shenzong stroke to his death in March of the following year, with several months in between, this was a golden time for Zhao Hao. What the hell happened in between, what did he do? No one can say for sure.
Of course, the history books are recorded, and the most important basis is the Records of the Divine Sect. However, in this actual record with The Divine Sect as the absolute protagonist, it is impossible to record in detail what Zhao Hao did, let alone a true account.
In fact, in the records of the two Song Emperors, the Records of the Divine Sect were modified the most times. After Emperor Shenzong's death, under the auspices of Empress Dowager Gao, Emperor Zhezong revised the Records of Shenzong in the early stages of the Reign of Emperor Zhezong, that is, the records of Shenzong in ink; after Emperor Zhezong took the throne, he re-revised the records, namely Zhu Ben's Records of Emperor Shenzong; in the Southern Song Dynasty, emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, revised the records.
In the back-and-forth revisions, Wang Anshi's change of law is a key point, and as the new and old parties take turns to come to power, the expression of the change of law and Wang Anshi's evaluation are very different; then there is the process of establishing the divine sect, which is also the focus of the revision.
According to the final draft, Zhezong was supported by Empress Gao, saying that she forbade Zhao Hao to enter and leave the Shenzong Palace at the last moment, and also arranged for people to make dragon robes worn by children in advance.
As for Zhao Hao, he is portrayed as a small character with vague and sneaky language. Unfortunately, this spring and autumn brushwork is not only illogical, but also wants to cover up the suspicion of obscurity. In the imperial palace at that time, Zhao Hao was the absolute protagonist and core.
He should have done a lot.
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