[Comprehensive] Survival of the Last Emperor

After leaving the palace, Wanyan Honglie took Wanyan Chenglin to chat about life and ideals, or more precisely, history.

"Has my son been reading recently?"

"Yes, I keep reading every day."

"Have you read the history of this dynasty?"

"I've read it."

"You can read about Empress Sejong Empress Zhaode."

Empress Sejong...Empress Sodeok...Isn't that your father's aunt, your son's grandma in name?

Speaking of Empress Wulinda of Zhaode, that is also a legend.Ever since Wan Yanliang, a commoner in Hailing... was the one who went directly to the palace and chopped off the emperor, and made himself emperor.

After becoming the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wan Yanliang began a very lewd and corrupt life... Wanyan Chenglin also expressed doubts about this, because this person who was called "the first lewd emperor in the ages" by later generations, he There was only one son, and it was the son of Empress Zhonggong; this was as shocking as Yang Guang, who was also known for his "lewdness", had a particularly deep relationship with Empress Xiao, so all of Yang Guang's sons were born of Empress Xiao.

But after Wanyan Chenglin thought about it later, he probably understood the truth.

The Sui and Tang dynasties are too far away, so he doesn't know what the truth is, but he has read the history of this dynasty.

Wan Yanliang poured all the power of the country to attack the Song Dynasty, but in the end, he went to Caishiji to achieve Yu Yunwen who was drunk while watching the sword, and he fell behind and was defeated and died.

Then his grandfather Jin Shizong Wanyanyong ascended the throne... well, the chronological order is slightly reversed, it should be Wanyanliang's defeat—Sejong's grandfather made himself emperor—Wanyanliang was killed by his subordinates.

Sejong’s grandfather brought Jin Kingdom, which was on the verge of subjugation due to the defeat of the war, back from the crater. Not to mention, just say that he was against Wan Yanliang. As a result, historians of later generations lamented, "This history makes it impossible for them to compile "Golden History."

And in this world, what is the easiest thing to tarnish a person's reputation, and it is hard for him to refute it?Of course, it's the matter between men and women—especially when Wan Yanliang's political achievements seem to be fine, and the dynasty is still holding his nose and adopting his reformed system.

Students who are interested can go to "The History of Jin: The Biography of Concubines", which records the harem of the fifteen emperors of Dajin from the legendary era to Wanyanliang.Among the 8810 words, Wan Yanliang alone wrote 5977 words, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total length, reaching 67.84%; this also means that in three words, there are two The characters are written about Yan Liang's women, and there are plots, dialogues, actions, and even psychological activities.

Do you feel like a novel?

Yes, so later, when Feng Menglong wrote "Xingshi Hengyan: Hailing's Indulgence and Death", a large amount of content in the novel was directly copied from "Golden History: The Legend of the Empress"...the kind that didn't change a single word, if Putting it in Jinjiang, it is enough to be "suspected of 'copying the full text', which constitutes plagiarism, cannot be cleaned up, and the author id is deleted".

Sejong's grandfather slandered Wan Yanliang so much, apart from routinely smearing his predecessor because of his improper position, another reason was Empress Zhaode.

Empress Wu Linda of Zhaode was engaged to Sejong at the age of five and got married. The two of them grew up together as childhood sweethearts.The people of Wulinda family are more virtuous, and they persuaded Shizong many times to dedicate the peerless treasures in his family to the two emperors Xizong and Wanyanliang, so as to show that his family has no two hearts. The age of the chicken... According to incomplete statistics, at least a thousand members of the Wanyan clan died in those years.

But Wan Yanliang still refused to believe Shizong, and had heard for a long time that the Wulinda clan was virtuous and beautiful, so he ordered the Wulinda clan to go to Zhongdu when Shizong was the governor of Jinan.Wu Linda knew that if he didn't go, his husband would suffer; if he died on the way to Zhongdu, his husband would be innocent and he could maintain his chastity.So she resolutely embarked on the road to Zhongdu.When traveling to Liangxiang, Wu Linda committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake.

During the 29 years of Sejong's reign, he never established a queen again, just to remember the Wulinda family who understood the righteousness.

"I have read about the deep love of the old sword and the unrequited love for Nanyuan."

Therefore, the sword has deep love and love for Nanyuan. This is the story of Han Xuan Emperor Liu Xun and Empress Xu Pingjun. Compared with the previous story, this pair is a big hit, and it doesn't need to be introduced.

"How does Sejong treat Empress Zhaode compared to Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty?"

"This..." Wanyan Chenglin pondered for a while, and then said: "On the surface, Shizong treats Empress Zhaode better than Han Xuandi and Xu Pingjun."

On the surface, this is the case. Sejong did not establish a queen for Empress Zhaode for 29 years. Even if he loved Zhang and Li later, he never thought about it.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty established Wang as the queen.

"But what actually?"

"In fact, Zhang and Li are not queens but queens. Shizong favors them, and repeatedly wants to abolish the crown prince of Empress Zhaode, and make Zhang's son the crown prince; Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty made Wang the queen, but never approached the king. In the body of the family, the Wang family has never had a son in his life, so he can only raise the son of Xu Pingjun."

"Then Lin'er should know that all love stories are unreliable."

After Wanyan Honglie finished speaking, he lifted his foot and left, leaving only Wanyan Chenglin in a daze.

Wanyan Honglie What does this mean?It's about to get rich, so you think Bao Xiruo can't be a queen anymore?To be honest, although I feel the same way, is it wrong to say that to her son?

As everyone predicted, Jin Zhangzong Wan Yanjing's condition became more and more serious, and it seemed that it would not be delayed this year, and his two posthumous children were also not seen to be born-probably these two children would never be born.

But Jin Zhangzong didn't think so. Apart from frequently summoning Wanyan Honglie, he also wrote a will, to the effect that "the will wants the emperor's uncle Zhao to ascend the throne, and expresses that there are two concubines in his harem who are pregnant. If they are both male, they will be crown princes; if they are all male, they will choose the appropriate successor."

Not long after the edict was established, Jin Zhangzong, who had performed all the scenes, smoothly got a boxed lunch and left.

Wanyan Honglie successfully ascended the throne as emperor, and "Da'an" the following year.

And Wanyan Chenglin has also risen with the tide, from the son of King Zhao to the future heir of the current emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

But Wanyan Chenglin did not become the prince, because according to Jin Zhangzong's edict, there were already two concubines in his harem who were pregnant. If one of these two concubines could give birth to a boy, he should be made the crown prince.

Wanyan Honglie had just ascended the throne, and his throne was still unstable, so naturally he would not do such a thing that blatantly violated the will.

But watching these two people give birth to a child is not in line with the general law of development of things.

So not long after, someone in the palace reported that the two concubines were not actually pregnant, but Li Shier, Zhang Zong's favorite concubine. Wang Yu'er and eunuch Li Xinxi conspired to order the two concubines to falsely claim to be pregnant, and then find a baby from the Li family to enter the palace when they are full-term, in an attempt to confuse the royal family's blood.

Then, one after another, the sufferers who had been harmed by Li Shier, his relatives, and followers came out to complain for himself, begging His Majesty to reverse the case for him.

Although anyone with a discerning eye can see who did this series of things, but no one intends to intercede with Master Li and his family.

Because Li Shier is a demon concubine in the absolute traditional sense - she is the only one who favors others, and she has as many enemies as there are resentful wives in the harem. After that, what kind of good things will be done?The standard house of treacherous ministers.

So these charges were quickly verified by Wanyan Honglie, Master Li and the two concubines were ordered to die, and the others should be exiled and their homes should be ransacked.

All of a sudden, the upward trend is new.

After finishing all this, Wanyan Honglie began to make another decree to select concubines to enter the palace.

As soon as this decree came out, the whole court was shocked.

Who doesn't know, King Zhao... No, today's emperor is a saint of love. For 18 years, he has dispersed his concubines and guarded a Song national girl and never left him.

Although she was ridiculed by countless men, she was also regarded as the lover of her dreams by countless girls, and she almost missed the saying "When you marry someone, you marry the King of Zhao".

Therefore, now that Wanyan Honglie wants to choose a concubine to fill the harem, it really scares a lot of people, even the men, and the women don't know how many pink bubbles have been broken.

Everyone's criticism is everyone's criticism, but the speed of Wanyan Honglie's selection of concubines is not slow at all. Soon, there are Tudan, Tang Kuo, Pucha, Nalan, Pusan, Heshilie, Wulin, and Wugulun. The other departments selected women to enter the palace, and began to favor them in turn.

As for Bao Xiruo, even though she would rather die than accept the canonization of empress because she was a woman of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Honglie still forced her to become the empress of the Kingdom of Jin.

However, the cold war started between the emperor and the empress. The empress did not live in the queen's bedroom, but she chose to live in the most remote cold palace in the imperial palace, and the news that the emperor let it go was suddenly cited as a strange talk in the Jin and Song Dynasties. .

The empress was unwilling to come out to take charge, so the person in charge of the harem became the newly elected fourth concubine.

All of a sudden, everyone looked at the eyes of Yan Chenglin, the former Zhao Wang's beloved son and son, full of sympathy.

Everyone was guessing when a new child would pop up in the palace and be made the crown prince, and then Wanyan Chenglin, the eldest son who would be lethal to the new crown prince, would be...

Everyone guessed right, with Wanyan Honglie's level of doting on concubines, there were a few more pregnant women in the palace immediately.

As a result, Wanyan Chenglin received more sympathetic gazes.

"Everyone is really...too enthusiastic." Wanyan Chenglin covered his face and smiled "hehe" in his heart.

He already understood why Wanyan Honglie would pull himself to discuss the deep love between Empress Zhaode and Gujian before he ascended the throne. It turned out that he told himself that he would be Liu Xun instead of imitating his unreliable imperial grandfather.

In the second year, several babies were born in the palace, both boys and girls.

Just when the officials thought that Wanyan Chenglin would be killed by Wanyan Honglie's idea, Wanyan Honglie did something that shocked everyone's attention - he announced that Wanyan Chenglin was crown prince.

The eyes of a group of people were just shocked, but when they turned their heads and thought about it, they felt that it was normal for Wanyan Honglie to do so.

The infant mortality rate is high these days, who knows if a child can grow up alive at such a big age?Like the six children of the previous emperor, none of them lived past the age of three.

Compared with the little baby who doesn't know whether the future will be good or bad, of course the eldest son of the emperor who has grown up and is not bad in all aspects is the prince.

After setting up the crown prince, he began to pick the crown prince.

The empress...has never been a good choice, leaving it to other concubines, Wanyan Honglie was not at ease, so he had to choose by himself.

After picking and picking, Wanyan Honglie could only come up with one result, my son is so outstanding, I always feel that no girl from any family can compare to him.

This pick and choose actually turned the crown prince into a 24-year-old man.

According to the laws of the Kingdom of Jin, a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old unmarried man will be fined once, imprisoned twice, and sent to be directly married three times.

Regarding this situation, the crown prince said that the pressure is not great at all, it's just that he is not married, and it's not that he didn't have sex.

As the crown prince of a country, not having a big marriage will not affect him having sex with women, plus having children.

Anyway, according to the regulations of the Kingdom of Jin, if there is a son, only the son can succeed to the throne. Having a son before marriage does not affect the son of the crown princess.

It's just right that there is no crown princess, and it just saves the crown prince from going home every day, but leaves a lot of time to stir up trouble in the army... No, it's military training.

The world has been at peace for a long time, and the Jurchen, who was once good at riding and shooting, has become a mess... The most obvious example is that when the envoys of the Jin and Song Dynasties in Zhengdan had a friendly exchange last year, the Jurchens lost and lost!

Therefore, even if there is a plug-in like "Wu Mu Suicide Note", there is no way to turn sheep into lions.

In desperation, Wanyan Chenglin had to train again.

The story of Qi Jiguang's selection of soldiers in the past can tell us that the most suitable soldiers are mostly poor people.

If Wanyan Chenglin is not a Jurchen—well, although he was not a Jurchen in his previous life, and he doesn’t really feel that he is a minority, everyone thinks he is a Jurchen, so he has no choice but to be a Jurchen.

Therefore, Wanyan Chenglin had no way to choose the Jiaozhou soldiers who became famous in the Rabbit and Nihong Seven Years War, but could only hold his nose and choose the Jurchen's own people.

However, most of the Jurchens who followed Wan Yanliang into the Central Plains had degenerated to the extreme. In order to recruit suitable soldiers, Wanyan Chenglin had to go back to his hometown in the Northeast and recruit a large group of poor brothers to serve as soldiers.

Not to mention training soldiers according to "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" and some methods of later generations, Wanyan Chenglin went back to Quanzhen Sect's hometown again.

At this time, because Wang Chuyi taught himself, the apprentice of the crown prince, his status in the Quanzhen Sect was second only to Changchunzi Qiu Chuji, and his status among the common people and the nobles of Zhongdu was so high that he was almost not accepted. People hold it as a living god and offer it up.

So Wang Chuyi was as happy as a fox seeing a chicken when he saw Wanyan Chenglin, the crown prince, coming to Quanzhen Sect in person.

"See His Royal Highness."

"Teacher, you don't have to be polite."

After Yan Chenglin exchanged a few words with Wang Chuyi, he began to ask Wang Chuyi to recommend some Taoist priests with high alchemy skills to him.

"Alchemy? Pills are just foreign things. His Royal Highness has superb internal skills, what kind of pills do you need to take?" Wang Chuyi looked Wanyan Chenglin up and down. Although his martial arts were only second-rate in the world, he still had a good eye.

Therefore, he could tell at a glance that his apprentice was not only superb in internal skills, but also in martial arts, especially the sword he carried with him, which was dark and inconspicuous at all, but When it is placed on the table on the ground... it is also pitch black and inconspicuous at all.

But the weight of that sword is astonishing, at least five or sixty catties.

The epee has no sharp edge, and it does not work well.

Think about it, the sword is light, but this sword is so heavy, if it can be swung flexibly, naturally all the swords in this world can't stop its sharpness, so why is there a sharpness?

"I don't want to make alchemy, I just want to find some people who can make gunpowder." Wanyan Chenglin looked at Wang Chuyi with a smile.

"What? Gunpowder?" Wang Chuyi had an ugly expression on his face. Although gunpowder was a by-product unintentionally produced by their Taoist priests during alchemy, but...

They are Taoist priests who make alchemy, not gunpowder.

"Just find a few workers to make gunpowder. If His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know the formula, there is a copy here in Pindao, and His Highness the Crown Prince can take it back and have a try." Wang Chuyi said with a dark face.

"I don't want black explosives, I want firearms." Wanyan Chenglin chuckled, took a sip of tea and said, "There are no Taoists, Master can introduce Gu to some people who are good at gunpowder in Jianghu... Gu will wait here Look...Master...My mother has been reciting Buddhist scriptures every day recently, but she has become more and more interested in Buddhism. Last time, the abbot of Shaolin Temple went to the palace to see his mother."

Shaolin Temple!Buddhists!

Wang Chu jumped, this is not good news.

Of course Wang Chuyi did not believe that Wanyan Honglie would convert to Buddhism because of Bao Xibei. After all, everyone knew that the queen was not favored, but everyone also knew that although the queen was not favored, there was one of her who was liked by Wanyan Honglie good son.

So after weighing it twice, Wang Chuyi decided to help Yan Chenglin find the person he was looking for.

And Wanyan Chenglin was enjoying the scenery on Zhongnan Mountain, plus eating vegetarian food and so on. When he was free and bored, he would wander around Zhongnan Mountain to see if he could meet Mo Chou and his unfavorable daughter-in-law.

Of course, Wanyan Chenglin is not interested in these two girls. Although it is cruel to let two beautiful girls live in the ancient tomb, but two pure girls who don't understand anything, when the color is just right, I still have the patience to coax them He is confident that he will be able to take care of her for the rest of her life in case the future generations grow old and frail.

Who knew that she had never met a single beautiful girl... Thinking about it, it was right, when the crown prince arrived, Zhongnan Mountain was already surrounded so that not even a fly could fly out.

If Lin Chaoying of the Ancient Tomb Sect is really a generation of anti-gold heroines as the legend says, her maids and descendants would not like Jin people much, and naturally she would not come out when there are Jin people all over the mountains and plains wander around.

And Wanyan Chenglin didn't intend to go into the ancient tomb to find out the truth - when he was the son of Prince Zhao, he cherished his life very much; now that he is the crown prince under one person, he cherishes his life even more, so naturally he will not do it again Such a risky thing.

The hundreds of horror movies Wanyan Chenglin has watched told him that curiosity killed the cat. The source of horror is often human curiosity, and there is always such a shit-stirring stick in horror movies-no shit, they It can also pull and stir by itself.

Therefore, Wanyan Chenglin, who was determined not to be a shit-stirring stick, only glanced at the gate of the ancient tomb from a distance, then turned his head and went back.

Wanyan Chenglin thought he was out of the plot just like that, but within a few days he heard the commander of the guards say that he had caught an injured man from the Song Dynasty on the mountain.

Injured man from the Song Kingdom... Wanyan Chenglin didn't pay much attention at first. There are only so many guards, but Zhongnan Mountain is so big and there are so many trails. The site of the Quanzhen sect will do.

Even if there is no path, what if there is Ziwei by the Daming Lake who insists on climbing the cliff to see me?This is a world of ups and downs, and you can't count on those guards with fish lips.

As a result, I heard later that the injured man from the Song Dynasty was surnamed Lu.

"Is the person you're talking about called Lu Zhanyuan?" Wanyan Chenglin turned his head to look at the guard commander.

"His Royal Highness is wise, that person is Lu Zhanyuan." The guard commander looked at Wanyan Chenglin in shock.

"Lu Zhanyuan... Let Gu think about it... Is it dead or is it dead or is it dead?" Wanyan Chenglin pondered for a while, this big scum that caused the tragedy of several families and several good girls, thinking of everyone Due to the law of fate, I decided to ignore this troubled water.

"Where you found it, throw him back there." Wanyan Chenglin gave an order that the leader of the guards could not understand.

It doesn't matter if you can't understand, as long as you have the ability to execute.

After the injured Lu Zhanyuan was captured by a group of golden men, he was quickly thrown back by a group of golden men.

Although Lu Zhanyuan didn't know why the other party wanted to arrest him and why he wanted to let him go, he was still very glad that he finally escaped death, and then... soon... he died.

He died after losing the ability to move, and was not treated by anyone. Then he was moved around by the Jinren and aggravated his injuries. Finally, the wound was infected, and finally one of them failed to hold on and died like that.

As for Li Mochou's sister who was supposed to appear, the beauty who rescued the bear and made love between the two, she never appeared at all from the beginning to the end.

The reason, as I said before, is that in this world where the mountains are full of golden dogs, how can the chivalrous women of the ancient tomb school who are cold and anti-gold warriors run around on the mountains just like the original book?