NovelBonte Chapter 2566 Queen!
Chapter 2566 Queen!
Chapter 2566 Queen!
With Lu Fang bringing 5000 war horses and a new tribute from the King of Northern Liang, Northern Liang officially gained the recognition of the Song State and also attracted the attention of the world.
academy,
When Zhao Jian received the news, she was speechless for a long time. She didn't expect that her master suddenly became the king of Beiliang Kingdom.
She is the princess of the Song Dynasty, but her master has become the king of another country. Isn't this somewhat inappropriate?
But she couldn't just declare that she didn't recognize Wang Yue as her master, so she was very conflicted for a while.
In fact, Cao Danshu was in a difficult situation at this moment. After all, all her family members were officials in the Song Dynasty, but her master suddenly became the king of another country. No matter what they did, they could not get the approval of the current emperor.
And their Cao family is involved in military power, and it is very dangerous if they cannot gain the emperor's trust.
Le Shan didn't care about it. She felt that Wang Yue was her master no matter what, so it didn't matter even if he was a foreign monarch.
Anyway, regardless of everything else, Wang Yue is still her brother-in-law, he is one of ours!
Wang Jiantong didn't care much about it. You know, the Beggars' Sect was originally established by Wang Yue, and the equal land tax that Wang Yue implemented obviously made all the members of the Beggars' Sect very yearning for it. Of course, he would not change his original intention.
Therefore, some Beggars' Sect disciples who wanted to settle down voluntarily went to Beiliang after hearing this, hoping to obtain land there.
So, Wang Jiantong was busy with this matter and had no time to think about anything else.
Just when others were in trouble, Lu Fang, who had received the imperial edict to enthrone Wang Yue on behalf of the king, did not return to Xixia immediately, but returned to the academy instead.
Zhao Jian had wanted to meet Lu Fang for a long time, but unfortunately it was not convenient. After hearing the news from Lu Fang, he immediately came to the conference room.
As soon as she saw Lu Fang, she asked directly, "Lu Fang, what exactly does the master think? What should we do now?"
Seeing how nervous Zhao Jian was, Lu Fang knew Zhao Jian's identity, so he smiled and said, "The master asked me to tell Senior Sister that you can apply to join the Secret Pavilion of the Song Dynasty as a disciple of the academy, so that you can naturally gain trust."
Zhao Jian was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized.
Because the Secret Chamber was originally established to gather information for the Song Dynasty, and it was a position that only required work and had little benefit.
Moreover, as long as she can achieve her ideals, Zhao Jian doesn't care whether His Majesty trusts her or not, as long as she has a clear conscience.
After Zhao Jian figured it out, he immediately smiled and said, "In that case, Lu Fang, thank Master for me when you go back."
However, she changed her tone when she said this, and asked uncertainly, "Did the master tell us what to do with the business in the capital?"
Lu Fang said as a matter of course, "Master has handed over these businesses to us five brothers. As for the academy, Master said that everything should remain the same, so that the eldest sister doesn't have to worry so much."
After listening to this, Zhao Jian did not offer any other opinions, but instead looked at Cao Danshu.
Of course, Lu Fang knew that the Third Senior Sister was also very worried, so he repeated what Wang Yue said, and then said,
"The master said that Third Senior Sister, don't worry. Just study hard in this academy. The Cao family will definitely make arrangements for your future."
Cao Danshu was a little confused by what she heard, but she thought that what Wang Yue said was always reliable, so she nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
When Lu Fang saw that Wang Yue's three disciples were stable, he took Li Shouhua and Wang Yue's daughter Yuanyuan with him and went to Western Xia.
To be on the safe side, the Minister of Rites personally escorted them all the way to the border, where they were picked up by Wang Yue himself. He then returned to the capital with the people who saw them off.
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Everything in Kaifeng City is the same as before, except that there are more spies around.
Wang Yue handed over the trade affairs to the Five Rats not only to let them take charge of the trade within the Song Dynasty, but he also planned to establish the Hexi Corridor into a trade center for all countries.
Through the Hexi Corridor, various materials from the Central Plains were transported to the Western Regions, where they were sold for money. Then, the Western Regions' fine wines, beautiful women, and war horses were sold to the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, because Jeju Island is also under control, it is entirely possible to trade the materials of Dongying and Goguryeo to the west.
Since Wang Yue had to continue to lead the campaign of fighting against local tyrants and dividing land in other counties, he handed over all trade matters to the Five Rats.
Bai Yuting and his friends didn't like being officials in the first place, so they just wanted to hold temporary posts in the positions assigned to them by Wang Yue, and all the procedures were handled by the deputy. So they were very happy after receiving the appointment and agreed to it immediately.
The process of defeating the local tyrants and dividing the land was carried out quickly, but in order to maintain stability, it also consumed a lot of Wang Yue's energy.
Fortunately, the Beggars' Sect helped spread the message everywhere, so when the rebellion was about to start, it was suppressed in the first place.
It was under such circumstances that Beiliang passed through its most dangerous period.
...Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already the year 1033, which was March of the second year of Mingdao!
Although Empress Dowager Liu, who was in power, had been practicing Taoism for nearly a year, the Taoists in Longhu Mountain obviously did not spare her life, and she still died according to the course of history.
In May, just after the mourning period for Empress Dowager Liu was over, the Emperor could not wait to depose Empress Guo from her position as queen, on the grounds that the queen was jealous and childless, and then arranged for her to be in Changning Palace, which was also considered a cold palace.
In June, the emperor's adoptive mother, Empress Dowager Yang, began to look for a suitable queen for the emperor to fill the vacancy of this queen.
The sixteen-year-old Cao Danshu was also among the selected candidates. Chen Xichun also entered the palace at the same time. In fact, she had been kept by his side for a long time just to compete with Miao Xinhe, who was arranged by the deceased Empress Dowager Liu.
When Cao Danshu received the news at the academy, she asked Zhao Jian in surprise, "Senior Sister, do you think Master has already figured this out? Why was I arranged to enter the palace?"
Seeing that Zhao Jian didn't seem to know how to answer for a moment, Le Shan said very straightforwardly, "Of course, if the master hadn't guessed it long ago, how could he have asked you to study hard here and not worry about your family and clan."
After hearing this, Cao Danshu said uncertainly, "But Master is the ruler of Beiliang after all, and I am his apprentice. How could I be chosen as the queen?"
Le Shan was also scratching her head after hearing this. She really had no idea what the twists and turns were here. She didn't understand what the ministers in the court were thinking to let Cao Danshu become the queen.
As a result, the answer came out quickly.
It turned out that the Queen had deposed the Queen that the Queen Mother had chosen for the Emperor not long after the Queen Mother passed away, which actually offended many ministers.
Those ministers had followed Empress Dowager Liu for more than ten years, which was even longer than the time Empress Guo had followed her. After seeing what happened to Empress Guo, they suddenly felt a sense of grief.
Therefore, when the emperor was preparing to arrange a new queen, she always raised various objections and blocked the emperor's plans.
At this time, even the royalists like Yan Shu were not in a position to speak. After all, the emperor's actions were too impulsive.
Of course, Fan Zhongyan was unlucky. He had already been driven out of Kyoto for trying to stop the empress from being deposed.
So, the final result was that the ministers unanimously agreed to find a queen with ordinary looks who would not be able to seduce the king.
And among all the women in the capital, is there any woman whose reputation is worse than Cao Danshu?
You know, Cao Danshu was the one who scared her husband so much that he wrote a divorce letter on the wedding night.
With such a woman serving as the queen beside the emperor, she would definitely not be able to seduce the emperor.
In fact, this was also a deliberate revenge on the emperor by the ministers left behind after the death of Empress Dowager Liu. They also wanted to test the emperor's bottom line, and their goal was achieved.
In September of the same year, Cao Danshu was officially canonized as queen, becoming the second queen of Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty.
However, the emperor actually wanted to enthrone his childhood sweetheart Miao Xinhe as queen at this time. Unfortunately, he failed to achieve his goal due to the obstruction of his ministers.
So, the emperor was so angry that he did not consummate the marriage on his wedding night.
Cao Danshu actually originally had a good impression of the emperor, and it would not be an exaggeration to even use the word admiration for him. However, after this incident, Cao Danshu's heart turned cold, and she just quietly served as his queen.
But he didn't care about anything in the harem and just kept reading, as if entering the palace was just another place to study.
The books Cao Danshu read were partly the dowry he brought from the academy, and partly the books collected in the palace.
There were so few books that it didn't take long to finish reading them. Fortunately, although it was not convenient for Cao Danshu to leave the palace, her personal maid was very convenient and would bring back some new books from time to time, which made life less boring.
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In October of the same year, Li Deming died. The new master Li Yuanhao ruled the Dangxiang clan and established Western Xia with the support of his clan members, and he became the king of Western Xia.
As soon as he took office, in order to establish his authority, he directly sent his uncle as the vanguard, leading an army of 10,000, straight to Liangzhou.
After the Song Dynasty received this news, it immediately sent a large army to the border states to take precautions, fearing that Li Yuanhao would make another feint to the east and attack in the west.
Wang Yue was well-versed in history. When he heard that Li Yuanhao's vanguard was actually Li Yuanhao's uncle, he immediately understood that Li Yuanhao was sending his uncle to die.
Of course, Wang Yue would not let his men die in vain. It could be said that he had been waiting for this day for a long time and it was just a waste of some arrows.
Wang Yue has always known one thing, that is, he cannot let the people under his command be too idle, so when he founded Beiliang, he had already started to use silver to hire the people under his command and started to build city walls everywhere.
(End of this chapter)