Don't look at Hong Tao's tossing and turning in Huangzhou, but the change in the direction of the wind in the court is not fully known. Since the beginning of the year, the DPRK and China have been busy with two things, one is the currency reform in Huangzhou, for which the court is about to quarrel, and in the end Wang Anshi and Sima Guang joined forces to suppress the opposition and reluctantly passed.

That's right, reluctantly, because the forces they both have in their hands are not willing to go all out at this time. Why? Because there is another more important matter, urging Emperor Shenzong to establish a crown prince.

Emperor Shenzong's health has not been very good in the past few years, always dizziness, headache, wheezing and chest tightness, and his eyesight is declining very quickly.

Since Song Taizu, several emperors have this problem, and the onset is very fast, people say that if they can't do it, they will be bedridden even if they are rescued, and they will hang up one day.

The most troublesome thing is that the cause of this disease cannot be found, it is almost inherited by the Zhao family, and the imperial doctors are helpless, so they can only make the emperor less angry, drink less, and rest more.

But the question is, how many emperors can get less angry and rest more? The more ambitious and ideal the emperor is, the more he has to endure humiliation, lie down and taste courage, and suppress all emotions in order to make a difference in the court. On the contrary, there is no pursuit, and the emperor who eats and waits for death all day long lives a happier life and has a relatively long life.

Soon after Hong Tao came to this era, he found that Emperor Shenzong's health was not very good, especially when he was playing flying eagles, he would be dizzy when he exercised a lot.

On weekdays, the emperor's illness is a royal secret, and he can't talk to outsiders, even if it's a minister in the court. Only in the treasure painting hall of the Horse Mansion did the emperor relax a little, and did not deliberately carry his sister and brother-in-law behind his back.

From this, Hong Tao probably guessed that Emperor Shenzong might have some disease, or that he was not sick, but a genetic defect inherited from his father.

High blood pressure, the symptoms of this disease are very similar to those of Emperor Shenzong, and it can be inherited. Several emperors before the Northern Song Dynasty may have been hypertensive patients, and the reason for their violent death is also directly related to this disease, whether it is stroke or cerebrovascular disease caused by high blood pressure.

Unfortunately, Hong Tao did not study medicine and did not know how to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat high blood pressure and prevent diseases such as stroke and cerebral thrombosis.

In fact, even if he knew, he didn't dare to treat the emperor, this thing was too responsible, not to mention whether the emperor and the courtiers could believe in him, just worrying about the emperor all day long, he would have to scare himself to death first.

Persuade the emperor to be less intrigued, less angry, less patient, and keep a relaxed mood? This is not nonsense, if you dare to say so, the emperor can immediately bomb himself to Hainan Island to catch fish.

Persuading the emperor not to do any work, and cultivating himself all day long, this is not a standard traitor, and the emperor will not be happy if he agrees to the courtiers, maybe he will clear the king's side.

So Hong Tao can only let the emperor have nothing to do and move more, but don't play strenuous sports, it's good to play badminton. In addition, Hong Tao also tried to help Emperor Shenzong share some annoying things, such as the New Deal, such as the war against Western Xia.

The better he plays, the better the emperor's mood should be, and if it can't reach the level of pleasure, it can more or less offset the pressure brought by some court affairs.

It's not that Hong Tao likes this uncle very much, but that he pulls out the general. At least Emperor Shenzong still wants to do something serious and has the ability to do it. If he is replaced by Emperor Huizong, the harder he works, the more he will lose, and the more energetic he will lose, and it will not be him who will be worried to death in the end, it must be himself.

This kind of effort has indeed seen the effect, this time I went back and inquired with the eldest princess on the side, Emperor Shenzong's health has indeed improved in the past two years, in one sentence, that is, people are in good spirits when they are happy.

But the ancients also said that happiness begets sorrow. Emperor Shenzong belongs to the kind of character who has difficulties to go up, and he has to make difficulties even if he is not sleepy.

He couldn't be idle, and just solved part of the problem of Western Xia and the rule of officials, he began to ponder the Northern Dynasty again, and always wanted to go one step further and get back the sixteen states of Youyun in his lifetime.

For this reason, he really played with his life, and he slept less than two hours a day, in addition to looking at the combat records of the previous dynasties against the Northern Dynasties, he was calculating how much money should be in the treasury to start a war with the Northern Dynasties, and which big families and big landlords should collect this money from and in what name.

As a result, it took two years to stabilize slightly, and his condition worsened instantly, and he fainted once in the court last month because he was too emotional.

This frightened the courtiers, thinking about the fate of the previous emperors, someone immediately wrote to Emperor Shenzong urging him to quickly establish a prince, so as not to suddenly hang up one day and no one can inherit legally.

These ministers don't particularly care who will be the emperor, all they need is a relatively stable continuation of the imperial family, and whoever becomes the emperor will use them, there is no big difference.

And the ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty did have this right, according to the convention, as long as the emperor has obvious physical illness, he must establish an heir, which is also an important job of the emperor, to ensure the normal continuation of the imperial family, and try not to cause controversy.

As the saying goes, there is no trivial matter in the royal family, and it is not up to the emperor to be the prince alone, so he has to fully consider the suggestions of the courtiers, and then decide who will take over the throne according to the characteristics of several sons It is in everyone's interests.

At the same time, the change of the emperor is also a key node in the reshuffle of the internal forces of the imperial court. It's a rule on the surface, and you don't have to do it secretly.

Wang Anshi's new party and Sima Guang's old party can't suppress anyone at present, and Emperor Shenzong also intends not to let the two factions win or lose, which faction just looks a little more and finds an excuse to suppress and suppress, and there is really no excuse to have the big killer of brother-in-law.

Now the king of the horses has really become a celestial star, because he can't count the two slaps of the courtiers who have been demoted, but it is in the best interest of the emperor to do so.

So these two groups of people set their sights on the sons of Emperor Shenzong, and who was appointed as the prince was their decisive battle, and this matter was obviously more important than the reform of the currency system in Huangzhou.

Therefore, Hong Tao still has to rely on these nephews, and it is they who help him attract most of the attention of the courtiers, otherwise the matter of currency reform may have to be dragged out.

Hong Tao didn't know that such a big thing had happened in the DPRK, and he was overjoyed because of a small currency reform. This kind of behavior is seriously unqualified in Pei Ying's eyes, and he is not worthy of being called a force in the court. That is, Emperor Shenzong is on the throne, and this concubine can take advantage of the situation, and once the throne is replaced, it will be short-lived.

But this kind of thing Pei Ying will never talk to the horse, he knows his position very well, and what to say and what not to say has become a part of his blood. Even if the eldest princess was kind to herself back then, she couldn't do anything out of the ordinary.

All I can do is stay above the bottom line, try to stare at this crazy colt and don't go too crookedly. As long as you can keep this line, whoever becomes the emperor will not be too harsh on the crazy horse. Anyway, you have to call your uncle, at most, you don't give rights, and there is no obstacle to glory and wealth.

"Burn pillar incense for your master, and then go and tell him that the official is busy with currency reform, which is for the benefit of His Majesty and the Great Song Dynasty, so I can't accompany his old man to visit Huangzhou. After the new currency is successfully issued, the official will go to make amends. ”

Hong Tao really went to the emperor's temple to offer incense, not only to thank Emperor Shenzong for choosing to believe in himself, but also to let the wasp drag Pei Ying, lest this old eunuch stare at him all day long.

"The last general won't dare to go, the master will beat people......" Wasp was stunned, his eyes were full of fear, and he didn't know what kind of education Pei Ying had when he was a child.

"If you don't die after two hits, do you have to let this official run around with your master all day long? This matter is related to the future plans of Huangzhou and Ganliang Road, if you don't go to hell, who will go to hell! Don't be verbose, go to the Tiansha Temple to find me if you have something. ”

Nonsense, if Pei Ying is good at dealing with Hong Tao, he doesn't have to give up the wasps, having him by his side is more down-to-earth than surrounding several special forces. Isn't there no way, let others deal with the old eunuch can't resist it at all, don't talk about experience first, you can't speak just because of the difference in identity.