Zhao Yan is the ninth son of Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu, and he is the oldest of the six surviving sons of Zhao Xu.

Song Emperor Zhao Xu so far, still has not given birth to a son, if this situation continues, and Zhao Xu still has not adopted an heir, then Zhao Xu really has three long and two short, according to the ancestral system of the long and not the young, Zhao Yan is very likely to inherit the throne, at least Zhao Yan himself thinks so.

However, there are accidents in everything in the world, although the long does not stand up for the ancestral system, but there are always cases of abolishing the long and the young, and the beautiful name is called the virtuous and not the long.

Empress Zhao Ji has no children, so none of the sons left in the world are concubines, all of them are concubines, and of course Zhao Yan is the same, he was born to Zhao Ji's concubine Wu.

Zhao Li's mother concubine Wu was originally a palace maid, and her status in the palace was extremely humble, and she was fortunate to be Emperor Shenzong Zhao Ji, and gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhao Ji, the son is Zhao Li, and the daughter is Princess Xianhe.

The Wu family gave birth to a son for Zhao Xu, and gradually promoted to a talent, a beauty, Jieyu, etc., and became Zhao Xu's concubine.

After Zhao Xu's death, although the Wu family was Jieyu, she was only a concubine after all, and her status in the palace was relatively low, so she could not be compared with the queen Xiang and others.

Zhao Li's face is a little longer, his appearance is very average, and he has eye diseases since he was a child, so the Queen Mother Xiang treats Zhao Tong is nose is not a nose, and his face is not a face, and he doesn't like Zhao Tong very much.

In fact, the main reason is that the contradiction between the concubine and the concubine, the queen and the concubine, cannot be reconciled at this time.

Therefore, Zhao Tong wants to inherit the throne, and things are a bit hanging. At this time, Zhao Li's only hope is to ask for foreign aid, if the foreign aid is strong, then he can force the Queen Mother Xiang to agree, at least not to object, then Zhao Li's big thing can be achieved.

"Your Highness, if you have something to do, you will leave here." At this time, when Zhao Yan was conspiring with Cai Chen, suddenly a woman's voice came from the inner room, which immediately scared Cai Cheng into a ghost, and then hurriedly said goodbye.

Such a confidential event was actually known, so what did it do? So Cai Cheng was so frightened that he hurriedly slipped away and went back to discuss with his father Cai Jing. However, when Cai Cheng left, he did not forget to take the Golden Buddha with him.

Cai Cheng didn't want to know who was in the inner room, it must be Zhao Li's woman, so how could Cai Cheng dare to see who it was?

The less you know about this kind of thing, the better ...

"Come out." After Cai Cheng left, Zhao Yan immediately understood who was in the inner room.

"Little brother meets ninth brother." At this time, a more powerful-looking man walked out of the disheveled inner room and said to Zhao Yan with a smile.

"Xin'er, you... You... It's simply ... Buddhism is a place of pure cultivation, and you don't know when and where you play with women? Seeing this, Zhao Yan was really angry and reprimanded fiercely.

This man's name is Zhao Xin, and he is a descendant of Zhao Dezhao, the second son of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xin's parents died early and were adopted in the palace, Zhao Yan saw that his life was pitiful, so he took him with him, like a brother and a father to take care of him, and the relationship between the two was also extremely deep, Zhao Xin gradually developed an arrogant and domineering character, and at the same time, he especially likes to play with women, and even has reached the point of perversion.

"Brother Jiu, it's not that you don't know my little brother, I can't help it as soon as I'm interested... Zhao Xin hurriedly gave Zhao Yan a bowl of tea, and said with a smile after coming over.

"When will you be able to change your temperament?" Zhao Yan glared at Zhao Xin, took a sip of the tea bowl, glanced at the inner room and asked, "Who is inside?" ”

Knowing that the person inside just now was Zhao Xin, Zhao Yan was a little relieved in his heart, but the woman inside was a troublesome matter, she must have heard the conspiracy of Zhao Yan and others, so it was a little tricky.

"It's a person from the temple." Zhao Xin replied with his hand down.

"You... You are so ... Monkey business. Hearing this, Zhao Yan glared at Zhao Xin again.

asked him to accompany him to the nunnery, but he actually mingled with the nuns in the nunnery, which made Zhao Yan extremely angry.

"Brother Jiu, don't worry, the younger brother has his own way to solve this matter." Zhao Xin saw that Zhao Yan was a little anxious, so he said.

"What can you do? What do you hear again? Zhao Yan glanced at Zhao Xin and asked.

"In front of Brother Jiu, the younger brother doesn't dare to lie." Zhao Xin replied when he heard this: "The younger brother heard that it won't work today, and the elder brother wants to be on the throne, so it's better to... ”

"What's not as good as what? If you have something to say, say it. Zhao Yan saw that Zhao Xin was talking in a hurry, so he asked.

"Brother Jiu, if you return to heaven today, the world is yours and should be yours, if that day comes, the younger brother will lead someone to put you on the throne, what do you do with so much effort? The younger brother has hundreds of house slaves in his family, all of whom are dead soldiers, and the younger brother will not frown even if he shouts them to jump into the fire pit. ”

"Nonsense, why don't you stop talking about it?" Zhao Yan was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly looked around and said, "Don't say such words again in the future, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

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Unless you have mastered the overall situation, or you have all the military power in your hands, at least you can control the Jingshi garrison army, then you can use force, but you have already mastered the overall situation or the army, so do you still need to use force?

Otherwise, what role can only be played by the hundreds of slaves in Zhao Xin's mansion? It is completely counterproductive and self-defeating, and Zhao Tong is still relatively sober about it.

Since the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin Huangqiao mutiny and the yellow robe were added, there has not been any vassal king who rebelled by force, not that they did not want to rebel, there must be vassal kings with this idea in their hearts, but since Zhao Kuangyin, the imperial court has taken extremely strict precautions against this, and the imperial court can give you glory, money, and status, but it does not give you military power, does not give you strength, and does not give you the opportunity to rebel, there is no possibility.

The military power of the Song Dynasty was divided into three, and the military power was held by the Privy Council, the Sanya, and the Ministry of Soldiers.

The Privy Council is the nominal highest military and political yamen of the imperial court, and is in charge of the military affairs, military defense, border preparation, and military orders.

However, in fact, the Privy Council only has the right to transfer troops, but not the right to command troops, and the power to transfer troops is subject to the control of the emperor and the governor.

The Privy Council is a pawn, and when you are in a hurry, you have nowhere to ask for soldiers and horses!

The power of the Song Dynasty to command the army was in the hands of the commander of the three yas and four compartments, but the commanders of the three yas and the four compartments only had the right to command the troops, but not the right to transfer troops, and at the same time, the commanders of the three yas and the four compartments only obeyed the emperor's orders, and others had no right to interfere.

The military department is only in charge of the militia and the Xiang army, and is in charge of the guards, honor guards, martial arts, Xiang army, Turkish army, etc., which are basically soy sauce players, and they have the lowest status among the yamen in charge of the army.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the vassal king to rebel by force, and there is only one result if he rebels by force, that is, he will be ruined and ruined.

"What Brother Jiu said is that the younger brother knows." Zhao Xin replied stupidly.

"It's not too early, let's go back as soon as possible." Zhao Yan then nodded and said.

Zhao Yan said and glanced at the inner room.

Zhao Xin nodded and walked to the inner room.

Zhao Tong walked out of the meditation room not far away, and heard a scream from the house, Zhao Tong immediately opened his mouth after hearing it, Zhao Tong meant to let Zhao Xin find a way to seal the woman's mouth, threats or money are fine, but it doesn't have to be her life?

But this is indeed the best way, Zhao Yan then thought about it.

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"Brother Jiu, don't blame me, good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the master to do things, and the younger brother is really helpless." Not long after separating from Zhao Yan, Zhao Xin turned around and went to the mansion of Zhao Yi, the thirteenth son of Song Shenzong, King Zhao Jian, to choose his big tree.

It is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, so that you can keep your glory and wealth, and even go further.

According to Zhao Xin, Zhao Yan is indecisive and difficult to achieve great things, and Zhao seems to be the younger brother of Emperor Zhao Xu, so he has a much greater chance of sitting in that position than Zhao Li, in this case, why should he hang himself on a tree? If possible, Zhao Xin also plans to flatter Duan Wang Zhao Ji, then things are like a lock on the safe, which can be guaranteed.

At the same time, Zhao Xin deeply understands that sending charcoal in the snow is much better than icing on the cake.

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The residence of Prime Minister Zhang Tang of Song

"You... You're just doing too much and doing it self-defeating. After listening to Zhao Li's words, Zhang Dian was so angry that his white beard fluttered, his eyes widened, and he glared at Zhao Tong angrily, and he splashed tea all over his body without realizing it.

"Who is Cai Jingnai?" Zhang Dian then roared: "Cai Jing is very good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, he is a wall grass, that is, a capricious villain, how can such a person be bought by a mere golden Buddha?" Even if he's bought by you? But what's the use of bribing this person? Half of what he said was not credible, the old man had vaguely tried him, but he had not yet expressed his attitude, and you are like this today. Why don't you consult with the old man in advance? It's really infuriating to me! ”

"Zhang Gong... Zhang Gong was angry. . . Zhao Tong saw that Zhang Dian was angry, and immediately felt timid, you must know that so far, Zhao Tuo's only hope is Prime Minister Zhang Tun, and Zhao Tuo does not dare to disobey Zhang Dian in the slightest.

In addition to being Zhao Li's attendant, Zhang Dian also had an in-law relationship with Zhao Li, and Zhang Dian's son married Zhao Li's mother, a member of the Wu family.

Therefore, Zhao Tong got the secret news in the palace, and rushed to Zhang Dun's mansion to discuss with him as soon as possible.

At present, it is an extraordinary period, it is said that the king of the county and the prime minister of the current dynasty cannot be contacted, so as not to cause criticism from others, and even arouse the suspicion of the emperor, but the matter is urgent, and Zhao Yan can't take care of it much, so he just came to Zhang's mansion to discuss with him.

"Xiao Wang just... I just think that Cai Jing is Cai Bian's brother, so he can get a strong help. Zhao Tong then said.

"How can the old man not understand this truth?" Zhang Dian then sighed and said: "The best way for you to do nothing now is to do nothing, don't say anything, everything is decided by the old man, waiting for the opportunity to move, you know?" is like Duan Wang Zhao Ji, waiting for the opportunity to move, better than anything else. ”