Chapter 630: The Emperor's Mind (4)
Li Zhong's life is undoubtedly very successful, he is a general, a very popular minister, to him from a poor and lowly background, and finally to be able to go to such a height, the Jin Dynasty has been more than 500 years, after dozens of generations of emperors, it is very rare, very rare.
Li Zhong's success is also Zhao Zhi's greatest success, without Zhao Zhi's huge support and trust, Li Zhong would never have achieved such great success, the same, Li Zhong with military strength in a great adversity situation, successfully resisted the Hu people's repeated attacks, to ensure that the hinterland of the Central Plains for nearly 20 years is not threatened by the Hu people, so that Zhao Zhi can put down his worries, devote himself to the hard work, and finally the Jin Dynasty that is about to collapse the building to help up.
But there is a limit to the development of anything to a certain extent.
Since Zhao Zhi succeeded to the throne, there have been several major wars, such as the White Turban Army Rebellion, the Battle of Jiangnan, and the Battle of Longyou, a total of four major wars.
The rebellion of the White Turban Army, Gan Qian led 50,000 forbidden troops to the expedition, but in the end the whole army was destroyed, Jinyang was besieged, once Jinyang was lost, the rebels will drive straight in, straight to Fengjing, the government and the opposition shook, the world shook, on this occasion, Zhao Zhi urgently ordered Anbei to send troops to help, at that time the Hu people were brewing a new war, Li Zhong sent 30,000 elite Anbei cavalry to aid Fengjing, on the other hand, he was alone, meeting the Mobei Khan, Azhislan was moved by his courage, and finally chose to withdraw the army, and Zhao Zhi's side, With the help of 30,000 elite Anbei cavalry, a new army was immediately organized to quell the rebellion, and the rebellion of the White Turban Army was quickly quelled.
After the incident, a considerable number of Anbei generals and soldiers were left behind to restore the strength of the forbidden army.
In the Battle of Jiangnan, many generals such as Yuan He and Mao Anfu were from the Anbei line, or had a certain connection with Anbei.
As for the later, the two more large-scale battles of Longyou, Li Zhong personally participated in them, led the elite of Anbei, and achieved brilliant results.
Looking back, Zhao Zhi suddenly woke up, with Li Zhong as the core, after so many years of development, a powerful military group has begun to take shape, Li Zhong's prestige can completely control this powerful force, once he has any out-of-the-ordinary thoughts, it will be an unimaginable horror consequence, of course, Zhao Zhi has absolute trust in Li Zhong, and Li Zhong is also absolutely loyal to Zhao Zhi, but Zhao Zhi as an emperor, as an emperor with an absolutely mature mind, It is impossible to hand over such a large force to anyone but himself, not even his own son, such a force can only be in the hands of one person, that is, Zhao Zhi himself.
So inevitably, Zhao Zhi had suspicion of Li Zhong, but fortunately, this suspicion is benign, Zhao Zhi hopes to remove the threat by soft means, and Li Zhong does not have any other thoughts, hand over all the military power in his hands, and cooperate with Zhao Zhi, use his prestige, and slowly eliminate the hidden dangers of the Anbei Military Group, so that the relationship between the two is still stable.
This result is already very good, Li Zhong became the left minister, and since then one person has been above 10,000 people, a very popular minister, and extremely glorious, but in any case, Li Zhong finally lost his military power and was trapped in the huge cage of Fengjing.
"Li Xun's matter, if we make a move, the traces are too obvious, my father is not a mediocre person, and if we don't do it well, it is very likely to be self-defeating and harm ourselves."
Zhao He thought a lot, and finally thought of his father Zhao Zhi, for his father, how could Zhao He not understand, his father was originally relying on intrigues to squeeze out the prince, and finally ascended to the throne, fighting with others, playing tricks, is his father's strength, if he is separated from Li Xun, I am afraid it will be difficult to hide from him.
Zhao Dezhao said lightly: "We don't need to make a move." ”
"Who?"
"The left servant of the household department is the king of Congben."
"Is it him? He is not Zhao Xun's confidant? ”
Hearing this name, Zhao He was surprised, Wang Congben was the old man next to Zhao Xun, and he was very trusted by Zhao Xun, Zhao Xun used the power of the prince to supervise the country, and promoted Wang Congben to the left servant of the household department half a year ago, with this high position, Wang Congben successfully became the core of the prince group, how could such a person be used by himself?
Zhao Bolin approached and whispered in Zhao He's ear.
Zhao He looked at Zhao Bolin in surprise: "How did you know about such a secret thing?" ”
Zhao Bolin smiled: "We don't know, it doesn't mean that others don't know." ”
Zhao Bolin intended to sell the customs, but Zhao Dezhao said directly: "Wang Congben was discovered by Yang Binglin, I talked to him, Yang Binglin means that after the matter is completed, if there is a vacancy in the political affairs hall, he will decide the candidate in exchange for our full support." ”
"Although this condition is a bit harsh, but for the overall situation, the impact is not great, if I can finally win the big position, just a position of the country, it is nothing."
Zhao He pondered for a moment, finally nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Dezhao, what are the prerequisites for you to negotiate with Yang Binglin?" ”
Zhao Dezhao said silently: "He is about to die, see his head tonight, tomorrow the court meeting, Wang Congben will immediately attack, and fight back." ”
Zhao He smiled and said to Zhao Bolin: "You do things well, don't make mistakes." ”
Zhao Bolin arched his hand and said: "I let people let him die in the way of a shipwreck, the vast water, no one can be seen alive, no body can be seen, and it will not arouse anyone's suspicion." ”
Zhao He smiled: "Since you have arranged everything, then I can rest assured." ”
Zhao He's mood is obviously very good, a huge storm against the prince Zhao Xun is about to start, but he can stay out of the matter, sit and watch the show, don't do much, but he can get a lot of benefits, this business is too worthwhile.
"Your Highness is recuperating in peace, and we will take our leave."
Zhao Dezhao bowed and left.
The first year of Tianhe, May 15.
Zhao Zhi, with the support of the shepherd, stepped onto the throne tremblingly, and the hundreds of officials below bowed and shouted long live.
Zhao Zhi nodded, and Liu Congxi on the side hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Hundred officials are exempt from courtesy." ”
Since mid-February, Zhao Zhi's old illness relapsed, after a sickness, there were three months, Zhao Zhi did not participate in the court meeting, but let the prince Zhao Xun supervise the country, regent of the government, Zhao Xun has a gentle personality, regardless of the grade, are gentle and reasonable, smiling face, especially for the old ministers in the court, it is more respectful, in just a few months, it has also won the praise of many ministers, plus there is Li Zhong to assist, the government is also stable, if it is not for the poisoning of the winged king Zhao He, Zhao Zhi's condition will improve, Zhao Xun will definitely be able to give a satisfactory answer.
Zhao Zhi glanced at the courtiers below and said lightly, "Let's start." ”
The voice was very small, but when all the courtiers heard it, their hearts were tight, not only for the current emperor Zhao Zhi, but also in their hearts, and they knew in their hearts that today's court meeting might not be dull.