The wind and rain in the court, lightning and thunder, it seemed to be a scuffle, and there was no clue, but Zhao Yu understood that it was Ying Jieyan who was dancing behind the scenes, and admired his ability to muddy the waters. The old man really didn't live a lot of age in vain, he didn't read so many years of books in vain, he didn't mix with officialdom for decades in vain, and his understanding of human nature is really intriguing. Speaking of this matter, it was Ying Jieyan who persuaded several important ministers and friends to deal with it, but it was Zhang Shijie and Chen Yizhong who helped. It is no secret that the two of them have conflicts in the court, and the root cause is interests.

Chen Yizhong's young family was poor, and he had no relatives who were leaders, and he had no foundation in the court. But it is conceivable how difficult it is for a poor scholar with no money and no background to make a name for himself in the court, so he worked hard to climb up by unscrupulous means, and even did not hesitate to abolish his 'benefactor' Jia Nidao, thus reaching the top.

Zhang Shijie's background is not much better, he was originally a northerner, not even a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, because he was convicted in the army and fled to the Song Realm, joined the Huai Army, and rose up with a knife and a gun on his bravery, it can be said that every step up is exchanged for life and blood. If it weren't for the coincidence of the fall of the Song Dynasty, he might not have been able to rise to such a high position. It is precisely because of their hard-won status today that they both 'cherish' it very much and do not allow others to offend their interests.

So when they threaten their respective interests and are threatened, the conflict between the two turns into confrontation; But when the common interests of the two are threatened, it is impossible to say that the two of them will temporarily give up their grievances and stand on the same front to defend against the enemy together. And the treacherous and cunning Ying Jieyan took advantage of this, using contradictions when there are contradictions, and creating some contradictions for them if there are no contradictions, stirring up a pool of clear water into turbidity, so that others cannot see their true purpose, so as to win in chaos.

As for the ministers' suspicion that the two of them unanimously asked for their departure from Guangxi in order to take revenge on themselves, Zhao Yu did not agree. Both of them are rulers of the imperial court, and they are not so bad as to get along with a child. Even if it's to prevent trouble, it has to be a matter of adulthood, and I won't kill myself because of such a thing. And they all know that once they are excluded from the court by the other party, it will be a dead end, so they can only find a scapegoat, but they are the prince of the dynasty, and they are powerless to resist, of course, they will be pinched as soft persimmons.

Now the courtiers who are out of the town of Guangxi have basically formed a unity, in fact, it depends on whether the Empress Dowager Yang nods, and the emperor knows that it is the shrine in the temple, and it is useless, his opinion is not as good as farting, at most because there is less playmate to cry. At this moment, whether Zhao Hao's plan is successful or not depends on whether he can break through the queen mother's goal with a kick, so the penalty kick should be strictly dispatched to the most important general-Jiang Wanzai.

Jiang Wanzai was an honest and fair official, upright, and at this time, he was entrusted by the Empress Dowager Xie to protect the descendants of the Zhao family, and wanted to persuade him to allow him to open Guangxi, Zhao Hao thought that it was difficult to give him confidence with his own cleverness and age congenital defects. Although Ying Jieyan said that he had a good personal relationship with Jiang Wanzai, and he also had a sense of sympathy, he had always had a clear distinction between public and private, and it was not easy to persuade him to support him, but Empress Dowager Yang currently trusted Jiang Wanzai the most, and this seemed to have become a dead knot that was difficult to untie.

But Zhao Yu doesn't see it that way, the experience of his previous life tells him that he has weaknesses in human beings, even saints......

The Jiang clan is full of loyalty, and the world is known as 'Three Ancient Twelve Lents'. Sangu refers to the three brothers of Jiang Wanli, Jiang Wanzai and Jiang Wanqing with the name of 'Gu', and the three Jiang brothers have successively taken the imperial examination high school and ascended to the Southern Song Dynasty court high-ranking officials. Jiang Wanli was the official to the Southern Song Dynasty Zuo Prime Minister and Privy Envoy, Jiang Wanzai was the official to the Ministry of Rites, and Jiang Wanqing was the official to the Ministry of Households. Twelve Zhai refers to Jiang Wanli's twelve sons and nephews with the name of 'Zhai'.

When the Meng Yuan soldiers destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiang Wanli and Zi Jiang Hao led more than 180 family members to throw themselves into the water pool and die for the country; Jiang Wanqing and his son Jiang Duo were captured by Meng Yuan, and both father and son died without scolding the thief; Jiang Wanzai and his son Jiang Cheng led the family men to form a righteous army to resist the Yuan, they resisted the Meng Yuan every day, and fought thousands of miles to Lin'an, Wuzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Huizhou and other places, many of them died on the battlefield, which shows that the name of the Jiang family is forged with the life and blood of the clan.

When a clan member dies, a brother dies tragically, and a son dies, no one will remain indifferent. The eldest brother Jiang Wanli committed suicide in an extremely tragic way when the Yuan army broke the city, which was enough to make him grief and indignation. After his younger brother Jiang Wanqing was captured, he scolded and refused to surrender, and was brutally dismembered to death by the Yuan army, which shocked him even more. Zhao Yu believed that Jiang Wanzai must have been grief-stricken when he heard about it, and would rather die than his closest relatives.

But the tragedy did not stop, and the bad news came one after another in a short period of time, Zhao Yu believed that even hard-hearted people would be moved, and he was sure that Jiang Wanzai would not be unmoved after the blows again and again, and his heart was definitely full of guilt in addition to sadness, and he blamed himself for not being able to save them from danger. At this moment, I must hope to protect my brother's children as much as possible, so that they can pass on the incense and spend the rest of their lives safely.

In other words, family affection should be its only weakness now, as for how Zhao Yu saw it, the reason is actually very simple. When Wen Tianxiang asked the Empress Dowager to dismiss the Jiang clan to protect the blood of the martyr's family, all the heirs of the Jiang Wanzai brothers who were still in the army were released, but only the eldest son was allowed to return home, and the rest of the sons stayed in the army to serve. This shows that Jiang Wanzai wants to protect the Jiang family's loyalty with his own and his sons' lives, and can fulfill the brotherly love.

Although Zhao Hao found a breakthrough, he didn't know where to start for a while. But this time, the unobtrusive old man may have wanted to help him, and sent another person to his eyes, that is, Yishan of Weiwangfu - Jiang Xuan. His other identity is Jiang Wanli's eldest son, despite the great changes in his family, he is still fighting on the front line of the anti-Yuan Dynasty, which makes Jiang Wanzai very uneasy.

Jiang Xuan is the eldest son and eldest grandson in the family, and Jiang Xuan's family status can be imagined in the feudal society where the eldest son is the orthodox; For Jiang Wanzai, Jiang Xuan has followed him since he was a child to learn literature and martial arts, and learn to drill the navy. At the age of thirteen, he followed himself to Lin'an to study, and stepped into the official career, which can be said to be like father and son; And Jiang Xuan is very promising, at the age of forty-one, he led the rank of secretary of the military department and became a senior official of the second grade, and his father was one step away from being able to pay homage to the marquis, which can be said to be the rise and fall of the Jiang family.

Jiang Xuan grew up with his uncle, and he always listened to Jiang Wanzai's words in the past, but this time he refuted it with national hatred and family hatred, refused to obey the arrangement, and was helpless against his eldest nephew Lao Jiang, who had committed a twist, and just wanted to try to get him to take care of him. And it was at this time that there was an opportunity, Song and Yuan negotiated peace, and King Wei wanted to pledge Mongolia, and there was a shortage of courtiers and masters. At first, he had a long talk with King Wei, although he did not express his position, but he still agreed with his opinion that it was difficult to achieve, but this trip seemed to outsiders to be a rhythm of death.

Lao Jiang, who knew his nephew's temper well, was sure that he would not refuse this opportunity to repay the country with death, so he recommended Jiang Xuan to serve as Wang Fu Yishan to accompany King Wei to Mongolia as a pledge. Empress Dowager Yang is so worried that no one is willing to sleep, and in her heart, the people of the Jiang family have always been the people she can rely on, and they are also the most trusted people, where would she disagree! In this way, the old thief made a trick to defeat the little sparrow, but he didn't expect that there were two foxes, one big and one small, behind him......

"Your Highness, Lord Jiang is here!" Just when Zhao Yu was secretly proud, Wang De hurriedly came in and said.

"Change your clothes and go out of the house to greet you!" Zhao Yu got up and ordered, he was a little confused that Jiang Wanzai's coming to the mansion at this sensitive time was not in line with his character?

"Your Highness, Master Jiang has already arrived outside the hall, and he came from the back door." Wang De said.

"That'...... Forget it, please! Zhao Hao hesitated, waved his hand to let the little yellow door holding the clothes retreat, and walked towards the outer hall with a slight full dress.

"Your Highness, the old minister took the liberty to visit, don't blame it!" Jiang Wanzai said.

"Your Highness......" Ying Jieyan behind him also arched his hand.

"I can't ask for it, why blame it, please come in, my lord!" Zhao Yu saw that Jiang Wanzai was dressed in civilian clothes, with only one entourage, obviously he didn't want others to know, so he returned the courtesy in his heart. But he looked at Ying Jieyan's embarrassed smiling face behind him, and felt that it was not good, and secretly wondered if the old man was playing, which provoked Jiang Wanzai to come to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Jiang Wanzai returned the salute again and followed His Highness into the house, but let his entourage stay outside the door.

"We have something to discuss, Ni Liang don't let anyone get close!" Zhao Yu understood at a glance that Jiang Wanzai didn't want anyone to disturb him, so he let the two of them into the inner hall and ordered. Wang De is also a trouble-free, after sending tea, he asked the attendant Xiao Huangmen to exit, and he guarded the door of the outer hall to personally control the wind.

"Your Highness, this place is very elegant!" Because Zhao Yu was small and it was very inconvenient to get on and off the chair, Wang De rearranged it, spread soft mats on the ground, removed the high tables and chairs, replaced them with low and soft ones, and put a few antiques, hung a few calligraphy and paintings, and put some books as a place for His Royal Highness's daily rest and reading office. The three of them sat down on the low side, and Jiang Wanzai looked left and right.

"Lord Jiang praised it, but the attendants wanted to be lazy, and put on bells and whistles to hide people's eyes, in fact, so as not to hold me up and down!" Zhao Hao said with a smile. He looked at Jiang Wanzai, his mind was obviously not on these furnishings, and he was obviously looking for something to say.

"Hehe, if there is a master, there must be a servant, Your Highness is a small ghost, and he has done great things, but he also keeps the old ministers in the dark!" Jiang Wanzai said with a smile, twisted his face and glared at Ying Jieyan again.

"What did the lord say, could it be that the king stole the bamboo dragonfly of the imperial brother, and the lord knew?" Zhao Yu knew that there was something in his words, but he didn't know what he was saying for a while, so he pretended to be stupid and said, "Sir, it won't be your secret, I have never told others." He turned to Ying Jieyan again and said......