As a result, Zhao Huan trusted Li Gang even more, regarded Li Gang as a lucky general, obeyed him, and immediately rewarded Li Gang, but Li Gang refused.

Li Gang said, "The prince is inexplicably rewarding me now, and the outside world will definitely see the clues, which is not conducive to our next actions!" ”

Zhao Huan said yes again and again, nodded his head like a rattle, and then asked Li Gang, "Then what should we do next?" ”

Li Gang said, "From now on, we must do two things. First, although the matter of eradicating the Zheng family is secret, because we don't know who is the thief's spy in the court, we can't be sure whether this matter is really kept secret, we must plan for the worst, that is, assume that those spies still get the news at this moment, and have already notified the thief, and the thief will take action soon. However, we also have an advantage, that is, this incident has just happened, even if those spies send people to ride the fastest horses to the front line day and night to report to the thieves, it will take at least three days and three nights, so what we have to do now is to use this time of at least three days and three nights, while continuing to eradicate the chaotic party in the DPRK and stabilize the court, while sending someone to inform Yao Gu and let him keep the frontline army! ”

Zhao Huan nodded again and again, "What about the second one?" ”

Li Gang said, "Please enter the palace to face the saint, and ask the saint to abdicate to you!" ”

Zhao Huan's heart jumped wildly when he heard this, he had long wanted to do this, but he didn't dare, because he couldn't be sure how big the consequences would be, and he couldn't be sure how people loyal to the old emperor would treat him as soon as he became emperor, but in the face of Li Gang, he couldn't say these thoughts, he just pretended to be shocked and resolutely shirked, and even said that he must not do this disloyal and unfilial act, and bear the eternal infamy of forcing the palace and forcing his father,

Li Gang is such a smart person, Zhao Huan's cautious eye of course he can see that now he is disloyal and unfilial, if you want to be loyal and filial, you will not launch a coup d'état with Zheng Juzhong to imprison the old emperor, but since Zhao Huan is pretending, then he also has to be patient and pretend, so he said, "The prince's words are bad, to say a word of the great crime of the minister, the saint has appointed treacherous and rebellious people over the years, especially the battle of Huashigang, which has caused the people in the world to be resentful, such as today's chaos, the thief army is everywhere, although it is not said that it is all the responsibility of the saint, it is also directly related to the saint. Therefore, in order to save the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty must set up another Ming monarch in order to bring new hope and confidence to the Chinese military officials of the DPRK and the people of the world! And you are this person. ”

"If you are called the emperor, there are three benefits, first, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, has been held hostage by the thief army and called the emperor, his real name is not right, but because the saint has been imprisoned by Zheng Juzhong, it seems that he is justified, which makes all parties in the world confused, I don't know who to be loyal to, but if you are called the emperor by the saint, you can command the world as the legitimate son of heaven, and smash the conspiracy that the thief and the puppet emperor have ordered the world!"

"Second, now the whole world knows that the Holy One has been imprisoned, but I only know that it was the coup d'état that you and Zheng Juzhong launched together, but I don't know that it was actually just Zheng Juzhong's doing, and even you are a victim.

"Third...... It is also the most important point that the civil and military officials in the court, especially the army of the Great Song Dynasty, are hesitating at the moment, because they don't know who they are loyal to now, and if they are loyal to the Holy Lord, how will they treat you? But if they are loyal to you, what will happen to them if the Holy One returns to power in the future? Therefore, you must be proclaimed emperor at once, so that they can fully understand that there is only one emperor to whom they are loyal, and that is you! Only then will they be able to put aside all their concerns and carry out your orders firmly! ”

"As for loyalty and filial piety, for the country is for loyalty, for parents is for filial piety, after you became emperor, you saved the Great Song Dynasty and saved the country, which is the greatest loyalty! After you became the emperor, you made up for the mistakes of the saint over the years, so that the saint was able to abdicate with the whole body scenery, and you can also leave the good name of Zen Rang Mingjun in future generations, which is the greatest filial piety! Otherwise, when the country is ruined, the saint will become the king of the country, and as the crown prince, you are the biggest disloyalty, the biggest unfilial piety! ”

"Who doesn't know how Tang Taizong Li Shimin's throne came about, it was he who killed his brother and brother in Xuanwumen, and sent people to kill more than a dozen nephews, and finally sent Wei Chi Jingde to carry a bloody knife into the palace to force the old emperor, and then became the emperor, it is simply ruthless to the point of outrageous, if you only talk about these two behaviors, isn't it the worst behavior in the past? But so what? Later generations only knew that Tang Taizong was the emperor of the ages, and created a prosperous era of Zhenguan, who cares how he got the throne? even thinks that Li Yuan knows current affairs and knows the general situation, and thinks that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died well! Now, you are faced with the choice of Tang Taizong, either save the country from fire and water and enjoy the glory of eternity, or ......! ”

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang who was stupid, and what followed was ecstasy, Li Gang said this, didn't he compare him to Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty? This made him completely determined, and after another false resignation, he agreed to it, and then immediately went into the palace to see Zhao Ji and ask Zhao Ji to abdicate and give it to himself, of course, it was not so much a request, it was not that he had the final say, it was just a formality.

It didn't take long for Zhao Huan to come back from the palace, everything was going well, he held Li Gang's hand with a red face and said excitedly, "Boji, even if I bear the world in the future, I will not live up to you!" ”

Li Gang respectfully gave Zhao Huan a courtier salute, and said seriously, "Even if Your Majesty bears me, as long as you live up to the people of the world and can restore my great Song Guowei, Li Gang will never give up!" ”

After saying that, Li Gang got up and said, "Your Majesty, time is pressing, I'll arrange it." ”

Zhao Huan even said that he was good, and personally sent Li Gang out of the door,

Li Gang walked out of the East Palace, rode on the road, and when he came to the outside of the palace, he stopped, looked up at the towering walls of the palace, and seemed to faintly hear the desolate cry of the old emperor.......

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Subsequently, Zhao Huan threw himself into the preparations for the enthronement, rushed to make dragon robes, repaired the enthronement hall, and prepared to congratulate, he was very busy and happy, anyway, he had arranged all the major events to Li Gang, and he didn't need to worry about it anymore.

It turned out that the people sent out by Li Gang to inform Yao Gu had just left two days before they received an urgent performance from Yao Gu, in which Yao Gu told the truth everything that happened on the front line, and said that he had been forced to agree to the conditions of the thieves and was cooperating with the thieves to encircle and annihilate the Liao and Xia armies.

Zhao Huan was furious, angry that Zheng Xiunian had a bad mouth and leaked the top-secret plan to the thieves, which caused such a big crisis, and he was also so angry that Yao Gu acted without authorization and actually cooperated with the thieves! Is Yao Gu a fool? How could the thieves be kind enough to help the Song State kill the Liaoxia and Xia armies? They were clearly preparing to attack the Great Song Dynasty after killing the Liaoxia and Xia armies!

Zhao Huan immediately decided to send someone to replace Yao Gu and punish him again, but was stopped by Li Gang.

Li Gang said, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Yao Gu is a fierce general, brave and strategic, he will definitely not make such a low-level mistake, I think, he must have made this decision as a last resort, and it is obvious that the thief is not a drunkard at all, just imagine, on the one hand, they sent someone to report to Zheng Juzhong, and on the other hand, they forced Yao Gu to cooperate with them to kill the Liaoxia army, what is their real purpose?" Obviously, they want to cause infighting between you and the Zheng family, cause chaos and even division in the imperial court, and also want to use this to give Yao Gu a mortal charge, and whether the final result is that Your Majesty wins, or Zheng Juzhong wins, Yao Gu is a dead end, if he wants to live, he can only surrender to the thieves, so that the thieves can recruit hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army of the Great Song Dynasty without much effort! Take 10,000 steps back, even if Yao Gu makes a low-level mistake, it is also a taboo for soldiers to change generals in battle, and once they are used by thieves, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Zhao Huan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he was really more and more afraid of that Zheng Linfeng now, this group of thieves is too cunning, they are pervasive and scheming, and he may be fooled by them if he is not careful! With such a terrible enemy occupying such an advantage at the moment, can I defeat them......?

For a while, Zhao Huan was shaken and stunned on the spot, until Li Gang called him twice in confusion on the side before he reacted.

"Boji, what's wrong?" Zhao Huan came back to his senses and hurriedly asked,

Li Gang glanced at him puzzled, and continued, "Weichen wants to ask Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty want to do with Yao Gu now?" ”

"Well...... Boji, you can talk about it." Zhao Huan was in a state of confusion, so he had to ask Li Gang for help,

Li Gang was waiting for Zhao Huan's words, and immediately replied, "Your Majesty, you see, General Yao Gu knew that he would die, and he also sent someone to report the news quickly, which shows his loyalty to His Majesty and the Great Song Dynasty, so Weichen thinks that not only can he not cure General Yao Gu's crimes, but also praise him, reward him, and strengthen his loyalty to you!" At the same time, it also strengthens the military spirit of the front-line soldiers, so as not to be taken advantage of by thieves! ”

"Oh? So what should be done? Zhao Huan, who was shrouded in a strong sense of unconfidence and fear, looked at Li Gang in front of him, who was gushing endlessly, and somehow, a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart, which made him very uncomfortable,

Li Gang didn't notice Zhao Huan's abnormality, and continued, "Weichen thinks, first, Feng Yao Gu is the guardian of the Daimyo Mansion, the Xuanfu envoy, and the commander of the army. Second, send Yao Pingzhong and Yao Youzhong to the front line, Yao Gu will be grateful and more loyal to you. Third, send a secret order to Yao Gu, and act on him when he sees the opportunity, the battlefield situation is ever-changing, and the general will be outside, and the monarch's order can also be affected. Fourth, please send Wechen to the front line, Wechen must find a way to defeat the thieves! ”

Zhao Huan nodded and smiled without thinking about it, "Okay, I'm all right, Boji, it's really my luck to have you!" Hurry up and prepare, get ready, I'll give you an order at any time! ”

"Yes!" Li Gang hurriedly saluted and turned to leave,

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang's back, squinted his eyes slightly, and didn't know what he was thinking, at this moment, a person flashed out from behind the screen and came to Zhao Huan.

"Your Majesty." This man saluted,

"Xidao, did you hear what you just said?" Zhao Huan's face remained unchanged, and he said unabashedly in front of this person, it turned out that this person was none other than Geng Nanzhong, if you said who was Zhao Huan's most trusted person from beginning to end, it was definitely Geng Nanzhong, Geng Nanzhong was the crown prince Zhan Shi, who had been in the East Palace for ten years, and always accompanied Zhao Huan!

"The ministers have heard it." Geng Nanzhongdao,

"What do you think of this Li Gang?"

"Your ......,"

"Between you and me, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Yes, the minister thinks that this Master Li Gang Li does have real talent and learning, but he is just too crazy, he seems to have forgotten who is the one who can give orders, and if such a person is not controlled, he is only afraid of ......,"

"What are you afraid of!" Zhao Huan's face looked very unsightly,

Geng Nanzhong knew Zhao Huan too well, so he immediately bowed to the ground and said in a voice full of worry, "I'm just afraid...... In the future, it will be another Zheng Juzhong! ”