Zheng Fei guessed right, the person who helped Zhao Huan achieve this series of earth-shattering reversals behind the scenes was none other than Li Gang!

So why did Li Gang help Zhao Huan? How did he help Zhao Huan? It all started two months ago......

Li Gang is the second year of Zhenghe Jinshi and the first, you know, the imperial examination system of the Great Song Dynasty, after the palace examination, the top three will be released to announce the final ranking, the first class Jinshi and the first, the second-class Jinshi origin, the third class is the same as the Jinshi background, so it is quite remarkable to be ranked in the Jinshi and the first, Li Gang does have a great talent, and has strategy and courage, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, this person is very upright, jealous and hateful, say whatever he wants, and dare to say, this kind of upright character is a virtue, But in the kind of cheating place in the court officialdom, this kind of character is particularly easy to suffer, and it is particularly easy to offend people, but it has become a shortcoming, especially when he still supervises the imperial history, and the people who have offended him for so many years have gone away, but he does not think so, and still firmly believes in his creed of being an official.

Later, Zheng Fei raised troops, the world was in turmoil, and hundreds of officials in the court only dared to report good news to Emperor Zhao Ji, but not only Li Gang still dared to tell the truth, not only to report the worries, but also to the emperor to bitterly explain the disadvantages of the times, and sharply expose the mistakes of the government, which annoyed Zhao Ji and wanted to punish him.

Later, Zhao Huan took power in a coup d'état, and in order to show his determination to make great efforts and show that he was different from his father, Zhao Huan recalled some officials with a good reputation who had been retaliated against by his father and Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and others to the imperial court, or reinstated the officials, or promoted and reused, including both Zhang Shuye and Li Gang. It's just that Li Gang has not been discovered by Zhao Huan at this time.

Later, Zhao Huan secretly contacted the two countries of Liaoxia and asked for reinforcements on the condition of cutting the land was exposed by Zheng Fei to the world, and the whole country was in an uproar, but the uproar was in an uproar, Zhao Huan had just wiped out Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others and their fellow party, killing all the officials of the imperial court, no one dared to provoke Zhao Huan, for fear that the disaster of killing would cause harm to the wife and children of the family, but there is still someone who is not afraid of death, that person is none other than Li Gang!

Li Gang was indignant and wrote to the imperial court, denouncing this shameless act of cutting land and betraying the country, and his words were also extremely sharp and ugly.

Zhao Huan was already greatly annoyed by the leakage of the news and the condemnation of the whole country, and when he saw this music, he was even more angry and aggrieved, and he was about to punish Li Gang angrily, but he happened to be stopped by his wife, the crown princess Zhu Lian, who came to see him, Zhu Lian said to Zhao Huan, this Li Gang is a hard bone, not afraid of death at all, and the court and outside the court know that he is an upright gentleman and courtier, if you punish his crimes, the world's misunderstanding of you will be deeper, so, instead of treating his crimes, it is better to summon him into the palace and tell him the truth, He will inevitably be moved by the sacrifice you made for the Great Song Dynasty to endure humiliation, not only will he not blame you again, but he will also help you, just imagine, even an upright minister like Li Gang agrees with you, who in the DPRK and China will have objections? And the whole world will see your virtue of not killing the doctor, so why not?

As soon as Zhao Huan heard that this was really the case, he immediately summoned Li Gang to meet,

After Li Gang got the news, he thought that he would be sent to death for this, he was not afraid, but after explaining the aftermath and saying goodbye to the crying family, he went to see Zhao Huan without hesitation, but Zhao Huan not only did not cure him, but also told him a shocking secret, this time it was Li Gang's turn to be dumbfounded, and after he reacted, although he still did not agree with Zhao Huan's risky move to lure the wolf into the house, but as the crown princess said, Zhao Huan was extremely moved, and he was also very happy, at least from this matter, Zhao Huan, who launched a coup d'état, looks much stronger than the old emperor Zhao Ji, who only eats, drinks and has fun, appoints traitorous ministers, and has made the Great Song Kingdom into a miasma, so that he is now on the verge of extinction, and although he Li Gang is upright, he is not pedantic, he is loyal to the country, as for who is the emperor, he doesn't care, as long as he is still a member of the old Zhao family and can govern the country well, he is willing to be loyal to him. Didn't the rule of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty in history start after Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Revolution to force his father to abdicate and became the emperor himself?

Things have progressed to this point, Zhao Huan's goal has also been achieved, he was about to let Li Gang go back after instructing Li Gang to keep this matter secret, who expected, Li Gang, who had already regarded him as the "king of Zhongxing", actually started an impassioned speech, his views on the current situation, and how to help the Great Song Dynasty get out of the predicament of the suggestions all said, now it was Zhao Huan's turn to be dumbfounded, Zhao Huan knew that these suggestions were indeed a good strategy to save the Great Song Dynasty, and the moment was a surprise, I didn't expect the people in the DPRK to be stunned, Li Gang, who is worried and hated by everyone, actually has such a talent!

The two talked from morning to noon, and from noon to evening, they had a very happy relationship, and in the end, Zhao Huan couldn't help but have a bold idea, what he lacked most now was to prepare to bring down Zheng Juzhong, but he lacked someone who could be trusted, and this Li Gang in front of him not only has amazing talents, but also has a very clean foundation, definitely not Zheng Juzhong's person, isn't this person a gift from God?

Zhao Huan immediately decided to completely take Li Gang for his own use, just like that, when Li Gang finished talking about his strategy to save the country, Zhao Huan pretended to agree very much, but on the other hand, he sighed with a gloomy face,

Li Gang couldn't help but be very strange when he saw this, this prince was so happy just now, why did he suddenly become so virtuous again? asked Zhao Huan, "Prince, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Huan sighed and said, "Alas, what else can I do, I agree with what you said, and I want to implement it very much, but now it's not me who has the final say, Zheng Juzhong and the Zheng family have actually set me up, and the reason why he agrees with my plan is also to let his son Zheng Xiunian be the commander of the front-line army, you think, Zheng Xiunian is a scholar, he has never led troops to fight, and it will be very risky to hand over military power to him, of course I don't want to, but there is no way, And the reason why he Zheng Juzhong wants to do this is to hold the military power in his hands while controlling the government, and now he has got his wish, I am afraid that it will not be long before he should usurp power, you told me so many good policies, I have no chance to implement them, I can only watch the Great Song Dynasty fall, do you say I can not regret it? ”

Zheng Juzhong is now in full swing, his henchmen are all over the court, these people are good and bad, and they have indeed done some arbitrary things, which have long caused Li Gang to be dissatisfied, at this moment, when he heard Zhao Huan's words, Li Gang was suddenly angry, he finally found a king of Zhongxing, and was willing to play his own strategy to save the country, how could he miss it like this? He immediately said, "Prince, if Zheng Juzhong dares to rebel, I will help the prince get rid of him!" ”

Zhao Huan was waiting for Li Gang's words, he was secretly overjoyed in his heart, and he pretended to be moved to completely turn Li Gang into his own person after a few words. Zhao Huan ordered him to continue to hide in the shadows of the imperial court to prepare for his final actions.

Li Gang agreed, and helped Zhao Huan to improve the plan even more, without any mistakes.

In this way, since two months ago, Li Gang has secretly helped Zhao Huan to lay a net against the Zheng family and its henchmen in the court.

According to Zhao Huan and Li Gang's original plan, they were going to wait until Yao Gu took control of the army before they made a move against the Zheng family, who expected, Zheng Xiunian was suddenly captured, as soon as the news reached Tokyo, Li Gang was keenly aware that the situation would change, and he must act on the Zheng family immediately, because Zheng Juzhong is such a cunning person, in the face of the strange capture of Zheng Xiunian, the commander of the three armies, he will definitely suspect that someone in the Song army betrayed Zheng Xiunian, and then suspect that the prince did it, I am afraid that he will strike first!

When Zhao Huan heard that this was indeed the case, he even wondered if Zheng Xiunian's capture was done by Yao Gu? Because the time is too coincidental, calculating the time, Zhang Shuye should have arrived at the front line, Yao Gu should have already received the secret edict, and then it happened that there was another opportunity, Yao Gu betrayed Zheng Xiunian in order to seize the opportunity.

Zhao Huan immediately agreed to Li Gang's suggestion and decided to do it immediately, but Li Gang said that according to his investigation these days, he found a phenomenon, that is, no matter what moves the court makes, the thieves can always act one step ahead of the court. Including the actions of the Zheng family, they must be kept secret as much as possible, so as not to give the thieves a chance to take advantage of them!

Zhao Huan thought so, and completely handed over the command of the operation to Li Gang, and Li Gang did not live up to Zhao Huan's trust, under his command, late one night, Zhao Huan's people successfully and neatly wiped out the Zheng family and their henchmen, and sure enough, no rumors were leaked out.

Coincidentally, on the night of the operation, Zheng Juzhong had just received a letter from Zheng Xiunian, but before he could react, Zhao Huan's people had already come to the door, and the letter also fell into Zhao Huan's hands.

Zhao Huan was really in a cold sweat when he saw it, and shouted luck, it can be said that if Li Gang hadn't decided to act early, even if it was just a moment of tea late, it would not be Zheng Juzhong who would have landed now, but him Zhao Huan!