Chapter 21: The Old Emperor Wants to Seize Power

Luoyang, starting from the Sui Dynasty, also known as Xijing, is considered the vice capital of Chang'an, Cai Jing proposed to let Song Huizong Zhao Ji go to Xijing, and the vague idea was to let Zhao Ji set up another court.

At this time, Zhao Huan had just ascended the throne, and his foundation was not stable, so if Zhao Ji went to Xijing and wanted to regain power, it would be fine.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing, and secretly sighed that this old guy is now more and more able to ponder his own thoughts, he pondered for a while, and said: "It's okay, I will personally take a letter of resignation, lest I, the emperor, be by my side, and what decrees the emperor wants to make will be restricted." ”

Cai Jing was overjoyed, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, he had already heard that as soon as Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he directly cut down Zhu Mian, the head of the household, and he didn't want to follow in Zhu Mian's footsteps.

Song Huizong really wrote a book for Zhao Huan in person this time, and the content of the book was also quite sincere, completely putting his own mentality on the identity of a courtier.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the cash army retreats north, and then the heart of the Great Song Dynasty will not die, the old clumsy expectation that the Jin army will definitely make a comeback, and intends to lead his cronies to Luoyang, Xijing, to recruit troops and buy horses, and when the Jin army goes south again, I can not only send troops to the king, but also as a stronghold to contain the Jin army, so that the two ends of the Jin army will be able to keep Kaifeng safe." Zhao Ji said in the recital to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Ji, as the emperor and Zhao Huan's father, directly called Zhao Huan His Majesty the Emperor and called himself clumsy, which shows Zhao Ji's mentality at this time.

As soon as Zhao Ji entered the city, Zhao Huan got the news of Zhao Ji's return, Zhao Huan was not surprised at all by Zhao Ji's return, after Zhao Ji escaped, he did not have the consciousness of retreating to the second line at all, and after arriving at the place, he was still like an emperor, issuing the decree of the Emperor Taishang, of course, Zhao Ji's decrees were not to fight against the Jin army, but completely for his own pleasure, and Zhao Huan had to issue a decree after Zhao Ji issued a decree, he followed the need to issue a holy decree to revoke Zhao Ji's decree.

In this way, the local officials immediately understood the subtle relationship between the two of them, the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, Zhao Huan is the current emperor, Zhao Ji has retired, the so-called people go to tea and cool, and after the emperor retires from that position, the local officials will not pay so much attention to Zhao Ji.

And the 20,000 forbidden troops that Tong Guan brought to surround Zhao Ji were also Kaifeng people, and when he heard that Kaifeng was safe, he was even more homesick, and under internal and external factors, Zhao Ji came back with his cronies.

Seeing Zhao Ji's recital, Zhao Huan smiled slightly and threw the recital to Li Gang next to him.

Li Gang glanced at it cursoryly, and was surprised, he knew Song Huizong's personality, if he really allowed Zhao Ji to take people to Luoyang, Xijing, when Zhao Ji's decree was issued, it was difficult to guarantee that the ministers in the court would not run to Zhao Ji's side to serve, and then it would become the two sets of courts in Kaifeng and Luoyang, which was a big taboo.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you plan to do?" Li Gang asked tentatively, originally as a royal matter, it was the emperor's family matter, and Li Gang really shouldn't ask about it, but at this time, Li Gang couldn't help but be a little worried, after all, Zhao Huan was still relatively young at this time, and he lacked experience in the political struggle of officialdom, Li Gang was really afraid that Zhao Huan would be excited and agreed.

Zhao Huan casually threw the fold on the bookcase, and said to Li Gang: "My father is already old, and it is really not suitable to run to such a far place in Luoyang to toss, so it is better to stay by my side, and it will also help me to fulfill my filial piety in front of my knees." ”

Li Gang is a smart person, when he heard what Zhao Huan said, he immediately understood the meaning, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's benevolence and filial piety to govern the country is really my blessing of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

These flattering words really pleasing to the ears, Zhao Huan couldn't help but think, no wonder so many emperors in history will favor traitors, it is really these traitors who are too good at speculating on the holy will, and the words they say are exactly what the emperor likes to hear, and they will naturally be liked by the emperor.

"Is the Longde Palace still empty? You order someone to repair it well, and let the Emperor live there. Zhao Huan said to Li Gang.

Li Gang took the order and left.

Zhao Huan looked at the music in front of him, but his thoughts were far away, the so-called inappropriate family does not know the price of firewood and rice, at this time Zhao Huan understood that this emperor is not good, of course, the main thing is that it is not good to be a Ming Jun.

Zhao Huan's militarization reform, abolished the Xiang army, only retained the forbidden army, so that the absolute control of the central government over the army has been realized, and there will be no local moderation to make the military power too large, so that the tail will not fall, but in this way, the problem has come, all military expenses will be borne by the royal family, and at this time, the Great Song Dynasty has been Song Huizong Huo Huo is not in shape.

The most important thing in front of Zhao Huan is that there is no money.

But money, even if he is the emperor, cannot be conjured out of thin air.

Where can I get the money? Zhao Huan thought about it and suddenly became happy.

During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong knew that He Shen was a big corrupt official, and he did not clean him up, but left him to Emperor Jiaqing, so after Jiaqing ascended the throne, he copied He Shen's home, which is equivalent to the sum of the housekeeping income of the Qing Dynasty for fifteen years.

Zhao Huan engraved Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian, Li Bangyan six pieces of bamboo in his hand to play, among which Zhu Mian's bamboo piece has been given by Zhao Huan to the whole, because Zhu Mian has been clicked when Zhao Huan ascended the throne at the beginning of the year, so who should be the next person to solve? Zhao Huan needs to think about it.

His eyes fell on Tong Guan's bamboo piece, Zhao Huan smiled slightly, picked up the brush and spent a piece on this bamboo piece, and decided to take Tong Guan's knife.

Tong Guan has held military power for 20 years, and his power is overwhelming, and his orders even exceed the emperor's control. When Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he ordered Tong Guan to stay behind, but this guy did not obey the order, but fled with Zhao Ji.

"Yue Fei!" Zhao Huan shouted to Yue Fei outside the door.

In addition to Yue Fei now being the capital of the Feiyu Army, Zhao Huan also gave him a more special position, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, in charge of the Imperial Forest Army in the Imperial City, although the Imperial Forest Army is only more than 20,000 people, but the people who can be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army are definitely the most trusted people by the emperor.

"The end will be." Yue Fei walked in from outside the door.

"You bring a few people, after the Emperor Taishang enters the palace, you will immediately arrest the accompanying Tong Guan and put him in prison!" Zhao Huan said to Yue Fei.