Chapter 27: The Long Drive (Finale)

"Your Majesty is suspicious!" Shi Xubai, who received the edict, said quietly: "He wants to take advantage of the beating of this position to see if there are any rumors, and see if everyone else has any moves." Unfortunately, it was too late. ”

"What's too late?" Zhao Kuangyin said bitterly, his heart was full of loss. In front of the family and country, the brotherly love is finally weak. adjusted Zhang Yongde, but vacated the position of the inspector in front of the palace, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor seems to be intent on doing it against the rumors, didn't you say that the inspection is the Son of Heaven, then Lao Tzu will make the inspection seat vacant. However, in fact, everyone knows that the inspection power is high. Wang Pu was killed, Li Gu died of illness, and the Privy Council envoy could not suppress the forbidden army no matter how much he took a minister, and this position of inspection was very important. Although the commander in front of the palace is only the deputy of the inspection, he may not be able to command the forbidden army, especially the left battalion of the forbidden army. The emperor left this seat empty, apparently to see who would fight for this seat and who would be unlucky.

"The emperor is a master of layout, but unfortunately, he still hasn't figured out his own physical condition. He couldn't hold out for long! Shi Xubai said: "Don't you see that he can't wait to be crowned the eldest son of the emperor as the king of Qin." His days were short. "Although Guo Rong's illness is being hidden from the world, it can't be hidden from people with a heart. Even the people in the wind chasing room can find informants in the palace, not to mention the emperor's sworn brothers, many people are willing to be close to Zhao Kuangyin. In this way, Zhao Kuangyin has long understood Guo Rong's condition. Originally, he might have lived a few more days, but once Wang Pu and Li Gu died like this, he would not be more than fifteen days in the morning and evening!

"Isn't this going to be another of his layouts?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Then let's use Gao Huaide and give it a try!" Shi Xubai said.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned, his eyes widened, and he said, "Mr. Shi, what are you going to do?" ”

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just to let people keep General Gao Huaide Gao for a day or two to see how the emperor reacts!" Shi Xubai said: "Ma Guang is fierce, even if General Gao wants to throw away the military power in his hand, I am afraid it will not be able to do it for a while; Moreover, the situation in Beijing has been strange many times, and General Gao probably doesn't want to insert it too early. Ten days ago, you and Zhang Dashuai entered Bianjing City together, but in the blink of an eye, Zhang Dashuai lost his military power and became a Chinese scholar. Zhongshu Shilang is the head of the hundred officials, but Zhang Dashuai knows a few big characters, so naturally he has to deal with those civil officials? It seems to be reused, but it actually binds Zhang Dashuai's hands and feet! The emperor is still making a final observation, to see who is loyal, to see who can support the orphan. ”

Originally, the personnel of Tuogu were clear, headed by Wang Pu, supplemented by a few generals. But now that Wang Pu is hanging, things are complicated.

"What do you want to do?" Zhao Kuangyin asked, the water in Kaifeng City was too deep and the fog was too big, and he couldn't see the road clearly.

"You only need to write a letter to Gao Dashuai before the holy decree arrives in Guanzhong, tell me about the situation in Beijing, and Gao Dashuai will know what to do!" Shi Xubai said with a smile: "Gao Dashuai has a very good relationship with you, and Gao Dashuai is the son of Gao Taiwei and Gao Wangye." Hehe... ”

Gao Huaide is the son of Gao Xingzhou, Gao Xingzhou, as a generation of famous generals, successively served as the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, and was rewarded with the title of prince by Zhou Taizu. With this kind of family atmosphere, Gao Huaide doesn't know how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages. is in charge of the power outside the country, but is he in a hurry to enter Beijing and wade into troubled waters?

"If the procedure is delayed for a week, then ... So what will the emperor do? Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"The emperor won't deal with it much, the emperor commander remembered your performance, general. Decree, General, you are here quickly and urgently. At least nothing has changed in your heart. In this case, with Zhang Yongde in charge of the hundred officials, the general in charge of the army, and the heartfelt Han Tong to protect the young master, although the personnel of the orphan are not ideal, but the emperor can't help but do so! ”

"What if Xingzhou comes back honestly?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Then he's a competitor to yours. Tall and handsome is not much worse than you militarily. And his personality is a little softer than yours. If he does come back, he will enter the eyes of His Majesty, but you will be a fierce enemy. ”

"According to what Mr. said so, Your Majesty's meaning is nothing more than to test Gao Huaide to see if he can support Gu?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"Well, maybe I'm also seeing if anyone prevents Gao Huaide from entering Beijing."

"That... So what else are we going to do? Zhao Kuangyin said in surprise.

"The Emperor's time is numbered." Shi Xubai's answer is not what he asked.

Zhao Kuangyin immediately understood that the emperor's eyes were not on Guanzhong, but on Bianjing. See if there is anyone in Bianjing City to deliver the news, not to see what can be intercepted in Guanzhong. Gao Huaide can't enter Beijing, if he enters Beijing, he will divide Zhao Kuangyin's authority, but the people in Zhao Kuangyin's mansion must not go out of the city, and going out of the city will be a catastrophe. However, if Zhao Kuangyin wants to send the news out, why should he need people in his own house?

Gao Huaide really dragged his feet in Guanzhong, Guo Rong had no choice, he could only add Wei Renpu as a privy envoy, with Zhao Kuangyin as the capital inspection, and let Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin be the heads of the civil and military officials and govern together. Ten days later, Guo Rong passed away with doubts and suspicions. It is precisely because Guo Rong is suspicious of both Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin that he can't drive away one, leave one, and can't drive them all away. drove away these two people, Gao Huaide was reluctant to come back, Li Chongjin couldn't come back, and the rest of Shi Shouxin and others were insufficient. can be trusted, as for Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin. He left a secret edict to let Wei Renpu and Zhang Yongde get close, and use Zhang Yongde's prestige to take charge of the left camp of the forbidden army, and reach a balance with Zhao Kuangyin. However, the balance is fragile.

Guo Rong saw Wei Renpu's sincerity, and didn't see Wei Renpu's cowardice, perhaps, he had already seen it, but he couldn't find anyone else to replace him. Guo Rong saw Zhang Yongde's discomfort as a civil official, but he didn't see Zhang Yongde's irritable temper.

Five days later, Zhao Kuangyin proposed to move west. There was an uproar in the court, but Zhang Yongde, Wei Renpu, Zhao Kuangyin, and even Wang Pu all knew that this was the last order of Emperor Guo Rong of Daxing. Despite the many opponents, they forced their way through the method.

The westward migration is not a collapse of the Great Escape, and someone will inevitably be shed. So, Zhao Kuangyin played a privy council meeting, excluded Zhang Yongde from the army, and independently faced Zhao Kuangyin, who poked and poked others, Wei Renpu weakened, and the left battalion of the forbidden army with a balance was actually left behind in the palace. The wind-catching house took the opportunity to spread rumors and make trouble, and Beijing was disrupted. Many people with ulterior motives ran to Zhang Yongde's mansion one after another, asking Zhang Yongde to stand up and prevent Zuo Ying from being left alone.

Zhang Yongde thought about it, and what he said really made sense. So, he stepped forward. However, this is in conflict with the emperor's edict, which says that Zhang Yongde is in charge of government affairs and Zhao Kuangyin is in charge of military affairs. The two of them broke up unhappily. The westward migration suddenly came to a standstill.

At this time, Li Chongjin, who was in Songzhou, suddenly said that he was willing to move west for the striker. Or, don't move west. Because there are rumors that as soon as the imperial court moves west, he Li Chongjin will bravely take on the heavy task of staying in the Central Plains to fight against the Khitan and Chu states. This heavy task, whoever likes to pick it, who picks it, buddy will not be accompanied.

After Li Chongjin jumped out, he completely touched Zhao Kuangyin's murderous intention. There is no doubt that in the carriage on Wednesday, Zhao Kuangyin obviously wanted to leave Li Chongjin's classmate in the Central Plains forever, and Zhang Yongde had already left the army, and once he arrived in Hexi, Zhang Yongde would be easy to pack up. But now that Li Chongjin has jumped out, if he agrees, when he arrives in Hexi, it will be difficult for him Zhao Kuangyin to say a word, and Li Chongjin can't control it at all. If he didn't agree, Li Chongjin didn't agree.

When Zhao Kuangyin was thinking about Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde was undoubtedly thinking about Zhao Kuangyin. Unlike Zhang Yongde in history, who was demoted from Beijing, now that Guo Rong is dead, Zhang Yongde still holds a lot of power. Can he not be mindless? So, there was a disagreement in the court, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to find Li Chongjin to enter Beijing, and then clean up Li Chongjin, so as not to completely collapse the Huaibei line, and Zhang Yongde suspected that Zhao Kuangyin was looking for Li Chongjin to enter Beijing to coerce himself, after all, Li Chongjin asked to move west!

So, Zhang Yongde grabbed in front of Zhao Kuangyin and shot at Zhao Kuangyin! But Zhao Kuangyin had already been on guard, and he took Zhang Yongde down with his backhand! In this way, Li Chongjin in Songzhou immediately became furious, girl, your surname is Zhao and Lao Zhang was killed, and now you are here to ask my buddy again, does my buddy look so brainless? At the instigation of people with ulterior motives, Li Chongjin openly denounced Zhao Kuangyin for treason. Ya urgently contacted the State of Chu and took the army back to Bianjing to crusade against the Zhao thief!

In the next battle between the two armies in Bianjing, Li Chongjin was defeated, but before Zhao Kuangyin could be happy, the Chu army's brigade rushed over. Zhu Yuan went north in the overall situation, and Ding Sijin's army took Luoyang and cut off the connection between the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to go north to Hebei.

Zhu Yuan won the main machine, surpassing the agreement between Dachu and Hedong. It's all up to this, and Hedong hasn't sent troops yet. Dude is full of food and supports the covenant with you Hedong!

Zhao Kuangyin took the young master all the way to Yanyun and found Shi Shouxin. After some deliberation, they were still preparing to move westward. However, the news of the Chu army's capture of Hebei had already arrived, and there was a split in the army, with some people following Zhao Kuangyin to the west, and some people surrendering to Chu. And Chu State and Khitan also tore their faces in Yanyun and fought hard. After all, Chu State was thick-skinned, and he struck first, defeated the Khitan, and expelled the Khitan forces from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. The Khitan was so weak that they were forced to become vassals. When Hedong saw this situation, it was like a widow who had died, and he completely gave up his thoughts, made a few false moves, and finally surrendered to the state of Chu.

And Zhao Kuangyin traveled all the way west. finally came to the city of Liangzhou, but was ambushed by the Chu State. The cavalry of the Chu army had already taken the opportunity to take Hexi when the Uighurs in Ganzhou sent troops. Zhao Kuangyin fled in a hurry and finally disappeared into the historical occasion.

Ma Yun has basically unified the world so far...