Chapter 687: Li Zong abdicated

Wu Qian's departure made the 'anti-stone faction' lose its backbone for a while, and suddenly no one dared to 'speak up', and they were all submissive in front of Shi Bin, and even some officials criticized Wu Qian that he not only had no overall situation but also acted recklessly, and absolutely could not replace Shi Bin.

Although this situation has long been expected by Shi Bin, it feels like it has become too fast, and these officials are definitely the ancestors of changing faces.

The officials of the government and the opposition were like this, and Li Zong himself was even more decadent because of Wu Qian's departure. In the past few days, he has lost even the interest in reciting poetry, and he just sits all day.

If you think about it, you can understand why Ricmune is like this. Now Shi Bin's family is dominant in the army, and Zhao Kui and Wu Qian, who can politically balance Shi Bin, are also Zhishi. In other words, no one in the military and political government of the Great Song Dynasty can restrain Shi Bin. How could such a bad situation not be decadent?

This situation made Shi Bin feel a little troublesome, because he was a little unsure of how to make Li Zong abdicate.

"Xu Feng, what do you think of the current situation?"

"My lord, the situation is very good right now. Not only did no one in the army dare to disobey you, but even no one dared to disobey you, and even no one dared to do it in politics, and the emperor was even more depressed, which is really good. Xu Feng said very excitedly.

"Yes, it's not bad. But what I want is not a word, but the abdication of the emperor. The emperor still has some ability, and I can only be truly relieved if the brainless Zhao Yu is the emperor. Shi Bin smiled.

"Your Excellency has a point, but what should I do? Qian Zhong and the others tried once, but failed. Xu Feng frowned and said, "If the emperor doesn't make some mistakes, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to abdicate." ”

"It's to make the emperor make some mistakes, so what mistakes should he make them?" Shi Bin paced back and forth and said, "Wang San and Li Chao have stayed here long enough and must return to their posts." What a hassle..."

After listening to what Shi Bin said, Xu Feng immediately realized that Shi Bin's thoughts were a little confused, so he had to remain silent and let Shi Bin talk. After thinking like this for a long time, Shi Bin ended up asking a very helpless question: 'What are the positions of Wang San and Li Chao'. It is ridiculous that the leader of the 'Stone Faction' has forgotten the positions of the two most important brothers.

"My lord, don't you know what positions Wang San and Li Chao have?" Xu Feng didn't intend to answer directly, but asked. He wanted to see why Shi Bin had suddenly forgotten this.

"Less nonsense, say it quickly, I just can't think of it for a while, and nothing else." Shi Bin rebuked impatiently.

It turned out that he just couldn't think of it for a while, Xu Feng smiled and said: "My lord, now Wang San is the envoy along the river, and Li Chao is the commander of the Jinghu two roads. ”

"It's been nearly three months since they came to Lin'an, and they must have accumulated a lot of official business to deal with, so let them go back to their posts tomorrow, don't delay their business."

"Yes, sir." Xu Feng nodded and replied. Just turned around and planned to inform Wang San and Li Chao, but Xu Feng suddenly turned around and came back. Seeing this, Shi Bin felt strange, and asked with a smile: "Xu Feng, what else do you have to do?" ”

"My lord, I think of something that I might be able to help my lord." Xu Feng said with a smile.

Of course, Xu Feng was steady and would not talk nonsense, and Shi Bin immediately came to the spirit and asked him how to do it.

"My lord, did you suddenly forget Wang San and Li Chao just now

The official position? Even you are so young that you may not be able to remember some information about someone so close to you once in a while, let alone an old man like the emperor? There are hundreds of officials in Lin'an City alone, how can the emperor remember them all? And how can he not make mistakes? ”

This time, Shi Bin understood what Xu Feng meant, and he suggested that he let the emperor make a mistake when communicating with officials. The more such mistakes are made, the more dim and incompetent the emperor will become, and the abdication will be more justified. This method is very good, it is aimed at the weakness of the emperor and he has almost no possibility of resisting.

In the days that followed, the emperor continued to make such mistakes. For example, they can't remember the names of officials, they can't remember their official positions, they confuse different administrative regions with the same names, and they confuse different policies in different places.

In this way, Li Zong is like sitting on pins and needles, and he even plans to never go to court again, and everything is done in the imperial study. In this way, things can be done without making a fool of yourself in public because of mistakes.

How can Shi Bin make Li Zong happy? Of course, he insisted that the emperor should be in the early dynasty, and he could not escape it. Because he couldn't fight Shi Bin, he had no choice but to continue the court.

An old man who is nearly sixty years old, no matter how shrewd, cannot remember so much information, so it is natural that he will be ugly once he goes to court. As a result, those officials who originally had hopes for Rigun gradually became disappointed, and gradually agreed with the view that Rigun should abdicate.

The situation became more and more favorable to Shi Bin, and their gang was naturally overjoyed, waiting for the day when Li Zong took the initiative to ask for abdication.

Attitude is contagious, and the courtiers of the outer court are more infected, so they will naturally be infected into the inner court. Those eunuchs and palace maids who were originally loyal to Li Zong looked down on Li Zong. In the past, it must have been Ritsune's attendant, but now it is starting to drag on a bit. Anyone with a discerning eye knows why this situation, but only Rishu, who is in the middle of it, still doesn't understand.

Of course, it is necessary to let Li Zong understand, otherwise it will be boring, so Shi Bin recruited Jia Ling and Sai Xishi to discuss together.

Now the courtiers are very disappointed in the emperor Dì Dū, and I believe that it will not be long before they will approve of the emperor's abdication and Zhao Yu's accession to the throne. But I want this to be done faster, so that the emperor can become the emperor as soon as possible, what do you say? ”

"I heard that those eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court are dissatisfied with the emperor?" Jia Ling asked with a smile.

"That's true, except for a few diehards, the rest are not satisfied, and they are all procrastinating for the emperor. It's just that because the emperor is not impatient, he can tolerate these and doesn't care too much. Shi Bin smiled helplessly.

"It seems that the emperor has to be anxious again, otherwise he will have to stay up for a long time, which will be too uncomfortable." Sai Xi Shi complained with a bitter face.

"It's really uncomfortable to stay up for a long time, so it's better to find a way to make the emperor clear as soon as possible." Shi Bin nodded in agreement. Then he asked, "Then how can we let the emperor know as soon as possible?" Xiaoling, what do you think we should let the eunuchs and palace maids say some complaining words and let the emperor hear them? ”

"That's a good idea, husband, we can do this."

"It's not good to complain a few words, you should complain and procrastinate at the same time, so that the emperor can see these things clearly." Sai Si Shi immediately added.

"Okay, then do it!" Shi Bin immediately ordered.

In this way, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were even slower to do things for Li Zong, and in the end, he, the chronic prince Dì Dū, could not stand it and began to punish those eunuchs and palace maids. It's just that under Shi Bin's coercion, too

Even if the prison maid was beaten dozens of boards, she didn't dare to disobey him, and she still dragged on doing things for Li Zong.

As a result, Rizune was often hungry and had no food to eat, thirsty and no water to drink, and the toilet in the bedroom was not poured out in time, causing a room to stink, making it almost necessary to do everything himself. The most incredible thing for Li Zong is that no matter how he punishes the eunuchs and palace maids, they still 'die without repentance' and let him continue to suffer.

Li Zong is not Zhao Yu, he is an emperor who can think normally. If things are abnormal, there must be demons, so Li Zong began to send some of his most loyal subordinates to investigate this strange matter.

It wasn't hidden, but as soon as it was investigated, it all surfaced. Once again, Rizune was in trouble. And when he heard the news of Li Zong's investigation of these, Shi Bin immediately entered the palace. The two met in the imperial study, Li Zong's face was full of melancholy, and Shi Bin's face was full of comfort.

It's not called 'Aiqing' anymore, Li Zong opened his mouth and asked coldly: "Shi Bin, do you want me to abdicate so much?" ”

Shi Bin didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "Yes, Emperor." The minister really wants you to abdicate and want the crown prince to ascend the throne. ”

"Why?"

"Emperor, aren't you knowingly asking?" Shi Bin smiled, "As long as you reign, I will not be restless for a day." Now that Zhao Kui and Wu Qian have both become officials, there are still many people in the government and the opposition who oppose me. And the emperor's desire to destroy my three clans is believed to still exist. Then how can I, Shi Bin, let you be the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? I don't want to be like a bird with a bow and be restless all day. ”

After taking a deep breath, Li Zong smiled bitterly and said, "Now that I am still so aggrieved as the Ninth Five-Year Venerable, when I abdicate one day, wouldn't I even be as good as an ordinary landlord?" The rich man of the land has a few loyal servants, and I am afraid that I will not have one. ”

"The emperor thinks too much, if you become the emperor who is not in power, there will be no threat to others, why should others be embarrassed by you? How many people will do this kind of stupid thing that harms others and is not beneficial to themselves? Since no one is in trouble with you, it doesn't seem too difficult to get a few faithful slaves. Shi Bin smiled.

This naturally makes sense, but Li Zong still doesn't believe Shi Bin very much, because Li Zong doesn't think that Shi Bin will let him go if he abdicates.

Seeing Li Zong's concern, Shi Bin smiled very kindly and said, "Emperor, I, Shi Bin, don't mean to take away the world of your Zhao family, otherwise I wouldn't have enshrined Zhao Yu as the crown prince." I'm just asking you to abdicate so that I can sleep peacefully. Rest assured, I won't do anything to you after your abdication. ”

Hearing this, Li Zong believed that there would indeed be no danger after his abdication, and there would still be glory and wealth, and maybe he would live a faster life. It's just that he still doesn't like the feeling of being forced to abdicate. So I was very conflicted and couldn't make a decision for a while.

"What? Emperor or unwilling? Shi Bin laughed disdainfully. Knowing that it would not work without adding some firewood, Shi Bin had no choice but to say that if Li Zong did not take the initiative to abdicate, he would only live in a worse environment.

As a person who has been pampered since childhood, it is already the ultimate to endure this, where can you withstand a worse situation? After weighing the pros and cons, Li Zong finally expressed his willingness to abdicate, as long as Shi Bin promised not to usurp the throne. Shi Bin didn't have much interest in imperial power, and he happily agreed to Li Zong's request.

The next morning, Li Zong released this shocking news, and all the 'anti-stone factions' and most centrists in the court tried their best to prevent Li Zong from abdicating. However, Rijong resolutely abdicated, and after nearly an hour of dispute, everyone finally had to agree to Rizong's abdication and the crown prince's accession to the throne.