Although Huizong Zhao Ji has already made a decision, he just gave up the throne a few days ago, and now he wants to take it back, even in the face of these close ministers who are loyal to him, he is a little difficult to say.

Looking around the hall, Zhao Ji suddenly saw his third son Zhao Kai kneeling on the side, and immediately asked suspiciously: "Kai'er, you are so far tonight, could it be that Zhao Huan is also difficult for you?" ”

"Exactly!" Seeing that Zhao Ji finally asked about himself, Zhao Kai hurriedly said with a sad voice: "Erchen has been doing his best for his father since he was promoted to the Imperial City Division, and after the imperial brother succeeded to the throne, Erchen also intends to continue to assist his brother, but ......"

"Woo woo woo ......" Zhao Kai suddenly cried aggrievedly: "However, I recently got the news that the imperial brother actually summoned some courtiers and secretly discussed to demote his sons to Fengxiang." ”

"What?" At this time, Zhao Ji was really shocked by the news.

You must know that compared with the military power in the hands of Tong Guan and Gao Yu, the Imperial City Division in charge of Zhao Kai is the most important.

The Imperial City Division was the name of the Song Dynasty Forbidden Military Division. Formerly known as Taketokuji, it is located inside Tokyo's Sajotenmon Gate. In fact, it is a spy agency of the Song Dynasty, similar in nature to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. The main responsibilities are to be in charge of the palace ban, Zhou Lu's guards, and spy on intelligence.

In the years when Song, Liao, Xixia and other countries were relatively peaceful, Zhao Kai's Imperial City Division focused on training secret spies and spying on intelligence.

Qinzong Zhao Huan wants to demote Zhao Kai and take away the Imperial City Division, which means that Huizong Zhao Ji will lose his eyes and ears, and he will be tied no matter what he does.

Originally, Zhao Ji was still a little hesitant in his heart, but he didn't expect Qinzong Zhao Huan to start so quickly, this was a rhythm that wanted to be clear to everyone around him!

When you have no money, no soldiers, no ears and eyes, what kind of things will await you? To be honest, Zhao Ji was a little afraid to think about it.

Huizong Zhao Ji closed his eyes again and pondered for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, he asked directly: "Do you think that Li Gang and Seed Master Dao will still obey my will now?" ”

Hearing this, everyone present knew that the general trend had been decided, and Cai You stepped forward and said: "Although Li Gang and Seed Master Dao are both important ministers promoted by the official family, Wei Chen thought that they would not be biased towards His Majesty. ”

Next, the others stepped forward to answer, and they had similar perceptions of Li Gang and Seed Master Dao.

These two people are people with upright personalities, and they have always been at odds with the six thieves, and now that Qinzong has succeeded to the throne, then these two leading generals are very likely to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, and will not favor Zhao Ji of Huizong.

Now although Tong Guan and Gao Yu have some soldiers and horses in their hands, Li Gang has taken away most of the forbidden army in Tokyo, and the seed master Dao is leading the elite army that returned from the victory of Western Xia.

No matter what Huizong Zhao Ji wanted to do, as long as Li Gang and Zongshi Dao, who led the troops, returned to Tokyo City, Zhao Huan of Qinzong, who was nominally the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, would be invincible, and no one could shake his position.

"Military power is the top priority, since Li Gang and the Seed Master Dao can't be used by me, can Zhu Qing have other good strategies?"

This matter is indeed very important, as long as Li Gang and the seed master Dao lead the troops back to Beijing, I am afraid it will be the end of everyone, so when they heard Zhao Ji's question, everyone thought about it seriously.

"There's a way." Soon, among the people present, Tong Guan, who was the most knowledgeable about military affairs, spoke.

Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan and waved his hand hurriedly: "Come quickly." ”

Li Gang and Seed Master Dao were ordered to lead troops to besiege the southern army, and the minister heard that both of them had the idea of giving up the pursuit of the enemy, leading the troops back to Tokyo, and then going to Taiyuan City to attack the Jin Bing West Route Army. If the two of them returned to Beijing with their troops, the situation would be extremely bad, so the minister thought that they should continue to pursue the southern army until they were completely annihilated. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Ji nodded, he understood what Tong Guan meant, that is, to delay the time for Li Gang and Seed Master Dao to return to Beijing as much as possible, and use this time to change the situation.

After thinking about the current situation, Huizong Zhao Ji said: "The military newspaper said that the southern army was only 30,000 people, and after a fierce battle with the Eastern Route Army led by Yan Zongwang, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, on the bank of the Yellow River, there are now only more than 20,000 people left. And there are more than 200,000 troops under the command of Li Gang and Seed Master Dao, I am afraid that they will not spend much time returning to Beijing, so what should they do? ”

"It's easy to do."

Liang Shicheng, the inspector of the school, opened his mouth and said: "The old minister is one person, and it is Liu Yanqing, the general of the Western Army. This person is loyal to the official family, as long as the official family orders him to gather troops and horses in various state capitals, then he will soon gather tens of thousands of troops in his hands. In case Li Gang and Seed Master Dao returned to Beijing with their troops, then they only needed to let Liu Yanqing contain them. ”

"Yes, it's a good plan!" Zhao Ji listened to Liang Shicheng's words, and immediately smiled, and immediately instructed Zhao Kai: "Without further ado, quickly get pen and ink!" ”

That night, the palace was brightly lit, and in the early hours of the next morning, several messengers rushed out of the city.

Then the city of Tokyo was even more turbulent, and the call for the disposal of the six thieves became higher and higher, and Gao Yu, the former commander of the palace, was soon implicated, and then the news that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, found out, also became a reality, and under the instruction of Qinzong, some courtiers began to impeach him.

Just when Zhao Ji and others were still planning the restoration, Zhao Huan of Qinzong couldn't wait, so someone was unlucky soon.

Although Liang Shicheng is known as the 'hidden phase', the official residence inspection school master, but after all, he is a eunuch, not only has no soldiers and horses to guard, but also usually walks in the palace to do things, so Qinzong Zhao Huan is the first to deal with him.

Qinzong Zhao Huan sent someone to recruit Liang Shicheng to the palace, and when he arrived, he directly took it down, and issued an edict to count his crimes, and directly hanged Liang Shicheng, but said to the outside world that he died of illness, and by the way, he also raided his home.

The second unlucky one is the former young master, that is, the right prime minister Wang Huang.

Qinzong Zhao Huan dealt with Wang Huang, who had already been dismissed, not entirely because he was a favorite confidant of Huizong Zhao Ji, but because of another matter.

Among the many princes, Huizong Zhao Ji's favorite son is not the eldest son Zhao Huan, after all, this prince does not like music and rhythm, is not good at poetry and painting, and is incompatible with Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji's favorite son is the third son Zhao Kai, who is extremely fond of painting and has a lot of savings. Good at painting flowers and birds, extremely exquisite. And good ink flowers.

Zhao Kai is also the highest-ranking champion in history. He once secretly participated in the imperial examination in the first year of Chonghe, and because his literary talent was indeed extraordinary, he was invincible all the way and entered the palace examination. Later, he performed even better in the palace examination and won the first place.

After the list was released, Zhao Kai told Huizong the truth, and Huizong was happy, but he was afraid that the world's scholars would gossip, so he promoted Wang Ang, the leader of the year, as the champion.

Zhao Ji had wanted to change his third son Zhao Kai to the crown prince several times, but this matter violated the ancestral teachings, so he did not mention it, but the favored ministers around him had already seen the signs.

It was because Wang Hao took refuge in Zhao Kai that he had a deep grudge with Zhao Huan of Qinzong, so this time he became the first target of Qinzong to deal with.