Han Qi quickly made a decision, maybe Zhao Xin was right, or even what he lent was just a channel, if he didn't lend it, it didn't mean that this matter wouldn't happen, as long as the channel was smooth, even if Sun Ji passed through the Imperial City Division, he could easily pass this letter out and find him, but it was just to make this time shorter.

"Yes." Han Qi nodded and said, "When are you going to send the letter, I will send a qualified messenger." ”

Hearing Han Qi's agreement, Zhao Xin's heart that had been hanging was taken back, and he began to think about how to write this letter, if, simply writing, he stopped playing, and wanted to withdraw from this battle for the throne, it would definitely not work, maybe Renzong would blow up, or even send someone to arrest him back.

It must be written clearly, then it will involve a lot of secrets, such as embodiment, such as some new fields, some military and economic prospects for the Northern Song Dynasty.

These are secrets, and if this letter falls into the hands of someone else, it will involve a lot of things.

Zhao Xin hesitated for a long time and said to Han Qi: "Han Xiang, I mean, I want to ensure that this letter is not seen by others and is safely delivered to my father's hands." ”

"800 miles expedited is safe!"

"So no matter what level it is, can't you see it in advance?"

Zhao Xin's rhetorical question made Han Qi speechless, 800 miles urgently, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is the fastest channel for the military, which is related to national affairs, not to mention ordinary officials, even Zai Fu, can not be easily asked.

But what the actual situation is, only the military system knows, let alone a high-ranking official like him, even if he is an official who is responsible for passing on the three or four products of this piece, if he really wants to see it, can he still see it.

800 miles is very important, but under normal circumstances, it is not top secret only to use 800 miles to expedit, top secret ones have special channels.

This is the truth, but he doesn't know how to tell Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin took Han Qi's expression in his eyes, he knew very well, sure, this 800 miles rush is not safe.

Because the secret channel of the 800 li expedited and the Imperial City Division were completely different systems, he didn't know that it would be like this before, so he thought about it for a while and asked, "Han Xiang, don't you have to be a messenger!" ”

"In principle, this is the case, but occasionally, some officers of the border army can do it, but it must be above 7 ranks!"

"What about Sun Ji and Xue Yu?"

Han Qi was stunned for a moment, Sun Ji and Xue Yu were not border army officers, but in a blink of an eye, he understood Zhao Xin's intentions.

He didn't believe in others, but Sun Ji and Xue Yu absolutely believed it, these two people, one of them was with imperial equipment, and he was also a military attache from the fifth rank, and the other was on duty from the golden gun class, which was a little lower, almost from the sixth grade, and in terms of rank, they all had the qualifications to be messengers.

Generally speaking, at the major post stations on the road, when changing horses, it is only to verify the seal of the border army, if you add the seal of his deputy envoy of the Privy Council, especially the premise of the Baozhou mutiny, at the level of the post station, it is impossible to see the messenger's letter.

Only after entering the capital, especially when it is passed from the capital to the inner government and the Privy Council, will it be opened, at this time, the role of the messenger is gone, they must follow the regulations, and hand over the letter to the department of the Privy Council, perhaps ordinary personnel, or supervisors, can not see, some slightly higher, four or five high-ranking officials, as long as they want to see it, they can definitely see it.

At this point, for Xue Yu and Sun Ji, it is not a problem, the letter is sent directly to Renzong, and they only use the channel from Baozhou to the capital, after arriving in the capital, they will not follow the military channel at all, to give the Privy Council this superstition, or can he even prepare a formal recital and hand it over to the Privy Council, and the rest, for them who are born in the palace guards, is it still difficult?

After figuring out what Sun Ji was thinking, Han Qi just admired that in a short period of time, he had solved such a problem, and he was so ingenious, and what he admired even more was that Zhao Xin's courage to refuse this position could be said unceremoniously, in the face of the throne at his fingertips, not everyone could give up.

However, on the issue of candidates, Zhao Xin hesitated, Sun Ji and Xue Yu, both of them are fierce generals in the army, a hundred enemies, a thousand enemies, the final choice, Zhao Xin hesitated and chose Xue Yu, Sun Ji's strength is more comprehensive, it is easier to protect him, Xue Yu is still a little worse.

After that, some details were discussed, and Zhao Xin's meaning was very simple, that is, to let Han Qi solve the procedural problems and help them use the passage in the army, and go to Bianliang through the eight-hundred-mile expedited way, so that two days would be enough for the letter to be delivered.

As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, it was very simple for Han Qi, he was more curious about Zhao Xin's choice, and asked with some confusion: "What is Your Highness going to do?" There must be a reason for how to withdraw from the competition! ”

"The reason is not simple!" Zhao Xin smiled and said: "Zhao Xin, the second son of the emperor, unfortunately died of illness in the spring of the fourth year of Qingli because of the occasional cold.

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Han Qi was stunned, he thought of some possibilities, for example, let Renzong cover up, so that Zhao Xin has a reason to disappear from everyone's field of vision, even if he withdraws, he can also leave a little opportunity to lay the foundation for the future, so that even if there is little hope, there is finally an opening.

But I didn't expect that Zhao Xin would be so thorough, which almost left no room for everything, it can be said unceremoniously that with the emergence of this result, Zhao Xin's identity is actually gone, if Zhao Xin wants to regain the throne, I am afraid there is only one possibility of rebellion.

At this point, Han Qi was a little moved in his heart, and wanted to dissuade him and said, "Your Highness doesn't think about it anymore, maybe there is another solution, can't you leave no room for it?" ”

Zhao Xin ignored him, but continued: "Miao Ding, the four characters of the Miao family, in the Baozhou mutiny, turned the tide, led the regiment to practice, thwarted the rebels, captured more than 4,000 people, made great contributions, and can be rewarded!" ”

"Miao Ding's meritorious service?" Han Qi smiled, who is this Miao Ding, if he says that he will make meritorious service, is it difficult to do it, do you really think that a prince can interfere with him? I was about to say a few words, but suddenly I remembered something and shut up.

Zhao Xin came to Miaojiazhuang as the fourth young master of the Miao family, the concubine, so this Miao Ding is likely to be a hidden identity.

Han Qi asked with some uncertainty, "What must this Miao be?" ”

Zhao Xin didn't hide it, and said straight to the point: "It's me!" The fourth young master of the Miao family, Miao Ding! ”

In Zhao Xin's confident words, Han Qi understood that Zhao Xin really wanted to give up that respected identity, but this renunciation was not complete, complete, but selective, that is, to start over as Miao Ding.

Is this a path? Han Qi knew very well that this was definitely not a road, if Zhao Xin wanted to use Miao Ding's identity to counterattack, let alone an opponent, even if it was him, he would come up to stop it, because this shook the national capital of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Since the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the suspicion of Taizong, the two emperors, after the civil and military generals and the clan were resolved, and then through the methods of Zhao Kuangyin or Zhao Guangyi, it was difficult to re-ascend to the top, and it was difficult to be ascended to the sky.

This is also the reason why Wang Deyong has no way to attack him directly, if he can really use his strength, Wang De can use it on the canal, he will directly use 2 armies, or even 4 armies, even if Zhao Xin has immortal arts, he can't escape.

"Han Xiang is worried, I'm using this identity!" Zhao Xin clearly understood Han Qi's hesitation and said: "I won't be as short-sighted as them, and I won't develop an army in my fiefdom, that's no less than suicide, I just need a reasonable identity, an identity that can guarantee my continued research!" ”

Zhao Xin's words are more dead, and it is also true, leaving the identity of the prince and faking his death to get out, there must be an exchange, this exchange is such a big credit, and even said that he also needs to go up a step above the previous identity of the shadow, so as to ensure that he has enough status to manage a fiefdom.

As for not expanding military strength, that's for sure, on land, in fiefdoms, if you expand your military strength, it's really fake to be supervised by hundreds of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty.

No matter how detailed the supervision of the Northern Song Dynasty was, the only thing they could control was on land, and on land, Zhao Xin was just going to use him as a window, a window to show the economy and export resources, and it was really inconvenient to place a large number of troops here.

However, there is a navy, there is a development facing the sea, he believes that hiding a certain number of troops, it is not a problem at all, whether it is an island or land, it really can't be placed, put it in Mongolia, is it possible that the Northern Song Dynasty can still cross the Liao State and affect the Jurchens and Mongolia?

However, if you retreat so completely, this matter can't be so easy to cheapen the other party, if you upgrade a notch from the identity of the Miao family and get the identity of a man, then in the real military merits, at least a founding son. If Renzong is a little tougher, Bo will even be fine.

This needs to be operated, even if he loses his identity, from the second son of the emperor Zhao Xin to the fourth son of the Miao family, Miao Ding, on the top level of identity, Zhao Xin is not afraid of anyone, some people with a heart, or those who should know, will know.

A prince who has lost his identity, but he is still Renzong's biological son, even if it is the prince of the county, the prince, or even the son of Zaifu, if he is scolded, he will definitely lose the opponent.

But what Zhao Xin is more worried about is actually the low-level officials, the king of Hades is good-looking, and the little ghost is difficult, since this is a secret, it must not be revealed casually, and it is already very good to be able to let the Zai Fu level know, it is impossible to expand to six, let alone states and counties.

Although he is Renzong's own son, he is still wronged, Zhao Xin can definitely get support from Renzong, but he can't come in every detail, a sufficiently respected identity, at least a founding son, or even a founding uncle or waiter, can suppress others and get enough opportunities for development.