Ting Jian is an honest man, today this honest man has a rare temper tantrum and gets serious, his stubbornness is terrifying. He dragged the emperor from noon to midnight, and the words were gushing, and there was not a single word in between, and now, this honest man was tired, and he replied weakly: "Your Majesty, at this time, the arrow is on the string, and I have to make a hair!" ”

Huang Tingjian is talking about Zhao Xing, if Zhao Xing does not come to this hand, the little emperor may start to use the delaying policy, and then settle accounts after the autumn, but since Zhao Xing has intervened, according to his character, he will not leave people a chance to breathe.

Sure enough, the little emperor was stunned, and heard a few fast horses trampling on the silence of the night, and the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, the little emperor asked in surprise: "It's late at night, the city gate should be closed, why are the horses riding to the palace." ”

Cai Jing groaned and muttered, "It's here!" ”

Sure enough, the sound of the horse's hooves stopped abruptly, and immediately the knight pulled his loud voice, and the shouts echoed in the dull atmosphere of the palace like a huge thunder: "The inspector of the school, the Pingzhang military and state affairs under the Tongzhong Gate, the five-way patrol envoy, and the Nanyang Affairs Bureau raised Zhao Xing Zhao to have an order, and ordered the ghost army to strictly guard their posts and not easily offend Your Majesty." ”

Don't make people easily. To offend Your Majesty, there are several ways to understand this sentence, one way of understanding is to ask the ghost army to protect the emperor, and the other is to imprison the emperor and prohibit him from contacting outsiders. At the same time, the palace is strictly forbidden to enter and leave at will.

A pause, a heavy footstep. The sound came, it was a soldier on horseback turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the palace gate, the little emperor was in a daze, he turned his head to look, and found that Cai Jing was shaking, at this moment, he remembered the last palace mutiny, at that time, Zeng Bu carried a musket in his arms to guard the palace gate for him, Zhao Xing entered the mutinous barracks alone, and quelled the mutiny for him.

It seems that in between, a few years have passed, and things are not people. Zeng Bu has been kicked out of the court by him, and at the same time, the old stubborn Han Zhongyan has been driven out of the court.

At this time, Michigan, Beiyang. Secretariat. Han Zhongyan's office building is bright, this building is a new building, when building this building, Han Zhongyan also borrowed 3,000 stonemasons from Zhao Xing, 300,000 copper coins, and now, things are wrong, he gathered the generals of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to discuss how to deal with Zhao Xing.

Han Zhongyan received the report from Xiuzhou. Tell me, when Zhao Xing's fleet entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, the treacherous and cunning Han Zhongyan smelled a trace of conspiracy, and when Zhao Xing's vanguard troops just took control of Yangzhou City, he had already reacted.

It's midnight, Han. Zhongyan looked at the officers below one by one, his gaze stayed on Shi Cheng's face for a long time, and asked abruptly: "General Xiaoshi, can I trust you?" ”

Shi Cheng straightened his chest: "My family's ancestor Shi. Trustworthy followed Taizu to lay down this country. The Shi family has been the guardian of the palace for generations. Han Xiang, please rest assured. Everyone in the world can rebel. It is impossible for my Shi clan to rebel. ”

Han Zhongyan nodded in satisfaction. He asked again, "Fight with your teacher." Are you sure? ”

Shi Cheng replied crisply: "No!" ”

There was a pause. Shi Cheng replied again: "I'll learn from the teacher." The more you learn. The more I feel that the teacher's knowledge is like the sea. Teachers fight. The right time, place and people will calculate. It's especially terrifying. The teacher is good at histology. His ability to deploy manpower and material resources amazed us. In this regard. Compared to the level of the teacher. The disciples can't even compare to Yicheng.

I waited three years to study under the teacher. The first thing you learn is to calculate the input and output. The teacher's life is a tiger guts. I want to be at the beginning. The battle situation in the Luzhi Land had just been reported back to the ground. My brother and I listened to the battle. I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The total number of allied troops of the Luchi states is 120,000. And the ground is extremely tenacious and ferocious. But the teacher dared to lead 3,000 regular soldiers and 7,000 auxiliary soldiers out of the city to line up. And it won neatly.

Don't hide it from Han Xiang. We waited for my brothers to study the battle when they were full, and they overthrew that battle. I still want to come. The battle was incredible. But the teacher analyzed. But it's a battle to be won.

All the circumstances were not in favor of the teacher: unfamiliar land, hostile land, thousands of miles of expeditions, weak follow-up, too large enemy, and so on, it seemed that all the situations were not in favor of our army, but the teacher judged, and the result was in line with the teacher's judgment. When I heard the news just now, I was thinking, the scene in front of me seems to be close to the Battle of Luchi, and it seems that all kinds of situations are unfavorable to the teacher, but since the teacher dares to make a move, I expect that he must have a back move, but what is the back move?

I weighed it, the teacher has reached the center of the canal, and at present, who can stop him? Do I have a Beiyang Affairs Bureau? There are thousands of warships and more than 30,000 strong generals in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and the main force of my Beiyang Affairs Bureau is 2,000 Mizhou Lihua Army, these troops are not credible, they were originally trained by the teacher, and when they fight with the teacher, they will hesitate and hesitate, but perhaps, we can achieve the meaning of blocking the teacher, I may be able to urge the morale to desperately achieve the goal of delaying the teacher, but it will be impossible to completely block it.

I expect that when the teacher raised the army, he had already calculated our combat strength, and with the teacher's temperament, there would be no accidents, so that we had the opportunity to move, Han Xiang, the lower official was young, and he couldn't guess, did Han Xiang have a plan in his heart? ”

Han Zhongyan shook his head: "Zhao Liren's thoughts, I can't guess. The old man also studied his past war examples, and always felt incredible, but in any case, he marched into Yangzhou, and Yangzhou is the hub of the world, according to his character, he will definitely complete Yangzhou

In our hands, we will raise our troops and continue to advance, otherwise, we will go straight down the back road.+

Two days, I estimate that we have two days, tomorrow to gather the troops, we wait for the rapid march by land to Xuzhou, block the upstream of his army, Xuzhou moat is wide, conducive to holding, as long as we hold Xuzhou for three days, the capital of 360,000 troops mobilized, will be able to curb Zhao Liren's attempt, and then, I think he has to go overseas. ”

This negotiation was discussed until dawn, and at dawn, the generals each took their military orders and prepared to gather people, and a messenger from Yangzhou hurriedly arrived, and reported urgently: "Zhao Xiang ordered the seizure of Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau, the abolition of the trade law, the abolition of the discount law, the three-round law, and the abolition of the ......."

Han Zhongyan was stunned, the handsome seal in his hand fell to the ground, for a long time, Shi Cheng saw that he didn't react, and quickly got up to pick up the handsome seal and handed it over, Han Zhongyan took the handsome seal in a distracted manner, and suddenly shouted: "It's late, it's late, it's all late, it's really self-inflicted!" ”

After Shi Cheng handed over the handsome seal, he muttered to himself: "Why didn't I think of it, why didn't I think of it, the teacher is very good at taking advantage of the situation, I should have thought of him to kill out - people's hearts!" ”

Han Zhongyan waved his hand and ordered the officer to retreat: "Don't do anything!" ”

Those officers happily intersected. After returning to the military seal, an officer said a lot and asked, "Han Xiang, does my Beiyang Affairs Bureau carry out Zhao Xiang's order?" ”

Han Zhongyan waved his hand dejectedly: "Don't you do it?" As soon as Zhao Liren's order came out, I will send troops again, and I am afraid that Xuzhou will also be closed. ”

Shi Cheng shook his head: "Not only that, even Xiuzhou under the rule of the teacher has been victimized, my Mizhou maritime merchants have a lot of rare things at home because of their maritime trade, and the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau has also come here to loot, if I go against this order, I am afraid that the front foot will go out of the city, and the people of Mizhou will close the gate and refuse us to enter again." ”

Han Zhongyan thought about it, and was in good spirits. As soon as he was shaken, he immediately asked: "Zhao Liren led troops into Yangzhou, Your Majesty has allowed it?" If Your Majesty does not allow it, we can impeach him for the crime of raising troops without authorization. ”

Shi Cheng already understood at this time. , he pointed in the direction of Goryeo: "Here it is again - this must be another 'sacrifice of prisoners', Han Xiang forgot, a few days ago he sent the Goryeo envoys, and now the Goryeo envoys must be on his ship." ”

Han Zhongyan sighed, Zhao Xing now. 's actions are all small actions within the system, and what he does is in line with the rules of officialdom. In comparison, everything Cai Jing did was more rebellious than Zhao Xing, and in this case, it was self-evident whether the officials and common people of the Great Song Dynasty supported Zhao Xiang or Cai Xiang.

The hundred officials fell to Zhao Xing, the people fell to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing still has a powerful, invincible, and victorious army in his hands, and he still has a submissive ghost army in the capital, what does Cai Jing have, he only has a group of sycophants in his hands, does he want to rely on sycophants to defeat the cannon?

The big drama has not yet started, everyone already knows the outcome of the matter, Han Zhongyan did not know at this time that the hundred officials in the capital had already quit the court, if he knew, his decision would be more straightforward.

Leaning slightly, Han Zhongyan waved his hand and answered the question of the talkative officer just now: "Promulgation and implementation, Zhao Xiang is the Zhao Xiang of my Great Song Dynasty after all, and the regulations he promulgated are still the regulations of my Great Song Dynasty, and the orders under his jurisdiction are implemented in the same way." ”

The officers happily retreated in turn, Shi Cheng tiptoed and prepared to withdraw from the tent, Han Zhongyan beckoned, but he didn't speak, and fell into silence for a long time.

In the early morning, the bell in the temple of Nestorian Christianity in Mizhou rang, accompanied by the bell, there was an earth-shaking cheer - Nestorian Christianity also bears the responsibility of preaching the imperial decree, this must be the people of Mizhou heard about Zhao Xing's new decree, they worship this famous general who once served as a parent official from the bottom of their hearts, and they can't help but let out a cheer when they hear Zhao Xing's action to stop the traitorous party's behavior of harming the country.

Early in the morning, in Shunbaozhai, Zhao Feng yawned, stood on the dock of Shunbaozhai, and lazily watched the soldiers go out to exercise. Shuai Fan stood behind him with his hands behind his back, with a relaxed expression, while Shunbao Zhai Ding stood at the head of the wall, watching the Xuanwu Army drill with envy.

It is not the first time that Zhao Xing's army has come to Shunbaozhai, and the people of Shunbaozhai know that this army is tenacious and good at fighting, and more importantly, they have a good salary and good food.

At this time, the food customs of the Great Song Dynasty, the folk food customs were actually similar to those of Japan in the Warring States Period, no, it should be said that Japan in the Warring States Period was imitating the national customs of the Great Song Dynasty. One of the main characteristics is that they rarely eat meat, especially in the north.

In the army led by Zhao Xing, the food standard is strictly regulated, and at least half a catty of meat must be guaranteed every day. 3,000 soldiers stationed in Shunbao Village, not only scavenged the livestock around Shunbao Village, but also stained a lot of Liao herdsmen on the opposite side, they led their poultry and livestock, stood on the north bank to sell to the Song Army Wharf, and the Xuanwu Army soldiers rowed a small boat to go up, with well-minted Song copper plates, silver coins, and even gold coins to buy the livestock in their hands, the price was sufficient, and the surrounding people made a lot of money.

In addition to food, the soldiers under Zhao Xing have developed the habit of looting for loot, and whenever they go to a place, they will unceremoniously snatch some loot for themselves. But in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, you can't grab it, you can only buy it. The well-paid soldiers did not bargain for the handicrafts made by the nearby people, even the embroidered handkerchiefs and sewn cloth tigers, and tried to stuff their packages to the brim...

In this case, the people near Shunbaozhai naturally welcomed the arrival of this army, and many people also dressed up their daughters neatly and led them around the barracks to scratch their heads and pose, hoping that they would be taken to Hangzhou by a certain soldier to enjoy happiness. And the Xuanwu army is trained in the Honghu Mountains for many years, as soon as they go out of the mountains to the north to fight, now it is time for the truce, those young men with strong blood and strength see the woman's eyes are green, as a result, the girls near Shunbao Village are not enough, and there are many people from farther cities to Shunbao Village.

The Xuanwu Army was practicing, and their newly married daughter-in-law was standing around the playground, squeezing their eyebrows with happiness on their faces, chattering with each other, Zhao Feng frowned, with a prickly look on his face, but unfortunately Zhao Xing's military orders were strictly controlled, and the soldiers saw Zhao Feng's expression of wanting to find fault, and they made their faces like iron plates, and they practiced without any worries.

"Don't look for it", Shuai Fan leisurely persuaded: "This army is your father's selection of elite soldiers, other armies trained for a few months on the battlefield, this army has been trained for five years, the elimination rate is seven to one, the rest of them are elite soldiers, yes, this is our killer feature, is our last hole card." ”

Zhao Feng replied depressedly: "Uncle Shuai, my father really overstepped this time, and you didn't persuade him if he did this, and he dragged me to the front." ”

Shuai Fan put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "Your father's order is my responsibility. ”

Zhao Feng rolled his eyes: "If. One day, my father asked you to kill me? I think you won't hesitate to do it. ”

Shuai Fan nodded honestly: "Of course, as long as your father gives me this order, I will never hesitate when I do it." ”

Zhao Feng choked, he coughed. It took a long time to get through. Behind him, Shuai Fan continued to say slowly: "Your father has four children, Fenghai Yunshan, plus a righteous son of Liao Xiaoxiao's lineage, Zhao Tian, now except for the child born by your mother, the rest of the children are arranged by your father overseas, except for Zhao Tian, of course."

I know what your father means, you. We are a long lineage, you must take root in the Great Song Dynasty, and separate the branches overseas, so that the branches can flourish. As for Zhao Tian, I think your father wants to train him to inherit the family business.

In this way, the domestic only. With your younger brother Xiaoyun, your sister Jie'er can rely on. Zhao Yun is a stubborn master, you are the eldest brother, your father often says that you are steady, but the only drawback is that you are cowardly, your father found you a smart daughter-in-law Li Qingzhao, which is to increase your decision-making, so you must learn to decide, this is your responsibility. ”

Shuai Fan pressed Zhao Feng's shoulder and took him. 's body adjusted and faced Luoyang, and then Shuai Fan pointed in the direction of Jingshi and continued: "Look at this land, how kind the people of this land are, how brilliant the creation of this land is, however, how many jackals are rampant in this land. Your father has come this far, and he has more enemies than friends. If you want to take over your father's helm and lead the family forward, you need not only to be calm, but also to be decisive.

This time, Uncle Shuai brought you here to increase your fame, our older generation, the fame gained is enough, now we must support the next generation as soon as possible, your father let you lead the troops to Goryeo, let you lead the troops into Shunbao Village, is this purpose, to let the world know that the Zhao father and son did not hesitate to break the kettle in order to protect the country, in order to protect their own rights and interests.

This is your fate, your fate should be like this, you not only need to lead the whole family forward, but also need to lead us people, because we are already a community of interests, and whoever of us declines is the beginning of our overall decline, Feng'er, you must have the courage to decide, my son, the son of Wan Qi Yayan, are waiting for you, you must lead them step by step, in the future, there are many things you need to decide, whenever this time, think about today, today, we have taken over the defense of the Yellow River, We have launched the warships, we have reached the precipice where there is no way back, this is our life. ”

"Is there no way back?" Zhao Feng muttered to himself blankly.

Shuai Fan said leisurely: "Since ancient times, the powerful ministers have not had a good end - including Wang Anshi, including the current Cai Jing, and also the former Sima Guang, your father is now trying his best to control the situation, making this situation look like a struggle for power between two powerful ministers, if it succeeds, that is, if this fire does not burn to the emperor's head, we may still have a way out." Otherwise, we'll have to bite the bullet and move on. ”

It was early in the morning of May 1103.

In the early morning, in the capital, the military intelligence personnel sent by Zhao Xing had successfully entered the city, they had learned the skills of intelligence warfare in the martial arts academy, and this time it would be their graduation exam, in order to get a good result, they used all their strength, ran into the teahouse, hooked the fence and the tile house, agitated like a spring, and did their best to incite, spread rumors, and insult the people, and stir up the anger of the people as much as possible.

There were also people who were familiar with the students in Taixue, and under the cover of Guangdong merchants, they infiltrated Taixue to incite; However, those who had relatives in the court and were officials went into the homes of their relatives and agitated propaganda, and under their instigation, the entire capital was like a gunpowder factory full of dry firewood, with only a "magic candle" missing.

In the palace, the little emperor is still insisting.

No one could have imagined that the timid art emperor would last so long.