Song Huizong looked at Zhao Gou intently, seeing that he did not squint, his eyes were unwavering, and he said: "Since you have your own path in your heart, I will fulfill you!" ”

Zhao Gou said gratefully: "Thank you father for your success!" ”

"But you have to agree to one condition!" Song Huizong continued.

Zhao Gou was puzzled, and muttered: "Father, I don't know what the conditions you are talking about?" ”

Song Huizong smiled slightly and said, "You are my sister-in-law, and you are also the king of Guangping County. All my heirs must be canonized and crowned as kings in front of hundreds of officials at the age of crowning. If you want to travel all over the world and look for famous teachers, I won't say too much, the only requirement is that at the age of your crowning, you must appear in the capital, can you do it? ”

Zhao Gou originally thought that Song Huizong would go back on his word, but he never thought that Song Huizong would actually say this, and he didn't have any hesitation, and replied directly: "Erchen promised that when he was crowned, he would definitely be in the capital and never break his word!" ”

Song Huizong nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhao Gou with emotion. Since Zhao Gou was born, he has met less than three times until he was three years old, and he has never said anything, basically it is over in a few words. Song Huizong looked at Zhao Gou, who was only six years old, as if he was an adult, mature and steady, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Zhao Gou raised his head and looked at Song Huizong, from Zhao Ji's eyes, Zhao Gou could see Song Huizong's love for him, but there were some things that could not be said in person, nor could they be explained, maybe there was some unavoidable hardship. However, Zhao Gou found that his father was very different from the Song Huizong in history.

Although Song Huizong still seems to have a strong scholarly spirit, he looks like a white-faced scholar after being influenced by Confucian culture. However, the heroism between Song Huizong's eyebrows made Zhao Gou a little shocked, especially Song Huizong's frowns, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes, which surprised him even more.

"Is there a mistake in history, Song Huizong is not only an emperor of calligraphy and painting, but also an emperor who really strategizes?" Zhao Gou was puzzled, and secretly thought: "If Song Huizong in history didn't have any talent, or didn't understand politics, how could he become the Ninth Five-Year Emperor." Even if Song Huizong had the support of the Empress Dowager, the ministers of the court and China were divided into two factions, and there must be an unknown secret that they were able to defeat King Cai and ascend to the throne. ”

"The most beloved prince of Song Huizong in history is the eldest prince, that is, the future prince, and he has never heard that Song Huizong will have the slightest favor for Zhao Gou. Although I have only met him three times, this is the fourth time, I still think there is something else in my father's eyes, what is it? ”

Even if Zhao Gou came from later generations and had profound knowledge of modernization, he couldn't figure out what was going on with all this if he wanted to break his head. In fact, Song Huizong had this change, and everything was thanks to Zhao Gou himself. If it weren't for Song Huizong seeing hope from Zhao Gou, he wouldn't have spent a lot of time and started to lay out, not only deposing Cai Jing's power, but even Yang Jian, the servant next to him, was given poisonous wine by him, and he died.

According to history, Yang Jian should not have died three years ago, and Cai Jing had already re-entered the court as an official, and his power would be even greater. However, in the past three years, Song Huizong has not only not reused the minds of Cai Jing and others again, but even the struggle between the two factions in the court has some signs of resurgence.

After Cai Jing was hit hard by Song Huizong once, he began to slump, and three years later, Cai Jing, who was staying at home in Hangzhou, jumped like thunder and sent people to inquire about the movements of the DPRK several times. However, everyone began to stay away from Cai Jing, which made him even more anxious and panicked.

Three years have passed, and Cai Jing also knows that all the forces he has planted in the palace have been cut off by an unknown force, and even his son has been dismissed, or he has been demoted to a border town and held an official position. Now, Cai Jing's power, which has been painstakingly managed for ten years, has disappeared in less than three years.

At this time, Cai Jing knew that he had attracted the emperor's taboo and regretted it too late. Today's Cai Jing is in the house, staying at home, and has no intention of studying calligraphy, the whole person is drooping his head, languishing, losing his former spirit, and everything is in control, just like a lost dog.

At the beginning, after Cai Jing, who had been demoted for several months, came to Hangzhou, he became the emperor of the soil, and the local squires, wealthy businessmen, and officials came to the palace to visit Cai Jing, but he was all blocked by him. ”

Time flies, fleeting!

The triumphant Cai Jing sat in the house as steadily as Mount Tai, drinking and having fun. A month passed, two months passed, months passed, and even a year passed. Every time Cai Jing got the news worse and worse, after the first month, he knew that Yang Jian had died in the palace, and at that time he was still disdainful, thinking that it would not have any effect.

Two months later, Cai Jing received a secret report from the capital, not because the emperor intended to summon him into the palace, but because he heard that some people in his own force had committed something and were detained in prison; A few months later, his eldest son was demoted and sent to the border; A few months later, Cai Jing heard again that a year later, the power he had worked so hard to manage fell apart.

"God will kill me!" Cai Jing was hit harder and bigger, and even his heir's official position in the court could not be kept, and Yang Tian sighed: "Your Majesty, have you really forgotten the existence of your ministers?" Really let the minister never return to Beijing on the day, the minister is really unwilling! ……”

Song Huizong's resolute style made Cai Jing afraid, and even the ministers of the DPRK and China closed their mouths one after another, and all the ministers did not dare to dissuade them again. In addition, some ministers of the two factions in the DPRK were demoted or even beheaded, no matter how big their official positions were in the DPRK.

For a time, no one in the Song Huizong court dared to oppose the power, and if he was not careful, he would be demoted, or he would be punished. The civil and military officials couldn't help but be a little puzzled, they couldn't see through what Song Huizong thought, and even abandoned all the calligraphy and paintings, and dealt with the government wholeheartedly.

Although Yang Jian was executed by Song Huizong, there was still Tong Guan in the court, he trembled and frightened, for fear of being beheaded by Song Huizong. Yang Jian's death let everyone know that Song Huizong is no longer the emperor of calligraphy and painting, nor is he the emperor who was deceived by the ministers of the court, but the real one who is true to his word, handling things vigorously and resolutely, decisive and resolute, as long as it does not involve the disorder of the dynasty and the corruption of the law, Song Huizong still turns a blind eye, but endangers the dynasty, no matter who is deposed.

From the beginning, the ministers of the court and the central government still didn't understand and couldn't see through what Song Huizong wanted, and it wasn't until Cai Jing's power collapsed little by little that everyone understood that Song Huizong was killing chickens and monkeys, killing three birds with one stone. First, to completely eliminate Cai Jing's influence in the court; Second, to warn the people of the two factions in the DPRK and China that if they dare to be presumptuous, they will be eliminated; Third, he consolidated his imperial power, and the emperor was supreme.

Some of the ministers of the DPRK and China believed that they were older in the DPRK and China, and they once again mentioned the matter of reform and conservatism, but before they finished speaking, they were directly dismissed by Song Huizong, demoted to a commoner, and asked him to return to his hometown. At this time, the ministers of the court and the central government realized that Song Huizong was just watching a drama before, and the real Song Huizong was a person who was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. However, since Zhao Gou was no longer in the palace, as well as Cai Jing was demoted and Yang Jian died, the ministers saw the different Song Huizong, and his whole body exuded a sense of stability, and even the Confucian qi on his body disappeared without a trace, and everyone secretly thought: "In the current state of the emperor, whoever dares to endanger the court will be eliminated." If he didn't guess wrong, the emperor no longer worried that the ministers of the court and the central government would return to their hometowns one after another, but really decided to purge. ”

Song Huizong deposed some officials, and promoted a group of officials from below to replace their original official positions, so that there was not much chaos in the court. Today's Song Huizong is no longer the emperor who can only write and paint, his true self, showing the majesty of the real Ninety-Five, so that everyone does not dare to exceed in the slightest.

For three years, Zhao Gou, who was immersed in martial arts, didn't know that so many things had happened in the court, and he didn't know that his father was no longer the father he used to be. However, as the emperor's Zhao Ji is also a father, he hopes that Zhao Gou can stay, but he doesn't want him to wander alone, and his heart is entangled.

Zhao seemed to see Song Huizong's struggling eyes, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not too early, it's time to go back to the palace!" ”

"So fast?" Song Huizong muttered helplessly, looked at Zhao Gou again, glanced at it reluctantly, and then said in a deep voice: "Remember your agreement with me, as for the doubts in your heart, on the day you are crowned, I will give you a satisfactory answer." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Gou to react, Song Huizong and Zhao Ru disappeared into the night; When Zhao Gou caught up again, he could only hear the sound of horses galloping, and he had to return to this hut. When he returned to the room, he found that there was a thick pile of silver tickets on his bed at some point, the smallest one was ten taels, the largest one was one hundred taels, and the scattered ones added up to ten thousand taels of silver.

Zhao Gou looked at the thick pile of silver tickets in his hand, frowned, and pondered: "There are actually 10,000 taels of silver tickets?" Could it be that this was left to me by my father! …… My father knew my mind from the beginning, and these silver taels were reserved for me to eat and drink on the road, but only 10,000 taels of silver, so my father was not afraid of bad people's eyes? ”

So, Zhao Gou cleaned up and rested!

"Brother Huang, did you really decide to let him go on the road alone?" At this time, Song Huizong and Zhao seemed to have already returned to the palace, and Zhao seemed to be a little puzzled.

Song Huizong said in a deep voice: "Since Go'er wants to walk the rivers and lakes alone, I can't say anything. Now, the court is temporarily suppressed by me. However, this situation will certainly not be a long-term solution, and it is impossible for me to really remove all the ministers from their official positions. ”

"Go'er is six years old, his height is not like that of ordinary six-year-old children, and he has some martial arts, I don't have too much to worry about, but when I encounter a real master, I may suffer a loss, so it's okay, let him suffer a loss and come back." On the day of his crowning, there are still ten years to go, and the Chaogang will be temporarily suppressed by me for three years, and there will be another controversy in a few years, and at that time, we must find a way to stabilize the Chaogang again. ”

"As for Gou'er, Thirteenth Brother, you send two people to follow him, and you will never make a move unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Zhao Yi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Brother Huang, all the ministers of the Chinese military department of the dynasty were shocked by you. As you said, this is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution to the problem, and other methods must be used. It's just that if this continues, the ministers are worried that the ministers of the DPRK and China will have other opinions. ”

"I don't know that this method can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and everything can only look at the future. Now, all I have left for him is time, buy him time, and then he will deal with it. Sometimes, I am also powerless, and the deep-rooted ideological baggage is really difficult to shake, and only when I encounter a huge crisis can I fundamentally solve all problems. ”

Song Huizong Zhao Ji and Cai Wang Zhao seemed to be silent, bowing their heads and saying nothing, facing the crisis of the Great Song Dynasty, they have long understood where the root cause is, but they are carrying a huge burden and cannot give up easily, otherwise it must be a great chaos in the dynasty, the people are not happy, lose the hearts of the people, after weighing the pros and cons, Song Huizong can only choose to suppress it temporarily, choose to take the method of treating the symptoms but not the root cause, the time is not yet ripe!