Zhao Gou lowered his head and pondered silently, he didn't understand why his father wanted to discuss this matter with him. Nowadays, Zhao Ji is far from being cowardly and incompetent in history, let alone mediocre, but a truly ambitious monarch, which makes him think.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji seemed to know what Zhao Gou was thinking, and in one language, up to his heart, he said leisurely: "You have a lot of doubts in your heart, what kind of role does 'Amber Villa' play?" Why did I consult with you about this? Actually, I didn't want to tell you about this matter, but there is not much time left, and Yougong's matter is too big a blow to the thirteenth brother, so I have to consider telling you some royal secrets! ”

"Secret?" Zhao Gou looked at Zhao Ji with wide eyes and was stunned, and thought: "Isn't it true that 'Amber Villa' has a big secret?" ”

Zhao Ji said eloquently: "As a descendant of the Zhao family and a prince, you should know how the Great Song Dynasty won the world!" ”

Zhao Gou nodded, this matter is clear, what he said is disgraceful is to seek the dynasty to usurp the throne, everything started because of the Chen Qiao mutiny, and after the Zhou Chai clan was conquered, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, ascended the throne as the emperor. Although he did not exterminate the Chai family, he still had some unjustifiable names in later generations.

According to historical records, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was originally a general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, but because Emperor Gong was young and held great power, he was forced to ascend the throne by the generals under his command. However, Zhao Gou knew that without Zhao Kuangyin's consent, these people would not dare to do so at all.

Even if he is forced to ascend the throne as the emperor, Zhao Kuangyin can not do it, he just pushes the boat down the river, but in fact, deep down in his heart, he has been peeking at the throne for a long time, but he is very good at covering it up. coincided with the chaos in the world, and the capable lived in it, Zhao Kuangyin's fierce generals were like clouds, and Zhao Pu and others were assisted, conforming to the mandate of heaven, and with the increase of power in his hands, it was reasonable to have two hearts.

However, it is impossible for Zhao Gou to truthfully say what he thinks in his heart about these things, no matter how he says that he is also a descendant of the Zhao family, and he is also a descendant of Zhao Kuangyin. Moreover, after the Chenqiao Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was deeply jealous of the military generals, that is, he was afraid that someone would follow suit, which directly affected the political changes of the Great Song Dynasty.

In order to strengthen the centralization of power, and at the same time avoid other generals from "adding yellow robes" and usurping their own power, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, took such a means to require the generals to hand over the military power in their hands in the way of coercion and inducement.

Zhao Ji didn't know what Zhao Gou was thinking, and then said: "Emperor Taizu established the Great Song Dynasty and had not yet unified the regime, and at that time, there were still southern forces such as Jingnan, Wuping, Houshu, Southern Han and Southern Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizu was bent on unification, and he did not know how many meetings he had convened for this matter. ”

At that time, Emperor Taizong held a heavy army and held important positions in the court, with high and powerful positions. Emperor Taizong suggested that Emperor Taizu establish a secret organization, and it was at that time that the 'Amber Villa' was established in order to eliminate the opposition forces in the south. ”

"At the beginning, all the people in the villa were generals in the army or people with strong martial arts, they were originally people under the command of Emperor Taizu, and they were loyal to Emperor Taizu, these people secretly infiltrated the southern forces, inquired about the military situation, and assassination operations, so they were able to quickly eliminate these forces and unify the Central Plains, and these people also made great contributions."

"Emperor Taizu originally wanted to revoke the villa, but Emperor Taizu thought that there were some things that could not be handled, so they came forward, so he stayed. Later, Emperor Taizong ascended the throne as the emperor, and he changed the blood of the people in the villa, and some of the older generation of personnel all retired, and some people with good qualifications in the army or people in the rivers and lakes served as their own training, and became a secret organization belonging to the kings of previous dynasties. ”

This secret has also become known to successive kings, and has been passed down from generation to generation and has been passed down to this day. It can be said that the owner of the mountain villa is equivalent to more than 10,000 people under one person; Now, after a hundred years of development, this organization has been cultivated by the imperial court, and it has already penetrated various institutions of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they want to know something, they can't find out. ”

Zhao Gou was silent in thought, deeply shocked by Zhao Ji's words, he didn't expect that the villa had been established as early as the early days of the Great Song Dynasty, and had always become the emperor's secret agency, and this institution had penetrated into all corners of the Great Song Dynasty, these things were all things he didn't expect.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji saw that Zhao Gou was a little surprised, he also smiled slightly, and continued: "Actually, the original meaning of 'Amber Villa' is crystal clear, how can I not know the situation of the Great Song Dynasty as the monarch of the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that the focus has always been on the officials of the DPRK and China, but they have not followed closely with ordinary people and local officials, so many problems have arisen. ”

"Next, you have to remember what I told you!" When Zhao Gou heard Zhao Ji's words, he immediately sat upright and pricked up his ears to listen carefully; Zhao Ji continued: "The villa also has another important responsibility, which is to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and resist the invasion of foreign enemies!" ”

"Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?" Zhao Gou exclaimed, in his opinion, the mountain villa was of great significance to the Great Song Emperor, but he didn't want to have anything to do with the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, knowing that there was no connection between the two at all, it was really impossible to figure it out.

The sixteen states of Yanyun include Yan, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan, Shun, Yun, Confucian, Confucian, Concubine, Wu, Xin, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo, and the terrain is condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack; The loss of the northern barrier of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun directly led to the Central Plains being exposed to the iron hooves of the northern ethnic minorities, and it was also a strategic location.

Shi Jingjiao, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, opposed the Tang Dynasty and sought help from the Khitan; The Khitan sent troops to support it to establish the Jin State, and the condition was to cede the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan, which was the only condition. Shi Jingjiao agreed without any hesitation, and finally succeeded in establishing the country, and he also fulfilled his promise; After that, the Khitan occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun and became a major problem for the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Taizong sent troops to attack the Liao State twice, but they all ended in a miserable defeat, and he never recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, which was also the regret of his life. Zhao Gou knew more clearly that the sixteen states of Yanyun directly affected the decay and even demise of the Great Song Dynasty, which was of great significance to the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Taizong twice sent troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun but failed, and gradually stopped trying to recover, and from then on he took a defensive position against Liao; In the first year of Jingde, Song Zhenzong arrived in the north of Lanzhou, and then made an armistice and peace with the Liao State in Lanzhou, known as the "Lanyuan Alliance" in history, and then the Song-Liao border was in a relatively stable state for a long time.

In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Song and Jin signed the "Maritime Alliance", agreeing to jointly destroy Liao, and Jin returned to Song Yanyun's sixteen states; In February of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the Liao State was destroyed, and the Jin State fulfilled the treaty and returned Yanjing, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Danzhou, Shunzhou, Jingzhou, and Jizhou south of Taihang Mountain as promised, but there were still nine that had not been returned.

Zhao Gou suddenly remembered the deeds of the 'Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures', and remembered that the current time was the third year of Xuanhe, which means that next year the Great Song Dynasty will officially sign a treaty with the Jin State to jointly eliminate the Liao State, which is a great trouble, and secretly thought: "After the Liao State is destroyed, it is not far from the Jin State going south to invade the Song Dynasty!" ”

If it weren't for Song Huizong and Zhao Ji mentioning this matter, Zhao Gou would have been unable to remember that the Jin soldiers invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, and it was precisely that time when they attacked the Liao State together, and saw that the Song soldiers were weak in combat, so they would have the idea of destroying the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou thought of this, only to realize that time really waits for no one, and some things should be started in advance to resist the invasion of Jin soldiers in the future.