During the Northern Song Dynasty, the highest official position of a military general was Taiwei, that is, a member of the second rank. If you want to be promoted from the first rank to the first grade, you need the military general to make great achievements in order to be given the title, and thus enter the first rank of the great yuan. However, the people in power in the Northern Song Dynasty all valued literature over military force, so that none of the military generals received the title, so Gao Yu was in the position of Tai Lieutenant, which was already the highest official position of the military general.

Zhao Gou's title is the king of the county, and from the second rank, he got the position of the Privy Councillor, and he was promoted to the second rank. He is on an equal footing with Gao Taiwei and is an official in the same dynasty. It's just that at the age of twelve, he became a second-class member of the dynasty, which made some ministers who had been in the officialdom for more than ten years feel a little unbalanced, and they were helpless, who made Zhao Gou's father the emperor.

If Song Huizong wants to balance the forces of the DPRK and China, he must support another force, and Gao Yu cannot be allowed to continue to do whatever he wants. Although in the court, the ministers respectfully called him the emperor, as if there was no place for him in their hearts, and they seemed to be light-hearted, but in fact, they were angry in their hearts.

At the beginning, Zhao Gou also knew that he was young, and there must be some opposition to entering the court. Song Huizong also knew that this matter was more difficult to handle, and after discussing with the father and son, they decided to make an example of the chickens. Wang Shangshu came forward to oppose Zhao Gou as an official, which is understandable, but it is a pity that the backer behind him is Gao Yu, and he has been instructed by him, and the small actions of the two of them were seen by Song Huizong, which led to the disaster of killing.

Everyone saw Song Huizong kill Wang Shangshu without hesitation, knowing that no one could stop the road of Zhao Gou, the king of Guangping County, to become an official, with the attitude shown by Song Huizong, they guessed that everything was premeditated, Wang Shangshu's death made Zhao Gou, and also sounded the alarm to the minister, he is the emperor, and the power of life and death is in his hands.

After retreating, Gao Yu and Zhao Huan both had gloomy faces, and everyone withdrew from the hall one after another and returned to their own mansions. At the same time, Gao Yu, Zhao Huan and others returned to the palace of the king, Gao Yu was Zhao Heng's most powerful supporter, and proposed to make him the crown prince several times, so Zhao Heng and Gao Yu had a close relationship.

Zhao Huan slapped his palm on the table, and said angrily: "Father Emperor is obviously using the power of Lao Jiu to balance the power of the court and China, and Father Emperor has always regarded Lao Jiu as the successor to the throne. The king thought that he would sit back and relax, but he never thought that nine years later, Lao Jiu would appear in the court again, and he would become an envoy of the Privy Council, ranking among the second-rank officials, even if this king was the prince and the eldest son of the emperor, there was only one Lao Jiu in the eyes of his father. ”

Gao Yu thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang Shao'an is not impatient, things have not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and we still have a chance to win back a game." As long as the emperor does not appoint a prince one day, we still have a chance. According to the old system, the crown prince is the eldest son, and the prince is the eldest son, even if the king of Guangping has great power, he can't shake your position, and more than half of the ministers in the court are on our side, and some are neutral, only a few people oppose it, and they are not in the court. ”

Zhao Huan was so anxious that he fidgeted and said, "Captain Gao, what should I do next?" ”

Zhao Huan is not a fool, he knows that his father intends to ignore him, the eldest son. Zhao Gou was only twelve years old, and he became an important minister in the court, ranking as a second-class official; In contrast, his eldest son pales in comparison, has no important position, but has no name, even if the minister calls him a prince, he is also an idle prince with no power in his hands.

If this goes on for a long time, the throne that Zhao Huan dreams of will not be guaranteed. As the eldest son in the Taiping era, Zhao Huan wanted the throne; In the era of war, respect and stay away, and put life first. Zhao Huan is not a fool, Song Huizong is obviously partial to Zhao Gou, how can he not see it, I am afraid that none of the ministers in the court and the central government do not know Song Huizong's intentions. If Zhao Huan is appointed as the crown prince, Song Huizong may abolish him as the crown prince, and I don't know if it is his luck or misfortune.

Gao Yu said calmly: "Don't worry, don't worry, so as not to mess up!" Although the king of Guangping County served as the chief examiner of this martial arts examination, don't forget that the other three are all my people, and when the time comes, the emperor will inevitably punish him, not only will the official position be lost, but even his life will be difficult to say! ”

Zhao Huan said eagerly: "In this case, Lord Taiwei should arrange it quickly, so you can plan in advance!" ”

"There's no rush in this matter!" Gao Yu seemed to be in control of everything in his own hands, and said confidently: "If the king wants to enter the Privy Council, he has to look at my face to hold the power." Now that the majority of the Privy Council is following me, it is easy to overthrow his power. Even if he is the king of the county, what if he is on an equal footing with me, don't forget that he is still a young man who has not dried up, how can he fight with me. Even if the emperor supports him behind his back, he can't fight the ministers, no matter how powerful the tiger is, it's just one, how can he fight the wolves! ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He lived in the palace since he was a child, and after being crowned, he moved out of the palace and lived in the palace of the acting king. In his mind, he has never regarded all his brothers as his own brothers, all of them as his own competitors, and anyone who dares to hinder himself from becoming the prince will be dealt with quickly!

Back then, after Zhao Gou was born, Song Huizong attached great importance to him, which made Zhao Huan a little jealous, and he had no choice but to let his father favor him. In less than three years, Zhao Gou didn't know what angered Song Huizong, Long Yan was furious, and was imprisoned in his own residence, and no one was allowed to visit, even if Zhao Gou's biological mother Wei Shidou was beaten into the harem because of this incident.

After Zhao Gou was imprisoned by his father, Zhao Huan felt that his opportunity had come. Among the other brothers, Zhao Huan has never regarded them as his opponents, only Zhao Gou. Then, Zhao Huan did everything possible to please his father, in order to plan for himself to become the crown prince. However, Song Huizong no longer likes Zhao Heng's set, and pretends to like it on the surface, but in fact he is extremely disappointed, especially after Zhao Huan was crowned, he was crowned king, and he was with Gao Yu and others.

Anyway, Zhao Huan is the eldest son, and he added a grandson to him, Song Huizong gave him several opportunities to let him get lost, Zhao Heng turned a blind eye and heard nothing, he didn't understand his father's intentions at all, so he could only take a wrong step, so that Song Huizong was completely dead to him.

"Lao Jiu, I have made you an envoy of the Privy Council, don't live up to my expectations!" Song Huizong quietly came to Zhao Gou's residence, and said earnestly: "Your eldest brother is not angry, and he is a raccoon dog with Gao Yu and others, which makes me very disappointed!" ”

Zhao Gou nodded, and Zhao Ji sighed again: "The Privy Council has been ruled by eunuchs since the former Tang Dynasty, and the ancestors reformed it, and it was controlled by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and then there were military generals in charge!" I have made you an envoy of the Privy Council, which means that you have the power to confront Gao Yu! ”

"The Privy Council and the Zhongshu Sect are in charge of military orders and government orders, which is the "Western Mansion", and in fact, the chief of the Privy Council divides the military power of the prime minister. At first, the Privy Council had four rooms: soldiers, officials, households, and ceremonies, and later increased to twelve rooms. Tomorrow you will take up your post, and then you will get acquainted with it well! ”

Zhao Gou said respectfully: "Erchen obeys the order!" ”

Song Huizong nodded, and said: "Lao Jiu, you haven't returned for many years, and your mother misses you very much, go and see her!" As for whether she leaves or not, it's up to you! In addition, you are already an official of the imperial court, you can't stay in the palace, move out today, everything there has been entrusted to the thirteenth brother, as long as you arrive, you don't have to buy other things! ”

Zhao Gou thanked him: "Thank you father, the minister went to his mother's place to visit his mother, and the son retired!" ”

Song Huizong nodded, watching Zhao Gou leave, his eyes burning, and he thought: "The Great Song Jiangshan Sheji depends on you, as long as you want, I will grant it, and it is also the only gift I left you." The Great Song Dynasty is in turmoil, and I have not yet reached the point of completely breaking and rebuilding, but I can't wait, we must restore the original qi as soon as possible, so that there is a way to live, otherwise it will be a dead end! ”