Chapter 636: Troubled times are coming
"National teacher, now today is my world!"
Zhao Huan grinned vigorously, as if everything was in his own hands, sitting on the coveted dragon chair, and wearing a dragon robe, he was really a king, and he continued: "I can get this throne, all thanks to the help of the national teacher. Now it's time to talk about rewarding meritorious deeds, national teacher, what you say, as long as I can give it, I will not be stingy. ”
"Wechen has nothing else to ask for!" Cizhao Zhenren replied respectfully, "Weichen has been deeply favored by the emperor and has been named a national teacher, and he is a very human minister. If Weichen wants the emperor to ask for something, it really hurts the minister, and there is nothing else to ask for, thank the emperor for his good intentions. ”
"In that case, I won't force the national teacher!" Zhao Huan pondered for a moment and said, "If the national teacher has any requirements, how about talking to me when the time comes?" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cizhao Zhenren was waiting for this sentence, he glanced coldly at Zhao Heng, who was looking up to the sky and laughing, and secretly clenched his palm, if it wasn't for the wrong time, I was afraid that he would really do it, because what he coveted was the throne, not the little national teacher.
Although Zhao Huan gave him the status of a national teacher, a very popular minister, and a position above 10,000 people under one person, he did not have the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Cizhao Zhenren has done so much, it is impossible to really make a wedding dress for Zhao Huan, now it is just Zhao Huan sitting temporarily, and one day he will get back what he deserves.
Tzu Zhao looked greedily at the golden dragon chair, as if it was what he deserved. However, Zhao Huan was carried away by the joy, and Cizhao's face was directly ignored by him. Then, Cizhao Zhenren said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be completely relieved!" ”
Zhao Huan replied: "National teacher, how do you say this? Now, I have ascended the throne as emperor, and the Emperor Taishang has retreated into the background and no longer participates in court politics. It can be said that the entire Great Song Dynasty is in my hands. ”
"That being said, there is one place that has to be guarded against!" Cizhao Zhenren frowned and said word by word: "The land of Yanyun! ”
Zhao Huan was stunned, Da Song was under his control, and this was not wrong. However, the land of Yanyun is the territory of Zhao Gou, the king of Yan, and as the crown prince over the years, even the prince of the prison country has no way to make the guards or officials of the sixteen states of Yanyun obey his orders, even if it is his father, he doesn't care about it, and lets him do whatever he wants in the land of Yanyun.
Not to mention that he had just ascended the throne as the emperor, even if Song Huizong wanted to install people to enter the land of Yanyun, it would be difficult. Ci Zhao Zhenren's words let Zhao Huan know that now is not the time to relax, and he still needs to find ways to divide the forces in the land of Yanyun, otherwise it will be like a fish in his throat, and it will be difficult to swallow.
"National teacher, what should I do?" Zhao Huan asked eagerly.
Cizhao Zhenren replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the time is almost ripe now, and you will naturally see when the time comes, and please wait for some time." ”
Zhao Huan nodded helplessly and said, "Okay then!" It's all up to you! ”
If Cizhao Zhenren wants to truly win the throne, he must get rid of Zhao Gou. Because among the Great Song Dynasty, there are very few people who can be enemies with him, but Zhao Gou has the ability to stop himself, and even kill himself. Therefore, Zhao Gou is not only a thorn in Zhao Huan's eyes, but also a thorn in his flesh.
Zhao Huan thought that Cizhao Zhenren was loyal to him, but he didn't know that he had become the executioner of Cizhao Zhenren to eradicate the thorn in his eye. Now Cizhao Zhenren has been named a national teacher, so the power of the White Lotus Society in the capital has also developed rapidly, and even Zhao Huan has changed the White Lotus Society to a regular sect, which has been strongly supported by the imperial court.
"Lord Wang, recently the scouts investigated, saying that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty was gathering a large army, pointing directly at the Great Song Dynasty, and even some Jin people were wandering outside the border pass."
Zhao Gou muttered: "It seems that Yan Sheng can't wait, and he can't wait to invade the Great Song Dynasty in the south." ”
According to historical records, this time was indeed when Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng ordered the army to march to attack the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou had already prepared for this day, as long as the Jin soldiers came, he had the confidence to let them come and go, but the White Lotus Society stirred up the storm in Bianjing City, which made Zhao Gou a little worried.
"Brothers ready?"
"Back to the prince, everything is ready!" Youzhou Thorn Shi paused and said, "However, I'm afraid that Youzhou's grain and grass are not enough. If the Jin soldiers really invaded the Great Song Dynasty in the south, they must be fully prepared, if our army's food and grass can't keep up, they can only be beaten passively, which will affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army. ”
"Still no response from the court?" Zhao Gou also knew that the most troublesome thing in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was the supply of grain and grass, the mountains and rivers here were far away, even if it was two adjacent cities, they were also separated by mountains and peaks, and they were circuitous, which made Zhao Gou have a headache.
Before, Ulzhou provided grain and grass, and the military supplies were enough. However, after Zhao Huan took charge of the country, for some reason, the annual tribute grain was twice as much as in previous years, which made the granaries of the sixteen states of Yanyun unable to leave enough grain, which led to the grain becoming the biggest loophole in the army.
Therefore, Zhao Gou decided to ask the imperial court for more food, but Zhao Huan was unwilling to listen to it at all, and turned a blind eye to Zhao Gou's recitals. Zhao Huan did this, which was tantamount to telling Zhao to deal with the affairs of Yanyun Land by himself.
Now that the golden soldiers have begun to gather, if nothing else, they will really make a big move in a while. If there is not enough food, it is difficult to control the outcome of the war. originally thought that Zhao Huan would take care of the overall situation, but now it seems that Zhao Gou is thinking too much, Zhao Huan doesn't care about the future of the Great Song Dynasty at all, and only cares about his own throne, which makes him very angry, but he can't do anything, he can only try his best to buy food, or solicit the people's surplus food, in order to prepare for the victory of the war.
When the Jin soldiers began to gather, Zhao Gou also gathered all the troops of the sixteen states of Yanyun together, and those generals who were scattered all over the country also gathered in Youzhou. However, Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong didn't seem to know, and he didn't care about the situation at the border in front of him, and only cared about drinking and having fun in the Bianjing Palace, and he didn't care about everything, and handed it over to the national teacher to deal with.
If it weren't for the imminent war, Zhao Gou would go to Bianjing City in person and be sure to raise food. Now you can only take one step at a time. As for the situation in the imperial court and what Zhao Huan did, Zhao Gou didn't have the heart to care too much, he focused all his attention on resisting the southern invasion of the Jin soldiers.
Cizhao Zhenren seemed to be the regent, in charge of the military and political power of the Great Song Dynasty, and even Zhao Yougong, the king of Chu, turned a deaf ear to this matter and allowed him to do whatever he wanted. Even if he knew Cizhao Zhenren's thoughts, Zhao Yougong didn't care about it, which made Cizhao Zhenren do whatever he wanted, making the court full of smoke and complaints.
After Jin Taizong ascended the throne as emperor and became the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty, he changed the name of the era to Tianhui. In the third year of Tianhui, that is, in the first month of the Common Era, Wan Yan Sheng finally ordered Tan Ban Bo Ji Lie and Wan Yan Xian to be the marshal of the capital, and the troops attacked the Great Song Dynasty in two ways, and approached Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty.