At the same time when Bai Shizhong visited Wu Min at night, Zhang Hu also turned over and dismounted in front of the defense envoy's official office, and walked quickly to the official office, because Li Yanqing's family was not in the capital, Li Yanqing was currently living in a small courtyard behind the official office, Zhang Hu came to the front of the small courtyard, and said to the two soldiers standing guard: "Quickly report to the capital for me, saying that I have an emergency!" ”

"Please wait to join the army!"

The soldier walked in quickly, and after a moment came out and said, "Let you in!" ”

Zhang Hu hurriedly walked into the courtyard, Li Yanqing did not sleep at this time, but sat in the study to read, only to hear Zhang Hu outside the door: "Dutong, humble Zhang Hu begged to see!" ”

"Please come in!"

Zhang Hu walked into the room quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See Dutong!" ”

"Is there anything urgent about joining the army at such a late hour?"

"Qi Yu Dutong, He Nan came to look for a humble position just now."

He Nan is the intelligence head of the Jin State in Tokyo, who was pinched by Li Yanqing, and is currently playing the role of a double agent, not only digging up the intelligence of the Song Dynasty for the Jin State, but also secretly communicating news for Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing suddenly became interested, "What's the news from He Nan?" ”

"This afternoon, Wan Yan Xian also sent a messenger to meet He Nan secretly, asking him to be sure to get the complete formula and manufacturing drawings of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and in addition, let He Nan accompany him to visit Wang Huang."

'Wang Huang? Li Yanqing was slightly stunned, what are you doing visiting this out-of-gas minister?

Zhang Hu said with a smile: "Speaking of Wang Huang, I'm afraid there is one more thing that needs to be reported to the capital, this morning, someone came from Jiangnan and visited Cai Jing, Wang Huang and Liang Shicheng, this person has found out his details, his name is Zhu Zhong, and he is a eunuch. ”

Li Yanqing suddenly came to his senses, "Could it be someone sent by Zhao Ji?" ”

Zhang Hu nodded, "It should be so, the humble position thinks that he is here to deliver the letter, so the visit time is very fast, and it will be over in a quarter of an hour." ”

Li Yanqing walked back and forth in the room with his hands in his hand, this news was expected for him, Zhao Ji's abdication was originally to shirk responsibility, not to abdicate sincerely, now that the capital is actually defended, he is afraid that he wants to reset again, Zhao Ji's biggest weakness is that there is no one in the court, like Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Li Yan, Liang Shicheng, these old ministers, the death of the dead, the dismissal of the official, the retirement of the official, but they are still very strong in the court, if Zhao Ji uses it properly, it is really possible to turn the tables.

However, what Li Yanqing is more interested in is that the Jin people actually found Wang Hao, could it be that Wang Hao is a spy of the Jin Kingdom?

An intuition told Li Yanqing that even if Wang Hao was not a spy of the Jin State, he must have done something for the Jin State before.

"What is the envoy of the Jin Kingdom looking for Wang Hao?" Li Yanqing asked.

Zhang Hu shook his head, "He Nan just accompanied the envoy to see Wang Huang, he said that the envoy gave Wang Huang a letter, and he didn't know what the content was?" ”

"Then what does He Nan think it will be?"

"He thinks it should have something to do with the power struggle between the old and new emperors, and the Jin State is probably trying to provoke civil strife in the Song Dynasty."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "You continue to send people to monitor Cai Jing and Wang Hao, I estimate that they will not come forward themselves, but send their family members to take the lead for them, everyone must be closely monitored, and there must be no omissions, in addition, the envoy of the Jin State can be secretly arrested and wait for my whereabouts." ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Hu hurriedly left, Li Yanqing fell into contemplation, Zhao Huan eliminated the six thieves in history, in fact, it was a fierce power struggle between him and Zhao Ji, and the people resented that Zhao Ji's important ministers were eliminated, although history had some deviations because of himself, except for the six thieves were not staged on time, but the power struggle between the two emperors did not disappear, so what means would Zhao Huan use to eradicate Zhao Ji's old forces in the court?

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In the imperial garden of the inner palace, Zhao Huan took a walk on a quiet path, Wu Min followed behind him, not far away from more than 20 steps away were dozens of guards, just an hour ago, Cai Jing sent his son Cai Yu to find Wu Min and leaked a major event to him, the emperor was already secretly contacting the old ministers, and was preparing for the reset.

Wu Min immediately rushed into the palace, reported the matter to Zhao Huan, and presented a handwritten letter written by Zhao Ji to Cai Jing, Zhao Huan was suddenly shocked and angry, he was very dissatisfied with his father's many small actions that refused to give up power, and now his father actually wanted to consider resetting the throne and put it into action, which made Zhao Huan unbearable.

"Your Majesty, although this matter seems to be serious, it is not easy to really achieve the goal, Your Majesty is to ascend the throne as the crown prince, and there is an abdication edict from the Emperor Taishang, which cannot be abolished lightly without a legitimate reason, and the humble position has been considered repeatedly, if the Emperor wants to restore the throne, there is actually only one way."

"Keep talking!" Zhao Huan said coldly.

"Your Majesty, not to mention the age, the Tang Dynasty three hundred years ago gave us a lot of inspiration, from Wu Zhou to Xuanzong, the Son of Heaven changed like a marquee, but behind it was one palace coup after another."

"You mean a coup d'état?"

Wu Min nodded slowly, "Only a coup d'état is the only chance for Emperor Taishang to be reinstated." ”

"You have to have an army in the coup!"

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Taishang has the 30,000 Heavenly Dragon Forbidden Army under the command of Gao Yu in his hands, and his combat effectiveness is very strong, and he is loyal to the Emperor Taishang, and Weichen feels that the most important thing for His Majesty at present is the loyal army."

Zhao Huan took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of Li Yanqing?" ”

Wu Min said lightly: "Actually, if you want me to choose, I prefer Dong Ping." ”

"But Dong Ping is also a high-handed hand."

"It doesn't matter who promoted this exactly, it can be seen from this peace talk that Dong Ping is indeed loyal to His Majesty, and the more important thing is that His Majesty can control him."

"What does control mean?"

"Dong Ping's wife and children and parents are currently in the capital, under the grace of His Majesty, this is control, and Li Yanqing is not, the Cao family is in Hangzhou, and his father, wife and children are not in the capital, there are many things that His Majesty can't see, I believe that the Emperor Taishang must have sent someone to contact them secretly."

Zhao Huan suddenly gasped, he realized the seriousness of this problem, he completely believed what Wu Min said, his father must have sent someone to contact the Cao family and Li Daqi, if his father wants to reset the throne, Li Yanqing is a big stone that he cannot overcome.

I didn't think of this, and I was really a little negligent.

"So what should I do? Directly deprive Li Yanqing of military power? Zhao Huan asked urgently.

"Your Majesty! If you act too hastily, you will inevitably suffer from it, and this matter must be thought out slowly. ”

Wu Min knows Zhao Huan too well, he has a cowardly personality and no opinions, and it is easy to listen to slander, which is also the reason why Bai Shizhong came to woo him, he is Zhao Huan's teacher, and Zhao Huan is almost obedient to him.

Wu Min said again: "Your Majesty can first promote Dong Ping, so that you have a loyal army in your hands, the second is to eradicate Wang Huang and other disasters, so that the Emperor Taishang will lose his help in the court, and the third step is to deal with Li Yanqing, and at the same time, Your Majesty should try your best to win over Bai Shizhong, Geng Nanzhong, Zhang Bangchang and other important ministers, so that the courtiers can be completely loyal to Your Majesty, and your Majesty's imperial power can be stabilized." ”

Zhao Huan let out a long sigh, "The first few steps that Wu Xianggong said are easy to do, and I feel that dealing with Li Yanqing is the most tricky thing." ”

"Your Majesty, Li Yanqing must be done slowly, not in a hurry, let alone startling the snake, Your Majesty can use Bai Shizhong and his contradictions to gradually weaken his internal aid in the court, so that he feels that Bai Shizhong is dealing with him."

Zhao Huan nodded, "Bai Shizhong's impeachment of Li Gang for not handling the incident of fleeing south effectively, I have already said in advance about this matter, if I do not deal with it effectively, I will definitely be held responsible, I don't want to break my word, but I remember that he has made a contribution in the military hall, so let him resign himself!" ”

Wu Min was overjoyed in his heart, but he couldn't let Zhao Huan discover his intentions against Li Gang, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, in addition to Li Gang, there is Gao Shen, he is a firm ally of the Cao family, and he is also Li Yanqing's most powerful domestic aid in the court. ”

Zhao Huan pondered for a moment, "This matter is not in a hurry first, and we will talk about it after getting rid of Wang Hao and the others!" ”

Zhao Huan immediately ordered: "Spread my will, let Li Gang come to the imperial study to see me!" ”

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On the morning of the same day, Li Gang resigned from the position of Xiangguo to Zhao Huan, the son of heaven, because of the ineffective handling of the southward migration of the people in the capital, and Zhao Huan immediately issued an order to appoint Li Gang as the prefect of Jingzhao and immediately left Beijing to take up his post.