The Manchu civil and military forces were a little impatient to wait. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although since the Jingkang Change, the court meeting of the Great Song Dynasty has become less important, but no matter how unimportant, it is also a procedure, and it is a regular task from Zhao Gou to the ministers to complete it.

But now an hour has passed, and there is still no court meeting.

Zhao Gou had already arrived, but he was invited to the Privy Council by Prime Minister Li Bangyan, and he didn't know what was going on.

Originally, the officials were still talking about it, but after a long time, they all realized that it was extremely wrong, so they didn't even talk about it, but they were all pale, waiting for the results to appear.

Over the years, the small court of the Great Song Dynasty has been reducing its establishment, but the financial revenue of the imperial court has not decreased, although the territory controlled by Zhou Quan does not pay taxes to the imperial court, but because of the prosperity of commerce and industry, the financial income of the small imperial court is twice as much as before Jingkang.

Therefore, the treatment of civil and military officials is rising with the wind, even if it is not as good as the officials of the same level on Zhou Quan's side, it is far better than in the past. Of course, everyone hopes that this official can continue to be in office for a long time, but if there is any change in the court, their wishful thinking will not be dialed.

"A few people from the political hall are not here now." After a long time, I don't know who sighed leisurely.

Everyone had already found out, they were sitting and waiting here, but the six people in the political hall didn't see any of them.

A few people are already thinking about whether they should step forward if something really goes wrong, and maybe a single risk can make them into the political hall as well.

Just when the patience of the hundred officials was about to run out, a chime was finally heard.

The hundred officials stood in their positions one after another, and followed the guided Banzhi military attache into the main hall.

The hall was naturally gloomy, and as soon as they walked from the light into the darkness, everyone's vision was a little blurred, but when they settled down, the team was a little chaotic.

There is no one next to the throne!

It is normal that there is no one on the throne, and the imperial court has deprived Zhao Huan of the right to participate in the court meeting under the pretext that he is sick. But on the side of the throne, there is a smaller chair, which is the position of the regent Zhao Go.

But now Zhao Gou didn't appear in his place!

That must be something wrong, what is it, will it be a while, Zhao Huan walked in from the side door and sat on the throne again?

Everyone's eyes were once again focused on the forefront, which was originally the position of the six rulers and political participants in the political affairs hall, but now it is still empty.

After a while, I finally saw Li Bangyan leading the five people out, although the expressions of the five people were a little strange, but people couldn't see joy and anger.

After they took the throne, Li Bangyan took the lead and waved in the direction of the throne: "Please regent!" ”

Several political participants said in unison: "Please regent!" ”

Then the officials also saluted and said in unison: "Please regent!" ”

There were also some officials who were hesitant and did not join the ranks. They all stared at the side door where Li Bangyan was waiting for him, and their faces were solemn.

Then he saw a man dressed in the robes of the Prince, step by step, step by step, and then step up the steps to the throne of the regent, first bowing to the throne, and then sitting down.

"This ...... This ......"

"How is he?"

The officials who were staring were stunned.

Because the person who came out was not Zhao Gou, let alone Zhao Huan, but Zhao Ji's fifth son, King Su Zhao Shu.

This King Su is well-read and strong, and he is a scholar-type figure, but he is cowardly and indisputable, and he is not too conspicuous among Zhao Ji's sons. And he is older, only two years younger than Zhao Huan, and five years older than Zhao Gou.

If he is the regent, what about Zhao Gou?

"Where is King Kang, where is King Kang?" Someone shouted in the middle of the court.

Zhao Gou has been regent for so many years, although he does not have much real power, it is enough for him to cultivate a group of henchmen in the court. Seeing that Zhao Gou was not there, these people suddenly became angry, and they asked one after another, and many of them even began to look outside the gate of the main hall.

"All silent!" Li Bangyan drank sharply.

The warrior in the hall stiffened the weapon in his hand, and the sound of the thump made everyone shut up.

"One thing was announced...... Ask the regent to make a decree. Li Bangyan said.

Zhao Shu looked constipated and stood up from the regent throne, Li Bangyan took two steps forward and handed him a will.

If possible, Zhao Shu really didn't want to stand here. He regarded himself as a man of letters, he has always been quick to do and not to speak, and his mother had a humble status in the harem, so Zhao Ji never considered him when he chose the crown prince, and he himself had no idea about it.

But what I didn't expect was that this thing fell on me later!

"Lone came from the city of the Five Kingdoms to bring the will of his father." Although he was unwilling, Zhao Shu still spoke.

Then some of the ministers below reacted, and the two of them, King Su and King Jing Zhao Qi, had not appeared in Beijing for a long time. It seems to say that Emperor Zhao Ji misses his children and grandchildren a little, so the regent Zhao Gou sent them to the Five Kingdoms City to serve Emperor Taishang.

But now, Zhao Shu quietly returned to Beijing, and stood silently in front of the regent's position!

"Because the imperial brother and the nine kings were involved in the rebellion, the emperor had a will to depose Zhao Huan and remove Zhao Gou as regent. The emperor was restored, and Xiao Wang and I temporarily took the position of regent. Zhao Shu didn't care so much, closed his eyes and opened his mouth to recite it, and then opened the holy decree in his hand, and Lu Si Liliu began to read it.

The will is roughly to say that he Zhao Ji was an unfortunate old man, gave birth to a bad child, and forced his father to abdicate as the emperor, but after that, he was disobedient, attracted foreign insults, and also brutalized the loyal and good, persecuted the meritorious ministers, caused the people's resentment to boil, and the will of heaven was no longer in the Zhao family. For this reason, Zhao Ji had to retire from old age and come out again to set things right......

This emperor's will cannot be regarded as a holy decree, but the ministers can't take care of it so much, at this time, none of the people's expressions can be stable, and those who have lacked cultivation began to talk in a whisper.

The emperor rebelled? It's really a strange talk in the world!

Even if most of the courtiers understand the meaning behind this, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for so long, there will always be some people who are willing to speak for the Zhao family.

As soon as the will was recited, someone immediately jumped out and said: "Since ancient times, it has been unheard of for those who have the power to conspire against them, those who have the power to rebel, those who have warlords to conspire against them, and the emperor to conspire against them!" I don't know what the Son of Heaven is plotting to rebel against, and I don't know how the regent is plotting rebellion with the Son of Heaven, if you don't give us an explanation today, it's better to kill us all and see if you can block the mouths of the world! ”

Li Bangyan was furious and glared at the man, who was just a petty official, but he was not afraid and looked at Li Bangyan.

"Zhao Huan rebelled, as evidenced by his self-statement!" Seeing the other party's expression, Li Bangyan sneered, and then took out a roll of paper from his sleeve: "Please take a look!" ”

Where can the ministers still take care of the court's etiquette, and they all flocked to see what Li Bangyan took out.

Li Bangyan simply asked people to bring a wooden card, nailed the paper to the wooden card, and held it high so that everyone in a group could see it.

It was written by Zhao Huan himself, and one-third of the ministers present knew it.

What is written on the paper is Zhao Huan's own account, saying how he used the Zen position to Zhao Gou as bait to induce Zhao Gou to agree to bring Li Gang into the palace, and how he passed on the handkerchief edict and ordered Li Gang to give it to loyal people. Li Gang brought the handkerchief edict to Yang Shi, and Yang Shi handed the handkerchief edict to Wen Weishen and others, and then Han Yingxuan used the handkerchief edict to move Song Xingfeng and tried to detain and kill Zhou Quan.

Zhao Huan wrote this as his proud work at that time, so he exaggerated his "intelligence" a lot, and even put some "credit" that was not originally his on his head. For example, it was actually Li Gang who planned this matter, Li Gang first persuaded Zhao Gou, and then Zhao Gou contacted Zhao Huan, but in Zhao Huan's pen, it became him who took the initiative to initiate this matter.

If he really succeeds, this is his wisdom and skill, but if he doesn't succeed, it will make his crime even more guilty.

When the courtiers saw this, they were all stunned.

"Your Majesty is the king, Zhou Quan is the minister, the king wants to cure the crimes of the ministers, why not?" The petty official just now has to argue strongly.

"Zhao Huan has no merit for the country and the people, but he has a big crime, he humiliates the country, cripples the people and harms the people, this kind of faint king, if he meets Zhou Gong and Yi Yin, he should be abolished! King Ji was generous, still regarded him as the king, and Zhao Gou as the regent, and it was the King of Ji who treated the Zhao family well. But these two people, instead of thinking about the benevolence of the king, but want to harm the king, this is perverse, wanting to go against the will of heaven and the people, this is not rebellion, what is rebellion? Li Bangyan was in a hurry to behave, and he spoke unceremoniously, and a series of rebuttals made the petty official speechless.

If it is said that the Zhao family still has the will of the people, no one believes it, so it is said that Zhao Huan and Zhao are plotting against the sky and the people, and they really can't push away the charge of "rebellion"!

"But ...... is the Son of Heaven?"

"The Emperor is still the father of the Son of Heaven!" Li Bangyan snorted: "The emperor is painstaking, could it be that you, a foolish person, can't understand it?" ”

Zhao Shu looked at the commotion below in front of the high throne, shook his head, and sighed quietly.

What are these people fighting for?

If he hadn't understood the general trend of the world before, but since he went to Wuguo City, followed his father Zhao Ji to turn Jeju around, and went to Liuqiu under Zhou Quan's arrangement, plus what he saw and heard in Haizhou and Xuzhou, Zhao Shu's horizons at this time have been much broadened.

He also knows better what kind of power Zhou Quan has.

In the face of this kind of power, all attempts to stop Zhou Quan's actions were futile. Only by taking advantage of the trend can we protect ourselves in this huge storm set off by Zhou Quan.

His father went to write the secret story of incense, and to a certain extent, he was obscure.

But Zhao Huan Zhao Gou didn't understand, no, Zhao Huan really didn't understand, Zhao Gou was dazzled by power and tried to use his mantis arm as a car, but of course he had to be crushed by the wheels.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shu cleared his throat and suddenly shouted: "That's it!" ”

He suddenly raised his voice, quieting down the noisy court, and everyone turned to him, even Li Bangyan stared at him with a somewhat strange expression.

"The eldest brother and Lao Jiu are involved in the rebellion, and it is difficult for us to deal with them, so we will send them to my father's side, and my father will deal with them personally." Zhao Shu said slowly: "Above the court, there are many government affairs, so don't waste more time for my Zhao family's family affairs." All the princes are the pillars of the country, not my Zhao family's private ministers, and they should take measures that are most beneficial to the country. ”

The meaning of these words is already obvious.

The Zhao family and the country are not the same thing!