Just when Gao Huaiyuan was still accepting the congratulations of his colleagues on the success of the bandits, thousands of miles away in the city of Lin'an, Hangzhou, there was still a scene of singing and dancing, and the world seemed to be less nervous about the battle between Song and Jin than at the beginning two years ago, although there were still a few people who were concerned about this protracted war, but most people had recovered from the initial panic, and did not want to pay attention to this war anymore, because the performance of the Jin Kingdom this time was too unworthy of everyone's concern.

Shi Miyuan, who was the right prime minister of the official residence, could feel at ease, because what he was worried about did not happen, although the Jin State invaded south, it was blocked by the Song army north of Jianghuai and could not advance an inch, which was also in line with his heart, so he also turned his attention back to controlling the government again.

In his opinion, there are still many people who oppose him in the court, and he also knows that after the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition, after he and Empress Yang conspired to execute Han Yanxuan, the Jiading collegial agreement signed with the Jin State was a complete treaty of loss of power and humiliation, and it was also the most despicable treaty signed between the two Song Dynasty and the Jin State since the Song Dynasty, so there have always been people in the government and the opposition who are dissatisfied with what he has done.

Although the murder was ultimately aborted, and those involved were also arrested and ambushed, this incident sounded a wake-up call for Shi Miyuan, so he needed to control the government more closely and monitor the threats against him at any time.

And what he did was also very successful, in order to achieve his long-term goal of controlling the government, he first firmly controlled the words in his hands, and put him in Xuanxuan, Xue was extremely heartfelt, Wang Yue was the eyes and ears, Sheng Zhang, Li Zhixiao were eagle dogs, and the power was good at the government and the opposition.

And the current emperor Zhao Kuo since the failure of the Northern Expedition of Kaixi, he has been disheartened, and since then he has completely given up the idea of the Northern Expedition to restore the country, and began to neglect the government, relying on Shi Miyuan and others to take care of the government for him, which made Shi Miyuan unopposed in the court for a while, and he himself was addicted to the sound of dogs and horses, basically ignoring the things outside the window, concentrating on having fun, and did not listen to the discussions about Shi Miyuan's dictatorship in the government and the opposition, and even rarely asked about the battle of Song and Jin.

Shi Miyuan is very satisfied with the current state, now he is a big tree in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is basically impossible for anyone to bring him down.

It's just one thing, he is still a little uneasy, today's saint over the years, although he has been favored, but the saint's body is not as good as day by day, but this year is the thirteenth year of Jiading, the original prince Zhao Xun died of illness, earlier than the current saint Zhao Kuan returned to the sky, had to be the current saint's brother Zhao Guili's adopted son King Yi as the crown prince, and gave the name Zhao Hong, so that Shi Miyuan was a little worried.

Speaking of retribution may also be the reason for the unpleasant retribution, the Southern Song Dynasty emperor has always had no prosperous heirs, after arriving at Ningzong's generation, Zhao Kuo has been frail and sickly, the heirs are not prosperous, and even a prince has not been saved, it turned out that he also raised a Zhao Xun as a prince, but he didn't want to be young only twenty-nine years old, so he first let go west, and wanted to set up a prince, but he couldn't find anyone, and as a last resort, he could only set up Zhao Gui (Zhao Hong), the adopted son of King Yi, the younger brother of Ningzong, as the prince.

If Zhao Xun doesn't die, Shi Miyuan has nothing to worry about, after all, when he and Empress Yang conspired to kill Han Yanxuan, he supported Zhao Xun as the crown prince.

But when this Zhao Hong was established as the prince, Shi Miyuan couldn't sit still, because as far as he knew, the new crown prince Zhao Hong seems to be not on the same road as him, this son has a good personality, before he was established as the prince, he walked around a lot, others didn't know that he Shi Miyuan controlled the government, but this son didn't necessarily know about this matter, and since Zhao Hong was established as the prince, he rarely had anything to do with him, the right minister who said nothing in the court today, which deepened Shi Miyuan's worries, for this matter, Shi Miyuan has been restless for a long time.

Shi Miyuan walked back and forth in the study, opening a book from time to time, but he was always restless and couldn't read it with peace of mind, so he lost the book, raised his legs and walked to the door and shouted, "Someone!" Go and invite Xue Ji to come to Fuzhong! ”

After the subordinates got the instructions, they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed out of the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Xue Ji to see Shi Miyuan.

After Xue Ji got the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to Shi Miyuan's prime minister's mansion in a sedan chair, and saw Shi Miyuan who was tasting wine in the warm pavilion in the very elegant back garden.

"Xiaguan see Shi Xiang! I don't know what the adults have to tell the officials? As soon as Xue Ji saw Shi Miyuan, he immediately bowed down and saluted Shi Miyuan.

Shi Miyuan glanced at Xue Ji sideways, so he waved his hand lightly and said, "Lord Xue doesn't have to be polite, sit down and have a drink with the old man!" Come, give a seat! ”

Xue Ji carefully sat down with Shi Miyuan's hands, and his butt only sat on a small half of the brocade stool, for Shi Miyuan, he knew that he was an absolutely disobedient character, and he could have today, it can be said that it all depends on Shi Miyuan's support, so he was grateful to Shi Miyuan at the same time, but also very awe.

"Come on! Try this bar, it's a good wine that has just been released recently, and it tastes pretty good! Shi Miyuan ordered someone to pour Xue Ji a glass of wine, and then waved his hand to let the servant exit the warm pavilion.

Xue Jiqian tasted the glass of wine in front of him, nodded again and again, and said, "It's really good wine!" This wine has an unusually sweet taste and a great aftertaste! ”

"Of course, this is the most sought-after fairy drunk on the market recently, and it is really not easy for ordinary people to drink this kind of wine at home! As the name suggests, it makes people smell a little fluttery! Not bad indeed!

Today, the old man invited you to come, there is something I want you to come up with, you are a trustworthy person of the old man, and the old man does not hide anything from you, now the east palace is newly established, the old man heard that the new prince is dissatisfied with the old man and you and others, but at the moment I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince thinks, these two days are very irritable, I know that you have the most ghost ideas on weekdays, you might as well give the old man ideas, see if there is any way to find out His Royal Highness the prince's true opinion of us! Shi Miyuan was very relieved about Xue Ji, among the cronies he appointed, Xue Ji was loyal to him, which was very reassuring to him, otherwise, he would not have told Xue Ji what he thought.

After Xue Ji heard this, he suddenly felt a little frightened in his heart, he didn't expect that it would only be a long time for the new crown prince to be established, and Shi Miyuan began to pay attention to the prince, but he was a smart person, and after a little thought, he figured out the truth.

If the new prince is dissatisfied with Shi Miyuan and them, then their glorious days will also disappear with the death of today's saint, and sooner or later they will be liquidated.

After Xue Ji figured out this matter, he had to feel admiration for Shi Miyuan's foresight, no wonder Shi Miyuan was able to control the government for so long, at least in terms of vision, Shi Miyuan did have his unique side.

After Xue Ji listened to Shi Miyuan's question, he didn't dare to answer immediately, but lowered his head and pondered carefully, then raised his eyebrows, thought about it, smiled and hugged his fist at Shi Miyuan: "What's so difficult about this?" Xia Guan heard that the prince likes to play the piano today, why don't you do what you like, find a woman who is familiar with the rhythm of music and is good at the piano, and dedicate it to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

After Shi Miyuan heard this, his heart suddenly brightened, and he slapped his hand on his knee and smiled: "Xue Ji, Xue Ji!" You really have a seven-trick exquisite heart! You can also come up with such a solution, and you are worthy of being the person that the old man values! Good! Very good! Do as you say! Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes to play the piano, why not give him a beauty? You go and arrange this matter, the candidates must be appropriate, don't attract the attention of others, it's best not to let the prince know, it's the best arrangement of the old man! ”

"Xia Guan understands! Please rest assured that the next official will arrange it immediately, and he will not let others know about it! After Xue Jiyin laughed, he quickly got up and responded.

After Xue Ji was ordered, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately began to look for suitable candidates in the people in private, and his hard work paid off, and he really let him find a beautiful woman, very good at music and rhythm, and played the piano well, but unfortunately because of the decline of the family, her father was originally a petty official, how could he commit a crime, was robbed of the house, and finally ended up in the streets, just found by Xue Ji, ransomed for her, this woman was grateful to Xue Ji, after receiving some training, she was sent to the East Palace, became one of Zhao Hong's maids.

Zhao Hong didn't know anything about this woman, and inadvertently found that this woman was beautiful and very good at music, so he included her in the room and became a favorite concubine, and was particularly favored by Zhao Hong, just because of this woman's low status, so of course she has no name, but this does not affect Zhao Hong's doting on him at all, often taking her with him, often playing a song with him, but it is also very warm.

After all, Zhao Hong is young, quite a bit of blood and strength, but long before he became the prince, he had already learned that Shi Miyuan monopolized power in the court and controlled the government, so he was very dissatisfied with Shi Miyuan.

Although Zhao Hong also knew about Han Yanxuan's dictatorship before, but he had a sympathetic attitude towards Han Yanxuan, Zhao Hong was not the son of King Yi, he was originally the eighth grandson of Zhao Defang, the fourth prince of Song Taizu, and he was just a royal clansman, and the prince's position was originally eight poles that could not beat him, but by mistake, he was selected by the Holy Zhao Kuo, and his name was placed under the name of King Yi, and he became the adopted son of King Yi.

And King Yi was originally Zhao Kuo's brother, and Ningzong Zhao Kuo's relationship was very deep, but unfortunately King Yi also died early, Zhao Kuo thought of their brotherly feelings, so Zhao Hong was elected as the adopted son of King Yi among the clansmen, the original intention was to leave incense for King Yi's lineage, but in the end Zhao Hong inadvertently became the emperor's heir, and it is really a bit impermanent.

And Zhao Hong is also in line with the identity of the descendants of the Zhao family, he longed for the restoration of the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, and reproduced the grand event when Taizu founded the country, although he also knew the dictatorship of Han Yanzhou, but he was not too disgusted with Han Yanzhou, and felt that Han Yanxuan could at least think about the Great Song Dynasty and advocate the restoration of the Northern Expedition, but in the end, it was only the wrong time to choose the right time, which led to the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition, so that in the end he ended up being murdered by Shi Miyuan, and after Shi Miyuan came to power, he quickly took advantage of Ning Zong's discouragement to firmly control the government. And in the first year of Jiading, he reached a peace agreement with the Jin State.

In this way, the famous Jiading contract in the history of the Song Dynasty was signed, and Han Yanxuan was cut off in the name of the culprit and sent to the central capital of the Jin Kingdom, and

And he has also heard of the collusion between Queen Yang and Shi Miyuan, so he is even more dissatisfied with Shi Miyuan in his heart, especially after Shi Miyuan killed Han Yanxuan, he immediately overturned the case for the former traitor Qin Hui and restored Qin Hui's name, and he hated it even more, so after becoming the crown prince, he never pretended to be Shi Miyuan, and he was not too close to Queen Yang.

Either Zhao Hong is still younger, he still underestimated Shi Miyuan's energy too much, he never thought that in the heavily guarded East Palace, the person next to his pillow was actually an eyeliner planted by Shi Miyuan, and his every move fell under Shi Miyuan's strict monitoring.

Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, after the lunch of the prince Zhao Hong on this day, he took the concubines to play the zither in the East Palace, and the interest was very high, so he inadvertently looked up and saw a map of the Great Song Dynasty on the palace wall, so he didn't know what evil he was doing, and suddenly he was arrogant, got up and came to the front of the palace wall map, waved his hand, pointed to the map on the palace wall, and laughed loudly: "If I get the will, I will definitely raise the strength of the whole country, the Northern Expedition will restore the old land, and Shi Miyuan will be placed here!" Ha ha! ”

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, but saw that the location on the map pointed by Zhao Hong happened to be the land of Qiongkuo, that is, what the later generations of the Chinese called Hainan, don't look at the later generations of Hainan is quite attractive to people to travel, but in ancient times, it was regarded by everyone as a barbarian place far away from Gyeonggi and lonely overseas, and it has always been a place where the imperial court degraded the guilty ministers and suffered.

Everyone couldn't help but be quite surprised that Zhao Hong was so emotional, Zhao Hong actually didn't take Shi Miyuan, the current minister, in his eyes, and Zhao Hong didn't know the taboo that came out of his mouth, but in the eyes of everyone, he called Shi Miyuan "Xin'en", which means that if he exiles Shi Miyuan in the future, he will definitely be one of the two places in Xinzhou and Enzhou.

Zhao Hong's statement, the news naturally quickly reached Shi Miyuan's ears through his favorite concubine, and after Shi Miyuan heard it, he was immediately shocked.

"If the crown prince succeeds to the throne today, it will be the time when you and I will be exiled! How good is that! Shi Miyuan said to several of his hardcore minions in his secret room.

This news naturally also learned through Shi Miyuan, and his subordinates who were promoted single-handedly, these people are Shi Miyuan's hardcore supporters, and their glory and wealth are naturally obtained from Shi Miyuan, and after hearing this news, everyone was shocked.

If Shi Miyuan is a big tree at this time, then they are the monkeys attached to the tree, and when the tree falls, the monkeys naturally have no good fruit to eat, this simple truth is very clear to these traitors who are fighting for power and profit all day long, they can say that fate and Shi Miyuan have been firmly tied together, one is prosperous and the other is lost, so after hearing about this, they immediately panicked.

"If that's the case, it seems that adults must not sit idly by! The lower officials have a plan, I don't know if I should talk about it! Among the several minions who followed Shi Miyuan, one of them suddenly stood up and said.

Shi Miyuan raised his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was also his henchman, and Xuan Xuan, who was now the secretary of the Ministry of Power and Soldiers, was a hardcore supporter of the person he regarded as a person from the bottom of his heart, so he nodded irritably and said: "Since this matter has been told to you to wait, it is for you to wait together to think of some solutions, why do you have to be so rambling, why don't you say it directly?" ”

Xuan Xuan leaned over and leaned into Shi Miyuan's ear and began to whisper, but no one else could hear what he was saying.

But Shi Miyuan's face began to turn from cloudy to sunny after Xuan Xuan's whispering, and gradually showed a smile.

"Yes! It's possible, but I'm afraid it's not easy! You can start working in a few years to find the right person from the clan! When the time comes, you and others will go to the court with me to invite the saint to play, this move is related to the lives of you and me, I hope you can work together, when the matter is completed, there will be a day of my Shi reign, there will be a moment of glory for you! Let's do it! Shi Miyuan finally stood in front of everyone and ordered.

His minions immediately bowed down and agreed, and took Shi Miyuan's order.

And such a secret matter is naturally not known to outsiders, and it is even more impossible for our Gao Huaiyuan to know these things that are happening in the DPRK, and he is on his way to Ezhou at this time.

It turned out that when the Chinese New Year was approaching, Zhao Fang, who had been personally sitting in Xiangyang, finally relieved himself after ending the danger of Xiangyang, and returned to Ezhou, and at this time, Zhao Fang, in addition to the post of ambassador of the Jingxi Road system, but also because of the defeat of the Jin army in Zaoyang City last year, he was awarded the post of Huanzhang Pavilion Straight Bachelor, and the commander-in-chief of the military and political power of Jingxi Road, after returning to Ezhou this time, he learned about Gao Huaiyuan from the prefect, and remembered Gao Huaiyuan, a young general who had served in front of his account, so he recruited Gao Huaiyuan to Ezhou to see, He really wanted to see Gao Huaiyuan again, to see what Gao Huaiyuan had become after not seeing him for the past two years!

Moreover, he was also very curious about Gao Huaiyuan's appointment as the county lieutenant of Daye, and felt that with Gao Huaiyuan, a boy who was only seventeen years old, how could he do a good job as a county lieutenant!

Therefore, after Gao Huaiyuan learned of Zhao Fang's summons, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately set off from Daye County and went to Ezhou to see Zhao Fang.