When Li Shun was successfully captured by Xue Yuyang, this year-and-a-half-long peasant uprising was declared over, unlike the protracted and continuous resistance movement in history, because Zhao Weiji made sufficient preparations for counterinsurgency, and handled the matters after the rebel leader was conferred.

On the tenth day after Li Shun was captured, Chengdu welcomed a guest, that is, Zhang Shu. However, this time he did not come to inspect, but came in a prison car to appease public anger.

"You have today, too."

"How much did you charge Qi Yuanzhen?"

"Shudi has today, you need to take full responsibility."

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In short, as Zhang Shu patrolled the streets in Chengdu, the streets were full of all kinds of rotten vegetables.

Zhang Shu's arrest is only the first step for Zhao Weiji to explain to Zhao Guangyi how to deal with the aftermath of the rebellion in the entire Shu region. The second step was to declare that all soldiers who participated in the killing of officials would be exempted from punishment, and that all those who had been killed would be removed from their official positions and would not be treated as any sacrifice in the line of duty, as long as it was found that they had committed bribes and perverted the law.

In fact, the first article of this step is completely to completely calm the people's anger, and the killed officials must have died unjustly, but at this moment, for the sake of the overall situation, it can only make these small number of people suffer an injustice. The overall situation is important, this is a consensus reached by Zhao Weiji and Zhao Guangyi.

The third step of the measure is the abolition of Bomai. Among the most important things that Zhao Weiji gave to Zhao Guangyi, the plundering of Shuzhong was too fierce for a long time. When the previous two regimes in Shuzhong were eliminated one after another, they had been plundered by the Central Plains Dynasty. Then, he set up an institution that increased the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, which further increased the burden on the people of Shuzhong. In the long run, there will certainly be new uprisings.

And the last step of the measure is Zhao Weiji's private goods. Although the outbreak of the uprising in Shuzhong had the influence of the exiles from Shaanzhou into Shu, it was not the root cause. However, Zhao Weiji still counted it, this was not Zhao Weiji's idea, but Guo Bailuo proposed it to him. Because Zhao Weiji needed displaced people, and Guo Bailuo had a way to rationalize Zhao Weiji's absorption of displaced people, that is, to attribute part of the reason for the uprising to the displaced people.

In this way, the imperial court will definitely have to deal with the problem of displaced people. But now for the imperial court, these displaced people are not very easy to deal with, because Shaanzhou has not fully recovered, and it is simply not honorable to return a large number of displaced people at this moment. In this way, Zhao Weiji can use the excuse of promoting corn planting to absorb a large number of displaced people.

When the second batch of corn was harvested in large quantities, Zhao Weiji had already been reported to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi also attached great importance to this new crop that could alleviate the grain problem of the Great Song Dynasty, and had begun to find a suitable place to plant it in the country at this moment.

Liuqiu is an excellent place to grow corn, but it has not been too developed before. Although it is said that at this time, Liuqiu was mainly developed by Zhao Weiji's subordinates, but as long as it was conducive to the development of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi didn't bother to care so much, so the originally illegal immigration became legal.

After basically dealing with the rebellion in Shuzhong, all Zhao Weiji had to do was to wait for the arrival of the new Shu officials appointed by Zhao Guangyi, and then he could retire.

Just when he was waiting for the new official to come to take office, a bad news came from the capital, that is, Zhao Weiji's eldest brother Zhao Weizheng died of illness.

"How could he have died at this time? He still has a long time to live in history, why is this happening? Since the news of Zhao Weizheng's death came, Zhao Weiji locked himself in his room for several days. Not only because of the pain of losing his loved ones, but also because of the pain of losing his loved ones, but also the death of Zhao Weizheng at this moment will be a great misfortune for Zhao Weiji from a political point of view, because his biggest shield is gone.

Things are going back to the Golden Kui Alliance, the legend says that the Golden Kui Alliance of the Empress Dowager Du is stipulated like this, out of consideration for the Great Song Dynasty. hopes that Zhao Kuangyin can pass the throne to Zhao Guangyi, and then Zhao Guangyi will pass the throne to Zhao Tingmei, brother and brother. But only these three brothers survived in the Zhao family, what about after Zhao Tingmei? It's useless brother, so who should it be for? Is Zhao Tingmei's son?

Of course not, after Zhao Tingmei's death, the throne should be passed on to Zhao Kuangyin's "eldest son" Zhao Dezhao, then Zhao Guangyi's eldest son, and finally Zhao Tingmei's eldest son. Then return to Zhao Kuangyin's lineage, in short, the three veins take turns to sit in the village.

But now the problem is that Zhao Tingmei has lost his inheritance qualifications because of the rebellion, and he is also dead. Zhao Dezhao also cut himself because of the Northern Expedition. The rest are Zhao Guangyi's son and Zhao Kuangyin's grandson. Who should it be given to at this time? According to the principle of the three veins taking turns, it is time to return to Zhao Kuangyin's first vein. But if you return to Zhao Kuangyin's lineage, what will Zhao Guangyi's son do? I've heard of the crown prince, the emperor's brother, the emperor's grandson, but I haven't heard of the emperor's uncle.

What's the matter with my nephew's dead uncle? But you can't fail to abide by the Jinkui Alliance, otherwise the legitimacy of Zhao Guangyi's succession will be problematic.

So the best way is to be virtuous, son or nephew, who is virtuous to whom. In this way, Zhao Guangyi can cheat, how can he see that he is virtuous, he is naturally meritorious, whether it is Zhao Yuanxi or the current Zhao Heng, Zhao Guangyi has not created opportunities for them to show themselves. And Zhao Weizheng has always been suppressed intentionally or unintentionally.

On the one hand, he is constantly showing his wisdom, and on the other hand, he is unknown, as long as his limit is approaching, for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, it will be justified to set up his own son.

But at this time, Zhao Weizheng is gone, if it's gone, it's gone, but Zhao Weizheng has no queen. The result of this is that Zhao Weiji, the second brother of Zhao Dezhao, who had no chance, suddenly replaced him and became a suitable heir.

It's troublesome now, if you want to say something wise, Zhao Weiji can say that Zhao Heng has thrown Zhao Heng more than a dozen streets. He has military merits, he also has social merits, and even the most critical folk reputation has been accumulated because of this counterinsurgency. What should you do with such a "saint"?

Now Zhao Guangyi is completely out of tricks, and he originally thought that he wouldn't be able to get Zhao Weiji's turn anyway, so he could allow him to keep coming up with new tricks. Because according to the previous order, no matter how much he does it, he will be a virtuous king. But when Zhao Weizheng died and had no queen, this "virtuous king" Zhao Weiji directly threatened Zhao Heng's position. What should Zhao Guangyi do now?

Zhao Guangyi should scratch his head, but Zhao Weiji is also not happy. Although he wants to be the emperor, he is also self-aware, even if he has a thousand years of wisdom and knowledge beyond the times, but he doesn't think that he can defeat the old fox Zhao Guangyi now.

He has only been in the Song Dynasty for more than ten years, and he may be able to fight Zhao Guangyi, who has been running the Great Song Dynasty for nearly 30 years. In this era, power is the truth, and in Zhao Weiji's opinion, he played these tricks in the era of Zhao Guangyi, and he could not defeat Zhao Guangyi's iron fist. The only chance is to wait for Zhao Heng's succession. Although this is smart, but Song Zhenzong, who has a somewhat cowardly personality, comes to power is the stage on which Zhao Weiji can really show himself in an all-round way.

Therefore, Zhao Weiji has always avoided direct conflict with Zhao Guangyi, and because of the existence of his brother Zhao Weizheng, it also provides a good shield for Zhao Weiji.

The two people that the emperor doesn't want to give one have the ability but are not qualified, the other is qualified and incapable, and what the emperor wants to give is qualified and has some ability, and this situation is very happy.

Now it's funny, and everyone is not happy.

But funny is funny, it's necessary to go back to Beijing for funeral, everything has to go back to the capital.

So Zhao Weiji took Zhao Xin, Tie Zheng, who returned from Jingzhou, and Guo Bailiu to the capital together, while Li Jiguang was left behind to guard Shuzhong.

At the same time, he also sent a letter to Huating, asking Chai Yu to take Li Nian and the three children to Beijing together, and Jiangyu also went with him.

Because at this time, Zhao Weiji must think clearly about what to do next, so he has to bring all the people who are trustworthy and need to have emotional rights.

Ten days later, the capital Wei Wangfu.

This day is the day of Zhao Weizheng's funeral, and since there are no heirs, Zhao Weiji and other brothers must take on all the responsibilities of the funeral.

In order to show his importance to the descendants of his eldest brother, Zhao Guangyi gave Zhao Weizheng the treatment of the prince. And Zhao Weizheng was allowed to be buried in the Yongchang Mausoleum of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to accompany the burial of Taizu.

In this way, the younger brother Zhao Weihe carried the flag, and the remaining three brothers carried the coffin, and then followed by many relatives to form a mighty funeral procession out of the city.

Above the city, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng were also watching the entire team to show their grief.

When the team left the sight of Taizong's father and son, Zhao Heng spoke first: "What should my father do now, but now it is only auspicious, if those people in the court and the central government use the topic to play, it will not be easy to deal with." ”

"I also have a headache, why did Wei Zheng go so suddenly, and now it is replaced by Wei Ji, to be honest, I am not easy to deal with, after all, Wei Ji has developed so well in the past two years, and now as long as he moves, it will cause huge waves." At this moment, Zhao Guangyi's mood can't be described as regretful, although he gave Zhao Weiji the opportunity to develop into today, but this does not make him regret it, although Zhao Weiji at this time is already difficult to deal with, but it is not impossible to deal with. It's just a matter of minimizing losses.

At the same time, Zhao Weiji, who was carrying the coffin, was also thinking about the same problem as Zhao Guangyi, that is, how to deal with himself. Zhao Weiji also needs to "dispose of" himself at the lowest cost. Because only in this way can he completely preserve his strength, until Zhao Guangyi dies and then tries to make a comeback.

Both parties, plagued by the same problems, are destined to have a sleepless night.