429. Disaster to the country and the people
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If the news of the defeat came, who felt happy rather than surprised at the first time, it must be the crown prince Zhao Huan.
As the crown prince, it is not easy to get out of the palace, and even getting news outside the palace has to be screened, so he only got the news when Zhao Ji was in a coma and the palace was chaotic.
Although the East Palace, where the prince is located, belongs to the imperial palace, because Zhao Ji prefers to stay in Genyue, he is far away from Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji didn't dislike him, at least he didn't like it, the friendship between father and son only existed on the surface.
Zhao Huan has always been jealous of his younger brother Zhao Kai, jealous of his versatility, jealous that he looks more like his father, and jealous that he is more pleased with his father. When Zhao Kai threatened his position as the crown prince, this jealousy turned into hatred, and when Zhao Kai, as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, went to the Daimyo's Mansion to sit down, hatred even turned into panic, so that he couldn't care about the fact that he had always hated Zhou Quan, and sent Li Bangyan to ask Zhou Quan for help.
"Li Qing, why don't you speak?" Zhao Huan asked Li Bangyan.
While everyone was looking at Zhao Ji and Zhao Kai, Li Bangyan appeared in the East Palace.
The news outside was brought by him, and his face was full of joy at this time: "The minister is thinking, Zhou Quan said to reassure His Highness, could it be that he had expected this a long time ago?" β
"Didn't he say before that the Northern Expedition would be difficult to succeed?" Zhao Huan was also a little surprised.
"At that time, he did say this, and also instructed Zong Ze, a doctor of Yingtian Academy, to perform six or seven concerts, but the court and the central government discussed it, and felt that he was just not angry at others for snatching the credit of Pingliao Fuyan, and was deliberately alarmist, no one could have imagined that Zhou Quan could run rampant in Yanyun with more than 10,000 people, and kill Yeluchun's more than 100,000 troops who could not shrink, Tong Guan with an army of 300,000 would suffer such a fiasco, could it be that Tong Guan was really so bad at leading the troops, so how did he succeed when he was in the Western Army......
Li Bangyan said a little messily, but Zhao Huan understood what he meant, that is, he was shocked that Zhou Quan was like a god.
Zhao Huan thought about it carefully, and suddenly trembled: "Doesn't this mean that Zhou Quan...... As long as he is given 20,000 elite soldiers, he will be invincible in the world? Damn, how did the imperial court raise such a cannibal tiger! β
Zhou Quan led the troops well, and the court felt not joy, but fear.
In the Great Song Dynasty, from beginning to end the martial arts were full of discrimination and suspicion, when this discrimination and suspicion became a habit, even the martial artists themselves looked down on themselves, and some of the generals' disciples, such as Zheyan Quality, tried every possible way to get a Jinshi background, in order to get rid of the martial arts background.
This attitude is deep-rooted, and it is all focused on Zhou Quan at this time.
Li Bangyan wanted to say that Zhou Quan was not a pure martial artist, but when he thought of Zhou Quan's background, and then thought that Zhou Quan, who was not a pure martial artist, was more terrible than a pure martial artist, he wisely closed his mouth.
To be the emperor's favored minister, whether you are facing the current emperor or the future emperor, you must learn to shut up in time.
"But...... But now he is still useful, if the situation is really out of control, he needs to come out...... If the situation stabilizes......" Zhao Huan put himself in the role of the emperor and muttered to himself, but immediately realized that he had lost his words.
He glanced at Li Bangyan, who looked at his nose and nose, and looked at his mouth and heart.
To be a favorite, in addition to learning to shut up, you must also learn to be deaf.
"You secretly sent someone to thank Zhou Jungong and give me a generous gift." Zhao Huan said.
"Yes......"
Li Bangyan answered, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside in a hurry, and then Geng Nanzhong appeared with two people.
When the two of them saw Li Bangyan, they all stopped at their feet, and Li Bangyan also frowned slightly.
"Why are you here, if you are not a subordinate official of the East Palace, get out quickly!" Geng Nanzhong scolded Li Bangyan, looking very unhappy.
He had long known that Li Bangyan had secretly taken refuge in Zhao Huan, and he was very dissatisfied with this in his heart, but he had held back before, but today he suddenly had a seizure.
Li Bangyan glanced at Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan glanced at him, Li Bangyan gave up his hand, and Geng Nanzhong still reminded Zhao Huan behind him, don't pay attention to a lucky villain like him.
Li Bangyan smiled coldly, and at the same time secretly proud, he still had foresight. Zhao Kai offended Zhou Quan to death, and there was a strong competitor like Wang Hao by his side, but there was only Geng Nanzhong who was a man like Geng Nanzhong, who was not in a hurry now, and with a little trickery in the future, he could be driven away from the prince.
It wasn't until the two people who came with Geng Nanzhong coughed several times that Geng Nanzhong came back to his senses and realized that he hadn't prioritized it.
However, for Geng Nanzhong, ensuring the prince's trust in him is the most important thing, so that when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, he can sit in the position of Cai Jing today, as for the national affairs...... What does it have to do with him?
"Your Highness, there is a change in the palace!" He lowered his voice and said, "These two, one is the former Luoyang Ling ......."
"The former Luoyang Order Zhao Ding, as well as the direct secretary pavilion to participate in the military Zhenyan quality." Zhao Huan smiled: "I've seen Erqing before." β
Zhao Ding and Zhe Yanzhi didn't expect Zhao Huan to be able to call their names and tell their official positions, both of them were moved to bow down, but Geng Nanzhong's expression moved slightly.
"How has there been a change in the palace?" Zhao Huan asked again.
At that moment, Zhi Yanzhi told him that he was ordered to play the result and was dried again, and Zhao Ding said that it was rumored that the Northern Expedition army in Beijing was completely destroyed under artillery, and this time, Zhao Huan couldn't calm down: "This ...... Doesn't this mean that Zhou Quan and the Liao thief, Zhou Quan and the Liao thief hooked up! β
"The minister has long said that the Zhou thief is by no means a good person, and he will bring disaster to the country and the people, and this person is also called, no wonder he has been shouting before, saying that the northern expedition of the imperial court will be defeated, and this person is ......"
"The Northern Expedition of the Imperial Court is undefeated, and Lone is not the prince." Zhao Huan said secretly in his heart, but he nodded again and again, as if he deeply sympathized with Geng Nanzhong's words.
"Your Highness, now is the opportunity, the official family must be so angry by this news that he is unwell, His Highness can immediately write a book, asking Zhou Quan to thank the world, as long as His Highness ascends to the heights, the officials and people of the world will inevitably ......"
"Tong Guan's defeat has nothing to do with Zhou Quan!" I really couldn't listen to it anymore, so I said: "If you go to investigate this matter at this time, I'm afraid you will be forced to rebel against Zhou Quan!" β
Geng Nanzhong didn't expect that the Zhe Yanzhi he brought to Zhao Huan would oppose his opinion, and he was a little stunned at that time.
Zhao Ding next to him shook his head slightly, but he said: "When the imperial court is in danger, it is better to get over the immediate predicament first. β
"Tong Guan was defeated by artillery, how to say that it has nothing to do with Zhou Quan, the artillery of the Liao people is provided by Zhou Quan, this thief married a Liao girl privately, secretly supplied artillery, and the heart of rebellion ......"
"The imperial court also has artillery, just in Tong Guan's army, Tong Guan's first battle was lost in a night battle, and when he retreated in a hurry, it is very likely that the artillery was lost to the Liao. In addition, since the imperial court can imitate artillery, although Liao is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, it is also a big country in the world, how can it not imitate artillery? Zhou Quan and Liao Xiang Xiao Fengxian are difficult to stand together, how can they be too stubborn and send such a sharp weapon as artillery to each other! Although Geng Shuzi is a learned man, he doesn't know military affairs, so he can't give advice to His Highness! β
Zhe Yanzhi came from Jiangmen after all, and he couldn't stand hearing Geng Nanzhong's nonsense there, so he said all the words in his heart at the moment. Zhao Ding could only smile bitterly when he heard this, these words must have offended Geng Nanzhong ruthlessly.
Geng Nanzhong was dumbfounded, and it took him a while before he came back to his senses and said, "But there are such legends outside......
"The people's rumors, but people with ulterior motives to add fuel to the fire, the right concubine can know about the war bonds, originally worth two million yuan of war bonds, before it was violently raised to seven million yuan, this is the net worth of many people, now the Northern Expedition failed, these millions of dollars have been lost, and they have to think of something to get back. If Zhou Quan can be blamed, then the Donghai Chamber of Commerce will have to bear part of the responsibility, and maybe it can bear these millions of yuan. Anyway, for Zhou Quan, a few million is nothing! Zhao Ding said.
Geng Nanzhong didn't expect the twists and turns at all, and when he heard this, he was stunned again.
Zhao Huan sighed secretly, the right concubine is very knowledgeable, and he is also very square, but on top of his scheming, he is a little insufficient. However, he immediately perked up, and at this time, Zhao Ding and Zhi Yanzhi came to find him through Geng Nanzhong, and they were clearly here to help him.
With these two people, plus Li Bangyan, there are enough wise people to give him advice.
"What did you two teach me?" He asked in a deep voice.
"Your Royal Highness has an important business at this time, not outside but inside, you should go to the official family, if the official family is fine, Your Highness can ask the official family to give money from the inner treasury to make up for the lack of war bonds, and at the same time appease Zhou Quan, tell him the rumors in the capital directly, tell him that the court does not believe such rumors, and let him not be worried." Zhao Ding said.
"It's best to ask Zhou Quan to go to Wuqing, as long as he is in Wuqing, the Liao people will not dare to invade the south, so there is no need to mobilize too many soldiers, and there is no need to provoke the northern border...... Even just need to release the rumor, the imperial court intends to replace Tong Guan with Zhou Quan, and lead the reinforcements to the north to attack Liao, which is enough to make the Liao people stop and seek peace! Ori added.
Zhao Huan was disappointed, but he still reminded slightly: "If it's an official family...... Is the official body unwell? β
Zhao Ding and Zhi Yan glanced at each other, feeling that the prince's question was inexplicable.
If Zhao Ji is really unwell, the prince should be in charge of the country, what else do you have to ask?
They didn't know that at this time, in Zhao Huan's heart, he hoped that someone would say that no matter whether Zhao Ji was fit or unwell, at the time of this big defeat, he should abdicate and let him, the crown prince, ascend the throne ahead of schedule, at least hold Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, responsible, not to mention abolishing Zhao Kai as a concubine, but also to ban him!
Zhao Huan really had the idea of launching a palace coup, but he also knew that his strength was insufficient, and he didn't dare to make a desperate bet, so he hoped that someone else would propose it and someone else would implement it, and then he would be responsible for ascending the throne as emperor.
After waiting for a while, Zhao Ding and Zhi Yanzhi didn't continue to say anything, Zhao Huan was a little lost, he was still waiting for further prompts, but he heard hurried footsteps outside, and then, there was another humanitarian: "The official family summoned the prince to Genyue to meet him!" β
Zhao Huan shuddered suddenly! (To be continued.) )