When Zhao Weiji heard that Zhao Heng had unfortunately died in this war, to be honest, he didn't believe it, but when he looked up and saw that Bianliang City, which had begun to be somewhat damaged due to the siege for five months, he was relieved.

Since the battle of Lanyuan will happen in advance, it is not difficult to understand that Zhao Heng, who should have died well, died early. After figuring out this level of things, a mixed thought gradually arose and replaced the unbelievable in his heart, occupying Zhao Weiji's entire mind.

For the true sect Zhao Heng, whether it is the one he knew from the history books or the one he really came into contact with later, these two Zhao Heng and Zhao Weiji don't hate it.

Zhao Weiji's evaluation of Zhao Heng is actually much higher than that of Taizong Zhao Guangyi, and the emperor who exchanged a hundred years of peace for the Great Song Dynasty is undoubtedly qualified and even successful as a monarch.

Although in later generations, many people thought that the alliance of Lanyuan was an alliance under the city signed by the Great Song Dynasty, and it was humiliating to lose power and humiliate the country. But it wasn't that bad.

Although the alliance of the Yuanyuan was really a treaty signed by the Great Song Dynasty in a favorable position in the war, it seemed that it was not beneficial to itself, but to be honest, the Great Song Dynasty was basically able to repel the Liao State at that time, and there was no guarantee that it would be able to recover Yanyun.

It is nothing more than everyone going back to their respective homes to recuperate for a few years, and then come out again to fight a war in which no one can win, and engage in an endless waltz with a cycle of recuperation, war, and retreat.

Instead of this, it is more meaningful to end this meaningless dispute by suffering some losses and exchange for long-term peace and stability for the people.

What's more, the 300,000-year-old silver silk coin is not a heavy burden for the wealthy Great Song Dynasty, plus the establishment of a border field between the two sides. It's easy to earn back the 300,000 coins from trade.

The final result is that Da Song is not very good-looking in terms of face. Compared to peace. If it's not good-looking, it's not good-looking.

Under the influence of such a thought, Zhao Weiji has always been very polite to his cheap uncle, but he didn't expect that after many years of separation, when the uncle and nephew were about to meet again, one party had already come to the end of his life.

But now is not the time to sigh, Zhao Weiji must enter the city immediately, in addition to being able to better fight against the Khitan only after entering the city, the suspension of the throne at this time also gave him a chance to compete for the throne again.

So under the guidance of the people sent by Kou Zhun. Zhao Weiji's fleet smoothly entered Bianliang City from the waterway.

After many years of returning to Bianliang again, Zhao Weiji's heart is still very emotional, now Bianliang is becoming more and more prosperous, although after a five-month siege, but the city does not seem to have received the slightest impact of the war, the three emperors of the Great Song Dynasty really built this Bianliang City as solid.

When all the people entered the city, Zhao Weiji temporarily left most of the people on the ship, and he only took a few cronies to the palace with the people sent by Kou Zhun.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Weiji saw Kou Laoxi, who he hadn't seen for many years, pacing left and right at the gate of the palace. I have to say that I haven't seen Prime Minister Kou Zhun for a few years, but the temperament has become more and more prominent, and the style is different. The man also grew a long beard, and looked much more majestic.

When Zhao Weiji and the others walked to the palace gate. Kou Zhun also saw Zhao Weiji and his party, and he immediately greeted Zhao Weiji: "Kou Zhun has seen the prince." ”

After signaling Kou Zhun to be exempted, Zhao Weiji grabbed Kou Zhun's hand: "Ping Zhong hasn't seen him for a few years, and he is getting more and more energetic." ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the prince, it will be okay for the past few years, but now is not the time to talk about these things, you already know about Your Majesty."

Zhao Weiji nodded, indicating that he already knew.

Seeing that Zhao Weiji said that he already knew, he didn't plan to beat around the bush anymore: "Lord, let me tell you straight, now the palace has become a mess, the emperor has no heir, and now the ministers have quarreled over who will inherit the unification." ”

Hearing this news, Zhao Weiji looked very worried on the surface, but in fact, he already had an expression in his heart that I had already guessed.

Zhenzong Zhao Heng may be the most unfortunate thing in his life is that the blood is not prosperous, before his only son later Renzong Zhao Zhen was born, he had five sons, but they all died unfortunately, and the eldest one only lived to be nine years old, as if he died last year.

And Renzong, the only one who survived and succeeded in inheriting the throne of Zhenzong, was originally born in the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu, that is, in 1010 AD, and now Zhenzong died so many years earlier than in history, and his birth is naturally impossible.

Knowing that there is no queen of the true sect, Zhao Weiji, who is very likely to obtain the throne, must pretend that I have no interest in the throne at this moment: "Doesn't Your Majesty still have five younger brothers?" Why not let one of them inherit the throne? ”

After hearing this, Kou Zhun sighed: "The reason why there is a quarrel is because of this matter, now the five brothers of the former emperor, except for Zhao Yuanyuan, the king of Chu, and Zhao Yuanyan, the king of Zhou, are not in the capital, and these two princes are not yet in the year of weak crowns. In this eventful season, how can such a child be able to serve the public if he inherits the throne. ”

After listening to Kou Zhun's story, Zhao Weiji is more sure that he will be able to seize the throne, first of all, he is not lacking in the name of righteousness, the Jinkui Alliance is still there, and the return of the throne to the Taizu line is not without support.

In addition, the other people who are now eligible to inherit the throne are either not in the capital, or they are too small, and in the face of the besieged Khitan army, no minister dares to make the decision to choose any of them to succeed.

However, although the current situation is very favorable to Zhao Weiji, he still has to be careful, after all, it is not too reasonable to let his nephew take over when he has a brother.

So Zhao Weiji had to start to test little by little: "By the way, Pingzhong, didn't the emperor leave any edict before he died?" ”

"The emperor died because his lungs were seriously injured by an arrow, and before he died, the emperor couldn't say anything except coughing up blood, he just pointed to the south and then returned to the sky."

Pointing to the south, it was no wonder that the ministers would quarrel, except because they didn't dare to pick one person to inherit like this. Zhao Heng's southern finger can cause controversy.

You must know that with the addition of Zhao Weiji, the fiefs of the six princes who are likely to inherit are Zhao Yuanfen, the merchant king of the commercial land. Zhao Yuanjie of Yuedi. Zhao Yuanwei of Zhenzhou, Zhao Yuanyuan of Chudi, Zhao Yuanyan of Zhoudi, and Zhao Weiji of Wudi.

Four of them had fiefdoms in the south, and it was impossible to tell who the south was referring to.

But this also gave Zhao Weiji a chance, that is, when he was finally able to inherit the throne, this finger could also become a legitimate statement.

That's right, but now Zhao Weiji can't be in a hurry. The most important thing now is not to inherit the unification, but to repel the Khitan army.

Once he can repel the Khitan army, then it will be much more advantageous to fight for the throne with such great prestige at that time.

After thinking about all this, Zhao Weiji immediately asked Kou Zhun to take him to the coffin of the first emperor, and he planned to pay tribute to the first emperor before making plans.

So Kou Zhun led him to the mourning hall of the first emperor, and at this time, there were many ministers in front of the coffin of the first emperor, as well as the queen of Zhenzong Guo who knelt in front of the coffin.

The ministers were surprised when they saw Zhao Weiji actually coming, and Zhao Weiji, who saw the faces of the ministers, did not say anything, he walked straight through the crowd and walked in front of Guo's and saluted Guo's juniors. And to give consolation.

Immediately afterward, he walked to the coffin of the True Sect. put on a stick of incense and knelt down to make a big salute.

During this whole process, Zhao Weiji always had a sad expression on his face, and the etiquette was also very thoughtful, and he couldn't see that there was such a thing as fighting for the throne with the person lying in the coffin.

Guo Shi, who had been crying on the side, couldn't help but be deeply moved when he saw this scene in front of him, this King Wu Yue was on the other side of the distant ocean, and he also rushed back after the accident in the Great Song Dynasty.

On the contrary, the other brothers of Zhenzong, Bianliang City has been besieged for so long, and they have not seen any movement from any of them, compared to the two, Guo has a slight impression of Zhao Weiji.

Guo's idea is relatively simple, and the thoughts of other ministers are more complicated, basically most people think in their hearts that Zhao Weiji came back this time mostly to return to the Central Plains through the war, and happened to encounter the death of the first emperor, and most of them may be for the throne now.

It's just that most people think so in their hearts, but there is such a stunned person who jumped out directly without presumptuousness, accusing Zhao Weiji of returning to Beijing without an edict in order to seize the throne, and the wolf's ambition is obvious.

Zhao Weiji didn't care about the duties of this stunned man, he just replied that the emperor did not issue an order not to let me return to Beijing, and you can also elect a new emperor here immediately, he will definitely not have any complaints.

As soon as Zhao Weiji said this, he immediately blocked the stunned man back, and indeed when Zhao Weiji left the Central Plains, he was instructed by Taizong to find and protect the overseas Chinese remnants, and did not say that Zhao Weiji could not return to the Central Plains.

And if they can choose an emperor right away, they don't have to worry about it here.

This time this person did not intend to accuse Zhao Weiji, but hoped that he would temporarily lead the soldiers to repel the Khitans as the leader of Bianliang City, and it would not be too late for the emperor to wait for the Khitan to be repelled later.

This person is the typical kind of person who sees things clearly, but is afraid of taking responsibility. He knew very well that it was impossible to elect an emperor immediately, and since he could not elect an emperor, he still had to be led by someone else for the time being.

And this most suitable person is undoubtedly Zhao Weiji in front of him, the people in the royal family plus have an excellent military resume, such a person can fully bear the heavy responsibility of encircling Bianliang, which avoids them from taking on the heavy rule of commanding operations.

As for whether Zhao Weiji is here to fight for the throne, he doesn't care, if Zhao Weiji can successfully repel the Khitans, what does it matter if this throne is given to him.

In the current situation, he is not the only minister of this kind, and as soon as he finished his thoughts, other ministers came forward to echo him.

In this way, under the recommendation of these ministers, Zhao Weiji became the temporary leader of Bianliang City as he wished, taking the first step towards realizing his political ambitions. (To be continued......)