Zhao Yuanzuo rolled his eyes a few times and said, "I'm going to!" Wait a minute! After that, regardless of whether Hua Rui agreed or not, he turned around and walked out of the Chongzheng Palace.

He hurriedly came to the stage, called Zhang Shi, the direct commander of the palace who followed him, and said in a low voice: "You immediately gather all the guards in the palace here, and if they have anything unfavorable to me, rush in and snatch me out immediately!" Do you understand? ”

Zhang Shi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen understands!" ”

"Then inform the other commanders of the palace front division, lead the troops to stand by, and obey the command of this king. Just in case! ”

"Yes!"

After the arrangements were made, Zhao Yuanzuo was a little settled in his heart and walked back to the main hall.

Hua Rui said to Zhao Yuanzuo: "Lord Wang, can you start?" ”

This sentence made Zhao Yuanzuo feel very useful, nodded, and said, "Okay, let's start." ”

Hua Rui said: "Today's convening is mainly the Aiqing of the Privy Council, plus the two commanders of the forbidden army, mainly to discuss the matter of sending troops to reinforce the official family's northern expedition to the Liao State. - Chu Qing, read the secret report of the official family. ”

Obviously, before this, Hua Rui had already given Zhao Guangyi's secret report to Chu Zhaofu, he took the secret report and read it aloud, and several people in the hall looked at each other. Didn't Shi Shouxin get in prison? Why did the official family still assign Shi Shouxin and Cao Binbing to go to Yizhou to assemble in two ways, preparing to encircle and annihilate the Liao army that was lured deep by Zhao Guangyi? Could it be that the officials don't know about this? Everyone looked at Leng Yi again.

Leng Yi said: "There is something strange about General Shi's matter, so I won't report it to the official family until I find out, so as not to distract the official family." ”

Zhao Yuanzuo's face was uncertain, he heard this secret report, and his heart was bitter, he had forged the secret decree of his father Zhao Guangyi, deceived Shi Shouxin, and made him guilty, but he didn't expect that Zhao Guangyi would soon ask for troops, and also assigned Shi Shouxin to lead the troops, so that his lie would not be self-defeating. He glanced at Shi Shouxin, only to see that his eyes were staring at him as if he was spewing flames, and he couldn't help but shiver, and said in a bit of a panic: "General Shi, this is my father who asked you to make meritorious service, not anything else!" What I tell you, it's true! ”

Shi Shouxin sneered: "A person who is about to destroy the Nine Clans can still lead hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops to fight?" Hehe, is the prince a three-year-old child when he is an old man? ”

Zhao Yuanzuo lowered his voice and said, "General Shi, your son has committed the capital crime of collaborating with the enemy by smuggling arms to Da Liao!" That's also the one that exterminated the Nine Clans! You have to think about it! ”

Shi Shouxin said: "Yes, I know, what is going on with my son, I must find out!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he turned his head to Hua Rui and said, "Niangniang, what are you going to do about sending troops?" ”

Hua Rui smiled bitterly and said: "The mourning family is just listening to the government, help see if your decision-making is appropriate, and the real idea is still up to you." Especially this use of soldiers, the mourning family doesn't understand anything at all. It's up to you to take up your mind. ”

Cao Bin was a anxious surname, and he preemptively said: "Weichen thinks that the secret report of the official family is very urgent and cannot be delayed, since the official family ordered me to send troops with General Shi, it is better to send troops as soon as possible." The soldiers are fast, but they can't be delayed. ”

Shen Lun groaned, "But, hasn't General Shi already been imprisoned?" And it was a capital offense. Can this still lead the army? ”

Cao Bin said: "The official family doesn't know! ”

"Then you can't easily let General Shi lead the troops!"

Chu Zhaofu also said cautiously: "Otherwise, please ask Lord Leng to report General Shi's matter to the official's family urgently......

Shi Shouxin waved his hand: "No need to report, the official family knows about me, right?" His Royal Highness? After that, Shi Shouxin looked at Zhao Yuanzuo with blazing eyes.

So far, Zhao Yuanzuo can only admit it stubbornly, and said: "It was I who reported to my father in private." The father still asked him to lead the troops, so he should have made meritorious contributions. In the final analysis, he is also the founding father of my Great Song Dynasty, as long as he can make meritorious contributions, it is also negotiable to destroy the capital crime of the nine clans. ”

Everyone suddenly realized and nodded their heads.

Shi Shouxin said: "Since this is the case, then there should be no problem for me to lead the troops to the battle, right?" ”

Chu Zhaofu said: "Of course, then according to the secret decree of the official family, please ask General Cao and General Shi to lead the troops to the expedition respectively......

Because of the suddenness of the incident, Zhao Yuanzuo has been thinking about what to do since he learned about this incident. He had already heard his father Zhao Guangyi say that if he defeated the Northern Han Dynasty, he would take advantage of the victory to enter the Liao State, at least recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Prior to this, he gained the trust of his father through various means, allowing him to lead the forbidden army and monitor Leng Yi. With the command of the army in his hands, his ambitions swelled dramatically. Determined to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to seize imperial power in one fell swoop. The reason why he asked Shi Baoji and them to sell arms to the Liao State was to help the Liao State kill his father.

The situation he faced was already very clear in his heart, - his father's imperial power came from the Jinkui Covenant, according to this covenant, the throne would be passed to Zhao Tingmei, the king of Qi, after his father's death. Then it was passed back to Zhao Dezhao, the son of the first emperor Zhao Kuangyin. However, Zhao Tingmei and Zhao Dezhao are dead, and he very much believes that it was his father's hand. It stands to reason that he, as the eldest son, could have waited for his father's death and then inherited the throne. However, the Golden Covenant was lost and has not yet been recovered. And the son of the first emperor also has Zhao Defang, once found and made public, the throne must be passed back to the descendants of the first emperor. He believed that his father would kill Zhao Defang, but what if? Moreover, his father has several children, and he is not his favorite. The fact that the throne is not passed on to the eldest son but to the other sons is not unheard of in all dynasties.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanzuo took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the ministers of the court with his father Zhao Guangyi, and has been secretly cultivating his own forces, just to wait for this day to come.

Now, his father, Emperor Zhao Guangyi, has gone deep into the territory of Liao, and the secret decree says that he will advance all the way to the city of Youzhou. And the Liao army is reinforcing and will soon outflank it and cut off the retreat of the 200,000 Xiang army of the emperor. The combat effectiveness of these 200,000 Xiang troops is very poor, and they are definitely not the opponents of the wolf-like Liao army, and they will definitely be completely annihilated. At that time, his father Zhao Guangyi and his brother Zhao Defang would both die in the chaos. Naturally, the throne fell firmly under his ass.

This is Zhao Yuanzuo's most desired ending, but now he has to send an elite forbidden army to reinforcements, once he saves his father, it will be miserable. Because Shi Baoji has been arrested, although in the current situation, he has not confessed to himself. However, Shi Shouxin obviously already knew the truth of the matter, and the surname Leng was even more insidious, he would definitely report this matter to his father, and with his father's prudence, he would definitely investigate the matter thoroughly. At that point, it was completely over.

So, no matter what, you must not really send troops to reinforce your father!

However, the father has already had a secret decree for Shi Shouxin to lead the troops, if he resolutely opposes it, he can't find a suitable reason, and it is easy for them to be alert to their intentions, and now, they must tightly control the army in their own hands! If it really doesn't work, just force it**!

In this short period of time, Zhao Yuanzuo has already figured out the key to it, in fact, it is also the result that he has already calculated countless times in his heart, and said urgently: "This is not a trivial matter to lead the troops to the battle!" My father is deep in enemy territory, and the situation is extremely critical, and I must personally lead the troops to ensure that nothing goes wrong! No one else, whoever it is, I don't believe it! ”

Everyone stopped talking, and Zhao Yuanzuo, as a son, was reasonable to say such things.

Hua Rui frowned and said, "However, the official family's secret decree clearly stated that the two generals, Cao Bin and Shi Shouxin, would lead the troops to the battle, and there was no mention of you, Lord Wang." If you are asked to lead the army, it is against the holy decree. ”

"It doesn't matter, you have a holy decree, and I have it here!" After that, Zhao Yuanzuo took out a golden brocade from his arms and unfolded it, but it was a holy decree, looked around at everyone triumphantly, coughed, shook his head and said: "Qin ordered Zhao Yuanzuo to be the commander of the three yas of the forbidden army, and the three yas, up and down, obey the dispatch as one." When something was urgent, Zhao Yuanzuo had to do it cheaply. Violators, no mercy! Chin this. ”

After reading it, Zhao Yuanzuo handed the holy decree to the privy envoy Chu Zhaofu. Chu Zhaofu looked at it and nodded: "It's the secret decree of the official family, that's right." Everyone read it and sent it to Queen Blossom.

After reading it, Hua Rui said: "Since the official family authorized you to transfer troops, do you have a military talisman for transferring troops?" ”

"Of course there is!" Zhao Yuanzuo took out a small tiger-shaped troop transfer talisman from his arms and handed it to Leng Yi: "Commander Leng, are you right, see if it matches!" ”

The troop transfer talisman is divided into two pieces in the shape of a tiger, and the emperor and the general who commanded the army each hold one piece. The emperor ordered a certain army to go on the march, and in addition to the order, it was necessary to assign a troop transfer talisman, both of which in order to mobilize the army.

Leng Yi, as the commander of the Sanya of the forbidden army, has the troop transfer talisman of the entire Sanya, and when he took it out for comparison, it was a complete match. nodded: "That's right, His Royal Highness the Prince can transfer the three ya." ”

In fact, this secret decree was originally given to Zhao Yuanzuo by Emperor Zhao Guangyi to prevent Leng Yi from using his own troops with the intention of rebellion. And not to fight for the Liao State. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuanzuo used it to deal with him, I am afraid that Zhao Guangyi couldn't figure it out when he broke his head.

Zhao Yuanzuo said triumphantly: "Since this king can mobilize the entire Sanya army, then the commander of the army, this king can also make a decision, General Cao was appointed by his father, so he naturally followed this king to go on the expedition." As for General Shi, your case hasn't been clarified yet, and it's really not suitable for leading troops, so it's better not to lead troops for the time being, just stay with Lord Leng. ”

Chu Zhaofu said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" The official family has already ordered General Shi to lead the troops......"

Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes widened, and he said, "Didn't you see the secret decree given to me by the official family?" I can engage in it cheaply! What does it mean to engage in cheaply? That is, I can decide, and I can adjust the commanders below! Do you understand? (To be continued.) )