It wasn't until the emperor sighed that Jin Zishan suddenly realized. The emperor has already made up his mind about the truth behind the turmoil in Jinan. summoned him to see him, just to reluctantly confirm the fact that Ning Wang Zhao Dang ordered someone to do it through Fu Wang Zhao Xing after careful calculation. What I failed to calculate was Su Ziming's luck and ability, and Yang Zhi's swiftness and ferocity in counterattacking.

In the classic spy war drama "Latent", Li Ya, the captain of the Tianjin Station of the Military Command, under the design of Yu Zecheng, exposed the infighting behavior of Lu Qiaoshan, the director of the intelligence department, who harmed others and did not benefit himself. What's so hard to understand?

This is the best interpretation of Zhao Dang's motives and purposes.

All the emperors who have great talents and strategies, there are many who start well, and few who end well. The emperor was no exception, and the older he gets, the more suspicious he becomes. King Ning and King Fu, under the influence of the strategist Ding Shiquan, plotted to assassinate Su Ziming, precisely to take advantage of this character weakness of the emperor.

The abolition of the crown prince Zhao Heng already meant that he was sentenced out, and at the same time, it also rekindled hope for Zhao Dang, the popular candidate for the crown prince that year. However, after the emperor destroyed Wu Yue, he decided to call off the army and rest with the people, which was no secret to the high-ranking officials of the court. not only matched the reason for Wei Su's coup d'état, but also visited the abolished prince Zhao Heng in person. Zhao Heng has been in the position of the prince for a long time, and he is good at civil governance. Although it has been abolished, its roots are still there, and it still has considerable influence among many orthodox scholars. There is no shortage of precedents for the abolition of the prince and his re-establishment. In this way, how can Zhao Dang not be a hundred times more vigilant?

If you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will suffer from it. Yang Zhi is the number one thug who thwarted the prince's conspiracy, and it can be said that he is seeking revenge against him. chose to start in Jinan in order not to directly confront Yang Zhi and to control the situation. The former prefect of Jinan, Li Zikuan, was a member of the Li clan of the late queen. It's not very clean on the butt in the first place. Pointing the finger at him, how could the emperor not be suspicious? Although Li Zikuan has been promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, because he is known to be the prince's person, he walks on thin ice every day. In order to clear up the relationship and seek refuge, maybe you will take the initiative to vote!

Zhao Qishang, the king of Yue, has been young since he was young, and he has not yet reached the age of opening a government office. It has always been a virtue of eating and waiting for death, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being. Kang Wang Zhao Dang is only slightly inferior to Zhao Dang, his talent, team and strength are almost the same, and he is also eyeing the position of the prince, which can be called the number one rival. When he commanded 100,000 male soldiers to defend Youzhou, he relied on the Xiongguan barrier and controlled the land trade route from Northern Yan to Great Xia. Therefore, there is no need to be like Zhao Dang, secretly grabbing money from the coastal areas of Shandong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Strong financial support is undoubtedly an important bargaining chip for the storage position. In order to eliminate the advantages of the other. And the disaster will lead to the east, so even the emperor said that Zhao Kang is more suspicious.

Zhao Dang's family had major economic interests in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which of course could not be concealed from the emperor. Because of this, it also laid the groundwork for the emperor to deny his account and shout grievances in case he was investigated.

This is the "killing birds with one stone" that the emperor confirmed after a lot of hard thinking.

trampled Zhao Heng to death, overshadowed Zhao Kang, and finally replaced the emperor as the successor monarch of Great Xia. This is the motive and purpose of the emperor's incomprehension.

All this is a plot and calculation. It is all from the handwriting of Ding Shiquan, a confidant of King Ning. I have to admit that Ding Shiquan is indeed a top-level conspiracy talent.

Although it was well planned. But Yang Zhi's ruthlessness and cunning and the emperor's prestige made Zhao Dang very jealous, and he was not without worries before. Fu Wang Zhao Xing agreed with Ding Shiquan's views very much, and under the persuasion of the two, Zhao Dang, who had hesitated several times, decided to implement it.

As Shandong's secret reports came one after another, Zhao pretended to be in good spirits every day when he went out of the palace to go to court. When the scattered dynasty returned to the palace, his face became increasingly gloomy. The idea of stealing chickens and rice is becoming more and more profound day by day. Ding Shiquan, the planner who came up with this bad idea, and Zhao Xing, the king of Fu, who tried his best to beat the side drum and instigate it, will not have a good look.

Yang Zhi's counterattack was swift, and Ding Shiquan really didn't expect it. I thought that Yang Zhi was going to make a substantive response. It will be ten days and half a month after the incident, or even longer. According to his next plan, Yang Zhi was lured to Jinan by diverting the tiger from the mountain, and then attacked the officials of the Yamen, the governor of Jinling Customs, so that Yang Zhi was exhausted and exhausted.

Before he could instruct what to do next, he received secret reports from Jinan and Jinling, and they were all conclusive, confirming that Yang Zhi had appeared in Jinan, and on the other hand, it was determined that Yang Zhi had not left Jinling. Which report is true? By the time Ding Shiquan figured out what was going on, Yang Zhi's recital had been sent to the emperor's desk!

Ding Shiquan has always regarded himself very highly, quite conceited, and always thought in his heart that it was just bad luck. I had heard many of Yang Zhi's deeds before, and when they were secretly discussing with King Ning and King Fu, both of them did not dare to underestimate this person in the slightest, thinking that he was a strong person who could not be easily provoked, and Ding Shiquan only believed in it. However, in this confrontation, Yang Zhi was obviously in a passive position, and after a rapid counterattack, the offensive and defensive situation changed, completely reversing the situation and occupying the absolute initiative. If you don't accept it, you can't do it!

Before the emperor appointed a new prince, he tried to stabilize the internal situation, and the crown prince had just been deposed for vain attempts to usurp and rebel, and he would never set off a major case that might lead to turmoil in the court and cause a royal scandal.

It was precisely because he had calculated this accurately, and besides, it was not time for King Ning to unload the mill and kill the donkey, so Ding Shiquan could barely put on an indifferent and determined posture. In the face of King Ning's resentment, he just said that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. As for to comfort King Ning, or to comfort himself? Only he knows.

November 23 was the day when Yang Zhi left Jinan on a solo ride. At dusk, the Ning Wangfu in Chang'an ushered in the emperor's personal attendant Ma Cheng.

The so-called nothing is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace, and when Ma Cheng comes, there will be a holy decree. Zhao Dang suddenly had a spirit, and was about to ask someone to wait for him to change into court clothes to receive the order, and the lord of the palace said: "Lord, Ma Gonggong has already explained when he entered the door, although he came by order, but he has no will, just need to meet the prince." ”

"Really? Coming by order without a holy decree? Zhao Dang didn't dare to slack off, groaned slightly, and ordered: "Go and warm a pot of wine, take three thousand taels of silver tickets, no, take five thousand taels of silver tickets." ”

It only needs to be face-to-face, which means that there is no need to arrange cumbersome official ceremonies according to the Great Xia ritual system. Zhao Dang solemnly dressed and often dressed to greet him.

Ma Cheng did not hold the holy decree in his hand, but held a large stack of concerto. Zhao Dang could see at a glance that the piece held by Ma Cheng was not the original, but a copy of the honorable writing. The same copy, and one of the chamberlains who came with Ma Cheng still held a copy in his hand.

Forced himself to collect his mind, bowed with his head held high, pulled Ma Cheng and said with a smile: "Grandpa Ma, you are tired of running this cold day, please sit down!" Let's warm up with a glass of wine! ”

Ma Cheng is an old fox who has already become a fine man, and said with a familiar smile: "Thank you for your love!" The emperor's order is in his body, he doesn't dare to drink, and I hope the prince will forgive me! ”

Then he presented a stack of concertos in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is what the emperor ordered the family to hand over to the prince, and I respectfully ask the prince to accept it." ”

Zhao Dang took it, handed Ma Cheng a thousand taels of silver tickets, and asked, "There is a father-in-law." Dare to ask my father-in-law, my father has no holy decree, but can he have an edict? ”

The emperor is very shrewd, Ma Cheng is extremely cautious, and Zhao Dang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The identity of the prince is sensitive, and the reward has always been more hot than that of the prince and the eunuch. However, important ministers such as Wang Yunong, Chen Wenyuan, Xu Wenhan, Wei Su, Zhou Ting, etc., not only have they never had a penny reward, but they even rarely even looked at him, but Ma Cheng was in awe of these people from the bottom of his heart. Except, of course, Yang Zhi.

But this time, the politeness on the scene was saved, and he skillfully put the silver ticket into his sleeve, and replied briefly: "There is no verbal command." ”

Zhao Dang smiled, and simply stuffed the remaining four thousand taels of silver tickets to Ma Cheng: "The father-in-law and the emperor are in his body, and it is inconvenient for the king to disturb him." I don't know if my father-in-law will go back to the palace to resume his life? Or are you going to go elsewhere? ”

Ma Cheng accepted all the silver tickets, pointed to another piece of music held by the attendant in his entourage, and said with a smile: "Go back to the prince, the Sprinkle family will go to the two palaces by order." This piece of music is to be sent to King Kang's Mansion, and the other is King Fu's Mansion. In the Fuwang Mansion, although there is no holy decree, there is an oracle. ”

Zhao Dang suddenly understood: the emperor had no choice but to investigate deeply, and he would never "investigate"! (To be continued......)