Chapter 222: Risking Your Life
Zhang Renxian died, just the day after Zhao Yan visited the other party, he received the news of Zhang Renxian's death, which made Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji a little unbelievable, and later Huang Wude inquired about some inside information, but still did not figure out the cause of Zhang Renxian's death, only knew that after they left, Zhang Renxian's younger brother Zhang Yixian visited each other, and stayed for a long time, but was finally driven out by Yelusi, and when that night, Zhang Renxian died.
"It's too coincidental that Zhang Ren died first, and when we went to visit him yesterday, although we met him crazy, we didn't look like we were going to die, how could we die as soon as we left?" Zhao Yan in the post house asked with a puzzled expression.
"The old slave can't figure it out, although Zhang Renxian's health is very poor, but according to people in the know, there is no problem in living for a few years, and the people of the Zhang family are also very strange about Zhang Renxian's death, and until now they have always said that he died of illness, as for the situation when Zhang Renxian died, there was no disclosure." At this time, Huang Wude also said with a puzzled face.
"Zhang Renxian's death is indeed strange everywhere, and you don't have it now, until now, Princess Zheng Guo, who is his wife, has not come forward, and Zhang Renxian's funeral is all handled by the Zhang family, which is a little too strange." At this time, Zhao Ji also frowned and said, he was also very curious about the cause of Zhang Renxian's death.
"Since you can't figure it out, don't think about it, anyway, Zhang Ren became like that first, life is better than death, and now death is also a relief, and it has nothing to do with us." Zhao Yan said with a smile at this time, don't think about things that you can't figure out. This is his code of conduct.
"Not good!" At this moment, Zhao Ji suddenly shouted, "Zhang Renxian's death will definitely cause a huge blow to Zhang Xiaojie, plus Yelu Ren was transferred away by us first, so that only Yelu Yixin is left in the court, I am afraid that he will not be able to curb the arrogance of Yelu Chongyuan and his son, and it is even likely that Yelu Chongyuan and his son will rebel in advance, and we may also encounter danger at that time." ”
Zhao Ji's words just came out. Zhao Yan and Huang Wude were also shocked. In the past, they only cared about breaking the balance in the court of the Liao State, or now although the goal has been achieved, they have gone a little too far, if Yelu Chongyuan's father and son rebel immediately. I'm afraid they will also be involved. It's a pity they don't know. Even if Zhang Renxian didn't die. Zhang Xiaojie is still standing in the court, and Yelu Chongyuan's father and son will still choose to rebel on Yelu Hongji's birthday.
"It's about to be the day of Yelu Hongji's birthday, according to the arrangement of the Liao State. At that time, Yelu Hongji will hold a birthday banquet at the Taizi Mountain of the Luanhe River, if I am Yelu Chongyuan's father and son, I will definitely choose to carry out a coup d'état at the time of the birthday banquet, after all, no matter how tightly defended the palace is, it cannot be compared with the capital city. At this time, Huang Wude, who was most familiar with conspiracy and trickery, also said in a deep voice, his guess was completely in line with the plan of Yelu Chongyuan's father and son.
"That's true, the time of Yelu Hongji's birthday is also the time when Yelu Chongyuan's father and son are most likely to rebel, but we want to celebrate Yelu Hongji's birthday, I'm afraid we will also be affected at that time, and even with Yelu Chongyuan's father and son's attitude towards my Great Song, it is not surprising to take the opportunity to kill us!" Hearing Huang Wude's words, Zhao Ji also frowned and spoke.
"Big brother, since it's so dangerous, then we'll find an excuse to stay here and not attend Yelu Hongji's birthday banquet, so as not to be in danger!" Zhao Yan hurriedly said when he heard this, he cherished his life very much, after all, there were still beautiful wives and concubines waiting for him at home, especially Xiao Ning'er was pregnant, he didn't want to throw his life in Liao before he saw his child.
However, Zhao Yan smiled bitterly when he heard Zhao Yan's Jianyì and said: "Third brother, what you think is too simple, as the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, we were originally to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Liao, and it is absolutely impossible to be absent, and even if we don't go, if Yelu Chongyuan's father and son successfully kill Yelu Hongji, then they are likely to do something to us afterwards, and then raise an army to attack Song." ”
"His Royal Highness King Yingwang said yes, Yelu Chongyuan's father and son have always advocated attacking my Great Song Dynasty, if they win the throne, we will definitely not have time to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and then their father and son will definitely be unfavorable to the two Highnesses, so in the eyes of the old slave, it is best for us to reveal a little news to Yelu Hongji in advance, as long as the other party is ready, Yelu Chongyuan and his son will not succeed, and then the two Highnesses will be safe." Huang Wude also opened his mouth to express his opinion at this time, in his opinion, the safety of Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji is far more important than anything.
However, when Zhao Ji heard Huang Wude's words, he shook his head and refused: "No, although it seems that Yelu Chongyuan's father and son have the power alone, the emperor of Daliao is still Yelu Hongji, whether it is a minister or an army, most of them are still loyal to Yelu Hongji, so as long as Yelu Hongji perceives that Yelu Chongyuan's father and son are going to be unfavorable to him, he will definitely be able to get rid of their father and son as soon as possible, so that there will be no big rebellion in Liao, and our previous efforts will be in vain." ”
Seeing that Zhao Ji was still unwilling to give up this opportunity to weaken the Liao State, Huang Wude hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, you and His Royal Highness the King of the County are tied to the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, and you must not risk your life, although this opportunity is rare, but compared with the safety of the two Highnesses, it is nothing at all, and there will definitely be other opportunities in the future!" ”
When Huang Wude said this, he saw that Zhao Yan still had a firm expression, which made him turn to Zhao Yan and persuade: "Your Royal Highness the King of the County, you can quickly help the old slave persuade His Royal Highness the King Ying, this time you must not let the two Highnesses get into danger!" ”
"This ......" Zhao Yan actually wanted to persuade Zhao Yan to give up this plan, but he also knew that now the Great Song Dynasty was accumulating strength, in order to change the original military weakness, and if he wanted to change this situation, the first thing was to destroy the Western Xia, but the Liao State would never sit idly by and watch the Western Xia be destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, so the best way is to let the Liao State take care of itself, and the front is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity. There is no need to worry about Liao making trouble on the side.
In addition, the most important thing is that Zhao Yan gave Zhao Shu corn and sweet potatoes before, and they can be planted on a large scale in the second half of this year, that is to say, next year the Great Song Dynasty will increase a large amount of grain, in addition, Zhao Yan also supervised several new weapons for the armament, especially the application of gunpowder weapons, which can definitely enhance the attack power of the Great Song army, so that next year the Great Song Dynasty can launch a national war against the Liao State, and the Liao State will definitely not be able to recover from the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan's father and son, and it will not care about the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia.
It can be said that these things are linked to each other, and the key to connecting these things is the rebellion of Yelu Chongyuan's father and son, especially how much loss can this rebellion bring to the Liao State? If the loss is too small, the Liao State will definitely intervene in the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia next year, and Zhao Ji is also very clear about this, so he does not hesitate to risk his life to provoke this rebellion to be bigger.
Thinking of the above, Zhao Yan didn't want his previous hard work to be in vain, and finally he also showed a firm expression and said: "Lao Huang, you should know more about the significance of this rebellion to my Great Song Dynasty, and it is even no exaggeration to say that if we miss this opportunity, if we want to get rid of our military weakness, we will have to face the joint suppression of the two strong enemies of Liao and Western Xia, so if we can let Liao take care of ourselves now, it will be tantamount to one more million male soldiers to my Great Song Dynasty." ”
"But ......" Huang Wude saw that even Zhao Yan was unwilling to give up this opportunity, and he didn't know how to persuade him at the moment, in fact, he also understood Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan's thoughts, but he thought that if the two princes were in danger in the rebellion, then he would be to blame.
Seeing that Huang Wude had nothing to say, Zhao Ji laughed and said: "This matter is settled, then we will still go to participate in Yelu Hongji's birthday, of course, for our own safety, we must also make more preparations, speaking of which, although we have taken some risks this time, but since we knew in advance that Yelu Chongyuan's father and son were going to rebel, we will be improvised, and we will be prepared in advance, and the danger we take will be much smaller." ”
Hearing Zhao Ji's words, Zhao Yan also nodded in agreement, and he also had two biggest dependencies, the first is that he knew that in the original history, Yelu Chongyuan's father and son did not succeed in the coup, although the current history has been changed beyond recognition by him, but the inertia of history is still huge, and it is not so simple to change the fate of a country.
In addition, even if Yelu Chongyuan's father and son really succeeded in the coup d'état and killed Yelu Hongji, then Zhao Yan still has one last thing to rely on, that is, he asked Cao Tong's gang of Taoist priests to prepare a life-saving thing in advance, although this thing is very risky, but if it is really a life-and-death situation, it can be used to save lives, as long as they temporarily escape the clutches of Yelu Chongyuan's father and son, then they may escape back to the Great Song Dynasty.
Thinking of the above two dependents, Zhao Yan finally felt a little more at ease, and then he discussed with Zhao Ji and Huang Wude about the preparations that Yelu Chongyuan and his son needed to make when the coup d'état, as well as some strains to do when things changed, etc., until the possible danger was minimized, and the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days later, that is, the day of Zhang Renxian's burial, for some reason, Zhang Xiaojie held his son's funeral in a very hasty manner, which made the entire capital city talk about it, and on the day of Zhang Renxian's funeral, everyone had a very strange thing. (To be continued!)
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