Chapter 437: Kim Hyuk's Death
In fact, the seeds of the turmoil in Dali were planted as early as when the Great Song Dynasty decided to meddle in its internal affairs, and the 'color revolution' did not end with Duan Heyu's administration, it was only the beginning. And in order to show his leniency and balance power, he handed over political affairs to the two families who had successively ruled Dali, and he had bought the bane. The question of the ownership of the three counties is a bomb that will explode at an unknown time, and the struggle for the throne is the fuse of turmoil.
When there were just signs of turmoil in Dali last year, Zhao Ta had already learned that not only did he not exert influence to suppress the forces of all parties, but secretly sent people to add fuel to the flames and incite the forces of all parties. After losing the support of the Great Song Dynasty, Duan Heyu realized that the situation was not good, but he was no longer able to exert influence on the government and government.
Duan Heyu's evasion made the domestic situation even more chaotic, and his sons fought each other with the support of their respective forces, and all pre-empted each other's deaths, and for a time the 'Miaoxiang Country' became a Shura field, and countless people died in turmoil every day. The Gao family and the Dong family are the two old families with the strongest strength, but they are not monolithic internally, and the family is also divided into several factions to support their respective agents, so now the dispute between the princes is also accompanied by the internal conflict between the two major family forces.
All parties in the battle understand that whoever wins the competition will become the new king and minister of Dali, and the loser will die without a place to be buried. And this kind of brotherly struggle is more cruel and bloody, and the tragedy of cannibalism is unstoppable, but as the initiator of the Dali turmoil and the only one who can change this state, the Great Song Dynasty has no official position on the chaos, but just stands by and remains neutral. There was no support for any of the forces, but the representative in Shanxian City was entrusted with several statements. It is hoped that all parties concerned will exercise restraint in order to negotiate a solution to the domestic political issue.
However, the painless statement of the Great Song Dynasty did not play any role in the political situation that had entered a white heat, but instead made all parties believe that the Great Song Dynasty would not interfere in their internal affairs. In the future, whoever wins the competition will recognize the illusion of its legitimacy. 'Immortals fight, little ghosts suffer', the tribes involved in it are also constantly fighting, and the ultimate victims of the struggle between the high-level leaders of Dali are still ordinary people at the bottom, they can't get any benefits, but will lose their lives at any time.
The political turmoil that lasted for a year in Dali not only caused heavy losses to Dali's economy, but also displaced the people, making them miserable. As a religious community that has influence on Dali's national politics, it has finally moved its heart of compassion. The children of the Buddhist family led by the great master Jin He united with the major monasteries in Dali issued a statement calling on all factions to end the fighting, and at the same time invited the suzerain, the Great Song Dynasty, to send troops to quell the war, integrate all forces, and return the Buddha country to purity.
The appeal of the Buddhist community was supported by most of the small tribes of the 37 barbarian tribes of Dali, especially those who had a wait-and-see attitude towards the return of the three counties to the Song Dynasty, hoping that the Great Song would intervene in it and integrate the Dali Kingdom. However, this was resisted by the two families of Yi Gao and Dong, who are now difficult to ride a tiger, and once the Great Song Dynasty comes in, their efforts will be in vain, and they will not let go of the makers of the turmoil. They were bound to be brutally suppressed, so they took the risk and sent troops to ambush Archmage Kim Hyuk, who was running between the various tribes to call for peace......
"Your Majesty, Master Jin He was attacked on the way, and he took refuge in the mountains and forests under the cover of his entourage. And inform our nearby Dali garrison, which sent troops to rescue with all their might after learning about it, but it was still a step too late. The archmage has been killed......" Xue Hai hurriedly reported to the emperor after learning the news of Jin He's death.
"The Great Monk is dead?!" Zhao Ta listened and stood up from the throne suddenly. Seeing Xue Hai nodding and sitting down dejectedly, the expression on his face changed. The fist clenched 'horn' exploded, obviously extremely angry.
"His Majesty's mourning, the archmage has always thought that His Majesty is loyal to his wishes, and he has no regrets even if he dies, and when he asked people to ask for help, he asked him to tell His Majesty 'Don't give up the opportunity', he thought that he would not be able to see His Majesty alive!" Xue Hai persuaded softly.
"......" Zhao Ta didn't speak, just waved his hand to let Xue Hai go out first.
"Your Majesty!" Xue Hai gave a salute and slowly withdrew from the tent, but he heard His Majesty's suppressed cry from the tent, and the tears he had held back for a long time also rolled down.
Jin Hyuk had joined the Intelligence Department as early as when it was first established, and had followed Zhao Ta for nearly forty years, and the two did not really spend much time together, but Zhao Ta relied on him very much. From the initial pacification of the northwest, the capture of Hezhong and Lingzhou, he was able to grasp the battlefield situation, understand the enemy's dynamics, and stabilize the newly occupied land of Jin He in the later period, and it can be said that he made the first contribution to the subjugation of Western Xia.
After Zhao Ta ascended the throne, in order to help Zhao Ta pass through the Dali Kingdom and completely solve the problem of copper shortage, he moved to the southwest, and successfully entered the high-level of the Dali State with his reputation in the Buddhist world, inducing and persuading Duan Heyu to accept the conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, so that the power of the Great Song Dynasty successfully extended to Dali. Later, in order to completely solve the problem of Dali, Jin He's later years were basically spent there, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, far away from the motherland and his family, until he left his life in that wild place.
"Wangfu, hasn't your majesty eaten yet?" Since the emperor learned the news of Jin He's death, he had been alone in the tent for two days, and several princesses and ministers rushed to the scene after learning the news, but the emperor refused to summon them, and they could only stay outside the tent to see Wangfu come out of the tent, Zhao Yi hurriedly greeted him and asked.
"Nope!" Wangfu shook his head helplessly.
"Then you don't know how to persuade Your Majesty!" Zhao Yi and Wangfu grew up together in the mansion since they were children, so they naturally had fewer scruples when they spoke, and couldn't help complaining.
"Xiye has been with His Majesty for two days, and he can't persuade him, what can I do!" Wangfu spread his hands and said with a wry smile, seeing that Xi was recognized as the emperor's first cronie, the emperor couldn't listen to his words, and other people's words were even more useless.
"So what is His Majesty doing?" Yu Liyan stepped forward and asked.
"Guifei Niangniang, Your Majesty has set up a spiritual position for Grand Master Jin He in the tent, and personally guards the spirit for him!" Wangfu hurriedly saluted.
"Oh, Your Majesty treats Master Jin He so well, is it ......" Yu Liyan knew that her relatives in the Central Plains had passed away, and her family had fasting to express their condolences, which couldn't help but make her doubt Jin He's identity.
"Sister, don't think about it, Your Majesty and Master Jin He have been old friends for many years, and they have a very strong relationship, and when I hear that he was killed, I can't help but feel sad in my heart!" Zhao Xin looked at Yu Liyan with a puzzled face, knowing that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained.
"Master Jin He I have also heard that he once lectured in our Xia Guo Palace, he has profound Buddhist studies, and he is also very respected by his father, but the official family is so sad that it is difficult to understand, what do you say, Sister Defei?" Li Xiaoxiao blinked and said, she knew that the emperor didn't care about the Buddha, and it didn't make sense to be so sad for a monk now.
"This ...... I can't tell you about this, maybe there's something else hidden in it! Zhe Meiluan only knew that the emperor met Jin He when he placed the Golden Buddha after recovering Lingzhou, and it seemed that he had never seen it since then, and now the emperor's reaction was so big, she couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Do those two adults know this Master Jin He?" Li Xiaoxiao wanted to solve the mystery, and then looked at Chen Yu and Zhao Yi and asked.
"Niangniang, Weichen only heard that he preached Buddhism in the northwest, and he was famous, but he had never met, let alone had any intersection!" Chen Yu replied.
"What about Lord Zhao? You have been following His Majesty, so you should know something! Chen Yu used to be the secretary of the ministry and was in charge of the officials in the world, he didn't know his people, and he didn't think he was an official figure, Li Xiaoxiao turned to Zhao Yi and asked.
"Mother, this ...... Wechen and Master Jin He only have a few faces, and what kind of friendship he has with His Majesty, Wechen doesn't know much! Zhao Yi also saluted, but his eyes glanced at Zhao Xin. Zhao Yi was in charge of the military justice team and the military intelligence department in the northwest, and he inevitably dealt with people in the intelligence department, but he only pointed out that Jin He was a 'nail' in the intelligence department, and these matters were confidential, and he did not dare to speak out. But Zhao Xin is different, she has always been by the emperor's side and knows many confidential things, if she is the only one who understands, she avoids talking about it, which shows how secret Jin He's identity is.
"One is the emperor and the other is a monk, what is the relationship between this Master Jin He and the official family?" Li Xiaoxiao asked for a while, but she didn't ask, no one knew what kind of sacredness this Jin He was, which made the emperor so sad, she frowned and sighed.
"Chen Xiang, Zhao Xiang, Your Majesty invites the two adults to enter the account and discuss something!" Just when everyone was at a loss, Jianxi walked over from the tent and said.
"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Chen Yu and Zhao Yi hurriedly entered the account after the edict, only to see the emperor's eyes red, sitting on the cushion with a haggard face, next to a long table, with a simple token on it, incense and candles lit in front of the spirit, and a few tributes, that is, Jin He's spiritual position, and the two of them gave a salute.
"No courtesy, just sit down!" Zhao Ta nodded, pointed to the mat placed on the ground in the tent, and said hoarsely.
"Your Majesty, Master Jin He has passed away, you still have to mourn!" The two of them first offered incense in front of Jin He's spirit, and then sat down in front of the emperor, and Chen Yu persuaded again.
"I'm fine, but Dali has harmed one of my generals, this matter must not be resigned, I must break the first evil corpse into ten thousand pieces to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Zhao Ta said that there was nothing to do, but his hideous face and the evil aura emanating from his body showed his angry Cheng Dรน.
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, isn't Master Jin He a person from outside the party, isn't it a little inappropriate for us to use force for this? Chen Yu was a little confused by the emperor's words, Jin He was obviously a monk, but the emperor said that he was his own general, and he wanted to avenge him, he was a little suspicious that the emperor was sad and talked nonsense excessively...... (To be continued......)