Chapter 39: The Imperial Banquet (4)
Zhao Ming's words shocked everyone like a thunderbolt from the blue, including Zhao Ji and Empress Zhu.
Although Zhao Ji was mentally prepared, he never expected that Zhao Ming would let him take the crown prince Zhao Chen away! Thinking of the three people Zhao Ming didn't let him take away in the Taiyi Palace, Zhao Ji couldn't help but lament in his heart: "It is said that Zhao Huan is pedantic, and now it seems that his eldest son is actually stepping by step, without the slightest intention of slacking off, at this time he let himself take the crown prince Zhao Chen away, and the meaning is already clear!" “
When Zhao Ji was thinking, Zhao Ming made his words clear: "Don't hide it from the royal family, now that the golden soldiers are 100,000 points east and west, they have come towards my Tokyo Bianliang, and I have already met this vicious battle with the heart of battle!" “
Speaking of this, Zhao Ming raised his wine glass and drank it and said: "I have discussed with the Emperor Taishang for a long time, and I feel that I can't put my eggs in one basket, so after the banquet tonight, the third, ninth and eleventh brothers stay with me to guard outside Bianliang in Tokyo, and the other imperial brothers, as well as the emperor and the concubine who are willing to follow the emperor to Yangzhou according to their personal wishes, can immediately prepare to leave, and I who are willing to stay in Tokyo are welcome!" Speaking of this, Zhao Ming glanced at Concubine Wei meaningfully and said, "Concubine Wei and the others can also follow their personal wishes, and I will never force them!" “
Saying that, Zhao Ming motioned to Zheng Afu to sift the wine, and everyone naturally understood what Zhao Ming meant, and they no longer dared to shirk and picked up the wine glass and drank the second glass of wine with a complicated mood.
Zhao Ming didn't give everyone the slightest thought and said: "This third glass of wine expresses my heart!" Speaking of this, Zhao Ming glanced at Zhao Jiyan, who was a little depressed beside him, and said: "I know that the Emperor Taishang is a little reluctant to leave Bianjing, and the prosperity of Bianjing at the moment is not comparable to other places!" When Zhao Ming said this, he glanced at Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou, and Zhao Mo with his own eyes and said: "But I know that this time the Jin soldiers are far more ferocious and terrifying than in February this year!" I don't know if I'm sure to hold Bianjing, but I send the Emperor Taishang and the crown prince out of the meaning is very clear, that is, if Bianjing is unfortunately broken by gold thieves one day, I will fight to the end, I would rather break the jade than the whole thing, at that time, I hope that the Emperor Taishang can find a good minister to assist the crown prince to succeed to the throne, recover the lost land, and rejuvenate my Song Dynasty! ”
Zhao Gou still listened to Zhao Ming's words with a numb expression, but his heart was full of slander: "Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan, you don't miss a single step, if your plan is successful, let the Emperor Taishang escape from Bianjing with the crown prince Zhao Chen, then it is useless for me to keep the crown prince Zhao Chen in obscurity for so many years, because the crown prince Zhao Chen is a thing known to the world, no one can abolish Zhao Chen, in this society is the most orthodox, if you really follow Zhao Huan's layout, Zhao Gou knows that no matter whether Bianjing can hold or not, Zhao Song Jiangshan has been stabilized by more than half!" ”
This is to see Zhao Ji's eleventh prince Qi Wang Zhao Mo got up and stroked his palm and said: "The emperor has a very good strategy, I didn't expect the emperor to be so wise, and the emperor's brother admires it!" ”
Zhao Ming knew that his eleventh brother had a sharp speech, and immediately said, "Does King Qi have any opinion on my arrangement?" ”
King Qi Zhao Mo looked around at all the royal families present in the Chongde Hall and said: "Today's royal family is the grandson of Emperor Taizong, and we don't have to talk nonsense, I don't know what the emperor means, everyone understands it, anyway, my King Qi understands, the emperor can rest assured, the younger brother has no second heart to stay with the emperor's brother in this Bianjing City and fight to the death with the Jin soldiers, but the younger brother has a reluctant request, I don't know if the emperor can be gracious?" ”
Zhao Ming looked at King Qi, who was talking eloquently, and said secretly: "It is recorded in history that this person is also the number one person, and now it seems that it is really true!" At that moment, Zhao Ming smiled and said, "King Qi, please speak!" ”
King Qi Zhao Mo smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, it is a great good thing for you to send the crown prince to the Emperor Taishang, and the national fortune and the temple, but I don't know if you can let your brothers and other family members also go south to Yangzhou with the Emperor?" ”
Zhao Ming said secretly: "What a wise Zhao Mo!" After pondering for a moment, he said: "In this way, it is really not easy for the Emperor Taishang to go south this time, it is really not easy to bring too many people, otherwise once the itinerary slows down, I am really worried that the gold thief will get the news and send a cavalry to intercept the road to the south of the Emperor Taishang, so I decided to streamline the personnel of the Emperor's trip, but considering that the feelings of King Qi are really in line with the norm, so that each of our palaces and the emperor's palace can be given three places to follow the Emperor Taishang to the south, I will make a statement, I only let Queen Zhu take the prince and princess to the south, As for the palace maids, they don't bring anything! ”
As soon as Zhao Ming's words came out, everyone was shocked. What does this mean, this shows that the emperor has decided to fight to the death, the emperor is leaving a way back for himself, once the city is broken, the emperor is going to kill himself, and the emperor and the queen Zhu in Yangzhou can also support the crown prince Zhao Chen as the emperor, a good game of chess.
Zhao Gou closed his eyes helplessly, he originally thought that Zhao Huan would send himself to Henan and Hebei to recruit soldiers, but he didn't expect his imperial brother to come up with such a plan, so his influence among the people would definitely not be as good as that of the emperor and the crown prince.
Zhao Gou thought depressedly: "Zhao Huan can actually think of leaving Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou, and Zhao Mo to guard Bianjing with him, good intentions and good strategies." Obviously, the potential opponent of the future crown prince Zhao Chen to succeed to the throne has been eliminated, and the three giants who are most qualified and capable to challenge Zhao Huan have been brought together! Zhao Gou said with a sad heart: "How can Zhao Huan find out the stakes in this?" ”
How did Zhao Gou know that Zhao Ming was the master who had studied history, especially the history of Zhao Gou's development that had been carefully scrutinized, so Zhao Ming would never repeat the mistake of letting Zhao Gou escape from the center of suffering, and let the women and children in this hall suffer from the Northern Hunt!
Although Zhao Mo, the king of Qi, was somewhat disappointed with Zhao Ming's reply, he also knew that Zhao Ming was talking about things, so he leaned over and said, "Brother thank the emperor!" ”
Zhao Ming smiled and continued: "This fourth glass of wine is a request for help!" ”
Zhao Ming raised his wine glass, and everyone felt their hearts beating, because everyone present felt more and more that Zhao Ming's domineering spirit was flourishing, which made many people feel intimidated. Zhao Ming didn't care at all and said: "The Jin soldiers are coming to attack right in front of me, I heard Li Gang say that many of our palaces and palaces have false reports of numbers in the Praetorian Guard and even the Sibi defense camps, risking the army's salary!" ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Ming glared at everyone viciously and said: "At the time of the national disaster, you, as my brothers and sisters, did not want to serve the country and did such a thing as the honor of the royal family, I am very disappointed!" ”
As he spoke, Zhao Ming craned his neck, and a glass of wine was poured directly into Zhao Ming's mouth, and Zhao Ming drank it all.