After settling the Western Xia, the river is temporarily worry-free, and there is one less enemy and more allies, and the resumption of trade is also a mutually beneficial thing, as for the benefits to the Western Xia, the next step of the two sides is to completely separate it from the Jurchen camp, and the loyal and brave army can also rest assured that the north will be transferred, and there is no need to worry about the Western Xia making trouble behind them.

Zhao Ta has completed two major events, at this time it has entered early autumn, the weather is getting cooler, and it is also time for the autumn harvest, the Guards Brigade has arrived in Shuozhou one after another to assemble, began to rest and train, and the loyal soldiers are also preparing to move. Zhao Ta ordered the scout team of Zhang Ting's brigade to cooperate with the special combat team to start pre-war reconnaissance and prepare for a counterattack against the Tatars.

And at this time, an astonishing news came - there was chaos in the river, the people of the state capitals, the military and the people heard the news of the prince's 'ascension to immortals', but they did not believe it, thinking that the prince died at the hands of the traitors of the imperial court, especially the Tibetan tribe that had been attached in the past reacted the most, expelling the court officials, refusing to pay tribute, and breaking away from the control of the imperial court...

"Li Jun, what the hell is going on, is someone secretly instigating?" Zhao asked Li Jundao, who hurried to report the situation.

"Lord Wang, this matter has been roughly investigated by the subordinates, and no one of ours is involved, it should be done spontaneously by the people!" Li Jun looked at the prince and replied.

"Is there anyone in the army trying to take advantage of this?" Zhao asked again.

"Lord Wang, after the soldiers in the army heard about the accident, they were excited, but fortunately, the senior generals in the army knew the truth and tried their best to appease them, but there was no chaos, but it was not a long-term solution!" Li Jun said truthfully.

"Li Jun. Tell us more about the ins and outs of the matter! Zhao Ta thought for a while and said, this matter is very important. If there is unrest in the river, it will be a big trouble for yourself.

"Yes, my lord. The matter was caused by the imperial court's decree to build the 'concept of eternal life'..."Li Jun narrated.

It turned out that after Zhao Ta left in the capital in a unique way of 'flying away', it was rumored in Beijing that the King of Qin was tired of the world's strife because of the persecution of the emperor and the traitors in the court, so he had to abandon the world and ascend to the throne and no longer protect the Great Song Dynasty. In order to appease the people's grievances, Zhao Huan may also be ashamed, so he ordered all states and counties across the country to build a 'concept of eternal life' to worship the King of Qin.

The will arrived in the river in June, and this can be said to be Zhao Ta's old base. Among them, there are not only the party departments that it appeased, but also the Hedong archers and people who came from Hedong with its western expedition to leave the Tuntian garrison, and the displaced people who took refuge here after the southeast people's mutiny, they all had the favor of the prince, and they all mourned after learning the news, and it took only ten days to build the immortal temple to worship the prince, the incense burned day and night, and many people's homes hung the portrait of the prince to commemorate.

The situation was relatively calm during this period, but the river had become an important trade route. There were many caravans coming and going, and they brought the rumors in the capital to the river, and the rumors that 'the prince was forced to die by the emperor' quickly spread everywhere. The people of this place in the river have always had the spirit of rebellion, not to mention the Fan people who dared to rebel against the imperial court. Even in the southeast civil uprising, there were many 'rebels' who took refuge in the river to avoid the pursuit of the government.

After the southeast people's uprising, Zhao Ta sent people to the southeast to 'attract investment' to attract displaced people into the river. After being suppressed by the imperial court, more than 100,000 people arrived in the river. The prince not only took them in, but also built a new village for them. He also built a house, divided the fields, gave them grain, cattle, and seeds, and helped them settle down and buy a house, and in six or seven years, this Hill lived a stable and prosperous life in the northwest.

The draught does not forget to dig wells, they know that these are thanks to the prince, but they do not have much affection for the court, and even full of hatred, in their hearts naturally there is no prince and no court. Now that I heard that the prince was framed to death, a frenzy was set off under the new hatred and old hatred. First of all, under the anger of the border people in Tuntian, Lingzhou area, they beat and expelled the officials sent by the imperial court and destroyed the official offices, and this trend quickly swept the whole territory.

The more troublesome things go, some officials advocated sending troops to suppress it, but they were rejected by Zhao Ren, and the prefects of Lingzhou, Youzhou, Xiazhou and other states, they were either born in the palace, or they were promoted by the prince, and the attitude towards dealing with this issue is naturally ambiguous, thinking that it is appropriate to care for the people, but only to make a list of the people, not to send a single soldier, and now not only the Tibetan tribes in the river refuse to pay tribute to drive away the officials sent by the imperial court, the people refuse to pay taxes, and this trend has spread to the east of the river...

When Li Jun's words came to this, Zhao Ta basically understood that the matter in Hezhong was because the people were crying out for themselves, and under the appeasement and connivance of his cronies, the matter became bigger and bigger, causing Hezhong to fall into anarchism, and now there are signs of independence and secession in various places.

"What's the reaction of the imperial court now?" Zhao Ta asked with a smile.

"After the urgent report was sent to the court, the court issued an edict to let Zhao Ren send troops to suppress it, and he asked the court to issue food and salary first and then send troops on the grounds of lack of food and salary. Li Jun looked at the prince's smile and said carefully.

"Hmph, you didn't participate!" Zhao Ta snorted coldly and said.

"Lord Wang, we really didn't participate in this matter, it was definitely the people who did it spontaneously!" Li Jun looked at the prince's face and sank, and hurriedly argued.

"You didn't get involved in this matter, but if the matter had been reported early, Zhao Ren and the others would not have caused such a problem if they dealt with it as soon as possible, it is obvious that they deliberately connived at this situation, and it is difficult to clean it up now!" Zhao Ta said angrily.

"The prince is aware of it, but his subordinates are derelict in their duties, and they really didn't expect things to develop so quickly, it's really a raging public opinion, like a prairie fire!" Li Jun looked at the prince's expression and hurriedly excused himself.

"Hmph, then what to do now, although Xijing is temporarily stable, it is still financially tight, and it is simply unable to support the war, and it still needs to rely on the income support of Hezhong. Now there is a mess in the river, which will inevitably affect business, I just told Brother Cha that the reopening of the trade route is difficult to achieve now, and it is even more isolated from the connection between the two places, how to solve it? Zhao Tan patted the table and asked.

"The prince is angry, now that the situation in the river is like this, we might as well take advantage of the situation..."Li Jun waited for the prince to finish his anger and said carefully.

"Oh, how do you go with the flow?" Zhao Ta sat down and asked.

"Lord, the heart of the river is to the prince, now the situation has become a situation, at this time, as long as we provoke a little, we can gather the hearts of the people, break away from the court, and return to the prince's command, at that time, not only will the business not be affected, but all the taxes will belong to us, which is a good thing with all benefits and no harm!" Li Jun stepped forward and refilled the tea for the prince and said.

As long as the Great Song Dynasty cuts off the road in the middle of the river, we will lose the huge market of the Great Song Dynasty, where are the salt and horses sold, and where do the tea and silk come from? Even if they don't block the passages, but only set up a field to trade, and the caravan can't travel all over the place, the tariffs will already eat up our profits, and then the finance and taxes will not be more, but less, and we will lose the opportunity to obtain talents and population from the Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Ta became even more angry when he heard this, pointed at Li Jun and shouted, Xijing has fallen into isolation, Hezhong is now an important channel of communication with the Great Song Dynasty, with this base, all kinds of needs will continue to enter Xijing, if it is attached, it will lose more.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have not considered it properly, please atone for your sins!" Li Jun was in a cold sweat, the prince's vision was lofty, more than they saw, this time he came at the invitation of Zhao Ren and others to lobby the prince, hoping to merge Hezhong into Xijing, but did not take into account the strategic loss of more.

"Alas, fortunately, you didn't act rashly, and you can still make a remedy, otherwise it would have ruined the fruits of our years of hard work!" Looking at Li Jun's appearance, Zhao Ta sighed and said, he also knew that he was not the only one involved, and everyone was also kind, but being in a hurry was a bad thing, this kind of game with yellow robes can't be played at any time, the actors always tamper with the script and play it themselves, why do you want him as a director and producer!

"Is there any way for the prince to quickly stabilize the situation in the river?" Li Jun saw that the prince's face was slightly softened, wiped his sweat and asked...

Zhao Tan repaired several letters to Zhao Ren, Xu Hong, Yeli and Lei Mai overnight, so that they could quickly calm the people, calm down the rumors, restore the regime, and let Li Jun plan to spread the news, hinting to the people that the prince was not dead, but the immortal descended to Xijing Datong as the king, continued to fight against the Jurchens, and protected the people in Hedong and Hezhong.

Li Jun then quickly returned to the river, handed over the prince's handwriting to several people, and explained the prince's recent situation and arrangements. However, he is also very talented, and he has learned from the prince, and has a large-scale performance of the manifestation of the spirit in Xiazhou's 'Immortal Concept', and the effect is very good, which not only quickly stabilized the people's hearts, but also took the opportunity to pass on the meaning of the prince, and a storm quickly disappeared invisibly.

Zhao Ren was not stupid, and then this episode quickly united several prefects to say that the turmoil in the river had subsided, but it led to a large number of border people fleeing, and now the people's hearts are unstable, so please send a large number of officials to come to appease the people as soon as possible. But now those ministers in the court and China were afraid to go to Hedong and Hebei as officials, as soon as they heard that they were going to Hezhong, where the war with the Western Xia had not been extinguished, and there was a civil unrest, no one would come, so they ordered Zhao Ren to pacify the Hezhong Road and exempt Hezhong from paying taxes for two years.

At the same time, the imperial court dismissed Xu Hong, Wang Jin and others from their positions, and ordered them to return to Beijing, and Zhao Ren also found a good reason to wait for the autumn harvest to end, and ordered the generals of the loyal and brave army and the staff of the original palace to cross the border to Xijing to meet the prince with a large amount of grain. (To be continued......)