Now the Great Song Dynasty has set off such a political storm because of Zhao Huan's return, Zhao Ta is very surprised and helpless, he thinks that he has worked hard to govern the country and improve people's livelihood over the years, and has realized the rise of the Great Song Dynasty again in the shortest possible time. But this incident sounded the alarm bell for him - the enemy will not die! But he didn't believe that Zhao Huan, who had just escaped from the cage, dared to challenge his authority before he set foot on the land of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how stupid he was, there would always be a limit, and the most important thing at the moment was to find out the truth.

Zhao Ta and the two henchmen analyzed for a long time, although they did not find out the mysterious driving force behind the scenes, but finally figured out a clue from it. This incident has threatened the security of his throne and shaken the foundation of the country's rule, and it must not be let go lightly, and it must be found out and its purpose must be found. Because this matter may involve the royal family and the ministers of the DPRK and China, it is not appropriate to conduct it publicly, and it is still based on the strength of the Imperial City Division to investigate secretly.

Zhao Ta ordered Jianxi to continue to check the palace attendants, especially the people who were present that day and who they had come into contact with later, what they had said, and where they had been, they had to find out; Li Jun mobilized manpower to focus on tracking down and monitoring the designated suspects. At the same time, he asked the intelligence stations in various places to visit the local state capitals to obtain the source of the news on this matter, and who they had close contacts with before the book, and the key groups were the first batch of local officials and generals in the army, hoping to find some clues from their origins and circles......

In recent days, the government and the opposition have been discussing the matter of 'the emperor's abdication', but several of the rulers have not expressed their position abnormally, nor have they held a special meeting on this matter to discuss how to deal with the current chaotic situation. There seems to be a suspicion of conniving at the development of events. Their ambiguous attitude has aroused the displeasure of the 'royalists', and some officials have secretly begun to collude to prepare for the impeachment of their disloyalty. Some radicals even took advantage of the night to 'darken' the door of Xu Jingheng's house, gouged out the eyes of the lion at the gate of Chen Gongbo's mansion, and spent Zhao Ren's wife's sedan chair.

In fact, it is really not the fault of a few rulers. They thought they were die-hard loyalists of the emperor, and now they are falling behind in the matter of going to the joint letter with everyone. What made them anxious was that the current tense was developing rapidly and the situation was becoming more and more severe, and the emperor's attitude was uncertain, so they could not take decisive measures to deal with it, and could only wait and see the changes and keep abreast of the progress of the incident.

But today, several rulers decided not to wait, the king of Liao will go ashore in Dengzhou in a few days, and the royalists have already spoken. To intercept and kill the King of Liao along the way, resolutely prevent him from entering Beijing, if they really succeed, a political storm will be inevitable, so everyone decided to 'remind' the emperor at today's court meeting!

"Chen Xiang, what's going on with the peace talks?" Zhao Ta looked at a few and asked with a grim face.

"Your Majesty, the King of Liao has returned to the country, and the ministers have reached a consensus with the Jin State on some issues according to the agreement, and the Song and Jin countries are called brothers. equality of status; The two sides did not pay tribute to each other, and opened a field on the border between the two countries to conduct transactions; Our troops withdrew to the north of the ceasefire line and lifted hostilities. As for the issue of the belonging of the Ministry of the Five Nations and the Ministry of Aolaidian, discussions are underway. I was about to ask His Majesty to show me. Chen Gongbo hurriedly replied when he saw the emperor asking.

"Well, now that the Jin Kingdom is sent back to the King of Liao, it is against our army, how do you think it is more appropriate to deal with the matter of the return of the Five Kingdoms to the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Ta nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty. The minister thought that our army had shown sincerity by retreating from the land of Jin to the south bank of the Yalu River. No further concessions should be made, and the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms can be accepted as the land of our Great Song Dynasty. Chen Gongbo said first.

"Your Majesty. The minister thinks it is inappropriate, the Five Kingdoms Department is a branch of the Jurchens, and although its leader A Shu has always taken the overthrow of the rule of the Wanyan Department as his own responsibility, he has not departed from the scope of internal affairs, and if we rashly accept it, it is easy to cause unease among other vassal states, and we are worried that the rebels of other countries will follow his example, so we need to be cautious about receiving the Five Kingdoms Department. Hu Anguo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, raised objections.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if the Five Kingdoms Department returns to Song at this time, it will do more harm than good!" Xu Jingheng said, "The Five Kingdoms Department and the Wanyan Department are feuds, and the two departments are incompatible with water and fire, if they return to the Song Dynasty, they will inevitably attack with all their might, and our army will have to launch expeditions again and again to support." This will not only contain most of our army's troops, but also consume huge military spending, and for a long time, it will inevitably reduce the national strength of our Great Song Dynasty and repeat the mistakes of the Western Xia expedition in the past! ”

"Well, a few ministers are reasonable, Song Jin is not easy to overstimulate them in the peace talks, but the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms must also stay in Haolaidian, otherwise Baozhou will not be guaranteed!" A few people said it was not unreasonable, Zhao Ta thought about it and said.

"His Majesty wants to consolidate Baozhou with the support of Lazy Dian and Shenmi Island, that is, to control the mouth of the Yalu River, and to obtain a bridgehead for attacking from the sea, without the help of Goryeo, and the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms will also become our ally, which can contain the Jin State and threaten Goryeo!" Zhao Ren said.

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean, when we first discussed with Jin Guo, we already had room for it, just make good use of it, and the problem can be properly solved!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Oh, Your Majesty is wise, at the beginning, we only promised the Jurchens that they could mediate with the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms, and did not promise to return the Lazy Dian to him and guarantee the withdrawal of the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms, so it is not a breach of contract!" Chen Gongbo immediately thought that there was indeed such a clause in the initial discussion, and praised the emperor Shengming in his mouth, but he couldn't help but feel that the real fucking chicken thief under His Majesty had already left a foreshadowing for today's dispute.

"Hehe, just keep an eye on it!" Zhao Ta said modestly, "Now the Jin Kingdom is very clear about our relationship with the Five Nations Ministry, and understands that if the Five Nations Ministry wants to give up the Five Kingdoms Ministry, we have to nod our heads, so they just want to save face, as long as the Lazy Dian is still the territory of the Jin Kingdom, the rest is not counted." Therefore, we only need to get the Jin State to promise to give the five ministries full autonomy in the lazy area, and we must retain the right to supervise! ”

"His Majesty said that the ministers understood that the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms could collect and distribute taxes on their own in the Five Kingdoms, and could retain their own armed forces, while the Jin State only had sovereignty over the Lautian Empire, but could not send officials and troops, but the Ministry of the Five Kingdoms exercised the right to administer. The Five Nations Ministry only needs to admit that they are the people of the Jin Kingdom, and this does not contradict their purpose of opposing the Wanyan Ministry, and we can justifiably protect them. Chen Gongbo said.

"Well, you're going to have to worry about these things!" Zhao Ta nodded and said, the idea was given to them by himself, and it was up to them to bargain.

"Your Majesty, now it is rumored that Your Majesty is going to give way to the King of Liao, causing large-scale commotion from all walks of life, and the people's hearts are unstable, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to clarify this matter as soon as possible, so as to set the record straight and calm the hearts of the army and the people!" Chen Dong, who had been speechless for a long time, finally waited until he finished talking about the peace talks, and he played impatiently.

"I already know about this matter, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks?" Zhao Ta glanced at everyone in the hall and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty cannot abdicate!" Xu Jingheng said first.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others are seconded, and Your Majesty cannot abdicate!" All the people in the hall knelt down in unison and said.

"Well, I heard that someone wants to be unfavorable to the King of Liao, but is there such a thing?" Zhao Ta asked with a vague snort, raising his hand to let everyone get up.

"Your Majesty, yes!" Zhang Shuye, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and replied, "Now the students of Guozijian have contacted the students of various prefectures and counties in western Beijing to intercept the Liao King's driving on the road, and the detectives of the Criminal Department have detected that there are big businessmen plotting to buy murderers and prepare to assassinate the Liao King on the road, and there seems to be a local garrison involved in it, and the situation is critical!" ”

"Lord Chen, Zhao Ren, you have to restrain all the armies, the King of Liao has a difference, but the two of you are asking!" Zhao Ta listened to the turn to the military department Shangshu Chen Guoting and the privy envoy Zhao Ren said solemnly.

"Obey the order!" The expressions of the two emperors were taken aback, and they hurriedly came out of the column and replied in unison.

"I think this matter has become more and more serious, and it seems to have been out of the scope of advice, what do you think?" Zhao Ta waved his hand to let the two of them enter the column and asked.

"What His Majesty said is extremely true, and the minister thinks that this matter seems to be planned behind the scenes and using public opinion to do bad things, so I also ask His Majesty to immediately mobilize troops to suppress it, so as not to get out of control!" As soon as Zhao Ta's words fell, Zhang Shuye came out to play, as an important minister of the former dynasty, he showed his attitude that he resolutely supported the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should use troops carefully, the situation of this matter is not yet clear, and the people who walk in front are the people, students, and even local officials and soldiers, they are all loyal to His Majesty, but they are worried that His Majesty will abdicate to have excessive words and deeds, so His Majesty only needs to issue an order to calm down the matter, so that the people behind the scenes have no way to borrow!" Obviously, Hu Anguo did not want the emperor to abdicate either, but he did not agree to settle the matter by force.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the solution to this matter should be based on appeasement, and it is not appropriate to use swords and soldiers in vain, now the people's hearts are wanting, and those small ones cannot shake Your Majesty!" Chen Gongbo said.

"Alas, I'm afraid this matter is no longer up to me!" Zhao Ta suddenly sighed and said, "At the beginning of my succession, I was questioned, thinking that I was coercing the emperor to usurp the throne and seize the position of brother and brother. And I was forced by the situation of the day, and I had to do it, and now I have been in charge of the government for more than ten years and I feel tired and tired. The King of Liao has returned to the country, I should abdicate and make way for Xian, with the suspicion of peace, I can also abandon the lord and go into hiding, farm the land, take a boat to see the world of the world, and be a people who have no quarrel with the world! ”

"Your Majesty must not have the heart to retreat, and the Great Song Dynasty cannot do without Your Majesty!" The emperor's words shocked everyone in the palace, and they were stunned, Xu Jingheng was the first to react, and knelt down first and said.

"Your Majesty's succession to the throne is the return of all people, and now abandon the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty, why should the ministers ...... this body" Chen Dong said and rushed to the nearest dragon pillar to him, to admonish him with death...... (To be continued......)