Zheng Zhiwei's urgent telegram only mentioned one thing, that is, on the fifth day of the 11th lunar month of the eighth year of Xiande, the servant dug up a stone box from the construction site of dredging the Bianhe River. The stone box is equipped with a stone pillar, which is engraved with the five-character proverb "the horse is the son of heaven". At the same time, the nursery rhyme of "the longbow shoots the sun, and the virtuous person should be the new master" began to circulate in Kaifeng City. According to the popular interpretation, "the horse is the son of heaven" means that the horse will replace the current Chai family as the son of heaven; The "longbow" in "longbow shoots the sun, and the virtuous should be the new master" refers to the word "Zhang", and "shoots the sun" refers to the fact that it will overthrow the current emperor. And "the virtuous should be the new lord" can not only mean that the virtuous person should become the new king, but also can be interpreted to mean that the person with the word "virtue" in his name will become the new lord of the world. If these two things are looked at together, it is that a concubine surnamed Zhang with the word "de" in his name will replace the current Chai Emperor as the new Son of Heaven. And now in the Later Zhou court, there is only one person who meets these conditions at the same time, that is, Zhang Yongde, the uncle of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The news about the "Shijie Wei" and the folk nursery rhyme and the stone jie engraved with the proverb soon spread to the palace, and immediately aroused the extreme attention of the Empress Dowager Xiaofu -- not long after the "Black Wood Confession" incident, there was another "Shijie Wei" and the nursery rhyme to support it, which could not but make the Empress Dowager Xiaofu worried. Moreover, unlike the last time when "Kuroki Wei" only appeared in the palace and appeared on the imperial case of the first emperor, this time the Weiwei and nursery rhymes all appeared in the folk. The stone pillar, which was no more than a foot long, was passed and watched among a large number of servants who dredged the river, and through the officials in charge of the dredging of the river, the prefect of Kaifeng, and a number of important ministers of the auxiliary state in the court, the news had already leaked out. The folk nursery rhymes have long been sung in the streets and alleys of Kaifeng City, and there are more than 10 million people who have heard them. This time, it is obviously impossible to suppress it as the last "Kuroki Wei" incident, and then to weaken and suppress the object of the Weiwei through covert operations. After all, what this thing is most afraid of is transmission. Once it is widely spread, even if it is not accurate in itself, or if it is deliberately done by someone with a will, it will become a prophecy approved by the people, and will be used by those with evil intentions, and become one of the bases for their evil intentions. Therefore, in the view of the Empress Dowager Xiaofu, the imperial court must not ignore the "Shijie Wei" and folk nursery rhymes incident, but must take resolute measures, on the one hand, to curb the trend of relevant information spreading more and more fiercely and outrageously among the people, and the imperial court will secretly send people to guide these nursery rhymes and rumors accordingly, distort their meaning as much as possible, and reduce their impact on the people. At the same time, it is necessary to fight back with new nursery rhymes and rumors that are beneficial to the imperial court to guide public opinion. On the other hand, as soon as possible, the important minister of the court and the central government pointed to by the "Shi Jiewei Wei" and the nursery rhyme was transferred from the key position of holding military power, and the method of rising and descending secretly was adopted to try to drive this guy out of the capital, so as to minimize the possible threat to the imperial court.

Although he did not believe in the existence of such a thing as "Wei Wei", he also clearly realized that this "Shi Jie Wei Wei" and folk nursery rhyme incident were deliberately created by some people with ill intentions, intending to use the hands of the imperial court to pull Zhang Yongde, who was likely to compete for the throne with him, from his position in military power, and even to take his life. But in the face of the resolute attitude of the Empress Dowager Xiao Fu, and in the face of her inability to prove that the "Shi Jiewei Wei" and folk nursery rhymes are forged and deliberately disseminated, although Lin Xiaoyu also participated in the meeting convened by the Empress Dowager Xiao Fu to convene all the auxiliary ministers designated by Chai Rong, and she was also the only concubine who had the right to participate in the discussion and execution of major events in the DPRK and China during her lifetime. Lin Xiaoyu just didn't want to see the court break the existing delicate balance between the court and the central government because of a broken stone and a very ordinary nursery rhyme, but he could only express his opinion that "there are many doubts between 'Shijie Wei' and folk nursery rhymes, and it seems inappropriate to urgently deal with the important ministers of the court and the central government before tracing their source", so he obeyed the decision of the Empress Dowager Xiaofu and the vast majority of auxiliary ministers, and prepared to attack Zhang Yongde implied by the Yu Wei and the nursery rhyme.

Like the previous deprivation of the power of other military generals, the Later Zhou court used the method of seizing Zhang Yongde's military power this time by ascending and descending secretly. On the fifteenth day of the 11th lunar calendar of the eighth year of Xiande, the Later Zhou court issued an order to strengthen the first-line defense of the Yellow River in the north of the capital, and crowned Zhang Yongde, the commander of the horses, as the envoy of the Shanzhou Festival, the chief lieutenant of the school, and the Tongping Zhangshi, and ordered him to immediately hand over all military affairs of the former division of the palace to inspect and go to Lanzhou to take office. Of course, out of fear of Zhao Kuangyin, who also held military power, Empress Dowager Xiaofu and most of the auxiliary ministers did not agree with the proposal of some participants that Zhao Kuangyin, the deputy inspector of the front of the palace, replace Zhang Yongde as the head of the palace, but at the same time appointed him as the envoy of the loyal army and the master of the school, they only ordered him to temporarily manage the military affairs of the front of the palace as the deputy inspector before the imperial court appointed a new capital inspector, and did not explicitly let him take over this post. In this way, it is not only a secret warning to Zhao Kuangyin, warning him not to follow in the footsteps of Zhang Yongde. It is also a clear hint to the generals of the forbidden army in front of the palace, implying that it is the imperial court that holds the power of the forbidden army in front of the palace, not Zhao Kuangyin, and the court can accept his military power at any time, so as to avoid the generals of the forbidden army in front of the palace from having any thoughts that they should not have because of the dominance of Zhao Kuangyin's family now, or believing the demagogic words of some people with ulterior motives.

The reason why the Later Zhou court did not deprive Zhao Kuangyin of his military post this time is mainly because the prestige and merits of the former division of the Later Zhou Palace can be compared with Zhang Yongde, and only Zhao Kuangyin can convince the generals in the army. If he is withdrawn again, the forbidden army of the palace will be leaderless, and it will be difficult to assume the name of the elite of the Later Zhou Dynasty - after all, in addition to those unstable factors in the court, the Beiping army in the north, the Southern Tang Dynasty in the south, and other puppet imperial courts are all threats to the security and stability of the Later Zhou court, and they all need to have an elite and powerful army to deter and suppress them. Therefore, before finding a more suitable way and a more suitable candidate, the Later Zhou court could only limit its power as much as possible while handing over the power of the former division of the Later Zhou Palace to Zhao Kuangyin. At least compared with Zhang Yongde, who was about to usurp the throne and become self-reliant with a warning from heaven, Zhao Kuangyin has not shown any obvious traces of reversal so far, and the urgency of dealing with him is far less than the imminent crisis.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the imperial court's behavior of taking away his military position and driving him out of the capital with only a stone of unknown origin and an unknown nursery rhyme. But on the one hand, his strength and preparation are not sufficient, and it is unrealistic to want to raise troops immediately. On the other hand, since the imperial court has made such a will, it is naturally ready to deal with the possibility that it may take risks. I'm afraid that there will be a move on my side, and the forbidden army loyal to the court has already come to the door. Therefore, in the face of this holy decree that almost completely stifled his ill-intentioned intentions, Zhang Yongde could only pinch his nose and admit it first, and then make plans after taking office in Lanzhou.

Facts have proved that Zhang Yongde's choice and judgment are correct. At the same time that the Chinese envoy went to Zhangfu to announce the decree, Han Tong, a hardcore supporter of the Later Zhou court and the deputy commander of the pro-military division of the guards, had also secretly mobilized a large number of elite forbidden troops loyal to the imperial court to deploy defenses in the capital. Once there is any change on Zhang Yongde's side, he will be wiped out by the other party immediately.

It's just that there are pros and cons to everything. Although the deprivation of Zhang Yongde's military power and his transfer from the capital removed a very dangerous destabilizing factor for the Later Zhou court, it also removed the biggest and most threatening obstacle to his ascension to the pinnacle of power for Zhao Kuangyin, thus completely breaking the original delicate balance in the Later Zhou court. Although the Later Zhou Imperial Court imposed the necessary restrictions on Zhao Kuangyin when it was appointed to act as the agent of the Imperial Forbidden Army, it is difficult to say how much of a role such restrictions could play before the connections of the Zhao Group in the Imperial Forbidden Army were completely eliminated - after all, for most of the generals and soldiers of the Imperial Imperial Army, whether or not there was a formal appointment from the Imperial Division, Zhao Kuangyin was their immediate superior, and they would only follow him.

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