Chapter 42: Revealed
After Zhang Bangchang returned to Beijing, he was immediately received by the emperor, but he did not persuade the emperor to abdicate, but told the emperor the secret he got from the golden envoy Wang Wei, and this secret was about Zhao Ta, the king of Yan.
Zhang Bangchang saw that Wang Xiao had drunk too much, and wanted to get something from him, so he carefully expressed his worries, if things don't work out, he might be killed if he didn't say anything about his Dazai's position. Wang Xiao laughed and said that he didn't have to worry about this matter, no matter whether this matter was successful or not, he would not be killed, and the position of Dazai was still his. Zhang Bangchang was shocked and hurriedly asked the reason, and Wang Wei told the truth of the matter...
"What did Wang Xiao say?" This thing is too bizarre, Jianxi couldn't help but ask.
"That Wang Wei said, your Prince Yan of the Great Song Dynasty is too powerful, our Dajin has suffered big losses in his hands many times, not only in Taiyuan, but also the King of Yan secretly colluded with the remnants of the Liao State to send the Hedong Army to help them seize Xijing, which caused Dajin to fail to capture Yunzhou in accordance with the covenant and return it to the Great Song Dynasty, so that the two countries had a disagreement!" Junko said.
"Go on!" Seeing the joy and seeing the prince smiled, this thing is indeed true, it was the prince who did it.
"Wang Xiao also said that the reason why they Dajin dared to go south for the second time was because King Yan was transferred back to Beijing by the emperor from Hedong, and there was one less strong enemy, and he wanted to take him as a hostage to completely get rid of him, but he didn't expect that in addition to the fork in the middle, he led his troops to defeat them in Ligudu!" Junko continued.
"This Wang Xiao is right, how can it be unfavorable to the prince?" Seeing that the prince said strangely, but the prince just smiled and motioned to Shunzi to continue.
Zhang Bangchang was also very strange at that time. Asked Wang Wei Since there is King Yan here, why do they still let themselves persuade the emperor to abdicate? Wang Xiaocai said. When the prince was in Hedong, he rescued the capital of the Jin State and the army of Wan Yan Xianye. Therefore, the two became friends and once revealed their self-reliance, so in the case of a long war, Xian also wrote a letter to the prince, as long as the north of the Yellow River was ceded to the Jin State, he would help the prince ascend to the throne! ”
"It's... Isn't this a shadowless thing, that Zhang Bangchang is a pig's brain, and he also believes it? "I was surprised to see the joy, this is a shadowless thing.
Zhang Bangchang didn't believe it either. But Wang Xiao said that the prince defeated the Jin army with 40,000 people, and now there are more than 100,000 people in his hands, why is he stagnant and negotiate peace with the Jin army, it is because the prince agrees with the opinion of Xianye, and now Zong Han withdraws the army from Hedong to make way for the old department of the prince to let them go south to join the prince, and prepare to implement the military advice and let the emperor abdicate, but the prince does not want to fall into the notoriety of killing his brother and seizing the throne, so he asked Zhang Bangchang to return to Beijing to persuade the emperor to abdicate, once the emperor does not agree. The prince joined forces with the Jin army to attack Bianjing and forcibly seize the throne, so his Dazai position will be reserved for him! Junko said.
"Where did you get these?" Zhao Ta asked after drinking a glass of wine.
"Lord Wang, his subordinates used a nail in the palace, and a friend of his was on duty in the palace when Zhang Bangchang reported to the emperor. So listen to the details! Junzi poured wine for the prince and said.
"Has it been verified?" Zhao asked again.
"The prince has verified it, I secretly bought Wang Wei's personal entourage, and what he said is basically consistent with what Zhang Bangchang said!" Junko said. When the prince set up the intelligence department, it was stipulated that there should not be only one channel for collecting intelligence, but it must be verified by multiple channels.
"It doesn't matter if it's real or not. If the emperor doesn't believe it, he will have it! Seeing that the prince was silent, he just ate the duck silently. Wrapped a lotus leaf cake in the prince a few times.
"Xiye is wrong, the prince is the most dangerous time now!" Junko shook her head and said.
"How so? Now the emperor loves the prince very much, and also gave him a jade belt, and has praised the prince for his bravery and good fighting in front of the ministers many times, and in the danger of saving the country, as long as the emperor does not move the prince, who can help the prince! Jianxi argued.
"See, you still have to learn from Shunzi in this regard, Shunzi, tell me the reason, see if we think the same!" Zhao Ta knocked it with chopsticks, and said with a smile.
"After the emperor recalled the prince from Zhaozhou, he secretly sent Tang Ke to Zhaozhou, there must be two purposes, one is to stabilize the morale of the army, and the other is to negotiate with Jinhe. The reason why he didn't attack the prince, but only secretly guarded against it, is because now the prince has defeated the Jin army in a row, and his reputation is very high, especially among the people, which is just to win the hearts of the people; The other is that he is worried that if the army in Zhaozhou is convicted, it will cause a mutiny! Therefore, now the emperor must reach a peace agreement with the Jin people as soon as possible, and after the Jin army retreats, he will dismiss the Hebei army, and then dispose of the prince! Junko said.
"If the emperor thinks that the prince is treason and rebellion, why wait until the Jurchens withdraw from the army, he can take down the prince now, and then announce it to the world, wouldn't it be unruly, isn't he afraid that the prince will rebel first?" Seeing Xi pouting and saying, obviously unconvinced by the prince's praise of Shunzi.
"It's... Thinking about it, the emperor also felt that things were strange, and thought that it would be difficult to convince the public to deal with the prince just because Zhang Bangchang heard the drunken words of a golden man, and it would happen again if he didn't make it happen, so he must want to wait for the real evidence of the so-called collaborator before dealing with it! Junko said uncertainly.
"Yes, the emperor is waiting for the letter that the oblique also gave me, otherwise he won't be able to block the world's Youyou!" Zhao Ta drank the wine and said heavily on the table.
Shunzi's words solved the doubts that had plagued Zhao Ta for a long time, he was very clear about the form he was in, in the emperor's brother's heart, the person who posed the greatest threat to his throne was his father Zhao Ji, and the other was himself, he thought that he was even more threatening to him than the Jurchens, and since he took the throne, he had taken a series of measures against his father, Emperor Zhao Ji.
This kind of prevention reached its peak after he relieved the siege of Taiyuan, and the emperor, knowing that he could expel Zong Han from Daizhou and recapture Yanmen, not only strictly ordered Li Gang not to support him, but instead forced him to withdraw his army, disbanded the reinforcements in the river, and then used his reluctance to give up his family affection to force him to return to Beijing with the princess and the queen mother as hostages.
After returning to Beijing, if there was no second invasion of the Jurchens, his fate would be a famous Xiaoyao King at best, and at worst, he would be grounded in the palace like his father. And after the invasion of the Jin army, he fought against Jin, which made Zhao Huan feel that he was difficult to control, and he had already moved to kill, and after the Jurchens proposed to take him as a hostage, they sent him to the Jin camp knowing that there was no one available in the court, so as long as he grabbed the handle this time, he would never let go of himself again... (To be continued......)