Chapter 324: Knocking on the Mountain and Shaking the Tiger
"King Kang thinks he knows me very well, thinks that I am a person who regards my face as his life, and would rather let others bear me, but I will not fail others, thinking that as long as the abdication is known to the world, I will obediently give up the throne. And whether it is the emperor or the king of Liao who reascends the throne and leaves him a chance, then I will give him a chance to watch the play! "Now that the cause, process, mastermind and purpose of the 'abdication' incident have been investigated, Li Jun asked for a decisive deal and arrested King Kang to prevent changes, but Zhao Ta refused.
"Your Majesty, what your subordinates are worried about is that once King Kang discovers that there is fraud in it, he will take risks and do things that are not conducive to His Majesty!" Li Jun said, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that King Kang was really blind and now he still regarded His Majesty as a 'good person', I don't know how many people in Lu Dao have been killed by him over the years, but there are no good people among them.
"You're right, but in my estimation, the target of his attack is the King of Liao, not me!" Zhao Ta pouted and said with a smile.
"Why is that? His majesty is the biggest obstacle to his ascension to the throne, and the King of Liao will be the step of his ascendancy, and if he wants to be unfavorable to the King of Liao, it will not destroy his future! Li Jun's mind couldn't keep up with the emperor's thinking again, so he asked for an explanation.
"I said that it was not good for the King of Liao, but I didn't say that I must kill him!" Zhao Ta smiled evilly, "King Kang has decided that I will give way, but I also understand that I will not give it to him." Now he has portrayed me as a loyal, brave and benevolent ruler, but at the same time, he is worried that the fake will become true, so I will continue to stay in office with the unanimous support of the government and the opposition. Therefore, he must strike again at the right time to turn me into a backshit, a target of crusade, and the easiest way is to assassinate the King of Liao! ”
"Hmm. His Majesty's analysis is very correct, King Kang made people play a scene of assassinating the King of Liao. Then you can easily achieve the goal of slandering the Holy Reputation, and your heart can be punished! Li Jun said hatefully. Since His Majesty has seen through King Kang's tricks, why did he take it down? ”
"Hmph, if you arrest him at this time, won't you be guilty of killing my brother?" Zhao Ta said.
"Your Majesty, we can't be indifferent and watch King Kang's plan be implemented, right?" Li Jun said that he knew that the current affairs not only involved state affairs, but also involved the emperor's family affairs, and the emperor did not go through the various ministries and departments of the court. Instead, he investigated and dealt with this matter through the Intelligence Department, which was nothing more than the consideration that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so he felt that if he said too much, he would lose, and it was better for the emperor to have a big idea.
"Of course we can't sit back and watch him put pots on our heads, and we have to give them a warning!" Zhao Ta sneered and said, passive defense is not his character, he is about to start counterattacking, "King Kang, we can't move now, but we can cut off his minions." Pull out his mouthpiece! ”
"Your Majesty's intention is to cut off King Kang's Zhuangzi outside the capital and eliminate the Tai students who are mixed in the Guozi Prison!" Li Jun said.
"Well, Zhao Zhong has already led the Fourth Guards Brigade to Dengzhou to protect the safety of King Liao along the way, and the action team of your Intelligence Department will also send people to secretly assist. Hunt down the lurking Assassins; The affairs on Zhuangzi's side will be handed over to Erwa to deal with; The officials placed in the court by King Kang's Mansion should not move yet, but you can give them some hints, and when the matter calms down, the officials will deal with it; As for those students, let them disappear! Zhao Ta thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty. How to deal with King Kang's mansion? Li Jun nodded and asked again.
"What else can a tiger without minions do, withdraw all our people from King Kang's Mansion!" Zhao Ta took a sip of herbal tea and said. When he withdrew all the nails in his mansion, it was tantamount to telling King Kang that if he had the ability, you should toss it to see if I could not clean you up.
"Your Majesty, this trick is powerful to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger!" Li Jun had to admire the emperor. If you come in secret, I will go in secret, even if I do you, it will not hurt the face of the royal family......
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Several groups of people in Beijing began to act separately, and the group that greeted Zhao Huan from Dengzhou had also embarked on the journey back. Li Gang was the prime minister of the Jingkang Dynasty, and it is said that he had a friendship with Zhao Huan, but the two felt embarrassed when they met. After Zhao Ta succeeded to the throne, he reactivated Li Gang, and with his assistance, he realized the revival of the Great Song Dynasty. The fact that the two dynasties were the same person and the results were very different is a very ironic scene in itself.
Li Gang did not treat Zhao Huan slowly because of past grievances, and after taking Zhao Huan off the ship, he first greeted him with the courtesy of a courtier, which was regarded as the friendship of the original monarch and minister. After reading out the edict that he was the king of Liao, Zhao Huan and Li Gang gave each other a salute, but at this time it was already a peaceful meeting, according to the Great Song Dynasty etiquette, although the prime minister and the prince are all the same product, but the status of the prime minister is higher than that of the prince, but Li Gang is still very respectful, but it is impossible to change the fact that the two are in the same palace as ministers.
Because Zhao Huan traveled non-stop all the way from Wuguo City to Dengzhou, he couldn't help but be tired, and rested in Dengzhou for a few days before returning to Beijing again. It's the hot summer season, and they don't travel much, so they rest at the post house. In the first few days, Zhao Huan was still submissive, everything was arranged by the arrangement, and he was polite to everyone. But the further he went, the more Li Gang found that something was wrong, and the King of Liao began to put up a score, and he also began to pick and choose about food and clothing, and he also yelled at his entourage, which may have hindered Li Gang's status so that he didn't do anything to him.
Li Gang was very puzzled by the huge changes before and after Zhao Huan, it is said that he was captured in a foreign country for the destruction of the country and the family, and he should be a man with his tail between his legs when he finally came back, and he was grateful to the emperor, but after receiving the edict, he should have expressed his gratitude and loyalty, but now he doesn't seem to have the consciousness of being a courtier, as if he forgot that there is such a thing, thinking that he is still the emperor when he comes back, and even began to point fingers at several brothers. Li Gang felt that something was wrong, so he asked the person who was serving the King of Liao to understand what was going on.
It turned out that the team to welcome the King of Liao put on such a big pomp, which showed the importance of the emperor, and of course the local officials did not dare to slack off to come to condole, and inadvertently talked about the abdication of the emperor and the obstruction of everyone's writing. This caused trouble, Zhao Huan didn't think it was true at first, but he couldn't stand it and spread it everywhere, he also felt that the second child was afraid of himself, and unconsciously put up a shelf. After a few days, there was already news that the emperor had expressed his attitude of abdicating the throne at the small court meeting, and some officials had actually made overtures to him in private, which made Zhao Huan even more convinced that he would be able to restore the throne after returning to Beijing......
"Zhao Dutong, what happened in the DPRK?" Li Gang was far away from the imperial court and could not know the exact news, and the emperor had no will, although he was in a hurry, he was helpless, and did not dare to take measures without authorization.
"Li Xiang, didn't you say in your will, someone wants to be unfavorable to the King of Liao, so he ordered the car to turn to the waterway, and Zhao Zhong, the commander of the guards, was responsible for guarding along the way!" Zhao Zhong said with a hippie smile.
"I'm not talking about this, is the rumor of the emperor's abdication true?" Li Gang lowered his face and asked in a low voice.
"Well, the rumors are true, Your Majesty is preparing to abdicate and take us around the world, will you go?" Zhao Zhong took Li Gang's arm and walked towards his room.
"What the hell is going on?" Li Gang knew that Zhao Zhong was the emperor's confidant, and the two of them mixed well, so he entered the house and broke free and asked.
"Li Gang takes the order!" Zhao Zhong closed the door and said in a solemn voice.
"Minister Li Gang takes the order!" Sure enough, Li Gang hurriedly picked up his clothes and knelt down.
"Li Xiang, please get up, this is a secret decree, and the last general will not dare to look at it!" Zhao Zhong waited for Li Gang to give a salute, picked him up, took out the holy decree from his arms, and held it with both hands.
"Hehe, I see!" Li Gang smiled as if he had been relieved after reading the holy decree. It is more of a letter written to him by the emperor than a decree, in which His Majesty told him exactly what was going on and what he was going to do, and explained his own countermeasures.
"Li Xiang, now there is a lot of turmoil in Beijing, the situation is very tense, the emperor has been forced to a dead end, I have to make this decision, now I am worried that the King of Liao does not know how to lift, if it is not for the strict order of His Majesty, I will also get rid of him!" Zhao Zhong said coldly, his body exuded a burst of murderous aura, he felt deeply injustice for the emperor, the king of Liao wanted to kill the emperor several times, but the emperor tried to get it back from the Jin country with virtue to repay his grievances, but he caused so much trouble to the emperor before he arrived.
"Zhao Dutong must not be rash, it is of great significance for the King of Liao to return to the country safely, and it is beneficial for the emperor to live than to die!" Li Gang immediately reminded Zhao Zhongdao after hearing this.
"Li Xiang, I still know this truth, the Jurchens sent the King of Liao back to show that they have confessed, if they die in our Great Song Dynasty again, whether the emperor does it or not, they will have a bad reputation for killing the monarch and usurping the throne!" Zhao Zhong said.
"If you want the King of Liao to give up the idea of resetting, it's not impossible, but you still need Zhao Dutong to cooperate!" Li Gang said.
"The last general is willing to serve!" Zhao Zhong bowed and said......
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Huan woke up early, not because he was diligent, but because he had developed a habit in Jinguo. He is now much more energetic after these days of recuperation, his rickety waist is also straight, and he seems to be a few years younger when he puts on the royal robe.
"Who's making a noise outside the inn?" Before Zhao Huan could get up, he heard a noisy mess outside, and he asked loudly.
"Lord Yu, it seems that the students of Qingzhou Mansion School want to see you, and they are blocked outside the courtyard by the guards and sergeants!" The little yellow door outside the house ran in and said back.
"Oh, they want to see me... What is the matter with this king? Zhao Huan said, accidentally walked his mouth, and quickly changed the way.
"Lord Wang, I can't hear it clearly, it seems that someone is shouting something to give way, abdicate, reset or something!" Xiao Huangmen replied with a low brow.
"Really?! Give me a change of clothes and go out and have a look! Zhao Huan said with a smile on his face...... (To be continued......)