Chapter 199: The Heart of Defense
On December 24, Zhao Heng summoned the ministers in the Chongzheng Palace, and Dazai and his subordinate Bai Shizhong led hundreds of civil and military officials to congratulate. Zhao Ji lived in Longde Palace, the prime minister led hundreds of officials to greet him in the court, and the chief executive went to Huchun Hall to meet Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji cried, and all the officials also cried. This made Zhao Heng very unhappy, but it was not easy to attack at this time, and he gave amnesty to the world as usual, and rewarded the important ministers.
At this time, the southward Jin army was approaching day by day, and Zhao Heng first ordered Liang Fangping to lead 40,000 forbidden troops in Beijing to Junzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River to fortify and prevent the Jin army from crossing the river. After so many years of 'recuperation', the forbidden army guarding the capital is no longer the tiger and wolf force of the year, the relationship between the military and the people is not bad, and they also performed acrobatics for the people of Kaifeng who saw them off. One by one, they got on the horse tremblingly, hugged the horse's neck, and when the horse moved, it fell down with a crackle, bringing bursts of 'laughter' to the people.
A few days later, Zhao Hengzun honored Zhao Ji as the sect leader Daojun Taishang Emperor and retired to Longde Palace; Empress Zheng is the Empress of Daojun Taishang, who moved to Ningde Palace and is called the Empress Dowager of Ningde; Empress Zhu, the daughter of Zhu Bocai, the envoy of the Wukang Army, was once registered as the crown princess and was in the middle palace; Posthumously crowned his father's uncle as the king of Enping County.
Zhao Huan thanked Li Bangyan for his protection, and still took Li Bangyan as the Dazai, Zhang Bangchang as the Shaozai, Wu Min as the Privy Council, and the prince Geng Nanzhong as the Shangshu Zuocheng, signed the Privy Council, and awarded Li Gangbing the Ministry of Servants, because of the prestige of Yuwen Xu, and the Shaanxi veteran Seed Master Dao, Yao Gu is very friendly, Zhao Huan appointed him as the envoy of Hebei and Hedong Road, and went to summon Shaanxi soldiers to rescue Bianjing, and at the same time sent Li Ye to the Jin Army in the matter, report to Neizen, and please repair.
Another Zhao Huan promoted his uncle Wang Zongmi. Replaced Gao Yu in charge of the official affairs of the front of the palace, this position is the important position of the head of the forbidden army in the capital and the palace. He instructed him to ban the brigade and protect the temple rock. Guarding the Jingshi and consolidating the royal family, but he is a straw bag and is not a general, but this is a relative, so that Zhao Huan can firmly control the military power in his own hands.
The personnel in various positions have also been replaced by their own people, and the father has also been settled, so Zhao Ji will not be allowed to manipulate or even interfere in the government from now on, and he will not even be given the opportunity to inquire. But Zhao Huan still felt a cool breeze coming from the back of his neck, and he couldn't sleep steadily. Because now the Imperial City Division responsible for protecting the palace is still in the hands of the third Zhao Kai, he is his sworn enemy, and he has always coveted his position as the crown prince, not to mention, and an incident that happened on the night of the succession has always made him angry...
In Zhao Kai's thoughts, the position of the crown prince is just to let the eldest brother sit temporarily, and sooner or later he will return to his buttocks, but he didn't expect the sudden change in the situation, and the news came out in the palace that the father actually secretly gave the throne to the eldest brother without telling everyone. This shocked him incomparably, where was he willing to do it, his heart was like a fire, surrounded by dozens of palace attendants, and he hurriedly crossed the "flying bridge and re-road" between the forbidden middle school and the palace. went straight to the palace gate and tried to force the palace.
It was He Guan who was in charge of the palace guards that night, and of course he had already received the order. I already know who will let in and who won't. Seeing Zhao Kai coming violently, he immediately blocked this group of uninvited guests. How could Zhao Yan put him in his eyes and asked, "Alone in the palace to visit the official's house." Is there anything wrong? Doesn't the Taiwei know this king? ”
He Guan put the shining sword horizontally and showed the signboard first: "Holy Command, no one is allowed to enter tonight unless they are summoned." If you want to break through, I don't know the prince with the sword in my hand! Then He Guan gently persuaded: "Besides, what is the use of you even if you go in?" The emperor has to ask the crown prince to succeed to the throne, but he didn't let you come, the throne has been decided, and everything is too late. Zhao Yan immediately knew that at this time, the wood had become a boat, the general trend had gone, and he was afraid that he would not have a chance to take the throne in this life, so he cried and left!
How could Zhao Huan forget about this kind of dangerous person, besides, his younger brother has been riding on his neck to shit for so many years, and now he can't be tolerated by anything, so he has been in charge of the Imperial City Division for a long time with Wang Yun, and he has been dismissed from his ministry. It means that Zhao Kai has been in this critical position for too long, so let's change his position!
Then Zhao Huan issued a decree to change the title of Zhao Kai as Fengxiang Zhangde Army Festival Envoy, Fengxiang Mu and Xiangzhou Mu. Ascending and descending, he completely lost his actual power, and swept away a major obstacle to his own power. And the third brother Yun Wang Zhao Kai, who was once high-spirited and competed with the crown prince for the throne, has since retired from politics, and there is another senior prisoner in the capital who receives a salary and lives in a mansion.
"Master, now that the Jin army is pressing step by step, but there are few good generals in the court, will Prince Yan be recalled to lead the army to resist the enemy?" Zhao Huan has been struggling for so many years, and there are few people available under him, especially military talents, although there is a Li Gang in charge of the military department, but he is a civilian official just to catch ducks on the shelves, so he thinks of his second brother Zhao Tan, but he is not sure that he only needs to consult Geng Nanzhong.
"Your Majesty, don't do it!" Geng Nanzhong was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly dissuaded.
"Prince Yan conquered Western Xia, won many battles, and his martial arts did not allow Fan and Han to take on this responsibility, now is the time to employ people, is there anything wrong?" Geng Nanzhong's reaction was so fierce that Zhao Huan was very puzzled, and he asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because Prince Yan can fight habitually that he cannot be summoned to Beijing at this moment!" Geng Nanzhong sighed and said, the emperor is still too tender, "Your Majesty still remember the dispute between the prince and the prince that day, Daojun once wanted to establish his unprince, if Prince Yan is also in Beijing today, whether His Majesty can inherit the unification is still unknown, at this moment, the servants in the palace are all saying that the Daojun Zen position is lost, and letting him enter Beijing at this moment is not asking for trouble!" ”
"Oh, what the master said is true! But how does Prince Yan settle down, he has been in charge of the foreign side for a long time, what if he is dissatisfied with my accession to the throne? Zhao Huan nodded, completely forgetting who helped him out of the siege at his most difficult time that day, this is really the ass decides the head, as soon as he heard Geng Nanzhong say that Zhao Ta might threaten his position, his attitude immediately changed greatly, from use to prevention.
"Although His Majesty has ascended the throne, but there is a strong enemy outside to retreat, and there are traitors inside who have not been eliminated, Prince Yan will not move for the time being, His Majesty can issue a decree to reward him for reassuring his heart, and he must not be called back to Beijing to lead the army, and the Daojun seized his power the day before yesterday because he was also friendly with Jin Guo's voice and strong obliqueness, if they really colluded, it would be easy to seize the throne!" Geng Nanzhong said.
"Well, the master's intention is to slow down, but if he refuses to give in, what will happen if he uses us to spread the world's insistence on entering Jingqinwang?" Seeing that Geng Nanzhong said seriously, Zhao Huan was timid for a while and had no idea.
"It's okay, Your Majesty only needs to be appeased with good words, and order the guards to monitor him and not leave without permission, and it is all in vain if he has no soldiers in his hands, but as soon as the Jin soldiers retreat, His Majesty's foundation is also stable, what else to fear!" Geng Nanzhong stroked his beard and smiled. (To be continued......)