Although it was only half a day since Xu Xinsheng, Zhao Anyi and his party left Kaifeng, Wang Kunjun and others received a notice from Zheng Zhiwei from the "Hidden Garden", and Xu and Zhao and their entourage entered Beiping City before staying at the inn where they stayed, Liang Ziyue had already come to report the news of Xu and Zhao entering the city to several brothers. However, Xu Xinsheng came to visit all night on the night he arrived in Beiping City, which still made Wang Kunjun and others feel a little sudden, so that they had to order someone to bring Xu Xinsheng to the study to talk at the same time, and hurriedly sent someone to the head office of the "Datong Commercial Bank" to ask Jia Run'an to come over to accompany him.

Fortunately, the head office of the "Datong Commercial Bank" is not far from the Beiping Junjiedu Mansion, Xu Xinsheng and Wang Kunjun and other four committee members -- with the completion of the Taiyuan production base, the eldest brother Li Junwu handed over all the work there to Zhou Lei and Yu Wende, and he returned to Beiping to enjoy the blessings -- after seeing the courtesy and greetings, he sat down on the seat and drank a sip of tea, and Jia Run'an had already entered the study in a hurry. Jia and Xu naturally met much warmer and more cordial than when Xu Xinsheng met with Wang Kunjun and others. The two brothers chatted for a while about parting feelings and personal status, and Jia Runan also took the opportunity to ridicule Xu Xinsheng, who had married Zhao Pu's sister not long ago, and then ended the private chat on Wang Kunjun's reminder and turned the topic to business.

Since it is a serious matter, it is indispensable to talk about the purpose of Xu Xinsheng's northward trip this time, as well as the possible countermeasures on the side of the Beiping Army. Since Xu Xinsheng is now bent on joining the crossing team, he has nothing to hide from Wang Kunjun and others for the purpose of this trip, and said very happily: "This time the little brother and that Zhao Anyi came to Beiping together, and the person who did it must have guessed that the brothers must have guessed that they were ordered by Zhao Kuangyin to come to find out whether the Beiping army's position on Kaifeng has changed in the event of chaos, whether it will send troops to intervene in the major changes in Kaifeng City, and whether there are plans to conquer the Khitan in the near future." ”

Wang Kunjun and others are naturally well aware of Zhao Kuangyin's plans, and for them, they are more concerned about the time when Zhao Kuangyin will be in trouble, the support rate and support of the ministers of the DPRK and the central government for Zhao Kuangyin, and the relationship between him and Zhang Yongde. As for Xu Xinsheng, he already knew very well the attitude of the Beiping Army towards the chaos in Kaifeng last time he came, so he came to see Wang Kunjun and others this time, firstly, to provide answers to the above-mentioned questions that the other party was concerned about, and secondly, to discuss with everyone how to deal with Zhao Anyi's visit tomorrow, and how to give Zhao Kuangyin a clearer and more credible answer, so that he could let go of his hands and feet to do what he wanted to do.

Therefore, Xu Xinsheng paused slightly when he said this, and after confirming that Wang Kunjun and the others had no additional problems, he continued: "Although the last time the junior brother and Zhao Anyi came, the elder brothers had already given him a lot of hints and disguised promises, but because of the recent support of Chai Zongxun in the court and those civil and military ministers who were sincerely loyal to the Later Zhou royal family, he continued to implement the policy of weakening the military power of military generals and important ministers that Chai Rong began to implement before his death, so that Zhao Kuangyin's shili in the forbidden army was cut off a lot. made his self-confidence much weaker than when Chai Rong had just died. At the same time, Zhang Yongde, as his main opponent, although his subordinate Shili has also been reduced a lot, relatively speaking, it is less weakened than Zhao Kuangyin's side. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin, who originally thought that he had a chance to win and had enough time to win the support of more courtiers, could no longer sit firmly in Diaoyutai as before, and would take action when the time was fully ripe. Forced by the situation, he had to advance the time for his attack. And it is precisely because its strength has been weakened a lot in recent times that he has become more concerned and concerned about the movements of the Beiping Army. Especially when he had a head-on confrontation with his main rival Zhang Yongde because of that chair, the question of how the Beiping army would react was the most important thing he wanted to explore when he asked his younger brother and Zhao Anyi to go north this time. ”

"It seems that Zhao Kuangyin wants Brother Xu and Zhao Anyi to take a 'reassuring pill' from the Beiping Army to go back!" The eldest brother Li Junwu smiled when he heard this.

"Big brother is right." Zhang Weixin continued, "Chai Rong and Chai Zongxun's father and son implemented a series of policies to weaken the military power of military generals and ministers, which caused Zhao Kuangyin's strength to suffer a lot of losses. He was afraid that our brothers would see that his strength would become weaker and that he would have an opportunity, so he began to fight the idea of the Central Plains and became his strong opponent in the world. Or he thinks that his current strength is not enough to make great things, so he turns his attention to Zhang Yongde in order to seek greater benefits for the Beiping army - after all, the promise he made when he sent Brother Xu last time to give us the position of Yongzhen Beiping army and prince can only be fulfilled after taking power. Therefore, he is now beginning to feel at ease with our hints and disguised promises last time, so he once again sent Brother Xu and Zhao Anyi Beiping Beiping City to explore our bottom. ”

"In that case, then our brother will give him a 'reassuring pill' to eat." Xu Shaoan said disapprerovitously, "Let's still be like last time, we are still good at eating, drinking, and entertaining Zhao Anyi." Then when talking to him, I showed him openly or implicitly that we still abide by the original consensus, and our current goal is still to go north, and we will continue to go north to conquer the Khitan in the near future, and go straight to Linhuang Mansion. Brother, I think that since he was able to believe us last time, there should be no doubt about it this time. ”

Li Junwu waved his hand when he heard this, and said, "That being said. can think that Zhao Kuangyin is not a three-year-old child, if we don't let Brother Xu and them bring some convincing evidence back, where will he believe our statement so easily. Otherwise, why did he let Brother Xu and Zhao Anyi go to Beiping City again to find out our truth this time? ”

"Big brother doesn't have to worry about that." Zhang Weixin answered again, "With Zhao Kuangyin's shrewdness and the city government, of course, I will never pin my hopes on our few promises. However, my brother thinks that with the various arrangements and actions that our brothers have made since they knew that Chai Rong's illness had reappeared repeatedly and Chai Rong died, no matter how shrewd and cautious he Zhao Kuangyin was, he would not realize that our brothers were lying to him. This is because whether it is the propaganda and exaggeration at the beginning of the implementation of the 'Overlord Operation,' or the actual actions of the Northern Expedition in the two stages before and after, or even the adjustment of administrative divisions and military defense regions that are being formulated in order to have enough manpower for the purpose of going south, all of them reflect the 'ambition' of our Beiping Army to be in the north and have no heart. If Zhao Kuangyin needs evidence, these are the best answers. After all, it is common sense to infer that if we intend to chase the Central Plains, how could we start Jihua and implement such a large-scale adjustment of administrative and military divisions at such a critical time, and how could we spend so many manpower, material resources, and financial resources to conquer the Khitans? Besides, we still have the secret weapon of Brother Xu. He and Zhao Anyi, who was easily influenced by him, went to Zhao Kuangyin to say a few words of 'the Beiping Army will not go south', which is far more useful than saying a hundred words from our side.

As for why Zhao Kuangyin sent Brother Xu and Zhao Anyi to the north again this time, the brother thought that this was not only his cautiousness, but also because after his shili with Zhang Yongde, he no longer had an absolute advantage, for fear that Zhang Yongde would also come to make a deal with our Beiping Army like he did at the beginning, and attract the support and commitment of the Beiping Army with more favorable conditions. Although our relationship with Zhang Yongde is very bad, after all, many things are negotiable in the face of interests, and he, Zhao Kuangyin, will not take the risk of ignoring this possibility. Therefore, it is reasonable to send Brother Xu and Zhao Anyi to the north. ”

"Brother Zhang is right, Zhao Kuangyin sent his younger brother and Zhao Anyi to the north this time, the main reason is as Brother Zhang said, he is indeed afraid that the Beiping Army will doubt his ability to compete for that chair because of his weakened strength, and in order to protect his own interests, he will press Baogai on other Hou Zhou Shili. In that case, he will lose," Xu Xinsheng agreed.

"Although Zhao Kuangyin's strength has been weakened, but in terms of the current comparison of the liliang of all parties in the Zhou Dynasty, he still has a slight upper hand, and without our participation, the possibility of his final victory is still the greatest, and it is still the easiest for us to push him to a position that is only one step away from that chair. Therefore, unless there is a particularly major change, otherwise, we still have to give him this 'reassuring pill', and we must not let him lose before Zuihou takes a step. Wang Kunjun, who had not spoken, ended the discussion of whether it was a "reassuring pill" for Zhao Kuangyin in an affirmative tone.

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