If the matter of 'abdicating the throne' was said to be just a rumor in the past, and some people were still lucky, the emperor would come out sooner or later to refute the rumors. But now that Zhao Ta has made his attitude clear in the court discussion, it is not a joke, although the final decision was made because of Cheng Chen Dong's death in the imperial history, but it is enough to show that the emperor has the intention of abdicating, and the peace with Jin is at a climax, which clearly shows that he is doing the aftermath work!

As soon as the news came out of the court meeting, it was like sprinkling salt in a pan of oil, triggering another round of royalism, and if the previous one could be called a typhoon, then now it was a hurricane. In the previous turmoil, the business community and the students could be called the main force, then this time the peasants played a role in promoting it, and the Gyeonggi Fourth Road was the first to attack, and the elders of the countryside in various prefectures and counties formed a petition group to go to Beijing to petition, begging the emperor not to abdicate.

Then the wind began to spread to the two rivers and the east of the river, and the non-governmental petition groups embarked on the road to Beijing to petition, while the south was relatively calm. In fact, it is easy to understand that the Lianghe and Gyeonggi regions were the hardest hit areas during the invasion of the Jin army during the Jingkang period, and the loss of property and population was huge, if it was not for Zhao Ta to send troops to take it back, more people would be captured to the northeast as slaves, so the people here hate Zhao Huan, but they are grateful for Zhao Ta.

Not to mention the Hedong and Northwest regions, which have been the base of Zhao Ta's business for many years, and have devoted a lot of effort to them. He not only expelled the Western Xia, recovered the Lingxia Prefectures, and brought peace to the northwest, but also twice used troops to resist the Jin, so that most of Hedong was saved from military fire. And with its efforts, a large amount of money has been invested to transform patches of barren land into fertile fields and pastures. And the mining field, the development of handicrafts, so that the people's livelihood has been greatly improved, of course, they will not forget this young prince who became the emperor.

However, another highlight of this movement was that neither the central government, nor the local state capitals, nor even the emperor's most trusted army did not speak out, but did their duty, trying to maintain the order of defending the land and maintain the normal operation of the state apparatus. As one of the initiators, the students also seem to have restrained their emotions a lot, and they no longer hold large-scale demonstrations. But they didn't give up their efforts. is still actively promoting the emperor's martial arts, as well as the achievements of the Great Song Dynasty over the years, of course, when he is excited, he will inevitably be disrespectful to Emperor Jingkang in his words......

But beneath the seemingly calm surface of the water are rough waves. The envoys of the Privy Council were all under secret orders from the Privy Council. Tell them to be on high alert. Cancel the vacation, closely monitor the local government and private movements, once there is a sign of 'falling emperor'. It can be severely suppressed immediately and reluctantly. Cho Yong also received an order to speed up the withdrawal of troops from Goryeo and return to the garrison in order to strengthen the defense of the Gyeonggi region. The naval divisions of Mingzhou, Haizhou, and Quanzhou were also authorized to send fleets into the Yangtze River in the event of an incident in Gyeonggi, take over the defense of the coastal provinces, and control the southeastern region.

Needless to say, these measures were all taken by Zhao Renhe and several military bigwigs in Beijing, and it must have been the emperor who instructed them. Zhao Ta knew very well that if the previous dynasties and even later generations wanted to rebel, they must master the barrel of the gun, and without the support of the army, everything was in vain, and a group of talented people were not the opponents of a group of soldiers armed with knives and guns. And the reason why he dared to deal with this crisis by retreating, and publicly expressed his position to abdicate the throne at the court meeting, but he was not worried that his throne would not be guaranteed, was that he had an army loyal to him.

Since the establishment of the army in Beifu more than 20 years ago, Zhao Ta has grasped the command and control of the army in his own hands, which is also his own place, and no one can intervene. Although so many years have passed, some of the veterans who fought with him died on the battlefield, some retired due to injuries, and some were disarmed and returned to the field, but those who remained were elites, and now the officers above the army command can be said to be the old team brought out by him, and their loyalty is beyond doubt.

Later, both the officers trained through the military academy and the newly recruited soldiers maintained the tradition and received the ideological education of loyalty to the monarch and defending the country, so in the hearts of the emperor, from the privy envoys at the top to the ordinary soldiers at the bottom, the emperor was the only commander of the army. No one else wants to interfere and meddle in the affairs of the army, which also ensures that Zhao Ta's orders will be unconditionally implemented by the army, and if you want to rebel, you have to see if they agree or not.

With the support of the army, Zhao Tan is not afraid of anyone making trouble in this turmoil, as long as he is willing, he can send the army to quell the turmoil at any time. But still, out of political considerations, he prioritized the use of force behind all options. Therefore, he openly put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance in front of people, but secretly made all kinds of arrangements, playing with intrigues and tricks, one set openly, but another set secretly. But he always pays attention to the changes in the situation, controls the overall situation, and waits for the most favorable opportunity to make a move.

At the same time that Zhao Ta dispatched troops to prepare for the response, Jianxi and Li Jun also made progress in tracking down the mastermind behind the scenes, and the source of the rumors of 'giving way' was indeed from the palace attendants, but the results were a little ridiculous......

After further investigation, when Emperor Taishang entered the palace to ask for the crime, all the little yellow doors in Ouchi who came into contact with this matter did not have the opportunity to listen closely, and they had never been to the tavern outside the Donghua Gate, let alone mentioned the matter to others. Just when the investigation once again reached a dead end, Jianxi suddenly remembered that there were not only inner servants, but also inner servants in the palace and various princes' mansions, and the emperor would definitely be accompanied by inner servants when he entered the palace. With a new idea, Jian Xi immediately expanded the scope of the investigation and focused on the attendants who entered the palace with the emperor, and sure enough, there was a breakthrough soon.

It is the royal prerogative to use the inner chamberlain, and if others want to use it, it is Yu Yue, and the crime of conspiracy is the lightest, and in addition to Ouchi, some royal princes also want to use the chamberlain, but they do not have the right to recruit and hire privately. The internal servants used by it are all uniformly deployed by the Great Interior, so it is very convenient for the chief manager to track down when he sees Xi, and soon his eyes fall on the little yellow door named Sun Qi who accompanied the Emperor Taishang into the palace that day, and secretly investigated him.

The investigation showed that this Sun Qi entered the palace at the age of twelve, stayed in the inner house for a few years, and there was nothing surprising, and was later transferred to Jinglong Palace to serve the Empress Dowager, but he was quickly appreciated by the Empress Dowager there, because he had the same unique skill as Gao Yu - Keju. Because this quickly became famous, although the Emperor Taishang lost power, he had a prominent reputation, and it was also a very face-saving thing to make friends with him. And Zhao Ji is a fun-loving person, and he is not short of money, so there are naturally some idlers who eat and drink around him.

When these idlers saw that Sun Qi was favored, they fought for him, saying that if he was born twenty years earlier to catch up with the reign of the emperor, he would definitely be able to surpass the high man with his skills, and he would definitely have to sit on high-ranking officials and ride horses, but he couldn't catch up with the good times, and now he can mix a few more taels of silver flowers. In fact, these are just scenes to make him happy.

But the speaker listened unintentionally, and Sun Qi took it to heart. Since then, Sun Qi has regarded himself as the second of Gao Yu, known as the 'Second Yu', and wants to become a minister like Gao Yu, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time and had no chance, the Emperor Taishang has abdicated and become the master of eating and waiting for death, and he is all under the fence, how can he give him these things he wants. But he didn't give up, he was still daydreaming of getting ahead, looking forward to the day when the emperor would clatter, the emperor would be able to reascend the throne, and his good days would come.

On that day, Emperor Taishang entered the palace to find the emperor and told the king of Liao about his return, but in fact, he warned the emperor not to be soft-hearted and give up the throne to the king of Liao. And although these two servants are the personal servants of the emperor, they can't let him stay by his side during the deliberations, and this kid listens from afar. Although he didn't hear the cause and effect clearly, he heard a few key words, plus his own conjecture, and understood that the emperor wanted to abdicate, but the emperor refused to let him give up to the king of Liao, but he reinstated the throne.

The good thing that he had been waiting for for a thousand years finally made him wait, and the second man was ecstatic, he naturally wanted to celebrate, so he sneaked to the tavern outside Donghua Gate and drank it. As a result, he naturally drank too much, and Eryu shared his joy with everyone, but because of the overdose, he didn't make it clear, and left half of his own fun, so that everyone understood that 'the emperor wants to give the throne to the King of Liao', which became the original version of the rumor......

Regarding the results of this investigation, he couldn't cry or laugh when he saw Xi, and Zhao Ta couldn't help but laugh. What the fuck is this called? A little yellow door who had delusions drank too much, and talked nonsense in the tavern but caused a big event that shook the Song Dynasty and the opposition, forcing him to 'give way' to calm the storm.

But then Li Jun's report made Zhao Ta unable to laugh. In the early days of the rumors of 'giving way', everyone thought it was a joke, but no one took it seriously. In the hearts of ordinary people, the emperor represents the supreme authority, owns the land and wealth of the world, who is the emperor is a good man, no one forces it, and no one robs it, so it will be easy to give it to others, isn't it sick, so no one believes that the emperor abdicated.

But there are still people like Eryu in the world, but he suffers from 'persecution paranoia'. The rumors of abdication flowed back into the palace through the little yellow doors who went out, and now the situation in the palace is as usual, and the emperor has no abnormal performance, everything is still running according to plan, and there is no sign of the change of dynasty, and the rumors have no market in the palace, which is still a joke.

But somehow the queen heard about it, but she took it seriously. A farce officially began, and various characters appeared one after another...... (To be continued......)