Bianjing City, Anwang Mansion.

Today is very lively, and all the princes of the Zhao family came to celebrate the birthday of the old princess, that is, the mother of Zhao Zhen, the king of An.

Of course, the birthday celebration or something is just a reason, as the protagonist of the birthday banquet, the old princess who is already old and dizzy just went through the motions, and was soon sent back to her courtyard by the subordinates, and then the children of the Zhao family were taken to the study by King An to start a secret meeting.

The theme of the meeting revolves around Zhao Di, before Zhao Di's return, the Zhao clan is not optimistic, after all, a sinner has no power in his hands, even if he returns, what storm can he set off.

However, as the battle between Zhao Di and the bosses of the DPRK and China became white-hot, a group of children of the Zhao clan who were overwhelmed by the bigwigs of the DPRK seemed to see hope, and they gathered together today to discuss whether they could join this battle.

After all, Zhao Di's ability has brought confidence to the Zhao family in these few rounds, although they were suppressed by the officials in the court, but they each inherited the title, and they all have their own positions in the court, and now Zhao Di is most lacking in the power of the court, and these people still have some weight in the court when they join forces, so they think that if they go to negotiate with Zhao Di, they will definitely be able to reach a joint alliance.

Therefore, the next question about how to form an alliance is the focus of their discussion this time.

Zhao Zhen, the king of An, is the same generation as Zhao Di and Zhao He, and he is also the highest status among the children of the Zhao family.

Although Zhao Zhen's intelligence is not high, he is calm, so although he has been suppressed by the bigwigs in the court over the years, he can still stabilize his Zhao family's one-third of an acre of land in the court, which is also the reason why the children of the Zhao family are willing to surround him.

However, it is a pity that the children of the Zhao family have not appeared in any outstanding figures over the years, on the contrary, on the contrary, there are mostly children of the Zhao family, even if some young people who are willing to work hard are mostly mediocre in talent, and in the end they can only take the path of martial arts, but martial arts also need talent, and it is difficult to get ahead in the army, after all, the current Great Song Dynasty is based on the national policy of literature and martial arts.

There was a lot of noise in the study, but there was no one who could really give useful advice, and in the end, Zhao Zhen could only set his eyes on the two important staff members on his left and right.

After receiving Zhao Zhen's gaze, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe in his thirties on the left coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, listen to Xu Mou's words, there is no point in arguing like this. ”

The person who spoke was surnamed Xu Mingdian, and he was a scholar, although his identity was far less noble than that of the Zhao family's children, but the Great Song Dynasty had always been a higher level of literati, so even if Xu Dian was a scholar, he didn't have to deliberately flatter these dragon sons and grandsons, not to mention that he was also a powerful strategist around Zhao Zhen, so he was very calm in the face of these Zhao children.

Seeing Xu Dian speak, these Zhao disciples also slowly stopped arguing, most of these people had been in contact with Xu Dian, and knew that this guy still had some ability.

Seeing that everyone stopped arguing, Xu Diancai then spoke: "My prince means to send someone to contact the king of Di first, and touch the bottom of the king of Di, although we have our own advantages, but from the king of Di came to Bianjing Star without contacting us at all, it can be seen that he still has rejection of us in his heart, so whether he can join forces is still unknown, as for the conditions of cooperation or something, don't think about it yet, everyone had better think about what to send to talk to King Di, this is the key." ”

Xu Dian actually looked down on these Zhao disciples a little bit in his heart, but he also knew that his master needed these people to support his façade, otherwise he would be alone in the court, so he had to cheer up and deal with these people.

These guys don't have any brains, and they haven't even started to cooperate, and they are constantly jumping out of all kinds of strange conditions.

I don't look at what they have to do, do I really think that Zhao Di is muddy, as long as they find the door and go to the door, they will greet each other.

As soon as Xu Dian said this, all the Zhao family disciples below were a little unhappy, so many of them had their own status in the court, and they really didn't think that Zhao Di had any reason to push their alliances out.

Someone spoke: "Rejection? What qualifications does he Zhao Di have to exclude us? Without our support in the court, he Zhao Di can restore his clan status so easily?" Obviously, this guy thinks that Zhao Di can restore the identity of the Zhao clan, and there is still some influence of these Zhao clan disciples in the court.

Many people nodded secretly, feeling that what their brother said was very reasonable.

Xu Dian secretly laughed at the self-righteousness of these guys in his heart, but he did not disobey on his face, but nodded slightly: "This is naturally true, but he may not appreciate King Di, after all, your family did not stand up for King Di back then, and King Di must still have a mustard in his heart." ”

He could only use this reason to prevaricate these people, but this reason somewhat made these people agree with each other, so everyone calmed down.

Xu Diancai continued: "So everyone should think about who to send to be this lobbyist, this person must have enough weight and be able to be persuasive enough." ”

As for convincing Zhao Di, these Zhao disciples naturally didn't think they had that ability, and they didn't have any powerful roles under them, so everyone looked at Xu Dian and another staff member, and said, "Mr. Xu and Mr. Peng, you two are very good." ”

Xu Dian also expected everyone to recommend himself and Peng Huaicai, originally this bureau was set up by them and Zhao Zhen, because they also knew what Zhao Zhen's children and nephews were, and the reason why they gathered them together was to let them have a sense of participation, and secondly, to lead to some of the next conditions.

Seeing that these guys had taken the bait, Xu Dian nodded slightly and said, "It's okay to let me go, but if you say it first, if King Di makes a request to us, you need to give me a certain amount of discretion on the spot, otherwise this negotiation is likely to collapse." ”

"Ah, he's still going to make a request?"

"What do you think Mr. Xu will ask for?"

"What if he asks too much?"

"Won't let us rebel with him, will you?"

Obviously, these people are very cautious about Zhao Di's request, and there will definitely be interests involved, and of course these people attach great importance to their own interests.