After a few days, the Jin soldiers were divided into three teams, and the first two teams were escorting Zhao Heng north and leaving the customs from Shanhaiguan.

Finally, the last Jin soldiers also withdrew from Dingzhou City.

At this point, the Jin State held the Liaoyang Mansion of the Liao State and threatened the Xijin Mansion, and the north occupied all the original Liao borders in the Hulunbuir Prairie area as its own and confronted the Song Liao.

Although conflicts between several major powers are still inevitable, they are limited to small scales.

On the side of the Song State, since the withdrawal of the Jin State from Dingzhou, the princes of the Eighteenth Route and others gathered in the capital at the initiative of Empress Meng.

Before the official meeting with the royal family, it is necessary to hold an internal meeting, which is to hope to unify the mind to the greatest extent.

In order to provide enough pomp and circumstance for his own power and regent state affairs, Zhao Gou specially recruited envoys from Dongying, Liao, Xixia and other countries to help, and they each represented the strength of the side to prepare to congratulate King Kang on his accession to the throne.

Zhao Gou added nine tins and praised and worshipped the unknown, although he was not the emperor, but it was also one step away.

What's more, in the minds of many people, he Zhao Gou has long been a veritable imperial honor.

In fact, the main thing in this meeting was to test the change in the position of the princes of the Eighteen Roads, except for Kaiyuan of the Northwest Road, Cui Fuzhi of Hanzhong, and Zongze of Yingtianfu, the other people did not show too much enthusiasm, and could even be said to be indifferent.

The reason why they agreed to attend the meeting in the capital was partly for the sake of Empress Meng's face, after all, Empress Meng's status was so high in the Great Song Dynasty that even Emperor Huizong and Empress Wang could not compare with her.

This day was in the middle of the lunar month, and a grand round table was held in the palace.

There are Li Gang, the general of Kyoto Prefecture, and his son, the princes of the Eighteen Roads, princes, and so on.

Empress Meng said: "The Empress Dowager and the Empress are peaceful nobles, so it is naturally inconvenient to meet with the generals and princes who have been in a hundred battles, so they just entrusted the palace to preside over today's meeting." Now the emperor has been coerced by the people of the Jin country to go to the north, and the Jin country has not entrusted people to send the ransom, and the envoys we sent have not replied, I am afraid that they have been harmed by the people of the Jin country. With the brutality of the Jin Kingdom, the emperor is more auspicious this time. Today, the sages are all here, that is, to elect this person who is in line with the power of state affairs, or to share the government with the queen mother and queen of the two palaces, and maintain the normal operation of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Several princes said: "Before Emperor Huizong ascended, the imperial court was the emperor and the eighth prince Zhao Gooneng led the troops, and there were grand plans, I can't wait." This position must be the Eighth Prince. ”

Zong Ze said: "Yingtianfu is closer to Daze District, and I also heard that the Eighth Prince did a big thing in Daze District and the surrounding areas. The eighth prince is not only able to lead soldiers, but also has a benevolent heart and cares about the common people. ”

After Zong Ze finished speaking, everyone's eyes looked at Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou had a calm expression, and when everyone looked at him, he also looked at everyone, but he didn't speak.

Actually, it's not yet time for him to speak.

Sure enough, it was a person who shouted: "Since you have all chosen Prince Kang, what are you calling us to do?" ”

Everyone followed the prestige and saw that the person who spoke was Duan Yin, the envoy of the Southwest Road Sichuan and Guizhou Jiedu.

This man is in his forties, born with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, a leopard's head and eyes, and at first glance he is not a good person, or he is also unworthy of courage in the battle array.

As soon as Duan Yin's words landed, someone chimed in: "Emperor Huizong has many descendants, there are three princes under the emperor, and there are four princes under the three princes, all of whom are benevolent and filial piety. ”

It was Xiangyang who commanded Tan Junxian who said this, with a long jade face, wearing a cloth coat and a scarf, talking and laughing, elegant temperament, a pair of phoenix eyes seemed to be smiling all the time, and it seemed that he was always tempting.

Everyone opened the conversation box one after another, and began to discuss among the princes, thinking that which one was better, each holding their own opinions, and even fighting for red faces.

Suddenly, a bearded strong man got up and shouted: "This is the Antiy Conference, but I don't expect that all the generals who are presiding over it are all ghosts all the way!" If it is spread out, it will make the world's teeth cold! ”

Everyone immediately fell silent, and their eyes were directly attracted by this person.

This person is the commander of Caizhou Guan Shanyuan, his subordinates are Caizhou garrison Jianghuai as many as 30,000 elite soldiers, responsible for the coastal defense of the south of the Yangtze River and the safety of the Grand Canal, located in the land of fish and rice, near the water and the first to get the moon, the richest army is this army.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Guan Shan said angrily: "The emperor has not come back from the Jin Kingdom now, and the generals and princes don't want to find a way to save the emperor from coming back. ”

Empress Meng said with a smile: "Commander Guan is serious, as you can see, we are here today, it is for the country and the people's livelihood, otherwise how dare you work for all your generals?" Especially you, General Guan, since Emperor Huizong, has been a rich place appointed by the Mongolian court, and if General Guan turns his face with the imperial court, the Jiangnan African imperial court will also have it. Now that there are great changes in the imperial court, you, General Guan, should be more patient and not start disputes indiscriminately. Otherwise, with your position, it will be difficult to explain on the scene. ”

Guan Shanyuan's face darkened, and he sat down indignantly. He wouldn't fail to understand what Empress Meng meant, which was threatening to replace him.

The generals talked a lot, seeing that the time was fleeting, and the wine in the cup was cold.

Zong Ze said proudly: "Why don't we all listen to what Queen Meng has to say." ”

It wasn't interesting for the generals to see that they were fighting back and forth, but they agreed at the same time, just to see what Queen Meng said.

Empress Meng said: "The meaning of the two palaces, as well as the meaning of this palace, is to combine the meaning of all the adults, and there is no more suitable for the right to regent state affairs than King Kang Zhao Gou." Zhao Gouquan's regent affairs are inappropriate in three ways, the first is Zhao Gou's eighth, the second is that Zhao Gou's mother is humble and has died early, and the third and most important thing is that Zhao Gou is lustful. However, Zhao Gou has one thing that he has to do, Zhao Gou can fight habitually, has a general talent, and in this critical autumn of survival, this alone is enough. ”

After Empress Meng finished speaking, she looked at Zong Ze and the others, and Zong Ze and the others understood, so they took the lead and shouted: "Long live King Kang!" Long live King Kang! ”

They took the lead in shouting, so that those who were still hesitant also shouted, and Zhao Gou's support rate formed a crushing trend.

However, just when everyone thought that the general trend had been decided, they suddenly heard a sneer: "Queen Meng is the eighth prince, there is nothing wrong with this!" ”

Everyone looked at the man, and it turned out to be Li Gang, the Minister of Defense of the capital, a seventy-year-old man who was still in good spirits.

Chong Kaiyuan said coldly: "Master Li has something to say, the soil is buried up to his neck, is this to confess his last words?" ”

Li Gang said in a loud voice: "The old man has something to say, that is, to report the emperor's favor and report to the people." The lust of the eighth prince is already well known, and on this basis, he can't be the regent! ”