Chapter 908: Di Qing's Question
In addition, not even the corpse of a dragon soldier was found at the scene of the assassination, which is even more unconvincing.
Especially when Zhao Zhen just died, Zhao Shu ascended to the throne here, and the connection is so good that it is impossible not to think about it.
Some of such people are doers, and it is precisely because of their existence that the court can be maintained normally.
For such people, although Zhao Yunrang hated them, he couldn't kill them all, otherwise there would only be a few people left in the entire court, and the country would be chaotic sooner or later.
The third type is the neutrals.
This is also the largest group of the three major forces.
They were suspicious of Zhao Zhen's death. For Zhao Shu's ascendancy, take a wait-and-see attitude.
Maybe they are waiting for Zhao Yun to give them benefits, or maybe they are looking to see if Zhao Shu can sit in their current position, in short, they all belong to the kind of people who are not in a hurry to bet with chips.
These people are mainly the old foxes in the court, and they have always seen rabbits and eagles. Among them, there are also some hot-blooded people, they are very suspicious in their hearts, and they even want to stand up and say something for the dead Renzong, but their strength is limited, and their status is not very high, and they stand up rashly, but they are just asking for their own death.
With the emergence of these three factions, the operation of the Zhao and Song Dynasty has become difficult, and a lot of work is overworked, and orders have been issued, but the real executor is unable to find anyone, so that Zhao Shu has been on the throne for some days, and the government affairs are still chaotic.
If at this time, there is a foreign enemy to attack, I am afraid that Zhao Song will become dangerous. But at this time, the good news came, Liao and Khitan were destroyed, and the latest news was that the dragon army was under the leadership of Su Shi, the first emperor of the dragon, to kill on the grassland.
In the blink of an eye, the situation suddenly changed, and only the Dragon Empire was left in the entire north, and the danger in the north of Zhao Song was gone, and when the news came, Zhao Yunrang was very happy.
He even thought that this was because God was taking care of their father and son, knowing that they needed time to sort out the Great Song Dynasty, so Su Shi appeared and destroyed the Liao State that was most likely to threaten the safety of Zhao Song.
In the absence of external threats, Zhao Yun allowed the father and son to pull out their hands to solve internal problems. During this time, Zhao Yunrang was busy talking with the courtiers, trying his best to win over the neutrals, and for the opposition, he adopted the method of pulling and beating.
While solving internal problems, Zhao Yunrang did not forget to deal with the affairs of the north. He didn't underestimate Su Shi, so he decided to send someone to make peace talks with Su Shi.
In the eyes of Zhao Yunrang, or most of the Zhao and Song courtiers, the Dragon Empire was very powerful, otherwise it would not be possible to destroy the Liao State. But to say that they can be destroyed because of this is an exaggeration.
In history, when the Liao State was strong, it was not that it did not think about annexing Zhao and Song, but in the end, it ended in failure?
If the Liao Kingdom can't do it, the Dragon Kingdom won't do it either.
Zhao Yunrang can see this clearly, so he believes that Su Shi has a great success rate in the peace talks between the two sides this time.
Under the preparation of Zhao Yunrang, the peace talks were headed by Wen Yanbo, the governor of the political affairs, and Zhao Conggu, the general of the right guard, as the deputy.
Needless to say, Wen Yanbo has always advocated peace talks, and always wants to stir up the situation and control the general trend of the world by relying on his incorruptible tongue.
Of course, it is most appropriate for such a person to be assigned to be the chief envoy of the peace talks.
As for the deputy envoy Zhao Conggu, it was Su Shi's own uncle, although he said that his nephew had some suspicions before, especially after Su Shi turned against Zhao Song, Renzong even took the other party's official body in a fit of anger and put him under house arrest.
Everything was still after Zhao Shu became Yingzong, and Zhao Yunrang reinstated his official. This is also what he wants to use to benefit this person, in his opinion, relatives are relatives, even if the relationship is not good, it is far closer than others.
Letting Zhao Conggu go with the negotiation team is enough to prove that Zhao Yunrang wants to make friends with him, and Su Shi will not understand this truth. As long as you understand and accept it, the success rate of peace talks this time will naturally be greatly improved.
At the same time as sending someone to negotiate peace with Su Shi, Zhao Yun let him again
Two other teams were sent to the south and west.
Han Qi, the deputy privy envoy, was the special envoy to the south, responsible for negotiating with Li Tang, and also had the important task of transferring Bao Zheng back.
Zhao Yunrang promised when Han Qi left that as long as he did this well, he would be promoted to the governor and become one of the prime ministers of the dynasty when he returned.
There is Zeng Gongliang in the south, but this person has taken refuge in Zhao Yunrang early, things are controllable, and the only thing that worries people is Bao Zheng's attitude.
The envoy to the west was Jia Changchao, a subordinate of Empress Cao.
Since Zhao Zhen's father and son were killed and Zhao Shu became the new emperor, Empress Cao's status can be said to have plummeted. The affairs in the harem are now in charge of Gao Taotao, and Jia Changchao, the prime minister, has lost the opportunity to meet his master.
This time, Zhao Yunrang entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, which was just giving Jia Changchao a chance to perform.
When things are done, this person will be regarded as their own person in the future.
Jia Changchao is a person who can see the general trend clearly, at this time Empress Cao was under house arrest in the harem, his biggest backer is gone, at this time, he naturally did not dare to have half a word of complaint about Zhao Yunrang's arrangement, and went to the west after getting the order.
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Westside.
The general Ji Min was sitting in the big tent at this time, looking at Di Qing and the others who came to ask for his life.
Since the news of the deaths of Renzong and King Jing came, there was a commotion in the Western Army.
The king of a country died in such an unknown way, and the people below naturally couldn't accept it.
Although Zhao Yunrang gave an excuse that Zhao Zhen's father and son were killed by Su Shi, it is obvious that people with some brains will not choose to believe such a result.
Killing always needs a reason, so why did Su Shi do this?
If the Dragon Empire and Zhao Song are at war now, Su Shi will make such a choice, maybe it is still possible. But now, the two sides do not even have a chance to make contacts, and it is not unreasonable to do so.
The duty of a soldier is to guard the integrity of the country and protect the security of the country. But now, even the emperor has been killed, isn't it ironic for the soldiers of that time.
The army began to become restless, and in order to give the soldiers an explanation, Di Qing became its representative, and this time it was not the first time he had come to see General Zhi Jimin.
Looking at Di Qing, who was in the prime of life in front of him, and then at He Kun and Lu Zifei and other young generals standing behind him, Zhi Jimin said with dissatisfaction in his eyes: "Hanchen (Di Qingzi), what are you doing again? Didn't I tell you? Even if you are a soldier, you have to obey military orders, but you have come to this general many times, do you remember your current position?"
Zhi Jimin was angry, but in Di Qing's eyes, it didn't make him afraid, on the contrary, he raised his head and asked in a negative voice, "General, the brothers don't understand, and they don't want to go to war in a daze, if this is the case, it is impossible to die on the battlefield, we just want to know the truth."
"The truth, what truth? Didn't the court say that the assassination of the first emperor and King Jing was all done by Su Shi's thief? What else do you want?" Zhi Jimin looked at the general in front of him who he had picked up with one hand, and asked with a little anger.
Speaking of which, Zhi Jimin was not really angry, as the general of Zhao Song and the de facto commander of the Western Army, he was also very dissatisfied with the assassination of Zhao Zhen.
What Su Shi sent someone to assassinate the emperor, that is just a lie to the three-year-old child's statement, in line with the idea that whoever benefits may be the initiator, Zhao Yunrang is more likely to do it.
The problem is that now Zhao Zhen is dead, even his only son, King Jing, Zhao Xi, is also dead. Now it is Zhao Yun who has won the world, and his son Zhao Zongshi has become Song Yingzong.
Now that everything has become a fact, what's the point of trying to figure out who the murderer is?
It's like Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the founding emperor of the Zhao and Song dynasties, who died inexplicably, and he still had a son at that time, but he still passed the throne to Zhao Guangyi, who was only the king of Jin at that time.
Brother to brother has been the beginning of the country,
Not to mention that Zhao Zhen no longer has a prince, so it becomes very legitimate to pass on the throne to his nephew Zhao Zongshi.
Even if Zhao Song already has a new emperor, what is the point of being entangled in who killed Zhao Zhen?
Doing so will only make Zhao Song even more chaotic, which is the real irresponsibility to the country.
Since the matter has already happened, there is no point in talking about other things at this time, and how to make Da Song better next, this is the most important thing.
Zhi Jimin has accepted the reality, although he is unwilling, he can only put it in his heart. So he wasn't surprised by Di Qing's problem, but he just came to him three times and twice, which made him a little headache and unhappy.
"General, you said that Su Shi did it, do you believe it?"
Facing Zhi Jimin's answer, Di Qing was obviously not satisfied, and continued to ask.
It's not that Di Qing hasn't seen Su Shi, and he has fought side by side with him. For this person's military talent, he admires it very much in his heart.
Later, after learning that Su Shi was forced to rebel, he was also very uncomfortable for a while. Just because he was a general of the Western Army at this time, he couldn't do anything, only prayed in his heart that Su Shi would be safe.
And with Su Shi's strength at that time, if he suddenly attacked with the elite Su family army, it may not be impossible to enter the palace. But he didn't do it, and now that Zhao Song and the Dragon Empire are not at war, there is no reason to do so, this is obviously just a big hat that someone gave Su Shi a button.
Su Shi has been away from Zhao Song for so many years, but now, there are still people who put pots on his head, how can this result be satisfactory to Di Qing and the other generals?