The prince sighed and glanced at the eight kings, who nodded and motioned for the prince to continue.

The prince took over and said: "Whether it is King Chai or the kings of the Zhao family, they are far away from the capital, and they are all outside to establish a country. Why did they leave my Nagafang Eight Kings in Kyoto and follow a little bit of turf? Because, although you are a bloodline, you have been in the people for a long time, and the court does not know about it. In addition, in addition to our eight kings and one lineage, the ancestors of the original grandfather were eradicated by them one by one as early as Taizong and Zhenzong. Now those who claim to be the descendants of Taizu among the people are all born to ordinary concubines and palace maids later, and they are not qualified to compete with them for the world at all.

Therefore, in their minds, the eight princes and sons of the past dynasties are qualified to compete with them for the world. Let us go far away, in case we meet people with a lot of suspicion to support us, then their country will not be able to sit still. Therefore, although the eight princes of the past dynasties have asked for release, the emperor has never dared to agree. In the name, it is to give preferential treatment to the descendants of Taizu, but in essence, it is convenient to supervise nearby, and does not give us any chance to seize the country.

Therefore, our family is walking on thin ice when living in the capital, and we dare not contact the ministers, are not allowed to participate in court meetings, and are not allowed to participate in sacrifices. That is, the two thousand guards of the palace are all sent by the imperial court, and they are changed every two years, and they are afraid that the guards will be sold by us, and they are of the same mind as us.

Therefore, we must pay attention to the wind direction in the capital at all times to see if there is any wind and grass, so that we can take measures to protect ourselves. Ten years ago, when my father first ascended the throne, Zhang Tianshi Zhang Shundao did things for the emperor in Beijing, and met my grandfather Wang passed away. After the Dharma was completed, his father invited Zhang Tianshi into the secret room and asked in a whisper: "When the son is so inactive today, will it cause chaos in the world, and may even change the dynasty?" ”

Zhang Tianshi thanked the eight princes of the past dynasties for their kindness to the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and the name of benevolence and righteousness spread far and wide, treating slaves and subordinates equally, and never killing slaves indiscriminately. risked the threat of revealing the heavenly opportunity and being punished by heaven, and said a few words to his father: Beware of Jingkang Nian, the northern captives will come to trouble. Honored as a prisoner, the bones are all over the streets. The golden branch was insulted, and the jade leaf was destroyed. The south is a small state, and it has to be peaceful.

After saying this, Zhang Shundao said again, this is his father's words left before his death, nine times out of ten will be fulfilled, but he said that looking at the sky recently, it seems that a star has appeared in the sky nowhere, sometimes bright, sometimes secretly, as if there is a sign of competing with the southern emperor star, whether it will affect the direction of China implied in the verse, and it will take a long time to observe before the conclusion can be drawn.

My father and son came to the following conclusion based on the verses left by Zhang Tianshi: If the era of the Great Song Dynasty reaches the Jingkang period, a catastrophe will come. At that time, the entire Central Plains may be plunged into war, and the root of the disaster comes from the northern Hulu, of course, the northern Hulu must refer to the Liao people. When the time comes, they will enter the capital, and the emperor will be captured and put on a prisoner car and go north. The queen and the princess, and the princesses and princesses will be insulted by the barbarians, and then they will lose their lives as thieves. After the emperor was plundered north, the Central Plains dragons were leaderless. Maybe there are heroes who take the opportunity to establish a country in the south and claim the emperor, or maybe some of the elders or generals are looking for other descendants of Shenzong or other princes of Zhao Ji to claim the emperor in the south. Because of the fear of the strength of the northern captives, the people of this state did not dare to continue to build the capital Kaifeng, so they had to abandon the capital of the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and be harsh and stealing, and a corner of peace.

This is the reason for what we call the timing of martial arts, by then Zhao Ji and his son have lost the country, and as long as you show the identity of the descendants of the great ancestor, our Changfang will go to recapture the country, and the people of the world will naturally support the virtuous brother You will become the emperor. At this time, you are like Emperor Guangwu of Zhongxing Han, who dares to disagree? ”

After the prince finished speaking, none of the three of them spoke immediately. After a while, the Eighth Prince's Lord asked, "I don't know if the virtuous nephew thinks our interpretation of the verse is correct, you might as well tell me your understanding of the verse." ”

Since the uncle has named him, I will talk about my own understanding: "Actually, my understanding is the same as most of yours, but my understanding of the 'Northern Prisoner', I don't think it's the Great Liao, but the Jin people who are rising day and night. Uncle Wang, you think, Da Liao didn't think of entering the Central Plains in his heyday, not to mention that he is now in his twilight years? Now Emperor Tianzuo of Liao is as absurd as Zhao Ji, he only knows how to drink and have fun every day, or be greedy and lustful, or go out hunting, and never seriously handle government affairs, and the country is also full of complaints. On the contrary, in the past ten years, the Jin State has continued to grow stronger, fighting hundreds of battles with the Liao, and has never been defeated. Therefore, the Jin people are now constantly encroaching on the land of the Liao State, and the Liao people have given it up again and again. A few of the Jin people led the troops to fight, and it was difficult for us Central Plains people to be their opponents except for Zong Ze, not to mention that their iron cavalry was even afraid of the Liao people, and our army of the Great Song Dynasty was not as brave as others even if it was the Western Army. Wanyan Agu fights a generation of heroes, naturally he is wise and martial, and his subordinates Wanyan Gao, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Chang and others are also handsome for a while, all of them are generals who can conquer and fight habitually, Wanyan Xiyin is known as the first wise general of the Jin country, full of wisdom and far-reaching strategies, Jin Wushu is known as the first young general of Dajin, both wise and brave, given time, even Zong Ze's commander may not be the opponent of these two people. Moreover, Wanyan Xiyin and Jin Wushu began to develop secret agents in the Central Plains as early as three years ago, bribing unemployed vagrants as traitors, collecting intelligence on the Great Song Dynasty for them, and at the same time, led by these traitors, the Jin State paid to support the bandits and the green forest giants, so that they could recruit troops and horses to disrupt the Central Plains, slowly hurt the vitality of the Central Plains, and lay strange soldiers for the future march into the Central Plains. Therefore, the Jin people are already preparing for the future attack on the Central Plains, but it is a pity that Tong Guan is whimsical, listening to the so-called clever plan of the Jin people's spies, and vainly wanting to join Jin to destroy Liao and subdue the sixteen states of Yanyun, which is simply a plot with the tiger. Therefore, in the future, it will be the Jin people who will cause trouble in the Central Plains. ”

Next, he told the Eight Kings and his son about the experience of meeting Jin Wushu, Wanyan Xiyin, and Wanyanchang in Jiangnan. The father and son finally believed Zhao Chongyang's analysis.

In the end, the three of them thought that it was time to fight for the country. And it is mainly based on martial arts, supplemented by literary take......