Genyue, Jiangxiao Tower.
Zhao Ji, who had abdicated the throne in favor of a worthy man, has now returned to Jiangxiao Tower in Genyue Huayang Palace, where he usually lives, with his filial son Zhao Huan, who is becoming more and more pleasing to his eyes.
Zhao Ji, who finally left a mess to Zhao Kai, is now "light as a king", but he feels a little empty in his heart... After all, he has been an official for so many years and suddenly stopped acting. So not used to it at all!
In addition, he was still a little worried that Zhao Kai could not stop the menacing gold thief!
If Zhao Kai can't stop him, the gold thief will continue to go south, and maybe he will fight all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, where else can Zhao Ji run?
So after entering Jiangxiao Tower, Zhao Ji, who was waiting for dinner, was making dough in his imperial study room, and he was very upset just looking at it.
On the other hand, Zhao Huan, the filial son, looked calm and unhurried, standing on the edge, just looking at his father with a smile... If you look carefully at his expression, you might still be able to find a little kindness, like The elders care about the younger ones as much as they do, but Zhao Ji, whose heart has been in a mess for a long time, can't see it at all.
Seeing his father, who was mentally younger than himself, spinning around like an ant on a hot pot for a long time, and when the "speed" slowed down obviously, Zhao Huan smiled and said to Zhao Ji: "Father, keep the green hills here, don't be afraid. There is no firewood! As long as our Great Song Dynasty is still there, are you still afraid that the third brother and dozens of our brothers will be unfilial?"
Where there is life, there is hope?
What does this mean?
Zhao Ji doesn't understand... Now the mountains belong to Zhao Kai. Once he becomes the emperor, he will only have a little firewood left, which will be gone as soon as it is burned!
Zhao Ji, who didn't understand what his son was saying, stopped and looked at Zhao Huan, as if waiting for him to continue.
Zhao Huan said: "Father, the third brother is no better than you and me. He has a resolute character. He would rather break than bend. He moves forward bravely. Even if he encounters a strong enemy, he will not be afraid!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhao Ji shook his head, "That's third brother? That's Emperor Taizu! Emperor Taizong isn't even that powerful!"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "Father, Emperor Taizu is known as the ancestor of art. He is very capable and can move forward bravely. But the third brother... his literary talent is romantic, his martial arts and the way of using soldiers. But it’s still a little bit worse.”
"Not only worse!" Zhao Ji stamped his feet, "Back then, I wanted him to be the marshal of the Northern Expedition and lead the troops to defeat Yanyun. But what about him? As soon as he heard that Tong Guan had lost the battle, he was too scared to go! "
"That's just an act!"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "If you ask Third Brother to be the marshal, you will not really give him real power. Isn't the real power in the hands of people like Tong Guan, Cai You, and Liu Yanqing? Can any of these people be useful?"
Zhao Ji sighed: "It's all the people below who are useless...otherwise why would this happen?"
Zhao Huan nodded and said: "Father, although you are no longer an official, the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty are still the same, and the Imperial Guards are still the same soldiers. No matter how brave the third brother is, I am afraid it will be difficult to repel the gold thieves. And he If you refuse to cede the land and pay the money, you will definitely resist to the end. You will definitely be trapped in Kaifeng Mansion in the future, and then you will have to come out to help Third Brother..."
"Help?" Zhao Ji looked at his filial eldest son, his eyes suddenly flashed, "Tell me, how should I help him?"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "If Third Brother is trapped in Kaifeng Mansion, he will not be able to command the world... If Third Brother cannot command the world, then who can give orders for him? A country cannot survive for a day. Wujun! Father, who do you think can help him?"
Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, "I...of course it's me! I'm the Supreme Emperor, and I can't just watch Third Brother's world being divided up by a bunch of rebellious ministers and Xiaogua!"
"Father is a wise man!" Zhao Huan smiled, "So you, old man, have to keep some green hills and take care of yourself! And it's best for my father to leave some green hills for my third brother, just in case!"
"Third Brother's Qingshan is..." Zhao Ji didn't understand at first.
Zhao Huan said: "Of course he is the eldest son of the emperor!"
He was talking about Zhao Kai's eldest son Zhao Lun. Now Zhao Kai only has one son. If anything happens to him, the young Zhao Lun will be the only one to take the throne.
And if Zhao Kai is trapped in Kaifeng Mansion and unable to command the world, then if he supervises the country in the name of Zhao Lun and the Supreme Emperor serves as his assistant, who in the world would dare not to obey?
"Wonderful! Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"
Zhao Ji was so happy that he danced a little. After dancing for a while, he felt something was wrong again. He stopped and asked Zhao Huan, "But the third brother only has one son. Will you let me take care of him?"
"How can you refuse?" Zhao Huan said with a smile, "My father has always loved the third brother the most... Besides, the third brother can really ensure that he is safe in Kaifeng Mansion? Doesn't he want to leave a seed?"
"That's right...if anything happens to Kaifeng Mansion, he will be dead."
Zhao Ji nodded, showing a worried look, "But who should come forward to break up this matter with Third Brother?"
"Of course it's the Queen Mother," Zhao Huan also frowned and said, "The Queen Mother is very close to the eldest son's biological mother, Madam Pan... Let her go and break up with Madam Pan first, and then she and Madam Pan will go with her. Third brother said it, and third brother will definitely agree."
"Okay, okay!" Zhao Ji clapped his hands, "Brother, I didn't expect you to be so considerate of Third Brother. Third Brother is really lucky to have a brother like you!"
Zhao Huan also smiled and said: "Third brother, with a father like you, the emperor, he must have been a good man for ten lifetimes!"
...
Zhao Kai, the "good man of ten generations", was still having a meeting in the Chongzheng Hall at this time... discussing how to protect Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan from escaping!
After Zhao Kai hastily appointed several personal expedition envoys, the chief envoy Li Gang (Zhao Kaike never said that he was the chief, but everyone thought so) proposed to set up a palace envoy for the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible and arrange important ministers. The matter of running away to protect the Supreme Emperor.
In fact, Zhao Kai was very reluctant to let Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan run away!
According to his thoughts, it was time for him to run away on his own, no, to go north to fight against the Jin Dynasty. But now he couldn't run away and had to carry him to Kaifeng Mansion, so he let these two scourges escape. Moreover, he had to disguise himself as a filial son and do his best to help Song Huizong escape in despair... Is there any natural reason for this? Have it?
But no matter how angry he felt, he couldn't break up with Zhao Ji now... That was his biological father he "just met"! And he is treated well. He has been given the position of national leader. As long as he can survive this wave, he can squander the gold and silver in the future, and he can hold hands with any fairy-like little lady (just hold her hand). Not grateful at all?
"Cai Qing, Wu Qing, Geng Qing, Gao Qing, Tong Daguan, Liang Daguan... the six of you are the most trusted ministers of the Supreme Emperor, why not serve as palace envoys together!"
Those named by Zhao Kai are Cai You, the Privy Councilor, Gao Qiu, the military officer of the Sanya Government, Wu Min, the secretary of the Zhongshu House, Tong Guan, the Privy Councilor Tongzhi, Geng Nanzhong, Zhao Huan’s teacher, and Zhao Ji’s most trusted As a great eunuch, he rose to the rank of Taifu, Taiwei, and Kaifu Yitong, and served as the envoy of Taiyi and Shenxiao Palaces. At that time, Liang Shicheng was known as the Hidden Prime Minister.
Among the four emperor's palace envoys, Tong Guan actually supported Zhao Kai, Cai You wavered between Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan, and Wu Min, Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng always supported Zhao Huan.
However, the reason why Zhao Kai asked them to serve as palace envoys was not entirely because of their stance in the dispute over the reserve. Rather, on the way to Gen Yue, Zhao Ji asked his trusted eunuch to come back and pass a message, specifying that he wanted these six people to accompany him.
Zhao Kai also knew that now was not the time to break up with Zhao Ji. Since the old man wanted someone, then give it to him!
Moreover, it is useless for these people to stay in Kaifeng Mansion. Can we still expect them to resist the gold? It's better to send them all, at least it can free up some seats for useful people.
"I will do my best to escort the Supreme Emperor southward!"
The six palace envoys all let out a sigh of relief and bowed to Zhao Kai together.
Zhao Kai nodded, then smiled and said to Tong Guan and Gao Qiu among the six: "Tong Daguan, Gao Qing, you two are both veteran generals who have led troops for many years. Most of the armies inside and outside the capital belong to you. Old troops, I allow you to select some of the old troops to protect the Supreme Being when he goes south. Tell me, who do you want to follow?"
Tong Guan, who has been in charge of the military for more than 20 years, is already a 72-year-old man, but he seems to be in good spirits, with a good complexion on his wrinkled black face, and his old eyes do not look muddy.
His mind is quite flexible, and he was quite timely when he stood in line this morning. Now I immediately understood what Zhao Kai meant. There were many unreliable troops inside and outside Kaifeng City... Zhao Kai couldn't get them all away, otherwise there would be no troops available.
But you can’t accept everything according to the order, otherwise you won’t be able to control it. So we had to let Tong Guan and Gao Qi take away part of it and leave part of it.
Tong Guan immediately understood and said: "Reporting to the officials, 2,000 of the victorious troops in Kaifeng City are arrogant soldiers who have followed the veteran for many years. It is difficult for others to control them. The veteran wants to take them away. The remaining 3,000 can be handed over. Give it to General Xiang Ke, General Xiang is the official’s old department in the Imperial City Division."
Zhao Kai thought for a moment and immediately remembered the Xiang Ke whom Tong Guan had mentioned. He was a member of the Xiang family general of the Western Army. He had previously served as the commander of the fifth commander of the Imperial City Division, and he was Huang Wuji's "predecessor". This person could join Tong Guan's Shengjie Army as a general, and of course he was recommended by Zhao Kai.
Now Tong Guan left 3,000 elite soldiers for Xiang Ke... Although this old eunuch had a bad reputation in history, he still got on with the job.
Tong Guan then said: "The officials, in Moutuogang outside Kaifeng Prefecture, there are more than ten thousand Qin soldiers led by Liu Yanqing, the military governor of Zhenhai... If the officials can arrange a palace for Liu Yanqing, For a similar official position, the veteran can take away 5,000 of them."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say," Zhao Kai laughed, "I feel relieved that Liu Yanqing is protecting the Supreme Being... Mr. Tong, please go there yourself and bring Liu Yanqing and his more than 10,000 elite soldiers to the rescue." Bring it, I will personally entrust the Supreme Being to him."
After saying this, Zhao Kai turned to look at Gao Qiu again.
Now let’s look at Captain Gao’s performance!
Gao Qiu was originally a handsome man, but now he has an unknown disease and is so thin that he is skinny and pale.
Seeing Zhao Kai's eyes, the Gao Taiwei said with a sad face: "Many of the officials and the three yamen soldiers in Kaifeng City have been in the army for generations. Their parents, wives and children are all in Kaifeng City... If they knew Your Majesty and all the kings have to leave, for fear that people will gather and cause trouble!"
