This atmosphere of distrust in the army was noticed by Zhao Kaishan, and Zhao Kaishan also heard similar rumors.
To be precise, it was the officers of the Zhao clan who he arranged to report to him about the private remarks of some middle and low-level officers and even senior generals.
In the early days, he once asked Zhao Zuoliang to select some Zhao family members to join the army. Even if they could not hold full-time positions, they could also serve as deputy positions and play a supervisory role.
Later, they simply appointed supervisory troops in an upright manner to curb the military power of non-Zhao clan generals.
These people not only have the responsibility to restrict the power of non-Zhao clan officers, but also have the responsibility to report their outrageous remarks to Zhao Zuoliang.
These remarks will be summarized by Zhao Zuoliang, who will then report them to him.
Therefore, Zhao Zuoliang is not only his assistant in military affairs, but also his important assistant in normal military affairs.
That's why Zhao Kaishan was particularly unhappy after Zhao Zuoliang was screwed over by Zhao Kaihe.
After Zhao Zuoliang's fall, these information channels pointed directly to Zhao Kaishan, which increased Zhao Kaishan's work burden and also made Zhao Kaishan feel that the situation was not good.
Many military officers had strong opinions on this military operation.
For example, Chen Qiaoshan privately told his close associates that Zhao Kaishan was very reckless in this military operation and would not listen to others' advice.
There is no need to use so many troops to attack Nanle County. We can just encircle it and capture Daming Mansion directly. Why bother to mobilize troops and cause so many casualties?
The casualties were so heavy and the results were so small. Afterwards, the army was extremely tired. They went to Kaifeng without a good rest, and the losses were even more severe. Almost half of the elite troops they finally brought out were lost. How big a loss was this?
Li Xiao also privately expressed dissatisfaction with Zhao Kaishan's forced recruitment of young men.
He believed that it was exactly the same behavior as the Jin State, and it was a behavior that greatly lost the support of the people. The Jin State could do this because they had always done this.
The Liberation Army advertised themselves well, but they did the same thing as the Jin Kingdom. If the people no longer believe in them, what should they do?
These two people took the lead, and some middle-level officers also privately expressed their dissatisfaction with Zhao Kaishan's decision-making and the behavior of mobilizing troops but with no results or even losing troops and generals.
Of course, what is even more dissatisfactory is Zhao Kaishan's thoughtful and sacrificial behavior.
They even privately suspected that Zhao Kaishan could sacrifice Zhou Zhi this time, but who would he sacrifice next time? Who among them will be the next victim?
A situation in which everyone is in danger has actually already formed at this time.
The emotions that had been building up in the army since the Battle of Damingfu seemed to be about to explode at this moment. This atmosphere of distrust made Zhao Kaishan feel very bad, and even made him feel a little panicked.
The source of his power is actually his ability to lead everyone to live a prosperous and prosperous life and his trust in the future. Those who follow him believe that he can lead them to live a better life in the future, so they follow him.
When it comes to loyalty, less than a year is not enough time for most people to be loyal to him.
Being able to obtain more benefits was the fundamental reason why he became the leader, and it was also the link he used to connect and control the Liberation Army.
Once he can no longer lead the Liberation Army to gain benefits, once he goes downhill, then this bond will no longer exist.
With the bond gone, how could he still be the leader of the Liberation Army?
Then his status will not be guaranteed.
What should we do?
Under this situation, Zhao Kaishan almost instinctively wanted to consult Zhao Zuoliang, just like he had experienced countless difficulties in the past.
Although he didn't listen to Zhao Zuoliang very much, Zhao Zuoliang could provide him with advice and give him options, which was a great comfort to him.
Sometimes even Zhao Kaishan can feel that Zhao Xiang's bad ideas are not good. Compared with Zhao Xiang, Zhao Zuoliang is safer.
So Zhao Kaishan decided to summon Zhao Zuoliang, ask him for advice, then say a few nice words to him, coax him, and then prepare to make some operations to re-employ Zhao Zuoliang.
You can't give up the capable Zhao Zuoliang for the stupid Zhao Kaihe. Although his son is indeed a bastard, a little lesson is enough. There is no need to keep idle.
But when the person who was sent came back, he told him very strangely that the Zhao family did not know where Zhao Zuoliang had gone. Zhao Zuoliang did not live in the clan and his whole family was missing.
Zhao Kaishan was very surprised. He sent someone to ask again, but the result was the same.
The clansmen said that Zhao Zuoliang had not participated in clan activities for a long time. Of course, no one cared about him. They had heard that he went out for a trip, then came back and stayed behind closed doors. There was no news after that, and no one knew he was there. Where have you been?
Zhao Kaishan went to Zhao Zuoliang's mansion in person and found that the door of the mansion was locked. He felt something was wrong, so he sent someone to break the lock, opened the door, and went in to check the situation in person. Only then did he find that the mansion was empty.
If you just go out for fun, you can't take away all the daily necessities from the house.
Clothes, soft goods, books, calligraphy and paintings, all the things Zhao Zuoliang liked to collect were all gone.
this……
Is this running away from home?
Because he dismissed Zhao Zuoliang from his post and arrested Zhao Xiuye, so Zhao Zuoliang wanted to run away from home to protest?
Are you going to break up with him now?
Because he didn't get any letters, Zhao Kaishan couldn't help but think about it. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought of another key point.
He immediately sent people to look for Zhao Xiuye in the prison to see if Zhao Xiuye was still in prison safely.
If Zhao Xiuye was still there, it would be a case of running away from home in a fit of rage, but if Zhao Xiuye was gone.
Then the problem is very serious.
Zhao Kaishan hoped that Zhao Xiuye would stay in prison honestly, but things went counterproductive. There was no Zhao Xiuye in the prison, only an unlucky scapegoat.
The story of a civet cat replacing a prince co-directed by the county magistrate and Zhao Zuoliang was exposed.
Because Zhao Kaishan's inspection was too sudden, the county magistrate did not react, and the people in the prison did not have time to deal with it, so this matter was exposed.
Zhao Kaishan was furious and interrogated the county magistrate himself. The county magistrate was frightened and confessed everything, saying that everything was Zhao Zuoliang's plan. It was Zhao Zuoliang who found him to discuss a strategy with him, and wanted to use someone to replace Zhao Xiuye without anyone noticing.
At that time, the county magistrate thought that even if Zhao Zuoliang took Zhao Xiuye away, he would still be able to escape. The monk could not escape from the temple. His family was all in Linyi County, so where else could he escape?
Unexpectedly, the temple could not run away, but the monk ran away with the abbot, leaving an empty temple. To everyone's surprise, it led to the current situation.
Zhao Kaishan felt very strange when he was angry.
Did Zhao Zuoliang think that he would kill Zhao Xiuye, so he made such a decision?
Impossible!
He made it very clear that he only took this step to appease the anger of outsiders. He could not kill Zhao Xiuye and would release him if he found an opportunity.
Why is this so?
Are you so distrustful of my integrity and commitment that you would rather disobey my orders to save your son?
Zhao Kaishan was angry and puzzled, and ordered his subordinates to search everywhere for traces of Zhao Zuoliang's family.
He insisted that they had not gone far, that they must be living somewhere else and could be found, and that there was still room for recovery.
But until mid-April, there was no news about Zhao Zuoliang's whereabouts. Zhao Zuoliang's family seemed to have evaporated, disappearing without a trace.
Of course, this cannot satisfy Zhao Kaishan, and Zhao Kaishan will continue to look for it.
It wasn't until April 15th that definite news came from the north.
Su Yonglin, General of the Hussars of the Liberation Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Hebei Corps, is getting married. The person he is marrying is Zhao, the daughter of Zhao Zuoliang, the uncle of Zhao Kaishan, the leader of the Liberation Army.
The two parties have agreed on a wedding date, which will be on the first day of May. The wedding venue will be Hejian Mansion, the capital of Hebei East Road.
Su Yonglin also invited many people to his wedding, saying that he wanted to make the wedding lively and lively, so that everyone would know that he, Su Yonglin, was a family man from now on.
After learning the news, the entire Zhao clan was shocked and shocked, and then they condemned Zhao Zuoliang one-sidedly, saying that he did such a thing without consulting the clan.
This is not taking the clan seriously!
