Regarding this banquet, many clan members were actually looking forward to seeing Emperor Zhao Gou, but he did not appear in public.
It was not until after the banquet that Zhao Jinnu, Zhao Xu and Zhao Qi were notified by the eunuchs of the inner court to go to the inner palace to see Emperor Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou saw only these three people older than him.
One sister and two brothers. He was relatively impressed, and could still vaguely remember their outlines.
Zhao Jinnu and the other three people came to the inner palace with excitement and anxiety, and finally met the emperor's younger brother Zhao Gou after more than thirty years of absence.
But they didn't know that Zhao Gou didn't actually care about their life or death.
It would be better to say that they all died in the Kingdom of Jin to save him money, which would be more in line with his wishes.
Of course, all this is not without roots.
Zhao Gou's biological mother, Wei Shi, was not very favored in Zhao Ji's large harem because of her humble background. Therefore, she did not receive extra irrigation from Zhao Ji. She only had one son from Zhao Gou and had nothing to show for herself, unlike many of Zhao Gou's other brothers. All have siblings from the same mother.
Before being captured, Zhao Gou's status in the palace was not very high, and he could even be said to be a bit isolated. His brothers and sisters from the same father's father made friends with each other, but Zhao Gou did not get their favor.
So when the Jin people asked Zhao Huan to send a prince as an envoy to the Jin camp to cede territory, Zhao Huan chose Zhao Gou, who was ninth in birth order, twice. Zhao Gou was sent to the Jin camp twice. Jin camp.
Under the circumstances at that time, it was clear that the prince sent to Jinying to cede territory was to be a hostage or a victim. He would probably never return, and he might even be insulted and killed. This was clearly understood by everyone.
So who is willing to go to the golden camp that is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den?
Zhao Huan chose Zhao Gou over and over again among dozens of brothers and a large group of clan descendants. This choice seemed to prove Zhao Gou's embarrassing and isolated situation at that period.
He was a victim, a victim of the entire Zhao and Song royal family.
As for whether Zhao Gou did it voluntarily, and whether he said to Zhao Huan righteously, "As soon as you have the opportunity, you can attack the Jin army, don't care about his life or death", it may be really unknown.
But after experiencing such an incident, could Zhao Gou still have any extra enthusiasm for these brothers and sisters who had never extended a helping hand to him and watched him rush to the dragon's pond and tiger's den?
As of now, he is even more indifferent and has to pretend just to appease people.
Regarding the sixty-year-old Zhao Jinnu and the fifty-year-old Zhao Xu and Zhao Qi, he showed a look of sadness and emotion at the same time. Seeing the three people approaching from a distance, he was the first to shed tears and walked three steps together. He took two steps forward and looked at each other in silence with the three of them.
The three of them have been away from politics for a long time. They have long lost the ability to fight openly and secretly in the palace, and only their broken bodies and souls are left.
Seeing the old Zhao Gou's face full of tears, they burst into tears on the spot. The four frail old men gathered together and cried in each other's arms. They cried so darkly that even the surrounding eunuchs did not dare to move forward to persuade him.
After finally drying up his tears, Zhao Gou sat down with his brothers and sisters, served them tea, greeted them and asked them about the wind, frost, rain and snow in these years.
How did Zhao Ji die, and what were the last moments of his life like.
How did Zhao Huan die, and what was the last moment of his life like.
They knew how those brothers and sisters died, what kind of cruel treatment they suffered, and so on.
As the three people recounted their painful stories, even Zhao Gou's vicious and inhumane state of mind, which he had experienced for many years, could not help but have a slight fluctuation.
But it's just a slight fluctuation.
Because when Zhao Gou was sent by Zhao Huan to cede territory, no one stood up to speak for Zhao Gou. Except for his mother Wei Shi, he was shockingly isolated inside and outside the palace.
So in addition to the slightest fluctuation, Zhao Gou even had a little bit of pleasure in getting revenge.
They should have been preserved, but they suffered for more than thirty years.
He was supposed to be sacrificed, but by mistake he became the emperor for more than thirty years.
What fate! What fate!
hahahahahahahaha!
If there was no one here, Zhao Gou would like to laugh loudly until he is hoarse!
Unfortunately, there are outsiders here.
Of course, Zhao Gou summoned the three of them not just to listen to their cries. It was enough to continue this kind of meaningless topic for a while. What Zhao Gou was more concerned about next was what they saw and heard about the Liberation Army in Zhongdu.
After learning that they had all met Su Yonglin, Zhao Gou immediately became more interested and asked them questions about Su Yonglin.
Zhao Jinnu and the others suddenly felt that Zhao Gou seemed to care more about Su Yonglin than their relatives?
"General Su is very young, handsome, and tall. He doesn't look like the commander of thousands of troops. When we first met him, we felt that he was an extraordinary talker, bookish, and that he was a noble son of a certain family. , not the general of the Liberation Army."
Zhao Jinnu honestly told Zhao Gou his first impression of Su Yonglin.
"Young? Handsome?"
Zhao Gou frowned.
In his impression, he felt that a fierce man like Su Yonglin, who led troops to overthrow the Jin army, should not only have three heads and six arms, but also a leopard's head, eyes, and diamond beards, and a big, thick, tiger's back and a bear's waist.
As a result, the other party actually looks like a noble man?
Zhao Xu and Zhao Qi also gave the same answer. They also felt that Su Yonglin did not look like a soldier. If he had to say it, he might be compared with Di Qing, the famous general of the Song Dynasty.
Di Qing is the kind of ruthless person who is very handsome but very fierce in fighting. After meeting each other, Zhao Jinnu and the other two felt that Su Yonglin looked very similar to Di Qing.
However, in Zhao Gou's opinion, a character like Di Qing is rare to meet in a hundred years, and no one has ever said that Di Qing has a bookish temperament in him. Those who have a bookish temperament are probably from extraordinary backgrounds.
Su Yonglin probably didn't have a rough background. He was probably from a scholarly family and received a good education.
Zhao Gou made the most basic judgment about Su Yonglin.
Then he continued to ask Su Yonglin related questions, asked about his words, asked about his personality, asked Zhao Jinnu and others everything they knew, and asked them until late at night before letting them go.
Since then, Zhao Gouzi has never seen Zhao Jinnu and other descendants of the clan who returned to the south.
They were treated differently by the officials of the Ministry of Rites according to certain treatment. Some received the treatment of princes, and some only received the treatment of minor officials.
The places of residence are also very different. The top few people have big houses to live in and have good living conditions, but some can only live in small households, and even their living conditions are not as good as those in Jin Kingdom.
There were even many women of marriageable age who were involuntarily engaged and prepared to get married immediately. They were about to be sent to other people's homes without even realizing the beauty of Lin'an.
Most of the clan members did not receive the favorable treatment they imagined. Instead, they were manipulated like objects by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, which made them dissatisfied. However, when they made requests to see Zhao Gou, they were all ruthlessly rejected.
Even if Zhao Gou knew about these things, he would not care. He would only ask the officials of the Ministry of Rites to increase their efforts to minimize the financial problems caused by the return of these clan children.
He doesn't have that much spare money to support others.
Because his money now has a very important place to go.
Kaifeng.
Chen Kangbo brought another important negotiation result.
The Liberation Army intended to use the entire Nanjing Road land, including Kaifeng, to trade with the Southern Song Dynasty in exchange for a large amount of money, food and other strategic materials to support its own war needs.
One of Chen Kangbo's main purposes for going north was to discuss internal issues with the Liberation Army. If an agreement could be reached, they would really win, no matter how much title or salary they had to pay for it.
However, the Liberation Army did not discuss this issue with them, or in other words, they did not have time to ask about the Liberation Army's will to rule, so they were thrown into a big problem by the Liberation Army.
Kaifeng and Nanjing Road are equivalent to most of Henan. Do you want it?
If so, how much do you plan to spend on it?
After this issue was brought back by Chen Kangbo, it was not discussed publicly at first, but was discussed internally by Zaifu's team.
Regarding this issue, Zaifu's team and Zhao Gou himself had a strong sense of déjà vu, and they couldn't help but start recalling historical stories.
