The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Today is the Shangyuan Festival, and Zhao Qi returned from Xijing to stay in Jiehezhou. This is a remote place. Not to mention Bianjing, even Taiyuan cannot compare. Now it is a troublesome. Naturally, everything is simple, and the prince's sanctuary office is also

Only a few lanterns were hung symbolically to set off a festive atmosphere.

The prince had a lot of hunting today, and left some of the rest to the military camp of the Guards. In the evening, Zhao Jie ordered people to light a bonfire in the open space in the mansion to hold a barbecue meeting, but did not invite officials from the state prefecture.

Even if it was a festival, as soon as the sky was getting dark, everyone started to prepare, cleaned up the prey and put it on the fire. The blazing bonfire illuminated the sky, and the meat in the yard was filled with fragrance, which made it a festive atmosphere.

Seeing Xi ordered people to set up a greenhouse under the eaves of the corridor for the prince and his staff to sit down. This not only showed the prince's respect for them, but also was able to get close to the officers and soldiers of the Guard Brigade, which was a killing two birds with one stone. Because Chen Guotinghe

When Chen Dong returned to Beijing, only two old men, Yang Shi and Zhou Xingji, were left in the mansion. No outsiders could catch up with the numbers to serve the prince.

The moon is bright and the bonfire is bright. Although it is not as lively as before, it is also of a unique interest. Although Yang Shi and Zhou Xingji are both elegant literati, they are not picky about food, especially Yang Shi advocates "frugality to cultivate virtue", and they don't care about the vain.

Yes, and Zhao Qiong also doesn’t like those luxurious things. They are the same in this regard. There are only a few side dishes on the table, and the roasted wild game.

"Guishan, Mr. Gong, two gentlemen, have been wandering around with me in the past two years, and it is rare to be idle. We are often together and we are often separated. We are mostly taken care of by two people in the mansion. Today I will thank you for this festival!" Zhao Qi first said.

Raise your glass.

"Your Majesty, you are polite. We are all people who are guilty. We are not abandoned and taken to the mansion. We deserve to serve, how dare you be the prince's thank you!" Yang Shi also raised his glass and said.

"Yes. The prince works day and night for the country and the people. How can we afford the mere ministry of our achievements?" Zhou Xingji also raised his glass and said.

"Haha, everyone is so polite, so you can't drink it. Both of them are the princes, so don't be polite!" Jianxi said with a haha, everyone laughed and drank it all.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. After talking for a while, the topic inevitably turned to the current situation, "Prince, now the golden thief is knocking on the gate, don't know what the war is going on?" Yang Shi asked, picked a piece of hare meat,

He knew that the prince had much more information than the official report.

"Li Gang, the assistant minister of the disciple, was ordered in the face of danger, and it took only three or four days to consolidate Tokyo's defense. In seven days, the Jin general Han Libu's troops had arrived at the city of Kaifeng, and the defenders were protected with strict protection. The Jin soldiers were killed and injured and could not succeed, and Han Libu sent envoys.

He went to Beijing to ask for peace talks, but the conditions were very harsh!" Zhao Qiong put down the chopsticks in his hand and said.

"Oh, what conditions did the Jin thief put forward?" Zhou Xingji also put down his wine glass and asked anxiously.

"The peace agreement that Han Li Bu Bu proposed was: Emperor Song respected Emperor Taizong of Jin as his uncle; all Han people in Yanyun returned to the Jin Dynasty; Song severed Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian returned to the Jin Dynasty; Song Na rewarded the military for five million taels of gold.

Tens of millions of taels, one million pieces of brocade; use the prince and the prime minister as hostage!" Zhao Qi frowned and said.

"Your Majesty agreed?" Yang Shi was surprised. This condition was more than harsh. It was simply an insult to the Song Dynasty.

"The Grand Priest Li Bangyan strongly advocated that all of them should be agreed to avoid the suffering of war in the capital. Only Li Gang strongly opposed it. He said that as long as he stayed for a few more days, the army of kings would gather. The Jin soldiers went deeper and would seek peace from Song. And the court officials

Most of them tend to be Dazai on the side, and Li Gang angrily expressed his desire to leave the office and go to court. The emperor comforted him and agreed to discuss the peace talks slowly!" Zhao Qiong said.

"Li Gang first entered the court and was weak. Li Bangyan had a high position for a long time and had many followers. His Majesty's new policy must be anxious. The discussions may be perfunctory!" Yang Shi thought for a moment and asked.

"Mr. Guishan guessed it is true. When Li Gang left the court to deploy the city to defend the city, His Majesty sent the young master Zhang Bangchang as a planner, King Kang Zhi, to the Jin camp, and took the affidavit to seek peace, promised to pay coins, cede land, and sent him to the Jin camp.

All requests were made," Zhao Qiong nodded with a sigh.

It is said that personality determines destiny, and the environment for growth also determines personality. Even if Zhao Qi did not know what happened later, he did not feel surprised that Zhao Huan did such a thing, because of the strict growth environment and the severe personnel pattern.

The suppressed mentality made Zhao Huan experience frustration too much, and a strong sense of subversiveness and a sense of success in his heart. Once he is in power, he is prone to eagerness for success. Now he wants to solve the invasion of the Jin soldiers as soon as possible, so he will do anything.

A peace-making decision was made.

"I said to Cai Jing early, Tong Guan should be punished, but the Supreme Emperor was deceived by him. If these two people were eliminated earlier, how could the danger today come to be!" Yang Shi sighed, but he knew that the emperor agreed, but he did not dare to take responsibility.

When he pushed it to the emperor, he had to talk about the treacherous and slanderous things.

"What do you think will happen?" Zhou Xingji once defected to Cai Jing and was a vassal of Lin Huaisu. He knew that he had lacked virtue and did not dare to blame him too much, so he changed the topic.

"After Your Majesty ascended the throne, he sent an edict to all directions to serve the king. As far as I know, the troops of the king are gathering in Tokyo, with no less than hundreds of thousands of people. I think things may turn around after the emperor meets you!" Zhao Qi replied.

"The prince has conquered Xixia several times and has made great achievements in martial arts. He has long been ordered to return to the capital to serve the king. Even if he guards Hedong, Taiyuan will not be in danger!" Zhou Xingji said angrily, repaying the injustice for the prince. They followed the prince in Taiyuan for two years.

How could I not know that the prince’s loyal and brave army would have been there? If they were there, the Jin army would never have been allowed to attack the city and pass through Shiling Pass.

But now, when Taiyuan prefect Zhang Xiaochun saw the Jin army at the city, he urgently issued an order for the Shanxi counties to come to rescue the siege. Sun Yi, a famous general from Hebei, hurriedly led two thousand troops to rescue. Zong Han threatened the people, causing a mutiny of most soldiers. Sun Yi led a few soldiers to continue fighting.

When he arrived at the city of Taiyuan, Zhang Xiaochun was worried about letting the Jin soldiers enter and did not dare to open the door. Poor Sun Yi had to lead his troops to fight bravely outside the city and die at the utmost force. Taiyuan City was in crisis again!

"The prince, the throne, the throne and the young master had already become enemies when they were in the middle of the capital, and the Privy Council envoy Geng Nanzhong had many conflicts with the prince in the matter of becoming the crown prince. Now that the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne, how could he recruit the prince to lead the prince's army!"

Yang Shi said that Zhao Qiong made a lot of storm in the capital back then, and everyone knows that passers-by also knows that the emperor is afraid that the prince will have more seats when he goes back.

"I am also worried about this matter and it is difficult to make a decision!" Zhao Qi took a glass of wine and said with a wry smile, "If you go to Beijing against the will, you will be suspicious, and you will be deemed to be accused of tyranny, but

As a royal family, I was tragically ravaged by the people and the capital was in danger, but I was content with a corner! How could I feel at ease!" After he said that, he looked at the two of them and wanted to hear their opinions... (To be continued...)