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Chapter 596

When Zhao Bing brought out his plan to harm others and benefit himself, he was worried that Ying Jieyan would oppose it, but he didn't expect the old man to think it was feasible. "This not only could use the Mongolians to weaken the strength of the two evil neighbors, but it could also reduce the pressure in Qiongzhou and win time to further accumulate strength. The master and apprentice hit it off. Zhao Bing was active in thought, had many ideas, and was skilled in planning. Ying Jieyan was very crafty, skilled in coordination and execution, and had contact with Liu Mengyan and Wang Jiweng to understand their personalities. The two big and small foxes planned the little white rabbit who was still dreaming.

The purpose of the two was to use the mouths of Liu Mengyan to convey to Kublai Khan that the Song Dynasty had formed an alliance with Chameng and Annan to prepare to fight against the Yuan court. In order to achieve the illusion that his prestige was challenged, and then change his strategy of recruiting and recruiting troops to the two countries in anger. Zhao Bing and Ying Jieyan knew that it was not easy to achieve this goal, but as long as Kublai Khan believed it and insisted on attacking Qiongzhou first, he must also deploy troops in Guangxi and Yunnan to prevent the two countries from taking the opportunity to raid and support Qiongzhou, which can also achieve the original intention of reducing their own pressure.

Therefore, the key to whether the plan can be successful is how to make Liu Mengyan and Wang Jiweng convinced that the Three Kingdoms had formed an alliance. With Ying Jieyan's understanding of the two, one of them was cunning and cunning, and the other was good at observing words and expressions, and was well versed in the art of power and conspiracy. Of course, there was another common problem for these people, that is, they were timid and suspicious. It was not easy to let them get into the condom easily, and they would not believe in things easily, so they could only make some twists and turns for themselves to guess and swipe.

So the next scam was kicked off with Zhao Bing's command. Only the people who knew the inside story were the priests and those who participated in the action, and they also had to act as actors. The Affairs Bureau was responsible for implementing the action in detail, and Zhao Bing mastered the progress and standards of the action. Since this matter was of great importance, he could still take the vacation with peace of mind and quietly took the Warriors to return to the palace in the Mansion City. But in case of precautions, the entourage was still stranded in Boao, and even Wang De and Ni Liang did not return with him.

In order to win the time for arrangement and to give Liu Mengyan a warning to motivate their emotions, they not only imprisoned the two in the Lingao Water Camp for a few days, but also abused them all the way, giving them the impression that they did not like the traitors in the journey, making them suspicious and uneasy. After arriving in the city, they were placed under house arrest in the inn, which made the two more anxious and uneasy, mobilizing their curiosity to peek at everything, laying the foundation for the next step of action.

The reason why the inn is used as the main performance venue is that the scope here is small and easy to control; the inn can be said to be Zhao Bing's private place. As early as the beginning of his arrival in Qiong, in order to open up the post road, he personally invested in the construction of inns and station shops along the way, and obtained exclusive management rights. Therefore, all inns in Qiongzhou belong to their own industries, and the Affairs Bureau naturally penetrated it to obtain information. As the Qiongtai Inn, the Qiongtai Inn, which is the Qiongzhou General Post Office, there are spies from the Affairs Bureau from top to bottom.

Since Zhao Bing did not establish official contacts with Chameng and Annan in addition to economic and trade exchanges, it was even more impossible for him to have any princes, His Highness and others to cooperate with his actions. This was not difficult for him. It was easy to find a few people who could speak Chameng in Qiongzhou. This was for the sake of security. He believed that no matter how knowledgeable Liu Mengyan and Wang Jiweng were, they would not be interested in learning the language of this vassal. They could not hear anything they were talking nonsense.

As for what the prince of Cham City and Annan looked like, few people probably knew that they could fool them by dressing up. However, Zhao Bing knew that when the enemy of Cham City and Annan were facing the military threat of the Mongolian Yuan, they had temporarily turned enemies into friends and showed some intention to form an alliance to resist the Yuan Dynasty. Doing so only added himself, pushed them, and exposed them in advance. He believed that once Kublai Khan decided to invade, the two countries would definitely be "unity" together without retreating.

Zhao Bing was still worried about choosing who to act as the "breaker". First, this person must have a certain status in the court, but cannot be a general, so that the negotiations will appear equal; second, this person must be closer to himself and be able to say things. He also needs to be familiar with Liu Mengyan and Wang Jiweng, not be a confidant, but can live a good life on weekdays. Furthermore, this person must be able to calm down and not be furious if he gets into trouble. He also does things fairly, giving people the feeling of hiding needles in a cotton wall.

These three conditions are suitable for one and two, but not many of them are suitable for them. After choosing between the master and the apprentice, they felt that Liu Fu was the most in line. He was an old minister of the Lizong Dynasty and served as ministers for many years with those two. At that time, the level was similar. Not all traitors were tolerated by people, and they also needed some good people to interact with. In addition, Liu Fu was upright and honest in the court, but he was not as fierce as some people showed. Otherwise, Chen Yizhong would not regard him as a confidant.

Wang Jiweng has always claimed to be Jiang Gan of the Three Kingdoms. He has the courage to cross the river and go deep into the enemy camp and the ability to win in danger. Then this time, Zhao Bing arranged such a scene for him. Of course, he is Zhuge Liang, and Liu Fu is Zhou Yu. Now everything has been carried out according to the plan, and today it has entered the most critical link. If Liu Fu can tell everything he should say without showing any silence, it will be half successful...

At present, Zhao Bing is facing another difficult problem, that is, how to deal with the advice and edicts of Empress Dowager Xie and his brother. Kublai Khan's move is actually quite vicious. The emperor Zhao Xian is a serious emperor of the Song Dynasty. According to the rules of passing on the throne, he is also orthodox. Even if he is surrendered, he is still the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Although his elder brother Zhao Bing is qualified to assault the throne according to the rules of succession, he was finally elected by the ministers while the former emperor is still there. Strictly speaking, there are still shortcomings.

The Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing was even more simple. Her ancestor was Prime Minister Xie Shenfu. She was named the Lady of Tongyi County at the age of 17. At the age of 19, she was appointed as the Empress Dowager by Lizong. Zhao Yu ascended the throne and respected the Empress Dowager. In the first year of Deyou, Zhao Xian ascended the throne and respected the Empress Dowager. At the age of 5, Gongzong was five and followed the ministers to rule the country behind the curtain. He was open-minded and took the overall situation into consideration. The harem has been harmonious and stable for fifty years and has certain political talents.

In the first year of Kaiqing, Kublai Khan crossed the river to attack Ezhou. Lizong was preparing to move the capital to flee south. The queen participated in the government affairs and persuaded the emperor for "worrying to shake the hearts of the people" to persuade the emperor, persuade the ministers, and took the lead in trying his best to save money to provide military supplies, and finally stabilized the situation.

Lizong died and Duzong succeeded to the throne, but this child was born not the reason to be an emperor. His mother was a concubine in the royal palace. Because of her humble origin, she was always bullied by the wife of the main wife. After she was pregnant, she was immediately forced to take abortion medicine by her wife. Unexpectedly, the fetus was not aborted and was born. Because she was the only boy in the emperor's close relative, she was protected by the whole mansion. She was poisonous to Chinese medicine, born with weak hands and feet, and could walk very late, speak at the age of seven, and had a lower intelligence than normal.

Song Lizong equipped him with good teachers and carefully taught him, but he still couldn't make him enlightened, and often made the emperor so angry. The left prime minister Wu Qian did not agree to let this mentally retarded be the heir to the world of Song and requested another son of the royal family. However, Song Lizong was chosen by Shi Miyuan from the people and had little to do with the Song family, so of course he was unwilling to do so. Jia Sidao took the opportunity to slander Wu Qian and demoted Wu Qian to another place, and others dared not say much.

After Duzong ascended the throne, because his IQ was lower than normal level and was weak and incompetent, he was even more debauched than Lizong. He sat in the harem all day long and drank with his concubines. He relied entirely on Jia Sidao in government affairs, which made the country a mess, so that Kublai Khan's second invasion in the tenth year of Xianchun. Officials in the capital were afraid of death. Xie Daoqing stepped forward and ordered the court to inform the court: Anyone who stayed at his post would make a merit; those who treason would treason for the country to report the situation; those who treason would find out the situation and report it. He also called on the whole country to raise an army to defend the king, which was considered to be a barely stable government and the court.

After the death of Duzong, he supported Zhao Xian to succeed the throne, and then ruled the country from behind the curtain and dealt with Jia Sidao. However, the Song Dynasty was already terminally ill and had no cure to save. Later, the Yuan army was forced to surrender Lincheng, and Empress Dowager Xie vowed not to leave to take refuge. He calmly arranged for the descendants of the Song Dynasty and promoted Wen Tianxiang to the right prime minister to go out to negotiate. Before the negotiations were completed, Wen Tianxiang was detained. The Yuan army entered Lin'an City, and Empress Dowager Xie and others were taken to Dadu.

Thinking about the decades in the late Song Dynasty, her husband, Song Lizong, rarely paid attention to political affairs in the early days. After ascending the throne, he handed over all the national affairs to Shi Miyuan, and he completely ignored government affairs; his adopted son was half stupid and unscrupulous; his grandson was unable to succeed to the throne. It can be said that the Song Dynasty was able to survive for these years, all due to Xie Daoqing's efforts to deal with it. She was worried about this life. The body she attached to was protected was also thanks to her.

It is precisely because of this that Xie Daoqing had an incomparable prestige in the court. After Lin'an was surrendered, he issued a letter of return under pressure. The prefectures and counties in the world that were still resisting surrendered one after another, and few people did not follow it. In Zhao Bing's opinion, some of them were just a dowry, but it can also be seen how powerful their influence was. However, many officials in the court still received their favors. Once the edict was published, it would cause trouble.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors in the court about the empress dowager's advice and issuance of edicts. If the decision is not made early, it may be spreading!" Zhao Bing knew that it was necessary to be cautious about how to operate this matter, so he summoned his three masters into the palace for secret business. Deng Guangjian said first after hearing this.

"Deng Qing thought what should we do?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think it should be rejected sternly, and it is unacceptable. I have decided to decide the enemy chief, so I will also avoid the ministers' misunderstanding!" Deng Guangjian said.

"Your Majesty, I think you need to be cautious. The Empress Dowager and Emperor Deyou moved north and the situation was already extremely difficult. If we refuse harshly, the enemy chief would take his anger to them." Jiang Yu immediately opposed it after hearing this.

"I dare not agree with Zong Bao's words." Deng Guangjian immediately retorted, "There are rumors that if the enemy attacks Qiong in large numbers, we can defend for a while, but it is difficult to save them. The Empress Dowager at this time advises the surrender of the emperor and the enemy to take the opportunity to negotiate peace with the enemy in order to achieve a good end. If the reply attitude is ambiguous, it will inevitably cause people's hearts to be distracted. How can we fight against the enemy with all our might? Do not mislead the cause of restoring the country because of your own selfishness!"

"Zhongfu, our dynasty establishes the country with benevolence and filial piety. As the Emperor and Empress are in danger, it is actually an unfilial act. Wouldn't this cause Your Majesty to be unkind and unfilial?" Jiang Yu knew that Empress Dowager Xie had recreational kindness to his family and had selfish thoughts in it, but what he said was the truth.

"Your Majesty, after the fall of Lin'an City, the Empress Dowager of the Grand Queen had ordered all places to stop resisting. When Xie Dieshan received an exhortation from Dadu, he said: The king and his ministers are united in righteousness. If they are united, they will go. If they are not, they will go." Deng Guangjian stood up excitedly and said, "This is not impossible to use in the present moment. At this moment, we have worked hard to restore our dynasty. What we are doing is righteousness. Since the Tao is different, why should we plan to work together?"

"This... Zhongfu's words are reasonable, but I think they should be cautious." Jiang Yu could still distinguish between righteousness and minority, and said with a blushing face.

"What do you think sir?" Zhao Bing heard this and did not agree, so he turned to Yingjieyan.

"Your Majesty, I think you should make a decision to prevent the failure of Emperor Gaozong's Northern Expedition from happening again!" Ying Jieyan thought for a while and said.

"Yeah!" Zhao Bing frowned and said. He also thought about this. In the name of filial piety, Zhao Gou recalled the Northern Expedition Army to negotiate peace with Jin, killing Yue Fei, who was strongly advocating the Northern Expedition, and thus lost his last chance to cross the river.

On the surface, what Zhao Gou did was a thing of the past, but Zhao Bing knew that what he did was despised by later generations and tried to dig out the truth. He felt that the analysis was relatively reliable. The slogan of the Northern Expedition was to welcome the two emperors back. If it was really victorious, there would be a problem. Three emperors appeared in the country at the same time. Zhao Gou ascended the throne in the name of the state. Whether it was according to the rules of passing the throne or for the sake of the word "filial piety", he had to give up his throne and return it to his father and brother.

The temptation of the throne of the emperor is, countless people have lost their heads for this. Not to mention others, even Zhao Bing is reluctant to give up. Although he is trapped in this corner and is still at risk of being attacked at any time, he still can't bear to let it go. The feeling of being powered by the world can be commanded by the world, and a word can take human life. It is really hard to stop destroying the city and the country.

Zhao Bing believes that Zhao Gou had the same thoughts as himself at that time. I have been useless for a long time to get you back. Not only will I give up the throne, but I am also likely to be killed by you. After all, everyone wants to sit on the throne safely, and there is a former emperor next to him, and the person who has the ability to turn him off at any time is always unable to sleep well by his side. The best way is to get rid of it. Then he simply gave up the Northern Expedition to avoid making things difficult for himself.
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