The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 323 Everyone Has Secrets

A few days later, Zhao Kai and Gao Qiu returned to court.

He didn't dare to go through the city gate during the day, but entered quietly in the second watch when the night was shrouded in darkness.

Immediately entered the palace, and did not leave the imperial city until midnight.

Zhao Tang listened to Zhu Xiaoyi's report in the study, and thought in his heart, this time Zhao Kai might have to calm down for a while, after all, the defeat caused a great damage to his reputation, and it was difficult to salvage and make up for it.

He picked up the silver lantern and picked the lantern flower, looked at Zhu Xiaoyi and said, "Are there any legends in the market recently?"

Zhu Xiaoyi immediately couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Returning to the lord, besides the big defeat of King Yun, the two new plays are the most talked about in the market. Now Ouyang Renzhi is unknown to everyone. There was a lot of scolding, and everyone shouted and beat them."

Zhao Tong nodded, and said again: "How is Ouyang Bei?"

Zhu Xiaoyi laughed so hard this time that the corners of his mouth twitched: "Your Majesty, Ouyang Bei is currently hiding in the theater garden and dare not go out. I heard that when he went out a few days ago, he was beaten with rotten vegetable leaves and poured slops. Now someone specially Stare at him outside, and call out loudly when you see him coming out, and the neighbors all come to attack him.”

Zhao Tang also smiled, and looked at Zhu Xiaoyi: "Remember not to imitate him, he is usually careless, this is his punishment."

Zhu Xiaoyi repeatedly said yes, but Zhao Tun suddenly looked at him strangely and said, "Can you start a family?"

Zhu Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, feeling a little bad in his heart, and said cautiously: "The little one...has not married yet, if he does, how dare he not report to the prince, but the young one has a lover."

Zhao Tong frowned and said, "What a good friend, hurry up and get married, or I will arrange a job for you to perform on stage next time!"

Zhu Xiaoyi broke out in a cold sweat immediately, saying yes again and again, thinking that the lord's move was too cruel, beating and scolding was pointless, but it was embarrassing and thrown to everyone in Tokyo, like a mouse crossing the street, but it was really embarrassing and miserable.

The next day, the palace decreed that Zhao Tun would go to court early in three days.

The atmosphere of the celestial court was gloomy, and all the ministers were silent, and no one who sang praises came out of the class, and there was not even a performance.

Zhao Tang glanced at Zhao Kai beside him, he saw that the third elder brother was thin and thin, with sunken eye sockets, if he didn't know that he was leading troops to fight, he would have thought it was caused by excessive drinking and sex.

Emperor Daojun was silent for a while, and then he opened his mouth to speak. First, he said that the defeat of Fantian Tiger was due to the wrong time and place, and even if the army was lost, it was not the fault of King Yun.

After hearing this, all the ministers understood in their hearts that this was not only for Zhao Kai's development, but also for his own excuse. After all, he lost the battle, and the officials should be held accountable.

So the officials started to go out to find various reasons for the big defeat, and finally came to the conclusion that Tian Hu also suffered heavy losses, and that it was actually a loss for both sides.

Zhao Tong looked at all this coldly, and always felt that Emperor Daojun's behavior was not quite right. It stands to reason that no matter how much he favored Zhao Kai, the defeat known to the world should be punished symbolically. There seems to be no such intention.

Zhao Tong was puzzled, this kind of big defeat was not something that could be wiped out by a few words and flattery from the officials.

While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Emperor Daojun say from above: "Although King Yun's conquest of Tianhu is not good, it is not completely useless!"

Zhao Tun was taken aback when he heard the words, what does this mean?He looked at the officials, and saw that everyone was as puzzled as he was, only Zhao Kai and Gao Qiu kept their expressions, as if they knew that the emperor would say this.

After the emperor paused for a few breaths, he continued: "On the way back from King Yun, he met bandits from Liangshan in Shandong who came to vote. They said they were intimidated by my court and were loyal. Serve the court."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Tama couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, even if he was beaten to death, he wouldn't believe that Zhao Kai met someone from Liangshan on the way home, let alone why Liangshan sent people north to do nothing?This is clearly the Emperor Daojun lying.

All the ministers are also puzzled at this moment, looking at each other, puzzled.

Zhao Tong frowned and thought to himself, if Zhao Kai didn't meet someone from Liangshan, then where did he contact Liangshan?
Originally, this matter was not handled by fake courtiers, but Fanlou Li Shishi and the Emperor Daojun contacted him, and then there was a matter of recruiting security.

During the period, Song Jiang envoys money, Yan Qing pockets it, and Li Shishi and his teacher deal with it. Finally, Yan Qing meets the Emperor Daojun and tells his loyalty.

But now that Yan Qing is under his command, who else on Liangshan can accomplish this?

Li Shishi loves flirtatious, once asked Yan Qing to take off his clothes, look at the tattoos all over his body, and gently stroke and tease with his fingertips, if it wasn't for such a handsome and strong man, who is good at all kinds of things, even if he asks for money, Li Shishi would not be willing to do things for Liangshan.

And the same is true for the Daojun Emperor. The vulgar people will be blasted out just by looking at them, not to mention the narration. Say something.

Zhao Tong's mind flashed, various characters in Liangshan flashed, and finally he raised his eyebrows, thinking of one person.

Lehe, it is very likely that Song Jiang sent Lehe over!

Lehe, nicknamed Tie Xiaozi, was born with a talent. He was proficient in playing and singing, and he was also eloquent. He was very skilled in speaking. At that time, Lehe was appreciated by the king's captain after he was recruited. If he didn't go to the battlefield, it would be a happy ending .

Lehe was one of the few people who participated in Liangshan's original plan to recruit security. His status in Liangshan is not high, but being able to participate in this matter shows the strategy!

Zhao Tong thought of Lehe's hymn:
All kinds of music can be learned after learning, knowing the beginning and end of things, talking about guns, sticks and martial arts, love is like sugar and honey.

Linglong is well-dressed with a heart, handsome and clear-spirited.People who can sing are called iron whistles, and they are born with music and intelligence.

That's probably the person!

Thinking of this, Zhao Tong couldn't help but clouded his face, he already knew what the Emperor Daojun was going to do.

Seeing that the Emperor Daojun seemed very satisfied with the shock of the officials, he said slowly: "There are all kinds of bandits in Liangshanshuipo, big and small, and there are more than 7 people. Although some of them are old and weak and their families cannot fight, But it is also considered Fang’s power, although King Yun’s conquest of Tianhu is not good, but conquering Liangshan is a great achievement!”

The ministers all realized at this time, no matter whether it was Zhao Kai who got the Liangshan Surrender or not, no matter who got it, it was a great achievement, and it was defeated by Tian Hu at the moment, the imperial court lost all face, and the royal family lost face. Save, this matter can finally be brought back a little bit, so I praised it loudly.

Emperor Daojun nodded on it and said: "Since this matter is the work of King Yun, then the matter of going to Liangshan to recruit peace is also the matter of King Yun."

Zhao Kai took a step forward and walked out of the class, "I am willing to share the worries of the officials and serve the court."

Emperor Daojun smiled and said, "That's very good, you and Gao Qiu are the only ones to go with this matter."

Hearing this, Gao Qiu also came out to lead the decree, and then the Emperor Daojun issued an imperial decree, and it was set that after half a month, the two of them would lead troops to Jizhou, Shandong Province to Zhao'an Shuibo Liangshan.

All the ministers applauded, and the Daojun Emperor couldn't help but be proud of it, even Zhao Kai's uneasy expression when he first came to the court became relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.

Zhao Tong looked at all this coldly. It seemed that the Emperor Daojun was determined to pass the throne to Zhao Kai. Tens of thousands of imperial troops died in battle and returned in a big defeat. Such things can be wiped away for him. , the hidden meaning behind it is self-evident.

According to the normal development, Jurchen suddenly invaded, and the soldiers were trapped in Tokyo. The Emperor Daojun had no time to change the crown prince, so he had to pass the throne to Zhao Huan in a hurry. , and tried to regain the throne, but failed.

Now that Wanyan Agu was beaten to death, and the Sea Alliance was postponed, the time for the Jurchen to attack the Liao Kingdom would naturally be postponed. In this case, there was enough time, and it was impossible for the Emperor Daojun to change Zhao Kai into the crown prince before the Jin soldiers came!
Putting aside personal grievances and only evaluating objectively, Zhao Tun actually thinks that Zhao Kai is somewhat stronger than Zhao Huan.

Judging from Zhao Huan's series of coquettish operations after he ascended to the top, no matter how incompetent Zhao Kai is, if he does something bad, he can do that at most, and he can't do anything worse than Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan is almost one thing after another. Even if there are dozens of choices, he will choose the worst one, which will cause the worst consequences. It is also a strange thing.

And although Zhao Kai suffered from fighting with him again and again, he didn't look very bright, but it was because he had insight beforehand, so he couldn't just say that Zhao Kai was stupid.

Besides, Zhao Kai was away from his residence, so he saw all kinds of things in the market, so he had some understanding of the military and people's livelihood.

And Zhao Heng was raised in the palace, playing with the flowers, birds and birds in his courtyard all day long, to understand the structure of the world, the rise and fall of major events?
Of course, as a prince, he can care if he wants to. The problem is that Zhao Huan never cares about these things. He has no people in his heart, only that chair.

And a person who covets the throne and does everything possible to try to ascend to the throne may not be more righteous, but he has no family, country and community in his heart, and the people of Limin are inferior.

It's just... This is a comparison between the two of them, even if Zhao Kai is stronger, it's just a comparison with Zhao Huan.

At least Zhao Tun didn't see a trace of Mingjun in any of them.

No high position can stop the iron hoofs rolling and the sharpness of the soldiers in the north.

However, in this court meeting, he confirmed that no matter how hard it is to change the emperor's mind, it can be regarded as a harvest.

Going back to the palace, Zhao Tun pondered for a while, then sent someone to find Yao Pingzhong in the army, and called Luo Jinshui.

Yao Pingzhong came to the mansion frequently after returning to Tokyo, not because he had anything to discuss with him, but to see the yellow horse.

The yellow horse is getting fatter and fatter now. After eating and drinking, he doesn't look strong at all. Instead, he looks like a grasshopper with a big belly, but his eyes still like to look around, and he still doesn't want to see Yao Pingzhong.

Calling the two of them into the study, it took more than an hour to go out, Yao Pingzhong looked solemn and complicated, but Luo Jinshui was stunned.

Zhao Tun told the two of them one thing, to set up a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Tokyo, as the main altar of Mingjiao in Gyeonggi.

Yao Pingzhong is already on the bandit ship and cannot get off. He knows that Zhao Tuo has too many secrets, such as the entanglement with the three princesses of the Uyghur, for example, Zhao Tuo's personal martial arts is extremely strong, for example, Zhao Tuo actually joined the Ming Cult, and even served as the Right Envoy of the Light.

What frustrates him the most is that his family has also become the banner envoy of the Mingjiao, and his name and surname are listed on the records of the disciples at the Mingjiao main altar, even if it is a pseudonym, it is not him!

It was already unclear, from the moment he saw Liyanazha in Luzhou City, he, the general of the Western Army, boarded Zhao Tong's boat.

Originally, there was still remorse, after all, joining the Mingjiao was just a child's play at the time, if things went on peacefully, he returned to the Western Army in the future, did not see Mingjiao people, and had less contact with Zhao Tun, this matter would fade away, but now...

Although Yao Pingzhong's face was solemn, his heart was just like Luo Jinshui's, he was ignorant and stupid.

King Qin even vaguely revealed just now that the Mingjiao of the Central Plains might rebel?

This is not bad, this is not a matter of ambiguity, this is simply a thunderbolt.

Rebellion and treason are the biggest crimes, and they will implicate the nine clans. If the Mingjiao rebelled, it is not comparable to those copycats. Counting the number of people in the Mingjiao, it is a real rebellion, just like Tian Hu Wang Qing!
Moreover, he has also listened to a lot of Mingjiao scriptures. Mingjiao believes in Mingzun, which is the only god, and there is no surrender.

If Mingjiao is against him, then what is he?What is Zhao Tun?I can't explain it at all!

Everyone has a secret, and it is a good hand not to leak it, but what if it is leaked?
One damage and one damage will never be restored, completely tied him to King Qin's warship!

The generals of the Western Army never got involved in court affairs, let alone the royal family's affairs, but once they were tied to King Qin's warship, they couldn't help themselves!
Yao Pingzhong was stupid, and then he was worried, there was nothing to do, it was all the truth on the surface, so bite the bullet!

He glanced at Luo Jinshui next to him, Luo Jinshui whispered: "General Yao..."

"Yeah!" Yao Pingzhong said calmly, "Don't say anything now, come with me and find a place to talk in secret."

Luo Jinshui panicked like weeds, he thought more than Yao Pingzhong, because the Mingjiao believers in Tokyo were not only Qin Wang, Yao Pingzhong and him, but also brought back so many people from Luzhou.

These people didn't recognize King Qin and Yao Pingzhong, but they recognized him. Although they knew that the above was the Right Envoy of Guangming, after all, Zhao Tuo had taught scriptures several times when he was in Luzhou, but they didn't know the true identity of the Right Envoy of Guangming.

Originally, according to his courage in the past, he would have been frightened when he heard such a big event, but Luzhou and his party had also exercised some courage, and at this time they went out of the house with Yao Pingzhong tremblingly.

Yao Pingzhong stood outside the gate of the mansion and thought for a moment. He has been living in the army, and has not built a house in the city, but such secret matters must not be discussed outside. He knows that Liu Kai has a vacant house, and Liu Qi is not there right now, so he just passed by there.

He led the way, Luo Jinshui followed, heading straight to the east of the city...

Zhao Tang sat quietly in the study, neither reading nor writing, and he has been sitting like this since the two left.

He didn't ask anyone in the mansion or Suiyulou to do the matter of buying Zhuangzi outside the city. He only asked Yao Pingzhong and Luo Jinshui to do it.

The matter of Mingjiao is too big, if you want to cut it off, then kill as soon as you need to, and not a single believer brought back from Luzhou will be kept.

But if he wants to run it, then except for Huang Gu, Yao Pingzhong, and Luo Jinshui, he will not let anyone around him know, no matter the palace or Suiyulou, no one else will know about his secret operation of Mingjiao.

The affairs of the Mingjiao should not only be separated from the palace and Suiyulou, but also separated from Fujian and Longyou. It should be run independently without any connection with others!
(End of this chapter)