Qiming 1158

Chapter 299 The Unexpected Incident
This kind of distrusting atmosphere in the army was noticed by Zhao Kaishan, and Zhao Kaishan also heard similar rumors.

To be precise, he arranged for the officers of the Zhao clan in each army to inform him about the private remarks of some middle and low-level officers and even senior generals.

In the early days, he had asked Zhao Zuoliang to select some Zhao family members and put them in the army. Even if he could not hold the main post, he could also hold the deputy post and play a supervisory role.

Later, he simply appointed supervisors in an upright manner to restrain the military power of non-Zhao clan generals.

These people not only have the duty to limit the power of non-Zhao clan officers, but also have the duty to inform Zhao Zuoliang of their outrageous remarks.

These remarks will be compiled by Zhao Zuoliang, and then reported to him by Zhao Zuoliang.

Therefore, Zhao Zuoliang is not only his military assistant, but also his important assistant in normal military affairs.

Therefore, after Zhao Zuoliang was taken over by Zhao Kaihe, Zhao Kaishan would be particularly unhappy.

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 officers have great opinions on this military operation.

For example, Chen Qiaoshan, in private, told his cronies that Zhao Kaishan was very reckless in this military operation and would not listen to people's persuasion.

There is no need to use so many troops to attack Nanle County. As long as you surround it, you can directly take down the Daming Mansion.
The casualties were so large, and the results of the battle were so small. Afterwards, the army was very tired. They went to open the seal without taking a good rest. The losses were even heavier. Almost half of the elites brought out were lost.
Li Xiao also expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhao Kaishan's behavior of recruiting strong men in private.

He thinks it was the exact same behavior as Jin Guo, an act of great disillusionment, and Jin Guo can do it because they have always done it.

The Restoration Army advertised itself well, but they did the same thing as Jin Guo. If the people no longer believed in them, what would they do?

These two took the lead, and some middle-level officers also expressed their dissatisfaction with Zhao Kaishan's decision in private and his behavior of raising the army but returning without success and even losing soldiers.

Of course, what is even more dissatisfied is Zhao Kaishan's sacrifice of Zhou Zhi.

They even suspected in private that Zhao Kaishan could sacrifice Zhou Zhi this time, so who would he sacrifice next time?Who among them will be the next victim?
In fact, the situation in which everyone is in danger has already formed at this time.

The emotions that had been accumulating in the army since the Battle of the Daming Palace seemed to explode at this time. This kind of distrustful atmosphere made Zhao Kaishan feel very bad, and even made him feel a little panic.

The source of his power is actually the ability and trust in the future to bring everyone together to eat and drink spicy food. The people who follow him believe that he can lead them to live a better life together in the future, so they follow him.

Seriously, loyalty, less than a year is not enough time for most people to be loyal to him.

Being able to obtain more benefits is the fundamental reason for him to become the commander-in-chief, and it is also the link he uses to connect and rule the Restoration Army.

Once he can't lead the Restoration Army to gain benefits, once he goes downhill, then this bond will cease to exist.

The bond is gone, how can he still be the leader of the Restoration Army?

Then his position is not guaranteed.

How is this good?

Under such circumstances, Zhao Kaishan almost instinctively wanted to ask Zhao Zuoliang for consultation, just like when he had experienced difficulties countless times in the past.

Although he doesn't listen to Zhao Zuoliang very much, Zhao Zuoliang can provide him with advice and give him a choice, which is a great comfort to him.

Zhao Xiang's bad ideas sometimes even Zhao Kaishan can feel bad. Compared with Zhao Xiang, Zhao Zuoliang is more secure.

So Zhao Kaishan decided to summon Zhao Zuoliang, ask him for advice, then say a few good words to him, coax him, and then prepare to operate and put Zhao Zuoliang back in office.

He couldn't give up Zhao Zuoliang, who had a certain ability, for a foolish Zhao Kaihe. Although his son was indeed a bastard, a little lesson was enough, there was no need to stay idle all the time.

But the person sent back told him strangely that the Zhao family did not know where Zhao Zuoliang went, that Zhao Zuoliang did not live in the clan, and the family disappeared and disappeared.

Zhao Kaishan was very strange. He sent someone to ask again, and the result was the same.

The clan said that Zhao Zuoliang hadn't participated in clan activities for a long time. Of course, everyone didn't care about him. I heard that he went out to play, and then he came back and closed the door. Where, where did you go.

Zhao Kaishan went to Zhao Zuoliang's mansion in person and found that the door of the mansion was locked. He felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to break the lock, pushed open the door, and went in to check the situation in person, only to find that someone had gone to the mansion.

If you just go out to play, it is impossible to take away all the daily necessities of the house.

Clothes, soft, books, calligraphy and paintings, those things that Zhao Zuoliang liked to collect are all gone.

This……

Is this running away from home?

Because he dismissed Zhao Zuoliang and arrested Zhao Xiuye, so Zhao Zuoliang wanted to run away from home to protest?
Breaking with him from now on?

Because he didn't get any letters, Zhao Kaishan couldn't help but think about it, thinking about it, and suddenly thought of a key point.

He immediately sent someone to look for Zhao Xiuye ​​in the prison to see if Zhao Xiuye ​​was still in the prison safely.

If Zhao Xiuye ​​was still there, it would be running away from home in a fit of anger. If Zhao Xiuye ​​was not there.

Then the problem is serious.

Zhao Kaishan hoped that Zhao Xiuye ​​would stay in the prison honestly, but it backfired. There was no Zhao Xiuye ​​in the prison, only a hapless scapegoat.

The county magistrate and Zhao Zuoliang co-directed the play of the civet cat changing the prince.

Because Zhao Kaishan's inspection was too sudden, the county magistrate didn't respond, and the people in the prison didn't have time to deal with it, so this matter was exposed.

Zhao Kaishan was furious and personally interrogated the magistrate. The magistrate explained everything in fear, saying that everything was Zhao Zuoliang's plan.

At that time, the county magistrate thought that even if Zhao Zuoliang took Zhao Xiuye ​​away, he would still be able to run away from the temple. The family was in Linyi County, so where else could he go?

In the end, I never thought that the temple could not escape, but the monk ran away with the abbot, leaving an empty temple, which exceeded everyone's expectations and led to the current situation.

While Zhao Kaishan was angry, he felt very strange.

Did Zhao Zuoliang think he would kill Zhao Xiuye, so he made such a decision?

Impossible!
He made it very clear that it was only to quell the anger of outsiders, so he made this decision. He could not kill Zhao Xiuye, and he would release it when he found an opportunity.

What's up with this?
Are you so distrustful of my integrity and promises that you would rather go against my orders and save your son?
Zhao Kaishan was angry and puzzled, and ordered his subordinates to search for the traces of Zhao Zuoliang's family everywhere.

He insisted that they had not gone far, must have lived elsewhere, could be found, and that things could be salvaged.

But until mid-April, there was no news about Zhao Zuoliang's trace. Zhao Zuoliang's family disappeared without a trace, as if the world had evaporated.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Kaishan to be satisfied, and Zhao Kaishan will continue to look for it.

It was not until April [-] that definite news came from the north.

Su Yonglin, the Hussar general of the Restoration Army and the commander-in-chief of the Hebei Corps, is about to get married. The object of the marriage is the Zhao family, the daughter of Zhao Zuoliang, the uncle of Zhao Kaishan, the leader of the Restoration Army.

The two parties have agreed on a wedding date, which will be on the first day of May, and the wedding venue is Hejianfu, the capital of Hebei East Road.

Su Yonglin also invited a lot of people to his wedding, saying that he wanted to make the wedding lively, so that everyone would know that Su Yonglin would be a family man from now on.

After learning this news, the entire Zhao clan exploded with the same surprise, and then condemned Zhao Zuoliang one-sidedly, saying that he did such a thing without consulting the clan.

This is to ignore the clan!

(End of this chapter)