Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 244 World lines diverge and major changes occur

Zhao Mu asked: "Are you just returning from hunting? Isn't there any other news?"

Zhezong shook his head and said, "No."

Zhao Mu pretended to mutter to himself: "I didn't expect that Xixia Yipintang's information would sometimes make mistakes."

Hearing this, Zhe Zong laughed and said: "Haha, although the Yipintang of Xixia Manzi is powerful, my Song Dynasty's Conglong and Huangcheng Division are not bad either. Uncle Emperor, don't worry about it. Even if there is no change in the Liao Kingdom this time, it does not mean that there will be no changes in the future. It won't show up." Then Zhe Zong changed the subject and said, "Uncle Emperor, does he know why I gave you the title 'King of Zhongshan'?"

Zhao Mu's thoughts were interrupted by Zhe Zong's words.

Although Zhao Mu had already guessed Zhe Zong's intention, the most taboo thing for a qualified subordinate was to figure out what Shang Feng meant. Sometimes even if you know something, you still have to pretend to be confused, to make Shangfeng feel that he is the smartest one.

At least smarter than your subordinates. Just like Heshen and Qianlong, even if he is rich in knowledge and talents, the opportunity to shine will always be reserved for Qianlong. On the contrary, this is what happened to Yang Xiu.

Zhao Mu didn't speak, just shook his head.

Zhezong said: "Zhongshan is an ancient country in the pre-Qin period, and the territory of Zhongshan is on the border between our Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. Part of the land is still occupied by the Liao people. I named the emperor's uncle the King of Zhongshan because I want the emperor to I will never forget to take back my own land from the Liao people."

Zhao Mu cupped his hands and replied: "I will honor my orders. Since there is no chaos in the Liao Kingdom yet, we, the Song Dynasty, should recuperate and recuperate. After that, we will first take Xixia to clear the obstacles, then use Dali to suppress Tubo, and finally wait for the chaos in the Liao Kingdom, we will So we watched the fire from the other side and profited from it. Back then, these Khitan dogs took advantage of the heroes of the Central Plains to cede the sixteen states of Yanyun. Over the past hundred years, their iron hoofs trampled through thousands of our people in the Central Plains. When they are in civil strife, we can also follow their example. Generally speaking, it would be good if the Khitan is willing to cede the territory, but if not, we will have strong troops and horses at that time, and it will not be too late to fight again."

Zhe Zong said with a smile: "Congratulations, uncle."

Afterwards, the eunuch reminded Zhezong of the time. Zhezong was going to wash up and change clothes to prepare for today's court meeting. As for Zhao Mu, he only has a title and no official rank, so he is not qualified to participate in the Great Court Meeting. So Zhao Mu was sent back to rest by Zhezong.

As for the canonization of Zhao Mu as the "King of Zhongshan", Zhe Zong actually had no say in this matter. Zhezong has not officially taken charge yet, but he has already tried his best to elevate Zhao Mu from a county prince to a county prince. Now that he has been canonized as King of Zhongshan, he cannot go his own way.

Therefore, Zhezong planned to put this matter at the court meeting and let the ministers discuss it.

Although the Xixia map cannot be announced yet, Zhao Mu negotiated the cooperation between Dali and the Song Dynasty, and also made Dali responsible for all the city building costs. This matter is also worthy of credit.

Zhezong wanted to take this as an opportunity to test the reaction of the ministers. If the ministers agreed, then he would not need to ask the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother for approval.

But if the ministers disagreed, Zhezong would just take note of it and find an opportunity to knock him down. Look who doesn't have the same heart as the emperor himself. Zhe Zong also took this opportunity to investigate.

As for Zhao Mu's title, Zhe Zong had already thought of a countermeasure. As long as the Empress Dowager agrees, it will not work if anyone disagrees.

Zhao Mu left the palace with the Four Swords of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum. However, Zhao Mu did not choose to go back directly to the palace, but asked the official to arrange for him to stay in the post house first.

Zhao Mu calculated the time and his mother should have been taken back to the capital long ago. It was not yet dawn and her mother had not yet gotten up. It's not too late to go back after daybreak.

Sitting on the carriage leaving the palace, Zhao Mu was puzzled. He was curious about why the Nanyuan Prince and his son did not rebel.

After all, according to the original plot, Yelu Hongji went to Changbai Mountain to hunt, and during the period he met Qiao Feng and Qiao Feng became sworn friends. But then, the King of Nanyuan took advantage of his absence to capture the palace and capture the Queen Mother and the concubines. Then the army pressed down on the territory and forced Yelu Hongji to abdicate. If Qiao Feng hadn't captured the King of Chu with a thousand horses, Yelu Hongji's throne would have changed hands long ago. But why was there no chaos in the Liao Kingdom? This puzzled Zhao Mu.

In fact, it is not that there was no internal chaos in the Liao Kingdom, but because Qiao Feng's fate was changed, so that the outcome of subsequent events was changed because of this butterfly effect. In the original story, Qiao Feng met Yelu Hongji's hunting team while hunting with Wanyan Agu. Qiao Feng captured Yelu Hongji out of loyalty to the Jurchen tribe and detained him in the Jurchen tribe. day. After that, the two brothers became sworn brothers and delayed some time. This gave King Chu and his son time to rebel and change.

But this time Zhao Mu changed Qiao Feng's fate. Qiao Feng did not go to Changbai Mountain to get ginseng, nor did he get to know Wanyan Aguda. Without the key figure Qiao Feng, Yelu Hongji naturally was not captured by the Jurchen tribe. On the contrary, the Jurchen tribe was hunted down by Yelu Hongji.

But Yelu Hongji also returned home happily. It was precisely because there was no interference from Qiao Feng that Yelu Hongji returned to Beijing early. Before the King of Chu and his son could seize the military power of the North Courtyard, Yelu Hongji had already returned to the court. As a result, their rebellion plan had already gone bankrupt before their father and son took action. Yelu Hongji was still sitting firmly in the Dragon Court, while the King of Chu and his son were also reining in the situation without Yelu Hongji seeing any clues. Therefore, no changes occurred within the Liao Kingdom.

However, there was an unexpected change in the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Hongji returned to the court early because of one person's interference.

This person is Xiao Yuanshan, who has disappeared for a long time.

The last time Xiao Yuanshan was injured by Murong Bo, he was rescued by Qiao Feng. After that, Xiao Yuanshan did not return to Shaolin Temple after leaving, but hid in hiding to recuperate.

However, because Murong Bo's ruthless attacks suddenly caused Xiao Yuanshan's internal injury because he was unable to practice Buddhist martial arts properly.

Xiao Yuanshan knew that he had damaged his foundation this time and could no longer compete with the masters from the Central Plains. So he returned to Liao Kingdom.

And this time he really spread the martial arts secrets he stole from Shaolin Temple to the Liao Kingdom.

Xiao Yuanshan was originally from the mother clan of the Queen Mother of the Liao Kingdom, and was the chief instructor of the Shan Army under the Queen Mother.

The personal guards around Empress Dowager Xiao were the "Shushan Army" left behind by Queen Yingtian. Because of his return, Prince Chu and his son became wary and had to postpone their action plan.

After Xiao Yuanshan translated the Central Plains martial arts into Khitan, he compiled it into a book and handed it over to everyone in the Shan army for practice. Then we will promote the training to the whole army.

Xiao Yuanshan's move was highly appreciated by Empress Dowager Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao also sent someone to report the matter to Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Hongji saw the Queen Mother's edict and learned that the Khitan's top master had returned. Not only did he not dissuade him from going south to conquer the Song Dynasty, he even brought him the great gift of Central Plains martial arts.

Naturally, Yelu Hongji hurried back quickly. On the one hand, he wanted to express his condolences to the heroes, and on the other hand, he wanted to test the progress of the Khitan people's martial arts practice.

It was precisely because of this incident that the King of Chu and his son did not have time to rebel. Instead, Xiao Yuanshan was asked to bring back martial arts and strengthen the strength of some Liao soldiers. After practicing, these soldiers have an advantage over Jianghu warriors in that they are more organized.

However, Xiao Yuanshan's move did not make much sense.

Although he helped the Liao Kingdom train a group of soldiers with superior martial arts, Zhao Mu also had subordinates with strong martial arts around him. Zhao Mu now has four of them by his side.

But now Zhao Mu has learned all the true inheritance of the Xiaoyao sect. Even if the soldiers of the Shan army have reached the level of Xuanci, they are no different from ordinary fish in Zhao Mu's eyes. What's more, they can't practice it even if they don't have thirty or fifty years.

(End of this chapter)