Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 131 Helpless
Zhao Zhen originally just wanted to take this opportunity to test Zhao Xin.

Who would have thought that in the end it would become a test for myself.

Fu Bi was very direct in his words. "Your Majesty, if we let Prince Yu go, even if we succeed, when others, even Liao and Xixia, hear that we have to rely on a six-year-old child to suppress the rebellion, they will look down on us, and even think that we have no one in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, I think that we must not let Prince Yu go."

Zhao Zhen said, "What are you thinking, Fu Qing? I certainly can't let Zui Xinglai go to Baozhou. I just want to see if Zui Xinglai can handle state affairs like this. How can you really think that I would really let a six-year-old child go?"

The three of them also looked at each other.

It may be hard to say for other people, but I always feel that you, the official, can do it.

Official, is there anything you dare not do?

His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu now has 3,500 soldiers under his command.

However, the current situation in Baozhou is different from the matter of 3,500 soldiers.

Those 3,500 soldiers can only be regarded as the result of the emperor's excessive favoritism towards His Royal Highness Prince Yu.

Just treat it as a game!

But the matter of Baozhou is not something you can play with.

After all, if the matter is not handled properly, His Royal Highness Prince Yu might die there.

When Zhao Xin heard the conversation between his father and Fu Bi, he also felt that there would be no hope of improving his reputation this time.

Don't tell me yet!

If he could have reached Baozhou at the age of six and put down the rebellion in an instant, just imagine how the history books would praise him in the future.

It should be even more awesome than Emperor Taizong Wen rescuing Emperor Yang of Sui!
After all, Emperor Taizong Wen had to be sixteen years old before he could rescue the emperor at Yanmen Pass, but when he was six years old, he was already able to quell a rebellion personally.

Unfortunately……

Something like this is probably unlikely.

The more Zhao Xin thought about it, the more he wanted to do it.

After all, opportunities like this to leave one's name in history are rare.

Fu Bi said, "People like those under His Royal Highness Prince Yu have little experience in this area, their official positions are not high, and they lack prestige, so they are not suitable to be sent out."

Got it!
Fu Bi's words once again blocked the way for Zhao Xin's men to escape.

But if you think about it, it makes sense.

Take Zhao Xun for example. He is a soldier just like the rebels, so he is not convincing at all.

Baozhou is located very close to the front line of the Liao Kingdom.

If this matter cannot be handled properly, and the Liao Kingdom also knows about it, and even thinks that your problem is very serious, then this will actually be disadvantageous to the Song Dynasty.

It would be best to find someone to quickly quell this rebellion.

of course!

Zhao Xin strongly agreed with Fu Bi's statement that his people had little experience and prestige.

However, Fu Bi overlooked one point, that is, he was the second son of the emperor.

What if I let Zhao Xun tell the rebels that this time he came on behalf of Prince Yu to persuade them to surrender?

Unfortunately……

The Yunyi Army in Baozhou was used to defend against the Liao Kingdom in the north.

It is also impossible to use them to become his soldiers.

If we allow a rebel army that could surrender and then rebel again at any time to be placed on the front line of the Song Dynasty's fight against the Liao Dynasty, who knows if the Yunyi Army will betray the Song Dynasty again one day?
Zhao Xin seemed to have already guessed the final outcome of the Yunyi Army.

Or kill them all!
Or, at worst, they will be exiled to various places.

Even if they were exiled, there was a fear that they would continue to raise other rebel forces after arriving in other places.

While Zhao Xin was distracted, Fu Bi seemed to have already negotiated a deal with his father with his eloquent speech.

His father said, "Then let Fu Qing take care of this matter. I will appoint you as the envoy of Hebei and command all the troops to suppress the rebellion."

Zhao Xin did not say anything. It was not until the meeting was over and he left that he asked Fu Bi, "Fu Bi, will you kill all the rebels?"

Fu Bi looked down at Zhao Xin.

Given his character, he would definitely kill all these rebels.

And Fu Bi became more and more silent.

The more Zhao Xin knew the result, the more he knew it.

All he could say was: "Listen carefully to what the soldiers are saying. If you can spare their lives, spare their lives."

Fu Bi immediately asked, "How can we stay?"

Zhao Xin was also asked this question.

Do we have to take in these soldiers ourselves?

This place is not a garbage dump.

Of course, Zhao Xin didn’t mean that those soldiers were trash, he just wanted to say that they couldn’t just stuff everything into their hands.

But if he doesn't take her in, who can?

Who dares to take him in?

These rebels dare to rebel today, and they will dare to rebel in the future as well.

Unless you are a worm in the rebels' stomach and know what they are thinking.

Zhao Xin said: "If it is extenuating, then tell them that they can follow me, Prince Yu, in the future."

"If you feel that there is no excusable cause and you must kill, then go ahead and kill."

Afterwards, Zhao Xin added, "If life is good, who would be willing to rebel? Like the guy who defected to Li Yuanhao? He should be killed, but if they are all miserable people, then they can be forgiven appropriately."

Fu Bi had no choice but to say, "Your Highness Prince Yu is a kind person, this is a good thing, but if he takes in everyone, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

Moreover!
If he really brought the person back, it would be difficult for him to explain to the authorities.

What if something happened in the future? Not only would he be blamed, but he also couldn't give the official a son as compensation.

Zhao Xin thought about it and decided, okay!

He should go back and arrange his three thousand elite troops.

In order to allow him to have easy access to these three thousand elite troops, Zhao Xin arranged these three thousand elite troops in a place fifty miles outside Kaifeng city and implemented a fully closed management system. People outside could not enter, and people inside could not leave.

As for the family members...

You can migrate directly to Xuchang.

When the time comes, let Zhang Kang arrange a place for them to live and farm.

Next…

Then it is busy infrastructure construction.

Same as August.

The Song Dynasty sent envoys to the Liao Kingdom, stating that as long as Western Xia did not apologize to the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty would not form an alliance with Western Xia, in order to stabilize the Liao Kingdom's determination to attack Western Xia.

September.

Lü Yijian died of illness.

October.

The Liao ruler, Yelü Zongzhen, personally led 100,000 cavalry out of Jinsu City. The crown prince, Yelü Chongyuan, led 7,000 cavalry out of the south. Xiao Xiaoyou, the governor of Tokyo, led his troops as support. Xiao Hui, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court, led 60,000 troops out of the north. They divided their troops into three routes and launched a large-scale attack on Western Xia.

After hearing this news, Zhao Xin thought that it would be even more impossible to give more annual gifts to Western Xia, or even that he didn't want to give any at all.

Of course, you can’t tell people this directly.

Just continue to fight with the other party's envoy.

(End of this chapter)