The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1815
"The battle in the north is not going well. Hu Yanzan and other generals have all died. It seems that there is always a gap between us and Khitan. Otherwise, how could our hundreds of thousands of troops lose Gubeikou there?"

"If you want me to say, it's not that our soldiers are incompetent. Weren't they good before? I think it's the generals who are incompetent!"

"Brother, please keep your voice down. General Gao Huaide is in charge of the northern camp. He is the father of our princess. Do you want to die if you say that?"

"What are you afraid of? Why don't they let people say that they lost the battle? I am also a serious businessman. I donated a lot of money to the court. It was used for the court to fight. Now that they have lost the battle, I say What's wrong with one sentence?"

These people are talking about the loss of Gubeikou. It is impossible for the court to conceal this matter. If it is deliberately concealed, it will definitely arouse more suspicion, so the court made the news public, and the Da Song Daily also specially gave a few The sacrificed generals wrote several biographies and introduced their lives. For a while, there was a wave of hero worship in Bianjing.

"The imperial court suffered a big loss this time and lost Gubeikou. It was taken back by the prince himself and now the Khitan has taken it. It seems that the prince's father-in-law is still a little bit worse."

"My lord, do you think we can win the Song Dynasty this time? The Khitan army is strong and strong. I heard that this time they took Gubeikou without any effort. This is a bit dangerous."

The man in the golden mask said worriedly, he is Zhao Pu's horse boy, but he is also a Han Chinese, he is absolutely true to the Khitan's enemy, and it is impossible to fake it.

"This should be inseparable from your prime minister, oh, the dead are all soldiers of our Great Song Dynasty, but you, the prime minister..." Zhao Lin sighed and said nothing, turned and went back to his room , The man who left the golden mask knew what he was thinking.

"This time our chance has come. Mr. Zhao asked us to act according to the previous arrangement. We must take care of our amulets recently. We have put our wealth and life on it. We must not make mistakes, otherwise we will really be It's all over."

In the mansion of a servant, some officials with low official positions are discussing something together. These people are all Zhao Pu’s supporters in the court. In other words, many of them are Zhao Pu’s younger brothers. Yes, he obeyed Zhao Pu's words.

"Lord Zhu, don't worry, we are following the arrangement when your lord left. The results are gratifying recently. When our plan is implemented, we can save a lot of things."

"Yes, as long as we don't mess up now, as long as we stay steady, we will win soon. Your Excellency has been planning for so long, isn't it just to find a good way out for everyone, now is the opportunity, everyone must stay here Can't go wrong."

These are Zhao Pu's confidantes. Although Zhao Pu is not here now, they are still doing things step by step according to the arrangement before Zhao Pu left, and the home of the official surnamed Zhu is the base camp.

And when they were plotting, they didn't know that someone had left the mansion while they were chatting happily.

"Are you saying it's true that they have seen each other more frequently recently?"

"Yes, they didn't let anyone get near them while they were talking, and there were guards around, so we didn't get the information we needed."

"Okay, go on, don't let anyone know about this, you must not expose it, go back and insist, if it is exposed, you know what you should do?"

"If it is exposed, the villain will never come back. Don't worry, master, the villain will leave."

After the person who reported the letter left, he sat in front of his case again, and said to himself, "Are you really going to cut yourself off from the world and from me!"

"Come on, call Miao Xun and tell me that I have something very urgent." This person is Zhao Kuangyin. He is in control.

"Your Majesty, what you said is true. He arranged all of this?" Miao Xun went straight to the topic after arriving.

"I don't believe it either, but this is indeed him. He has followed me for so many years, and he would actually do such a thing. It's really unexpected that he still has such thoughts, and it is very likely that Zhao Lin brought food and grass to Fusang. He did it, you must know it better than me."

Regarding Miao Xun, Zhao Kuangyin generally doesn't hide much, because this person is his confidant and someone he can trust.

"Well, there is actually some evidence pointing to him, but I don't have any evidence, so I dare not report it to Your Majesty, lest I be suspected of fighting for power. Even if Your Majesty said so, I have no scruples. Those who contacted him The people were all dead when we found them, and the clues were cut off, maybe it was because he knew we were going to investigate him that he thought of volunteering to go to the northern border for inspection?"

Miao Xun also expressed his worries. After fighting against Khitan for so many years, he still has the upper hand. Why did things happen frequently to Zhao Pu in the past? Is this also his fault?
"Although he didn't win, it's not far away. He can't get rid of his involvement in this. Miao Xunzhen knows that you are brothers, but this is traitorous. I hope you can clearly distinguish the priorities."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the minister knows how to do it. Now we must keep an eye on the ministers who have close contacts with him in the court, grasp what they are doing, and see what they want to do. At this time, we must not startle the snake, after all, now Our focus is all on the north, and a little carelessness may bring us a huge disaster, which we do not want to see."

Miao Xun has a clear distinction between public and private, which is also an important reason why Zhao Kuangyin values ​​him. Now that he said this, it is very in line with Zhao Kuangyin's mind. In fact, he did not say that Zhao Kuangyin had already done this. To show it in front of the emperor is to pretend to be stupid, and people who pretend to be stupid can generally live longer.

"I have already arranged these things. Your task now is to stabilize the court. There must be no more chaos here. I believe that Khitan is not our opponent. External troubles are important, but internal troubles are even more serious."

Zhao Kuangyin also knows that the biggest worry of the Great Song Dynasty now comes from within. The Khitan is very strong, but it has not completely destroyed the Central Plains for so many years. The wars of the Five Dynasties all started from within himself, and the interior is what he is most worried about. Anne.

(End of this chapter)