The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 365 The Emperor's Embarrassment

The power of public opinion is formidable, and the power of the people is also formidable.

In order to prevent the capital from being moved, the people in the capital were making noise all day long. Some petitioned in front of the palace gate, and some non-violently refused to cooperate. No matter what, they just didn’t want to move the capital.

Zhao Kuangyin was completely embarrassed in the palace.

Originally, if only the ministers of the court or the king of Jin objected, he still had a way to evade or even solve it, but now that the people in the entire Bianjing city objected, it would be difficult to handle.

He Zhao Kuangyin can do more with ministers, he can kill ministers who disagree with him for this, but can he kill those common people?
No.

If he, Zhao Kuangyin, killed the people because of this incident, then his Great Song Dynasty would not be far from being destroyed.

This incident had a great impact. The ships on the Bian River had been suspended for several days. Many people in the capital could not bring the things they needed into Bianjing from outside. What they wanted was just a word from Zhao Kuangyin.

If things are allowed to develop like this, it will be very bad for Bianjing City and even the entire Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a long time, and finally made a decision to give up moving the capital to Chang'an City.

In fact, before he met Monk Wuxin, he had never thought of moving the capital to Chang'an City, because Bianjing was the place where he made his fortune, and this was Zhao Kuangyin's lucky place, and he was reluctant to part with this hometown.

But he trusted Monk Wuxin too much. Monk Wuxin said that moving the capital to Chang'an City could protect the Great Song Dynasty. He believed it in his heart, and just like the ministers in the court said, moving the capital to Chang'an City did have many benefits.

But judging from the current situation, it is not feasible to move the capital to Chang'an City. In this case, it is better to compromise first.

Zhao Kuangyin's edict was promulgated very quickly, and spread to all parts of Bianjing in the shortest possible time. When the news spread, the people in the whole capital cheered, they were excited because their goal was finally achieved.

But what they didn't know was that not long after the news spread, more than a dozen people in Bianjing suddenly died inexplicably. The few people who spread the news in Bianjing City were those who said that moving the capital to Chang'an City was not good for the people of Bianjing City.

They were all members of King Jin, who were sent by Su Tongkan, but now they died suddenly.

The news quickly reached King Jin's ears.

"My lord, our people are dead."

King Jin protected these people very well. He never thought of killing these people to silence them, because just because of this trivial matter, he would not kill these people of his own. But the current situation is that they were killed by others. Who are their people?

It wasn't King Jin, but King Jin didn't show too much surprise, he just glanced at Su and said, "I didn't expect the Holy One to make a move very quickly."

Su Another looked and nodded: "Because of public opinion, the Holy Majesty had to give up the plan to move the capital. This will have a certain blow to the Holy Majesty's imperial power. It is normal for the Holy Majesty to be angry. It is also normal for the Holy Majesty to kill a few people for this. Of course, the most important thing is , Your Majesty still wants to warn the prince by doing this."

King Jin nodded. He felt that what Su Jiaokan said was too true. Zhao Kuangyin killed those people to warn himself that he had violated his imperial prestige. He needed to let himself know how powerful he was, and that he understood everything, including himself The little things you do below.

But Jin Wang didn't care, as long as the goal was achieved, what was the death of a few people?
"Mr. Su, in your opinion, what should this king do now?"

"Low-key and low-key, let the Holy One think that his plan has succeeded, and make the Holy One think that you are really scared."

King Jin nodded, as long as Zhao Kuangyin was on the throne for a day, he would be a worm under Zhao Kuangyin's hands. In this case, of course he could not disobey Zhao Kuangyin's intention.
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The turmoil in the capital gradually subsided.

Qin Kanghui Palace.

Zhao Defang found a few more friends to drink at her house today. When she was half drunk, Zhao Defang couldn't help throwing the wine cup on the ground, and even cursed loudly.

Today, King Qin Kanghui invited all his friends from the Jianghu. These friends from the Jianghu were all so righteous. Seeing Zhao Defang like this, he quickly asked: "My lord, why are you so arrogant?"

Zhao Defang didn't hide her anger, but said: "Do you know why this king refuses to participate in the court battle?"

Everyone shook their heads, they thought that Zhao Defang just liked to play games, so he didn't fight for power in the court, but judging from today's situation, it doesn't seem to be the case.

"This king knows that his ability is limited and he can't inherit the great rule at all, so he has no intention of fighting for the throne. But more importantly, there are three forces competing with each other in the court. If this king joins in, my Song Dynasty will not be chaotic. Is this king willing to give up a lot of things for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, but he never thought that these people in the court would disregard the safety of the Great Song Dynasty and object to moving the capital to Chang'an for the benefit of each other, which makes this king really angry."

Hearing Zhao Defang's words, those friends in the world immediately understood what was going on.

It turned out that in the heart of the prince they knew, all he wanted was the stability of the Song Dynasty. As long as the Song Dynasty was stable, he could give up his fame and fortune, but now the officials of the Song Dynasty have let him down.

"My lord, in this world, one has the right to do things well. If you are powerless and powerless, it is naturally difficult to control the situation in the court. But if you have power and power, then many things will go in your direction."

A young man in white stood up and said, his name is Hua Zizai, he is a wanderer, and he met Zhao Defang because he jointly dealt with a group of robbers. Zhao Defang admired this young man very much.

"Brother Hua is right, but judging from the current situation of the court, if this king intervenes again, it will definitely disrupt the court situation, and it is not as easy as I imagined for this king to join."

Hua Zizai smiled lightly: "If the prince wants to intervene in the court, what's the problem?"

Zhao Defang let out an oh, and asked, "Brother Hua, is there a way?"

Hua Zizai nodded: "As long as the prince thinks, I can help him achieve his wish, but what I need the prince to do is very simple, and that is to let the sage know that you intend to enter the court."

"It's easy to say. Tomorrow, the king will go to the palace to meet his father and express his will. But what is Brother Hua going to do?"

Hua Zizai shook her head: "My lord doesn't need to worry so much, I have my own way."

Seeing Hua Zizai like this, Zhao Defang couldn't ask any more questions.
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Early the next morning, Zhao Defang went to find Zhao Kuangyin, saying that he was no longer young and should contribute to Song Dynasty, hoping that Zhao Kuangyin could find him something to do.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed when he saw that his son suddenly became concerned about the affairs of the court. Anyway, it is definitely a good thing for him that his son has something to do in the court.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin found Zhao Defang the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials without hesitation.

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion of officials, and it is the easiest to accumulate strength. As Zhao Defang, in this position, she will definitely be able to quickly gather a group of her own strength.

Seeing his father being so generous, Zhao Defang was overjoyed. It wasn't until this time that he finally understood his father's intentions. It turned out that his father was still very good to him. He even suspected that if he fought for the throne, his The emperor's father may be more inclined to himself.

After coming out of the palace, Zhao Defang felt that he was really high-spirited. He seemed to see hope, the hope of Da Song.

That's right, he never does things for himself, he does things for the whole Song Dynasty, even if he makes friends with those quacks, he just doesn't want to watch those quacks kill wantonly.

He felt that this should be his duty.

He is the prince of Song Dynasty, so he has the responsibility to maintain the stability of Song Dynasty.

Before, he thought that if he didn't participate in the party struggle, it might make the court more stable, but since the move of the capital happened, he realized that all the courtiers were just doing it for their own benefit. For their own benefit, they could give up Da Song's interests made him very uncomfortable, which made him feel that he had to do something.

Perhaps, joining the court is the first step.

Now that he has succeeded, although it is only a small success, in his opinion, entering the bureaucracy is a small success, what should he do next?Need to win over your own power?
If you want to expand your influence, this is undoubtedly necessary, but now that the power of the court has been divided by King Wu, King Wei and King Jin, how can you intervene?

Snatching food from wolves is not easy.

It was not far from the palace, because of the hot weather, there were not many people on the street, and the carriage was somewhat unimpeded on the street, but at this moment, the carriage suddenly honked, and then Zhao Defang felt that his carriage driver came from Jumping off the carriage, Zhao Defang frowned slightly, then clenched the sword at his waist and jumped out of the carriage.

I saw a man fighting with his coachman on the street. In fact, how could a prince like Zhao Defang use an ordinary coachman?
The two fought for a long time, but there was no difference between the winner and the loser. Zhao Defang gave a cold shout, raised his sword and charged away. Seeing that the situation was not good for him, the assassin rushed away.

The people on the street gradually dispersed. After Zhao Defang sat back in the carriage, he couldn't understand why someone came to assassinate him just after he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The news of Zhao Defang's assassination spread quickly. When it reached the palace, Zhao Kuangyin was reviewing the memorial. He threw the memorial on the ground and said angrily: "Damn, hate, I want to promote my son, and some people will not see it." Have you? Come, let me investigate, find out who is behind the scenes, and after finding out who it is, I will never forgive you lightly."

(End of this chapter)