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Chapter 251 is an imperial envoy

Zhennan City.

Zhennan King's Mansion.

Zhao Du, king of Zhennan, called all his subordinates to his palace.

"My lord, what's the reason for calling someone from a lower rank to come here?" A general asked Zhao Dufa, the king of Zhennan, "Could it be that your lord has made up his mind and wants to start trouble?"

The people sitting in this room today are all Zhao Du's confidantes.There are some things that can be known to them, and some things that they have been instructed by Zhao Du to do.Including the fact that Zhao wanted to start a rebellion before and became the emperor, these subordinates also knew about it.

In addition, some subordinates, for the sake of their own future, persuaded Zhao Du to take advantage of the favorable opportunity for the Northern Yuan army to attack Xiangyang City, and to join forces from inside and outside to enter Lin'an City, take Zhao Qi down, and become the new leader of the Great Song Dynasty. the emperor.But Zhao Du did not agree because of his own reputation.In addition to not agreeing, Zhao Du also took the initiative to reduce part of his troops when Zhao Qiyu drove to Xiangyang City to resist the Northern Yuan army.

in this way.

It also made Zhao Du's generals not very satisfied. They put their wealth and lives on Zhao Du, and followed Zhao Du to rebel. Isn't it for the merit of the dragon?
result.

After Zhao Du reduced his number of troops, he locked himself in the palace without seeing anyone.

Nowadays.

It was the first time Zhennan Wang Zhaodu had met several of his confidants after reducing his own troops.

After receiving the order summoned by Zhao Du, these confidantes always thought that Zhao Du had made up his mind and wanted to formally raise troops, and then overthrow Zhao Qi's rule and establish himself as emperor.

That's why I asked this question.

Zhao Du didn't answer the general's question, but slowly put the information report sent by the secret agent in his hand on the table, and said in a worried voice: "It seems that this time, the emperor wants to It's aimed at the king."

Say it.

Let all the generals present watch the information about the results of the battle in Xiangyang City sent by the detailed staff on the table.

The general who asked about Zhao Du just now looked at the newspaper and said to Zhao Du: "My lord, what should I do? Just ask me what you want, you will definitely follow through."

"My lord, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. This is Zhennan City, not Lin'an City. At worst, soldiers will come and cover up the water and soil." A literati dressed as a counselor suggested, "First of all, we can't mess up our own positions. It's up to the lord. Think twice."

The thought twice in his words refers to Zhao Du's rebellion.

For Zhao Du's rebellion, all the people in the house agreed.These people believed that Zhao Du's rebellion would be a matter of course. After all, this was something that had been planned for ten years.

prior to.

Zhao Du thought so too.

but now.

He doesn't think so.

An emperor who led tens of thousands of horses and defeated the 10,000+ Northern Yuan army by himself was enough to attract the attention of Zhao Du, and those soldiers and horses under the opponent came with the aftermath of a great victory. Whether Junbing is the opponent of the opponent is another story.

The rebellion, the result of failure, is miserable.

But if the sensible person gives up the rebellion, even though he loses his freedom, he can live to old age safely. This is also the most fundamental reason why Zhao Du insisted on reducing some of his own troops when he heard about Zhao Qi's personal conquest. No matter how the final situation develops, in the end At least he and Zhao are safe.

Zhao Du never thought of rebelling, not before, not now, and never in the future.

I didn't intend to rebel, but I did rebellion.

This matter seems to be inconsistent, but it is not. Rebellion is for survival, and not rebellion is for better living.

As a member of the royal family, the scenery is boundless, but only the members of the royal family themselves know the loneliness, fear and cruelty of the royal family.

In the depths of Zhao Du's heart, there has always been a feeling of fear. The title of prince sounds nice, as if one person is below ten thousand people, but who knows, because of the title of prince, he can't eat and can't eat. Can't sleep well.

Ten years ago, when King Yu rebelled and the heads of King Yu's family fell to the ground, this feeling of walking on thin ice was even worse.Also on that day, in order to live, Zhao Du, who didn't want to die because of the emperor's calculation, inexplicably had the idea of ​​rebellion, just like King Yu's idea of ​​rebellion.

Because King Zhennan, like King Yu, belonged to a branch of the royal family with a distant bloodline, but because he had military power in his hands, he was named an outer prince by the emperor at that time, one guarding Zhennan City and the other guarding North Yucheng.

Through the ages.

The vassal kings with military power are taboos of the current emperor, and coupled with the example of King Yu's rebellion, that's why Zhennan King Zhao Du was worried that he would be settled by the current emperor and lose his life inexplicably.

to live.

Thoughts of rebellion arose.

This idea of ​​rebellion, which had never been thought of before, sprouted in Zhao Du's heart like a seed, and then Zhao Du spent ten years planning this matter.

Some time ago, I heard that the Three Kings rebelled, and the emperor died during the Three Kings' rebellion. Zhao Du thought that his chance had come. On the third day of Zhao Qi's ascension to the throne, he gathered an army of 10,000+, and prepared to use the name of the Qing Emperor to fight Enter Lin'an City.

But did not expect.

When he raised his troops, the 10,000+ army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty also attacked Xiangyang City.

One is civil unrest.

One is to destroy the country.

Between the two, Zhao chose the country, so he didn't show his banner clearly. On the contrary, he took the initiative to reduce part of his troops, so that Zhao Qi could go all out to deal with the invading army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so that he could Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But the final result.

It was the new emperor Zhao Qi who defeated the invading army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty with a small force. There were certain external factors in this, but Zhao Qi's heroism could not be ruled out.

Heart to heart.

If it was Zhao Du, he would definitely not have personally conscripted, but sent envoys to negotiate peace with the invading army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and exchanged money and materials for the opponent's retreat.

Given these.

Zhao Du has a mentality of approval towards Zhao Qi. He feels that it is a bad thing for Zhao Qi to be the emperor, but whether Zhao Qi can let him off as Uncle Wang is another story.

He doesn't want to die, he wants to live well.

But how to save your own life requires all of you present to work together and think together.

at the same time.

As an imperial envoy, Dong Tiancheng turned to the rider beside him and asked, "Ah Er, how far are we from Zhennan City now?"

Ah Er, a fourth-rank general, cupped his hands towards Dong Tiancheng, and replied: "General, we just passed Jushui City an hour ago. Jushui City is about two hundred miles away from Zhennan City. It is now noon, I guess. By the time the sun goes down tomorrow, we'll be there."

Dong Tiancheng nodded, "Then speed up your pace and go to the front Shanshui City to camp at the top."

Ah Er whipped his whip, and issued an order, "Everyone, hurry up, and you must arrive at Shanshui City before the sun goes down."

Shanshui City is about a hundred miles away from Zhennan City. Arriving at Shanshui City is actually equivalent to arriving at the territory of Zhennan King Zhaodu.

(End of this chapter)