Chapter 280 Yin Feng Enke
"The Crown Princess will not disturb His Highness." Sanshui said.
"Clean up the study." Zhao Xing said and walked out.
Zhao Xing walked into the bedroom. Zhang Guifen was sitting on the soft couch, with her hand on the table supporting her chin, sleeping soundly.
“Meet Your Highness!”
Cui'e, who was waiting on the side, quickly saluted, and Zhao Xing was too late to stop her.
"Your Highness!"
Zhang Guifen was awakened and when she saw Zhao Xing, she quickly stood up and saluted.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Zhao Xing asked.
“I heard that His Highness went to the study again after he came back, so I went to the kitchen and made some midnight snack for His Highness.”
Zhang Guifen looked at Cui'e and said, "Quickly, bring out the warm meals."
"Yes!"
Cui'e and the palace maids brought out the warm meals and set them up.
Zhao Xing came to the table and sat down. Zhang Guifen sat down next to him and said, "I have warmed the wine. Your Highness has had a hard day. Drink less to relieve your fatigue?"
"Then Just drink." Zhao Xing nodded.
"My concubine, please have a drink with your highness." Zhang Guifen smiled and poured wine for Zhao Xing and herself.
Zhao Xing raised his glass, touched it with Zhang Guifen, and drank.
Putting down the wine glass, Zhao Xing said, "The princess has something to tell her, right?"
Zhang Guifen, who was pouring wine, moved her hands after hearing this, and quickly returned to normal, asking Said: "Why did His Highness say that?"
"You know Gu, and Gu also knows you. It's normal for you to see Gu working until late at night, cooking for Gu to make midnight snacks, and waiting for Gu, but you I won’t prepare wine for you,” Zhao Xing said.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guifen showed a wry smile.
Zhao Xing had told her before that drinking alcohol was not good for having children. From then on, when Zhao Xing went to her place for dinner, she always told her not to serve alcohol.
Zhao Xing even teased her about it.
"You and I, just tell us what you have to say. Why do you need to do this?" Zhao Xing picked up the chopsticks and started eating the food.
"Your Highness, I came back from the palace today. My father asked my brother to bring me a message and asked me to tell it to Your Highness." Zhang Guifen said.
"Is it because of the increase in troops to the north? My father-in-law doesn't want to lead the troops?" Zhao Xing asked without raising his head.
"Yeah." Zhang Guifen nodded.
"Tell your father-in-law not to think too much." Zhao Xing said.
Now that the news of building the Great Wall in the north has not been announced, the imperial court suddenly sent more troops to the north.
The British Duke may have known about the civil strife in Liao, and thought that the imperial court sent more troops to the north to take advantage of the chaos to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun.
With his status, whether he wins or loses, it is not a good thing.
“Your Highness, my concubine’s father is old after all, so why not replace him with someone else?” Zhang Guifen advised.
"You definitely didn't tell your father-in-law that the emperor wanted to meditate in isolation." Zhao Xing took a bite of the food and said with a smile.
“The imperial court has not announced this kind of thing, so how dare I dare to talk nonsense.” Zhang Guifen explained hurriedly.
"What are you in a hurry? I know you didn't tell me, otherwise my father-in-law wouldn't have let you tell me to let him change someone." Zhao Xing said.
The reason why the British Duke did not resign directly, but asked Zhang Guifen to tell him, was because he was afraid that this was what Zhao Xing meant.
If he resigns, wouldn't it be a public disgrace to Zhao Xing?
But he certainly didn’t know that the official family already had the meaning of Zen.
Otherwise, even if he mistakenly believed that he was asked to lead troops to the north because he wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in Liao to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun, he would not refuse.
Because Zhao Xing had just ascended the throne, even if the North could not win, it could not suffer a major defeat.
He doesn't trust others, so he naturally won't refuse to lead troops.
"You tell me tomorrow...forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will summon my father-in-law tomorrow and tell him in person."
Zhao Xing originally wanted Zhang Guifen to tell the British Duke, the official Intentional Zen position.
He wanted to tell the British public something again, so he might as well tell him himself.
"Yeah." Zhang Guifen didn't say anything after hearing this.
Logically speaking, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but what she just said is already beyond the pale.
"Are you hungry too? Eat something with me." Zhao Xing said.
"I am not hungry, Your Highness." Zhang Guifen picked up the chopsticks and served Zhao Xing.
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Early the next morning, Zhao Xing and Zhang Guifen went to the palace together.
After the two entered the palace, they first visited their father, then Zhang Guifen stayed there to talk to Queen Cao, while Zhao Xing went to Longtuge. .
When he arrived at Longtuge, Zhao Xing told Eunuch Liu to send someone to summon the British Duke into the palace, and then he immersed himself in reviewing Zazi.
I don’t know how long it took, but Eunuch Liu reported that the British father-in-law had arrived. Zhao Xing put down his pen and stretched.
"Let the British prince come in." Zhao Xing said.
A waiter responded, backed out, and soon led the British father in. "I pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince!" the British Duke saluted.
"No gifts!"
Zhao Xing waved his hand and gave him a seat. After asking for tea, he sent everyone out and then said: "Father-in-law, do you know that the imperial court Why did you suddenly send more troops to the north? "
"I guess it is because of the civil strife in Liao, and the imperial court wants to take the opportunity to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun," said the British Duke.
“Yes or no, the imperial court’s increase in troops at this time has something to do with the civil strife in Liao, but it is not the main reason.”
Zhao Xing shook his head and told the inside story.
"That's it!"
The British public suddenly realized that he also felt that with the current situation of the Song Dynasty, even if the Liao Dynasty was in civil strife, it would be almost impossible to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun.
But as a military commander, he has little say. In addition, the imperial edict has been issued, so he cannot stop it.
Now that Zhao Xing explained the reason, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, I am getting old and my health is getting worse. I am afraid that I will miss the important events of the court. Your Highness should go to someone else." The British Duke said.
"Does my father-in-law know that my father already has the intention of taking the Zen position?" Zhao Xing said.
"What?" The British public was shocked when he heard this.
"My father has chosen the day when Lian Gu will ascend the throne, and he will announce the news in a few days." Zhao Xing said.
After hearing this, the British Duke was silent for a while and said: "Your Highness, I will ensure the smooth construction of the Great Wall even if I risk my life!"
Building the Great Wall in the north will cost a lot of money.
If Zhao Xing fails to build the Great Wall just after he ascends the throne, a lot of money will be wasted, which will be very detrimental to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing nodded happily and said: "Although my father-in-law's main focus here is to ensure that the construction of the Great Wall can proceed smoothly and not be disturbed by the Liao Kingdom. But my father-in-law can also look at the opportunity and look like he is going to send troops. , threatening the Liao border. The purpose is to keep the Liao in chaos as long as possible. It is up to my father-in-law to decide how to do it. "
The soldiers and horses on the Liao border are all the Liao emperor's people. Now the Liao emperor is dead. , these soldiers and horses should obey Yelu Yixin's orders.
The purpose of the additional troops in the Song Dynasty was to prevent Yelu Yixin from mobilizing these troops.
Zhao Xing asked the British Duke to make his own judgment based on the situation, which meant letting him make a decision based on the civil strife in Liao.
If Yelu Yixin has the upper hand, he will definitely not be allowed to mobilize border troops.
But if Yelu Zhongyuan has the upper hand, he cannot put too much pressure on the Liao border.
Although Zhao Xing has never seen the British military ability, a person who can come up with a strategy similar to Wang Shao's "Pingrong Strategy" will definitely have a good strategic vision.
And in the original play, after Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, the Liao Kingdom took the opportunity to invade the border, and it was the British prince who led the troops to repel him.
Zhao Xing believes that he can make correct decisions at critical moments based on the situation.
"The veteran understands what His Highness means, but the supervisor is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. If he disagrees, it will be very difficult for the veteran." How can the British government do this?
"The guild will give you a secret decree. If he doesn't interfere randomly, forget it. Otherwise, you will take out the secret decree and directly take over the entire army!" Zhao Xing said.
He now controls the jade seal, and the decree he issues is the imperial edict.
"Your Highness trusts this old minister so much, I will definitely live up to His Highness's trust!" the British Duke said excitedly.
The Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs. After the failure of Taizong's Northern Expedition, there was no precedent for a military general sitting on one side to be in charge of an army alone.
When a general is in charge of one side, there must be a supervisor. If the two people disagree, the supervisor has the right to directly take over the military power.
It is precisely because of this practice that military generals lead the troops in name, but the real decisions are made by civilian officials.
Zhao Xing gave him such a secret order, allowing him to directly control the power at critical moments. How trusting it was.
"Gu Ye believes that his father-in-law will live up to Gu's trust, so he entrusts this important task to his father-in-law. If my father-in-law has other difficulties, he can mention them now." Zhao Xing said.
"Based on the current situation of the Liao Kingdom, I may send troops to harass when I learn that the Song Dynasty is going to build the Great Wall in the north, but I will definitely not use troops on a large scale. I will not have any difficulty." British public confidence said.
"That's good. When the army sets off, I can see off the soldiers alone." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"By the way, I really have something to ask His Highness!" The British Duke said: "After the imperial court's order to mobilize troops came out, the soldiers were happy to hear about the battle. However, many of the soldiers were talking about it. I don't know what happened. If the imperial court can reward you with land, it will definitely boost the morale of the army!" Zhao Xing said, "When the army sets off, I will announce the news in person!" br>
Zhao Xing did not expect that the soldiers were so enthusiastic about the fields that they would naturally not come back to be stingy with the fields.
When the nationwide inventory of acres is completed, even if the inventory is not clean, there will be no problem in having tens of millions more acres of land.
After talking with the British Duke for more than half an hour, the British Duke left with the secret message.
After the British father left, Eunuch Liu reported: "Your Highness, the Grand Prime Minister has been waiting in the side hall for a while."
Zhao Xing didn't know what happened to Han Zhang when he came over, so he ordered He was invited over.
After a while Han Zhang came in, bowed and said: "I pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"No courtesy!"
Zhao Xing waved his hand, asked Han Zhang to sit down, and asked: "I wonder what the Grand Prime Minister has come to do?"
"Back to His Highness, there are only a few days until His Highness ascends the throne. It has been several months, and although it has not yet been announced to the world, time is running out, and preparations should be made. Things such as the title of the Emperor, Yin Feng, and Kaikanke after His Majesty ascends the throne have not yet been decided," Han Zhang said.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "Does the Prime Minister think that the Song Dynasty is short of officials now?"
"Of course there is no shortage." Han Zhang said.
"In this case, why do we still need to seal and add Enke?" Zhao Xing said.
(End of this chapter)