After Zhao Gou dealt with Miao and Liu, Zeng Ze, who escaped from death, replaced the killed Kang Lu and became the leader of the eunuchs. On the recommendation of Qin Hui, he went to the Kingdom of Jin with Zhao Gou's entrustment.
[The tenth day of June, Yanjing]
Wanyan Sheng sat high in the main hall, looking at the mixed selection of men and women below the steps, and said with some contempt, "Why do you ask me, the Kingdom of Jin, to send troops to deal with the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty?"
"Is Zhao Yingluo's power good for the Kingdom of Jin? It would be better to cut it off as soon as possible while it is still young. It will be good for both the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty."
Among the courtiers, Wanyan Zonghan couldn't help but be happy when he heard that the Song Dynasty actually wanted to contact Dajin to jointly attack Zhao Yingluo. His earlier defeat had disgraced him. After he came back, he received many looks from other generals, especially Wanyan. Lou room.
The entire three-pronged army was completely defeated by Wanyan Zongfu, but he was not Loushi was neither captured nor defeated, only he was completely defeated and became a prisoner.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Yingluo now has hundreds of thousands of troops. He has great ambitions. If he cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, he will pose a great threat to our country. I think we should send troops immediately to quell the Central Plains."
Zeng Zhe said with a smile, "Good advice, General Nianhan! If Zhao Yingluo is allowed to become powerful, the first country she will have to deal with is the Kingdom of Jin."
Wanyan Sheng rolled his eyes at Wanyan Zonghan, "I don't know whether we will send troops or not?"Want you to talk more?Don’t I just want to blackmail Song Ting for more things?
"It's okay to send troops, but the Song Dynasty must show sincerity. Otherwise, our country, the Jin Dynasty, will waste its national strength, so why come?"
"As long as the Great Jin Kingdom is willing to send troops, our Song Dynasty will reward the army with 30 gold and silk each. After defeating Zhao Yingluo, the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty can use Taiyuan, Xingzhou and Daming Prefecture as their boundaries, and everything north of the Yellow River will belong to the Great Jin Dynasty. Song will not contest these territories."
Wanyan Sheng was overjoyed after hearing Zengze's words. He never expected that the Song Dynasty would actually hand over half of the territory of the Song Dynasty to the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom only sent troops once.
In his opinion, with such conditions, either the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was afraid of the Jin Dynasty, or the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was a fool!He would rather believe it was the latter.
"Well..." Wanyan Sheng deliberately lengthened his voice, "Since Song Ting is so sincere, I, Dajin, should send troops to help. It's just..."
Wanyan Sheng paused for a moment, then glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall with a pretense of deepness, "It's just that I, Dajin, need a reason for sending troops, otherwise how can we be famous for our troops? Why not..."
Wanyan Sheng rolled his eyes and made up his mind, "Song Tingke can write a letter stating the reasons for jointly attacking Zhao Yingluo with Da Jin, and how to divide the boundaries between Da Song and Da Jin after the event is completed. In addition, it is attached A jade seal is attached as a certificate. After receiving the letter, I immediately informed the world of the reason for sending troops to Dajin, and then marched south."
Zengze cursed in his heart, this old fox was really greedy, he wanted both benefits and what can he do?I could only nod and humbly agree.
[Lin'an·Above the court]
After Zeng Ze spent a lot of time negotiating with the Jin people, he returned south without stopping. It was already the seventh day of the seventh lunar month when he returned to Lin'an.
"Your Majesty, this slave has brought back a letter from the Kingdom of Jin and a jade seal."
Zhao Gou took the letter and was in a good mood at first when he saw that the Jin people agreed to jointly send troops. However, his expression became worse and worse as he read the last word. After reading the last word, he smashed the letter on the ground dejectedly, "The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin asked me to I will abdicate the throne to my son, and then I will live my life as the Supreme Emperor. If I do not agree to this condition, the Kingdom of Jin will not send troops to jointly attack Zhao Yingluo! If this is true, my position and even the entire Song Dynasty will be ruined. You are going to die in my hands!" Qin Hui saw that Zhao Gou was furious and hurriedly persuaded him, "Your Majesty, calm down! Now the country of the Song Dynasty was created by your Majesty, and the prince is still young and cannot take charge of it. Your Majesty is in the prime of spring and Autumn, and you must not do it because of In a moment of anger, he rejected the Jin Kingdom's request. I thought that His Majesty could nominally abdicate the throne to the prince, but in fact he was still in charge of the government and held the power. After the Jin Kingdom destroyed Zhao Yingluo, he would wait for an opportunity to decide whether to regain the throne. "
Zhao Gou suddenly raised his head and looked at Qin Hui, "You mean to let me listen to politics behind the curtain?"
Qin Hui nodded slowly, "Exactly! Firstly, it can stabilize the government, and secondly, it can lay the foundation for the prince's personal administration in the future. In addition, with the name of the Supreme Emperor, those important ministers in the court will also support His Highness."
Zhao Gou sat slumped on the dragon chair, "Forget it, just do what you want."
The Jin envoy returned to Yanjing and reported to Wanyan Sheng.
"Your Majesty, as you wish, I have ordered the Song court to write a letter stating the reasons for jointly attacking Zhao Yingluo with Da Jin, and how to divide the boundary between Da Song and Da Jin after the event is completed. In addition, I also attached a jade seal. as proof."
"Okay! Now we can tell the world and raise our troops to go south!"
When Wanyan Zonghan saw that His Majesty ordered the southern expedition, he recommended himself and said, "I am not talented, but I am willing to lead one hundred thousand elite troops to go south again from the middle road! During this trip, I will definitely capture Zhao Yingluo alive and present it to Your Majesty."
Wanyan Sheng was a little surprised, "You fought against her earlier and were defeated. If you go again this time, wouldn't you be humiliating yourself?"
Wanyan Zonghan laughed loudly, "Then Zhao Yingluo was only able to defeat me because she had new weapons in her hands. But now that I have figured out her fighting style, I can carry out targeted defense. Furthermore, the reason why I was defeated was because of the That Zhao Yingluo's men were all defeated first by Wanyan Zongfu on the east road, and I was outflanked on the back road, but now if we, the Great Jin Kingdom, raise their troops to go south and win every step of the way, she will have no chance."
After hearing Wanyan Zonghan's words, Wanyan Sheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered the army to prepare for war tomorrow.
At the same time, Zhao Gou also announced in court that he would abdicate the throne to the prince Zhao Min and proclaim himself the Supreme Emperor. Most of the civil and military officials opposed it, but there was nothing they could do. After all, Qin Hui now had sole power.
Zhu Shengfei quickly conveyed the news to Zhao Yingluo due to the changes in the court situation, and reminded her in particular that Song and Jin had reached a consensus and were about to go south in the near future.
After Zhao Yingluo saw the news at Lin'an's mansion, she lamented Zhao Gou's confusion. The reason why Jin asked him to abdicate was actually very simple. Supporting a three-year-old child to become emperor would make it easier to control in the future.
As long as the Jin State used Qin Hui and other surrendering factions to gradually evacuate Zhao Gou's power, wouldn't the Song Dynasty be at the mercy of the Jin State? "Your Highness, what should we do now?"
"The soldiers have come to cover up the water and the earth! I will set off back to Kaifeng immediately. I will leave Lin'an to you for the time being."
"I will live up to His Highness's trust."
After Zhao Yingluo asked Jiang Laosi to pay attention to farming and take good care of the rice, she took Wang Zaixing back to Kaifeng by water.
In Kaifeng City, Zhao Ji was furious when he learned that his son Zhao Gou had colluded with the Jin people and intended to kill his sister! "This unfilial son! How can he disgrace the ancestors of the Song Dynasty by signing such a collegial agreement with the Jin people that is humiliating and humiliating the country?"