Author: solid state drive

In the Chui Gong Hall of the Outer Court, as Zhao Huan sent Geng Nanzhong to announce that Li Gang had been delivered, the sound of the drum stopped, which made Zhao Huan breathe a sigh of relief.

Sitting next to him were Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong, who were still too frightened to leave. The two of them were holding tea and were entangled. They never thought that they were fine when they came today, but they couldn't go back.

While the three of them were discussing, a chamberlain led the escort from the Imperial City Department and ran over quickly. The panic in his expression made Zhao Huan feel a sudden rush in his heart. Even the Imperial City Department had come to warn him that the situation was serious again.

"Guan Jia, His Majesty is back!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Official family?"

Li Bangyan, who was standing next to him, was startled when he heard Zhao Huan suddenly shouting loudly.

Zhao Huan's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. There were two people he didn't want to see the most right now. The first one was Jin Guo Wanyan Zongwang, and the second person was his cheating father.

Before today, Zhao Huan had experienced despair in succeeding to the throne and waiting to die, desperately defending the city, hoping to win, and hoping to stabilize the peace talks, and now he is just waiting for the Jin people to retreat.

Although many people in the city had strong opinions on the peace talks, Zhao Huan still didn't take it seriously. For him, it didn't matter whoever was the prime minister. As long as he no longer wanted to die, he could just follow Li Gang's example and fight against the Jin people.

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As for Zhao Ji, the stumbling block to the centralization of power on his throne is no longer in Bianjing. This means leaving all the institutions of the imperial court to him to slowly clean up.

After he had cleaned up the court and allowed Zhao Ji to come back and put him under house arrest, he would have obtained the throne ten years in advance.

Although he didn't know whether Zhao Ji could live for ten years, he never expected that Zhao Ji would come back at this time.

Just when he was about to taste the fruit of victory, he came back. Why is this father so cheating?

"Guan Jia, what I said is true. The news just came back from outside the city. Guan Jia arrived at Bianshui Wharf an hour ago.

When we got off the boat, he was still preaching, and... he also said that the official family was deceived, and the contract signed was an insult to Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and he did not recognize it!"

"How unreasonable! He was not there when we were guarding the city, and now he is back?

I didn't see him when I was negotiating with the Jinren. After our peace talks were over, he came back and said that the peace talks were weak?

Ahhh!”

Zhao Huan instantly got angry and smashed the inkstone on the table. Li Bangyan's eyelids twitched when he heard the content of the shouting. He guessed who Zhao Ji was scolding and quickly stood up to confirm what he was thinking.

"Guan family, but the emperor is back?"

"That's right, the Supreme Being is back. Moreover, like Chen Dong, he said that I was bewitched by treacherous ministers and that I signed a contract that insulted the Grand Ancestor! The Supreme Being does not recognize any of these contracts."

Like a lightning strike, Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong were also stunned. They didn't understand. Even if Zhao Ji wanted to come back to seize power, there was no need to mess with the Jin people, right?

"Guan family, is there any misunderstanding? Even if the Supreme Lord wants to come back, he shouldn't come back suddenly, right?"

"Yes, Guanjia. Has the Supreme Being been deceived by a villain? I would like to ask the Guanjia to take over the military power of the victory army and the forbidden army around the Supreme Being, and welcome them back to the palace as soon as possible to prevent the Jin people from learning the news and offending the Jin people.

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"Oh, it's the opposite, the official family, if the Jin people know about this, they will have to ask the Supreme Being as a hostage. Then it will be difficult to handle."

Bai Shizhong's reminder instantly stunned Zhao Huan and Li Bangyan, who were determined to surrender. If this situation really happened, what would Zhao Huan do?

Sending? That is not an ordinary problem. It will be more uncomfortable than death. If the emperor sends me to the enemy camp as a hostage, even if the entire Song Dynasty does not need to be beaten, he will be an emperor.

"Officials, I'm afraid the Jin people already know about it, because when the Supreme Being was on the boat, he invited all the soldiers and people to listen to the lecture.

He also announced that he will have a duel with Jin Renyi in front of the battle tomorrow..."

"Report! Official! Something bad has happened. Zhu Zhigong is dead!"

In the outer court hall, Zhu Zhigong provoked the students with his frivolous words, and was beaten to death by the students who couldn't wait!"

Wang Zongliu, who was only two minutes away and ran over by taking a shortcut, had just finished his report. He saw that the three people inside did not panic. He couldn't help but sigh. They are worthy of being an emperor and prime minister. They have such magnanimity.

"Officials and the people's hearts are like this, so just obey them!"

"Wang Huodang, please quickly invite Li Gang to come to court, reinstate his official position in front of the students, and warn them that if they push further, they will block the palace and be imprisoned."

"In the official family, what's the way of teaching?"

"In the officialdom, the cultivation of teachers cannot be used, and the battle will be defeated. If he takes office and fights the Jin soldiers again, the morale of the Jin soldiers may be greatly increased."

Li Bangyan put his hands together, Zhong Shidao could no longer take up his post. The situation was urgent, Wang Zongliu left immediately, and the three of them looked at the eunuchs of the Imperial City Division again.

The guards of the Imperial City Department also began to report the content of Zhao Ji's speech under questioning, as well as the follow-up support of the large iron ship army.

Listening to these contents, Zhao Huan suddenly felt a little sour in his heart. Could it be that he had wrongly blamed Zhao Ji?

"Are you serious? Do the officials really say that he wants to challenge the Jin generals to a duel? If he is alive, the Jin people will withdraw unconditionally. If he dies, we, the Song Dynasty generals, will fight to the death without retreating?"

"That's right! Your Majesty said it in public, Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Bai and others deceived the officials and advocated peace talks, which was trampling on the countless heroes of the Song Dynasty who sacrificed their lives for the country.

He wants to stop the Jin people again for the heroes of the Song Dynasty and for the Song Dynasty. He wants to challenge the Jin people to a duel. We, the official family of the Song Dynasty, will not cede territory or negotiate peace."

"Father!"

Zhao Huan listened to the howl and squeezed his eyes but couldn't squeeze out the tears. He was filled with too much joy. If Zhao Ji and Wanyan Zongwang were to challenge each other, there would only be one winner, and that would be Wanyan Zongwang.

But Wanyan Zongwang's killing of Zhao Ji was of no use at all. Instead, it would inspire the Song soldiers' will to resist. After all, Zhao Huan could imagine the power of a supreme emperor's sacrifice even if he didn't know how to command a war.

This is simply a good thing that he never dreamed of!

"Guan Jia, it seems that your Majesty has been bewitched by some military general. He really came prepared and wants to fight to the death with the Kingdom of Jin."

"No! That's my father. What if he is allowed to fight with Oli Bu and his life is hurt? I won't allow it!"

Zhao Huan said no, but in fact he was already happy in his heart. With Zhao Ji's physique and his hands that have been painting all year round, do you think he wants to fight a Jin general with a sword?

Isn't this just a pretense of delivering food? Especially since Zhao Ji said it himself, that's great, it's a done deal.

Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong's ideas were surprisingly consistent with Zhao Huan's. In addition to the issue of rights, there was also the reason why Zhao Ji dumped the blame on them.

If Zhao Ji doesn't go now, they will think of ways to let Zhao Ji go, otherwise Zhao Ji will trip them up next and let Tong Guan's group of people come up.

"But if the Supreme Leader's words are true and he fails to go into battle in the end, both the morale of the Western Army officers and soldiers and the people's view of the officials will decline. This is a disaster!"

"Oh, is there no other way? I don't want anything to happen to my father."

"Officials, please summon the prince to the palace quickly. Before the people know much, let's get him back quickly. At least father and son can meet each other."

Li Bangyan was not used to bragging about Zhao Ji. This was because no one could have imagined that Zhao Ji, who was just a worm yesterday, would suddenly turn into a good father who cleans up his son's stains and strives to achieve his goals.

"Quick pass!"

While he was thinking about it, Zhao Huan suddenly heard a burst of cheers coming from the direction of the court.

'Long live!'

"Your Majesty! The Song Dynasty will not cede territory or pay compensation!"

"Blood debt must be paid with blood! Blood debt must be paid with blood!"

"Decisive battle! We will go together with Your Majesty!"

"Scholars should wield the sword of the world! Anyone who offends our country, the Song Dynasty, will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

The sound was like a strong wind, roaring and covering the entire imperial city, which made Zhao Huan feel his face turning pale.

He suddenly had a bad feeling. Zhao Ji would not make a mistake and die, so he could really win? That would be difficult.

"Xiang Li, if my father goes into battle tomorrow, he will definitely be able to defeat Yi Li, right?"

"Don't worry, officials! Your Majesty is protected by Tai Daojun, and you have the ancestors of the Song Dynasty..."

Li Bangyan suddenly couldn't speak anymore, because he also thought of this. If Zhao Ji can really win, then with this prestige, the official family will...

But it's obvious that Zhao Ji can't win, but that's the problem. Why does Zhao Ji do this when he knows he can't win? What's the benefit of doing this?

Li Bangyan looked at Zhao Huan's puzzled eyes, and he thought of another level. In other words, Zhao Ji's conspiracy was a conspiracy that involved advancing and retreating.

Thinking back to what the Royal City Imperial Guards had just said, what did Zhao Ji do after coming to Bianjing? Winning people's hearts.

What did he do after that? He inspected the army, encouraged the soldiers, and praised them. This was something the emperor of the Song Dynasty rarely did.

Immediately afterwards, he said that he did not recognize the peace talks signed when the officials were deceived, and that he would decide the validity of the peace talks through a duel with the mediator.

But he added a premise. He encouraged everyone. He invited ambitious scholars and the imperial guards who hated the Jin people to watch the battle with him.

He also told everyone that if he were alive, the Jin Kingdom would evacuate unconditionally. If he died, he would not be able to stop the official peace talks, but he would also die to stop the Jin people.

Thinking of this, Li Bangyan suddenly became enlightened.

"Guan Jia, your Majesty has such a good plan!"

"What kind of plan? Your Majesty can really defeat it... the plan..."

Zhao Huan was stunned. The three people in the inner hall looked at each other. The guard of the Imperial City Division blinked his eyes below. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

The awkward atmosphere was dull for a second. In an instant, Zhao Huan asked the escort of the Imperial City Division to leave and turned to look at the three of them.

"Prime Minister Li, do you mean that my father is trying to coerce public opinion and threaten the Jin people to withdraw their troops?"

"What the officials said is true. Your Majesty is betting that when King Qin's army in the capital has exceeded 200,000, the people of the Jin Kingdom are fierce and jealous and dare not stay any longer.

If there is a duel tomorrow, it would be better if Wei Li doesn't refuse to fight. Unless he leads a large army to capture the Supreme Commander alive, if he accidentally injures the Supreme Commander, I'm afraid the sergeants behind him will have red eyes."

"Why didn't I think of this method? I...
To be continued...