In March of the third year of Zhidao, as recorded in history, Zhao Guangyi passed away. When the emperor passed away, the whole country was immersed in a gloomy atmosphere.

At this time, the New Sea God arrived at Huating Yangshan Port, and Wang Bin and Xinhua City returned to the Central Plains to open money shops.

When Wang Bin and others got off the boat, they felt the gloomy atmosphere that was permeating the air, so they couldn't help asking why?

"The official family has passed away, and now the entire Song Dynasty is in the period of national mourning, so that's it."

The emperor's death did not have much impact on ordinary people such as Wang Bin, but Zhao Guangyi's governance of the Song Dynasty for so many years was considered successful. Wang Bin and others could not help but feel sad about the death of this good emperor.

However, no matter how sad it is, the plan must continue. It can even be said that Zhao Guangyi's death has made the plan more smoothly implemented, because although some entertainment activities are prohibited during the national mourning period, there is no play and singing, and no sounding instruments can be used.

However, the court did not prohibit other commercial activities, so the people still had to eat and buy things, so the money shop could still be opened as planned.

Moreover, since the Song Dynasty is in the mourning period, the entire court almost had to revolve around the inheritance of the new emperor, so at this time the court did not have any extra experience among the people, and it is even more impossible to produce any birth of an industry that has never been seen before.

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And coincidentally, the inheritance of the throne that should have been natural has now gone wrong, and this problem has never occurred to Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng.

Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Weizheng died, and Zhao Weiji's trip abroad, and Zhao Tingmei's rebellion was disqualified, so Zhao Heng's succession to the throne should be smooth.

But no one expected that the crazy Zhao Yuanzuo, who was the first to lose the throne to compete for the throne, was poached and pushed to the front desk.

The cause of the incident was like this. Originally, Zhao Guangyi had a minister named Wang Jien. Zhao Guangyi liked him very much, but Zhao Heng was not interested in him, and even had some disgust for him.

During Zhao Guangyi's serious illness, Wang Ji'en had a premonition that Zhao Guangyi might be in a lifetime soon, so for his consideration of his status, he did not want Zhao Heng to succeed to the throne.

Judging from Zhao Heng's usual attitude towards him, once Zhao Heng succeeds to the throne, his status will definitely be out of control. But if Zhao Heng does not succeed to the throne, who is qualified to succeed to the throne?

This is naturally Zhao Guangyi's other princes, such as Zhao Heng's younger brothers, but the problem is that Zhao Heng's younger brothers are not interested in Wang Ji'en. Besides, although Zhao Heng's younger brothers are not old, they are not as good as Wang Ji'en.

He is old, but he is already at the age of being able to make sense. Even if he is helped to the stage, such a prince is not easy to control.

So is there a prince who is qualified to succeed the throne and is easy to control? The answer is yes, that person is Zhao Heng's crazy brother, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Chu.

Although the King of Chu was crazy, he was still alive. Although there was no precedent in history, no one said that a madman must not be an emperor. What's more, the King of Chu Zhao Yuanzuo is the eldest son of the emperor. In the current situation where the queen has no legitimate heirs, Zhao Yuan

Zuo and Zhao Heng are actually the same identities.

When he was not a legitimate son, Zhao Yuanzuo's status as the eldest son was much better, so Wang Ji'en chose Zhao Yuanzuo.

So after contacting Li Changling, the deputy general manager who also opposed Zhao Heng, and after Hu Dan, Wang Ji'en controlled Zhao Yuanzuo so that he would immediately support Zhao Guangyi once Zhao Guangyi died.

Then, by chance, Zhao Heng, who was the crown prince, was not in the city of Bianliang, because he replaced Zhao Guangyi, who was seriously ill and unable to move, to work in the north.

Fortunately, there were upright ministers such as Lu Duan in the court. They were the first to detect Wang Ji'en's conspiracy and took action in advance. On the day Zhao Guangyi passed away, they tricked Wang Ji'en into the palace and put them under house arrest.

Then he immediately obtained the support of the queen (will be the queen mother) and read out his remains in Zhao Guangyi's mourning hall, and the crown prince Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne. In addition, Zhao Heng was working hard on the army, so he was able to take over the army smoothly.

Under the escort of the army, he also returned to Bianliang smoothly.

With the support of both internal and external military forces, Zhao Heng finally inherited the throne without any danger.

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However, although the matter in the court was over, the outside world did not dispel his covetousness of the Song Dynasty because Zhao Heng ascended the throne.

The Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang did not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get something back from the Song Dynasty. Even if they couldn't get anything, they all hoped to add some confusion to the new emperor of the Song Dynasty ascend to the throne.

So both of them were moving.

First of all, the Liao Kingdom, which has undergone considerable changes in recent years. Except for the number one, two or three figures, Yelu Longxu, the Queen Mother of Chengtian Xiao Chuo and Han Derang.

Characters No. 4,5 and Six have undergone tremendous changes.

Yelu Mo became the fourth number of Liao Kingdom and actually the third number of people.

Because Emperor Shengzong of Liao still did not take power, Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Derang were actually the first and second figures, and the original number three and fourth figures, Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xizhen, are now gradually getting worse due to poor health.

Fade out of the court.

So the original No. 6 character Yelu Mo gradually became the actual No. 3 character.

Yelu Mo, who became the number three figure, did not disappoint the expectations of Empress Dowager Xiao and Han Delang for him. When the news that Zhao Guangyi was seriously ill and could not go to court reached the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Mo boldly predicted that Zhao Guangyi would be in the near future.

The Liao Kingdom was also convinced of Yelu Mo's prophecy, so they had already begun to prepare. Once Zhao Guangyi died, they would launch an attack on the Song Dynasty as quickly as possible.

Also on Dangxiang's side, Li Jilong and Li Jiguang were always overwhelmed by Li Jiqian, so Li Jiqian was also prepared to take this opportunity to do something.

In recent years, due to the activeness of Li Jilong and the mature Li Jiguang, Li Jiqian lived a very miserable life in the northwest. Especially when Li Jilong turned all his energy to the northern border of Song and Liao, and Li Jiguang guarded the northwest alone, Li Jiqian lived a miserable life than before.

Because Li Jilong's use of troops can be described as being the main force and being the auxiliary force, he does not use too many strange strategies, and most of the time he uses open conspiracies or directly crushes the opponent with absolute strength.

However, Li Jiguang is different. He was originally a monk and was not very good at those serious strategies, but he had many tricks. In addition, Li Jiguang was originally a man under Zhao Weiji, and his military style was seriously influenced by Zhao Weiji.

Zhao Weiji's style of using troops is practical.

In fact, it is a compliment to him to describe Zhao Weiji's military use. If you accurately describe Zhao Weiji's military use style, it is useless. As long as you can win, he doesn't care about using any means, and he can conspire and conspiracy. He doesn't care about face.

, as long as he can win, he will also adopt the idea of ​​the soldier.

So he was able to poison the commander in a big battle, or tolerate Li Jiguang stealing the city when he captured Langzhong instead of coming to rescue the large army.

Because victory is his only purpose.

Influenced by this idea, Li Jiguang also took practical measures when dealing with Li Jiqian. When he was in the northwest Zhenzhou, he did not completely passively defend, but often sent troops out of the city to visit the possible habitat of the Dangxiang tribe.

A few laps, harass, and then retreat.

Li Jiguang also made an action similar to the northwest of the country. He counted all the land that could grow crops, and then strictly calculated the harvest time. Once the harvest could be harvested, he immediately harvested all the crops without giving the Dangxiang people a little to take advantage of.

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Moreover, Li Jiguang not only calculated the land he controlled accurately, but also investigated the land controlled by the Dangxiang people clearly. Once they reached their harvest time, they immediately sent troops to harass them. Once the Dangxiang people were a little relaxed, they would have worked hard for a year.

It may be in vain.

So in recent years, Dangxiang people have hated Li Jiguang and are so angry that they are so angry that they are too angry.

Fortunately, in the second year of Zhidao, last year, Li Jiguang returned to Beijing to report his work, and Li Jiqian finally got a chance to breathe. Then he immediately attacked the troops transporting supplies to Lingzhou and seized nearly 400,000 stones of food.

These foods have finally alleviated the difficulties of some Dangxiang over the past few years.

However, the price after getting this grain was also heavy. After Li Jiguang returned to the northwest, he directly drove Li Jiqian's Dangxiang tribe out of his original residence for more than 100 miles and went closer to the desert.

But now, since the death of the late emperor and the new emperor ascended the throne, all the main military generals stationed outside must return to Beijing to see the emperor to show their loyalty.

Li Jiguang, who had been guarding the northwest for many years, was naturally among them, so when the news of Zhao Guangyi's death reached the northwest, he immediately set off for Beijing.

As soon as Li Jiguang left, the troops who were guarding the northwest were only guarding the troops. In addition, the remaining military generals were a young man. At this time, in the northwest Lingzhou and other places, Li Jiqian's eyes were like a naked girl.

, this guy who had been holding it in for a long time could not bear it anymore.

Of course, while Li Jiguang returned to Beijing, Li Jilong also left the northern border of Song and Liao and returned to Beijing. At this time, the Liao people had the same idea as Li Jiqian, that is, they didn’t have to endure the naked girl anymore, and went straight to the scene.

That's it.

However, both sides thought well, but neither succeeded. It was not because the two sides were incompetent, nor because the Song generals made sufficient preparations before returning to Beijing that none of these things happened.
Chapter completed!