When Zhao Weiji heard that Zhao Heng had unfortunately died in this war, to be honest, he didn't believe it very much, but when he looked up and saw the Bianliang City, which had been damaged by being besieged for five months, he felt relieved...

Since the Battle of Chanyuan will happen early, it is not difficult to understand that Zhao Heng, who should have ended well, died early. After thinking through this level, a mixed thought gradually arises and replaces the incredible in his heart and occupy Zhao Weiji's entire mind.

As for the Zhenzong Zhao Heng, whether it was the one he knew from historical books or the one he actually came into contact with later, Zhao Heng and Zhao Weiji did not hate these two.

Zhao Weiji's evaluation of Zhao Heng was actually far higher than that of Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi. This emperor who exchanged for the Song Dynasty for a century of peace was undoubtedly qualified and even successful as a monarch.

Although many people in later generations believed that the Chanyuan Alliance was a city alliance signed by the Song Dynasty and wasted power and humiliated the country. But things were not so bad.

Although the Song Dynasty was in a favorable position in the war, the treaty signed by the Song Dynasty seemed to be of no benefit to him, to be honest, the Song Dynasty was basically able to repel the Liao Kingdom at that time, and it was not guaranteed to have the ability to retake Yan Yun.

It’s nothing more than everyone going back to their homes to recuperate for a few years, and then coming out to fight another war that no one can win, and conducting an endless waltz with rest, war and retreat as the tone.

Instead of doing this, it is better to end this meaningless dispute by yourself, and it is more meaningful to exchange for long-term stability for the people.

What's more, the 300,000-year-old monies of silver and silk were not a heavy burden for the prosperous Song Dynasty. With the establishment of border sites between the two sides, it was easy to earn back the 300,000-year-old monies from trade.

The final result is that the Song Dynasty is not very good-looking in terms of appearance. Compared with Peace, it is not good-looking even if it is not good-looking.

Under the influence of such thoughts, Zhao Weiji has always been very polite to his cheap uncle. However, he did not expect that after many years of separation, when the uncle and nephew were about to meet again, one side had reached the end of his life.

But now is not the time to sigh. Zhao Weiji must enter the city immediately. In addition to being able to fight against the Khitan better after entering the city, the suspension of the throne once again gave him a chance to compete for the throne.

So under the guidance of the people sent by Kou Zhun, Zhao Weiji's fleet successfully entered Bianliang City from the waterway.

After many years of separation, Zhao Weiji was still very moved. Bianliang is becoming more and more prosperous. Although he has experienced five months of siege, the city seems to have not received any influence from the war. The three emperors of the Song Dynasty really built the Bianliang city as solid as a solid foundation.

After all the staff entered the city, Zhao Weiji temporarily kept most of them on the boat, and he only brought a few confidants to the palace with the people sent by Kou Zhun.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, Zhao Weiji saw Kou Laoxi, who had not seen for many years, walking left and right at the gate of the palace. It has to be said that the temperament of Prime Minister Kou Zhun has become more and more prominent, and his style is different. He has also grown long beards and looks much more majestic.

When Zhao Weiji and the others walked to the palace gate, Kou Zhun also saw Zhao Weiji and his group. He immediately greeted Zhao Weiji and his entourage: "Kou Zhun has seen the prince."

After signaling Kou Zhun to disqualify him, Zhao Weiji grabbed Kou Zhun's hand: "Ping Zhong hasn't seen him for several years, and he is getting more and more energetic."

"Thank you for the blessing of the prince, it's okay in the past few years, but now is not the time to talk about these things. You already know your Majesty's affairs."

Zhao Weiji nodded, indicating that he already knew.

Seeing Zhao Weiji saying that he already knew, he didn't plan to beat around the bush: "Prince, let me tell you directly. The palace is now in chaos, and the former emperor has no heirs. Now the ministers have already quarreled about whom to inherit the throne."

Upon hearing this news, Zhao Weiji looked very worried on the surface, but in fact, he had a look in his heart that I had already guessed.

The most unfortunate thing that Zhenzong Zhao Heng in his life is that his bloodline is not strong. Before his only son, later Renzong Zhao Zhen, came from, he had five sons, but unfortunately died, and the oldest one was only nine years old, as if he had died last year.

The only Renzong who survived and finally succeeded in inheriting the throne of Zhenzong was originally born in the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu, which was in 1010 AD. Now Zhenzong has died so many years earlier than in history, so his birth is naturally impossible.

Zhao Weiji, who knew that Zhenzong had no queen, was very likely to have obtained the throne, had to pretend that I was not interested in the throne at this moment: "Don't Your Majesty have five younger brothers? Why don't one of them inherit the throne?"

After hearing this, Kou Zhun sighed: "The reason why the quarrels happened is because of this. Now the five brothers of the former emperor, except for King Zhao Yuanshi of Chu and King Zhao Yuanyan of Zhou, are not in the capital, and these two princes are not yet in the old age. In this troublesome autumn, how can such a child convince the public if he inherits the throne?"

After listening to Kou Zhun's story, Zhao Weiji was more confident that he could seize the throne. First of all, he was not short of the title of Dayi. The Golden Chamber Alliance was still there, and it was not without support for the return of the throne to the Taizu lineage.

In addition, those who are qualified to inherit the throne are either in the capital or too small. Faced with the numerous besieged Khitan troops, no minister dared to make the decision to choose any of them to take over.

However, although the current situation is very beneficial to Zhao Weiji, he still has to be more careful. After all, it is not very reasonable to let his nephew take over if he has brothers.

So Zhao Weiji had to start tempting little by little: "By the way, Ping Zhong, did the Emperor Xian leave any will before his death?"

"The First Emperor died because his lungs were shot through by arrows and was seriously injured. Before his death, the First Emperor could not say anything except coughing up blood. He just pointed to the south and then returned to heaven."

He pointed to the south, no wonder the ministers were quarreling. In addition to not only not choosing someone to inherit this way, Zhao Heng's finger on the south could cause controversy.

You should know that the fiefs of the six princes who had the possibility of inheritance were Zhao Yuanfen, the Shang king of Shang, Zhao Yuanjie of Yue, Zhao Yuanwei of Zhenzhou, Zhao Yuanqi of Chu, Zhao Yuanyan of Zhou, and Zhao Weiji of Wu.

Four of them have fiefs in the south, and no one can tell who the south is pointing to.

But this also gave Zhao Weiji a chance, that is, when he was finally able to inherit the throne, this finger could also become a legal statement.

That's right, but Zhao Weiji can't be in a hurry now. The most important thing now is not to inherit the throne, but to repel the Khitan army.

Once he can repel the Khitan army, then if he joins with such great prestige, it will be much more beneficial to fight for the throne again.

After thinking through all this, Zhao Weiji immediately asked Brigadier Kou to take him to the coffin of the late emperor. He planned to pay tribute to the late emperor first and then make plans.

So Kou Zhun led him to the mourning hall of the late emperor. At this time, there were many ministers in front of the mourning hall, as well as the queen of Zhenzong, who was kneeling directly in front of the coffin of the late emperor.

When the ministers saw Zhao Weiji coming, they were all surprised. Zhao Weiji, who saw the ministers' faces, did not express any expression. He walked straight through the crowd and walked to Guo's face to pay the junior greeting to Guo, and comforted him.

Immediately afterwards, he walked to the coffin of Zhenzong, lit a stick of incense, and knelt down and gave a big gift.

During this whole process, Zhao Weiji always had a sad expression on his face and was very etiquette. He could not tell that he had fought for the throne with the man lying in the coffin.

Guo, who had been crying on the side, was deeply moved when he saw the scene in front of him. The King of Wu Yue was on the other side of the distant ocean and rushed back after the accident in the Song Dynasty. Although it might have been for ulterior motives, this action of not fearing death alone was enough to make people move.

On the contrary, the other brothers of Zhenzong, Bianliang City, have been surrounded for so long, and no one of them has ever heard of any movement. In comparison, Guo developed a little favor to Zhao Weiji.

Guo’s idea is relatively simple, while other ministers’ ideas are more complicated. Basically, most people believe in their hearts that Zhao Weiji’s return this time was mostly to return to the Central Plains by taking advantage of the war, and happened to encounter the death of the previous emperor, and probably most of them are now for the throne.

However, most people just think about it this way in their hearts, but there was a fool who jumped out without taking the liberty and accused Zhao Weiji of returning to the capital without following the imperial edict to seize the throne. The wolf's ambition was obvious.

Zhao Weiji didn't care about the duties of this second lance. He just replied that the early emperor did not issue an order to prevent me from returning to the capital. And you can also choose a new emperor here immediately, and he will never have any complaints.

Zhao Weiji immediately blocked the fool back as soon as he said this. Indeed, when Zhao Weiji left the Central Plains, he was in charge of Taizong's will to find and protect overseas Chinese residents, and did not say that Zhao Weiji could not return to the Central Plains.

And if they can choose an emperor immediately, they will not have to worry here.

After the Erlangzi's words were blocked, another minister immediately stood up. This time, this man did not intend to accuse Zhao Weiji, but hoped that as the leader of Bianliang City, he would lead the soldiers to repel the Khitans first. As for the emperor waiting to repel the Khitans, it would not be too late to study it later.

This person is a typical person who can understand things but is afraid of taking responsibility. He knows very well that it is impossible to choose an emperor immediately now. Since he cannot choose an emperor, he still has to be led by others for the time being.

The most suitable person for others is undoubtedly Zhao Weiji in front of him. With the royal family and the excellent military experience, such a person can take on the heavy responsibility of surrounding Bianliang, which avoids the seriousness of these civil officials taking on command and combat.

As for whether Zhao Weiji came to compete for the throne, he didn't care. If Zhao Weiji could successfully repel the Khitans, what's wrong with giving him this throne?

In the current situation, he was more than one such minister. As soon as he finished his thoughts, other ministers stood up and agreed.
Chapter completed!