Three days after the war ended, Yelu Mo, who returned to Dingzhou City in a panic, issued an order, that was, the entire Khitan army withdrew from all the Dasong cities that had been captured before except Yanmen Pass...

With the issuance of his order, the Song and Liao War temporarily drew a node.

Some people actually opposed Yelu Mo's order at the beginning. They believed that it was just that Bianliang City had not been defeated, so they would not have given up the fruits of the war they had obtained before.

However, after Yelu Mo gave a roughly casualty ratio between the Battle of Bianliang and the Battle of Chanyuan and the Battle of Liao and Song dynasties, all the Khitans closed their mouths and prepared to retreat obediently, and even the Empress Dowager Xiao who was about to attack the attack was not spoken.

What kind of number is this, and why does it make the entire Liao Kingdom so panic?

The number given by Yelu Mo is twenty to one, that is, only twenty Khitans will die a Song army soldier. This is because the cavalry surrounding the back and the troops surrounding Li Jiguang contributed some of the casualties of the Song army, otherwise the proportion would be even greater.

Later, the Liao Kingdom came up with another number, that is, after the entire Song-Liao War began, the casualties ratio of Liao and Song was about four to one, which was the result of a great victory in the early stage.

When these two numbers came out, the way the entire Liao Kingdom looked at the Song Empire completely changed, and he also began to have a preliminary understanding of the hot weapons era brought by Zhao Weiji.

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However, after the Liao Kingdom withdrew all the Song cities except Yanmen Pass, the Song Empire did not accept them as soon as possible.

It’s not that Zhao Weiji didn’t want to accept it, but that he didn’t have time to accept it, because three guys quietly returned to Beijing to prepare for the throne while he was leading troops to fight against Liao.

These three people are none other than Zhenzong's three younger brothers, King of Shang Zhao Yuanfen, King of Yue Zhao Yuanpan, and King of Zhen Zhao Yuanwei.

When Kou Zhun passed the news of the three returning to Beijing to the front line, Zhao Weiji's nose was crooked. When Bianliang City was surrounded, you three disappeared. If I hadn't traveled thousands of miles back from North America, Bianliang City would have been gone.

Now that I have finished the war, you three have returned to Beijing to pick up ready-made ones. How can there be such a good thing in the world?

At this time, Zhao Weiji secretly swore that even if he couldn't get the throne, he could not give these three goods. At worst, he could give the youngest Zhao Yuanyan. This man seemed to be the Eight Wise Kings in the future.

Although he thought so, Zhao Weiji hurried back to the capital. After all, the throne still had to sit under his own throne to be at peace, and some things must be implemented by himself as the emperor.

Just as Zhao Weiji was rushing back, the palace in the capital was already quarreling. Due to the sudden death of Zhenzong, no will left behind, no one could explain clearly.

Logically speaking, if the third brother dies without a queen, then the fourth brother Zhao Yuanfen should inherit the throne. However, Zhao Yuanfen has a huge problem, that is, this guy doesn’t know much literacy and has never planned to compete for the throne since he was a child, always demanding himself according to the standards of a playboy prince.

In addition to studying, he, the prince, has done a lot of things in the past few years. He is good at eating, drinking, gambling, and hunting.

Because Zhao Weiji introduced football into the Song Dynasty in advance, the playboy prince was fascinated by football. It is said that he also invested in establishing a football club and raised a group of players to play football with him.

Such a guy suddenly may be able to inherit the throne one day. Not to mention that others did not expect it, even he himself did not expect it.

However, because of this unexpected situation, he encountered the greatest opposition, and the ministers were unwilling to take over the Song Dynasty by such a "player". This also led to the fewest officials in the court standing under his command.

Since the fourth brother is a player, what about the fifth brother? The fifth brother is a talented man. Not only is he outstanding in talent, but he also inherited the tradition of flying whites written by Taizong.

However, Lao Wu had the biggest trouble, that is, he could not have children. Once a person who could not have children was on the throne of the emperor, troubles would appear again a hundred years later, which was not a good thing for the country on the river.

This led to the fact that King Yue was almost on the verge of being eliminated.

The only thing left is Zhao Yuanwei, the King of Zhen. Although his knowledge is not as good as King Yue, he is much better than King Shang. Moreover, because he has a son, the problem of the heir is no longer a trouble.

It seems that this person is more suitable, and nearly half of the ministers support him in succession, but the main power person in the court led by Kou Zhun is not optimistic about this person.

They hoped that Zhao Weiji could come back in time to inherit the throne. In addition to Zhao Weiji's high reputation and strong military and political capabilities, more importantly, once Zhao Weiji succeeded to the throne, the order of inheritance of the throne of the Song Dynasty would be able to return to the hands of the Taizu lineage. This is what many ministers, especially ministers who are close to Taizu, hope to see it.

What's more, they also have a strong supporter, that is, the Empress Guo, the Emperor Zhenzong. For his own status, the Guo family did not really want the brothers of Zhenzong to inherit the throne.

Because if the brothers of Zhenzong inherited the throne, the empress dowager was actually the imperial sister-in-law at most. Peer generations were not able to defeat the later emperors in many things.

However, it is different for Zhao Weiji to succeed to the throne. Although Zhao Weiji is almost the same as Zhenzong and Guo in terms of age, he is a son and nephew after all, and he is the next generation in terms of generation.

If he inherited the throne, his empress dowager would be more legitimate.

In this way, even with the support of more ministers, the King of Zhen was still unable to inherit the throne before Zhao Weiji returned.

Under the constant dispute over the inheritance of the throne in the court, Zhao Weiji finally returned to Bianliang City. Zhao Weiji, who had already learned about the situation in the capital on the way, had the first thing he did when he returned to the capital was to visit Guo.

In addition to the fact that the heirs have not agreed on, Guo is temporarily responsible for the nominal leadership in the court, there are also factors that need to please Guo.

Although this woman has no power at the moment, her words are more effective than the ministers' arguments for ten days and half a month. As long as she can win her full support, almost half of the throne will sit under Zhao Weiji's **.

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"See the Empress." After arriving at the palace, Zhao Weiji immediately paid homage to Guo.

"The King of Wu Yue asked to raise up. I don't know what the Khitans are like and whether they have repelled them."

"Trust the Queen Mother, I have fulfilled my mission and defeated the Khitan army in Chanyuan. Now the other party has withdrawn from the territory of the Song Dynasty."

The two of them greeted each other for a long time, and they were all talking about things that everyone already knew. After almost a cup of tea, Guo finally couldn't help it.

"King of Wu Yue, Zhao Weiji, Ai family asked you. The former emperor has passed away for many times. The throne has been hanging in vain. I wonder what your King of Wu Yue has to do?"

When Zhao Weiji heard this, he knew that the main topic was finally here. Guo’s question was very clever. I asked you what Zhao Weiji has? I just asked for opinions and didn’t say who should inherit it. Besides, Zhao Weiji couldn’t say here that I think I am more suitable, so why don’t I do it.

Zhao Weiji quickly knelt down and replied: "I am just a vassal king in the side, and I dare not express any opinions on the issue of the great throne. I and the returned soldiers obey the Queen's imperial edict in everything, and all this should be decided by the Queen."

In this sentence, although Zhao Weiji said on the surface that he had no objection and that your queen would say that he was, he also expressed it in a vague way that he had an army in his hands, and it was a large army that had just passed away and bowed to him.

As soon as Zhao Weiji said this, the queen probably understood, but no matter how clear she understood, she still had to fight for her own interests.

So the queen said this next: "King of Wu Yue, if the Ai family designated you as the throne, how should the Ai family handle themselves?"

To put it bluntly, if you come, what benefits will you give me?

"Like the incident of Empress Zhaoxian."

Empress Zhaoxian here is actually the biological mother of Taizu Taizong. The original Queen Mother Du. After Taizu became emperor, Empress Dowager Du gave Taizu great help and enjoyed great power. Did she also participate in Taizu's government affairs? And the legendary Golden Chamber Alliance was also established by her.

So when Guo heard about the incident of Empress Zhaoxian, he understood that Zhao Weiji would give her great respect and sufficient rights. Guo himself also knew that Zhao Weiji would definitely not give her exactly the treatment of Empress Dowager Du, but as long as she had half of the treatment of Empress Dowager Du, it was basically enough.

After hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Guo nodded: "Ai's family is tired today, so please ask King Wu Yue to kneel down first."

After leaving the palace, Zhao Weiji did not go back to the mansion directly, but turned around to Kou Zhun's mansion. After basically dealing with the empress dowager, he needed to know how many ministers in the court did not support him.

After Zhao Weiji entered Kou Zhun's mansion, he did not give any greetings and went straight to the point. In front of Kou Zhun, Zhao Weiji did not make any demonstration of his desire for the throne. He just wanted to know how many people there were in front of him.

Kou Zhun, who had already noticed Zhao Weiji's ambition, did not feel any surprise at this time about Zhao Weiji's straightforward attack. He also directly told Zhao Weiji about the person who supported the King of the King.

"Ping Zhong, tell me directly that among these people, there are so many irons in the King of the King, and we can win over them." Zhao Weiji said very explicitly.

He directly pointed out the so-called real purpose of support. Except for some hardcore, it is nothing more than for the benefit, and etiquette, law and justice are just talk.

Since it is for the sake of profit, if you give higher benefits, it will be natural to turn against each other. After all, the so-called loyalty is just a price offered is not enough.

After thinking about it, Kou Zhun listed people who probably accounted for the other party and said bluntly that these people could win over.

"Prince, how are you going to win over these people?"
Chapter completed!