If you want to ask who could get the trust of Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Weiji at the same time, there would be only one person here, and that would be Kou Zhun, the new assistant to the political affairs officer.

This kind of trust is not the kind of heart-to-heart for you, but both parties can respect enough for the opinions put forward by Kou Zhun.

"Ping Zhong thought it was not for the misfortune of King Wei's death." At this time, Zhao Weiji was sitting on the seat of the hall of the King of Wei's mansion, and beside him was the deputy governor Kou Zhun and Kou Pingzhong.

"Prince, if you don't say secret words in front of the Mingren, we have actually had many years of friendship. We must just want an answer here. What is the prince going to do now?"

What Kou Zhun is referring to here is naturally involved in the issue of the reserve. Now that the King of Wei Zhao Weizheng died, Zhao Weiji was pushed to the forefront, and the court also followed the undercurrents. The old forces of the Taizu lineage, which had been suppressed for many years, began to have a form of recovery, so Zhao Weiji's choice at this time will be a crucial matter.

"Ping Zhong, don't ask me what to do. I want to hear Ping Zhong's opinion. Who does Ping Zhong hope to occupy the throne?" At this time, Zhao Weiji's question was very heartbroken. What did you Kou Zhun think? Do you hope me or Zhao Heng?

However, Kou Zhun was not scared by Zhao Weiji's so heartbroken question. He answered to the truth: "From a human point of view, the prince's inheritance of the throne was very beneficial to the Song Dynasty's twenty, thirty, or even fifty years after the official army. However, it was not conducive to the Song Dynasty's succession. If King Xiang succeeded to the throne, although it may be worse than the prince, you will be inferior to the prince in the twenty, thirty, or even forty, or fifty years after the official army, it is very beneficial to the Song Dynasty's succession."

Kou Zhun's meaning is actually clearly expressed here. The so-called Golden Chamber Alliance is just a fuck. Although the current official family has used it to inherit the throne, it has also laid the disasters today. Any emperor Yanjing hopes that his descendants can inherit the throne. After all, there are also relatives in a family. It is normal for human beings to hope that his relatives can inherit their own country.

If we follow the oath of the Golden Chamber Alliance today and let Zhao Weiji, the legitimate grandson of the Taizu lineage, inherit the throne, what will Zhao Weiji do in a hundred years? At that time, should his son inherit the throne or the grandson of the current official family? This scene will be repeated again, and every generation will repeat itself.

So it is better to just give up your inheritance for the long-term peace of the Song Dynasty, and decisively give up the right to inherit the throne, so that Zhao Heng can succeed him, so as to change his father's death and son's succession from a new transformation to the first consideration of inheritance order, so as to avoid such a thing happening again.

Zhao Weiji knew very well about Kou Zhun's meaning, and he did not feel disgusted with Kou Zhun's words, because he knew that Kou Zhun was such a straightforward person. If it weren't for his surname and guard, based on his previous close relationship with Zhao Weiji, it would be impossible for him to be a high-ranking official like a prime minister in Zhao Guangyi's court.

Moreover, Zhao Weiji was still very happy with Kou Zhun's statement. If Kou Zhun wanted to support him in fighting for the throne, Zhao Weiji would be in trouble.

Because Zhao Weiji knew that in the historical issue of becoming a crown prince, Zhao Guangyi had also consulted Kou Zhun specifically, so in the current situation, Zhao Guangyi still asked Kou Zhun that the surname was very large. Because here, Kou Zhun was not only a political consultant, but also had a deep relationship with another candidate Zhao Weiji. If Zhao Guangyi could get Kou Zhun's support, it would also be of great benefit to his actions.

"Of the words of Ping Zhong, of course I understand, but sometimes some things are not something I can choose. As long as I am still in the Central Plains for one day, some things will still happen." At this time, Zhao Weiji had already expressed a little bit of the butt in his words, and sometimes the meaning of being involuntarily comes. If Kou Zhun can understand, then many things will be easy to talk about when Zhao Weiji goes to see Zhao Guangyi again.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late, so Zhun will say goodbye first if there is something to do." After hearing what Zhao Weiji said, Kou Zhun did not give any answer, but instead found an excuse to get up and prepare to leave the palace.

"Since Pingzhong has something to do, I won't leave Pingzhong anymore. I'll send you to the gate of the royal palace." Since Kou Zhun took the initiative to end the conversation, Zhao Weiji naturally would not say anything more, so he walked down the steps given by Kou Zhun.

...

Not long after Kou Zhun left the Wei Palace and returned to his own residence, he received a call from the palace. So he rushed to the palace again.

After entering the palace, Kou Zhun was directly led to the emperor's imperial study by the eunuch. After entering the imperial study, he was interrupted by Zhao Guangyi before he could salute him: "There are only you and I, the king and the minister here, so let's not be polite. Someone came to see the seats for the assistant ministers and political affairs."

Soon the eunuch brought a chair. As soon as Kou Zhun sat down, Zhao Guangyi spoke: "I am old now and have no certain heir yet. In this way, will it be better for King Xiang or King Wu Yue to inherit my country in a hundred years?"

Sure enough, when Zhao Guangyi summoned him into the palace, he knew that it must be a matter of establishing a crown prince. He must not say the remarks to Zhao Weiji here, so Kou Zhun changed his statement: "Since ancient times, the eldest son of the crown prince is the first. Nowadays, although there are no eldest sons in the official family, there are several princes. According to the ancestral temple etiquette, the order of the eldest son of the eldest son should be uphold, and Zhao Heng, the King of Lixiang, is."

Kou Zhun's words came into Zhao Guangyi's mind. Although his current palace queen has no descendants, he has other sons. If he ranks in an orderly manner, it is not wrong to establish Zhao Heng, and it is also the result he wanted. However, because he had a bad origin of succession to the throne, he compiled a thing like the Golden Chamber Alliance to declare his legal surname, but now this thing has restricted him a little.

"What you said is indeed polite, but what should you do with the Queen Mother's will?"

The Queen Mother's will naturally refer to the Golden Chamber Alliance. Although this vow now restricts Zhao Guangyi, there are not no loopholes to exploit. The key is that people other than Zhao Guangyi need to propose this loophole to let him exploit it.

"Why did the Queen Mother strongly advocate for His Majesty's succession to the throne?"

"It is because the Lord of the Zhou Dynasty was young that Taizu was able to win the country. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the Empress Dowager strongly advocated the inheritance of the position of me to ensure that our Song Dynasty state has a eldest monarch and thus stabilize the peace of the country."

"How much did the Zhou Dynasty do in the spring and autumn?"

"At only seven years old."

"How far is King Xiang's spring and autumn now?"

“Twenty-seven years old.”

Having said that, Kou Zhun stopped asking questions because it was clear now that according to the Golden Chamber Alliance, the Empress Dowager was to prevent anyone from bullying orphans and widowed mothers like Zhao Kuangyin, so that he could pass the throne to Zhao Guangyi, so that the new emperor could still be a eldest prince.

The young lord who was usurped the throne was only seven years old. Now Zhao Guangyi is preparing to pass the throne. If this is not considered the Changjun, the Zhao Weiji, who is only twenty-eight, probably can't forget it.

In this way, the Golden Chamber Alliance can have an excuse to resolve it, but it cannot deprive Zhao Weiji of his inheritance qualification. After all, Zhao Guangyi also "promulsed" that he would return the throne to the Taizu lineage. This also gave the people who supported the Taizu lineage to the Taizu lineage.

"So since you want to make King Xiang the crown prince, what should you do if King Zhao Weiji of Wuyue?"

Zhao Guangyi’s meaning here is also very clear. After the establishment of King Xiang Zhao Heng as the crown prince, what should we do if Zhao Weiji’s forces attack? Even if Zhao Weiji does not take the initiative to attack, it is not guaranteed that anyone will use his name. What should we do then?

"What if the King of Wu Yue is not in the Central Plains? Before meeting Your Majesty, I went to the Wei Palace to meet the King of Wu Yue. The King of Wu Yue had hinted that he did not want to participate in the issue of becoming a crown prince. He also hinted at how to solve the problem raised by Your Majesty just now, that is, the King of Wu Yue intends to imitate the Liao Kingdom's emperor Yelu Bei. However, the King of Wu Yue did not tell me about the specific matters. In view of the great contributions made to the country for so many years, I beg Your Majesty to discuss it thoroughly with the King of Wu Yue. This may be extremely beneficial to the court and the King of Wu Yue himself."

Although Kou Zhun usually does not accept bribes, does not form cliques, does not embezzle, and does not abuse power, it can be said that he has done everything an official should do. However, he himself is still very affectionate and righteous. At that time, Zhao Weiji remembers all his help in his heart. After learning that Zhao Weiji himself is unwilling to participate in this battle for the throne, he tried his best to help Zhao Weiji achieve what he implied is everything Kou Zhun considered so far.

Didn’t you say that as long as you are in the Central Plains, some things are not something you can control? So does this imply that you will leave the Central Plains?

If this is true, Kou Zhun will definitely help you, Zhao Weiji, leave the Central Plains safely and smoothly.

But Kou Zhun was not very clear at this time how Zhao Weiji wanted to leave the Central Plains and where he would go after leaving the Central Plains?

So the best way is to persuade Emperor Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Weiji to face each other and have a calm conversation. If you two can solve this problem perfectly, you can naturally avoid unnecessary trouble in the Song Dynasty.

"Did King Wu Yue really hint you that he has such a plan?"

"That's right, your Majesty."

"Okay, I know, you can leave the palace."

Kou Zhun also knew that he could only say this, and the rest was Zhao Guangyi's choice alone. In the end, Zhao Guangyi didn't believe that Zhao Weiji's hint in Kou Zhun's mouth was beyond Kou Zhun's ability to control.

So he stood up decisively to thank him, then left the imperial study room and the palace.

"With Kou Zhun's example in the court for many years, he will definitely not lie to me. It seems that it is necessary to really talk to Weiji." This is the strongest idea in Zhao Guangyi's mind now.

At this moment, the eunuch Wang Chengen came to report: "Your Majesty, the King of Wu Yue is asking for a meeting outside the palace."
Chapter completed!