Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the end, Zhao Gou finally made a compromise. He agreed to reduce the palace expenses and allocated 300,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury. As for the remaining 400,000 taels, it was still handed over to Zhao Ding.

But after this incident, Zhao Gou's patience with Zhao Ding has reached the limit. He has secretly vowed that after the preparation of the military salary is completed, Zhao Ding must be deprived of the position of deputy prime minister! As for who can succeed Zhao Ding, it needs Zhao Gou and Qin Hui to discuss.

"Your Majesty, I have one more important matter to report." After discussing the matter of military pay, Zhao Ding said again.

"What's the matter? Say it!" Zhao Gou's face showed a hint of impatience.

"Your Majesty, the entire Jiangnan Imperial Battalion is very dissatisfied with Lord Wang Yuan! I think Lord Wang can no longer be the commander of the Imperial Battalion!" Zhao Ding said.

"Oh? Why is this? Why are the entire imperial camp dissatisfied with Wang Yuan?" Zhao Gou asked in surprise.

"As the commander of the imperial battalion, Wang Yuan withheld military pay! Last year, the imperial battalion paid 400,000 taels of military pay, but he only distributed 30,000 taels to the soldiers, and the rest became his private property!" Zhao Ding said.

"Withdrawing so much military pay? I'm afraid it's impossible! I still need to investigate this matter!" Zhao Gou thought about it and said.

After hearing this, Qin Hui, who was next to him, cursed Wang Yuan in his heart. Although it is very common for the Jiangnan army to deduct military pay, it is the first one that is so serious as Wang Yuan! Other generals who deducted military pay usually conspired with their subordinates, the generals ate meat, and the subordinates also had to drink soup, but Wang Yuan did all the bad things by himself, and the other subordinates in the imperial camp did not get any benefits!

Therefore, there is no one in the imperial camp, from the generals to the soldiers, who does not hate Wang Yuan!

"Your Majesty, Wang Yuan's reputation in the army is extremely bad! He not only withholds military pay, he often punishes the soldiers! In addition, he has no military exploits yet became the commander of the imperial camp. Some people in the imperial camp have made great achievements but cannot be promoted. , such as Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others, are strongly dissatisfied in their hearts! I also heard that Wang Yuan's servants can bully Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others! I am afraid that the imperial camp has endured to the extreme, if they do not do something to Wang Yuan now If we don't deal with it, I'm afraid something big will happen!" Zhao Ding said.

"As the commander of the imperial battalion and the privy envoy, it is normal for Wang Yuan to punish the soldiers who made mistakes! As for your claim that he has no military exploits, hmph, Wang Yuan was also one of the first people who took refuge in me in Xiangzhou City that day. No one in the imperial camp can match him!" Zhao Gou said coldly.

"Your Majesty, you must investigate this matter carefully! I saw that when Lord Wang Yuan entered and exited the palace, many soldiers guarding the palace looked at him with hatred in their eyes." Zhao Ding said.

"Okay! I have my own consideration on this matter! If there is no other matter, you can go away." Zhao Gou was very impatient.

He also didn't take Zhao Ding's words to heart. In his opinion, it was nothing that the generals in the army hated their superiors. Some superiors were strict with their subordinates, so their dissatisfaction would not lead to major incidents. But he didn't know that Wang Yuan had done all the bad things in the imperial camp. From Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan to every soldier in the imperial camp, they wished to smash Wang Yuan's body to pieces.

Just because Wang Yuan is Zhao Gou's confidant, Zhao Gou has been protecting him!

In fact, over the years, many ministers have told Zhao Gou about Wang Yuan's various faults, but Zhao Gou didn't take it to heart.

"I'm tired, let's go first!" Zhao Ding wanted to say more, but Zhao Gou had already stood up and said coldly.

Surrounded by a group of eunuchs and court ladies, he left Zichen Hall, only Zhao Ding and Qin Hui were left in the room.

It was already sunset, and the setting sun was like blood!

Qin Hui looked at Zhao Ding with a faint smile on his face.

Qin Hui also never liked Zhao Ding, in his opinion Zhao Ding was just pretending to be noble! Everyone in the court is greedy, but Zhao Ding is not greedy! No one in the court wants war, and they all want to seek peace with the Jurchen, but Zhao Ding has always opposed the peace!

Judging from today's situation, Zhao Gou can't bear it anymore with Zhao Ding. It seems that Zhao Ding will leave the court soon.

Thinking of this, Qin Hui felt extremely proud.

"Lord Qin, I hope you can persuade Your Majesty to be careful of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan. I have heard some bad rumors!" Zhao Ding said.

"Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, they are just two lowly generals, so why worry? Do they really dare to rebel? I don't believe it!" Qin Hui sneered.

During the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, the status of civil servants was much higher than that of generals.

Qin Hui has always looked down on those mud-legged people with weapons, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan are both from poor families, he has always hated them! Of course, Wang Yuan is different from them. Wang Yuan was born in a family of soldiers and nobles in the army for generations. Now that Wang Yuan is serving as a privy envoy, civil servants will not underestimate Wang Yuan! But Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, although they are important generals in the imperial camp, few people think highly of them.

"Lord Qin, you still have to be careful!" Zhao Ding reminded again.

"I will look into this matter carefully!" Seeing Zhao Ding's constant reminders, Qin Hui finally became serious, nodded, and said.

"Lord Qin, what's the situation in the north recently?" Zhao Ding asked again.

"Jiangnan is too far away from the north, and the battle situation in the north has not yet been reported! However, Emperor Xuanwu is vulnerable and will definitely be defeated! We have millions of soldiers and horses, and the Jurchens also have hundreds of thousands of troops. Guan Shan is absolutely impossible to be our opponent. !” Qin Hui said.

"I also think we will win without a doubt! After this battle, our Great Song Dynasty is finally unified! Lord Qin, if Emperor Xuanwu didn't die on the battlefield, and we capture Emperor Xuanwu alive, it is best to spare his life." Zhao Dingdao .

"Spare him? Why?" Qin Hui asked.

"He is the eldest son of the Supreme Emperor, the former crown prince, he inherited the throne, to a certain extent, he is justified! He is also a child of the royal family of my Song Dynasty, it is best not to kill him." Zhao Ding said.

"Hmph, Emperor Xuanwu has outstanding abilities. In just five or six years, a young man like him has brought about earth-shaking changes in Guanshan. He is a huge threat to His Majesty, so he must be killed," Qin Hui said.

"Lord Qin, if the two Supreme Emperors come back in the future and see him die, wouldn't they blame His Majesty?" Zhao Ding said.

"The two Supreme Emperors? Well, let's wait until the future." Qin Hui sneered and said.

From Qin Hui's point of view, the two Supreme Emperors would never even think about coming back! It is impossible for Zhao Gou to welcome the return of the two Supreme Emperors!

Qin Hui walked forward while laughing, Zhao Ding frowned as he looked at Qin Hui's back.

"That's all! Your Majesty never liked me, and the ministers in the court didn't like me either! I finally realized Qu Yuan's mood back then. Everyone was drunk and I was sober, and the world was turbid and I was alone! This court is not me, Zhao Ding I have no place to stay. After the preparation of the military salary is completed, I will immediately go to the court, and I will be a free and unrestrained person from now on, and I will never ask about the affairs of the world! As for whether Emperor Xuanwu is dead or alive, it has nothing to do with me, and I have nothing to do." Zhao Dingchang With a long sigh, he finally walked outside.

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The night was getting dark, Qin Hui returned to his home.

His home is also magnificent, and it is the second only to the imperial palace in Lin'an City.

At this moment, candles were lit in the bedroom, and there was a stove next to it, and the room was unusually warm.

Qin Hui was sitting at the table with several letters in his hand, checking each one.

These are letters from prefects and prefectures from all over the country, all of which want to join Qin Hui and support Qin Hui.

"He who understands current affairs is a hero! The prefects and prefects in various places are still able to understand current affairs! If not, I will definitely replace all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River with my Qin Hui's cronies!" Qin Hui secretly said.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, Qin Hui put away the letter, and saw a young servant walking in.

"My lord, Lord Kang from the palace is here, and I'm waiting outside right now!" said the little servant.

"Oh? Master Kang!" Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked outside.

The so-called Lord Kang in the palace is Kang Lu, the head of the palace, Zhao Gou's most trusted eunuch!

After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, among the eunuchs' unusual cronies, Kang Lu, Yan Gui, Gao Miao, Zhang Quwei, Zhang Dan, and Chen Yongxi were the most trusted. Some servants. Now Kang Lu and Yan Gui are the chief managers of the palace, responsible for all important affairs in the palace, Gao Miao and Zhang Quwei are in charge of purchasing various things in the palace, Zhang Dan and Chen Yongxi are in charge of building the palace. The six people are all powerful. One of the main reasons why Wang Yuan was able to become a privy envoy and commander of the imperial camp was to please these six people, and these six people spoke for Wang Yuan in front of the emperor.

Qin Hui entered the hall, and Kang Lu was standing there with an anxious expression on his face.

"Master Kang, it's so late, what's your business? Why don't you just sit down?" Qin Hui asked in surprise.

"The big thing is bad! The big thing is bad!" Kang Lu said immediately when he saw Qin Hui.

Before Qin Hui had time to sit down, Kang Lu had trotted up to Qin Hui.

"What is it?" Qin Hui asked hastily.

"I just got the news that there seems to be a mutiny in the army!" Kang Lu said anxiously.

"What? Mutiny? How did Mr. Kang get the news?" Qin Hui asked in disbelief.

"Up and down the imperial camp, more than 30,000 soldiers want to mutiny and overthrow Wang Yuan! So many soldiers want to rebel, there will always be news! Some of my cronies got the news and came to inform me! Your Majesty is already asleep, so I Come to Master Qin immediately!" Kang Lu said.