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The furious heir of King Yi was named Zhao Guihe.

Zhao Guihe is the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu and the ninth grandson of King Qin Kanghui, originally from the royal family Shuzong.But in the second year of Kaixi, the king of Wuxing County, Zhao Yan, fell ill, and before he died, he begged the officials to choose a son of the clan who was equivalent to Zhao Mu as his successor, so as to offer incense.

The incense stick of Wu Xing County King came from Emperor Xiaozong along with the official family.In the early years, Emperor Xiaozong loved the intelligence of King Wuxing County very much. After becoming the Supreme Emperor, he intentionally designated him as the Prince of the Eastern Palace to replace Emperor Guangzong's own son Jiawang, who is the current official.

As a result, this matter has not yet been implemented, and the Supreme Emperor died.Emperor Guangzong was seriously ill and unable to act, so the ministers sent a coup d'état, following the orders of Empress Gaozong and Empress Dowager Wu, forcing Emperor Guangzong to practice inner Zen and passing the throne to King Jia.

It is said that at that time, the Empress Dowager still preferred King Wuxing County, so she cried bitterly to King Wuxing County, and promised that the elders and children would be orderly, and the emperor would still pass it on to King Wuxing County after King Jia finished.

This kind of empty promise is naturally worthless afterwards; but the lineage of Wuxing County King is really only half a step away from the throne.Since the Song family went south, several generations of officials have struggled to have successors, so this lineage is extraordinarily precious, and its status is no small matter.Since the king of Wuxing County himself died, the current officials were secretly happy in their hearts, and they were also willing to directly put this line in their hands by choosing an heir.

Immediately, the officials sent people with heart to select the sons of the clan. In May of that year, the son of the clan Zhao Xiqu was named Zhao Jun, and he was made the heir of King Yi, and he was appointed as General Qianniuwei. Member, Professor Yi Wang's heir to study.

This heir of King Yi is quite different from the descendants of the nearby royal family. The outside world often uses the word "Yingmin" to describe his character.British people are straightforward and decisive; sensitive people are intelligent and observant, and they also mean sensitive.As a core member of the royal family, he also received the favor of the officials every day, and his treatment was almost equivalent to that of the crown prince.

At that time, Shi Miyuan was fighting against many political opponents and authorizing the court. Shi Miyuan's most important support in the palace was the current Crown Prince Zhao Xun.

The official's favor for Yi Wang's heir naturally aroused the crown prince's vigilance.So Shi Miyuan instructed his party feathers to serve Shi Zongwan, the censor, to write to the official family, requesting that the heir of King Yi be changed from a single name to a double name in accordance with the constitution of his ancestors, so as to show the distinction between closeness and estrangement in the world, and to highlight respect for the crown prince.

As a result, Zhao Jun, the heir of King Yi, had a third name, Zhao Guihe.

For the crown prince, this matter was just a small matter to clarify his political status, but for Zhao Guihe, it was nothing less than a huge humiliation.As a result, Zhao Guihe's attitude towards Shi Miyuan became more and more hostile. After this hostile attitude spread to the outside world, he naturally became the center of officials who were alienated from Shi Miyuan.

At this time, Zhao Guihe was furious, smashed several treasures presented by Shi Miyuan, and said that if possible, he would send Shi Miyuan to Xinzhou and Enzhou.

As soon as the words were finished, a middle-aged man with black beard who was busy with travel and dust beside him let out a long sigh.

Zhao Guihe turned around and looked at the middle-aged man: "Sir, what I said is wrong?"

The middle-aged man bowed calmly: "The heir is not the prince, this is presumptuous, not right."

He pointed to the glittering gold and jade scattered everywhere on the ground, and said: "The heir should not be an enemy of the court chief, and that's not right... These things have been packed away, and they will be reported to the Prime Minister's study tomorrow at the latest. At that time, it will in vain cause Shi Xiang's unhappiness."

Yi Wang's heir laughed loudly.

"Sir, you still regard me as the ignorant child in the early years. You galloped hundreds of miles in two days and rushed back to Lin'an secretly, just to criticize me?"

"The heir is not ignorant. It's just that sometimes being too smart is not a good thing."

Zhao Guihe shook his head: "You don't understand!"

The Mr. Xishan in front of him is a contemporary famous Confucianist Zhendexiu.He was in charge of teaching Zhao Gui and Shushu, and the two had a deep relationship.

Zhen Dexiu has been persuading secretly, hoping that Zhao Guihe will keep a low profile.This time when he was in a foreign position, he heard that due to the change in the situation in the north, the situation in Lin'an was also quite strange, so he immediately urged his horse to run a long distance back to Lin'an, begging to see the heir of Prince Yi, in order to stop his restlessness.Because he came in such a hurry, the inner sides of his two thighs were worn out by the saddle, and there was no time to change his clothes and bandage the wound.

It has been eight years since the relationship between the two of them as mentor and apprentice. Zhao Guihe is close to his teacher, and Zhen Dexiu really cares about his student.

But what Zhao Guihe said is right, there are many things that Zhen Dexiu doesn't understand.

It's not that Zhen Dexiu doesn't have enough insight or intelligence, but that as a representative of contemporary scholars, he can't understand many things.Not only can't understand, you shouldn't listen to it, let alone participate.

Zhao Guihe is a son of the clan selected from the people, not a fool who was brainwashed by Confucian classics since he was a child. He knew it a few years ago. , sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Zhen Dexiu thinks that it is best for Zhao Guihe to be a respectful and humble Zongwang.

In fact, there is no room for respect and humility surrounding the struggle for imperial power in the Great Song Dynasty.

The succession of the throne in the recent generations of the Great Song Dynasty is all about the confrontation of strength behind it.Where does strength come from?Can it come from respect and humility?Big mistake!The more respectful and humble you are, the more people look down on you, the more no one thinks highly of you and attaches you to you, so you have no strength at all!

If you want to have strength, you have to show an attitude, and then clearly promote this attitude.Then those who agree with you will follow from all directions, and at critical moments, they will elect you as a representative!

So, what should Zhao Guihe's attitude be?

He thought about this question over and over dozens of times, and finally confirmed one point.Now that the Prime Minister is so powerful and controls all the government affairs, the current imperial court has only one attitude on the surface, and that is the attitude of agreeing with the Prime Minister.

People who uphold this attitude include countless civil and military officials in the court, including the Crown Prince Zhao Xun.

That being the case, there is only another way left for Zhao Guihe.He doesn't really have a choice.

And after he embarked on this road full of apprehension, he made another surprise discovery.

On this road, he is not alone, at least, he has an extremely powerful backup, that is the current official himself.

On the surface, the current emperor's trust in the historical minister is far greater than the trust in Han Tuozhou back then, almost like Emperor Gaozong's trust in Qin Zhongxiangong.In the past few years, the government and the public have talked about each other but not the king, and the officials have done nothing, and they have bowed down.

This situation stemmed from the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition. The human, financial and material resources accumulated by the Song Dynasty for decades were all lost.

So the emperor tried his best to exaggerate how loyal and honest he was, and almost called himself a fool; and the political forces of all parties also tried their best to shrink, hoping that a few people, including Shi Xiang, would come forward to clean up the mess.As a result, Shi Xiang took this opportunity to make it big in one go, and instead took advantage of the monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, the official's trust in the historian is somewhat out of sincerity, and more out of necessity.

However, after all, the officials have been on the throne for more than 20 years, and there is no lack of means to restrain powerful officials.The dissatisfaction of Yi Wang's heir to Shi Miyuan was one of his methods.

If Shi Miyuan's actions can roughly satisfy the officials, then that's all.One day, the officials felt that it was unbearable. As long as Yi Chu's rumors were released, those political forces who secretly opposed Shi Miyuan around King Yi's heir would immediately expand violently and grow to the point where they could confront Shi Miyuan.

At that time, the official family will be in the ninth place, and with a little help, Shi Miyuan will end up as the second Han Tuozhou.And everyone in the world knows that the emperor is always wise, and it is always the treacherous ministers who do bad things.

Since the treacherous ministers are punished, the grassroots only need to be happy.Every few years, treacherous ministers will be put to death, and the ignorant grassroots will be happy once, which is also a lot of fun.

But to realize this means of containment, two points must be guaranteed.

The first point is that the rumors about Yizhu should not be too loud, but it cannot be absent.After all, the official family loves their own son and is unwilling to pour dirty water on him.Therefore, the crown prince who lived deep in the forbidden palace had only to report that he was unwell every now and then.It is really hard to say which times he was really unwell, and which times the emperor deliberately ordered people to publicize and exaggerate minor illnesses into serious illnesses.

The second point is that Zhao Guihe, the heir of King Yi, must stand unswervingly on the opposite side of history.This is the only meaning of the existence of King Yi's heir, and there is absolutely no room for loss.Fortunately, Zhao Guihe really hated Shixiang, so he did not hesitate to perform this task.

The emperor used Zhao Guihe as a tool to maintain the basic balance of the court.

Shi Xiang knew that Zhao Guihe was the emperor's tool.He is very smart and doesn't touch this thing easily.

Zhao Guihe also knew that he was a tool.But in his eyes, he also saw the position above tens of thousands of people. He wanted to keep the chance of obtaining that position, even if it was a one in ten thousand chance, so he had to make good tools first.

For this reason, Zhao Guihe dispatched some people to incite the Tai students, belittle the achievements of Shi Xiang's diplomacy, and force him to go against the Northern Dynasty.

Things got done, but not smoothly.

Somewhat unexpectedly, it was Li Yun, the envoy from the Northern Dynasty, who beat up Shi Xiang's nephew and arrested Han Xi to warn Shi Xiang.

Then Han Xi himself is just a useless person, and the meaning of his existence is only the intention of being able to cover the Yi Palace at certain times.But how smart is Shi Xiang?This cover was put in front of Shi Xiang, and it was instantly dismantled.As a result, Yuan Shao, the governor of Lin'an Mansion, immediately recruited a large number of people to strengthen the monitoring of the palace in order to flatter him.

This kind of monitoring is meaningless, Zhao Guihe neither fears nor cares.But since a group of people blocked the door, they were upset after all, and it was all the more natural for the Yi Palace to regard it as a provocation and send out guards to beat them up.

Zhao Guihe turned around to look at Zhen Dexiu, and said in a slow tone: "Sir, you should leave quickly. Shi Miyuan's eyes and ears are all over the city. If he reveals his whereabouts, he will be impeached. As for me... Some things must be done, not as you imagined, just out of recklessness... Don't worry, I understand everything you should understand."

Zhen Dexiu was used to his student's overly tough appearance in daily life, and suddenly he heard him speak so sincerely, it didn't sound like a teenager, and he couldn't help being stunned.

In the next moment, he seemed to understand the meaning hidden in Zhao Guihe's words.He hesitated for a while, hesitated to speak, and finally bowed deeply, took his leave and left.