Monument Yangmen

Chapter 732 An irresistible temptation

Zhao Pu's attitude is very firm.

Yang Qi said calmly: "There is nothing impossible, all impossible things are due to insufficient bargaining chips."

"Humph!"

Zhao Pu snorted coldly, and scolded contemptuously: "Slick tongue... If you talk about it, this old man will not join forces with a regicide, let alone recognize a rebellious courtier and traitor who slays the regicide as the king. "

Zhao Pu behaved very tough, with the iron bones of a literati.

However, although literati have strength of character, this strength of character will never appear in Zhao Pu.

If Zhao Pu was really strong, he would have turned into a pile of bones long ago.

Yang Qi knew exactly what Zhao Puhuai was thinking.

Zhao Guangyi passed away, and before the new emperor was established, all civil servants in the world must follow Zhao Pu's lead.

If Zhao Pu behaved like a philistine, he would easily be pulled off his horse by people with ulterior motives.

Yang Qi didn't tell the truth when he saw it through, and he didn't argue with Zhao Pu about Zhao Guangyi's regicide. He shook his sleeves and said quietly, "Master Zhao is determined to live and die with the Song Dynasty that is about to fall apart?"

Zhao Pu frowned, his face sank, and he said coldly: "What do you mean by that? As long as I'm here, as long as I return to Bianjing to set up a new emperor, with the new emperor in charge, and me as the assistant, you will be fine." How can Song die?"

Yang Qi clenched his sleeves, calmly looked at the hundreds of thousands of Liao army camps outside the city, and said indifferently: "How are you going to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Liao troops outside the city?"

Zhao Pu's face changed, and he said in horror: "How dare you risk the world's displeasure and let the Liao people enter the pass? If the Liao people enter the pass under your hands, Yang Yansi, you will definitely become the most unspeakable sinner in history."

Zhao Pu's voice is very heavy, it can be said that every word is as heavy as a thousand jun.

After Zhao Guangyi's death, Zhao Pu dared to ask Yang Qi to help resist the Liao people because he firmly believed that Yang Qi would not watch the Liao people enter the customs based on his own understanding of Yang Qi.

Although Yang Qi has now occupied the northwest and become the overlord of one side, he is still a Han Chinese in essence.

It is impossible for any Han Chinese who has a country in his heart to watch the Han people being slaughtered under the iron hooves of foreigners.

Yang Qi didn't seem to have heard Zhao Pu's words, and he said to himself: "If when the Liao people went south, nearly 20 soldiers and horses from the four prefectures in the northwest, and more than 20 soldiers and horses from the family, went south together. Do you think the new emperor you are assisting can hold the Great Song Dynasty?
If it is not enough, add the 30 soldiers from the southern kingdom, and join in from the south to get a share of the pie. Which one of the Xiang armies of the various ministries north of the Yangtze River can withstand them? "

Zhao Pu's face was pale, he pointed at Yang Qi tremblingly, and growled: "You instigated Zhao Defang to assassinate His Majesty, the purpose is to disturb Song Dynasty, so you can share a piece of the pie?"

Yang Qi shook his head, "I didn't act that lowly, unless it was absolutely necessary, I would never let my soldiers and horses enter the Great Song Dynasty."

After a pause, Yang Qi said again: "But if I can't meet my requirements, I can only march south if I have to."

Zhao Pu clenched his fists tightly, resisting the urge to fight Yang Qi desperately, and shouted angrily, "Are you threatening the old man, or even the entire Song Dynasty?"

Yang Qi glanced at Zhao Pu and nodded, "You can understand that."

"Even if the old man dies with Da Song Jiangshan, he will never accept the threat of a villain like you."

Zhao Pu roared, stood up, and walked down the city without looking back.

Looking at the figure of Zhao Pu leaving hurriedly, Yang Qi suddenly said loudly: "Old man, you are already old. How many years do you think you can last in the court?"

Zhao Pu, who was walking down the city, trembled when he heard the words, and his feet stopped.

Yang Qi looked at Zhao Pu's back, and continued: "Old man, you have been chasing fame and fortune all your life, and you should have offended many people. When you lose power, do you think my senior brothers can hold on?" The Zhao family's family business?"

Zhao Pu turned around slowly, gritted his teeth and asked Yang Qi, "You want to threaten me with my son?"

Yang Qi shook his head and said: "I don't mean that, I just told you about the disadvantages of not setting up Zhao Defang, I haven't told you the advantages of setting up Zhao Defang yet."

Zhao Pu hesitated for a moment, and finally returned to sit down in front of Yang Qi, and said disdainfully: "Let me just listen to you, old man, what good is it to have a murderer who kills the king?"

Yang Qi was happy, and after he laughed, he said to Zhao Pu calmly: "Master Zhao, you are in a hurry, you don't want to hear it, why do I have to make you make Zhao Defang the emperor?"

Zhao Pu said contemptuously: "With your brat's temperament, it will not be a good thing to establish Zhao Defang. Could it be that you want to learn from Cao Mengde and coerce the emperor to command the princes?"

Zhao Pu asked himself and answered, "The old man advises you not to even think about it. The Song Dynasty is different from the Han Dynasty. There are not so many princes who listen to your orders. You don't even want to support a puppet emperor."

Yang Qi couldn't help laughing, "Master Zhao, you have wronged my boy. I don't really care much about the country of the Song Dynasty. The reason why I elected Zhao Defang as emperor is because I don't want people to keep stabbing me in the back."

Zhao Pu was taken aback, and his brows slowly frowned, "Just for such a simple matter, you are going to mess up the etiquette of the Great Song Emperor's succession?"

Yang Qi put away the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "This is not a trivial matter. At the time when I was crusading against the party, His Majesty secretly sent Zhang Delin and led a group of people to attack the Datong Mansion under my rule. .

Do you know how much damage Zhang Delin's team has caused to our Datong Mansion?

As a result, tens of thousands of people died tragically, millions of acres of fertile land were burned by him, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

I will never allow this kind of tragedy to happen again under my rule. "

Zhao Pu looked at Yang Qi incredulously, and asked suspiciously, "It's really because of such a trivial matter that you are going to push Zhao Defang to the top?"

Yang Qi nodded firmly.

Zhao Pu couldn't understand and said: "If it's just because of this matter, you don't need to push Zhao Defang to the throne at all. The old man can replace the future new emperor and promise you that as long as the new emperor ascends the throne, he will sign a non-aggression agreement with your Northwest four prefectures." covenant.

You should know very well how difficult it is to push Zhao Defang to the top.However, it is a trivial matter to conclude a non-aggression covenant with the new emperor. "

Yang Qi shook his head, "I prefer once and for all."

Zhao Pu glared at Yang Qi angrily, and cursed, "Yum wood head."

Yang Qi smiled indifferently: "Boy, let's talk to Zhao Xiangye about the benefits of Zhao Defang being in the top position. If Zhao Xiangye agrees to help Zhao Defang take the position, I can guarantee that Zhao Xiangye will get four major benefits as a civil servant."

"Bah~"

Zhao Pu spat angrily, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old urchin? If I really recommend Zhao Defang, a regicide, as emperor, it will be good if I don't get scolded to death. Will there be benefits?"

"Hahaha... Then Mr. Zhao, you are wrong."

Yang Qitiao smiled, looked at Zhao Pu with a smile, and said, "There are indeed four great benefits..."

"First, anyone who supports Zhao Defang's proclaiming the emperor will naturally be promoted to a noble position as a minister of the dragon."

"..."

Zhao Pu pursed his lips, not paying attention.

Because no matter who he supports as emperor, in the end his credit will not be less.

"Secondly, if Zhao Defang proclaims himself emperor, I can assure you that the Liao people will never let the Liao people invade the south."

"..."

Zhao Pu was stunned, and lost his voice: "You want to stand alone against hundreds of thousands of Liao troops?"

Yang Qi smiled faintly: "That's my business, don't worry about it."

Zhao Pu hit a soft nail and glared at Yang Qi viciously.

"Third, I can help you resolve the battle between civil servants and generals after the new emperor ascends the throne."

"..."

Now, Zhao Pu finally lost his composure, and stared in astonishment, "How is this possible?"

Civil and military struggles have existed since ancient times, and they are still continuous and never stopped.

Even Qin Huang, Han Wu, Tang Taizong and other wise emperors through the ages could not solve this problem.

Can Yang Qi solve this eternal trouble?

Is he more powerful than Qin Huang Han Wu and others?
Zhao Pu doesn't think so.

What surprised Zhao Pu even more was that Yang Qi had already anticipated the civil and military struggle after the new emperor ascended the throne.

Even Zhao Pu, a veteran of the two dynasties, only anticipated the future civil and military struggles when he faced Cao Bin after Zhao Guangyi's death.

He didn't expect Yang Qi to see farther than him.

Seeing Zhao Pu lose his composure, Yang Qi said with a smile: "There is nothing impossible... Now, the Cao family is the only one left in the Great Song Dynasty. As long as you find a way to solve the Cao family, the remaining so-called generals , isn't it just a plaything in your hands?

If you can't beat them, then I'm afraid I'll die laughing. "

Zhao Pu took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and said in a deep voice: "As long as there is no such a giant as the Cao family, the other generals are not to be feared. It's just that the Cao family is deeply rooted in the Song Dynasty. How can you make them withdraw from the list of generals?" ?”

Yang Qi shook his head, "Let's just let the boy make a fuss about this matter, and it won't work if he talks about it."

Zhao Pu curled his lips in disdain, and muttered, "Stupidity..."

Yang Qi pondered for a moment, and then said: "This fourth article is more beneficial to you civil servants, and I also tailor-made it for Zhao Xiangye."

Zhao Pu remained silent, quietly looking at Yang Qi, waiting for him to say the fourth.

Zhao Pu is a person who puts interests first. He has to admit that the first three conditions are enough to make him tempted.

But it's not enough.

He felt a little worse.

What was the difference, he couldn't say.

It's just a simple feeling.

"Fourth, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world, and the officials cannot be punished..."

"..."

"Bang~"

Zhao Pu sprang up like a sky-swapping monkey, his old eyes staring like copper bells, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

"You...you are lying to the old man..."

Zhao Pu couldn't believe his ears. He even wondered if he was old, how could he hear such a condition.

Whether it is "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world" or "the punishment will not punish the officials", this is the ultimate goal pursued by civil servants throughout their lives.

Although Zhao Guangyi paid great attention to civil servants during his reign, and repeatedly promoted civil servants to use literature to control military affairs, the status of civil servants rose steadily.

However, civil servants have not yet reached the ultimate goal of 'the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world'.

The scholar-officials who dared to share the world with Zhao Guangyi were basically cold.

Not to mention the fact that you can't punish a doctor.

Zhao Guangyi never relents when he kills civil servants.

The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, so many smart people, could not achieve this ultimate goal after decades of struggle, but Yang Qi could do it with just one mouth.

At the first moment, Zhao Pu felt cheated.

Yang Qi said solemnly: "Boy, take the head as a guarantee."

Zhao Pu's eyes kept flickering, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he asked in a low voice, "Will Zhao Defang agree?"

Yang Qi frowned, and a meaningful smile curled up on the corner of his mouth.

Obviously, Zhao Pu was a little moved.

Yang Qi also knew in his heart that it was impossible for Zhao Pu not to be tempted by such a condition.

'The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world. '

That is to say, Jiangshan belongs to the Zhao family, and also belongs to the scholar-bureaucrats.

As the leader of the scholar-officials, Zhongshu Shengpingzhangshi, also known as the prime minister, is equivalent to a hidden emperor.

Even in many cases, his power is greater than that of the emperor.

It is hard for Zhao Pu to refuse the taste of being in charge of the world.

It is even more difficult for the scholar-bureaucrat group to refuse.

And it is even more difficult for the scholar-bureaucrats to reject the clause of "not punishing officials".

The literati and bureaucrats control [-]% of the yamen in the imperial court.

Most of the bureaucratic institutions throughout the Song Dynasty were managed by scholar-bureaucrats.

Once the emperor dares to throw out this article, the scholar-bureaucrats will definitely try every means to make this matter a permanent rule.

And they will use the power in their hands to strictly implement this power.

This is far better than the useless Danshu iron scroll in Jiangmen's hand.

If it is really impossible to punish the doctor, then the scholar-bureaucrats can no longer be vain to anyone, and they can do whatever they want.

As long as they want to do something, they can take it out and try it.

Those who are successful will be promoted to rank, and those who are not successful will be demoted or resigned.

As long as the friendship is in place, they can recover in minutes and return to the court to continue their wanderings.

It won't die anyway.

Once these two rules came out, the officialdom of the Song Dynasty really became a paradise for literati and bureaucrats.

Zhao Pu really wanted to sternly reject Yang Qi, but he found that he couldn't say the words of rejection.

Because he is a money-grubbing person, it is inevitable that people will catch his pigtails and harm his family.

But with these two rules, Zhao Pu is sure to turn his Zhao family into an iron bucket, which can at least ensure that it will not decline for three generations.

And even if he commits a crime, he will not die, let alone harm his family.

No wonder Yang Qi said that this one was tailor-made for him.

This is not tailor-made for him alone, it is simply tailor-made for all the literati and bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty.

If he refused, Zhao Pu couldn't say it out, but if he nodded in response, Zhao Pu couldn't do it either.

In the end, Zhao Pu could only let out a long sigh, and said with a complicated expression: "This matter... this old man can't decide by himself... This old man has to go back and discuss it with other people..."

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