Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 688 Wishful thinking (please subscribe!)
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Father and son Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan waited from the afternoon until the Moon Rabbit rose to the east. They were almost frozen and hungry, and Wanyan Zongwang came back.

Seeing Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan's cold air from inside to outside, Wanyan Zongwang shook his head secretly, and then said to them: "Follow me into the account and talk."

After finishing his speech, Wanyan Zongwang walked into his tent of the Chinese army.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan hurriedly followed Wanyan Zongwang into the big tent with their stiff legs.

Wanyan Zongwang took off his mink fur hat, took off his thick cotton coat, and drank some warm broth brought by his concubine, only then did he feel the coldness on his body fade away.

Wanyanzong looked at Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan who were only wearing single clothes.

I saw that their father and son were moving towards the brazier bit by bit, and Zhao Huan was still secretly staring at the broth he put down, swallowing his saliva non-stop.

The emperors of the two great powers who used to be aloof in the past have now fallen into such a situation, which made Wanyan Zongwang sigh!

Wanyan Zongwang asked his concubine to serve Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan a bowl of broth each, and then said to them, "If it's cold, sit by the brazier."

Wanyan Zongwang's words were like an amnesty, Zhao Huan hurried towards the brazier!

Because he walked too fast and his body was stiff, Zhao Huan almost fell into the brazier.

On the contrary, Zhao Ji showed his due bearing—although he was eager for the brazier as well, he still acted calmly.

Not long after, Wanyan Zongwang's concubine brought two more bowls of hot broth, and handed them to Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

After drinking all the broth, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan seemed to come back to life.

Zhao Ji put down the soup bowl, then looked at Wanyan Zongwang and said, "Excuse me, the second prince, can the Prime Minister agree to my restoration of the Zhao family?"

Wanyan Zongwang said without any concealment: "I don't agree."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Huan said anxiously, "Why don't you agree?"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Your Zhao family is restored, who will be the emperor?"

Zhao Huan said, "Of course it's me."

Wanyan Zongwang said: "You are so good to the world, what face do you have to call yourself a king?"

Zhao Huan was at a loss for words all of a sudden, he didn't know how to finish Yan Zongwang's words!
Seeing this, Zhao Ji took over the conversation calmly, and said: "In the land of the Song Dynasty, only my son Zhao Huan has the name of emperor and is the orthodox of China. Only when my son Zhao Huan is restored can the world return to the same order." Only by the emperor's order, Fan Zhixu and others, whom my son Zhao Gou and my son Zhao Huan raised together, could obey the emperor's order, let you go back from Hedong, and hold back the Liangshan rebels for you, except for my son Zhao Huan, No matter who you establish as emperor, it is impossible to do what I said."

All Jin people, including Wanyan Zongwang, only like to negotiate with Zhao Huan, and they don't like to contact Zhao Ji.

There are two main reasons for this:

One is in terms of position, after all, Zhao Huan is the emperor and has the right to make decisions, while Zhao Ji has already stepped down and has no right to speak.

The second is from the point of view of personality, Zhao Huan's character is relatively weak and easy to discuss everything, while Zhao Ji's character is relatively strong and not easy to deal with.

for example:

When Zhao Ji first arrived at the Zhai Palace in the southern suburbs, Wanyan Zonghan sent Dai Taishi and Sha Shaoshi to ask for the letter of Zhang Jue's surrender to the Song Dynasty and the relevant documents of the Song Dynasty ordering Zhang Jue's beheading.

Zhao Ji had a tough attitude towards them at the time, and directly said back in a very unceremonious manner: "Zhang Jue surrendered back then, and there was no agreement between the two parties. Therefore, accepting Zhang Jue is not a breach of contract. Later, I got your Shanxi Army Qianqian letter. , Ask Zhang Jue, and I will decree to behead him as a sacrifice. You don’t care about the details, but accuse me of breaking the covenant and treachery. Move the text to the country. Life and death are all about life, so don't take this as your goal!"

All three of them were unable to deal with it, and never came to Zhao Ji to ask for it again.

Regarding the Restoration of Zhao and Song Dynasties, Wanyan Zongwang had discussed with Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongpan and others for three or four hours, and naturally they had already analyzed it, and Zhao Huan was irreplaceable.

But they couldn't choose Zhao Huan as emperor.

Wanyan Zongwang looked at Zhao Huan and said to Zhao Ji: "If he is restored, to my Dajin, it will be no different from raising a tiger. His handwritten letter to the army and civilians in Hebei is still in our hands." ——Wanyan Zongwang et al. After discussion, they all agreed that, regardless of Zhao Huan's obedience now, once the restoration is successful, he will definitely be with them forever.

Zhao Huan quickly said: "The emperor of your country is my uncle, how dare I be an enemy to him?"

The more Zhao Huan said that, the more Wanyan Zongwang didn't believe Zhao Huan, he said: "You can even imprison your own father, let alone the uncle you hate so much?"

Zhao Huan opened his mouth, but in the end he was speechless.

After hearing Yan Zongwang's mention of Zhao Huan's house arrest, Zhao Ji, while sad, said, "I think you Jin people may have gone into a misunderstanding."

Wanyan Zongwang looked at Zhao Ji and asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhao Ji said: "To be superior, the most important thing is to know how to choose."

Wanyan Zongwang didn't answer Zhao Ji's words, but stretched out his hand to signal Zhao Ji to continue.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji continued: "With all due respect, the most important thing for you to consider now is not the future, but the present. I have dealt with that villain Li Yan for nearly ten years, and I know his character that he would rather bend than bend. At this point, Zhao Ji paused on purpose, and then said with emphasis: "I dare to say that Li Yan, that villain's idea now must be to wipe out your 10,000+ army alone!"

Wanyan Zongwang and the others had already figured out from the eight peace negotiation conditions Li Yan set out that Li Yan was going to wipe out their [-] troops.

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Since we followed the Taizu, my Dajin's army has always been invincible, never..."

Zhao Ji said honestly and bluntly: "As far as I know, you have lost to the Liangshan rebels for several battles, and two of them lost more than [-] yuan. By the way, it seems that Song Zongze, the general of the Song Dynasty, also won the battle against you. A few small victories."

After hearing this, Wanyan Zongwang's face sank, and he said, "How dare you humiliate me, Dajin?"

Zhao Ji was not afraid, and said, "I'm just stating the facts."

Wanyan Zongwang said coldly: "Do you think I dare not kill you?"

Zhao Ji said: "When the country is in such a state, is Zhao Ji still afraid of death? What's more, there are 10,000+ gold people like you who will be buried with me!"

Wanyan Zongwang and Zhao Ji looked at each other for a long time before saying, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Zhao Ji said: "The most urgent thing for you is not to guard against my Great Song Dynasty, but how to go back, how to go back with the tens of thousands of carts of property that you looted and blackmailed from my Great Song Dynasty."

Wanyan Zongwang's complexion became more and more ugly.

As if he didn't see Wanyan Zongwang's expression, Zhao Ji continued, "Judging from the current situation, your only chance is to cross the Donghe River blocked by our Great Song and Western Army, and there must be a large army to hold Liangshan for you. In the footsteps of the rebels."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji pointed at Zhao Huan, and said: "The only one who can help you do this is my son Zhao Huan. As long as my son Zhao Huan is restored, he can order Fan Zhixu, who was single-handedly raised by him, in the name of the emperor." I will give you the way to go back, and I can also order Fan Zhixu and my son Zhao Gou to send troops to stop the Liangshan rebels, so that you can go back with the tens of thousands of carts of property you looted and blackmailed from Song Dynasty."

Wanyan Zongwang was somewhat moved by Zhao Ji's persuasion, and the faster and faster prayer beads in his hand can prove this point.

Zhao Ji continued: "After the restoration of my son Zhao Huan, the first thing to do is not to seek revenge from you Dajin, but to quell the civil strife and consolidate his imperial power. The Liangshan rebels are the first and most important enemy of my Zhao family. That villain Li Yan robbed the territory of our Great Song Dynasty and our Zhao family's wife and daughter. More importantly, that villain Li Yan has already entered the hinterland of our Great Song Dynasty. If we don't defeat that villain, our Zhao family will not It may be successfully restored. As for you Dajin, we have to wait until the victory between our Zhao family and that villain Li Yan is decided."

This time Wanyan Zongwang was completely moved by what Zhao Ji said, and he thought: "If the development of the matter is really as Zhao Ji said, then I, Da Jin, can wait for the Song Dynasty to compete with the Chinese snipe and clam, and enjoy the benefits of the fisherman..."

Seeing the change in Wanyan Zongwang's expression, Zhao Ji sneered secretly, and said in his heart: "As long as the Jin people agree to the restoration of my Zhao family, we will immediately order Fan Zhixu to protect us to go to Sichuan or the south, and then order Gou'er to shrink our troops to the south. Leave you Jinren and Li Yan, that villain, dog-eat-dog, and we'll come back to recover the lost ground after you both lose..."

Just when Wanyan Zongwang and Zhao Ji were making wishful thinking:

"Shhhhhhhhhh..."

"Shhhhhhhhhh..."

"Shhhhhhhhhh..."

"Boom boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Suddenly, there was a dense and rapid bombing sound from afar...

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(End of this chapter)