Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 4 Ranger Zhang Yong
Han Tong thought:
"It's a good thing that Your Majesty wants to practice martial arts. Although they are naturally unable to go to the battlefield with their fancy skills, it is much better that Your Majesty attaches importance to military affairs than being indoctrinated by the ministers of the DPRK and Central Government with the idea of ​​"valuing civility over military affairs" every day."

After Han Tong saluted and agreed, he happily exited the hall with the treasures and the two palace maids who had given them rewards.

Five days later, Han Tong had secretly replaced the imperial guards in Baoci Hall and Qingshou Hall with his own confidants.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard about it, he discussed it with his brother Zhao Kuangyi and his close adviser Zhao Pu for a long time. In the end, they decided that the time to seize power had not come yet, so they had to endure it.

In the next ten days or so, Chai Zongxun, in addition to having meals with Empress Dowager Fu in her palace and chatting with her to make a rough plan, he also spent time in the Xingwu Hall with twenty more than ten-year-olds from the capital who were recruited by Han Tong's imperial army. The agile young man practices martial arts.

It was said that it was martial arts training, and Han Tong taught Chai Zongxun and the twenty teenagers some practical martial arts skills. In fact, Chai Zongxun himself spent most of the time playing around with the twenty teenagers, leaving Han Tong to teach the twenty teenagers battlefield stunts.

After getting along for a few days, a fourteen-year-old witty and agile boy caught Chai Zongxun's attention.

After questioning, I learned that the boy's name was Zhang Yong, who was born in the third year of Kaiyun in the Later Jin Dynasty (946) and was a native of Juancheng, Puzhou.

His family is poor, he is a chivalrous person, he does not stick to trivial matters, he learns fencing, he is generous, likes to talk big, and he enjoys odd things. He also likes to play chess and is proficient in archery.

Zhang Yong went to Huashan last year to look for Chen Tuan and wanted to become his teacher. Chen Tuan thought that Zhang Yong was a prodigy who was not suitable for worldly practice, so he persuaded him to come to Bianjing for a visit.

This time Han Tong was in Bianjing to select a young man to accompany Emperor Chai Zong to train in martial arts. He heard about Zhang Yong's name as a knight in the market and invited him.

Chai Zongxun was so happy that he treated Zhang Yong favorably and made him his confidant. For a moment, Zhang Yong felt deeply the grace of encounter.

Chai Zongxun asked: "Zhang Aiqing, is Chen Tuan really the immortal that people say?"

Zhang Yong hesitated for a moment, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, when the common people met Patriarch Chen in Huashan last year, he lived in seclusion in a hut at the foot of Huashan.

He was an immortal person. When they met, he looked at Cao Min's head for a moment, and Cao Min felt that everything was seen through by him.

Immortal magic is not popular among ordinary people, and I have never seen Old Ancestor Chen perform it, but he must be very proficient in the art of Yi Di. "

Chai Zongxun thought about it for a long time, and immediately ordered Zhang Yong to teach other young people the fighting skills every day.

In order not to alarm the enemy, Chai Zongxun and Empress Dowager Fu behaved as usual during the morning court and did not mention Zhao Kuangyin at all.

Chai Zongxun buried his father, Emperor Chai Rong, in Qingling in November, together with his first queen, Queen Zhenhui, Liu. Later, he ordered the History Museum to compile Shijong's actual records as a biography of Chai Rong.

At the suggestion of prime ministers Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, Wei Renpu and others, Zhao Kuangyin was granted the title of Founding Marquis, allowing him to take charge of Song Prefecture and return it to the German army, and be responsible for the defense of Bianjing.

It can be said that the entire Returned Army and half of the Forbidden Army were nominally controlled by Zhao Kuangyin.

Over the past few days, all the ministers in the court have heard that Emperor Chai Zongxun recruited 20 young men to practice martial arts in the palace. Prime Minister Fan Zhi, Second Chancellor Wang Pu and others all thought that Chai Zongxun had a childish nature. Fan Zhi warned him in the early court. Chai Zongxun said a few words, "Be close to virtuous ministers, and play at a distance", and then he did it.

Chai Zongxun took advantage of the opportunity to express some opinions on state affairs during the early days of the court these days, such as developing water conservancy, reducing people's burdens, promoting commerce, etc., which left an initial impression on the court officials as a "smart master".

On November 959th, the sixth year of Xiande (AD ), when Chai Zongxun was having dinner with Empress Dowager Fu in Baoci Hall, an eunuch came outside the hall to report something.

Li Fu, the general manager of the palace, walked out of the palace. After whispering with the eunuch for a while, he returned to the palace and walked to stand beside Queen Mother Fu.

After Empress Dowager Fu and Emperor Chai Zongxun finished their dinner, Li Fugong stood up and whispered:
"To report to the Queen Mother, the things that the Queen Mother asked the servants to do a few days ago have been sorted out."

In the past few days, Empress Dowager Fu had been getting along with the emperor Chai Zongxun, and he had reminded her many times that there were spies from the Zhao Kuangyin family among the palace servants. She immediately waved her hand and said to the hundreds of eunuchs and maids standing in the palace: "Mr. Li is here to stay." Now, all of you, please leave the palace for now."

After all the eunuchs and maids left the palace, Li Fu whispered:

"Informing the Queen Mother, my slaves secretly sent people to deliver the edict to Li Chongjin, the military governor of Huainan, and Zhang Yongde, the military governor of Chanzhou. The two men immediately followed the order after receiving the secret edict. At this time, they have each sneaked to Bianjing with a thousand elite soldiers. Ten miles outside the countryside!
Please make your decision, Queen Mother! "

Queen Mother Fu and Chai Zongxun looked at each other for a moment, and Chai Zongxun nodded to Queen Mother Fu with a firm face.

Empress Dowager Fu gritted her teeth and looked at Li Fuda: "Immediately pass the imperial edict secretly to Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongfu, ordering them to break into the capital at midnight tonight and take full control of the Forbidden Army's defense! Remove Zhao Kuangyin and his party from office on the spot!
Anyone who resists will be killed immediately! "

Queen Mother Fu took out an imperial edict from her arms and solemnly handed it to Li Fu.

Li Fuxing received the imperial edict with a big salute and bowed out of the hall.

Empress Dowager Fu felt as if she was exhausted and slumped on the throne. She turned to look at Chai Zongxun and sighed:
"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this? This Zhao Kuangyin is a general trusted by your father. What if we wrongly accuse him and force him to rebel?"

Chai Zongxun snorted coldly:

"Mother, Dazhou belongs to my Guo family! He, Zhao Kuangyin, is just a general!

We have taken away his military power. If he resists, it will prove that he has long been rebellious! Then our actions at this moment could not be more correct!
If he obeys the imperial edict and relieves his military power and is truly a loyal minister, I will not kill him. I will only promote his talents and use them in the future. "

Empress Dowager Fu also felt that this was indeed the case. It was completely normal for the emperor to appoint or remove a general.

At this point, Queen Mother Fu had no choice but to nod.

Chai Zongxun comforted the Queen Mother for a while, then left and returned to his Qingshou Hall.

Not long after leaving Baoci Hall, Chai Zongxun stood still and said:

"Mr. Tang, you immediately take people and heavy treasures to Zhao Kuangyin's mansion in person, and pass on my decree to order him to enter the palace and come to the martial arts hall. I heard that he is highly skilled in martial arts and has created his own boxing and stick techniques. I want him to teach them to me personally. .”

Tang Qi didn't know why, and thought that Chai Zongxun was obsessed with martial arts recently and really wanted to learn martial arts from Zhao Kuangyin. After immediately accepting the promise, he led ten eunuchs out of the palace with treasures and took a carriage to the residence of Zhao Kuangyin, the "founding lord" in the south of Bianjing City.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Tang Qi arrived in front of Zhao Kuangyin's house, and Zhao Kuangyin received the report and came out.

After seeing the ceremony, Tang Qi smiled and said:

"Mr. Zhao, Your Majesty is obsessed with martial arts recently. I heard that Mr. Zhao is a brave general of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and his martial arts skills are even better than those of Deputy Commander Han!

Today, a special servant was sent to invite the Marquis into the palace to teach His Majesty.

His Majesty personally ordered his servants to bring these treasures as rewards to the Marquis. "

Zhao Kuangyin had long heard that Chai Zongxun summoned twenty young men to practice martial arts in the palace, and he had already treated him with contempt; now when he heard Tang Qi's summons, he thought:
"Chai Zongxun is only a 7-year-old child, what does he know? What can he do?
No wonder Han Tong secretly replaced the emperor and the Imperial Guards on duty outside the Queen Mother's Hall a few days ago with his people. It turned out that he was quite favored by accompanying the little emperor to practice martial arts and play around.

snort! Han Tong, this idiot, thinks that by winning the favor of the little emperor, he will be able to surpass me in power in the future? What a frog in the well!
After my layout is completed, there will be a beautiful Hantong! "

(End of this chapter)