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    That night, two thousand horse troops entered the palace in batches. The palace was tightly sealed, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps. Chao Yong no longer had to worry about the news being passed on.

    The next day, fast horses continued to deliver news to the palace, and the Liangshan army approached the capital.

    All those who reported the news were captured as soon as they entered the palace.

    When Chao Yong was considering whether to seal the city, he saw Yan Qing entering the palace from the tunnel.

    Chao Yong said: "Why did Xiao Yi enter the palace?"

    Yan Qing reported: "After the prince entered the palace, I asked people to pay attention to the movements in the market. Now the people have spread the news that my troops are approaching the capital."

    Chao Yong immediately said to Duan Chang: "In the name of Zhao Ji, I ordered your people to close the city gate. At the same time, the whole city was under martial law and the people were strictly prohibited from going to the streets. They said that the Liangshan bandits were coming to attack the city. Then I ordered all the forbidden troops in the city to be on standby in the barracks. There is no military order."  ¡±

    Duan Chang also knew that the time had come for him to make a meritorious service, and hurriedly said: "Yes."

    After Duan Chang was ordered to go out, Chao Yong and Yan Qing came to Xuande Tower.

    Xuande Tower is the tower at the south gate of the imperial palace. It is very magnificent.

    Climbing up the Xuande Tower, you can have a clear view of the broad Imperial Street in front of the palace and several streets in the distance.

    "Dong dong dong"

    Soon, alarm bells sounded in Tokyo City, all city gates closed, and groups of forbidden troops also appeared on the streets.

    "The Liangshan bandits are attacking the city. The whole city is under martial law and no movement is allowed."

    With the shouts of the imperial guards, the streets suddenly became agitated, businesses closed, and people rushed to their homes.

    It took half an hour for the commotion in the city to stop. There was no one left in the crowded market just now, leaving only groups of forbidden troops patrolling the streets.

    Chao Yong watched from the Xuande Tower that the city had calmed down. No imperial troops were approaching the palace, and he felt relieved. As long as the city remained on alert for half a day, the flag of Tokyo would also be planted in the evening.

    Chao Yong and Yan Qing had just stepped down from Xuande Tower when they saw a soldier running towards them and reported: "Someone is coming from Prince Yun's Mansion."

    "Lead the way"

    Soon, Chao Yong followed the soldiers to a flying bridge.

    King Yun Zhao Kai is the third son of Zhao Ji. He has been smart since he was a child. When he grew up, he was just like Zhao Ji. He was good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting, so he was deeply loved by Zhao Ji.

    Zhao Kai is also the prince with the highest ranking in the imperial examination in history. He participated in the imperial examination in the first year of Chonghe and passed all the tests until he reached the palace examination.  Zhao Ji naturally liked his son, so he selected Zhao Kai as the number one scholar. However, Chao Zhongqingliu persuaded him to avoid suspicion, so Zhao Ji selected Wang Ang as the number one scholar and Zhao Kai as the second scholar.

    Two years ago, she was named Queen Yun, and was promoted to the Imperial City Department, nominally in charge of the palace guards.  He was not actually responsible for guarding the palace, but another general.

    Although he had no real power, when King Yun held this position, he was very jealous of other princes.  Because after being promoted to the Imperial City Secretary, one can freely enter and exit the palace, while other adult princes cannot enter the palace without being summoned by the emperor.

    Zhao Kai¡¯s favor did not end there. In order to facilitate Zhao Kai¡¯s entry and exit from the palace, Zhao Ji also allowed Zhao Kai to build a flying bridge between his residence and the palace, so that Zhao Kai could reach the palace directly from his residence.

    These actions of Zhao Ji hinted to everyone that he had the intention to abolish the establishment. After Wang Fu, who was good at flattering, came to the prime minister, he saw Zhao Ji's intentions and began to secretly report some of the faults of the prince Zhao Huan in order to please Zhao Ji.

    Prince Zhao Huan was born to Zhao Ji¡¯s first wife, Queen Wang. Queen Wang was respectful and frugal in character. At that time, the imperial concubines Zheng and Wang competed for favor, which threatened her position, but Queen Wang did not suppress them.  Unexpectedly, someone instigated the eunuch to falsely accuse her of misconduct. Zhao Ji sent someone to investigate, but naturally there was no real evidence.

    Although Wang's innocence was finally cleared, as a queen, she was found out like this, and Wang was depressed from then on.  Not long after, Wang passed away. Zhao Huan was only nine years old at that time.

    It can be said that Zhao Huan has experienced the ruthless battles in the palace since he was a child. In addition, his mother died young and there was no one to take care of him. It can be said that he was cowardly from an early age.  In addition, Zhao Ji doted on Zhao Kai, and Zhao Huan knew that he was only named the prince because he was the eldest son. Apart from that, he had no advantage at all in the competition with Zhao Kai, so he was always cautious.

    A few days ago, Zhao Ji reorganized the imperial court and ordered the selection of talented people.  Wang Fu also took the opportunity to report that the world was in a tense situation and that it was time to appoint talented and virtuous princes instead of ranking them in order of seniority.

    Zhao Huan didn¡¯t know whether he was angry or frightened. He fell ill after returning from the imperial court and spent the past few days recuperating at home.

    Although Zhao Kai is extremely favored by Zhao Ji, he is not a prince and cannot go to court on weekdays.

    ¡°And Zhao Kai is more obsessed with painting than Zhao Ji. In addition, he has no government affairs to deal with, so he is often alone.??Even for a whole day, the servants didn't dare to disturb me.

    Yesterday, he spent another day painting, and he didn¡¯t rest until the evening.

    I think about it every day, dream about it at night, and have some thoughts in my sleep.

    Today I woke up early and went to verify the thoughts I had in my sleep.

    It wasn¡¯t until the whole city was under martial law that his family¡¯s staff interrupted him from painting.

    Zhao Kai was furious when he heard that Zhao Ji was angry yesterday and asked all officials to stay in the palace to think about countermeasures. Today, the Liangshan bandits came to attack the city again. Now the whole place is under martial law. He hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the palace to see Zhao Ji.

    Unexpectedly, the moment he entered the palace, he was captured by two soldiers, Chao Yong.

    Zhao Kai was furious when the two of them grabbed him, and immediately scolded him: "I have promoted the Imperial City to be able to enter and leave the palace freely. Why don't you let go?"

    The two soldiers said: "Without the emperor's order, all those who broke into the palace without permission were captured."

    Zhao Kai had a chat with several soldiers, but the two soldiers had nothing else to say to him except this sentence.

    While Zhao Kai was struggling, he saw Chao Yong and Yan Qing approaching and hurriedly shouted: "I am here, let them go quickly."

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "Are you King Yun Zhao Kai?"

    Zhao Kai was stunned when he heard Chao Yongyong calling him by his first name. He looked at Chao Yong doubtfully and said, "It's me. I look familiar to you. Isn't he a general in the Royal Forest Army?"

    Chao Yong also looked at Zhao Kai curiously for a while. His appearance was similar to that of Zhao Ji. He was handsome and elegant. He smiled and said, "I will take you to see your father, so you will know who I am."  ¡±

    "Let him go"

    The two soldiers released Zhao Kai after receiving Chao Yong's instructions.

    Zhao Kai saw that Chao Yong had no respect for him at all, and was very curious. He forgot to ask Chao Yong to deal with the two soldiers who were rude to him. He moved his arms that were so painfully twisted by the two soldiers, and followed  Chao Yong went to Chui Gong Hall.

    When he entered the Chui Gong Hall, he saw Zhao Ji standing there with a haggard look on his face. He couldn't help but run over and said, "The state is urgent. My son and I are late. Please forgive me."

    Zhao Ji saw that his beloved son didn't seem to know anything about it, so he couldn't help but trembled: "No more, no more, I won't have to deal with state affairs anymore."

    Zhao Kai saw Zhao Ji lost and shaky, so he wanted to step forward to help Zhao Ji.

    A few steps away, Wu Song, who was monitoring Zhao Ji, shouted: "Stop."

    Zhao Kai was stopped again and again today, and he became angry. He looked at Wu Song and said, "Be bold."

    When Wu Song heard that he was Zhao Ji's son, he felt bad. When Zhao Kai scolded him, he slapped him with his hand.

    Zhao Kai is good at dancing and writing, but his martial arts skills are far behind. He dodged for a while, but did not dodge, and was slapped to the ground on the spot.

    Wu Song's slap was merciless. With a crisp sound, Zhao Kai's two teeth flew into the air.

    Zhao Kai covered his mouth and got up, without even bothering to ask the emperor for instructions, he shouted directly outside the palace: "Here comes someone."

    Zhao Ji was heartbroken when he saw Zhao Kai end up like this, but there was nothing he could do. He was afraid that Zhao Kai would suffer again, so he hurriedly said: "Kai'er, the palace has been controlled by Liangshan soldiers and horses."

    Zhao Kai subconsciously asked: "Liangshan bandits?"

    "Snapped"

    Another slap and Zhao Kai fell to the ground again.

    After being slapped down twice, Zhao Kai was also a little dizzy and could not get up immediately.

    Zhao Kai was lying on the ground and saw the civil and military officials watching the show. Then he remembered that when he came in, these people did not flatter him as usual.  Judging from Wu Song's second reaction, they should be the "Liangshan bandits" in his mouth.

    Zhao Kai also figured out his current situation and got up obediently. When he saw that Chao Yong who led him in had already walked to the dragon chair and sat down, he couldn't help but become confused again.

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "You could have spent a day enjoying yourself outside the palace, but I didn't expect you to come to my door. Don't worry, when my army enters the city, your brothers will come to keep you company."

    Zhao Ji also plucked up the courage and said, "I wonder what the prince is going to do with the people of my Zhao family?"

    Chao Yong looked at Zhao Ji and said, "What do you think?"

    Zhao Ji said shamelessly: "Since ancient times, benevolent kings will allocate titles to the kings who destroy the country. After Emperor Zhou Gong gave the Zen throne to Taizu of our dynasty, Taizu also named him King Zheng."

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "So you are willing to take the Zen position?"

    "As long as you don't kill my Zhao family, I am willing to take the throne."

    Chao Yong looked at Zhao Ji and said: "You are such a coward. I, Daliang, want to tell the world that we will depose you from the throne instead of accepting your Zen position. Maybe I will kill you in public."Will this foolish king be more popular with the people?  "

    Zhao Ji couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Daliang controls Tokyo, and most of the state capitals in the world are still under the control of my Song Dynasty officials. If I give you the throne, many state capitals will surrender."  Daliang.¡±

    Zhao Jitianren fought for a long time, but he finally figured out that all his princes were in Tokyo. After Liangshan captured Tokyo, I'm afraid none of them could escape.  Although most of the country is still under the control of Song Dynasty officials, without the royal family's call, I am afraid it will be scattered. Not to mention that Chao Gai, Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing are still fighting for it. I am afraid that the Zhao family's country will end here.  What's more, even if someone from his Zhao family can pacify the world, he will probably be dead by then. Rather than doing that, it is better to save his own life.

    Chao Yong was a little moved after hearing this, but he asked doubtfully: "You have become a prisoner, how can the officials in various states still listen to you?"

    Zhao Ji said: "There may be some people who won't listen to me anymore, but as long as my imperial edict spreads throughout the world, there will be officials who want to fight for the world. Then they will rebel against the edict and rebel. They have lost their righteousness and other state capitals will not respond to them."  "(To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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