Chapter 230 Zhao Ji: I am terrified, where is Wang Lin?
Zhao Kai retreated under his own banner, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and his heart filled with endless hatred.
It’s Wang Lin again!!
Wang Lin actually arranged an ambush in the palace, and it was very powerful. Two thousand tiger guards joined the battle group, completely reversing the decline of the two thousand dragon troops.
Anger surged in his chest, and Zhao Kai almost wanted to roar.
In all his countless plans, he missed one Wang Lin.
He actually didn't want to raise troops to force the palace now.
He felt that he was still young and had plenty of time to plan and lure Zhao Huan into the trap step by step until he was beyond redemption.
Sooner or later, the country of the Song Dynasty belongs to him, King Yun!
However, just when he was good at dancing and playing with Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan with a cat-and-mouse mentality, the sad news of Qiu Renjie's murder came from the famous people in Hebei.
He had to start early.
It doesn't really matter whether Qiu Renjie lives or lives, but Qiu Renjie has irrefutable evidence that he had an affair with the border generals. Once such irrefutable evidence is exposed, the emperor will definitely take action against him.
So he had no way out.
Zhao Kai's ferocious face looked particularly terrifying under the light of the torch. He decisively ordered a fire attack. He had a strong premonition in his heart that Wang Lin's army and horses might have entered the city.
At such a moment, it would be better to burn the officials and ministers together in this deep palace!
Barrels of kerosene were thrown over, and rockets flew in. Soon the fire was raging, turning half the sky red!
On the city tower, broken walls and corpses were strewn on the ground, and the dark army of King Yun pressed forward again. Zhang Shuye raised his sword and let out a long sigh, knowing that he would not be spared tonight.
At this moment, the earth shook, the horses' hooves roared like dragons and soared into the sky, and three thousand Fuhu cavalry swept through the ten-mile imperial street like a torrent of steel!
The sky was dotted with stars, and the crouching tiger army flag was hunting. Countless people, including Zhao Kai, immediately turned to look. This cavalry was overwhelming and unstoppable. In the blink of an eye, the first line of defense of King Yun's army guarding the main gate of the imperial city collapsed in an instant!
Zhao Kai's breathing became rapid, and his originally ferocious expression turned into panic, but he did not panic, and immediately ordered three thousand people from the Imperial City Division to fight.
In the palace, Wangxiang Tower.
Concubine Wei stared forward, her face shining brightly, and she shouted softly: "Maode, Wang Lin has arrived with his army!"
Zhao Fujin jumped for joy, as happy as a child.
In her joyful eyes, Wang Lin's silver spear and bright armor were riding in the lead, and the figure that pierced the sky like a god and demon gradually enlarged.
The fire was soaring into the sky, the dawn had reached after nightfall, and the strong smell of blood spread inside and outside the Wengcheng and the Imperial City.
The dying cries of the soldiers and the shadows of guns and swords bloomed in the wind. The piled up remains were ferocious and terrifying, and the thick murderous aura made people almost suffocated.
Wang Lin galloped on horseback and brandished his spear, causing all those who blocked him to fly into pieces.
Two thousand tiger guards rushed out of the palace city and formed an iron tight siege with the Fuhu cavalry.
The morale of King Yun's army was in chaos, and they lost all will to fight. Soldiers fell one after another, and their cut bodies were scattered on the tragic ruins.
The eyes of the fallen man reflected the invincible spirit of Wang Lin with his spear, and the murderous aura of the Fuhu cavalry sweeping through thousands of armies, and then they turned into ashes of destruction.
As for the remnants of King Yun's army who were still brandishing their weapons and making a last-ditch resistance, they could only fight and retreat.
Wang Lin urged his horse to gallop forward with great momentum. The remaining soldiers of King Yun's army retreated in panic. No one dared to raise their swords!
Zhao Kai looked ashen, knowing that there was no way to escape and that the situation was over, he stood on his horse and slowly drew out the sword from his waist.
"I have been planning for many years, but today I am ruined by your hands! Wang Lin, as the saying goes, it is up to people to plan things, but it is up to God to make them happen. Since God wants to kill me, I have to accept my fate!"
Wang Lin said calmly: "It's not that God wants to kill you, but that you... shouldn't pursue things that don't belong to you!"
Zhao Kai sneered: "Do you know that Zhao Huan is heartless, unrighteous, and has no virtue and incompetence? Wang Lin, please remember Gu's words. If you follow Zhao Huan, you will not end well in the future!"
"It doesn't really matter how the prince is doing. What's important is that the Song Dynasty cannot be in chaos now, and you have colluded with the courtiers at home, trying to seek power and usurp the throne, and have liaisons with the generals in the border army outside, which has led to chaos in the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, I can’t tolerate you!”
Wang Lin raised his head and looked at the sky. The white fish belly in the east gradually showed through. He smiled coldly: "King Yun, I respect you as a famous figure. I will leave you the last dignity and let you kill yourself."
Zhao Kai laughed wildly, and at the end of his laughter, he was extremely sad: "Successful king and defeated bandit, fate is determined by God. God wants to destroy me, but there is nothing I can do!"
Zhao Kai took a deep look at Wang Lin and immediately killed himself with his sword on his horse.
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King Yun was defeated and the rebellion subsided.
The dawn sun shines on the clouds, and the prosperous city of Tokyo remains as it always is.
The three thousand soldiers and horses of the Imperial City Division who participated in the rebellion were almost completely wiped out. The commander Xue Jirang and more than ten officers below either died in battle or committed suicide. Long Wei's army and Long Hui's army suffered thousands of casualties, and most of them surrendered.
In the messy palace, official orders were soon heard. King Yun was defeated in his rebellion and committed suicide. Unlike the others, the rebels surrendered and returned to the camp to accept the unified disposal and reorganization by the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp.
More than half of the ten thousand Longxiang army was lost.
Wang Lin's Tiger Guard was basically undamaged, but the Three Thousand Fuhu Cavalry also suffered some casualties.
Zhao Ji, who had been frightened all night, finally went to take a nap at dawn. When he woke up, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and more than a hundred people from the Zhao and Song Dynasties gathered in the main hall of Yanfu Palace.
Although King Yun's rebellion has been put down, the aftermath of the rebellion has become a top priority for Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.
For example, how to deal with Yun Wang’s family.
How to deal with rebel generals who participated in the rebellion.
How to deal with the members of King Yun's party such as Lu Yihao and other court officials.
There were also the border army generals who had an affair with King Yun.
To be honest, Zhao Ji couldn't make up his mind whether to eliminate the root cause or take the overall situation into consideration.
The father and son Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, together with Li Gang, Zhang Shuye, Wu Min and other cabinet ministers, hid in the imperial study room behind closed doors and discussed for a whole morning, but to no avail.
According to Zhao Huan, a strong man must cut off his wrists to eliminate future troubles, but Zhao Ji could never be so cruel.
In King Yun's case, there were no less than a hundred courtiers and dozens of frontier generals who had colluded openly and covertly. If the family members and relatives of these people were also included, there would be at least several thousand people in total. All of them were killed? Kill the nine tribes?
The Song Dynasty was really in chaos.
Li Gang, Zhang Shuye and three others were firmly opposed.
As far as the chief culprit Zhao Kai is concerned, killing the Nine Tribes is a joke.
What are Zhao Kai’s nine tribes?
Neither Zhao Ji nor Zhao Huan could run away.
Zhao Huan's final suggestion was that the children and family members born to King Yun should be put to death, and the relevant relatives would be exiled to Lingnan after deliberation.
Prince Yun's biological mother, the imperial concubine, was deposed and relegated to the cold palace. Prince Yun and his mother, the prince and his daughter, all took the title of prince, duke, princess, and were resettled in different places.
The kings of Yan, Wu and other clans who supported King Yun's rebellion were expelled and imprisoned.
As for the rebellious court officials, except for Lu Yihao and a few others, the rest will be ignored.
Zhao Kai currently only has two sons and one daughter, but the eldest is only three years old.
Princess Zhu Fengying is the stepmother, newly married and has nothing to do.
Only the concubine Qiu had a son, and the other concubines had a son and a daughter.
Zhao Kai's half-brother Su Wang Zhao Shu is 17 years old, Prime Minister Zhao Chao is 8 years old, and Xu Guogong Zhao Di is 11 years old.
Considering a tragic palace coup, Zhao Huan's proposal was actually not too harsh.
From Zhao Huan's point of view, if the royal family of King Yun is not eradicated, there is no guarantee that it will not happen again in the future, and he cannot leave any trouble for himself.
But from Zhao Ji's point of view, these are his descendants, his own flesh and blood, so he couldn't bear to do this cruel thing.
Although he hated Zhao Kai very much at the time, when it came time to kill his descendants, his heart trembled again.
Li Gang and the other three stood aside, letting Zhao Huan and his son argue without saying a word.
When it comes to the family members of the official and royal families, they can only remain silent.
"Father, King Yun has been planning for so many years, colluding with courtiers, generals, and almost half of the court is behind the scenes for him. If he is said to be the only one who acts, I really can't believe it!"
"All the people in the world are in panic. Please ask my father to make a decision as soon as possible in order to stabilize the country and the country!"
Zhao Ji sighed: "Prince, Zhao Kai is dead. His children are still young and ignorant. How cruel is it to kill them?"
"The princess is gentle by nature, knowledgeable about books and etiquette. What does it have to do with Prince Yun's rebellion? She gave birth to eight princes and daughters for me, and I couldn't bear to be deposed and thrown into the cold palace."
"As for King Su and others... they are all your brothers and sisters. If the city gate is on fire and the fish in the pond is affected, why is this?"
Zhao Huan couldn't help but sneer: "Father, please don't let the scars heal and forget the pain. King Yun's rebellion was only possible because of Wang Lin's calm planning and dedication to the death. Think about it, Father, if King Yun succeeds this time,
After entering the Yanfu Palace, can you and I, father and son, still save our lives?"
"Then I learned that before the incident, the imperial concubine Wang and her children had all escaped from the palace. If they said that they knew nothing about King Yun's rebellion, would my father believe it? All the people in the world can believe it.
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"My father is kind and tolerant to them, but have they ever thought about his safety?"
Zhao Ji's complexion changed slightly and he was silent.
"Father, after the great changes, hidden dangers are everywhere. If we don't make a decisive decision, we will inevitably not have trouble in the future."
Zhao Ji looked at Li Gang, Zhang Shuye and Wu Min: "What do you think, sir?"
Li Gang's mouth trembled, and he cupped his hands and said: "In the official family, King Yun conspired to rebel. The incident happened temporarily, but it has been planned for several years. The case is complex and serious. It is better to hand it over to the supervisor for careful investigation. Anyone involved in the case will be severely punished. If not involved in the case,
, it seems that we can be open to one side and not implicate innocent people."
"As for how to deal with the clan involved in the case, this is a family matter for the officials, and I don't dare to say anything!"
Li Gang kicked the ball back lightly.
In fact, not having an attitude is just an attitude.
Zhao Ji's face changed, he looked around, and suddenly said: "Where is Wang Lin? Someone has come and issued an edict, ordering Wang Lin, Duke of Bohai County, to enter the palace immediately to see him!"
At the critical moment, when it was difficult to make a decision, Zhao Ji subconsciously thought of Wang Lin.
He himself didn't even realize that Wang Lin had become his biggest psychological dependence.
Zhao Huan's mouth twitched.
He thought to himself: Wang Lin just didn't want to get involved in these internal affairs of the royal family, so he retired and left the palace to escape. Even if you call him... can he still go against me?