Zhao Ji felt that what Li Gang and Wu Min said was very reasonable.
At this time, the consequences of killing Wang Lin are endless, and once a mutiny occurs, it will be difficult to deal with it.
It would be better to imprison Wang Lin for the time being, and wait until the military has completed a smooth transition in the future, and then kill him to eliminate future troubles.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji slowly said: "What Prime Minister Li said makes sense, that's all. My dear friends, after all, Wang Lin has made great contributions to the country in the past, and he also helped me save me. In addition, at this moment, he is sick and bedridden, and his feelings are
It's a pity, so I'll show mercy outside the law, spare his life and protect his wealth for the rest of his life."
Tang Ke was shocked and prostrated himself in the tunnel: "Officials must not be so merciful as to raise a tiger and end up in trouble!"
Geng Nanzhong and dozens of other people prostrated themselves on the ground and could not stand the cry.
They don't dare to leave any hidden dangers.
If Wang Lin rises again, they will die without a burial place.
Li Gang glared at Tang Ke and suddenly sneered: "Tang Ke, do you still have any sense of shame?"
"At that time, the old man once advised the King of Yan in a letter to kill you to eliminate the danger of civil strife in the court. However, the King of Yan wrote back and said that although Tang Ke was shameless, he was quite capable of governing the country. Now that the Song Dynasty is facing a powerful enemy, we should use his talents to the fullest.
Serve the country and avoid internal strife."
"The old man also said that if we don't eradicate the roots, it will become a big trouble in the future. But King Yan said that a few clowns are not enough to cause trouble.
Sure enough, in order to save your lives, you then wrote to the King of Yan, crying and confessing, saying that you would change your past mistakes...
Now it seems that King Yan was wrong, very wrong.
The shamelessness of you villains is far beyond the imagination of the world.
Tang Ke, what I have said today is here. If the Great Song Dynasty is overthrown in the future, it will definitely start from you and other women who are sycophants!"
Li Gang was angry and walked away.
Wu Min also let out a long sigh, took off his official hat, bowed and said: "In the official family, I am old and frail, please beg for my bones!"
Next to him, Guo Zhishun also left work silently. He took off his official hat in the same manner and put it aside. However, he didn't even bother to say anything about begging for bones, and turned around and left.
Subsequently, dozens of courtiers abandoned their official posts and left.
Zhang Jun, Huang Qishan and Ma Kuo were on duty together at this time.
Zhang Jun said: "In the official family, after all, King Yan has made great contributions to the country, and he is also a great master of Confucianism. He introduced and promoted the cultivation of potatoes, so that our Song Dynasty has no fear of food shortage since then. He has the virtue of saving all people, and he cannot be killed easily."
I think it would be better to balance the merits and demerits and keep him in the capital until he grows old."
"I second the proposal."
"I also second the proposal."
Zhao Ji's expression changed, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Come on. Pass the imperial edict and confer the title of Marquis of Ruyang to the King of Ruyang. Dismiss the ceremonial guards, female officers, and army guards. Dismiss his wife Han Yan and all his family members."
"Order the Dragon Imperial Guard to guard the Ruyang Marquis Mansion and prevent anyone from entering or exiting."
"The wife of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Fujin, was reinstated as the Maode Emperor and returned to the palace to live."
"Princess Wanyan Shili of the Kingdom of Jin will leave Beijing and return to her country immediately."
"The descendants of Marquis Ruyang are brought into the palace, and they are brought up by Zhao Fujin, the concubine of Maode Emperor."
Zhang Jun's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately shouted: "Officials, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Ma Kuo and Huang Qishan were also shocked and immediately rose up to oppose.
If the previous demotion was considered normal, the subsequent expulsion of Wanyan Shili and the forced reconciliation between Zhao Fujin and Wang Lin would be a bit outrageous.
Of course, what is even more outrageous is to imprison Wang Lin’s children.
Zhao Ji sneered, stood up and said coldly: "Why not? I have made up my mind to leave the court!"
…
Within a few days, Wang Lin's title changed again and again, from the most noble King of Yan to the title of Marquis of Ruyang.
Coupled with the series of actions including confinement, forcing Zhao Fujin, Wanyan Shili and Wang Lin to reconcile, seizing his imperial edict, imprisoning his heirs, etc., this undoubtedly sent a strong signal to the public.
The officials want to kill Wang Lin!
The so-called killing of donkeys is nothing more than killing birds and hiding bows!
The problem is that it’s not time to hide the birds yet! The powerful enemies of the Jin people are peeking at them. Who knows when they will invade again?
The government and the public were abuzz with controversy.
Even Tang Ke and other civil servants under his command felt that the emperor had gone too far at this moment.
Moreover, he felt that there was no need to do so, and it would not be of any benefit to the court to arouse dissatisfaction among the people.
Wang Lin's prestige in the capital is unmatched by anyone, not even the emperor in the palace.
In the streets and alleys, in the wine shops and in the capital, people who heard about this injustice can be found everywhere.
Ruyanghou Mansion.
From the Gongde Archway to the main entrance of the Marquis Mansion, hundreds of indignant scholars and common people from the capital had gathered since the morning. The crowds chanted slogans and continued to cry out for Wang Lin's injustice.
Zhang Shengran, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict, came with hundreds of dragon guards, but was stopped by everyone.
At this time, the main door of the Hou Mansion was opened. Han Yan, Pan Jinlian, Zhao Fujin, Wanyan Shili, Hu Sanniang, Hua Rui, Li Shishi, Zhang Zhenniang, Meng Yulou...the girls were holding Wang Lin's children in their arms, and were waiting for Hua Rong, Wu Song, Xu Ning and others.
Under the protection of more than a hundred guards, they walked out of the mansion one by one and stood on the steps.
Wanyan Shili, Hu Sanniang and Huarui were all covered in armor and holding swords, with pretty and indifferent faces, protecting Han Yan and Pan Jinlian.
At the same time, hundreds of guards armed with crossbows appeared on the tall courtyard wall of the Hou Mansion.
Zhang Shengran felt a chill in his heart.
Although Wang Lin's military power was taken away from his subordinates and he withdrew from the Forbidden Army, he still had great authority and many subordinates. He didn't know how many guards there were in the palace at this moment, so he did not dare to act rashly.
Zhang Shengran separated the crowd, braved himself and walked in with two young eunuchs. He cupped his hands and said, "The official has an order!"
Zhang Shengran paused for a moment, then raised his head and saw that the ladies showed no etiquette in accepting the order. Then he twitched the corner of his mouth and continued: "The king of Ruyang was demoted to the title of Marquis of Ruyang. Someone came and took off the royal plaque."
Zhang Shengran waved his hand, and several Dragon Guards were about to step forward to take off the plaque of "Prince Yan's Mansion" when they heard a cold voice: "No need!"
Huarui walked out boldly with an embroidered bow in hand. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he pulled the bow full of strings sideways and fired several arrows in succession. The rope wrapping the plaque was shot through and broke, and the heavy plaque fell with a crash, breaking into two pieces.
Smoke and dust filled the air.
Han Yan and other girls looked cold, while Wu Song, Hua Rong, Xu Ning and others had serious expressions, with their hands on the swords at their waists.
The Dragon Guards present looked as silent as ice.
Seeing this, the people and scholars surrounding the capital burst into excitement.
Zhang Shengran's face twitched.
He gritted his teeth and continued to declare: "There is an official decree, and the Song Dynasty's wife Zhao Fujin is ordered to restore the title of Maode Emperor Ji, to make peace with Ruyang Hou, and to return to the palace for resettlement. From now on, Jin Kingdom Princess Wanyan Shili will
Deported back to the country."
"The princes of Ruyang will be placed in the palace and educated by Emperor Maode."
When the girls heard this, their expressions were astonished.
Han Yan and others cast their deep gazes on Zhao Fujin.
Zhao Fujin's pretty face turned frosty. She slowly walked down the steps, looked at Zhang Shengran with cold eyes and said: "Go back and tell the officials, slave Zhao Fujin, I will be born as a member of the Wang family and die as a ghost of the Wang family. If I are forced to return to the palace, I will die."
That’s all!”
Zhao Fujin was so angry that his shoulders were shaking. She never expected that Zhao Ji would actually have the idea of Wang Lin's heir, which had already touched their final bottom line!
Wanyan Shili could no longer hold back his anger and said angrily: "Sisters, my husband has fought hard for the Song Dynasty and tried his best to turn the tide, but now he has fallen into such a miserable state... The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty wants to force us to death.
You still want to take away my child. How can you tolerate such violence?"
Hu Sanniang drew her sword and said angrily: "If you dare to harm my child, we will turn the city of Tokyo upside down!"
Han Yan's expression remained unchanged, she took a slight step forward, waved her hand and said, "Sisters, please go back home.
Please go back and tell the officials that my husband-in-law cannot afford to be seriously injured in fighting to the death for the country. Even now, his military power and title have been taken away from him. If he continues to bully others too much, my Wang family will have a life-and-death fight with the Zhao and Song royal family!"
Han Yan held Zhao Fujin with one hand and Wanyan Shili with the other, and took the girls back to the house, closing the heavy door.
Wu Song looked indifferent and led more than a hundred guards to guard the front door of the mansion with their swords unsheathed.
The soldiers of the Original Tiger Guards who were ambushing on the high wall were firing their crossbows outwards. If the Dragon Guards made the slightest move, it would be a fierce fight.
…
After all, Zhao Ji did not dare to force himself.
The reason is that there must be Wang Lin's best friend among the imperial guards in Beijing, and he is afraid of causing a mutiny.
In fact, if he really dared to act rashly, the tens of thousands of tiger guards who had already sneaked into the city were not vegetarians.
And in the military...
Of course, in the city of Tokyo, there are actually many sober-minded people who have doubts in their minds. With Yan Wang Lin's methods and meticulous thinking, why did he act so unprepared? Could it be that the incident really happened suddenly?
After thinking again and again, Zhao Ji issued an order again, ordering Shizhong Dao to mobilize the 100,000 Eastern Army that had left Zhending to switch defenses with the Western Army from Hedong, and to mobilize the main force of the Eastern and Western Army from Hedong to return to the capital.
In contrast, Zhao Ji still believed in the Western Army.
As long as the Western Army returns to defend the capital, he can let go of his hands and completely eliminate Wang Lin's remnants from the army.
Even so, he was still worried and ordered dozens of Zhong family members to join the imperial army as generals in the Beijing camp, and promptly replaced a group of middle- and lower-level generals.
…
East Palace.
Zhao Yan, the eighth prince who was rescued from the capital, had a complicated expression on his chubby round face. He held a book and said softly: "Prince, I didn't expect that the imperial court would come to this point!"
As the prince of the Song Dynasty, his power was taken back by his father, Zhao Ji, and King Yan, who had suppressed the Song Dynasty, lost his former power. Zhao Ji was naturally happy to see this happen.
But he was able to escape from Chengdu this time only because Wang Lin sent the Tiger Guards to rescue him, and Wang Lin had a life-saving grace for him.
Otherwise, he will only die.
Zhao Gou looked dazed. He had been dreaming for the past few days. It felt too unreal.
King Yan, who controlled the military and political power of the Song Dynasty, and his master Wang Lin, a nearly omnipotent god-like figure, were defeated like this?
"Prince?"
Zhao Gou slowly came back to his senses, looked deeply at Zhao Yu and said calmly: "Xiaoba, your chance has come, my father will definitely depose me and make you the crown prince."
Zhao Yan shook his head fiercely: "I'm not interested in that position. I just want to be a wealthy and idle person for the rest of my life."
Zhao Gou sneered, but said no more.
How could he believe this? Coming from a royal family, as a prince, the pursuit of that position is an innate instinct.
Otherwise, what would Zhao Chu have done when he went to Chengdu to open a mansion?