Zhao Yun walked out of the imperial city in a daze, he didn't know when the court meeting would end, for him, everything was over.

He had thought before, what if he failed? But at that time, he was full of self-confidence, strength, and influence, all of which were under the premise that as long as Zhao Xin died, Renzong had no biological son, and who else was there besides his son Zhao Zongshi in this position.

But now, the first two have been reached, but in the end that person is not him, nearly a hundred candidates, not to mention whether Zhao Zongshi can enter the final list of candidates, even if he can enter, what is the use, grades or something, it is important, but the most important thing is Renzong's attitude, and even when setting up the assessment, Renzong can make adjustments, he is finished.

Determining the position of the final prince as 8 positions, for the king of Runan County, it is no less than a thunderbolt on a sunny day, it is a trap set by Renzong, which easily covers him, so that he is powerless to resist at all, and he knows that it was illusory before.

Unlike the muddy and nightmare of the King of Runan, the other clans were excited.

They never imagined that they would get such an opportunity.

Even if the Northern Song Dynasty was not established for a long time, only a few decades, less than a hundred years, but the clan is already quite large, although, the line of Zhenzong Renzong is thin, Congrenzong is the only seedling, and the son of Renzong is simply gone, but others are not like this.

Zhao Zongshi is the thirteenth son of Zhao Yunrang, and according to the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yunrang had a total of 22 children, which is too much compared to Renzong.

The same is true for other clans, in fact, this is the case for any dynasty, when the throne changes, the dragons and phoenixes and grandchildren gradually fall off the altar, at first they are always princes, good days, there is money, and there is no political future, and they can't be focused on more than one life, dozens of them are considered normal, and then all the way down, the clan under the age of 10, a hundred people is considered less.

From Zhenzong's brothers, and even earlier from Taizong, a few generations, even if they are descendants of Taizong's biological sons, in this era, most of them have been reduced to county kings, and even most of them have not been canonized, and some have more family members, coupled with the restrictions of the Northern Song Dynasty on the clan, they have to fend for themselves.

Some clans will come to take the imperial examination, and the rest, as well as those who do business and sea trade, now have this opportunity, it is for all the clans, especially the close branches, these people who belong to the brothers and sisters of the true sect, for them, it is simply a pie in the sky, and suddenly the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers.

For others, not to mention the only position, that hope is a little slim, as long as they are shortlisted, their lives will be much better, before, they were just an ordinary clan, at most, there are just some lulu and titles, with the Northern Song Dynasty's control of the clan, but it is very strong, and they basically have no chance.

Even an ordinary civil official would not look at them more, let alone flatter them, but now, if he is a candidate for the crown prince, at least, some people dare not offend him.

That's right, even if it is Zaifu's family, even if it is a powerful party, there is no need to offend the possible prince, especially if there is no big conflict of interest, even Zaifu has to avoid its edge, how dare the following.

Within the scope allowed by the rules, or playing a side ball, these can make the status of the family up, some things that can be done or not, who will offend a person who may become the ultimate one, even if it is to buy a horse, it is also a cold person to buy, isn't it?

The entire court began to fight for this position, with connections, unrelated, or looking for relationships.

There was a mess above the court, all kinds of drilling, relational, and even crazy looking for a way, which made this Bianliang smoky.

But the only thing that can be called a cold court is probably the original Runan County Palace, this Zongzheng Mansion, which was once the most powerful person in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, was completely abandoned by this lively circle.

The son of the king of Runan County, who was supposed to be popular, became an outcast, and some high-end personnel all knew why Renzong did this, coupled with the promotion of some middle-level officials who had the opportunity to enter the system, the son of the king of Runan County was the number one favorite and became the most unpopular.

When this news was made public in the form of a court meeting, the entire lower-level officials were stunned.

That's right, it's just confused, high-end slaughterers, don't use the door, but they have to, sometimes, hugging their thighs, maybe they can save a lot of effort, which is also the fundamental reason why some smart people hugged the thighs of the king of Runan after Zhao Xin's death.

But the change in the current situation is so big, in just a few days, the situation in the court has changed abruptly, Zhao Zongshi, who was originally a hot person, has become one of the candidates, and now there are nearly 100 people vying for it, and the final position of the prince is 8.

Don't take such jokes, some defected, and suddenly began to think about what tricks they had left, some hindsight, or not so smart, they were not happy, but fortunately they were not so smart, if they were really that smart, they were all blind now.

But those who had already boarded the ship with iron rods were a little confused, and they found the king of Runan, discussed with him, and asked him to let them go.

How could the king of Runan County let them go, and the result of letting them go was that he completely lost his ability to be in the court, and Wang Deyong, who had cleared up the relationship, Zhao Yunrang would not let him go, but his position was too high, and he could play Tai Chi with him with a little movement.

A head of the Western Mansion, he can't move, so how dare these miscellaneous fish jump.

Zhao Yunrang's strength made everyone unexpected, and it also made everyone care about him Renzong, but also sighed, this Zhao Yunrang was still unwilling to give up.

This point, Renzong saw it all, and in his heart, he even had a new plan, and Zhao Zongshi still had to be selected.

Whether it was once brought into the palace to be raised, or everything Zhao Yunrang did, he would not let him pass the test easily, just let him sink but cheapen him, or let him be selected, and feel despair in hope, which is a good revenge.

Of course, the other idea is to really knock him to the bottom, what will this person do under the premise that there is no hope at all.

When people are faced with a desperate situation, they often take risks, the king of Runan County once held too many rights, God knows if it will be like now, control a group of people, and really get a few more things like the Baozhou mutiny, the damage to the Great Song Dynasty is too great, and it must be gradually reduced, when 10 years, or even 20 years later.

When choosing one of the 8, 20 years is enough to make all his channels disappear, far from the center of the court, and he is not a popular candidate, which will make him slowly weaken, and when the time comes, there will be no threat at all.

The chaos of Bianliang, in the early spring of the fourth year of Qingli, intensified, but Zhao Xin, who was far away on the other side and was the most suitable heir to the throne, fell into calm, all of this has nothing to do with him, no, at this time he should be called Miao Ding, for him, what is called is just a title.

After Xue Yu came back, in fact, he was able to leave Miaojiazhuang and find a suitable place, although he was temporarily named the Marquis of Baozhou, but the fief was not determined.

Drawing on the experience of the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty was quite cautious about the establishment of the Jiedu Envoy, but it was not nothing, on the map of the Northern Song Dynasty, near the Western Xia, where is the border of the Liao State, there are many border military states dotted with stars, which is also the Jiedu Envoy, some of them are slightly larger than a county, but they rush to the border.

Small is one aspect of control, the border is another aspect, can serve as a festival envoy, but it must be in front, for the Northern Song Dynasty as a barrier, this is also a method of restriction, a small county, or government, and the development of the late Tang Dynasty like the giant, but also to the Northern Song Dynasty to provide enough barriers, and reward the meritorious people, will not be sealed.

Perhaps, Miao Ding will become the only special case, but he is not worried about this not being approved, because even if he occupies the territory, it will not be very big, at most it will be a big county, and the location will not be in the core area, that is, by the sea, this can also be called the border, easy to pass, not to mention, his true identity, Zai Fu basically knows it.

In the eyes of others, the territory of a county does not play much role, but in Zhao Xin's view, the territory of a county is large enough.

An ordinary county, take the smallest and most ordinary county in the Central Plains, more than 2,000 square kilometers, such an area, limited land, limited population, it is impossible to produce enough output value, but for Zhao Xin, from later generations, he knows very well how much benefit an urbanized, industrialized land will create.

Shanghai in the early days of liberation, but more than 600 square kilometers, this is also the center of Shanghai in later generations, only more than 2,600 square kilometers, as long as it is well developed, this will produce huge returns, not to mention, the Northern Song Dynasty in this era, has not fancy the island, when the open sea is controlled, the island is bigger, for example, Chongming Island, Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, these take down, there is enough land, accommodate enough people.

Besides, the Netherlands is only a little bigger, a little more than 40,000, only a few tenths of the later China, but the Netherlands successfully seized the navigation industry, laid the foundation, and became a sea coachman, and his road can also be used as a reference.