At this time, Li Yanqing asked again: "How is the situation of the Emperor Taishang now?" “

Kang Lu said with a smile: "Since the destruction of the Western Xia, the Emperor has no voice, this time the official family wants to set up the prince, the Emperor Taishang is also very happy to agree, just last month, the official family to the Emperor Taishang birthday wishes, the father and son talked very happily, the Emperor Taishang personally told the official family, seeing that he is so effective, the Great Song Dynasty can be prosperous, he can spend his old age in peace, I hope that the Emperor can regain the lost territory as soon as possible, the official family knelt on the ground and cried, saying that he must live up to the expectations of his father and the emperor, not to disappoint the ancestors and the ancestors, the two hugged their heads and cried. ”

"Do you mean to say that the Emperor Taishang has completely changed his personality and does not want to be reinstated?"

Kang Lu nodded, "It should be so, the Emperor Taishang has issued an order, he wants to recuperate in peace, and prohibits hundreds of officials from visiting." ”

"That's a good thing!"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Manager Kang will rest for a few more days and take a look at the scenery of Jingzhao!" ”

Kang Lu smiled bitterly, "Where can I rest!" I have to rush back immediately, I have to deal with a lot of things, and I have to leave in the afternoon! ”

"Are you leaving in the afternoon?"

Kang Lu nodded, and he remembered something again: "In addition, my two retinues will go to Hexi Road and Lingxia Road to announce the decree, and implore His Highness to send troops to escort them." “

"This is no problem, I'll arrange it!"

Kang Lu immediately said goodbye and went to eat, he was going to rush back after eating, Li Yanqing did not keep him, he himself also had a thousand things to do, since he decided to go back to Beijing to participate in the crown prince ceremony, he had to start arranging it immediately.

Today is the first day of the eighth month, and there is still a whole month before the canonization ceremony of the crown prince, and he will return to Lin'an in 20 days at the earliest.

Li Yanqing paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, Kang Lu mentioned that the official family and the Emperor Taishang had reconciled, and the Emperor Taishang gave up seeking the throne, although Li Yanqing felt that Zhao Ji was a little quick to admit defeat, but it could not be said that it was impossible at all, and the destruction of Western Xia was indeed very powerful for Zhao Gou's prestige, so that Zhao Gou gained huge political capital, and no one dared to question the legitimacy of his throne anymore.

But what Li Yanqing is thinking about now is not exactly the fate of Zhao Gou, but himself, the reason why he was able to control the military and political power of the Five Routes in the northwest, and also control the financial power of the three roads of Bashu, and became the first warlord of the Great Song Dynasty, the fundamental reason is that he took advantage of the imperial struggle between the Son of Heaven and the Emperor Taishang, and took advantage of Zhao Gou's eagerness to get military support, otherwise no emperor would allow himself to appear in this situation, and he could almost stand on his own.

Now that the Son of Heaven and the Emperor Taishang have reconciled, the problem of his own power has surfaced, and Zhao Gou will not start to deal with him because of this.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yanqing came to the conclusion that Zhao Gou might deal with him, but not now, if he cuts his military power, he will destroy the Great Wall, and with Zhao Gou's political wisdom, he should not do such a stupid thing, but he hopes that he will go with his son, and he will more or less want to leave his son in the capital as a hostage.

............

After dinner, the family sat together and chatted for a while, Li Yanqing gave his wife Cao Yun a look, and then got up and went to the study. ”

"There's something important I'd like to discuss with you."

Li Yanqing asked his wife to sit down, and then said slowly: "I received an order from the official family today to let me enter Beijing to participate in the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince." ”

Cao Yun didn't know what her husband meant, hesitated, and asked in a low voice, "Does your husband plan to go?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I haven't been back to Beijing for almost three years, and this time I plan to go." ”

"But safe?" Cao Yun asked a little worriedly, she knew that her husband had made many enemies in the court.

"Safety is not an issue!"

Li Yanqing immediately comforted her and said, "I will bring three thousand elite troops into Beijing, and there are also old troops I promoted in the Jiangnan area." “

"In that case, husband will go!"

Li Yanqing groaned and said, "The official family wants me to take Pu'er there!" “

Cao Yun suddenly panicked, "Why do you want to take Pu'er there, is the official family going to take him hostage?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Pu'er should also go to Beijing, let my grandfather see him, as well as my grandfather and great-grandfather, he has been away from Beijing for almost three years." ”

"But what if he doesn't come back?" Cao Yun said urgently.

"He will come back, I will not let him stay in the capital, as long as I insist, the official family will never dare to detain him."

Cao Yun looked at her husband's decisive gaze, she got up and bowed deeply, "Then I beg my husband to take good care of the child." ”

...........

Early the next morning, Li Yanqing secretly summoned Zhang Shun again, and ordered him to take 300 elite scouts of the navy army to Lin'an secretly first, and then summoned Yan Qing and asked him to find a child who looked a little similar to his son.

Li Yanqing then ordered Liu Jian and Wang Gui to command the Jingzhao army, without his order, not to act rashly, after everything was arranged, it was already two days later, Li Yanqing immediately led 3,000 heavy armored infantry, riding to Bashu.

The reason why Li Yanqing chose 3,000 heavy armored infantry to accompany him was the result of his repeated consideration, if the 3,000 heavy armored infantry did not wear heavy armor, they were also excellent cavalry, they could fight the enemy on horseback, and they could also dismount and shoot bows and crossbows, but if they changed into heavy armor, even if 10,000 troops were not their opponents, thinking about it, they still felt that the heavy armored infantry was the most cost-effective army.

In addition, he also brought one hundred and fifty personal soldiers, of which fifty were female soldiers with accurate archery skills and strong flying knives, commanded by Hu Qing'er, to be his personal guard, Li Yanqing had experience, and accompanied by female soldiers, which had a strong paralyzing effect on the enemy.

...........

At night, the West Lake in Lin'an City has gradually quieted down, and there is no longer the hustle and bustle of tourists, at this time, a passenger ship is silently sailing towards the west bank.

But when the passenger ship gradually approached the dock of Hidden Dragon Villa, dozens of small boats came from all sides, intercepting the way of the passenger boat, all the small boats were soldiers, and the sergeant at the head shouted: "Royal Pier, no outsiders are allowed to dock, leave immediately!" ”

A man walked out of the passenger ship, and he coldly held up a token, "This is General Miao's token, maybe go in?" “

General Miao Fu is Miao Fu, he was named the Eight Gate Commander, in charge of the 20,000 garrisons in Lin'an City, the soldiers knew Miao Fu's military token, dozens of small boats immediately dodged a road, and the passenger ship immediately sailed forward and slowly docked on the dock.

The three officials got down from the boat and walked quickly towards the Hidden Dragon Villa, where a eunuch stood at the gate of the Hidden Dragon Villa, obviously waiting for them, and when he saw the three of them coming, he immediately led them into the villa.

The three officials are Zhao Ji's henchmen, Huang Qianshan, the right man of Shangshu, Wang Boyan, the servant of the ministry, and Du Chong, the new secretary of Dali Temple.

After a while, the three of them came to the study, and Zhao Ji was standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands, with a gloomy face and not saying a word.

"Weichen see His Majesty the Emperor?" The three of them saluted together.

"Any news of him?" Zhao Ji asked coldly.

Huang Qianshan knew what Zhao Ji was asking, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, there is definite news that his fleet has left Sichuan." “

Zhao Ji finally showed a smile on his face, and then frowned again, "Did he really bring three thousand troops to the capital?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this news should be true, Weichen saw the original intention today, and it is above to allow Li Yanqing to bring three thousand soldiers into Beijing."

"This idiot!"

Zhao Ji scolded in annoyance.

Of course, Zhao Ji was scolding his son Zhao Gou, how could there be any reason to allow local warlords to bring 3,000 people into Beijing, even if An Lushan entered Chang'an back then, he was not allowed to bring so many troops.

Zhao Ji has faintly felt that his son does not really fully believe in himself, and their father and son are only reconciled on the surface, but secretly, his son Zhao Gou is still vigilant, this time Li Yanqing led 3,000 troops into Beijing is this kind of vigilant mentality, he is afraid that he will attack Li Yanqing.

Zhao Ji paced in the study with his hands down, of course he would not give up the struggle for imperial power so easily, but the destruction of the Western Xia country did bring great disadvantages to himself, and his son Zhao Gou's throne was secured, and he was about to canonize the crown prince, obviously wanting to stabilize the throne more.

What's more, the court officials who were originally loyal to themselves also betrayed one after another, like Xiangguo Lu Yihao, Fan Zongyin and Zhu Shengfei, all expressed their support for the canonization of the crown prince, not to mention other ordinary ministers, this time the proposal to canonize the crown prince has received extremely high support, which shows that he has lost politically.

Although Zhao Ji lost to his son politically, he was not reconciled, he still wanted to get back from the military, so he launched a coup d'état and directly overthrew his son's throne.

During this time, Zhao Ji has been secretly recruiting the generals stationed in Lin'an, such as Zhang Bao, the commander stationed in Yuhang, Jiang Wensheng, the commander stationed in Huiji, and Miao Fu, the commander of the nine gates of Lin'an, and Liu Zhengyan, the former commander of the palace, etc., have been co-opted by him with heavy money and princes, so to speak, he has almost controlled the army of Lin'an, which is his confidence to seize the throne.

The only thing he was worried about was Li Yanqing, and this time Li Yanqing's entry into Beijing was a great opportunity for Zhao Ji to eradicate him.

At this time, Wang Boyan whispered: "Your Majesty, now that our army is in place, we can launch a palace mutiny at any time, it is better to take advantage of Li Yanqing's failure to enter Beijing and let Your Majesty ascend the throne first." ”

Du Chong also said: "Your Majesty, Wang Shilang's suggestion is very good, and Weichen also suggests seizing the opportunity." ”

Zhao Ji snorted heavily, "Then let Li Yanqing have an excuse to clear the monarch's side?" ”

The three of them didn't dare to say anything, Zhao Ji took a few steps and said: "The premise of launching a palace mutiny is to kill Li Yanqing, and it has nothing to do with the crown prince, as long as we kill Li Yanqing, we can launch a palace mutiny immediately!" ”