The news from Shaanxi arrived in Hangzhou a few days late, and Song Huizong did not have much joy, and the discerning people knew at a glance that Zhao Kai personally conquered and even divided a new Northwest Zhifu Division, in the final analysis, it was not completely for the sake of Western Xia, but more to weaken Yang Zhi's strength, and by the way, brush up his own reputation, and leave a reputation for opening up territory in front of the public. And the consequences of doing so are very serious, the actions of the Jin country are not clear, and King Kang Zhao Gou has already jumped up on the main hall.

After all, in Zhao Gou's view, this matter must be the third Zhao Kai's ill-intentioned intentions, Song Huizong made it so clear in his letters, Zhao Kai still promoted the war against Western Xia, Zhao Kai's real purpose was not to defeat Xingzhou, but to confuse the situation in Hebei and Henan, and hinder his own development in Henan. But Zhao Gou was at a loss after being angry, just as Fan Zhixu said in the official document sent at the same time, even Yang Zhi, the first general of the Dingbei Army, was driven to Chang'an, and no one could stop Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai's possible victory made Zhao Gou feel like he was on the edge of an abyss, and Zhao Gou and others believed that after the disastrous defeat of the Western Xia at Lingzhou, the total number of troops was less than 100,000, and it was impossible to resist the offensive of the Dingbei army. Zhao Kai's intentions, how could Zhao Gou not know, this third brother didn't care about Hangzhou's greetings, and when he thought of Jin Guo's reaction, Zhao Gou was inexplicably irritable; in an instant, he had already discovered that he had lost the initiative in negotiating with Jin Guo, and it was useless to talk about what he said now.

Song Huizong didn't say much, but praised Zhao Kai a few words without pain; hearing that the imperial historians said that the Jin people had already mobilized a large army in Hebei, Song Huizong directly sent Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, to Bianliang and appointed Zhao Gou to stay in Tokyo and be in charge of the military and political affairs of the two roads in Beijing. Being able to be independent was originally what Zhao Gou had been seeking, but now the timing is completely wrong, it is almost a burden for the Dingbei Army; if the Jin Army really fights, Bianliang will bear the brunt.

As for continuing the peace talks, Zhao Gou understood with his toes that the Jin people would not agree; Zhao Gou could only make a fuss about spending money, saying that the peace talks were the most important thing, and soliciting opinions from Song Huizong, in case the Jin people asked, what conditions could he come up with to seal the Jin people's mouths? Zhu Shengfei said directly: Since the Jin people mobilized the army first, even if there was a move to hold peace talks, it would be a trick to cover their eyes, and they could only drag on one word and drag it for a day.

On the side of Bianliang and Yangzhou, active preparation for war is the most important thing, and only by repelling the attack of the Jin army can there be the possibility of real peace talks, otherwise even if the two sides are talking, the Jin people will increase the bargaining chips of the negotiations one after another because of the continuous victories, and the talks will be in vain. Zhu Shengfei was telling the truth, but in Zhao Gou's eyes, this guy just saw the wrong direction of the wind and deliberately hit himself, but Song Huizong liked Zhu Shengfei's statement, which made Zhao Gou almost angry when he returned to the palace.

Zhao Gou smashed a piece of inkstone on the ground, and Wang Boyan, who rushed to Hangzhou, persuaded him: "Lord Wang, for us, the current situation is not necessarily a bad thing, Zhao Kai treats Yang Zhi like this, even if Yang Zhi doesn't care about Princess Zhao Yingluo's sake, but what will Yang Zhi's subordinates think, the credit in hand has been stolen by Sun Angzhi and others, and the bane is in the hearts of those generals." ”

Zhao Gou said angrily: "Of course I know this, the third brother put Yang Zhi in Chang'an, just to use Yang Zhi's subordinates to blackmail Yang Zhi, so that Yang Zhi can't get up." And we are about to face the problem of the Jin people, and the information you brought said that Hebei and Shandong have already gathered a large army. ”

"The envoy of the Jin State has not yet come, what we have is time. Wang Boyan smiled and said: "Lord Wang, do you think, is Yang Zhi really a good man and a woman? No, if Yang Zhi is a good man and a woman, he will not be able to get to today; I dare to say that Yang Zhi will definitely put on a good show in the future, which will make King Yun smile bitterly." ”

Zhao Gou perked up: "What have you heard?"

Wang Boyan shook his head and said: "There is no news at present, but it is the trick that Liu Guanglie played in Chang'an, which was crushed by Yang Zhi; Yang Zhi has nothing to trouble him in either Gyeonggi or Shaanxi, is Chang'an a hurdle? I have confidence in Yang Zhi, but I can't guess the means he wants to play." If the prince allows, the lower officials are willing to ask for an errand to go to Chang'an to investigate. ”

When did Wang Boyan become so enthusiastic about his official duties? Could it be because he had relieved this old guy of his post in Bianliang, and now he knew that he was going to do something he liked? Zhao thought about it, but he was still not sure, but it was not a bad thing to send a henchman to Chang'an, at least he could know what was happening in Guanzhong at the first time, and if something happened to someone, it would be convenient to get people out.

Zhao Gou thought about it and finally said: "Fan Zhixu is the supervisor of the Shaanxi Military Supervision Department, I will tell my father that you can go to Chang'an as a squire of the military department to deliver military news for the Privy Council." ”

When Zhao Gou went to find Song Huizong, how could Song Huizong not know what Lao Jiu's calculations were, but he was a little disappointed in Zhao Kai, and felt that it was nothing to arrange an official to Chang'an; This is the power of Song Huizong, even Zhao Kai can not raise objections, after all, after the revocation of Shangshu Province in Bianliang, it also retained the inspection of the imperial history, specifically responsible for supervising whether the local government was corrupt and bent the law to disregard people's lives, and reported to Hangzhou.

However, Song Huizong still saved face for Zhao Kai, and did not directly let Wang Boyan take office, but first sent Zhao Shujin to inform him, and Wang Boyan postponed it for half a month; Song Huizong believed that Zhao Kai could understand what he meant, Zhao Shujin was originally Zhao Kai's person, and no one dared to use it if he was stranded in Hangzhou, and Zhao Qi, the king of Jing, was worried that Zhao Shujin was spying news for Zhao Kai, so it was better to let Zhao Shujin return to the Dingbei Army.

Wang Boyan was overjoyed to be appointed, and he came to Hangzhou to give advice to Zhao Gou, also for himself; at present, Bianliang has revoked a large number of official positions, and basically Xie Liang, who has stayed in Tokyo, has the final say, and Wang Boyan is in a very embarrassing situation. With the Dingbei army attacking Xingzhou and the Jin State mobilizing men and horses in Hebei and Shandong, Wang Boyan concluded that the time for the Jin army to go south would soon come.

Wang Boyan knew what the ability of those troops under Wang Shu was, and he didn't have much confidence in defending Bianliang, lest Xie Liang give himself the responsibility of defending the territory by the time of the time, so he found a safe place for himself in advance. The Dingbei Army entered Chang'an, and Yang Zhi was in charge, Wang Boyan thought that it was the most likely to avoid war, but he was afraid that Zhao Gou would not like to have mustard, so Wang Boyan racked his brains to find a reason, but he didn't expect his wish to come true.