Chapter 774: Release the Imperial Power with a Cup of Wine (Part 2)

Chen Yuan smiled and the deal was settled.

Whether it is the parliament or the royal cabinet, the emperor's power will be restricted in the future, and he does not know whether his actions are right or wrong.

Life is like doing business. Sometimes investment may not necessarily bring returns, but sometimes you can make a fortune unintentionally.

Really, even if Chen Yuan was the emperor, he would not be able to guarantee that he would be much better than Zhao Shu as the emperor. What's more, he was unwilling to develop things to the point of meeting each other. If the current situation in the Song Dynasty was ruined, Chen Yuan would be the one who felt most distressed, because that was his hard work.

All he thought about now was to use this method to restrain the new king and give him time to build the island chain from Japan to Qiongzhou. After this island chain was created, if the new emperor advanced to the Tao and gave him the island chain, the coastal defense of the Song Dynasty would have a basic guarantee in the future. If the new emperor did not advance to the Tao, this island chain would be the bargaining chip for Chen Yuan to ensure himself and his family's safety in the future.

It is right or wrong, let the future history judge.

Chen Yuan knew that they were all waiting for their answers and wanted to leave quickly. He sighed softly, as if he was a little disappointed. Chen Yuan finally said what they wanted to hear: "Since that's the case, I will leave as soon as possible tomorrow. But there is another thing, which is no longer a condition for me to leave. Now that the merchants have stopped, I have selected this problem. I think I must solve it."

Everyone was relieved after hearing this, and smiled unconsciously on their faces. Chen Yuan looked at Chen Shizhong on the side: "Shizhong, leave this matter to you, do your brother a favor and clean up this mess, how about it?"

Chen Shizhong nodded: "Brother, don't worry, I can do it well."

Chen Yuan smiled, and then looked at Xia Shu: "Prime Minister, I have a heartless request."

Xia Xun immediately said, "Tell me."

Chen Yuan glanced around and said, "I think that this time the merchants can be encouraged by the next one. In addition to some of the mistakes made by Zhao Shu, the main reason is that those merchants do not have the right channels to communicate with the court. I think, can the president of the chamber of commerce have the right to speak in the court?"

Ouyang Xiu frowned, and there was another reason for letting the generals go to court, that is, the generals have done a lot for the Song Dynasty in recent years. They fought on the battlefield and expanded their territory, which everyone could see.

Although the merchants made a lot of money, they did a behind-the-scenes job, which seemed less direct than military generals.

Moreover, Ouyang Xiu was very resistant to the identity of the merchant.

"Shimei, what kind of official position is the president of the Chamber of Commerce?"

Chen Yuan shook his head: "What I mean is to let the president of the Chamber of Commerce report directly to the court, and to communicate directly with the ministers and the emperor. As long as this is enough, the official position is not important. As for how to do it, I think it should be the decision after the new emperor ascends the throne."

Ouyang Xiu wanted to ask something else, but Xia Shu stopped him with his eyes. As long as Chen Shimei was willing to leave and as long as the request was not too much, he could agree now. What's more, Xia Shu also knew that Chen Yuan was right. Not only those merchants needed to know what the court wanted to do, but also those merchants wanted to know what the court was doing.

Xia Xun said to Chen Yuan: "Okay, we will discuss this issue and make a decision soon."

Chen Yuan smiled, filled the wine glass in front of him, and then held it up: "In this way, there is nothing to say. I won't go to the court tomorrow morning. I want to see a few people as soon as possible. If I can hear good news from you when I get things done, I will leave immediately."

This time, the King of Chu finally picked up the wine glass and met Chen Yuan from afar: "That's the best! Chen Shimei, don't worry, we will let you see it in the morning court tomorrow, and we believe in our words."

The King of Chu meant that tomorrow's morning court was the last time Zhao Shu had gone to court, and he didn't even have the chance to go to court. It was easy to say that it was easy. They already had the strength, but it was not that simple to do things well.

Zhao Shu is still the emperor, so he will definitely not be willing to get out of that position and he will resist. Once Zhao Shu resists, Bian Jing will inevitably be injured, at least the royal face will be damaged, and the Zhao family's prestige will be hit.

Therefore, except for Wen Yanbo's complicated mood, everyone else hopes that Zhao Shu will not have the opportunity to resist and come down from the throne obediently. Then, hello, the ministers, the princes, Chen Shimei, everyone is all.

This is why they came to Ren Fu today.

"General Ren Fu, are everything ready?" Xia Shu narrowed his eyes, but it was difficult to hide the tension in his heart. Huo Guang's actions were a nice saying. It was Huo Guang's actions to get Zhao Shu down. If it was not successful, hehe, it would be a rebellion and rebellion.

A general like Ren Fu is much more straightforward in comparison. The situation is already destined. The only way to end the battle between Zhao Shu and Chen Shimei is the best. Hearing Xia Shu ask him, Ren Fu stood up: "When he returns to the prime minister, the 20,000 soldiers under him are on standby. He will take over the Northern Army Imperial Guards tonight. He will go to the palace tomorrow morning and no one will make trouble."

Xia Su nodded, and his old body slowly rose up. He picked up the wine glass by himself: "Come on, everyone, I wish us all the best tomorrow, and it is also for the better tomorrow of the Song Dynasty. Let's drink this glass together!"

More than thirty people stood up at the same time and raised their wine glasses.

That night, Ren Fu started to take action, accompanied by Xia Shu, King Chu and others to visit the generals who might have an impact on them.

Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi took the empress dowager's edict, the prime minister's seal, and the joint letters of the princes while they were in the night.

The servants who had gathered together also quietly came to King Pu's mansion, everything was ready, just waiting for dawn.

The next day, it was just dawn, and Fan Chunyou opened his eyes in the hazy state.

He had no idea what was happening outside in the cell, and he began to wash up with a dull expression. Now Fan Chunyou's fighting spirit and confidence have been defeated. Really, he was arrogant and talented, but he never expected that he would be called by someone else as a gun!

Fan Chunyou thought about it and was very strange. Why did he trust Teng Kun so much at that time? Why didn’t he investigate his origin? No matter what the reason was, he could not forgive himself for being used to deal with Da Song. A person who could be so stupid as to be, would be useless to live.

So, he was just waiting to die.

The prison door was opened, Fan Chunyou put down the towel and saw Yan Chasan and Chen Shimei walking towards him.

"Chen Shimei? Are you back?" Fan Chunyou asked.

Chen Yuan stared at him for a while, his eyes were very complicated. Really, Fan Chunyou touched Chen Yuan's bottom line this time. If it weren't for his son, Chen Yuan would have killed him!

After watching him for a long time, Chen Yuan walked past Fan Chunyou's prison door. In the next cell, Su Yan was locked.

"Open."

Yan Chasan said to the prison head. The prison head hurriedly took the key and opened Su Yan's prison door. Su Yan stared blankly at Chen Yuan coming in from outside.

Chen Yuan looked at Su Yan's appearance and felt sad, but he didn't know what to say to comfort him. Su Xiaoyou was greedy for wealth and did whatever he wanted to do, but this was just a matter of her attitude towards life.

To a certain extent, in order to rescue Su Yan, Su Xiaoyou was willing to be used by Lu Yijian and herself, and she was considered a filial daughter. For so many years, their father and daughter were only nostalgic and did not do anything traitorous. Su Xiaoyou shouldn't die, at least Chen Yuan seemed to her not die.

But she was indeed dead, and the person who executed her was Empress Dowager Cao, and Chen Yuan could not help her avenge.

When she died, Su Yan's world collapsed.

Chen Yuan patted Su Yan on the shoulder: "Let's go, can you go to Qiongzhou with me?"

Su Yan suddenly burst into tears. He cried sorrow, and Chen Yuan didn't know how to comfort him. The most painful thing in the world is separation from life and death. When comforting others, we always say a word of sorrow and change.

But how many people can truly be mourned and adapted to changes?

Chen Yuan looked back at Yan Chasan. Yan Chasan handed over a package, which contained a new set of clothes. Chen Yuan put the clothes on the head of Su Yan's bed and said nothing more.

He also wants to see Shen Rui.

Shen Rui's cell was kept far away because she was a woman. There was a single room in the corner of the cell, which was specially designed for female prisoners. This was the second time Shen Rui was locked up. Chen Yuan took her out when she came in, but this time she was still herself.

"Is it okay?"

"You go and see how he is doing? I heard him shouting a few days ago, but there was no sound these days. He didn't reply if I called him. Please help me see if he would?"

Shen Rui said the first thing she said when she saw Chen Yuan, he was Commander Yang.

Shen Rui didn't know that Zhao Shu had already released Commander Yang and Chen Shizhong two days ago. The reason why she was still locked up was because Zhao Shu felt that Shen Rui was directly involved in that matter.

Chen Yuan looked at Shen Rui and felt a little inexplicable loss. The last time she saved her, she followed her, and this time, she would not follow her again.

It turns out that there are no slutty women in this world. Women are slutty because her man is not worthy of her persistence, such as Pang Ji, like herself. The prison head opened the door, and Shen Rui flew out of the cell and ran to the direction where the sound came from a few days ago. When she passed by Chen Yuan, she didn't even stop at all.

The place was empty and there was no one to see. Shen Rui's expression kept changing. Yan Chasan said, "He has left."

Shen Rui suddenly collapsed into the prison.

She has been afraid that Commander Yang would leave her after knowing her past, but now he still knows. He left, and before leaving, he was even stingy to say hello to herself. The hope that Chen Rui had been persisting in these days was shattered in an instant, and she suddenly laughed and cried, as if she was crazy.

Su Yan was crying in the room, Chen Rui was crying outside, and Chen Yuan could not comfort any of them. Finally, he slowly walked to Fan Chunyou's cell and stared at Fan Chunyou: "Go home and see your father."
Chapter completed!