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The emperor arranged for his own people to monitor the little emperor in Bianjing. Of course, the little emperor also pressed his own people to communicate with him. This bad news came from Zhenjiang.

When the old emperor arrived in the southeast, he immediately began to prepare for another court, but because Cai Jing fell ill on the way and stayed in Gongzhou (now Henan County), many things had to be delayed. The relationship between the old emperor and Cai Jing was not only a monarch and minister, but also a friend of age. Their personal relationship was very deep, which was not something that ordinary people could understand, including Cai Jing's two sons Cai You and Cai Tao. Because Cai Jing was not by his side, the old emperor was unsure and stopped in Zhenjiang and waited for Cai Jing to come and meet.

Cai Jing, who was 80 years old, knew that the old emperor was waiting for him in Zhenjiang, but he could not go south to meet the old emperor for the time being. He had to stay in the capital area and closely monitor the development of the situation in Bianjing.

The old emperor abdicated the throne to the crown prince very rashly, disrupting Cai Jing's deployment, leaving him helpless, and could only sigh to the sky. He had already planned everything, but because he had to leave Bianjing first and make arrangements to the southeast, but he knew that the incredible thing like inner Zen happened just after he left Bianjing.

The old emperor gave up the throne. Although he had an agreement with the young emperor on the distribution of power, he still held the authority of the Song Dynasty. However, this distribution of power must be backed by strong strength. However, under the current situation, all the troops of the king rushed to Bianjing, and the young emperor could establish and consolidate his strength in a short time. As long as the young emperor defended Bianjing, even if the old emperor rebuilt the court in the southeast, he would not be able to compete with the young emperor. On the contrary, he would split the Song Dynasty and directly push the Song Dynasty into the abyss of defeat.

Cai Jing was afraid and uneasy. He worked hard for the prosperity and strength of the Song Dynasty for his whole life, and finally won the victory in the cruel party struggle. Although the result of the implementation of the new policy did not meet the expected goals and did not enrich the country and the people, he was absolutely unwilling to lose the Song Dynasty in his hands, absolutely unwilling to let himself be infamous for thousands of years, and even more unwilling to let himself and his family bear the charge of defeating the Song Dynasty and be recorded in history.

Cai Jing stopped going south, re-planned, and tried his best to prevent the division of the Song Dynasty. However, no matter what strategy he made, the primary premise was whether Bian Jing could be saved. If Bian Jing was saved, the reputation and strength of the little emperor suddenly increased, and the possibility of division was very high. If Bian Jing could not be saved, the little emperor had neither reputation nor strength, and the possibility of division was very small.

Cai Jing sued the emperor with his thoughts, and the old emperor was also very clear. He knew the consequences of his inner Zen, but if he did not abdicate the throne to the crown prince, he would leave Bianjing here and Bianjing would collapse, because everyone would run away with him, and no one would stay to defend Bianjing. Bianjing was lost, and the Jin army then pursued him, and half of the Song Dynasty would be over. Nei Zen, letting the prince ascend the throne, the most realistic purpose was to let the young emperor guard Bianjing and give the old emperor time to escape to Jiangnan and rebuild the court. In this way, if the young emperor defended Bianjing, the old emperor could go back and continue to hold power. If the young emperor lost Bianjing and even was captured by the Jin people himself, the old emperor could continue to support the great Song Dynasty in the southeast.

The worst case is that the little emperor guarded Bianjing, but he was unwilling to let the old emperor go back. The little emperor wanted to be a veritable emperor, so the Song Dynasty might be divided, but the old emperor was not afraid. He had already reserved a backup plan, that is, Prince Yun and Tong Guan in the northwest.

Now King Yun and Tong Guan are in Datong, and it is clear that they want to use the force of Li Hu and Hu Lie Army to seize the imperial throne. In this case, if the young emperor wants to compete with the old emperor and split the Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to provoking a civil war. Wang and Tong Guan must attack south under the banner of serving the king. The old emperor echoes the north and south, and the young emperor is worried and the outside world, so he can only hand over the authority obediently. In this way, the old emperor has reason to depose the young emperor and then let Prince Yun be the crown prince. In the future, the old emperor will ascend to heaven, and Prince Yun will just inherit the great throne.

Before leaving Bianjing, the old emperor wrote a secret edict to Prince Yun and Tong Guan each, and also gave Tong Guan an imperial edict to the king. Everything was under his control.

Cai Jing's worries and anxiety in the letter made the old emperor realize that Cai Jing is old, really old, and is about to be idled. It is no longer possible to count on Cai Jing to turn the tide.

The old emperor thought about it again and again. He immediately issued three imperial edicts to various parts of the southeast through the camp and shipping envoys.

The first is the interception angle. The so-called transit angle is the documents of various delivery sites. They are usually sealed in the "delivery cylinder" and then sent. The Song Dynasty land delivery shop is a special "postal" organization. Its function is to separate the land from the "post station". There are generally three methods for delivering mail. Its foot is fast, horse delivery and step delivery. Eighteen or twenty miles are a shop. The old emperor issued an order. He asked Huainan, Liangzhe and other southeastern routes to send to Bianjing land. All are intercepted and not allowed to be released. Follow the command of the Hou. In fact, it is not allowed to pass any official documents to Bianjing.

Second, stop serving the king. The old emperor ordered the two generals of Hangzhou and Vietnam to be generals. Jiangdong Road and Zhuzhou were not generals, as well as local soldiers, archers, etc., and were not allowed to gather north and wait for command. If you have already gone north to serve the king, you will return immediately. That is, the garrisons in the southeast are not allowed to go to Bianjing to serve the king. At this time, three thousand liang of Zhejiang troops stayed by Zhenjiang.

There was no garrison army, so I stayed as my own guard.

Third, the grain reserve is that the southeast is not allowed to transport any materials, including grain, to Bianjing, and even orders that there are no orders to cross the river and the Huai River without orders. This is equivalent to blocking the smuggling route of merchants.

These three imperial edicts are of great importance. It caused Bianjing to be unable to order the southeast, and the southeast could not receive any instructions from Bianjing. Soon, the capital would fall into a desperate situation, short of soldiers and food, and the little emperor could not continue and collapse was imminent. Bianjing collapsed, and the old emperor established a local court in the southeast and became the center of the Song Dynasty, and the power of the Song Dynasty was under the control of the old emperor.

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While the old emperor forced Bianjing to a dead end, the news in the northwest made Bianjing even more frightened.

Taiyuan urgently reported that the army of Li Hudi had entered Lin Mansion and was advancing towards Taiyuan, and Prince Yun and Tong Guan also returned from Datong. This news told Bianjing that once Li Hu and Prince Tong Guan met, the Hulien Army would definitely go south to serve the king, and the situation was very unfavorable to the little emperor.

As soon as the old emperor left, the young emperor killed all the trusted ministers of the old emperor. Although Liang Shicheng survived by chance, he did not escape the bad luck in the end and was killed at the end of the first month. The young emperor wanted to seize power and become a real emperor, which obviously angered the old emperor and made him unbearable, so he issued an order in the southeast to cut off reinforcements and money and food from Bianjing.

The old emperor's real purpose was to rebuild the court in the southeast and firmly control the authority of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, when he saw the little emperor resisting and wanted to compete with him, he would inevitably ask Prince Yun and Tong Guan for help in order to respond to the north and south and form a joint attack on Bian Jing. It is not difficult to foresee that the army of Wang and Li Hu will soon reach Bian Jing. There are only two ways before the little emperor, either bow to the old emperor, listen to the old emperor obediently, or fight against the old emperor to the end.

Although he could save the Song Dynasty, he had already made a move to resist and killed all the trusted ministers of the old emperor. The old emperor would not let him go. It would be good if he could save his life, even if he was alive, he would be worse than death. In this way, if he was bound to tie himself up and send him and the group of ministers who followed him to a dead end, it would be better to burn his boats and fight against the old emperor to the end. After all, the old emperor is the Supreme Emperor, and he will definitely not dare to take risks with the Song Dynasty. Especially under the current situation, if the Song Dynasty splits, it will not only be a disaster, but may also lead to the extinction of the country.

The young emperor summoned Li Bangyan, Wu Min, Zhao Ye, Tang Ke, Zhong Shidao and Li Gang to discuss the matter.

The old emperor's behavior of disregarding the country's perishment made the ministers very upset. Moreover, they are now on the same boat as the young emperor. If the young emperor falls, they can't escape. Therefore, the monarch and ministers are very united and unanimously decided to fight the old emperor to the end.

The old emperor went to the southeast to rebuild the court, and he also had the help of Prince Yun and Tong Guan. If this matter was solved well, it would be very difficult, but there was no way out.

For Bianjing, the most urgent task was to drive away the Jin people as quickly as possible. For this reason, Li Gang offered advice and told the Jin people that Li Hu had arrived in Taiyuan and their retreat was about to be cut off. The Jin people rushed to the long distance, lacking food and grass, and most of the prefectures and counties in Hebei were still in the hands of the Song Dynasty, so the retreat was very unsafe, and they would inevitably retreat after hearing this news.

"We will sue Taiyuan again and ask Li Hu to send troops to Hebei as soon as possible. When Li Hu arrives in Hebei, he will inevitably fight with the Jin army, fighting for Hebei and Youyan. In this way, Li Hu's threat can be temporarily alleviated." Li Gang said, "Your Majesty has defended Bianjing, has reputation, achievements, and military. You can threaten the Southeast and find ways to bring the Supreme Emperor back to Bianjing. As long as Your Majesty controls the Supreme Emperor, the whole world is in your hands."

"Will Li Hu listen to Bian Jing's orders?" The little emperor expressed his concern. In recent years, Li Hu and Wang have formed an alliance to help Prince Yun fight for the imperial rule. In order to eliminate the danger of Li Hu to the Song Dynasty, Bian Jing joined forces with the Jin people to attack Daibei. Imagine that the situation has developed to this day, will Li Hu still believe in Bian Jing and follow Bian Jing's orders?

"Li Hu must go to Hebei." Li Gang explained, "Only when Li Hu severely attacked the Jin army in Hebei, he could defeat the Jin army back to the northeast, and then he could break the siege of Datong and take the opportunity to occupy Youyan and expand his strength."

"His strength is great, will it pose a greater threat to Bian Jing?" Wu Min opposed this suggestion. "We should take advantage of the time when Li Hu and the Jin people were both defeated and defeated him, take back Yan Yun, and at the same time completely resolved Prince Yun and Tong Guan."

Li Gang sneered.

Zhong Shidao looked at Wu Min, then at the little emperor, and said slowly: "The most clever way should be to win over Li Hu and take it for yourself. First solve the problem of the Supreme Emperor, Prince Yun and Tong Guan, consolidate the throne, stabilize the country, and then find a way to solve Li Hu."

The little emperor pondered without saying a word. He thought that Li Hu should be dealt with first. As long as Li Hu died and the Hu Lie Army collapsed, what strength does the Supreme Emperor, Prince Yun and Tong Guan have to fight against Bian Jing?
Chapter completed!