The craze for the imperial examinations in the Southern Han Dynasty swept across the entire Lingnan and then spread to the northern part of Jeju Island, etc., but they didn't care about Tokyo in the Central Plains.

But the huge capital city is also undercurrent because of something.

On New Year's Day and the first day of the first lunar month, the entire Tokyo became more and more prosperous because of Guo Rong's transportation. The population of the inner and outer cities has exceeded 500,000, which is already a first-class city in this world.

Unfortunately, the originally lively city was panicked by a piece of news: the Eastern Han Dynasty (the Northern Han Dynasty, because it was the Hedong land and was also called the Eastern Han Dynasty by the Central Plains) joined forces with the Khitan and drove troops south.

This news was sent to the capital from Zhenzhou (now Zhengding, Hebei) and Dingzhou (now Hebei), so the accuracy is very high.

Not long ago, Emperor Daxing attacked Yanyun in the north again, seized several cities, and destroyed the face of the Khitans. Everyone was convinced that this was the revenge of the Khitans.

As for why the Khitans went south in this snowy and ice, they were not afraid of breaking their horses' legs. However, during the New Year, everyone chose to forget the reasons for revenge.

Because in the late Later Jin Dynasty, the Khitans chaoticized the Central Plains, which was too impressive. In addition, the hero had left and the young ruler was in dynasty, and the city of Tokyo was in panic. Those who had the conditions were all taking the elderly and helping the young to leave the city first.

The palace was also not peaceful. The Empress Dowager was a woman, and the emperor was only seven years old. All the government was decided by Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others. She was still stable on weekdays, but now this incident happened. The Empress Dowager and the young emperor were both frightened and worried.

"My husband, what should I do?" Empress Dowager Fu is still young and is so panicked in the face of such a major military and national affairs.

"Don't panic, the imperial guards are brave and good at fighting, and they will definitely defeat the Khitans!" Fan Zhi's ability to govern the country is good, but he is not good at the army. He secretly thought that only Zhao Kuangyin could be competent in the court, so he couldn't help but say:

"There are no mistakes in front of the palace to inspect Zhao Kuangyin's army, and if he goes north, there will be no mistakes!"

"Then, it's up to my husband to decide!" Empress Dowager Fu hugged the little emperor and said immediately, as if she had a backbone.

Seeing this, Fan Zhi was not careless and immediately summoned Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin respected Fan Zhi very much. After obeying the courtesy, he looked obedient.

So Fan Zhi talked about the incident of his leading troops north, while Zhao Kuangyin was "shocked" and waved his hands repeatedly:

"There is only a few generals in their hands, so it is not appropriate to fight—"

Therefore, Fan Zhi did not doubt that he had, and added him as the Grand Marshal, commanding all the imperial guards.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed and led tens of thousands of imperial guards to fight the enemy north.

When Zhao Kuangyin led his troops out of the city, there were rumors that "the investigation was the emperor" everywhere in Kaifeng City.

For a time, the people of Tokyo had experience and suddenly knew that something was going to happen. "The people and the people were terrified and fought for a plan to escape."

Then the Zhou court knew nothing about this and was blinded by the drum, still panic about the Khitan soldiers.

In the early morning of the third year of the Chinese New Year, Zhao Kuangyin led his army to leave the capital. At dusk, he stationed his troops at Chenqiao Post (now Chenqiao Town, southeast of Fengqiu, Henan).

What is abnormal is that all matters in his general were handed over to his brother Zhao Guangyi and his confidant, and the counselor Zhao Pu took care of them. He entered the tent and drank wholeheartedly without caring about the affairs in the army until he was drunk on the couch.

The soldiers were all very strange. Zhao Kuangyin had always been a heavy army day. He would inspect it on weekdays before he could give up today, but he was drinking alone in the tent. It was very strange.

Soon, the imperial guards suddenly started to discuss, saying: The emperor in the capital was young, and we were not sure that we had made contributions. If we lost our lives for him, no one would take care of him.

Soon, this rumor spread throughout the imperial guards through the indulgence of the generals. Even if someone knew it was fake, he was forced to think it was true and the army was panicked.

In the military camp, there were Li Chuyun, the capital of the capital in front of the palace, Li Han, Chao, the capital of the inner palace, Ma Renqi, the commander of the scattered commander Wang Yansheng and other major generals of the imperial guards. Because Zhao Kuangyin was drunk and lying in the tent, he could only discuss with Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Pu and others.

"The emperor is so young now, and we fight to the death. Who knows our contributions in the future? It's better to support Zhao Dianjian as the emperor now!"

The generals were noisy.

Seeing such a step-by-step performance without any traces of performance, Zhao Pu was very excited as the general planner, so he said to everyone: "While King Xing changed his surname, although he was destined to be the heart of the people. The front army had crossed the river yesterday, and the Jiedu governors were in charge of all aspects. If the capital was in chaos, not only would the foreign invaders become deeper, but the four directions would be reborn and changed. If the soldiers were strictly ordered to not rob, the people in the capital would not shake their hearts, then the four directions would be peaceful and the generals could also maintain wealth and honor for a long time."

Everyone agreed and responded in unison.

The next morning, before Zhao Kuangyin got up, all the generals flocked to his tent, looking at Zhao Kuangyi and waiting for his actions.

As a scholar, Zhao Kuangyi was very excited and excited to participate in this matter. He took a deep breath, recalled the sentences he had practiced many times in his mind, and entered the military account:

"Brother, now that rumors are rising in the army, the generals are in panic, so you can only comfort them!"

Zhao Kuangyin woke up slowly, and when he saw that it was not yet bright, he said, "Okay, I'll go and have a look!"

I don’t know if I forgot or what, but I didn’t even wear my clothes neatly, so I only put on my underwear to get out of the bill.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they left the military tent, everyone drew their swords and pulled their swords, arranged in the courtyard, knelt down on one knee, lowered their heads and said in unison: "The army has no master, I wish to make the Taiwei the Emperor."

Before Zhao Kuangyin could answer, everyone took out the yellow robe that had been prepared in advance for the emperor to wear when he ascended the throne and put it on him.

This yellow robe was not made overnight. Zhao Kuangyin was not confused, but looked embarrassed and said helplessly: "You are greedy for wealth and honor, and you can make me the emperor. If you can follow my destiny, you can't be the master."

There was no doubt that everyone said in unison: "Only by your will, just listen."

Zhao Kuangyin raised his hand and bowed to Tokyo, staring at these powerful generals, among which his brothers from Yishe were among them, all of whom were excited and happy, so he said again:

"The Empress Dowager (referring to the Queen of Fu), the Lord (referring to Emperor Gong of Zhou), I have all served him in the north, so you will not be shocked; all the ministers are my best, so you will not be invaded; the court treasury and the family of scholars and commoners will not be invaded. If you have a heavy reward for your order, you will be killed if you violate it."

All the generals bowed to the ground and expressed their obedience to the holy order.

On the side, Zhao Pu was so happy that he saw the task was completed. He touched his beard with a reserved attitude. Looking at Zhao Kuangyin who was supported, he thought to himself: It's not in vain for my scheming.
Chapter completed!