Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhao Yiyi expected that the Baxian King would be furious after learning that Di Qing had been appointed by him as a privy envoy, and would even come to the palace to ask him for an explanation.

But he didn't expect the Eight Sage King's reaction to be so great.

When the Baxian King asked to see him in front of the palace gate, Zhao Yiyi was reading the letter sent by Fan Zhongyan in Yuchen Palace.

Zhao Yiyi knew that this must be to scold him.

He doesn't like being scolded very much, but people have come to his door, and it seems that this scolding can't be avoided.

He died early and passed away early, so he simply asked someone to bring the Eight Wise Kings in.

Anyway, it's nothing more than the same old routine, what kind of Di Qingnianji is so young that it's hard to be a big job, and so on.The Eight Wise Kings can't interfere in politics, and can't exert any substantial pressure on him. At most, they can only scold him a few words, and it's over as soon as they hear it.

Zhao Yiyi received the Eight Sage Kings with such an optimistic idea.

To his surprise, the Eight Sage Kings did not scold him for appointing Di Qing as a privy envoy, as he had expected.

He just stood in front of the table, holding the wat board in his hand, and asked him seriously: "Officials, do you still remember the system of Tai Zu?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I remember."

Tai Zu left too many systems at the beginning of the founding of the country, and Zhao Yiyi was not sure which one the eight sage kings were referring to.

But in any case, it is over to say that I remember.

When your father was going to scold you, he asked you if you still remembered the rules set by your great-grandpa.

Can you honestly answer that I never cared about those rules?

Eight Wise Kings said: "Since the officials still remember, then I ask the officials to take back the original order and choose another virtuous person to serve as the privy envoy."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Uncle Huang's words are confusing. Di Qing's appointment as Privy Envoy is the result of the decision of the Chongzheng Palace.

Eight Wise Kings firmly said: "This move is against the ancestral system, please take it back."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Which ancestral system is it that says I can't let Di Qing be the privy envoy?"

The Eight Sages said: "May I ask the officials, what is the most important thing for a ruler?"

Zhao Yiyi said: "I don't know what the most important thing for a ruler is, please enlighten me from the Eight Sage Kings."

His tone was a little displeased, and the meaning inside and outside the words was also frightening.

Generally speaking, not to mention the most wise and safe people like the Eight Worthy Kings, even those who are as bold as a bandit have no choice but to plead guilty after hearing this, and dare not quarrel with the emperor anymore.

But unexpectedly, the Eight Sage Kings continued to speak as if they didn't realize that the emperor was angry.

"As a king, the first thing to do is a word of defense."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said, "Which emperor taught this to the emperor's uncle?"

The Eight Sages said: "This is the holy order of Emperor Taizu. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu established several policies and systems to prevent things and control them. The word "defense" was left by Emperor Taizu. Come down from the ancestors."

Zhao Yiyi tapped the table with his finger: "Defense by day and night, but it can't stop a house thief."

With so many crooked policies, how many civil servants and generals have been prevented, and they have not been prevented from being stolen by their own brothers.Doesn't this deserve it?

The Eight Sage King's complexion turned purple: "Please be careful with your words!"

Emperor Taizong was his own father, and no one could bear the shame of being said that his own father was a family thief.

Although his own father did commit regicide and usurp the throne.

Zhao Yiyi said: "Who does the emperor want to call Zhenfang when he enters the palace this time?"

Eight Wise Kings said: "Naturally, it is against Di Qing. Official, you are too fond of him."

Zhao Yiyi frowned: "I do trust Di Qing, but I can't be too much. Di Qing has made great contributions to my country. Although I let him be a privy envoy, it is only because of his ability to support me. For the sake of this responsibility. I didn’t give him much other rewards such as gold and silver property, gardens and mansions.”

The Eight Sage King sighed: "The official family is rich all over the world, with gold, silver, property, and rural mansions. These things are not precious. No matter how much they are bestowed, they should not be regarded as a word of favor. But the official family, since Di Qing came from Xixia After you came back, how much did you do for him? His marriage was bestowed by the official family, and the marriage was bestowed on him, and the items from the previous wedding of the emperor and empress were given to him. Yunxi is the elder brother of the official family, and his The marriage has not been settled so far, and I have never seen an official ask. But when I came to Di Qing, she was attentive to everything."

Zhao Yiyi's face darkened: "What does the emperor mean? Does the emperor suspect that there is something shameful about me and Di Qing?"

Doesn't the eight virtuous king's words mean that he cares too much about Di Qing?The conscience of heaven and earth, although Di Qing is indeed outstanding in appearance, but he does not have the slightest bit of charming thoughts about Di Qing.He looked at Di Qing, and what he saw was not his handsome face, but the gleaming four characters Wuqu Xingjun under his skin!

This is God of War!

Beauty often exists, but God of War does not often exist!

How stupid is he to want to have a relationship with God of War!

He is not the young miss Jiao who is waiting for her husband, but his family has the throne to inherit.

Love. Love love, too much delay in career.

He did pay more attention to Di Qing than to Bao Zheng, but that was only because Di Qing was Kou Zhun's apprentice, and his admiration for Kou Zhun was no less than his loyalty to the emperor.He had to try his best to take care of Di Qing's emotions, so as not to let him have any resentment towards the emperor because of his master's resignation.

This has nothing to do with love. Love matters!

The Eighth Sage King was also taken aback for a moment: "What?"

What is shameful?

What's so shameful about the emperor and Di Qing?

After thinking for a while, he suddenly understood what the emperor meant.

Did the emperor think that he guessed that he and Di Qing...

No no no no no! ! !

The Eighth Sage King hurriedly said: "The officials calm down, the minister definitely has no such intention!"

How could he have such an idea!

The emperor is a competent emperor, neither masculine nor feminine, so far there is only one empress in the harem, and I have never heard of the emperor having anything to do with eunuchs, maids of honor or young courtiers.

As for Di Qing...

Although Di Qing was young and beautiful, he had never done anything like staying overnight in the Forbidden Palace.

There must be innocence between him and the emperor.

The Eight Worthy Kings were not worried that the emperor and Di Qing would share a friendship, or rather, if the relationship between the emperor and Di Qing was really that simple, he would not be so worried at all.

What he worries about is...

The Eighth Sage King sighed: "The officials, what I mean by this is that the officials have too much trust in Di Qing. I know that the officials have no heart to be charming, but I just think that this person has made contributions to the country. But the officials, the more they are in the state, A man of merit, the less trustworthy he is. Especially if he is still a martial artist, this is even more dangerous."

Zhao Yiyi said: "People who have made great contributions to the country can't be trustworthy, so why should I trust wine bags and rice bags?"

Although the Baxian King didn't misunderstand that he and Di Qing were having sex, he was very pleased, but he didn't like to hear what the Baxian King said.

Capable and meritorious people cannot be reused. Is he going to use a group of mediocre people to suppress Wu Qu Xingjun?

Then what is the use of this Wuqu Xingjun!

For example, a warrior got a peerless magic weapon, but didn't use it. Instead, he worried all day long whether the magic weapon would scratch his hand if it was too sharp, so he still used the original rusty hatchet to kill the enemy.I was defeated, but blamed the magic soldier who was put on the shelf-why can't you help me defeat the enemy?You are not a magic soldier at all, but a second-rate kitchen knife!

Or, even though I was beaten to the ground by the enemy, I was still glad that I didn't use that magical weapon, otherwise I would have my fingers scratched by him.

However, a truly skilled martial artist would never scratch his fingers with the sword in his hand.

King Baxian said: "Di Qing is indeed young and promising. He is familiar with the art of war and is a handsome talent. But he is a warrior after all. The more capable a warrior is, the less he can be allowed to stand out. Officials, have you forgotten how Zhou Shizong failed? Is it from another country?"

Zhou Shizong was the boss of Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, and later died. Zhao Kuangyin bullied the orphans and widows, and launched the Chenqiao mutiny to usurp the country.

After all, it was his uncle who did the wrong thing, and the Eighth Sage King was embarrassed to say directly, did you forget how our old Zhao family became the emperor, so he had to use a euphemistic way of saying it.

Zhao Yiyi said: "Because he died too early."

He died too early, the heir has not yet matured, and the daughter-in-law is not such a powerful person as Liu E, so it is not normal to be bullied.

As long as Zhou Shizong lives more than ten or twenty years, it is really hard to say who will die between him and Zhao Kuangyin.

Eight Wise Kings said: "No. It's because of him..."

Because he failed to suppress Zhao Kuangyin well, he gained power and seized power.

Zhao Yiyi asked: "Because of him?"

The Eight Sage King said: "The officials know it well, why bother to force people with every word?"

Zhao Yiyi sighed: "It's not that I'm forcing Uncle Huang, it's Uncle Huang who is forcing me. Uncle Huang said that capable warriors can't be called out, but capable warriors don't show up, and the ones who come out are all wine bags and rice bags. The duty of a warrior is Defending the country, how can a group of drunkards and rice bags take on this important task?"

The Eight Sages said: "Now that the world is in peace, why do we need warriors to defend our country?"

For a while, Zhao Yiyi didn't know how to refute the naive remarks of the Eight Sage Kings.

He said: "Di Qing has just returned from the northwest, and Li Yuanhao has just been captured alive. The situation in the Liao Kingdom in the north is still unclear. When they finish their infighting, they must investigate our old account of not giving out coins for the past few years. This is the north. There are also in the south A Baiyue, the people of Baiyue have always been ambitious and unwilling to surrender. Is this what the emperor said about the peace of the four directions?"

The Eight Sages said: "Li Yuanhao has been captured alive, and Xixia has been destroyed. The Liao Kingdom has ceased fighting with our country for decades. As long as we still offer the old coins, we will naturally not march south. Although there are some commotions in the southern Baiyue, we It is a big country, but that small country must not dare to take the initiative to invade. As long as we are not good at provoking border quarrels, the four directions will naturally be peaceful and the borders will be safe. The only worries are the domestic warriors."