"It seems so."
Lu Yijian's memory was not very good. After thinking for a while, he found that Yan Shu and Wang Zeng did remember it.
At that time, Zhao Zhen was also in Chongzheng Hall, telling everyone a good news.
The queen gave birth to a dragon son.
At that time, Zhao Jun reminded Zhao Zhen to pay attention to protecting Zhao Fang to prevent any accidents.
At first, everyone thought that Zhao Jun was afraid that Zhao Fang would die young like the Zhao Fang in history, and that he was reminding Zhao Zhen not to let Zhao Fang stay in the Poison Palace.
I didn't expect there was another reason.
Zhao Jun said in a deep voice, "Historically, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there was a rebellion. However, I only heard the teacher mention it occasionally in elective courses. I haven't studied the History of the Song Dynasty much, so I don't know the details. Therefore, I can only be vigilant and make careful arrangements."
"Are you referring to the fact that the palace guards have been arranged by Wang Shouzhong and Cao Xiu over the years?"
Wang Zeng asked.
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded. "I asked Wang Shouzhong and Cao Xiu to do this. I don't know the Imperial Guards well enough to do it myself. I asked them to select reliable guards to always protect my brother and the prince. I didn't expect they would actually catch a fish this time."
"How can you be so sure they will attack?"
"I'm not sure, but didn't my brother tell me to wait until after the Queen's birthday? I originally didn't plan to do that, but then I suddenly thought, will they be desperate enough to do something?"
"So you deliberately gave them three days to plot and thus let them fall into the trap you had set long ago?"
Everyone was surprised. No wonder Zhao Jun agreed so readily at that time.
At that time, everyone thought this was not in line with his character.
I didn't expect this was all a routine.
"It's hardly a trap."
Zhao Jun explained, "As I said earlier, the logic behind this whole thing is that I've long known there was a rebellion in the imperial palace in history, but I didn't know the exact time or who did it. There are tens of thousands of imperial guards, and I can't purge them all. I can only select reliable people to protect my brother and the prince."
"As for this matter, it's just my guess. There should be quite a few members of the Imperial Palace Guards who have connections with military nobles, but there are too many of them. They're in private contact, and I don't know who they are specifically. I'm not a god, so I can't predict who everyone is connected to."
He continued, "So I'm wondering if someone will take advantage of this opportunity to collude with the military and noble families to murder the emperor. And everyone else is on the murder list. Only in this way can they control the situation."
"Think about it. If the army can't be deployed, and the nobles are implicated in some palace guards, could they mobilize a small number of people to kill the emperor and us, and then, before anyone else can react, install a new emperor?"
Zhao Jun looked around and said, "If they gain the support of the military and noble families, and the support of the court officials who are implicated by them, they might succeed. After all, the new emperor must have a certain legal right of succession. What do you think?"
In an instant, everyone understood.
Since Zhao Jun came here in the third year of Jingyou, many people in the back garden and Zhao Zhen's personal guards have been replaced.
The earliest group of imperial guards were those who guarded the back garden for a long time. These people knew of Zhao Jun's existence, but they did not know his origins, and they were not allowed to go out normally.
Later, when Zhao Jun's eyesight recovered and he was able to leave the palace, this group of imperial guards were released.
It wasn't until Zhao Zhen gave birth to a son that Zhao Jun remembered that Zhao Zhen had been assassinated in history. If he had a son, would that encourage those whose interests were harmed to take risks?
So he reminded Zhao Zhen to replace the guards around him with reliable people.
Wang Shouzhong was different from Cao Xiu. Wang Shouzhong was an old vassal of Zhao Zhen and was loyal to him.
The Cao family has Queen Cao, and Cao Miaoxin is married to Zhao Jun. The interests of the three families are completely tied together.
It would be most appropriate to let the two of them choose reliable guards.
The family backgrounds of these guards have been thoroughly checked to ensure they are not from any particular force. They have also fought in battles in the northwest, so their combat effectiveness is guaranteed.
Therefore, in recent years, this group of guards has been protecting Zhao Zhen and his family at all times.
This time, Zhao Jun found out that the person was a military officer or a nobleman.
One day he suddenly remembered the rebellion in Zhao Zhen's palace in history.
I was just wondering if the rebellions in history were related to nobles?
The answer is probably yes.
Because many of the palace guards were sons of nobles, it was impossible for ordinary people to suddenly attack the emperor for no reason.
So it is very likely that Zhao Zhen did something that affected their interests at that time, which led to this sudden assassination.
After realizing this, Zhao Jun simply agreed to Zhao Zhen's suggestion to wait until Queen Cao's birthday before taking action. This was because he believed that the other party was very likely involved with Zhao Yunrang, and he might want to wipe them all out.
After all, if only Zhao Zhen died, then Zhao Fang and even Zhao Xin might ascend the throne. After that, Empress Cao would be in power, and with the support of Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian, they would still have nothing to do.
Therefore, the only way for those people to come to power is to eliminate the emperor, empress, the emperor's son and all the people in the Constitutional Council.
In this way, they could immediately control the palace through the small number of troops controlled by the three yamen, including the sons of nobles who served as junior officers in the imperial guards, and then ascend the throne as the most suitable heir, thus controlling the entire situation.
This was done in the Xuanwu Gate coup of Li Shimin and the Shenlong coup of Li Longji. However, Zhao Jun knew that there had been palace coups in history, so he was prepared in advance.
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