Ji An frowned and said, "Du Yun is a soldier and holds an important position. It would be inappropriate to send him back, right? Let's replace him with someone else."
"No need. It will be handed over to Han'er in the future anyway, so let them get familiar with it in advance." Zhao Jingzhou said.
Ji An stopped talking.
Zhao Jingzhou sent someone to call Du Yun over and said, "You must assist the Crown Prince well. Everything is based on the Crown Prince's requirements. Do you understand?"
Du Yun nodded and said, "Don't worry, General. I understand everything."
Ji An shook his head slightly.
Du Yun was a man of vicious mind. During the years he served under Zhao Jingzhou, he came up with many sinister schemes, which made the Northern Di people in a terrible state. He was Zhao Jingzhou's second most important strategist after Ji An.
Zhao Jingzhou actually assigned Du Yun to Zhao Chenhan, and it was obvious that he had already decided to make Zhao Chenhan the heir.
As for Zhao Lin, it’s useless no matter how outstanding he is.
They are all his sons anyway.
"Take care of yourself." Ji An prayed for Zhao Lin.
At this time, Zhao Lin, who was welcoming the imperial envoy to announce the imperial decree, also received a letter from Han Yuehua.
When he saw it, Zhao Lin almost spit out the tea in his mouth and laughed out loud.
"What's so funny?"
Sudi took the letter and took a look at it, and was very shocked.
"Han Yuehua, are you okay? Do you want me to apologize?"
Anquan is very curious, does the name Han Yuehua sound familiar?
Anquan asked directly: "Who is this Han Yuehua?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "The wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei, the daughter of the old Duke of England."
Anquan was even more curious: "What did she want you to apologize for?"
Zhao Lin put the letter away and said with a nonchalant smile, "She was very unhappy that I saved Zhao Chenhan and still charged her for it. She blamed me for wasting time and scaring the prince, Zhao, and she wanted me to go and apologize to him."
Anquan was just as shocked as Sudi. "Master Su is right. Madam Zhao really should get her head checked out. No one with a normal mind would say such a thing."
Zhao Lin said: "So, she is a fool. The people in the Zhenbei Marquisate are all fools. Prince Yu wants to rely on them to get to the throne, maybe in the next life."
Anquan was surprised and asked, "Are you so pessimistic about Prince Yu?"
Zhao Lin said casually: "He can't be the emperor."
Anquan laughed a few times and changed the subject, saying, "Your Majesty only gave Zhao Chenhan a hundred taels of gold as a reward. I heard that it almost pissed him off."
Zhao Lin was surprised and asked, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that Zhao Jingzhou will lose face if you do this?"
Anquan chuckled and said, "This is all thanks to Godfather. Long before Zhao Chenhan returned to the capital, Godfather read to His Majesty that Zhao Jingzhou commands 200,000 elite troops of our dynasty, and all the income from Zhenbei Pass is allocated by him. This is already the limit for a minister. If Zhao Chenhan is promoted again, it will easily become too powerful to be controlled, which will have a bad impact on the court."
Although Cheng ** was incompetent, he trusted Zhu Zhongyan extremely, otherwise he would not have allowed Zhu Zhongyan to become a powerful eunuch.
Moreover, Zhu Zhongyan just didn't want to give Zhao Chenhan too much reward, and it was not targeting Zhao Jingzhou. Cheng** readily agreed and used the excuse that Zhao Chenhan was captured in battle to only give him a hundred taels of gold as a reward.
This made Zhao Chenhan feel disgusted.
Zhu Zhongyan’s purpose was also very simple.
You, Zhao Chenhan, didn't give my people face in Jiujiang. You didn't even go to Jiujiang when the ancestral temple was completed. That means you are dissatisfied with me.
If you are dissatisfied with me, I will disgust you first.
These eunuchs have a twisted mind because they are missing that piece of meat. Normally, they would think you are making fun of them if you smile at them. Zhao Chenhan's obvious lack of respect for Zhu Zhongyan has long been remembered by him. Now that he finally has the chance, of course he has to take advantage of it.
This also indirectly shows that Zhu Zhongyan did not want Prince Yu to take the throne.
Otherwise, once Prince Yu comes to power, the power of the Marquis of Zhenbei will rise accordingly, and then Zhu Zhongyan, the chief eunuch, will have to depend on Zhao Chenhan's mood.
After figuring this out, Zhao Lin asked, "Have Eunuch Zhu and the Crown Prince reached an agreement?"
Anquan didn't expect that a casual remark would make Zhao Lin think of this, so he said vaguely: "This is all confidential. How can we, as servants, know it?"
Zhao Lin smiled and didn't mention the matter anymore. He said, "Eunuch Zhu made a lot of efforts to get the Qingmiao Loan Supervisory Authority and let me be the Inspector. Zhao Lin will remember this."
Anquan thought to himself, no wonder he holds such power at such a young age, what a beautiful statement.
The people who spoke to Zhao Lin at that time were Li Xingye, Fu Chengwang and the prince's party. What did they have to do with Zhu Zhongyan?
But they insisted on writing it down.
Anquan said: "Godfather asked me to remind you that although this position is good, it is easy to make mistakes. You must be careful."
Zhao Lin nodded and said, "I know what's going on."
Sending people to the safe zone is cool and effortless. Zhao Lin thought for a moment.
He wrote to Li Xingye and Fu Chengwang just to show his face in front of them and tell them what he had done for the people. However, he did not expect that they would report it to Cheng ** and get him the job of inspector.
This should be put to good use.
"Continue recruiting people, using this as an excuse to recruit another 30,000, no, 50,000 people. Then send them to various places, using the excuse of supervising the Qingmiao loan to suppress bandits and train soldiers everywhere." Zhao Lin said.
Sudi said, "With such a big move, I'm afraid some people will disagree."
Zhao Lin said indifferently: "Don't worry, if they don't agree, just take the people back. Anyway, as long as the emperor doesn't give any orders, you can recruit people."
Zhao Lin stood up, paced a few steps, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have much time left. He will probably pass away after his 1000th birthday. When that happens, we will definitely resort to war. The tens of thousands of us are too few."
Sudi nodded and said, "Indeed. But the time is too short, and you have done your best."
“It’s not a question of trying your best or not, it’s about living, and living well.”
Zhao Lin's face was serious. He said, "No matter who succeeds to the throne, Prince Yu must not be allowed to succeed. And if Prince Yu fails, he will definitely join forces with Zhao Jingzhou to launch a military operation. How could Zhao Jingzhou allow others to seize the throne from his son-in-law? Then there will be a fierce battle."
Sudi said excitedly, "Let's wait until they fight to the death, then we'll suddenly attack and reap the benefits?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "Of course I have this idea, but I can't say whether it will succeed."
Sudi said: "Everything depends on human effort."
Zhao Lin said: "So we must seize the time and expand the army. We need to have at least 100,000 people."
Sudi said: "I will immediately issue a recruitment order and continue recruiting soldiers. But there are too few war horses, only 5,000 now." Sudi said.
Zhao Lin said: "I will find a way to do this. Your task is to recruit soldiers and cultivate land."
"Don't worry. When the need arises, I can't say anything else, but one hundred thousand soldiers and enough food for them will definitely be ready." Sudi said with his chest puffed out.
Zhao Lin nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
Sudi said, "We're family, so we shouldn't have different opinions. I'll do it right away."
After Sudi left, Fu Liqing and Yun Zhiyi came in from outside.
Fu Liqing said: "Master Su is full of fighting spirit."
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "He also wants to make a difference. Why are you here?"
Fu Liqing said, "I just got the news that Zhao Jingzhou sent a teacher to Zhao Chenhan. He is a military officer under Zhao Jingzhou, named Du Yun."
"Du Yun?"
Zhao Lin thought for a moment and thought of the corresponding person: "I know him, he is a very powerful person, second only to Zhao Jingzhou's military advisor Ji An. Zhao Jingzhou is willing to send him to Zhao Chenhan, it seems that he has a big plan."
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