The next day, Zhao Chen paid a visit to Cai Mao.

Cai Mao smiled happily and personally welcomed Zhao Chen to his house.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for several years. You have grown up."

Zhao Chen said humbly: "Xiangong Cai, if it weren't for you back then, Xiao Wang would not be where he is today. Please accept Xiao Wang's respect."

"Your Highness is welcome." Cai Mao immediately supported Zhao Chen, "It was also my fault that I failed to keep Your Highness as the crown prince."

"No, it was Xiao Wang who was too reckless back then."

"How long will your Highness stay here this time?"

"After visiting my mother, I will return to Liaodong."

"How is the situation in Liaodong?"

"It's business as usual, we and the Jin are fighting to the death in Fuzhou."

"Didn't it say that there were ships attacking Gaizhou?"

"The Jin people also built a large number of sea ships in Gaizhou, and the Jin people have more and more equipped cavalry. This battle will not be so easy to fight."

"Is there any way to break the situation?" Cai Mao asked.

"There is no good solution at the moment."

Cai Mao was a little anxious: "Liaodong is related to the future of His Highness. If His Highness can make further achievements in Liaodong and Goryeo, he will be able to regain the title of crown prince."

"Xiangong Cai, the crown prince position is not that important to Xiao Wang now. Xiao Wang is already satisfied to be able to do something in Liaodong and spend time with his family."

"Confused!" Cai Mao said, "Your Highness is confused! Your Highness is the old crown prince. Now he has great prestige in Liaodong and is supported by many generals in Liaodong. If he cannot be the crown prince in the future, do he still expect to have a good death?"

"What does Mr. Cai mean?"

"Your Highness, think about it, if any other prince became the crown prince, would he be like Li Jiancheng?"

Zhao Chen was shocked and said: "It can't be this far. Compared with the King of Qin's merits, there is a huge difference. The other princes have gentle personalities, and they are definitely not Li Jiancheng."

"Is this power struggle just what His Highness says?" Cai Mao was a little anxious, "What if other princes become crown princes, and the forces behind them are worried about His Highness and instigate them all day long?"

"This..." Zhao Chen was shocked. He really didn't have any ambitions, otherwise he wouldn't have been killed by Qin Hui like a stupid young man.

"Your Highness, the most beneficial thing for you now is to open up the situation in Liaodong. Your Highness holds Goryeo. Not only can you conduct extensive operations in Goryeo, but you can also rely on Han Shizhong to achieve military success in Liaodong. Now most people in the court say that Your Highness is the

The wise king, especially Xianggong Lu, mentioned His Highness many times."

"Mr. Lu?"

"In the years since you went to Liaodong, Qin Hui's ambitions have expanded. Through the New Deal, many people in the court have been dissatisfied with nepotism. If Qin Hui goes to power, it is not impossible for all the ministers to submit a letter and propose that His Majesty once again make His Highness the crown prince."

"Qin Hui is scheming and has a large number of people, so your Majesty may not easily touch him." Zhao Chen said.

He is no longer the Zhao Chen he used to be. He knows how to employ people.

The way to employ people is not to use them when they are useful and to get rid of them immediately when they are no longer useful.

Besides, Qin Hui neither did anything to threaten the emperor nor did he do anything to oppose the New Deal.

Why was the emperor so anxious to get rid of him?

Have you lost your mind?

This does not conform to the principles of political games.

"When did Qin Hui begin to be slowly weakened?" Cai Mao said, "It started when King Kang was assigned to the northwest. Qin Hui's fortune was mostly closely related to King Kang. Why was King Kang assigned to the northwest?"

"Why?"

"It's all because His Majesty wanted to weaken Qin Hui. Qin Hui himself was sent to the capital many times. It was also His Majesty's deliberate move."

"So what?" Zhao Chen said, "I think the New Deal is good now, but my idea back then was wrong. Qin Hui only did something beneficial to the Song Dynasty. I don't want to fight with him anymore because of personal grudges."

"But he had no intention of letting His Highness go. I checked and found that when His Highness first went to Dengzhou, someone assassinated His Highness. It was most likely Qin Hui who was behind it."

"Qin Hui!"

"That's right!"

Zhao Chen fell silent.

He was caught in a contradiction between left and right.

He suddenly felt that as soon as he returned to Tokyo, it was like entering a huge whirlpool, which filled him with a sense of powerlessness.

He thought for a while and then said: "Qin Hui killed me because he was worried that one day I would regain the throne and take revenge on him?"

"Yes, the greater your Highness's contribution, the greater the threat to Qin Hui, and the less likely he will let you go!"

Zhao Chen sighed and said: "It's not that Liaodong doesn't have any strategies to break the situation. This is top secret."

"Since it is a top secret, His Highness doesn't have to tell the old minister, but His Highness must know it in his heart."

"Xiangong Cai is as kind as a mountain to the young king, and the young king trusts Xianggong Cai." Zhao Chen said, "The official has given an order to Yue Fei to have the Shenwu Army appoint an elite cavalry to support Liaodong."

Cai Mao was shocked. Even the Zhao family had hidden such an important matter from the officials.

It seems that the Zhao family is worried that once this matter is brought out, the officials will quarrel or risk leaking it.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Cai Mao was overjoyed, "Currently, Yue Fei is the most elite army in our Song Dynasty. With his support, His Highness will definitely be able to break the situation, but..."

"But what?"

"Yue Fei is on good terms with Zhao Ding, Zhao Ding is impartial, and Yue Fei is also on good terms with Qian Yuqing, and he still owes Qian Yuqing a favor. Qian Yuqing is the uncle of the fifth prince, and the voice of support for the fifth prince in the court is very strong.

Da, Yue Fei will definitely side with Qian Yuqing."

"That……"

"It would be best if Yue Fei's Shenwu Army goes to Liaodong and can help His Highness open up the situation without being able to come back."

Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "What does Mr. Cai mean?"

"Yes, that's exactly what it means!"

"No! I would never do such a thing!"

"Cao Shuang's confidant Huan Fan suggested that Cao Shuang take Emperor Wei to Xuchang to fight against the Sima family. However, Cao Shuang did not do so. He thought that even if he surrendered, he would not lose a rich man. What will be the outcome?"

Zhao Chen fell into silence again. He stood up, bowed, and then said: "Ms. Cai, I will take my leave first."

"Your Highness, walk slowly. Your Highness must remember what I said."

In the eleventh year of Jingkang, April 21, Anbei Prefecture, the prefect’s Yamen.

The scouts rushed over and rushed into the prefect's Yamen.

"Report! Traces of Jin Army cavalry were found on the north bank of the Yellow River. The number is about three thousand."

The scout presented the report.

Yu Yunwen took it over and read it, and said: "During this period, the Jin Army frequently appeared north of the Yellow River, and its purpose has been clearly revealed."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Guo Hao said, "The Jin people have acted secretly under the noses of our scouts many times to lure us to take the initiative."

"And set up an ambush?"

"It's possible." Guo Hao added, "If we don't take the initiative and they come over frequently, it will give us the illusion that they come without fighting, until their elite army suddenly appears!"
Chapter completed!