Zhao Huan is the eldest and Zhao Kai is the third.

Zhao Kai can be said to be the one with the highest IQ among Zhao Ji's many sons, and Zhao Ji's favorite son.

He was also the biggest rival for the throne when Zhao Huan was still the prince.

At that time, there was a large group of people in the court who took advantage of the situation. Seeing Zhao Ji's face, they wanted to depose Zhao Huan and make Zhao Kai the crown prince.

If the Jin army had not gone south, Zhao Kai might have been the future emperor.

People are definitely going to die.

I can't find any definite evidence of your rebellion, so I have no other way to kill you?

He annexed state-owned assets, played with low-quality iron tools, infiltrated the weapons prison, took human life seriously, and had liaisons with gold thieves.

Are these charges enough?

And these charges are what Zhao Ning wants.

The charge of treason or not is nothing to Zhao Ning!

Facing Zhao Kai's plea, Zhao Ning showed no mercy.

Zhao Ji stuck his head out, took a look, and said, "Brother, he is your biological brother after all. No matter how wrong you are, you can't take his life."

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji immediately shrank back, as if he had been burned by fire.

"I just asked you who had an affair with a gold thief. You said it was him. Adultery with a gold thief is a capital crime. It was you who killed him. Do you know that?"

Zhao Ji really had no choice. He couldn't defeat his son even if he beat him, and he couldn't explain it to him.

He sighed and said helplessly: "What can we do? Do you think that if you defeated the Jin army in Shangdang, the Song Dynasty will win?"

"The Jin army is as fierce as a tiger, with many soldiers and generals. It is said that there are still 100,000 elites on Jingdong East Road, and they have already attacked Xuzhou!"

"I am doing this for the Song Dynasty and for my ancestors!"

"Hebei Road has been destroyed, and Hedong Road has been destroyed. Even if you win one or two battles, you can't change the overall situation!" Zhao Ji burst into tears as he spoke.

"The Hebei Road is all gone, the people are gone, and the three towns are gone. How can we fight, cede the land and pay compensation, make peace with the Jin people, and still survive!"

In the Song Dynasty, there were nearly 1.6 million households in Hebei Province. Based on the calculation of 6 people per household, there were nearly 10 million people, accounting for one-tenth of the population of the Song Dynasty.

The Jin army first went south twice and occupied most of the land in Hebei and Hedong.

That's not fighting to support war, that's making a huge fortune from the war.

Huge amounts of people, land, food, wealth, livestock, etc. were plundered.

It also includes the military technology of the Song Army’s border areas.

And what about the Song Dynasty?

Hedong and Hebei were almost completely destroyed.

Zongfu went deep into Jingdong East Road and marched to Lianghuai River.

This situation is indeed disappointing.

Zhao Ji is just a very ordinary person. Faced with this situation, it is a normal behavior for an ordinary person to feel despair.

However, this situation was caused by Zhao Ji!

Everyone has the right to feel despair or retreat, but he, Zhao Ji, does not have the right to do so!

Moreover, it is also correct to analyze Zhao Ji's sentence "Hebei Road has been destroyed, Hedong Road has been destroyed, even if you win one or two battles, you can't change the overall situation!"

From the perspective of the long-term confrontation between the two countries, the Battle of Chang'an and the Battle of Shangdang could not completely change the situation. At most, they only shattered the Jin Kingdom's ambition to destroy the Song Dynasty in its third southward campaign.

The Jin State inherited all the legacy of the Liao State. Even though it suffered heavy losses in the Third Song-Jin War, its national power was still in a stage of rapid growth.

All the famous founding generals are still there.

On the other hand, the Song Dynasty, although it withstood the third large-scale march of the Jin army southward, was riddled with internal problems.

The imperial relatives took the lead in embezzling state-owned assets, not to mention the bad governance that has been going on for a hundred years.

The bureaucracy sucks the blood of the common people, and the people are in dire straits.

Moreover, Hebei and Hedong were crippled, which in itself was a great harm to the comprehensive national strength of the Song Dynasty.

Large-scale refugees moved south, causing local social unrest.

Land annexation, bureaucratic corruption, poor administration, military and political chaos, and state treasury expenditures still cannot make ends meet.

These are all problems, and they will not all disappear after a battle.

Mao Xiong disintegrated after fighting a war against Afghanistan. Yingjiang fought many cross-border wars but became richer and richer as he fought.

Why?

The disintegration of Mao Xiong was not due to military obstacles, but because of huge problems with its own economic model, which was caused by financial collapse.

Without normal financial gains, all parties will be anxious and eager to think of various solutions. The more anxious they are, the more mistakes they will make. In this case, all parties will be dissatisfied and fight against each other.

This is a pattern of extreme involution.

The Song Dynasty is now.

The common people are impoverished, and the bureaucrats and aristocrats are hungry and greedy. When productivity cannot break through, the cake is only so big, and all parties are dissatisfied.

Moreover, after the decline of the north, a large number of people moved southward, further involution.

If this pattern was not broken, the Song Dynasty would not be able to transform and rebirth, and it would be impossible to continue to resist the Jin Dynasty, or even defeat the Jin Kingdom, destroy Xixia, and sweep across the grassland.

But today, taking action on the clan is actually the first step and an entry point to break the situation.

It is not just about money, it is about setting a benchmark and exposing all the issues involved in the clan.

It is the clan that is being investigated and rectified when it comes to corruption. This is actually for the eyes of the bureaucrats and the people of the world.

Zhao Ning stood there without speaking. He had nothing to say to Zhao Ji. Every word he said was nonsense.

Because the cognition is different, the structure is different, and the abilities and skills are completely different, no matter how much I say, Zhao Ji can't understand it.

All he wants to do is kill people and kill people.

"Do you think you can really change the situation?" Zhao Ji said again, "You can't change anything. In the end, you can only negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Jin. Listen to your father, don't completely defeat your ancestors!"

Zhao Ji continued: "As for the third brother, he knows he is wrong. Please let him go this time. You are his elder brother. Don't argue with him. This is our old Zhao family's own business. It will be lost if word spreads.

It's the face of our old Zhao family, everyone is laughing at it, and you can't explain it to your ancestors."

Zhao Ning still didn't speak.

Soon Gao Qiu came.

Gao Qiu was dragging a plate in his hand.

I have to say that Captain Gao has a high emotional intelligence.

The question he gave King Yun was a multiple-choice question. Should he choose three feet of white silk or poisonous wine?

It is a choice between the two, not death or immortality.

Gao Qiu said at the door: "Your Majesty, you are ready."

Zhao Ning said coldly: "Pull it down."

Zhao Kai definitely couldn't die in Wende Hall. After all, this is where Zhao Ning works. It would be unlucky to commit suicide here.

Zhao Kai shouted loudly: "Brother, we grew up together. We are brothers! Spare my life!"

Zhao Ning finally couldn't help but exploded and said angrily: "Spare your life, who will spare the lives of those soldiers of the Song Dynasty who died on the battlefield!"

His eyes turned red instantly, remembering the battle at Shangdang, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

He walked over and dragged Zhao Jiqiang over.

Zhao Ji screamed: "Let me go! Let me go!"

Zhao Ning said angrily: "There was a bloody battle on the front line and a peace negotiation behind the scenes. You lost your precious son. Are you heartbroken?"
Chapter completed!