After calming down, Zhao Xin immediately felt deep fear and uneasiness in his heart. This is the instinct of a king.
Suspicious, restless, sensitive.
Extremely sensitive and extremely uneasy towards anyone or anything that may threaten one's own safety and interests.
In particular, Zhao Xin's current environment and his own weakness have aggravated his sensitivity and uneasiness.
After all, he has no one and no power now.
And being in the imperial city, there was even Yang Huaimin who was wearing the same trousers as brother Wang Shouzhong.
What does Yang Huaimin do?
Someone who does intelligence, someone who is a spy.
What should I do if this bitch poisons me or causes harm to me?
Although, according to the system of the Song Dynasty, it was impossible for Yang Huaimin to do it.
But what if?
For the king, this is a sufficient reason just in case.
The Han Dynasty had internal slander, but later generations would have no reason to do so.
Therefore, Zhao Xin knew almost immediately that he needed an experienced minister who could enter Chunfang and protect him personally!
So, a name came to mind almost immediately.
"Xia Shouyun!"
"I will summon Xia Shouyun back to Beijing immediately!"
Xia Shouyun was Zhenzong's former minister in Qiandi. When Zhenzong was still King Xiang, he was already a bodyguard around Zhenzong.
After Zhenzong came to the throne, Xia Shouyun was reused and was first sent to Suizhou and Lingzhou to monitor Li Jiqian.
Later, during the Tanyuan Alliance, Xia Shouyun even disguised himself, sneaked into the Liao army camp, and found out that Kang Baoyi, the Zhitianxiong army deployed by Gaoyang Pass in the Song Dynasty, did not surrender, but instead scolded the Liao people for their heroic sacrifice.
Be more trustworthy for Zhenzong.
His official position continued to rise, from deputy envoy Dong Lingjin to the Privy Council, overseeing the Third Class Courtyard, and later moved to the front of the palace to be the commander of the capital, and was awarded the title of National Army Military Envoy.
After Zhao Xin's father ascended the throne, his favor did not diminish.
In the second year of Baoyuan's reign, due to the urgent situation in the West, Xia Shouyun was appointed as the envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan to lead Shaanxi capital deployment and Shaanxi economic strategy and pacification envoy, and was fully responsible for the war against Yuan Hao.
It's a pity that Xia Shouyun is almost useless except for his loyalty.
However, there is a saying in later generations: One white can cover up all the ugliness!
To a king, one loyal minister is better than a hundred capable but disloyal ministers.
And Xia Shouyun's loyalty to the Zhao family is irrefutable.
He was the kind of person who would kill himself with a sword without hesitation even if the Zhao family asked him to commit suicide.
Foolishness and loyalty have been engraved into his bones and become his instinct.
Therefore, even if Zhao Xin has never met Xia Shouyun, when he encounters danger or feels uneasy, he will immediately think of the envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan.
Why?
Because Xia Shouyun is absolutely reliable, absolutely loyal, and absolutely trustworthy!
He is not so much a minister of the country as a retainer of the Zhao family.
However, if he wanted to summon Xia Shouyun back to the capital, he was currently unable to do so.
Because last year, Sanchuankou was defeated, Xia Shouyun immediately took full responsibility for the defeat, and even used his personality to guarantee in front of the king that Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun did not surrender to the traitors.
This saved the Liu and Shi families, but also made Xia Shouyun a living target.
The public opinion of the government and the public, as well as the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world, criticized him verbally and in writing.
Therefore, even Zhao Xin's father could not protect him.
In July last year, Xia Shouyun resigned from his post as the military envoy of the Tianping Army and sentenced Tanzhou as his own official. At this moment, this once majestic retainer of the Zhao family should be recuperating in Xiangzhou.
Then he died of illness in Zhending a year later, and was posthumously given the posthumous title of Taiwei, Zhongxi. This conclusion was very appropriate.
Therefore, it is very inappropriate for Zhao Xin to recall this loyal minister back now, given his age and status.
It will also make Qingliu unhappy.
After all, Xia Shouyun is now a traitor in the eyes of the world, the chief culprit who ruined national affairs.
Zhang Shixun, Wang Wei, Chen Zhizhong and others who were also dismissed due to the defeat at Sanchuankou frantically threw all the blame on Xia Shouyun.
It seemed as if all the faults were Xia Shouyun's alone. They were innocent and they just mistrusted Xia Shouyun.
Therefore, Zhao Xin's country is not suitable for this matter.
He also did not have the power and ability to recall Xia Shouyun from Xiangzhou to Bianjing.
Except for the power granted to ministers at this level, only the king can possess it!
"It seems that I have to find a way to let my father do this..." Zhao Xin thought in his heart: "I can't express my attitude directly..."
Directly saying that he wanted to transfer Xia Shouyun back to Beijing would hurt his image.
He is a holy king descended from heaven, how can he use his retainers like Zhenzong?
How can one be considered a saint king if he favors others?
If he were an adult now, it might be better, but he is too young.
Therefore, a glorious image is his best and greatest talisman and power.
Therefore, he could only use hints to guide his father and let the official think that it was his own thoughts and will.
But this is more troublesome to do.
Fortunately, Zhao Xin's father was an official in the current dynasty, and the biggest characteristic was nostalgia and affection.
Otherwise, how could he be Renzong?
So, after thinking for a while, Zhao Xin already had an idea.
However, he had to wait until his father came to see him before it would be easy to operate.
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Only two hours after Zhang Cairen left Chunfang, Queen Cao of Yanhe Hall heard the news and immediately brought people to see Zhao Xin.
As soon as they met, the queen hugged Zhao Xin and sat on the bed, looking left and right, as if she was afraid that Zhao Xin was missing arms and legs.
But Zhao Xin noticed this behavior.
Queen Cao might also use him as a tool!
Why?
There are many people in Chunfang, and Empress Cao behaves like this in public. Doesn't she clearly tell the ministers and officials of the two mansions that Zhang Cairen has bullied Duke Shou!
She is eager to make things bigger!
Zhao Xin had no choice but to let Queen Cao perform.
But he understands that everything is too much and too little is too much.
Especially now, he is still too young, so he has to give others a way to survive.
Because, if he doesn't give others a way to live, then others may not give him a way to live.
So, when Empress Cao was about to perform, Zhao Xin hugged the empress at the right time and said, half coquettishly and half admonishing: "Why are you so worried about Erlang today? When Empress Zhang came today, she didn't see you either.
Are you so nervous as your empress?"
When Empress Cao heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Because Erlang is the empress's heart!"
This was another double entendre. It was said to be for Zhao Xin, but in fact it was a message to the official of the Song Dynasty from afar.
Zhao Xin looked at this and was speechless for a while.
Because he knew very well that there was actually no danger in Empress Cao's position at all.
No matter how favored Zhang Cairen is, he will never be the queen or the queen mother!
Why?
Her father-in-law was not Taizu, but Taizong's Yishe brothers and Conglong heroes.
None of her brothers, nephews, or nephews had ever served as the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Division, or as the commander-in-chief of the cavalry and infantry in the bodyguard army.
As for the Cao family, there are people in every generation, at least one in-law who has served as the commander of the three yamen.
In the Song Dynasty, the queen and the queen mother could not sit still for even a day without the support of the imperial army!
Those veterans who have been around for five generations have ten thousand ways to kill those who don't abide by their rules of the game.
