Live History Broadcast: Opening Ceremony Spoilers - Our Ancestor Was Enraged

Chapter 406 Huaixi Mutiny

"The news of the Huaixi mutiny spread quickly, and Zhang Jun was stunned when he heard it. He truly hadn't expected Li Qiong to stage a mutiny."

"If he remembers, then he should know about that argument with Yue Fei."

"In fact, Yue Fei had already warned him! It's just a pity that he only realized who was right after suffering a loss!"

"However, Zhang Jun's responsibility may not be as great as Lü Zhi's. This guy secretly compiled evidence and was caught. Who wouldn't be angry in that situation?"

"But regardless, this incident was quite serious, and Zhang Jun had no choice but to resign. Zhao Gou then asked him who should succeed him as prime minister!"

Zhang Jun did not answer, so Zhao Gou asked again: "What about Qin Hui?"

"Zhang Jun has recently been working with Qin Hui, but he feels that Qin Hui is somewhat muddle-headed and incompetent, and is not fit to serve as prime minister. Zhang Jun then told Zhao Gou the truth."

"Zhao Gou didn't insist. At this time, Zhao Ding had another chance to become prime minister again. Zhao Gou's punishment for Zhang Jun was the same: exile to Lingnan. However, because Zhao Ding pleaded for him, he was eventually exiled to Yongzhou."

"To be fair, Zhao Ding is quite forgiving and even helped Zhang Jun!"

Zhang Jun: Zhao Ding is a good person, I can get along with him!

"After that, Zhao Gou had to deal with the Huaihe River battlefield. When it comes to war, he naturally thought of Yue Fei, especially since Li Qiong was Yue Fei's fellow townsman."

"Moreover, Li Qiong particularly admires Yue Fei; with his advice, it will definitely work."

"So Zhao Gou had Yue Fei write a letter to Li Qiong, promising to forgive his past transgressions and that as long as he was willing to repent, he would have the opportunity to be promoted and given a higher rank."

"However, since Li Qiong has chosen the path of rebellion, he must have reached a dead end."

"I'm afraid they've already considered whether they have a way out or not, and they won't return to the Song Dynasty just because of a few verbal promises."

"Yue Fei was likely aware of this, and Li Qiong's reply to him also indicated his refusal."

"If Liu Bei's army had been handed over to Yue Fei, and nothing untoward had happened, would the Huaihe River Rebellion have even occurred?"

"If Zhao Gou and others hadn't gone back on their word, they wouldn't have suffered such consequences. However, the impact they caused was not only this bad."

"With Li Qiong and the others gone, the defenses here on the Huaixi battlefield are now empty."

"If Liu Yu were to order Li Qiong to launch a counterattack at this point, then Zhao Gou, guess what you'd do to salvage the situation and make things better?"

"On the other hand, Yue Fei's plan to launch the Northern Expedition was thus shelved."

"To be honest, it's quite frustrating to think about this. We were afraid of Yue Fei's growing power, but what happened? We ended up giving away tens of thousands of troops to the puppet Qi regime on the other side."

"I have to say, those three from the Zhao family are truly incompetent leaders, helping the other side to betray their own people!"

"So Zhao Gou then canceled Yue Fei's plan to launch a northern expedition and ordered him to lead the navy south to Jiangzhou and other places. Afterwards, he issued an edict summoning Yue Fei and Xue Bi to an audience."

Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: ...Good, good, good! I knew this kid wouldn't be well for long!!!

Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty: She has absolutely no idea what she's doing. She's incredibly capable, and she even dares to be wary of military generals. How many capable generals does she have left? She keeps bringing up ancestral precepts, but she doesn't dare to do anything good, just causing trouble every day!

A scholar-official from the Han Dynasty: The emperor of the Song Dynasty is truly astonishing!

Li Shanchang of the Ming Dynasty: What a pity! He squandered a winning hand! No wonder Yue Fei's Northern Expedition failed!

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Southern Song Dynasty

At this moment, Zhao Gou's attention was entirely focused on the comment section on the screen.

Seeing that this place had turned into a forum for criticizing and mocking him, he became furious and anxious, and quickly went to reply in the comments.

To his utter surprise, not only did he receive no feedback, but the abuse intensified, and he was so humiliated that he dared not speak up.

At the same time, he cursed inwardly, "Why don't his ministers stand up for him?!"

But he didn't seem to realize that his reply was completely unacceptable, even suggesting that it was Zhao Gou from another period who did it, while he was still in the early Jianyan era!

The courtiers: What should we say? The other side has too much ancestral knowledge to contend with; we can't win a verbal battle against them!

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Not long after, Lin Ke's voice came softly from the screen:

"While Yue Fei was on his way to Jiankang, Xue Bi saw him writing something."

Out of curiosity, I asked him what he was writing, and Yue Fei replied that it was a major plan concerning the foundation of the nation.

"It turns out that recently, the Jurchens have been making frequent small moves, intending to send Zhao Chen, the son of Emperor Qinzong of Song, back to Bianjing."

"Upon learning of this, Yue Fei planned to submit a memorial to Zhao Gou, urging him to appoint Zhao Ai as the crown prince, who later became Emperor Xiaozong of Song."

"As we have mentioned before, Zhao Gou had no children. He was frightened by the Jurchens in Yangzhou, and his youngest son also died young."

"At that time, the court officials were very worried about this issue. The Zhao family really had a successor to the throne, so some people suggested that they go to the descendants of the Taizu lineage and select a person with both talent and virtue to be made a prince."

"Zhao Gou had no choice. The entire lineage of Emperor Taizong had gone to the northern country for sightseeing. In the end, they found the seventh-generation descendants of Emperor Taizu: Bo Cong and Bo Hao."

"It is said that when Zhao Gou was making his choice, a night owl passed by, and Bo Hao kicked the cat."

"Bo Cong did not move, so Zhao Gou thought the boy was steady and chose him, and renamed him Zhao Yuan."

A bystander in the Ming Dynasty: Kick...kick the cat to replace the crown prince?!

Emperor Zhao Zhen, the greatest benevolent ruler of all time: ...? ????...

"However, although a candidate for crown prince was chosen, Zhao Gou did not intend to make him crown prince immediately. At most, he was just a backup plan, after all, he still wanted to make a last-ditch effort at that time."

"He wanted to have a 'what if' scenario, so he actively sought medical treatment, which is understandable. Emperor Renzong of Song treated his adopted child in the same way. But your situations are clearly different!"

"Emperor Renzong of Song wasn't infertile; most of his children died young. But Zhao Gou's problem was health. So, if you ask me, it's better not to bother with him!"

Emperor Zhao Zhen, the greatest benevolent ruler of all time: ??? ...Why do you have to compare me to him?!

Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: ...Pfft...This problem...Try to look at it more positively...

Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xu: ...It seems that all the subsequent turmoil has resulted in no child being born...

Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: If you have to blame someone, blame him. Why did he have to let the Jurchens invade and do that?

The optimist Su Dongpo: If I hadn't indulged in pleasure before, I wouldn't be in this situation!

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