Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 85 This guy really doesn’t know how to count
That night, Zhao Guangmei ordered someone to prepare a small gift and drove to visit Zhang Qiong's house in person.

Then he was stopped by the doorman and refused to let him in.

"Your Highness, my lord said that he is a minister of the Guards and it is inconvenient to meet you. If there is official business, he can talk to you in the Privy Council or the military camp tomorrow during the day."

Zhao Guangmei's face turned pale when she saw this, turning red and white.

"That is to say, he is clearly at home, but he doesn't want to see me, making me go all the way in vain?"

Hearing this, the disciple smiled apologetically, but just bowed and said nothing.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, no one in this world has given me a soft nail. How could a mere Zhang Qiong not even let me in?
People were coming and going on the street, which made him feel a little embarrassed for a moment.

In fact, he didn't deliberately choose to come at this time of night. He was actually delayed by other things during the day.

Hmm... isn't this Xiaolan coming in? She said she was just working as a maid, but after all, he didn't have any concubines, and there was only one maid in the house. As soon as he heard that she was a prostitute, Zhang Ling'er immediately went crazy. .

After all, he and Zhang Ling'er have been married for more than a year, but they haven't had sex yet. Zhao Guangmei's excuse has always been that they are still young. Zhang Ling'er also studied medicine, so she has an understanding. In fact, she She is one year younger than Zhao Guangmei and has not yet reached puberty. She has no interest in the matter itself. It has been a year at a time and everything has been fine.

So why did you bring back a girl from Fan House?

Then Zhang Ling'er got angry. After all, it was a political marriage, and she was also the daughter of a general. It was impossible for you to bully her like this. Zhao Guangmei also spent a lot of effort to temporarily appease Zhang Ling'er. No, it took a little time. late.

Then he came directly to Zhang Qiong's house to find Zhang Qiong without thinking too much about it. He and Zhao Kuangyin didn't even think about avoiding suspicion, but Zhang Qiong came to do this.

He was so angry that he laughed out loud.

"Help me ask your family, is he just trying to avoid taboos? Yao Ming has to look at the target of his honesty. Am I trying to win over him to stage a palace coup? I didn't even think of this, but he Now that I think about it, is this because he is cautious by nature, or is he just trying to make waves when there is no wind? Please help me ask him, is he planning to alienate the brotherhood of my Zhao family?"

Hearing this, the disciple was horrified. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Young man, no, my Lord has no intention of doing this. Then, your Highness, please stay here later and let me report it again?"

"Huh, no need. Since your lord has official business, let him go to the Privy Council to find me tomorrow. But please also tell him for me that the Song Dynasty is not the Han and Tang Dynasties. There is no need for him to be a lonely minister. He is not Xu Chu. , I am not Cao Ren. This time, I won’t argue with him, but as the saying goes, we can’t be close if we are not close. Today, I took the initiative to come to him. It was all out of good intentions. He treated me like this, and I was very unhappy. I also asked him Weigh yourself."

After that, Zhao Guangmei ordered people to take the gifts back to the car, turned around, got in the car and left.

But he couldn't help but find it funny: "You have already offended your second brother, but you still dare to offend me. This guy is quite interesting."

Of course, Zhang Qiong is so arrogant, and he does have his merits. After all, he is a lame, and his stump leg was disabled to save Zhao Kuangyin's life.This man was once a personal soldier of Zhao Kuangyin. When he was on the battlefield, a crossbow arrow from a siege crossbow shot at Zhao Kuangyin, but Zhao Kuangyin did not look at it. At the critical moment, it was Zhang Qiong who pushed Zhao Kuangyin away and blocked it for him. This arrow also hit Zhang Qiong's leg.

Siege crossbow, this kind of crossbow arrows are fired at the city wall, and then let the soldiers climb up the city wall. It is said to be an arrow, but in fact it is a big iron stick, directly piercing his thigh. He was half alive immediately. Afterwards, Although he survived, his leg was definitely damaged.

It was precisely because of his experience, coupled with the fact that he was rigid, straightforward, nonchalant, and loyal to Zhao Kuangyin that after Zhao Guangyi resigned as Marquis of Yu, the capital of the palace, Zhao Kuangyin's first thought was that he would take over.

Because the official position of Yuhou in front of the palace is very similar to that of Huben and Yulin in the Han Dynasty. He was stationed at the entrance of the palace and guarded the gate for Zhao Kuangyin. He was also his most trusted bodyguard. It is under his control. In other words, if someone wants to carry out a palace coup, the first person who needs to instigate rebellion is the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace. He must not be someone who has absolute trust.

How could he, a Marquis of Yu, who was born as a personal soldier of Zhao Kuangyin, have an old army that could not afford to survive?If there is such a person, Zhao Kuangyin can take care of it himself, so where can he take his turn?
Moreover, the Banzhi in front of the palace is really special. This group of people are either young and meritorious soldiers, or they are the children of the generals. On the one hand, they protect the safety of the emperor, and on the other hand, they expand their network of contacts. The future of Zhao Kuangyin's personal soldiers is completely different from that of other soldiers.

This guy really thinks of himself as Xu Chu.

During the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Cao was in his later years, Cao Ren came back from other places and happened to run into Xu Chu, so he wanted to get close to him. However, Xu Chu said with a straight face that I am a bodyguard and a close minister, and you are a general in charge of the army. I can't have anything personal with you. Then he ignored Cao Ren and left. Afterwards, Cao Cao heard about this and praised Xu Chu greatly, thinking that Xu Chu was indeed loyal and reliable.

But the question is, should we learn from history and not analyze the situation?Cao Cao was suspicious and jealous in his later years. Could it be that Zhao Kuangyin was also suspicious and jealous?Would Zhao Kuangyin really be happy if he did this?Anyway, I am not very happy anymore.

Originally, he was fighting with Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangmei still wanted to help him, but now, he couldn't help but feel a little less interested.

After all, is his grudge against Zhao Guangyi just because he was tortured to death by him in history? In this time and space, the relationship between the two brothers is actually quite good. When he was competing for the throne, he had already adopted an aggressive attitude, and Zhao Guangyi also No matter what happened to him, he was still his good second brother.

Now that things have happened, I have actually achieved great success. Relatively speaking, Zhao Guangyi’s Kaifeng governor has never done well. Historically, he was able to become the de facto deputy emperor because of this, not mainly because everyone knew him. He is the State Reserve, which also allows him to cultivate his own team early. Now, even if people in the world do not admit that he, the third oldest, is the State Reserve, at least they will not stupidly place all their treasures on him, the second oldest. on the body.

He actually no longer poses much of a threat to himself.

Then why should I help outsiders deal with my own second brother?

Zhang Qiong, who is obviously the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, is competing with his second brother in the placement of old, weak and remnant soldiers. Is this just meddling in other people's affairs, or is it just an excuse?

Didn’t you just save your eldest brother’s life? After a glass of wine and releasing the military power, you were mentioned as the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace. It is already one of the most awesome official positions in the world after the Marshal of the Three Yamen. What else do you want? ?

"Your Highness, where are we going now?"

"Go to Kaifeng Mansion and find my second brother."

(End of this chapter)