The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 151
The atmosphere was a bit strange after Zhao Chongyi's remonstrance, but the discussion in Jinglong Hall had to go on.

Li Xi cleared his throat and said, "Zhang Xiong, the governor of Tiancheng Army, died suddenly, and his general Feng Hongduo established himself. These two thieves wanted to kill Shi Pu in Guangqinian but failed, so they led hundreds of people to cross the river to the south. The southerners were weak and could not resist, so they occupied Suzhou. Zhou Bao, the commander of Zhenhai Army, was defeated and fled to Jiankang. Until now, it is rumored that he has 80,000 infantry, cavalry and navy. Although he is called the governor, he is actually Su Jun. Hongduo presented a petition to the court, asking for the governor of Huainan. He can be given the title of Xu Shuai to control Quanzhong and curb Xingmi's power."

Zhang Xiong is dead.

Li Xi used the word "sudden death" and did not agree with Feng Hongduo's so-called "death from illness".

The saint guessed that he was most likely killed by Feng Hongduo.

This group of ronin warriors entrenched in Chaohu, Jingkou, and Wuhu were led by Xu Bing, who fled after failing to assassinate Shi Pu. They conquered Suzhou with only 300 men, all of whom were top-notch fugitives. Before that, another group led by Zhao Hui rebuilt Taicheng in Jiankang, recruited soldiers, and made friends with the nobles in Wu, wanting to be like Sun Jian and Liu Yu. Zhang Xiong was furious and attacked them. In the end, Zhao Hui was defeated and died, and tens of thousands of the rest were killed by Zhang Xiong in the Yangtze River.

For such a force, it is normal logic for them to torture each other.

Died of illness...Feng Hongduo was kidding.

"It is not right to support this thief." The sage shook his head. This is how Chang'an planned in the future. Appoint Feng Hongduo and Xu Shuai, hoping to use them to stop Zhu from going south and curb Xingmi. Using a small thief to besiege a big thief, the idea is correct. But after Feng Hongduo came to power, he was immersed in the warm wind of Jiankang and the elegance of Wu women, and was eventually annexed by Xingmi. If you don't rebel, what's the use of you? What's the point of the court supporting you? Do you expect you to be a loyal minister?

"What does Prime Minister Liu think?"

The saint turned his attention to Liu Chongwang.

"Xingmi has held the imperial seal for more than a year, but has not submitted a report. He has refused to respond to the imperial edicts three times and four times, and he also expelled Pei Shu, the governor of Shezhou. He is no different from Quanzhong. His generals Zhu Yanshou, An Renyi, and Tian Yu are all wolves. It would be better to restore Jiangning Prefecture and appoint a Danyang Jiedushi and choose one person to be the governor. Or wait a little longer. Zhang Xiong and his ilk have been captured by treason, and they no longer have any favors to the prefectures and counties. The government is cruel and the laws are brutal, and men and women are tortured and exploited; there is no integrity in the army, and there are cries in the wild. Hongduo did not receive the imperial edict, and it would be lucky if he did not die at the hands of others in one or two years. After he dies, appoint a general who is willing to serve the emperor."

"If we establish the governorship of Danyang, would Zhu Yanshou be suitable?" asked the sage.

In order to get rid of this brother-in-law, Yang Xingmi's wife pretended not to see anything and pretended to be blind for three years before luring Zhu Yanshou back to Guangling. In the bedroom, when Zhu Yanshou was bowing, he suddenly opened his eyes, took out the iron rod hidden in his sleeve and hit Zhu Yanshou on the back of the head, thus exterminating his wife's family.

He favors Zhu Yanshou.

"This thief is bloodthirsty and ambitious, as expected," Liu Chongwang replied.

"Restore Jiangning Prefecture, appoint a Danyang governor, and grant Zhu Yanshou an imperial edict," the sage made the final decision.

Legally speaking, Jiangning Prefecture would be Zhu Yanshou's territory from now on. Whether he ignored his brother-in-law's dissuasion and wanted to set up his own residence in Jiangning, and then the two sides would meet in force, or Yang Xingmi generously agreed to Zhu Yanshou's appointment, the emperor was happy to see it happen.

Go ahead and fight. The more you fight, the more harm you will cause to the peasants. In the future, it will be easier for you to pacify Jiangnan at a low cost.

Li Xi turned to talk about another matter: "The Qing navy reported that Chonggui was ill, and there was unrest both inside and outside..."

Liu Chonggui, the military governor of the Qing navy, was the elder brother of Liu Chongwang. In the Qianfu year, he followed Prime Minister Zheng Congtang to fight against Li Keyong. He was an old bureaucrat. He was sent to Guangzhou three years ago. He is currently the person in charge of Lingnan, Wuguan, and Jiaozhou. He has done a good job in governance. But he is nearly 70 years old. When he fell ill, his subordinates Liu Yin, Lu Ju, and Wang Yu were ready to make a move.

Liu Yin seems to be the founder of Southern Han. He was a typical example of someone who killed his ideal partner before starting a business. He hid weapons in the fleet carrying the bride and entered Duanzhou, killing his future father-in-law's family, including the bride.

Zhu Jin in the north, Liu Yin in the south.

Better to be completely loyal.

Liu Chonggui's memorial was very simple this time, which was to recommend Liu Yin as the deputy governor, in order to transfer power to this person, so as to avoid his sudden death and the generals fighting for the throne. It would also help to preserve the vitality and provide financial resources to the court.

That makes sense...

"A wolfish ambition!" Liu Chongwang, who was standing beside him, frowned when he heard this. "Chonggui was a general and a prime minister, and served four dynasties. How could he do such a domineering thing as to name and demand the court to appoint or dismiss someone? Most likely, Liu Yin used Liu Yin's name to impersonate him. Don't pay any attention to such a traitor."

He even doubted whether his bedridden brother still had freedom to move.

The military and political power may have fallen into the hands of the shogunate and the government officials.

Li Xi frowned secretly. Now that Liang and Tang are separated, it is hard to say who Lingnan will side with after Liu Chonggui's death. Liu Yin is not only the son of a yamen but also the governor of a prefecture. He has over 10,000 soldiers in the local area and is well-known. Whether this memorial was written by Liu Chonggui or Liu Yin, it can be confirmed that Liu Yin wants to take the throne and has the ability to do so. If he is not satisfied with this person, even if he is replaced by someone else, he will most likely die violently.

It would be better to pretend to be deaf and dumb for the sake of tribute.

But I didn’t expect that the saint and several of his colleagues had such a bad impression of Liu Yin. Could it be that he had been reported by the censor or the officials of the Lingnan prefectures and counties?

"I'd rather give the Guangzhou commandership to Lu Ju, Wang Liao and other thieves than to Liu Yin." The sage has made up his mind. Lingnan does not need a leader who is respectful to the wise, diligent in government and loves the people, but has ulterior motives towards the central government.

"Anything else? Tell me all about it."

"After the letter warning Tuoba Sigong was sent, Yang Kezhen reported: The prefect did not send troops to deal with the crisis, which shows rebellious intentions. Please punish him." Li Xi glanced at the Deputy Privy Envoy Yang Kezhen and said.

The four brothers and sisters of the new Qin Madam are Yang Kexuan, Yang Kezheng, Yang Kexi and Yang Kezhen. Yang Kexuan entered the court and was appointed as the Guangrui Commandant. Yang Kexi is currently the signatory of the Xuanhuiyuan... She has been favored by the Saint, and if she has children, she will also be named a Madam.

Yang Kezhen is the younger brother of the new Madam Qin. He has not come to Chang'an and is still in Lin County.

The Yang family didn't put all their eggs in one basket. Someone still needed to inherit the family business and the army. Especially since the situation was still unclear. Although the new Qin Madam's family supported the Li family and believed that a saint with both literary and martial virtues could revive the country, they couldn't go against the general trend and couldn't gamble with the Li family just because of the new Qin Madam. Like Concubine Zhao, she took the Tianshui Zhao family and made a desperate bet, and tied herself to death with the Li family. Why? They all had to survive.

This time, Tuoba Sigong was reprimanded, and the Yang family, who were at odds with him, wrote a letter to the emperor, requesting a punitive attack. They and the Zhe family sent out their own troops. They probably also wanted to replace Tuoba.

"Send this memorial to Sigong." The saint said without hesitation.

If you don't make an effort to fight Zhu Wen, then you can fight with the neighboring Dangxiang Zheju and Yang families.

Sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight, haha, think about it yourself, do you have the capital to do so?

After saying these few things, the Privy Councilor ordered the Concubine Aqiu to change the tea and serve snacks and take a rest.

The king and his ministers chatted about trivial matters.

Liu Xin, the governor of Yuzhou, brought more than 6,000 soldiers to the king. Yuzhou is the area of Chongqing in later generations. A few days ago, he received an envoy saying that he had passed the jurisdiction of the six states of Bazhong. Liu Xin is also an old official. He served as the deputy commander of Lu and Guang Towns, and was demoted a few years ago for offending Yang Fugong. Unexpectedly, this time, he would cross mountains and rivers to come to the king in his old age.

Hua Hong of Chengdu sent an envoy with 100 carts of jewels and 20 beauties to the court to spy on the strength of the court and to see how the battle between the two emperors Zhu and Li was going.

Twenty Sichuan beauties, the bastard Hua Hong wants the saint to die!
Seeing that there was no urgent matter, the saint hesitated for a while, then stood up and left.

Zhao Ruxin, Yang Kezheng and others supported him forward.

The saint picked up a fallen leaf and folded it while looking worried.

He looked optimistic and confident, but he was actually very anxious inside. Although he had crushed Zhu Wen's spirit at Shouyang Mountain and caused the Bian army to cry, he could see them carrying coffins to their hometowns and families coming to pick up the wounded and the bodies across the Yellow River every day. There were soldiers, officers, and officials. They cried and stopped on the road, and the dust covered the Puguan Bridge. But things didn't seem to have changed. Li didn't even dare to stay in Puzhou, for fear that he would be surrounded and killed by Zhu Wen's men at Shouyang Mountain a few days later.

Now the two sides are facing each other, with troops deployed along Fenglingdu, Pujin, Hedong County, Baoding, Hexi County, Hancheng, and Longmen, falling into a strange stalemate. How will this war end? Last time, Zhu Wen failed to attack Tongguan, and his prestige plummeted after he retreated eastward. In the blink of an eye, Hou Song, Shao Guangchou, Zhang Yun, Hu Hong, and Tian Xide rebelled.

After this lesson, Zhu Wen would not give up. If he returned empty-handed again, his neighbors such as Zhao Kuangning, Wang Shifan, and Tian Xide would definitely think that he was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

You are the number one prince in the world, but you can't capture Li Ye's lackey. Why should everyone be afraid of you?

"It's difficult." The saint sighed and stepped into Fuxiangyuan.

Living in the courtyard were He Yuqing, Zhao Ruxin, Zhu Xiewusi, Yang Kezheng, Yang Kexi, Pei Zhenyi, Wei Yi, Chen Chen, Wu Lingxian, Wu Liuxian, Wu Rongxian, Chen Cailian, Luo Fu, Ashina Laimei, Ranxiang... and his entire family plus a dozen female imperial servants and cooks.

My two sisters-in-law, Meng Cairen and Zheng Zhaoyi, were also present.

A little melancholy.

Perhaps it was because the "bastard" he gave birth to was taken away by Rounu and drowned.

The spring breeze intoxicated the sage, who mistook Changchun for Huaqing Palace.

By the pool, Mr. Li asked the waiter to bring the long-missed rattan lazy chair and curled up in it. With his hands on his head and his legs on the table, he watched the chef wash vegetables, steam cakes, and make rolled dough. He loved this the most. He had made it several times in Penglai Palace and taught it to the three immortals. Now the chef has also learned it. It’s a pity that there are no peppers or peanuts, and the rolled dough is not as sour and refreshing as in later generations. This is a boring Tang Dynasty diet. Hu cakes, vinegar cakes, steamed cakes, cut cakes, soup cakes, water cakes... cakes, cakes, cakes all day long, what a shitty cake! Except for him, his family doesn’t like rice and millet. The saint who eats cakes with vegetables every meal has lost his enthusiasm for eating.

The only solace was women. The corrupt life of a feudal emperor had long made him forget his wife in his previous life. Concubine Shu's maids, Aqian and Adie, were brewing tea in front of him, and there were a bunch of beautiful women in the room. The soft water of the south and the big horses of the Turks. They knelt on the couch in two rows with their round buttocks raised, and they could beat as many as they wanted. It was a paradise.

"Your Majesty, this is the new imperial concubine." Wu Cairen brought the Shu woman presented by Rong Shuai Hua Hong. The envoy was the emperor who came to meet Zuo Fengyi, and the tribute of rare treasures and twenty beauties was naturally delivered in Changchun Palace. Concubine Shu missed her hometown accent, so she asked Wu Lingxian to keep five of them here to talk, and sent the rest back to Chang'an.

"Xiao Yueguang, Xiao Yuehua..." The saint looked at the five women.

This name is interesting. Liu Cong, who made Sima Chi drink in green clothes, had a pair of beautiful twins - Jin Yueguang and Jin Yuehua. Liu Cong, who only had one penis, could not satisfy the harem, so the lonely Queen Jin had a group sex and cheated on him.

The father of the Xiao sisters copied all this...

And Hua Hong, what was he thinking of giving such a name to a beautiful woman?
This also made the sage reflect and see which hungry concubine he had not taken care of.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Yueguang and Xiao Yuehua greeted him naturally, lowering their eyebrows and looking pleasing.

I don’t know whether Hua Hong has enjoyed it in advance.

Inspect the goods at night.

The other three girls were not very interested.

He likes to drive big cars. Zhu Xiewusi, Zhao Ruxin, Wu Lingxian, Yang Kezheng, Ashina Laimei, Luo Fu and other Han and foreign horses that are over 1.7 meters tall and weigh about 130 pounds are the most enjoyable experience.

Concubine Shu came out and found a blanket to cover him. She was about to scold him when the Saint pulled her into his arms, interlocked their fingers, and said lazily, "Take a moment to relax and sing a song."

"Listen to what?"

Just then, the autumn wind blew the fallen leaves around, the setting sun was as red as blood, and a feeling of bleakness and desolation suddenly emerged.

Looking at his wife, whose face gradually faded away like flowers and trees, the sage blurted out: "The lotus has withered and there is no rain cover, but the chrysanthemum has withered but still has branches that stand proudly against the frost. You must remember the best scenery of the year, when the oranges and tangerines are yellow and green."

"Who wrote this?" Concubine Shu was a little stunned. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something. She felt that these words were profound and difficult to interpret. Was it to comfort herself and not worry about being abandoned? Or did she feel that she was getting old...

The saint found it quite interesting to see so many little expressions on her face.

"It is hard to meet and hard to part, the east wind is weak and the flowers are withered. The silkworm will not stop spinning silk until it dies, the candle will not stop shedding tears until it turns into ashes. I look in the mirror in the morning and worry about my gray hair turning gray, I recite poems at night and realize..." A beautiful singing voice sounded.

“It is hard to meet each other and hard to part. How can I express the thousands of words in my heart…” Putting down the memorial, the sage also began to hum.

Speaking of which, the ruler of this country is still a child in terms of debauchery compared to other generals. When Wei Zhaodu attacked Shu, Wang Jian and his ilk brought beautiful women to the war. If they won, they enjoyed it together. If they lost, they would just grab a piece of meat for food. Zhu Wen was even more unselective when he was fighting outside, even prostitutes were fine. When fighting, if you are like me, it's fine to have fun with your wives and concubines in the rear, but if you find a group of women to keep in the barracks like Zhu Wen and his ilk, can the officers have the energy and spirit?

Difficult to stretch.

I was pinching the hot body beside me...After I defeat Zhu Wen, I will not be the emperor unless I beat your ass to pieces...

I changed my direction and lay down, and unexpectedly caught a glimpse of Prince De practicing with a stick under the eaves. His movements were rather clumsy and he seemed a little absent-minded.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"Father." Princess Pingyuan was thinking about this and that. She walked up to the saint with a red plate in her hand, took out a rabbit-shaped cake from it, and handed it to her cheap father: "Want to eat?"

The saint took a look and said, "No."

Xiao Pingyuan said, "Oh!" and took a fish-like dish from the plate. "Then let's eat this."

"Don't eat."

Little Pingyuan was not discouraged and took another lamb: "Eat one."

"Don't eat."

The missing teeth on Xiao Pingyuan's face disappeared, the squinting smile on his face was fleeting, and he lowered his long eyelashes, looking a little sad.

Full of childlike innocence.

Concubine Shu takes good care of her daughter.

But who would have sympathy in this chaotic world? In later generations, Princess Pingyuan was forced to marry Li Maozhen's son, and Zhu Wen kidnapped Emperor Zhaozong. History records: "The empress was reluctant to do so." Empress He asked Zhu Wen to help get the person back, and then she returned. When the two emperors were assassinated, Princess Pingyuan became a wanderer, and her whereabouts were unknown. The ending is obvious. The eleven daughters of Emperor Zhaozong, except for Yongming who died young, were all like this. When Ouyang Xiu wrote this period of history, he surprisingly covered up: "A woman who lives in her husband's family, even if she is as noble as a concubine, is not recorded by the historian. In addition, during the rebellion of Xi and Zhao, the classics and policies were destroyed, so the dates of death and years of death of the princesses were roughly known, and those who died were missing and not recorded."

What I mean is - we historians don't know much about women's affairs, and we can't find relevant records, so I will omit the life stories of these princesses. After being raped, being taken over by someone else is the best outcome. The royal family is so awesome, what else can the common people do?

Chang Congjian, Zhao Siwan, Zhang Wanjin, Wang Jianfeng, Gao Li... and there were at least one million such beasts from the Chaos Chaos to the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

He suddenly became very irritable.

He took the plate and pulled his daughter to his side.

"I eat."

"You taught her to do that?"

"Yeah." The mother and daughter smiled.

With snacks, the saint picked up the official documents and chatted with the mother and daughter while studying. There was too much experience to absorb in this battle, so he brought a small notebook with him to record what he learned.

The emperor doesn't need to know so much. He can just ask for advice and listen to the suggestions of his subordinates. But Li didn't want to pin the fate of his family on others' loyalty to the king. He didn't want He Yuqing to be captured and raped in the military camp, and Xiao Pingyuan to be served on the table. He wanted to take control of it in his own hands.

On the eighth day of October, Yang Shouliang, the governor of Shannan, sent Li Juchuan, the judge of the governorate, to bring back an urgent report.

According to this person, Liang and Xin attacked Luoyang a few days ago and sent their troops to attack the grain route in Heyang, which attracted the attention of the empress. Zhang Hui had ordered Ge Congzhou to stop rescuing the capital and stay in Henan Prefecture to ensure the safety of the grain route and Luoyang, and at the same time to prevent the possibility of being directly attacked by Yang Shouliang in Zheng and Bian.

In Bianliang, pigs were tied to drive consumables to attack the city several times. Although it was like hitting a rock with an egg, the impact was huge. Wei commander Tian Xide saw that the people of Bian were unable to fight back and judged that their troops were insufficient. He ordered Shi Shenxiao, Shi Renyu, Li Gongquan, He Qianli, and Tian Heng to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack Huazhou. At the same time, he sent letters to Qing, Yan, and Yun, asking them to send out cavalry together, join forces in Caozhou, and go south to plunder Suiyang, so that Zhu Wen would be unable to survive the famine in the next year.

The Wei Bo men are still loyal and have guts. Although the bets have not been placed yet, the action of sending 20,000 cavalry to sweep Huazhou has undoubtedly inspired other vassal states, especially Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin who were crippled.

From this, we can also see that Zhu Wen had many soldiers and generals, but he had to defend his old nest and the Northern Wei, Eastern Qi, and Southern Xiang. He also had to send mobile troops to encircle the bandits in Xiama, and at the same time he had to fight Li Ni, Wang Ke, and Li Sizhao who came to rescue him in Hezhong. It was like running through a fire circle! What? Do you really think you are the son of the plane? The petitions requesting the return of the army were sent to Hezhong like snowflakes.

The pressure Zhu Wen was under was unprecedented.

If he failed to achieve results before the end of the year, the Queen Mother's patience would run out, and he would be called back to Bianliang to report on his work and re-discuss diplomacy with Chang'an. Or he would be appointed as a general to take charge of the military affairs in Hezhong.

The candidate for the commander of the front army that the Empress favored at present was Zhang Cunjing, the governor of Ruzhou, and his deputy was Zhao Wei, the deputy commander of the Zhongwu Army. The two of them formed a team, with the former being the Recruiting Envoy and the latter being the Observation Envoy in Shanzhou.

Zhang Quanyi, who had been defeated repeatedly in battles, moved to Caizhou and used his expertise to govern the devastated Huaixi. Heyang was taken over by Niu Cunjie, the Duke of Songzhou, and Deng Jiyun, the Divine Martial Envoy. The former was in charge, and the latter was the governor of Henan.

General Wang Yanzhang of the Left Winged Guards was sent out as the governor of Ruzhou, and was given the title of Defense Commissioner of Jin Shangjundu, to defeat Feng Xingxi and order him to go to the town.

Except for Zhang Cunjing, who was deeply suspected by Zhu Wen, Niu Cunjie, Deng Jiyun, Zhang Quanyi and Zhao Wei should have received the imperial edict to go to Bianliang to meet the emperor.

On October 11, Hedong General Li Cunzhen defeated Liu Kangyi, the Bian army, in Wenxi County, Jiangzhou. At the same time, Li Cunxiao, the former governor of Xing, Meng, and Ci, led 700 cavalrymen from Cizhou into the pass and took the Shangjun route to the court. The emperor was very pleased and praised, "My mission is accomplished!"

(End of this chapter)