Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 694 News Spread
General Yang Shou, who was in charge of escorting Li's royal family to the north, was dismissed by Cao Bin for investigation, and was about to be sent to Bianjing City for trial. When he got the news, Yang Shou's face turned pale, and he felt dizzy.

This task was originally not risky, but it was unexpected that such a thing would happen on the water of the Yangtze River.

Obviously, someone designed a bureau to prevent the members of the Li royal family from going north to Bianjing in the Song Dynasty.

But Yang took him in, and he was negligent. As a result, he didn't protect the people of the Li clan. More than [-]% to [-]% of them drowned, and there were still missing people. There were not many people left.

However, no one sympathized with him anymore, because after the news reached Jinling City, it caused an uproar.

Originally immersed in the emotions of the country's ruin and family destruction, many high-ranking officials and ordinary people in Jinling City were very sad.

Now that Li's royal family, including Li Yu, was drowned in the river, sadness turned to anger.

Some contradictory voices of the plan were also able to spread at this time.

"I heard that the official Li Yu, the empress dowager and others all drowned to death."

"Who did it, so cruel?"

"Who else is there? It must be the royal family of the Song Dynasty. They don't want people from the royal family of the Li family to arrive in Bianjing. If they go, they won't be killed or rewarded. They think it's a big problem, so they secretly kill them."

"Da Song's methods are too despicable to do this!"

"That's right, you can't surrender to the Song Dynasty. They are all tigers, leopards and wolves. Most of the soldiers are Hu people who survived the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Western Wei Dynasty. They look down on us Jiangnan people. This is to kill people."

All kinds of public opinions are brewing, and they are full of anger towards Da Song.

Some people also took the opportunity to confuse the news, making it impossible for the people to distinguish the true from the false.

"It is said that Song Jun did not do it himself, but Wuyue people did it. Wuyue and I, Li Tang, have had a grudge for generations. This time, the heart of destroying Tang is very strong. Seeing Li Tang's royal family surrendered, he was unwilling, so he secretly killed him. I don't want the Li family to go north to Bianjing."

"It makes sense. It's likely that Wu Yue soldiers did it."

Some Southern Tang people were discussing, obviously very angry, about the remembrance and mourning for the Li Tang royal family.

These news spread quickly, and spread in many cities, prefectures and counties in the Southern Tang Dynasty. There was great resentment towards the Song and Wuyue kingdoms in various places.

For example, after Lu Jiangcheng broke down and went south, after Changzhou was rectified, he led his subordinates to capture Shezhou. His great-grandfather Lu Zhao was an assassin in Shezhou and left a virtuous voice, so he was very popular in Shezhou.

Lu Jiang sent messengers to various places in Shezhou to inform the Quartet that there was still Shezhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and that he was going to avenge the royal family and resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, this situation forced Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others to be stationed in Jinling and other places.

Bianjing City, the Palace of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Zhao Kuangyin got the news, he seemed shocked, and then furious.

When he was in the Golden Luan Hall, after learning of the memorial, he was furious on the spot and lost his temper.

"It's a waste, it can't even protect people, this Yang Shou should be killed!"

The civil and military ministers in the court were baffled, until Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Chu Zhaofu, Xue Juzheng and others saw the memorial, their expressions changed drastically and their hearts were complicated.

What is going on, no one knows the inside truth.

They didn't know whether it was Yang Shou who really didn't protect him well and caused a catastrophe; or whether the government secretly ordered him to eradicate him and acted here;

In short, the matter has become confusing and very complicated.

Zhao Pu stood up and said: "Officials, this matter involves the lives of hundreds of members of the Li family in the Tang Kingdom. If it is not investigated clearly, or there are proper reasons, it may be difficult for the common people to complain. When the time comes, the people of the Tang Kingdom may not be able to complain. Because of this, he will resist surrendering to the Song Dynasty and resist to the end, which is really not good."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "That's right, I think so too. In this matter, apart from Yang Shou's poor protection, there are also people who are targeting this matter. We must investigate clearly and return my Da Song's innocence. Otherwise, this The shit pot is buckled up, which will affect the majesty and benevolence of our Great Song Dynasty, and will make Shu, Northern Han, Southern Han and other countries fearful, which is not conducive to the great Song Dynasty's unification of the world."

"The official sage, investigate the real culprit!"

"We must investigate the murderer behind the scenes, restore my Da Song's innocence, and lift the crisis of trust."

Listening to Zhao Kuangyin's words and expressions, some officials seemed to give orders from the officials from time to time. This was someone else, so they dared to express their opinions one after another.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced around and said to Zhao Guangyi, "Let Kaifeng Yin Guangyi do this."

Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to investigate the murder of the Li family and was handed over to him.

However, this is not the time to shirk, and he immediately stepped out of the train, cupped his hands and said, "Minister, accept the order."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, announcing the dismissal of the dynasty.

Zhao Pu took a look at Zhao Guangyi, and there was already some estrangement in the state of intimacy before.

After all, the two represent different interest groups.

Zhao Pu was already the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty. In the second year of Qiande last year, he was appointed as the Minister of the Menxia, ​​Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and the Bachelor of the Jixian Palace. After he became the Prime Minister, Zhao Kuangyin regarded Zhao Pu as his right-hand man. , consult him and make a decision.

And Zhao Guangyi is also Zhao Kuangyin's right-hand man, but the iron triangle, which was once intimate, has a rift because of Zhao Kuangyin's hesitant order of succession.

The matter involved the "Golden Chamber Alliance" in history. In the second year of Jianlong, when the Empress Dowager Du was seriously ill, she called Zhao Kuangyin to her side and warned her eldest son: The country you can do is all because Zhou Shizong let his young son sit in the world and govern poorly. , People's dissatisfaction gave our Zhao family an opportunity to take advantage of. If there were an older monarch in the Zhou Dynasty, there would be no place for you in this world.

Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyin died, he should pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi. It was said that there were Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi present at the time.

In fact, Empress Dowager Du died in the second year of Jianlong. Empress Dowager Du, who had just emerged from the Five Dynasties, had a deep memory of the chaotic situation of the Five Dynasties.During the Five Dynasties, the longest reign of emperors was no more than ten years, and the average reign was less than four years. Therefore, Empress Dowager Du worried that Zhao Kuangyin would have a health accident in a few years and pass the throne to his young son. After the dynasty was changed, the Zhao family would not end well.

Given the historical circumstances at that time, this kind of worry was not groundless and unfounded.But this is only a verbal last statement, and it has not been recorded.

As time went by, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was in good health and would not die suddenly, and he was not in a hurry to pass the throne, because his eldest son was already 15 years old, and he could wait until his eldest son Zhao Dezhao grew up, so In fact, Zhao Kuangyin didn't really want to pass on the throne to his second brother, after all, no matter how close a brother is, it's not as good as a son!

On the other hand, Zhao Pu was a clear royalist, and clearly supported Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince. Moreover, after he became the prime minister, he began to suppress Zhao Guangyi's forces. The last time Zhao Guangyi recommended his father-in-law Fu Yanqing to be in charge of the imperial army, Zhao Pu blocked it.

At this time, Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi looked at each other, they agreed, and there was a coldness in their eyes, then they turned and left.

(End of this chapter)