Han Shizu

Chapter 835
Li Hongji's words made Lin Renzhao uncontrollably vigilant, his tiger eyes lit up, and then he showed a solemn expression: "This is indeed a good way, but"

"I treat each other as a general and a confidant, so there is no need to worry, what can I say!" Responding to this, Li Hongji waved his hand lightly, and the expression on Yingwei's face was very frank.

Hearing this, Lin Renzhao also said directly: "Han and Liao have maintained peace negotiations for many years, and there is no major conflict. Will they rashly attack south? Will the imperial court agree?"

Li Hongji smiled, and his expression seemed calm and confident: "Since the founding of Abaoji, Khitan has dominated the north. For decades, it has repeatedly invaded the south, and there is no one who has stopped the army. When it was in power, Shi Jin recognized his father, Ceding land and paying tribute for the sake of completeness.

Now the Northern Han Dynasty is rising in the Central Plains, and they neither submit to Khitan nor pay tribute to them. How can the two tigers coexist?Over the years, the Lord of the Han Dynasty has overhauled his military equipment and attacked from all directions, covering the hearts of the world. It is clear that only half of the south of the Yangtze River remains.

If the Lord of Liao has a little knowledge, he should be aware of the threat and be vigilant.Furthermore, in the Liao Kingdom, there is no shortage of capable people, and it is not difficult to think about it and send the talents of discerning scholars to the north to reach a consensus with them!
As for the court, the country is already in dire jeopardy, if we can push the Khitan army to go south, the two powers will compete in the north, and give our court a chance to breathe, I think no one would be unhappy."

Hearing Li Hongji's words, Lin Renzhao nodded subconsciously, but a trace of distracting thoughts could not help but appear in his mind.Even if the Khitan really went south in a big way, would Jinling dare to take the initiative?
Looking back suddenly, seeing Li Hongji who was staring at the north closely, Lin Renzhao felt a little comforted in his heart. Perhaps with the prince's promotion, he could earn a chance of survival.

When Li Hongji and Lin Renzhao were discussing the strategy of "striking from the north to the south", several boats slowly sailed from the north of the river, and the black Han flag was particularly eye-catching in the winter.

The drill of the Runzhou navy was soon interrupted. Sensing the situation, Li Hongji and Lin Renzhao looked at each other, and there was a trace of haze in their eyes.After going down to the performance building, I waited for a while. A navy military academy came to report in a hurry, but saw Li and Lin who had been standing and waiting for a long time.

"Let's talk! Why did the Han ships come south?" Lin Renzhao asked first.

The military academy clapped its hands and replied: "It's the Han army navy in Yangzhou. They sent people to check on our army's drills and ask our army to give an explanation!"

"Explain? I still need to explain to the Han army when my Tang army is conducting drills?" Li Hongji immediately became angry, pointing angrily: "Go, drive away the Han boats coming from the south, and tell them to go back to the north bank!"

No matter how suppressed it was, Li Hongji's strong and irritable character was hard to change.Seeing this, it was Lin Renzhao who dissuaded him and ordered: "Answer the Han envoy, our army is only doing daily drills and has no other intentions. Tell them, if you don't mind, I will prepare wine and food in the camp for them to enjoy!"

"Yes!"

When the military academy retreated, Li Hongji broke out completely. Looking at Lin Renzhao, he said sadly and indignantly: "The country is humiliated and the army is humiliated. I knew the Han army was arrogant. Did they bully you like this on weekdays?"

Lin Renzhao sighed, and replied: "His Royal Highness, calm down! Before the swords are raised, bear as much as you can. If our temporary tolerance can fuel their arrogance and paralyze their hearts, it may not be a bad thing. And our army, too. You can keep a low profile, know your shame and be brave!"

Knowing that Lin Renzhao was a bloody man, but listening to his words, Li Hongji couldn't help feeling sad, and at the same time, he could understand: "I have wronged the soldiers!"

"Your Highness, let's stop today's practice!" Lin Renzhao said.

"Let's go! Let's prepare the banquet! If the Han envoys dare to go ashore and enter the camp, they will be alone to see how crazy it is!" Li Hongji shook his hand and ordered.

"Yes!"

Soon, under the flattery of the Tang army, two officers of the Han army from the Yangzhou Navy entered the camp proudly. Accompanied by Lin Renzhao himself, they ate and drank a lot and accepted some bribes. up
At night, the Southern Tang Prince Li Hongji had returned to Dantu City, when he reached the lower part, a confidant came to see him in a hurry.As soon as he saw this person, Li Hongji's expression became a little tense, and he immediately withdrew his followers and led him into the house for a secret conversation.

"How is it?" Li Hongji stared at the visitor.

The visitor also looked very serious, deliberately lowered his voice, and said: "Your Highness, Hongzhou has already succeeded!"

Subconsciously took a breath, Li Hongji's expression suddenly became a little complicated: "Did you really do it?"

The visitor nodded: "The news should reach Jinling soon!"

His hands trembled subconsciously. Li Hongji looked restless, and his eyes turned red. He wandered around the room for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are there any hands and feet left?"

Seeing Li Hongji's reaction, the visitor froze for a moment, muttering in his heart, when making a decision, he didn't see the prince like this, but at that time his heart was as hard as a stone, and he didn't hesitate.Now that he succeeded, he had such a hesitant expression.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, a death row prisoner we found who was dealt with by Duke Jin has been silenced!"

Hearing what he said, Li Hongji calmed down a little, waved his hand with some disinterest, and said in a low voice: "Gu knows, you step back!"

"Yes!"

After his subordinate retreated, Li Hongji suddenly collapsed on the ground, leaning against the desk, his face was distorted, as if reflecting his complicated emotions.After a long time, he murmured with regret: "Third Uncle, don't blame your nephew!"

That's right, Li Hongji took the "old road" of history after all, and sent someone to kill his uncle Li Jingsui.He chose to go out of Xunrunzhou, and he also had the idea of ​​avoiding the storm.

In recent years, the wind direction in Jinling has been extremely unfriendly to him, the crown prince.Before becoming a prince, because of the power of the country, this prince with martial arts achievements still won the hearts of some people.

But after being established as the prince, the flaws in his personality were magnified infinitely. He was strict, suspicious, low-level in politics, liked martial arts and disliked literature, and he couldn't get along well with ministers and colleagues, and couldn't coordinate with each other.As a result, more and more people began to miss the gentle and kind emperor Li Jingsui.

In the entire Jinling court, there was only one veteran of the two dynasties, Xiao Yan, who had always firmly supported Li Hongji.As for Han Xizai, he can only be regarded as a political ally against those scholars in the south of the Yangtze River who hold the idea of ​​partial security and surrender.

As for Li Hongji, naturally he would not look for problems in himself. He felt that his position was unstable and his ambitions were difficult to achieve, so he slowly shifted the fault to the emperor's uncle Li Jingsui and regarded him as a threat.

In fact, Li Hongji's choice to kill his uncle was really stupid.On the one hand, Li Jingsui had no intention at all, and retreated to protect himself, and his ambition has already been expressed, and he is very upright; on the other hand, he bears the notoriety of killing uncles, especially killing an uncle with a good reputation, how can he survive and keep his life? The identity of his heir?
No matter how high the ambition is, it can't be worth the word "work".

In December, Jinling was extremely cold. As a metropolis with a population of 12 people, it has always maintained a certain vitality.Although these years, the lives of the scholars and people in Jinling are not as easy as they were in the early years.However, since the new year is about to usher in, the atmosphere has improved a lot, no matter how sad the days are, it will not hinder the celebration of the festival.

In the Tang Palace, on the top of the beams of all the halls, there are still kisses on display to maintain the dignity of the "emperor". Of course, this dignity is just self-hypnosis and self-entertainment.In these years, whenever a Han envoy came to the south, Li Jing ordered them to be dismantled and all the illegal artifacts in the palace were hidden, so as not to be caught and give the Han court a chance to question them.

In the tortoise hall, the warm room is fragrant, the atmosphere is harmonious, and the applause is constant, but it is the Tang Lord Li Jing who writes another proud poem in the banquet room, which attracts compliments from the ministers and beauties who attend him.

The banquet was in full swing, and the servants came to report. Prime Minister Han Xizai asked to see him, and Li Jing immediately ordered, announce.

Soon, Han Xizai stepped into the hall, looked around the extravagant scenes in the hall, looked at Feng Yansi who was exchanging glasses with others, and then at Li Jing who was smiling, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and stepped forward to salute.

"Han Qing is here!" Li Jing was in high spirits, when he saw Han Xizai, he immediately said: "Come to the table, the house is full of guests today, there are many excellent works, you should enjoy and drink with me!"

Looking at the beautiful Gong'e, with a sweet smile, Han Xizai gently refused the glass of wine offered, and cupped his hands in response: "Your Majesty, I will not drink the wine for now. I am here because I have a military opportunity to report! "

Seeing Han Xizai's reaction, Li Jing's interest dropped a little, and he became a little more serious: "What's the matter? Tell me now!"

Han Xizai: "Your Majesty, Sichuan and Shu came to report that there was great chaos in Shu. After the Han army entered Shu, they extorted and plundered the subjects of Meng and Shu, spread charges widely, and embezzled people's property. As a result, the powerful and powerful in Shu fought against each other. By November , The rebellion against the Han army has reached 11 states, and the rebel army has more than 15 people!"

Because of the blockade by the Han army, the news of the Shu chaos was not discovered by the Southern Tang until this December, when the Shu chaos came to an end.

Hearing this, Li Jing's interest revived, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Really?"

Han Xizai nodded, "This news is the result of our country's secret agents, who worked hard to get it out! Now in the middle of Shu, the rebellion is imminent, and the Han army is even more urgent to put down the rebellion!"

Li Jing couldn't help laughing, an unrestrained, gloating laugh.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! If Sichuan and Shu are in chaos, the Northern Han Dynasty will be unable to look eastward, and I will be at peace!" Feng Yansi got up and said with a smile.

"The continuous rebellion in Sichuan and Shu shows that the Han army is unpopular. If you conquer with force, you must resist with force!" Some people echoed.

"Masters, let's raise our glasses together and applaud the righteous deeds of the people of Shu! Please!" Li Jing's spirit was lifted.

The performance of the monarchs and ministers present made Han Xizai a little helpless. He stood in the hall, his eyes flashed with anger and indisputable light, and his bitter expression was even more incompatible with the atmosphere in the hall.

"Getting this good news, why did Han Qing act like this?" Li Jing found out and couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, although Sichuan and Shu are chaotic, they are still a mob. With the strength of the Northern Han Dynasty, if there is no accident, it will be settled sooner or later. Sichuan and Shu are certain. The Han army's soldiers are pointing at us, and our dynasty will bear the brunt of it! Therefore, my minister I don't think it's a joy!" Han Xizai said in a deep voice.

Hearing his words, Li Jing felt a sense of disappointment. In recent years, Han Xizai has always been a disappointment. Although, some words, some remonstrances, he knew they were correct, but he just didn't want to listen to them, and he felt irritated.

With a downcast face, Li Jing asked, "According to Han Qing, what should I do? With the strength of the Northern Han Dynasty, what can I do?"

"Is it the Northern Expedition?" Li Jing's tone was somewhat mocking.

Facing Li Jingzhi's question, Han Xizai also remained silent. The current situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty is a dead end unless the chaos in the north resumes.

(End of this chapter)