Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 466 North and South
"What's new in the north?" Shi Congyun asked.

To the west of the Long Live Hall, in the study of the Son of Heaven, Emperor Shi is meeting with Wang Zhong alone, and he reports to Wu Desi every month as usual. "Youzhou has recruited a new spy, a businessman from the city. He helps us to resell things from the south to make a fortune in Youzhou." Wang Zhongdao, "Would such a person be unreliable?"

Emperor Shi shook his head: "Those who can be bought are also easy to control, and it is better to inquire about the news, and it is better for him to make a lot of money. Such a person has enough money, and maybe his parents can sell it, let alone a little news.

It doesn't hurt if it is exposed, such unimportant characters can buy more, confuse the public, and protect important spies, but you must not reveal any core secrets to them. "

"Promise!" Wang Zhong cupped his hands, and then said: "The Liao army captured one of us, and we also captured two of the Liao army. They said they wanted to replace them."

"It's up to you to decide."

Wang Zhong nodded. When a spy is caught, it usually ends badly.

Last year, one of their spies in the Liao Kingdom was exposed and was skinned and executed, and the Liao spies they caught did not have a good end.

"Can I get the picture scriptures of Jiangnan at Wangjiang Tower?" Shi Congyun asked.

Wang Zhong shook his head: "It's a bit difficult. Zhang Yongfu just sent a letter two days ago. The illustrated scriptures are a secret of the Tang Dynasty. They are only available in the palace and cannot be obtained outside."

Shi Congyun nodded, "Let's think of another way."

In autumn, the South Bank of Dajiang is golden, the land of fish and rice, and the land of abundance, ushering in another bumper harvest.

But before that, there were some disturbances in the court.

A month ago, Zhu Lingyun, the general of Nandu Zhennan Army, made a statement saying that Lin Renzhao, who was staying in Nandu, transferred troops without permission, and transferred the Zhennan Army northward to Jiujiang and other places without consulting the imperial court. Master, was scolded by Lin Renzhao and threatened with a knife.

Li Yu, the lord of the country, was very angry, and asked the privy envoy Chen Qiao whether this happened, and whether the Privy Council had issued an order to dispatch troops.

Because since learning the lessons of the Tang Dynasty, after more than a hundred years of turmoil, all countries are afraid of the chaos of the feudal towns, and finally formed a new set of military management mechanisms. If foreign generals want to transfer troops on a large scale, they need the consent of the Privy Council, and the transfer orders are given to The ruler of the country will add the seal and send it on.

The Zhennan Army has 6 or [-] people, and it is not a trivial matter to dispatch.

Apparently Li Yu was furious that he had never seen any memorials for the deployment of troops. Either the Privy Council issued a military order without authorization and concealed him, or Lin Renzhao had no law and made his own decisions.

Now that the matter has come to this point, the Privy Council envoy Chen Qiao did not dare to be negligent, and immediately disregarded the relationship, saying that their Privy Council had never issued any military order recently, and that all officials from the Privy Council and the officials of the Ministry of War could testify.

At this moment, everything fell on Lin Renzhao.

The lord Li Yu immediately sent someone to Nandu to find out the situation.

A few days later, the censor came back, together with Lin Renzhao requesting to dispatch the army, explaining the importance of Jiujiang.

The censor did not see Lin Renzhao in the Southern Capital. He was in Wuchang and did not return to the Southern Capital. However, he also confirmed the report of Zhu Lingyun and others that Lin Renzhao was indeed planning to transfer the Zhennan Army to Jiujiang without authorization.

This time, the crimes were confirmed, and before the memorandum arrived, the Privy Council hadn't approved it, and the lord of the country had sealed it, Lin Renzhao had already dispatched troops without authorization.

The ruler of the country was furious, and came down to dismiss Lin Renzhao pending trial, and sent the censor to escort Lin Renzhao to Beijing, and then ordered Zhu Lingyun to take over the Zhennan Army Jiedu envoy to guard the southern capital.

Order the army to immediately withdraw from Jiujiang, Wuchang and other places, and defend the southern capital.

Under a series of orders, Chen Qiao and the others from the Privy Council felt that it was inappropriate, because the west river defense would be empty, and besides Lin Renzhao, they couldn't think of anyone else who could guard Wuchang.

However, with the fall of Lin Renzhao, many people immediately fell into trouble, took advantage of the opportunity, and impeachment memorials continued everywhere.

Among them, they also took the opportunity to impeach the Privy Council for conniving foreign generals. As a result, the privy envoy Chen Qiao and others, knowing that this arrangement was inappropriate, did not dare to say a word because of the anger of the lord.

And the king didn't understand military affairs
The impeachment of Lin Renzhao can be described as a variety of tricks, the most outrageous of which is speculation. For example, Jiangning Prefecture Yin Shangshu said that Lin Renzhao had asked for [-] elite soldiers to retake Huainan when the Qin army was in Shu.

But looking at it now, it is very likely that he was not going to seize the land, maybe he wanted to lead troops to surrender. After all, the Qin army is strong, and he is a man who has no law and doesn't take the king seriously.

This almost forced Lin Renzhao to his death.

In Wangjiang Tower, Chen Qiao sat opposite his old friend Xu Xuan, with annoyed expression on his face: "I killed him."

Xu Xuan didn't answer, and only whispered: "I found out some news, Jiang Ning's governor took money from Huangfu's family."

"Huangfu's family?" Chen Qiao nodded. "I understand. The commanding officer of the guards is Huangfu Jixun. If Lin Renzhao dies, I'm afraid there will be a lot of space left, and their idiots will be eyeing them."

"It can't be entirely Chen Gong's fault, General Lin is too reckless."

Chen Qiao shook his head. He knew what was going on in his heart. The lord of the country only likes romantic affairs and rarely cares about military affairs. So in the past, as long as the approval of their Privy Council was sent up, the lord of the country almost didn't look at it, and sent it back with a seal as usual, and then executed it. Can.

Because of this, he felt that Lin Renzhao was more insightful in military matters than he was, so as long as Lin Renzhao's memorials reached the Privy Council, he would almost always approve them and hand them over for affixing a seal.

Over time, Lin Renzhao and the Privy Council had a tacit understanding, because military dispatch often takes time to prepare, so after he was sent to the shuffle, he could prepare directly, because there was no situation where he would be rejected by the Privy Council.

When the approval comes back, the preparatory work has just been done, and the transfer can be done directly.

They have been like this for the past few years, but now they are being caught
Chen Qiao knew in her heart that Zhu Lingyun, Huangfu Jixun and others must have come prepared to seize this shortcoming to bring down Lin Renzhao, but he had no way of doing it. If he was not careful, the Privy Council would also be involved.

"I will try my best to move around, just to survive." Xu Xuan finally comforted.

Chen Qiao thanked him solemnly, then looked at the north bank of the river outside the railing: "I am worried not only about Lin Liushou's safety, but also about the north side.

In the past few years, every winter, I can't sleep well. "

"Is Jiangning too cold?" the old friend asked.

Chen Qiao stood up, shook her head, and looked north while stroking the railing: "Because if we want to cross the Yangtze River from the north, we will definitely launch an attack when the river is dry in winter."

Xu Xuan was speechless for a moment.

In the following time, the imperial court began to deal with Lin Renzhao. After several inspections, Lin Renzhao confessed that the dismissal basically did not run away, and the key was whether he could save his life.

There are different debates in the court. Some people say that deceiving the emperor and ignoring the laws of the country should be punished.

There are also a few people, such as Xu Xuan, Chen Qiao and others, who suggested that Lin Renzhao is still very talented and can be removed from his official position and demoted to the common people.

However, the lord of the country was very angry about this matter, and most people felt that Lin Renzhao deserved to die, so the lord of the country also preferred to execute Lin Renzhao.

Just when Chen Qiao and the others felt powerless and Lin Renzhao was doomed.

In autumn, a shocking news came from the north.

Emperor Shi Congyun of the Northern Qin State ordered to disband the Shenhuo Army, the ace unit of the Qin Imperial Guards.

When the news reached Jiangnan, no one believed it. After all, the Shenhuo Army was the main force of the Qin Army, and everyone knew that Shi Congyun's trump card had gone through so many wars.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, there were more and more rumors, and soon the news was confirmed.

For a while, the Southern Tang Dynasty Hall was like a pot being exploded, and many people were faintly suppressed in their hearts.

Shi Congyun disbanded his ace unit by himself, why?
There must be a major event in this. Could it be that there was a mutiny in Qin?Or is it that there is trouble within the Qin State, and someone wants to seize power?

Various speculations continued, but all of them really made the emperors and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty very happy, because it means that they are safer in the south of the Yangtze River. The more chaotic the Qin State, the more internal accidents, the safer they are!

After the news was confirmed, the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty was filled with joy, like a festival.

Chen Qiao seized this opportunity and asked for a private meeting when the lord was in a good mood, and proposed to the lord Li Yu not to kill Lin Renzhao, but to let him listen.

Qin State disbanded the main force of the Imperial Army, and it is very likely that there were internal turmoil within them. Thinking about the Central Plains countries such as Liang, Tang, Han, and Zhou over the past few decades, maybe Qin State will follow in their footsteps and fall apart.

If that is the case, the general must be kept in the future to take advantage of the chaos and go north to take land, regain Huainan, and even restore the situation in the Tang Dynasty.

These remarks deeply touched Li Yu's heart. First, Southern Tang claimed to be a descendant of the Tang Dynasty and was determined to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty. Second, he was in a good mood recently, and he felt that Lin Renzhao was not a crime that must be killed.

So Li Yu ordered Lin Renzhao's death penalty to be circumvented, and he was not completely demoted to a commoner. Instead, he stayed in Jiujiang and became a commander of the local Xiang army as a punishment.

The original Zhennan Army was completely taken over by Zhu Lingyun.

The disbandment of the Shenhuo Army temporarily relieved many people in Jiangnan, but they also paid more attention to the situation in the north.

Daliang, winter is coming soon, the weather is very cold, Emperor Shi often finds his wives in different places to report to the group to keep warm, the friction generates heat, and the small life is not bad.

However, he really underestimated the consequences of disbanding the Shenhuo Army. It is not only an internal problem of the Shenhuo Army, but also because of this disbandment, some people in the country have panicked, thinking that there will be another mutiny or something. He even left Daliang and went to Luoyang.

After all, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms had just gone through, and there were too many mutinies, and the common people were a little bit like a ghost, but fortunately, this situation didn't last long.

Another year passed like this, and in spring, everything came back to life, and the flowers bloomed. Zhao Shijian, Zhou Xian, Fu Liumei and Mrs. Huarui were all pregnant one after another, and this time even Xiao Huanghua was pregnant.

In addition, Zhou Yuying is also pregnant, which makes Emperor Shi feel that he is not a human being, but someone else.

But thinking about the current world, he felt that it was nothing, there were many people who were more beastly than him.

He also changed Zhou Yuying's name to Zhou Nvying, because Zhou Xian's name was Ehuang, and her sister was called Nvying. Isn't that Ehuang Nvying?

For this name change, not only in the harem, but also in the court hall, many people complimented him with the allusion of Ehuang and Nvying, saying that he is more virtuous than Yao and Shun.

Emperor Shi was very dissatisfied with this, so why is Yao and Shun as wise as him?Of course he wouldn't say that, he just felt it in his heart.

Another year has begun, but this year is very different. The whole army is very busy.

Because of the Privy Council, the senior officials of the two armies knew that this year they would launch a war of annihilation against the Southern Tang Dynasty.

After several meetings and discussions, everyone finally set the date of sending troops to be after the autumn harvest.

Because it happened to be the beginning of winter at that time, it did not delay the autumn harvest, and it happened to catch up with the dry season of the river, which was very beneficial for fighting Jiangnan.

The preparations for dispatching troops are almost the same in all aspects. At the beginning of the year, Zhao Kuangyin from Yangzhou went to the evacuation again, saying that last year Yangzhou had a good harvest and the logistics preparations were more adequate.

Then, in March, after about half a year of rectification, all military-level units were equipped with artillery barracks, which were directly commanded and dispatched by the commander of the military capital.

The Shenhuo Army only pays attention to Huozhi, with a staff of about 2000 people, responsible for the training and training of artillery.

Of course, the situation that the Shenhuo Army was worried about did not happen, because wherever the artillery went, it was a baby bump, and all armies took good care of it. After all, one artillery battalion could save many lives.

Especially in siege battles and siege battles, this is like no one will offend the doctor accompanying the army, it is a matter of life and death.

The internal war is well prepared, and the external diplomatic deceit continues.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, Emperor Shi first hypocritically wrote a letter to Xiao Siwen of Liao, asking about his daughter's condition, and urging him to send Xiao Chuo to him as soon as possible.

Then he sent an edict of condolences to Jiangnan, and the lines also hinted that the filial piety for the festival should be sent quickly. It is almost the same as in previous years, and there is no change.

Nan Tangguo was very sensible and quickly sent a gift.

Emperor Shi happily wrote a letter to praise them, and later learned from Wu Desi Wangjiang Tower's spies that there were rumors in the Southern Tang Dynasty that the Qin State had disbanded the Shenhuo Army, and there was something wrong internally.

After discussing with several prime ministers, Shi Congyun keenly realized that this could be used.

So he deliberately wrote in his reply to Nantang that there were family matters to be dealt with in the north, and Jiangnan could live in peace as long as he kept his own place, which made Jiangnan more convinced that there were some problems within Qin that needed to be dealt with, and he had no time to deal with them.

Later, Emperor Shi ordered that in May, Lu Duoxun, Qin's envoy in the south of the Yangtze River, be recalled.

Lu Duoxun went to Jiangnan last year, responsible for monitoring Jiangnan and appeasing the Jiangnan monarchs, in case they pay too much attention to the north and detect the preparations in the north.

Lu Duoxun's mission was accomplished beautifully. According to reports, he got along very well with the monarchs and officials of the Tang Dynasty in Jiangnan. , As long as he keeps himself safe, Qin will not have the illusion of crossing the river to attack Jiangnan.

You must know that it is very necessary to grasp the scale, and it is difficult to be convincing if it is passed or not in place, and Luderson has done it.

(End of this chapter)