Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 478
"Your Majesty, my lord has always served the Son of Heaven diligently and conscientiously, without any arrogance. My lord has served your majesty, just like my son serving my father, with respect and diligence, without any fault."

In the court hall, Shi Congyun listened to the nasty words of the peace envoy from the south of the Yangtze River, and thought to himself, what kind of son should serve his father, then Li Yu is three years older than me, how can he be his own son.

There are two envoys sent by the Southern Tang hastily to seek peace this time. One is the Minister of the South of the Yangtze River, Hanlin Bachelor, and Minister of the Ministry of Officials Xu Xuan.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is just an additional official, and the actual power is in the hands of the dispatcher who judges the Ministry of Officials. However, compared to his official position, this person is more famous in the cultural circle, and he is a well-known talent in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, Emperor Shi was not interested in his talents.

The other is a Taoist priest surnamed Zhou. I heard that he is eloquent and has a good relationship with Li Yu. He is a friend who often talks about scriptures and Taoism.

And Li Yu also likes to talk about scriptures and Taoism. It is said that he has studied Buddhist and Taoist classics, so this Taoist priest was also named a high-ranking official.

But when we arrived in Daliang, in the face of the imperial palace armed to the teeth, tall and powerful, and murderous, the Imperial Army, his mouth seemed to be unacceptable, unable to speak, and would only keep introducing Li Yu's handwriting to the emperor. letter.

In those letters, Li Yu repeatedly stated that as long as the Qin army stopped attacking and gave Jiangnan a way out, he was willing to abdicate immediately, go to the mountains to become a monk, and ignore political affairs.

Emperor Shi was almost amused by his statement. As worthy of being the son of a prince and general, he thought his identity was worth a lot. Their Li family claimed to be descendants of the Tang Dynasty royal family. He wouldn't think that he cared about his identity, would he? Subject to his abdication.

Emperor Shi shook his head, he really couldn't understand Li Yu's thinking.

And Xu Xuan over there is still working hard, saying that Li Yu is good, but he can bear the title of a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River. Facing Emperor Shi, the ministers with unkind faces and the swordsmen of the Forbidden Army on both sides of the hall, he has no stage fright at all. In the end, I summed it up in one sentence: "The lord of the country is respectful, prudent, conscientious, and serves His Majesty like a father and son. His Majesty's teacher comes from an unknown person. I pray for the retreat of the troops and the peace of the south of the Yangtze River.

The court has orders, His Majesty only needs to keep the edict, and the Jiangnan monarchs and ministers will do their best to obey His Majesty's will. "

Emperor Shi looked at his sophistry, and there were not many disturbances in his heart. In fact, before Liu Renshan's army and King Wuyue's army encircled the Jiangyin army, Li Yu wrote a letter to King Wuyue, explaining the truth of his lips and teeth, and hoped that Wuyue would not send troops to help Qin.

However, King Wuyue submitted the letter to Wang Shenqi after changing hands, and then it came to Emperor Shi's desk. Even without that letter, he would not listen to Jiangnan's rhetoric. Li Yu still didn't understand that this was not a matter of fame and fortune. It is not the etiquette dogma of the monarch, minister and father, and it cannot be applied to the legal principles of various schools born in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

The extermination of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the state policy of the Qin State, and it is the general trend of the world. He doesn't even understand this reason. Either he obediently submits like Wu Yue, or he is determined to resist desperately like the Northern Han Dynasty. Emperor Shi will look at him highly. When the army approached Jinling, he was still undecided. He could only say that it was no wonder someone compared him with Song Huizong.

Emperor Shi lowered his eyes to look at Xu Xuan, and said without thinking, "Since you said that Li Yu is my son, why didn't he come when I asked my son to come to the capital for a reunion? Isn't this an unfilial son?

If you want me to retreat, you can go back and tell Li Yu that he will come to Daliang to reunite with my father and son, and I will withdraw immediately. "

One sentence immediately made Xu Xuan speechless, and many ministers around covered their mouths and laughed, with strange expressions on their faces.

No matter how eloquent Xu Xuan was, he didn't know how to refute for a while, so he could only kneel down and beg silently, and refused to get up for a long time.

Emperor Shi didn't make things difficult for him, but said: "Get up, you can't solve the problem even if you kneel for a long time. ."

Xu Xuan was speechless, still unable to get up.

Seeing this, Shi Congyun said directly, "You have already done your duty as a courtier, and you don't belong to Lin Xiangru back then. The difference is that the Zhao State behind Lin Xiangru was originally as powerful as Qin State, so he can argue with reason and dare to Threatening the King of Qin, because Qin State did not dare to provoke Zhao State easily.

The Tang Kingdom behind you is weak and deceitful, so the honor and disgrace of the courtiers are given by the monarch, and the honor and disgrace of the monarch is determined by the strength of the country. The strength of your country lies there. Many things are not done by you alone, nor are you just saying a few words The words can be changed, you have tried your best, go back, and tell Li Yu that the world is one family now, and the general trend is the trend. If he knows the current affairs, he can die well. The kings of Shu, Beihan, Nanping, and Wuping are all living well in Daliang. "

Xu Xuan got up this time, with tears in his eyes, and said after bowing again: "Your Majesty is the Holy Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the old minister is going back to Jiangnan."

Without further delay, he left with the trembling Taoist priest who had been in a dazed state.

This mission to seek summation did not achieve any results.

Emperor Shi also ordered that as the year was approaching, all localities should ensure sufficient supplies for the four-way army in the war, such as meat and eggs.

Then they turned their attention to the north again, and ordered the four artillery battalions originally stationed in Heyang to be sent to Guanbei and called to Murong Yanzhao.

In this way, the imperial army in Guanbei reached about 5000 people. Murong Yanzhao led the two kings to go north to respond to the selection of the Liao Kingdom. He could also bring ten artillery battalions at the same time, ensuring at least two to three hundred field artillery Can handle an accident.

Yelu Xiezhen, Gao Xun and others rode their horses through the muddy road of the camp. After being trampled by the horses and horses, there was another light snowfall, which made the knife paths in the camp extremely muddy.

After a while, the tall and burly Yelu Xiezhen rode over, "Stay behind, Privy Gao, all the troops have assembled, a total of more than 1000 people, and the Imperial Army from the South Court should be deployed in the northeast to protect the nobles."

Speaking of the nobleman, the three of them tacitly understood that the current situation in the court is not clear, the status of the nobleman is there, and he needs elite soldiers to protect him.

In the distance, a large number of soldiers are continuously gathering in the big camp. The troops from various departments are reporting in the big tent of the Chinese army, registering the number of people, and there are large flags on the other side of the woods in the distance. After the woods is a small river. Thousands of horses were there to drink the river water, which was originally small, until the river bed was exposed.

The more than 1000 people that Yelu Xiezhen said will only be more, eating, drinking and lazing are not a small number, but if you can save tens of thousands of livestock because of one gathering, it is totally worth it, not to mention that most of the gatherings this time are from the South Courtyard People and horses, they also want to take this opportunity to practice in case of emergency.

"Do you think Shi Congyun will back down?" Xiao Siwen was still a little nervous. In the previous two big defeats, he was captured by Shi Congyun once. He was deeply impressed and couldn't get rid of it. Some scared.

"He will. Although Shi Congyun is lustful, he is a person who does great things. According to the news from the south, they have more than [-] troops in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to stabilize the situation, he will definitely give in." Yelu Xiezhen said.

Gao Xun looked happy, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "These cattle and sheep are not limited to our south courtyard, the north produces the most. If they can be kept, it will be a great fortune."

The three looked at each other and smiled, and said no more.

Gao Xun, the privy envoy of the Southern Court, said curiously: "Xiao Liushou, where is your pro-army?"

"My eldest daughter, Hu Nian, has assembled and led them to patrol the south to spy on the Qin army's movements. She wanted to dance spears and sticks since she was a child, and as soon as she heard about it, she took over. I originally wanted to marry her. However, the situation is sensitive recently, and we need to wait for the nobleman's affairs."

Everyone nodded and smiled happily: "It's really a hero among women." Compared with the Han people, Khitan women have many things to lead soldiers. At the beginning, their founding queen founded one of the most elite forbidden troops in the Daliao Kingdom. There are also many things about the husband's family or the soldiers and horses of the same family.

Xiao Hunian was well-known around Nanjing for his proficiency in bowing and horses, so Gao Xun, as the privy envoy of the Southern Court, managed the military, but he had no objection to this matter.

Firstly, they were the Xiao family's private soldiers, and secondly, his uncle, Xiao Hunian, had been in Youzhou for so many years, and he really noticed Xiao Hunian's abilities.

What they did was to assemble a large army and approach the border of Qin State, but it was not for the purpose of attacking. They were not so bold just to attack Qin State with troops from the South Court.

They knew that Qin State was fighting in the south, and the main force was in the south, so they wanted to take this opportunity to negotiate with Qin State and leave many tributes to Qin State's livestock as the property of the South Court to accumulate strength for future events.

(End of this chapter)