The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 160 The traitor king conspires to usurp the great rule and the young emperor surrenders the country ([-])

The little eunuch didn't hear Li Huan's answer, so he thought his voice was too low, so he raised his voice again, and repeated: "Your Majesty, the army of the Song Dynasty is now pressing down on the border, but you have not ordered to send troops for a long time. Your lords can't hold back anymore. , gathered in front of the main hall before dawn this morning, so you must give them an answer!"

Li Huan frowned, and said impatiently: "I know, you call Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang in, and the rest let them go! If anyone dares to gather in the palace without my permission in the future, I will Must have his head!"

The little eunuch gasped in fright, and murmured in a low voice: "The new emperor is much more domineering than the first emperor. He opened his mouth to tell the ministers to go away, and even wanted their heads. Miscellaneous families must be careful in the future, or one day they will say If you make a mistake, you will definitely lose your life!"

The little eunuch was muttering, and was about to go out when he heard Li Huan's voice again from the hall.The voice at this time was more majestic than before, and there was a hint of murderous intent, "Huh? What are you muttering about? Hurry up and do according to my will, or I will kill your head now!"

If the first emperor said this sentence, he was probably trying to scare him, but the new emperor Qu Yue who said this sentence was a murderous emperor without blinking an eye.He has killed countless relatives, friends, and fierce enemies in half his life, and killing a little eunuch at this moment is tantamount to crushing an ant to him.Hearing this, the little eunuch was trembling all over, dripping with cold sweat, so he didn't dare to stay for a while, and ran towards the golden palace in a frenzy.

Soon, the little eunuch led Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang back to the bedroom in a trot.At this time, not to mention the fear of the little eunuch, even confidantes like Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang were trembling. Hundred officials are often afraid of him like a tiger.

The little eunuch knocked lightly on the door, his voice trembling, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the miscellaneous family invited the two generals here, and the others were also driven away by the miscellaneous ministers. Look..."

Before the little eunuch finished speaking, Li Huan said coldly: "Let them in!"

Wang Shaozuo and Jiang Juwang glanced at each other, boldly pushed open the door, walked slowly to the dragon couch, and bowed respectfully to Li Huan, "The last general will see Your Majesty!"

Li Huan looked at the two of them, and said slowly: "Do you guys know why I let them all go away, but you two are the only ones here?"

Wang Shaozuo was afraid that he would misunderstand the sacred meaning, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, although I, Qu Yue, stand in the southwest and stand against all other countries in the world, I am still a vassal state of the Song State. Although you have been proclaimed emperor, you have not yet entered the Song State. Canonization, so you asked us to come, do you want us to go to the Song Kingdom for you to ask for the title?"

Jiang Juwang glared at Wang Shaozuo, and said unhappily: "Nonsense! I, Qu Yue, have a strong army now, and His Majesty has the talents of the world, and the Song State is aggressively attacking the world. Why should we recognize this sovereign country again? Why don't we break up with the Song State from now on? I, Qu Yue, will never listen to anyone's mercy!"

Li Huan glanced at the two with satisfaction, with an appreciative smile on the corner of his mouth, "Haha, what the two generals said is very much in line with my wishes! Although General Wang guessed my order correctly, but General Jiang's guess is the one in my heart." what I want."

Wang Shaozuo was robbed by Jiang Juwang just now, and he was a little dissatisfied. He was about to refute, but was interrupted by Li Huan's words, so he couldn't understand: "Your Majesty, since you don't want to recognize Song as the main country, why go there again?" Please seal it? The mystery of this, I really can't figure it out, I hope His Majesty will clarify it."

Li Huan laughed and said: "When I send you as envoys to Song State, I don't need to ask my old man Zhao Guangyi to canonize me as the lord of Quyue, nor do I need to persuade them to withdraw their troops. I just want you to see a few people."

Jiang Juwang wondered, "Who are you looking at? Does Your Majesty still have friends in the Song Dynasty, or does the Song Dynasty have my Qu Yue's eyeliner hidden in the Song Dynasty?"

Li Huan shook his head slightly, "No, I want you to see if Cao Bin, Pan Mei and other generals are in the court. If they are not there, we must strengthen our guard and wait for them. If they are still in the capital, Qu Yue will have nothing to do." Worry!"

Jiang Juwang said in a puzzled way: "Your Majesty, although the last general has heard the names of these famous generals of the Song Kingdom for a long time, he doesn't know any of them. How can he tell who is Pan Mei and which is Cao Bin?"

Li Huan laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this? There are portraits of the generals of the Song Dynasty in my palace, and I will send people to send their portraits to your two people's residence in a short while. I will give you three days, and you must memorize each of them. A face, if there is something wrong, come and see it!"

After half a month, it will be deep winter.

The weather in Quyue does not change much throughout the year. It is always warm, but it is slightly hotter, and it is slightly warmer than Xuanying.On the other hand, Bianliang, the capital city of the Great Song Dynasty, had very distinct seasons, and it would be even more unbearable to encounter the scorching heat or severe cold once every few years.

This year's winter in Bianliang is extremely cold, thousands of miles are covered with ice and snow, the world is desolate and chilling, and the palace is much colder than previous winters.Rao was Zhao Guangyi sitting in the imperial study with the doors and windows closed. There was still a large charcoal fire burning in the room, and his hands were still shaking slightly when reviewing the memorials.

Zhao Guangyi was about to get up and go to the stove to warm his hands, but suddenly he was attracted by a memorial in front of him. He seemed a little puzzled, and couldn't help but "Huh?"Then he picked up the memorial from the Long Shu table, read it carefully several times, and then slowly put it down.

This memorial was submitted by the privy envoy Cao Bin, who reported to Zhao Guangyi in detail that Qu Yue sent envoys to ask for the seal.This incident was normal, but at this time, the cunning Zhao Guangyi smelled a conspiracy through the memorial.

Zhao Guangyi thought for a while and said, "Ji'en, come over and read this memorial."

Wang Jien was standing by the stove at the moment, constantly fanning the fire with a cattail fan, for fear that the fire would go out accidentally and Zhao Guangyi would suffer from the wind and cold.Hearing this, he hurriedly stopped, walked quickly to Zhao Guangyi's side, and took the memorial written by Cao Bin with both hands.

He quickly read the content of this memorandum, thought about it seriously, and said: "Officials, this memorandum says that Emperor Ding Xuan of Quyue will send someone to my Song Dynasty to ask for his title. But still From the perspective of the general public, this is definitely not Ding Xuan's intention, but the Vice Wang Li Huan's doing. Li Huan is cunning by nature, so the envoys sent to the court are most likely fake, and the real thing is to spy on my court!"

Zhao Guangyi smiled, "Ji'en, Ji'en, you are really an old fox, no matter what schemes and tricks can escape your eyes. Then in your opinion, how should I treat this matter?"

Wang Jien said: "Officials and miscellaneous scholars think that you should write a letter to temporarily transfer Pan Mei and Yang Ye back to Beijing, and send someone to inform Cao Bin, Gao Huaide and other famous generals that Qu Yue's envoys must gather in the Chuigong Hall when they come to court. Li Huan will not dare to act rashly if he comes to show off his majesty."

Zhao Guangyi shook his head, "Ji'en, I just said you are smart, how did you become so stupid? If you come to envoys and see that all the famous generals of the Song Dynasty are in Bianliang, they will think that my border gate is useless, and Li Huan will not restrain himself. Instead Zhiyong, Jiao, and Ning prefectures don’t have generals guarding them, and most of the troops in the attacking Yue army are nameless people, and they will become even more rampant!”

Wang Jien nodded, "The officials are sages, and the miscellaneous families were confused for a while. It's a pity that Pan Mei guards the Yanmen Pass and cannot be easily transferred, and Cao Bin is too busy training troops to spare. Entrust him with a heavy responsibility. Otherwise, send a few generals to go out, and flattening Qu Yue is nothing more than a search for something."

Zhao Guangyi said: "The current plan is to prevent all famous generals from going to court on the day when Qu Yue's envoy arrives, so as to avoid being exposed by Li Huankan."

Wang Jien pinched his fingers to count the days, and then said: "Officials, Qu Yue's envoys will arrive in Bianliang in three to five days at most. The miscellaneous family will go to various government offices to pass orders to let the famous generals leave the city for a while. We must not let Li Huan's trickery succeed."

Zhao Guangyi waved his hand and sighed, "Oh, you can go."

Perhaps only Wang Jien can understand what Zhao Guangyi's sigh represents, and only he can feel the helplessness of the monarch and ministers from this sigh.There are obviously so many generals with both civil and military skills and outstanding military exploits in the ruling and opposition parties, but not only cannot send them to the battlefield, but also let them take refuge temporarily when envoys from other countries come. The greatest sorrow for the king is nothing more than this...

(End of this chapter)