Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 72: Two Strategies of the Southern Tang Dynasty (Special thanks to book friend Sansheng Yanhuo Q I for your monthly ticket!)

Feng Mi already had the answer in his mind, but he couldn't express it clearly. He said:

"Your Majesty, although Lord Yelujing of the Liao Dynasty is still in his prime, in recent years he has indulged in drinking and hunting, and his temper has become increasingly violent, and he often kills his attendants.

I think the best candidate for the princess for marriage in the Tang Dynasty is someone who can bear the humiliation and bear the heavy burden and puts the country of the Tang Dynasty first. "

Li Yu, a smart person, immediately thought of a candidate.

Li Yu nodded and said:
"Feng Aiqing, let me consider this matter for a few days."

After Feng Mi exited the Ziji Hall, Li Yu left the main hall and headed towards the "Bundish Foot Tower" in the harem.

The Queen of the Zhou Dynasty lived in this hall.

When Li Yu walked into the palace, the Empress Zhou was playing with the 2-year-old second prince Li Zhongxuan, accompanied by her personal eunuchs and maids.

After the ceremony, Li Yu sat down and played with the Queen Zhou and the second prince for a while.

Seeing Li Yu's hesitant expression, the Queen of the Zhou Dynasty asked the eunuchs and maids to carry the second prince Li Zhongxuan to the garden to play.

The personal eunuch arranged several plates of exquisite side dishes and a jug of wine, and placed them on the small table in front of the two of them for Li Yu and the Queen of Zhou to drink.

After Li Zhongxuan and others left, Queen Zhou asked:

"Your Majesty, what's bothering you? You might as well talk to me about it. Although I can't be of much help, your Majesty may feel more at ease if you tell me."

Li Yu sighed:

“The windlass in Jinjing is late, and the few trees are startling autumn.

Queen, since I had you, everything has been fine. Why don't you worry about the great Zhou Dynasty in the land of tigers and wolves?
Emperor Guo Zongxun of the Great Zhou Dynasty recently implemented the ban on the Jiedushi system in his country, and achieved unexpected success!
Seeing that the great Zhou Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, I and Feng Shangshu discussed it for a while. We are both worried that Guo Zongxun, who will soon clean up the internal forces, will raise an army to conquer the Tang Dynasty. Alas! "

The Queen of the Zhou Dynasty sighed. She really knew nothing about these military and state affairs, so she had to comfort Li Yu and said:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Feng Shangshu is a veteran of two dynasties. He will surely think of a good strategy for your Majesty to protect the country."

Li Yu nodded and said:
“The queen is right as she expected.

Feng Shangshu did come up with two good strategies for me, but both of them cost me a lot of money to be possible in the Tang Dynasty.

Alas, talking about these military and national affairs makes me upset. Can't all countries live in harmony and live their own lives? "

After the Great Zhou Dynasty, she was extremely weak in nature, so she sighed after hearing this.

Li Yu quickly held the delicate hand of the Queen of Zhou and said:

"I shouldn't have told you this and made you worry.

The queen has given birth to two royal sons for me, which is very hard. It is important to take care of yourself. "

A few days later, Li Yu summoned his sister Li Fangyi at the "Feihong Bridge" in the palace.

After Li Yu came to the throne in the second year of Kaixi, he, who was weak in character, sympathized with the situation of his sister Li Fangyi and was much tolerant of her.

Not only was a larger palace arranged for Li Fangyi and her daughter to live, but their monthly salary was also increased.

After the ceremony, Li Yu explained the situation to Li Fangyi in detail and said:
"I serve the Great Zhou Weijin because I am afraid that the Great Zhou Emperor Guo Zongxun is ambitious and wants to conquer the Tang Dynasty in the near future. The Tang Dynasty has to make plans early.

Sister Yi, you are also nineteen years old this year and have reached the age where you should get married.

In the past few years, I have asked you about the children of several ministers' families, but you have refused, thinking that you do not want to marry with the dignity of a princess.

Sister Yi has been working hard for the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and she has always understood the general outline. The Liao Dynasty was a major country in the world, and its military strength was still higher than that of the Zhou Dynasty.

If I want to send people to Luoyang of the Great Zhou Dynasty to rebel against Wang Quanbin, it will be quite dangerous and it will be difficult to shake the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How about I give the wedding sister and the Lord of Liao Yelujing so that we, the Tang Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty can become a married country and help each other. , then the Great Zhou Dynasty would not dare to look down upon our country. "Li Fangyi thought of the rumors that Yelujing was addicted to wine and had a violent temper. Although she knew that the marriage between the two countries was of great significance to the preservation of the Tang Dynasty, it was related to her life happiness, so she naturally did not want to marry him. At the same time, Zhang Yong flashed in her heart. The figure comes.

Li Fangyi said:

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Liao, Yelujing, indulges in drinking and hunting, and often ignores state affairs.

In the sixth year of Xiande's reign, Emperor Guo Rong of Zhou Dynasty made a northern expedition to Youzhou. Ministers of the Liao Kingdom reported to Yelujing that he was hunting in the mountains and ignored him, sitting back and watching the three states be lost.

Such a foolish king, I am afraid that even if I marry him, I am afraid that it will not be of much help to our country, the Tang Dynasty.

Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my troops from the "Imperial City Division" of the Tang Dynasty to Luoyang, and I will definitely instigate Wang Quanbin, the governor of Heyang, the Great Zhou Dynasty. "

Li Yu also knew that the imperial sister did not want to marry Yelujing, who was a faint king, so he immediately sighed:

"That's fine. Our royal family in the Tang Dynasty are all poets and poets, so we have no choice but to do this. I don't want Yimei to marry the fatuous and greedy Yelujing.

In the past few days, Yi Mei had made preparations as soon as possible, and immediately led the "Imperial City Division" warriors to set off for the Luoyang Mansion of the Great Zhou Dynasty. "

Heyang Jiedu Prefecture has jurisdiction over the three prefectures of Huaizhou, Shaanzhou and Ruzhou, and its administrative location is Luoyang Prefecture. Qianzhou, separated from Yongxing Jiedu Prefecture in the middle, is connected to the border of Hou Shu.

In August of the fourth year of Kaixi, Chai Zongxun was in peace with the ministers headed by Li Tao and Wang Zhu, who were busy arranging officials and garrisons to take over the more than 30 large Zhou state capitals that were originally the land of the Jiedushi.

The appointment of more than 200 state and county chiefs this time made Chai Zongxun, Li Tao, Wang Zhu and others think hard.

In the end, more than 60 people with good political achievements among the Jinshi in the first year of Kaixi and more than 70 newly admitted Jinshi in May of the fourth year of Kaixi were selected to serve. The remaining more than 80 official positions were taken from the existing ones. Selected from among the ministers of the DPRK.

After these officials rushed to more than thirty newly established state capitals, they would immediately vigorously implement Emperor Chai Zongxun's new agricultural and commercial policies.

After this arrangement, almost all of the 220,000 troops in the Forbidden Army Palace Division and the Guards and Military Division were sent to garrison the newly established state capitals respectively. Only 10,000 troops each were left in Bianjing, led by Li Chongjin and Commander Han Tong guarded the capital together with the two emperor's personal armies, the "Long Xiang Army" and the "Long Xiang Guard".

The returning German army also dispatched 3 troops to guard the various states, leaving only 3 troops in Zhang Yongde to garrison the three prefectures of Ying, Mo and Yi in Youzhou to defend the Liao Kingdom.

Chai Zongxun couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that he had finally completely tamed the "big trouble" of the Forbidden Army left over from his father's reign.

In order to appease Han Tong, Li Chongjin, and Zhang Yongde, Chai Zongxun increased the number of households in the settlements of Han Tong, Li Chongjin, and Zhang Yongde, from the previous two thousand to three thousand.

Han Tong was originally loyal to Emperor Chai Zongxun, but Li and Zhang were convinced on the surface no matter what they thought in their hearts.

In the afternoon of September 6, Chai Zongxun summoned Han Hui and Zhang Yong in Chongzheng Hall.

After seeing the ceremony, Chai Zongxun said:

"Now I have brought all the state capitals of our Zhou Dynasty under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and have begun to vigorously promote the new agricultural and commercial policies.

In the future, the "Long Xiang Army" must train diligently and be ready at any time to quell the rebellion of the remnants of the noble families in various states.

The "Longxiang Guards" will strengthen the supervision of officials across the country and identify those officials who violate the law, corrupt and harm the people one by one and punish them severely! "

Han Hui and Zhang Yong both bowed to the promise and said:
"I will live up to His Majesty's holy wishes and carry out His Majesty's will to the fullest!"

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:

“At present, the work of accepting officials sent by the former Jiedushi prefectures and the imperial court is progressing smoothly, but Heyang Jiedushi Wang Quanbin has pushed back three times and blocked four things.

This person has lived through the Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou dynasties. He has always been famous for his outstanding martial arts and unruly nature. He was greedy for money and violent. He had some friendship with Zhao Ni in the army before, or he may have had a quarrel with him!

I want you to be prepared to put down the rebellion of Heyang Jiedushi Wang Quanbin. Zhang Yong will take the elite "Longxiang Guards" to Heyang Jiedu Mansion today to find out Wang Quanbin's true movements! "

(End of this chapter)