Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Father" Wei Xu asked, "Is this Li Yun a loyal minister?"

"Not at all. This person was arrogant and domineering when he was Emperor Shizong of Zhou, and he didn't even look down on the emperor. He and another general Li Chongjin both wanted to be emperors, but they were not supported by anyone, and they didn't get a favorable opportunity. Seeing The soldiers supported Taizu as emperor, and they were dissatisfied and unwilling to surrender, so they tried to find a way to contact Li Chongjin, Northern Han, Hou Shu and others to rebel together."

"Do they have many soldiers?"

"There are a lot of soldiers and horses. Li Yun was unwilling to surrender. This was known to Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty, so he secretly contacted him and promised to help him raise troops to attack Taizu, but Li Shoujie, the son of Li Yun, persuaded him to surrender. The father and son Opinions differed, and upon learning of this, the Taizu named Li Shoujie the envoy of the imperial city to find out Li Yun's intentions, and Li Yun also took the opportunity to send his son Li Shoujie to Beijing to listen to the court's movements."

"Did Grandpa Taizu arrest Li Shoujie and threaten Li Yun?"

"No." Defang shook his head, "Taizu didn't detain him, but let him go back."

"He's about to rebel, why don't you let him go?"

"This is the greatness of Taizu," Defang said. "Taizu only said one word, and Li Shoujie was so frightened that he kowtowed and bowed his head."

"Father, what did Grandpa Taizu say? So powerful."

"Li Shoujie walked into the hall, and before he bowed down, Emperor Taizu said: Prince, why did you come here?"

"Prince?" Wei Xian frowned, "Why is he a prince?"

"Xian'er, it was Emperor Taizu who frightened him. As soon as he called Prince Li Shoujie, he frightened him on the spot. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying that his father was confused for a while, and asked for forgiveness, and he was willing to be a minister."

"Then how did Grandpa Taizu deal with him?"

"Taizu said: Tell your father, when I was not the son of heaven, I let you do it yourself; since I am the son of heaven, you can't let me be small?"

Concubine Di smiled when she heard this, "It sounds like it's a trivial matter."

"Yeah, Taizu also appeased Li Shoujie and asked him to go back. After Li Shoujie returned, he told Li Yun what Taizu had said, but Li Yun would definitely not listen. The people he sent arrested and sent to Liu Jun in the Northern Han Dynasty, but the people he sent to contact Houshu were caught by the court. In fact, Li Yun's staff all advised him not to rebel, but Li Yun didn't listen. His aide, Luqiu, had to help him plan, saying: Kaifeng has an elite army, and it is difficult to fight for the front. It is better to go down to Taihang Mountain, go straight to Huai and Meng, block the road to Hulao Pass, defend Luoyang, and fight for the world by going east. But Li Yun He didn't listen, and he didn't pay attention to the imperial guards of the capital. He said proudly: I am a veteran general of the Zhou Dynasty, and I am the same brother as Zhou Shizongyi. "

Concubine Di said, "This Li Yun is really confused. If Zhou Shizong is still alive, he will kill his whole family if he hears this."

"Isn't that right?" Defang nodded, "Li Yun has no strategy, but he won the first battle of rebellion and captured Zezhou in one fell swoop. If he came to the capital, he would be in danger of being blocked from the grain road. Emperor Taizu He no longer sat idly by, and led the army to quell the chaos. At this time, Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty was also going to send troops. Fortunately, King Han sent envoys to stop him. In this way, Li Jun became a lone army. Generals such as Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Murong Yanzhao and Wang Quanbin defeated Li Yun many times and forced him to retreat to Zezhou. Returning to surrender, although Li Jun was flattened, Li Chongjin in the south also took the opportunity to rebel. He sent his trusted aide Zhai Shouxun to contact Li Yun, but he never expected that Zhai Shouxun went directly to the capital and told Taizu all his plans. The emperor asked Zhai Shouxun to go back and hold Li Chongjin back. Li Chongjin obeyed. The Taizu immediately ordered him to be the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu to guard Qingzhou. Of course Li Chongjin didn't want to leave the place, so he rebelled. , Li Chuyun, Song Yanwo and other generals quelled the rebellion and personally led the army to fight against it, but it took less than fifty days to put down the rebellion, and Li Chongjin also committed suicide."