The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 738 Qingyuan Army
"Brother, these people have also been recruited, but to be honest, these people's mouths are hard enough. I used a little bit of tricks before he said, I think that Mr. Yang should have gained something."

Wang Zhifeng was also entrusted by Zhao Xu to act as an interrogator, but the process was not very smooth.

After a while, Yang Li also came out. Seeing his excitement, Zhao Xu also knew that he had asked.

"Haha, the method you called is really effective. It didn't take long for him to confess directly. Guess who he is?" Yang Li showed off a little.

"People from the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River, you don't need to talk about this, we all know it, and now I want to know why they killed those people, this is what I care most about."

Zhao Xu knew what he wanted to say, but these were all he knew. Zhao Xu wanted to know why people from Southern Tang hunted down people from Quanzhou. Quanzhou was under the jurisdiction of Southern Tang.

Isn't this his own people beating his own people? Zhao Xu couldn't figure out what was going on even if he broke his head.

"Uh, it's like this. These people from Quanzhou are all from the Qingyuan Army, but they are Chen Hongjin's subordinates, not Liu Congxiao's subordinates. Liu Congxiao is now heavily armed. Chen Hongjin wants to serve as the Qingyuan Army's leader. Therefore, he submitted a letter to Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but was rejected, so Chen Hong came to our Song Dynasty to see the emperor, and wanted to dedicate the Qingyuan army to the emperor."

Yang Li asked a lot of things, but what Zhao Xu couldn't figure out was how these Southern Tang soldiers knew such details.

"It's like this. Han Xizai and the others told this matter after they were drunk, so they also knew about it unintentionally. There are dozens of people sent by Chen Hongjin, and they are divided into several groups. Who will be the last of these two people?" People, just happened to meet you, otherwise they would have been besieged and died."

Yang Li's words dispelled Zhao Xu's doubts. At first, he thought it was a conspiracy. How could it be true that such a small soldier knew about it.

Everyone knows that Han Xizai is a drunkard, even the news from Jiangnan said that Han Xizai got drunk in public many times and revealed a lot of court secrets.

These people who were hunted down were members of the Qingyuan Qingyuan Army, and it seemed that they were not calm, which just gave Da Song an opportunity to take advantage of.

The Qingyuan Army, also known as the Ping Navy, was located in the southern Fujian area during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was originally a force belonging to the Fujian Kingdom.

But after the collapse of Fujian, it quickly became a powerful separatist force in southern Fujian, which should not be underestimated.

Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are the strength of the Qingyuan Army, and the two largest groups are Liu Congxiao and Chen Hongjin.

That's the only thing Zhao Xu knew, and these were still vague. Zhao Xu remembered the names of Liu Congxiao and Chen Hongjin.

"So something happened inside the Southern Tang Dynasty. It seems that we need to make a good plan and contact Su Yiwei to send the news back to the capital quickly so that the emperor can take care of it and let Murong Yanzhao do it in the land of Jinghu. Get ready, Song Yanwo's navy should be more on guard against the river and conduct more drills."

Zhao Xu told Yang Li that he believed that there were plain guards in his house, and of course they were responsible for protecting him.

There is such a person beside every county magistrate. This is the imperial court's surveillance of them, but more is to give them the power to defend.

After Zhao Xu finished his orders, Yang Li went to work. This was arranged by Zhao Xu himself. In the past, they could call each other brothers because Yang Li hadn't been an official at that time, but now he is a county magistrate. He didn't dare to call Zhao Xu brothers anymore.

Although Zhao Xu didn't care, if someone wanted to punish Yang Li, it was an excuse, and it was a trial and error.

It was already a serious crime to disrespect the heir to the throne, so he didn't dare, so he could only maintain a respectful attitude in front of Zhao Xu.

Not long after, a lot of Su Yiwei came, and Zhao Xu also got a lot of information from them, especially about the Qingyuan Army. Something really happened in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and that was Chen Hongjin directly expressing his intentions in person. Be the Jiedu envoy of the Qingyuan Army.

Of course Nantang disagreed, because Chen Hongjin was a restless person, and besides, Liu Congxiao was not dead yet.

Even if Liu Congxiao dies prematurely, his son will inherit it. After all, it is the rule for the father to die and the son to succeed.

This Qingyuan army is a separatist force, although it belongs to the Southern Tang in name, but the Southern Tang cannot decide everything.

But whoever is not allowed to be a Jiedu envoy still has this right. At the same time, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty also wanted to truly recover the Qingyuan Army.

Now it is important to stay with the army, and it is best for him to die, so that a person with average ability can be chosen to inherit his position, so that Southern Tang can easily control the Qingyuan army.

It is best for this person to be his son, so that all aspects are acceptable, and Liu Congxiao should also agree.

Because he has to think about his son after he dies? This is human nature. Who doesn't think about his son?

This was originally a good move, one that Li Yu and his ministers negotiated to realize his territorial expansion.

But they underestimated one person, and this person just kept Congxiao, and he unexpectedly wanted Chen Hongjin to replace him.

Because he knew that he might not be around for long, the Qingyuan army must have a strong leader.

My son is not that material, if his son really becomes Jiedushi, the Qingyuan army will definitely be annexed very quickly, you may say that there are people like Chen Hongjin assisting?

But you must have also heard another saying, that is, those who have always been a master of merit will not end well.

This Chen Hongjin and the other generals are talented, but there is no guarantee that they will not be suspected. After a long time, they will be suspected by their own sons.

In the end, he either rebelled or was killed, so it is better not to pass on his position to his son now, so as to save him from being killed in the future.

Besides, I have two sons who inherit the incense. Although they are not my own sons, at least there is one person in my line who inherits the incense, right?
It turned out that Liu Congxiao had two sons, but these two sons were not his biological children anymore, they were both sons of his elder brother.

Liu Congxiao himself has no children, so after discussing with his elder brother, he adopted the two children to Liu Congxiao.

So now Liu Congxiao and his two sons, the eldest son Liu Shaoyi and the son Liu Shaoji, are actually his nephews.

Liu Congxiao is also an outstanding person. He knows that his son does not have the ability to take over everything about him. If he makes his son his heir, not only will it not be good for them, but it will harm them.

But he didn't know that the future of the Qingyuan army and the issue of this heir would bring unexpected consequences to Nantang.

(End of this chapter)