Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 298 No less than a hundred thousand troops

Pan Mei thought about it these days, and felt more and more that Ye Chen and the Huaxia Weifu built by him were unfathomable.

In addition, Pan Meinai is a famous general in the army, so how can she not understand the significance of the Huaxia Weifu to the future when the Song army goes to war with the enemy, and she knows how to build a good relationship with Ye Chen. In the future, on the battlefield, the Huaxia Weifu will fully provide information , is no less important to the outcome of the battlefield than a hundred thousand troops.

He is a smart person, but in view of the above two reasons, he absolutely does not want to offend Ye Chen.

Therefore, although he knew that Ye Chen's people should have entered the Nanhan Palace before he and Zhao Zan.However, no matter whether Ye Chen transferred the items in the Nanhan treasury or not, this matter must not come out of his mouth.

Pan Mei was thinking a lot, and when she was secretly anxious, she suddenly saw Liu Yan, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and said, "Your Majesty! Before the minister and Zhao Zan entered the Southern Han Palace, I am afraid that only the Marquis of Enci knows who else has entered the palace." However, it is better to ask Marquis Enci."

Lu Yuqing turned his head and glanced at Zhao Kuangyin. Seeing that the latter looked gloomy and didn't speak, he turned to Liu Yu and said, "Young Encihou! Before my Song army invaded the imperial city, did you ever enter the Nanhan treasury?"

Liu Yan didn't know what was going on until now, and he didn't notice the weird atmosphere on the scene, so he never thought that this play was directed at Ye Chen, otherwise, Chen Jingyuan left behind in his heart. With the disappearing shadow of fear, and Ye Chen killed Chen Jingyuan again, it's hard to say what Liu Yan will do.

Liu Yu took a careful look at Zhao Kuangyin sitting high on the dragon chair, and said, "Return...Report...Your Majesty! Before the Great Song Heavenly Army entered the imperial city of the Southern Han Dynasty, Gong Chengshu returned to the government for a few days. …At that time, I went to the treasury once, and I remember that there were many...a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in it.”

Lu Yuqing was overjoyed, and then asked: "Then who was the first to enter the original Southern Han Palace and Imperial City that day?"

Liu Yan glanced at Ye Chen flatteringly, and said flatteringly, "It was Xiang Fuhou who was so brave that he killed Chen Jingyuan and led people to break through the imperial city first."

Wang Yuefeng suddenly turned around and saluted Zhao Kuangyin, and said loudly: "Your Majesty! I suspect that Xiangfu Hou Yechen secretly transferred the accumulation of the 60-year treasury of the original Southern Han Dynasty."

There was a dead silence in the audience, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Ye Chen with an extremely gloomy expression, Luo Gongming hesitated for a moment, and was about to leave the shift to say something.

Ye Chen bowed to Zhao Kuangyin very calmly, and said, "Your Majesty! It was indeed the minister who led people to break through the imperial city that day, and the minister did indeed send people into the imperial palace before General Pan and General Zhao led them into the imperial city. But that was because I had an agreement with Wu Yanrou, the general who surrendered in the Southern Han Dynasty. If I could rescue his family, the five states controlled by Wu Yanrou at that time would unconditionally surrender to our Song Dynasty. I was worried that I sent people into the palace in advance. The remnants of Tianyi killed Wu Yanrou's family who was locked up by Gong Chengshu. In fact, the people sent by the minister not only successfully rescued Wu Yanrou's family, but also rescued Pan Chongche's family who surrendered to General Pan. The general can testify."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Pan Mei, who immediately said, "What Xiangfuhou said just now is true. It was indeed the people sent by Xiangfuhou who sent Wu Yanrou, a general from the Southern Han Dynasty, to Pan Chongche's family to find them in the palace."

Tao Gu suddenly came out of the shift and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Even if the people sent by Xiangfuhou rescued the families of the two surrendered generals, it doesn't mean that Ye Chen didn't take the opportunity to transfer the gold, silver and jewels in the Nanhan treasury."

Wang Yuefeng then said: "Your Majesty! I think that if Hou Xiangfu wants to get rid of the suspicion, he has to produce evidence."

Ye Chen had a murderous intent in his heart, thinking that these three people seemed to be looking for a chance to kill them, but when he thought about it, if Zhao Kuangyin really started to suspect himself, he probably would protect these three people intentionally, if he killed them Even if you don't leave evidence, I'm afraid it will anger Zhao Kuangyin, which will not do you any good.

Ye Chen was thinking like this, but his face remained calm and calm. He ignored Wang Yuefeng and Tao Gu, but turned around to salute Zhao Kuangyin, and said, "Your Majesty! Rongchen asked Encihou a few questions."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Ye Chen, and thought of something, the gloomy look on his face suddenly disappeared, and he became calm, and said: "I have never doubted Ye Qing's character, Ye Qing, you can ask!"

Ye Chen bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Chen turned to face Liu Yan and shouted suddenly: "Liu Yan!"

"The next official is here!" Liu Wei was so excited that he almost fell to the ground. He had witnessed Ye Chen standing on the wall of the Southern Han imperial city with Chen Jingyuan's head in his hands. The visual stimulation and shock left a deep impression on him An indelible impression, if Chen Jingyuan is an invincible demon king in his heart, then Ye Chen is a god high above him.He was not only afraid of Ye Chen, but also deeply in awe and gratitude.After all, it was Ye Chen who avenged his Liu family, and the hatred was so great that it was truly a sworn hatred.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions now. In front of His Majesty, you must answer truthfully. If you lie, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. I think you should be very clear about the consequences of the crime of deceiving the emperor." Ye Chen walked towards Liu Yu After taking a few steps, while waving his hands, the sleeves pulled out the hem, and the black gourd was looming. When Liu Yu saw the black gourd, a string in his brain seemed to be activated suddenly, his body shook, and his eyes were blank for a moment. , and Ye Chen faintly felt that there was an inexplicable connection between himself and Liu Yan, which was a bit similar to the connection between himself and the five hundred black cavalry, but it was different. In short, it was mysterious and mysterious, even detailed. It feels like it doesn't exist, like it's just an illusion.

At this moment, before Ye Chen could ask anything, Liu Yu suddenly woke up and kowtowed to Zhao Kuangyin. While kowtowing, he said loudly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's none of my business. It's Lu Xianggong who made the appointment in Yujin Garden at noon today. I lied in the palace today, I have been a puppet since I became the emperor, so why did Gong Chengshu let me go to the treasury, so I never went to the treasury at all, I didn’t even know where the treasury was, so I didn’t know at all Is there anything in the treasury?"

The audience suddenly fell silent, and Wang Yuefeng and Tao Gu's expressions changed, as if they had accidentally eaten shit.

"You... puff!" Lu Yuqing's face turned even paler in an instant, and he staggered, stretched out his finger and pointed at Liu Yan, "You" for a long time, then vomited a mouthful of blood, fell directly to the ground, and passed out with his head tilted.

Seeing this, Ye Chen felt refreshed and felt refreshed, thinking that Lu Yuqing was really cheap, and he fainted at this time, so he didn't have to face the most embarrassing situation.But even if he wakes up, he doesn't know that he still has no face to continue to be a political adviser and an official in the court.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced coldly at Lu Yuqing who had passed out, and then glanced at Tao Gu and Wang Yuefeng intentionally or unintentionally. The two were startled, bowed their heads, and did not dare to say anything.Thinking about it, Zhao Kuangyin must have remembered that the people who recommended Lu Yuqing to arrange Liu Yan were mainly the two of them. It is not difficult to guess that the farce was caused by the three of them.

"It is said that the imperial doctor carried Lu Xianggong down for treatment, and this matter is over for the time being." Zhao Kuangyin finally gave Lu Yuqing some face, and did not say anything qualitative.

In fact, such a result also made Zhao Kuangyin feel relieved, because he absolutely did not want to believe that Ye Chen would really do the thing of privately transferring gold, silver and jewelry from the Nanhan treasury.As for the disobedience of the five hundred black cavalrymen who resisted the edict a while ago, although Zhao Kuangyin was annoyed, he also heard that the origins of the five hundred black cavalrymen were a bit strange, presumably there must be some special circumstances, and he believed that Ye Chen would give him an explanation afterwards of.

As for what made him really suspicious of Ye Chen, in fact, it was mainly the strength, power and financial resources that Huaxia Weifu has shown recently.However, although the thousands of people in the Huaxia Weifu area are powerful, they have not been taken seriously by him. After all, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops are firmly in his hands.What's more, more than a few thousand people in the Huaxia Weifu came from the five thousand forbidden troops brought by Han Hu, so he didn't have to worry about Ye Chen's disagreement at all.

Let Liu Yu take the Southern Han surrenders aside, and the small yellow gate at the door announced the Southern Tang envoys to meet with them according to the plan.

Li Congshan and Xu Xuan, the chief and deputy envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, walked into the Guangde Hall and knelt down to pay respects.

This was the first time the two of them saw the emperor of the Song Dynasty. They saw Zhao Kuangyin, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, with big ears, a graceful demeanor, piercing eyes, prestige without anger, a domineering conversation, and no evil spirit in his heroism. .All officials in the court advance and retreat in an orderly manner. Although the etiquette seems to Xu Xuan to be somewhat irregular or even wrong, the overall order is orderly. Thinking about the weather of the capital of the Song Dynasty on the street yesterday, I know that the Song Dynasty is in peace The weather has become a reality, and the national strength is flourishing, and one can't help being awed again.I am even more worried about the future of Nantang in my heart.

As an envoy, Li Congshan kept his posture very low. After the two bowed to Zhao Kuangyin, Li Congshan said: "Your Majesty! My Tang monarchs and ministers have always admired the Song Dynasty. I am waiting here to congratulate the sixty states of the Southern Han Dynasty." , More than 17 households have all returned to the Song Dynasty, and they came here to congratulate with special gifts. The second is to request that they cut down the title of the country and lower the country's status. Please be a vassal of the Song Dynasty. To pay a salary of 10 taels of silver to the Great Song Dynasty. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty changed his name to king, changed his yellow robe to purple shirt, and all the imperial regulations such as dragon ornaments in the palace will be removed one by one. For "public", all the yamen that are equivalent to the Song Dynasty will also be renamed one by one, such as Zhongshusheng, Menxiasheng, Shangshusheng, Yushitai, etc., are renamed "Left and Right Neishifu", "Sihuifu" ", "Sixian Mansion" and so on, all official names were also changed one by one to avoid suspicion. In addition..."

From Li Congshan's words, Zhao Kuangyin was very happy, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also full of joy, but Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Ye Chen and other people with clear minds did not take it seriously, and had already guessed what the Southern Tang's move was.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin did not agree to Southern Tang's request to become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty on the spot, let alone sign the letter of credence immediately to establish each other's status as monarchs and ministers.With Zhao Kuangyin's words, this matter will be discussed after the court meeting, and Xu Xuan's sharp mouth, which has been prepared for more than ten days, is temporarily blocked.

(End of this chapter)