Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 438 Unexpected Gains

In the side hall, Lin Renzhao's face was livid, he suppressed his hot temper, took out a bag of gold leaves from his bosom and threw it to the waiter next to him, with a faint murderous look in his eyes, he said in a cold voice: "Don't bring me to see the country again. Lord, I will kill you now."

The servant knew that he was overjoyed at first, and then his heart skipped a beat. He knew Lin Renzhao's status in the country and his fiery temper.With the weakness of the ruler, at most the other party will be fined and demoted.Besides, now that there is a bag of gold to take, there is a choice anyway or there is no choice.

Thinking of this, the servant knew that his face turned red and white, and finally said: "Let General Lin wait for a long time. His Highness is discussing the way of poetry with others in Jindong Hall. This servant will take General Lin there."

"Hmph! Hurry up and lead the way." Lin Renzhao's face was still grim, and he walked towards the door with a flick of his sleeves.

In the Jindong Hall, there is no beautiful picture of a generation of Ci emperors, the first talented scholar of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the first talented scholar of Jinling discussing poetry enthusiastically.In fact, Li Yu was a little annoyed to persuade him to fight at this time.Just because Xu Xuan appeared, Chen Qing, the subjugated scholar of Wuyue Kingdom dressed up by Ye Chen, showed a look of hatred, and directly sarcastically hinted that Xu Xuan might have played an extremely important role in the annexation of Wuyue Kingdom by Song State by despicable means. dishonorable role.

As the number one talented person in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Xuan, a big man in the court, was ridiculed by a small subjugated scholar, and was furious on the spot. He started a debate with Ye Chen on the spot with his sharp eloquence, and Ye Chen soon lost the upper hand.

Ye Chen's face turned red, and he said in embarrassment: "Your Highness! The students don't want to stay with this kind of people for a while, so please allow the students to leave."

Seeing this, Li Yu also knew that today could only end here, and was about to send Ye Chen out of the palace.Unexpectedly, at this moment, there were a few arguments at the gate of the hall, and the servants all ran in, knelt down to Li Yu with a mournful face and said, "Your Highness, General Lin was impatient in waiting in the side hall, and came here by himself, and the slaves stopped him." Can't stop, please punish your Highness."

Li Yu frowned, although he was extremely displeased, but facing Lin Renzhao, the No. Let me in when you come! It's not proper to be noisy in front of Gu."

Lin Renzhao walked in with a look of anger, but still saluted Li Yu, and the latter looked better.Said: "Lin Aiqing! Why did you leave the army in the north and come to see Gu in the capital?"

Lin Renzhao took a deep breath, did not speak immediately, turned his head to look at Xu Xuan and Ye Chen, and frowned slightly.Obviously wanting to let the two go away.

But without waiting for Li Yu to say anything, Xu Xuan snorted first and said, "General Lin is so majestic, not to mention leaving the barracks without authorization, and trespassing on the palace hall without authorization. Doesn't General Lin know that these two things are the crime of deceiving the emperor?" .”

Lin Renzhao was furious when he heard the words, and shouted: "Xu Xuan! I'm going to meet the king to report something important. If I don't come here directly, who would agree to let me go back to the capital. As for trespassing on the main hall just now, hmph! I have already waited. It's been a whole day, but it's all because of you incompetent young people, bewitching His Highness"

"Okay!" Before Lin Renzhao finished speaking, Li Yu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted him with a loud shout.

Lin Renzhao saw that Li Yu was angry, and knew that he was provoked by Xu Xuan just now, and he was a little unscrupulous. Although Li Yu's prestige in the Southern Tang Dynasty was far from that of Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he was the lord of the country after all. Under the feudal system, even Lin Renzhao was No.1 in the Southern Tang Army, and he sometimes spoke disrespect behind his back, but he still didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of his face.What's more, although Lin Renzhao has a bad temper and even a little rebellious, his loyalty to the emperor is far stronger than most civil servants.

Therefore, even though Lin Renzhao was a little panicked, he said: "Your Highness redeemed your sins. I really have important matters to report to Your Highness face to face when I come here this time."

Li Yulong's forehead is parallel to his teeth, his right eye is double pupil, according to his face, he is the image of a born saint.The protruding forehead is actually a broad forehead, and the parallel teeth are relatively neat buck teeth. According to the explanation of later generations of doctors, the double pupils are caused by adhesions and distortions of the pupils, commonly known as paired eyes.But in the ancient books, it is believed that this is a natural vision, which is beyond words.

Although Li Yu was born with different appearances, he couldn't see these subtleties without careful observation. He is only 34 years old now, with a plump figure and a dignified appearance. He concealed it, but his mustaches were raised, his beard was shaking, and his expression still showed some impatience. He tried his best to sound serious enough, and said, "Lin Aiqing! What's the matter, let's talk now!"

At this time, Lin Renzhao could no longer care about Xu Xuan and Ye Chen, and said solemnly: "Your Highness! What I said today, actually happened three months ago when the Southern Han Kingdom was destroyed by the Song Kingdom." I received the memorial, but I have not seen any response from His Highness. A few days ago, I learned from other sources that the memorial might not have been read by His Highness. So in a rage, I left the barracks without permission and came to the capital to meet His Highness in person. "

Li Yu couldn't help being angry when he heard the words, but suddenly remembered that since three months ago, he had confirmed that the Song Kingdom would not start a war in the short term, and he had been a little slack. Six parts are processed.

Thinking of this, although he became more guilty, Li Yu naturally couldn't show the slightest bit on his face, and said angrily: "There is something wrong, I will definitely investigate it when I look back alone. Well, General Lin can now say what it is .”

Lin Renzhao took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Since the Southern Han Kingdom was destroyed by the Song Kingdom, I have carefully studied the tactics used by the Song Kingdom in that war, and learned that the Huaxia Weifu had inquired about it in advance. During the siege, the role played by spies from inside and outside was the main reason why the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Song State in just over two months. After that, the minister sent people to the Song State to inquire about the composition of the Huaxia Weifu organization and some training facilities. I deeply feel that the Huaxia Weifu has played a huge role in the war. Therefore, I suggest that the Tang Dynasty should follow the example of the Song Dynasty and set up the Huaxia Weifu."

Hearing this, Ye Chen was a little startled, thinking that Lin Renzhao also had some vision, and he was indeed not incompetent when judging people based on this.It is necessary to ask the intelligence department to further inquire about this person's information.

After listening to Li Yu here, after a little thought, he said: "Lin Aiqing's words are reasonable. I also heard from the national teacher before that the Huaxia Weifu is difficult and powerful. Although Gu is begging for perfection now, for the sake of the tens of millions of people in the Tang Kingdom An Wei has already bowed his head to become a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but everyone knows that Zhao Kuangyin's wolfish ambitions will sooner or later attack us Tang. So Lin Aiqing agrees."

Lin Renzhao couldn't help being overjoyed when Li Yu agreed with his suggestion.At this time Ye Chen suddenly said: "Your Highness is wise! The students also think what General Lin said is reasonable. And His Highness just asked the students if they would like to be officials in the Tang Dynasty. If His Highness wants to establish an institution like the Huaxia Weifu in the Song Dynasty, my minister I am willing to be an official among them and become an enemy of Song State."

Lin Renzhao turned his head and stared at Ye Chen, and said, "You are a little scholar, apart from writing poems and lyrics, what do you know about inquiring about news?"

Ye Chen said: "General Lin doesn't know that the student has a life-and-death feud with the Huaxia Weifu of the Song Dynasty, so he has tried everything to find out some information about the Huaxia Weifu, and he also has some experience. For example, the student knows that there are seven under the Huaxia Weifu. Division, namely the Intelligence Division and the Assassination Division.”

After a while, Lin Renzhao had changed his impression of Chen Qing dressed up by Ye Chen, and Li Yu was also very satisfied with Ye Chen.Even driven by Lin Renzhao's impatience, after some deliberation, he finally decided to follow the example of a part of the Song State's Huaxia Weifu, and only set up three divisions: the Intelligence Division, the Assassination Division, and the Weapons Division, and named it the Military Intelligence Division on the spot. Of course, the grade is incomparable with the Huaxia Weifu of the Song Dynasty.The chief envoy of the Military Intelligence Office is only from the position of fifth rank.The candidates for the specific chief envoy and envoy will naturally not be decided so hastily and easily.

However, Lin Renzhao was overwhelmed by Ye Chen's narration, and suggested to Li Yu that Chen Qing should be the Deputy Envoy of the Information Department of Zheng Qipin.Because of those three poems, Li Yu admired this Wuyue scholar who had an unshakable enmity with the Song Dynasty. After asking for his opinion, he declared Chen Qing, who was dressed by Ye Chen, as the deputy envoy of the Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Department.Ye Chen took the opportunity to say: "The minister has started to select some capable people from the people these days."

Li Yu and Lin Renzhao were very satisfied with Ye Chen's active desire to do and accomplish things.I deeply feel that I have read the right person.

Ye Chen didn't expect that when he went to meet Li Yu to discuss poetry, there would be such an unexpected harvest.

In addition, on the night after he left the palace, Liu Linxuan took the initiative to entertain him. Ye Chen also learned from Liu Linxuan that after the news of the establishment of the Military Intelligence Office spread, the Maitreya Sect represented by Lou Yanming and the military forces represented by Lin Renzhao in the Southern Tang court Fang, and the anti-Maitreya alliance represented by Li Congshan and Wang Dongyang. A fierce competition began for the candidate of the deputy commander.

I heard that Lin Renzhao almost fought with Lou Yanming and Li Congshan at the court meeting because of this.But Li Yu has no courage in the face of this situation, and is even more indecisive. The end result is naturally the same as many things in Nantang these years, procrastinating again and again.

Therefore, now Chen Qing, who Ye Chen is dressing up as, has instead become the only official of the military intelligence office who has been appointed as a deputy commander or above.And the Holy Church force represented by Liu Jinyu got the news immediately, and the reaction was extremely fast, directly asking Liu Linxuan to entertain Ye Chen, and the intention to win over the latter was very obvious.

(End of this chapter)