The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 247
After the eunuch from the palace left, Li Congshan hurried into the secret room.

"Sir, in your opinion, why did Li Yu call the king into the palace at this time?"

The man with the broken foot frowned deeply: "It must be about Lin Renzhao, but you don't have to worry too much. If Lin Renzhao confessed to the prince, Li Yu would not send eunuchs to invite the prince, but send guards to arrest the prince."

Li Congshan nodded, and said again: "After the king goes to the palace, do you want to save Lin Renzhao?"

"After the prince enters the palace, he must be able to adapt to the situation. If he saves Lin Renzhao, he may be trapped. Then the prince must learn the courage of a strong man and sacrifice Lin Renzhao. If he saves Lin Renzhao, it will not do any harm to the prince. The prince can save him. Lin Renzhao is my Southern Tang. A strong general, with him, there is a chance of winning the battle with Da Song."

Li Congshan nodded after listening to the man with the broken foot.

Southern Tang Palace, main hall.

Many courtiers had come, but Li Congshan was still nowhere to be seen. Thinking that Li Congshan had a very good relationship with Lin Renzhao before, Li Yu frowned deeply.

"Why is King Zheng not here yet?"

Li Yu gradually lost his patience. All the officials in the court looked at each other and occasionally discussed a few words. At this moment, an eunuch outside the hall suddenly shouted: "King Zheng is here."

Li Congshan hurried in from the outside, and knelt down immediately after entering, "I'm late, please forgive me, my lord."

Li Yu snorted: "Get up."

"Thank you, Lord!"

After Li Congshan took his place, Li Yu glanced at the ministers and said coldly: "The lord of the country put Lin Renzhao in prison."

As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall suddenly burst into commotion. For so many years, the Southern Tang Dynasty was able to resist the attack of the Great Song Dynasty because of Lin Renzhao. Now the lord of the country has put Lin Renzhao in prison. Why?
The officials discussed with each other, and some officials from the main combat faction stood up and questioned Li Yu why Lin Renzhao was locked up.

Li Yu stared slightly, and then threw the letter his men found from Da Song's spy to the ministers: "Lin Renzhao colluded with Da Song and wanted to destroy me in Southern Tang. Do you think he should be killed?"

After the officials read the letter, they were speechless in shock.

"This...how is this possible? General Lin has always wanted to fight Da Song, how could he be Da Song's undercover agent?"

"Hmph, he wants to fight the Song Dynasty. During the war, he will turn against us and fight back against our Southern Tang. In this way, our Southern Tang will be destroyed."

Li Yu was still very angry, especially when he saw so many officials supporting Lin Renzhao, but Li Congshan kept silent. When he saw the letter, he quickly realized that it was people from Song Dynasty who wanted to frame Lin Renzhao , but even if he knew this, he still couldn't stand up and intercede for Lin Renzhao.

It was indeed he and Lin Renzhao who decided to attack Chen Hongjin, but they were the only ones who knew about it. If he wanted to intercede for Lin Renzhao, he would have to tell what he was involved in, and he couldn't take the risk.

The most important thing is that the attack on Chen Hongjin did happen. Regardless of whether Lin Renzhao was Da Song's undercover agent or not, he violated Li Yu's will, and Li Yu would not let him go.

Now Li Congshan only wanted Li Yu to kill Lin Renzhao as soon as possible, so that Lin Renzhao would not betray him.

After discussing this for a long time, the ministers of the court and the central government could not change the fact that Lin Renzhao wanted to destroy Chen Hongjin, and then led the Song Dynasty to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The discussion became quieter, and finally no one even dared to speak.

Li Yu looked at the ministers of His Royal Highness and asked, "What do you think should be done with Lin Renzhao?"

"Kill it!" At this moment, Li Congshan said suddenly.

"Oh, killed?"

"According to the laws of the Southern Tang Dynasty, anyone who colludes with the enemy country, or does not obey the order of the lord, shall be killed!"

Seeing that Li Congshan advocated the killing of Lin Renzhao, the main fighters did not dare to say anything, so they could only follow suit. Li Yu nodded: "Then kill it!"
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The news that Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, wanted to kill Lin Renzhao soon spread to the posthouse.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Liu Wei's mouth when he heard the news. As Lin Renzhao was the number one general in the Southern Tang Dynasty, if he was killed, the Southern Tang's army would be weak. It would be impossible for him to fight the Great Song Dynasty.

Just when Liu Wei thought this way, Lu Duan asked a little puzzled: "My lord, the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty doesn't want to fight with Song Dynasty anymore. It doesn't matter whether we kill Lin Renzhao or not?"

Liu Wei shook his head: "No, the majority of the main fighters in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Ji and other forbearing people are working behind the scenes. If the time is right, they in the Southern Tang Dynasty are likely to be the same as my Great Song Dynasty." If it can weaken the strength of their main combat faction, it will be very beneficial to my Great Song Dynasty; in addition, the emperor of my Great Song Dynasty has the heart to annex the world, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will belong to my Great Song Dynasty sooner or later. Being able to get rid of the number one general in the Southern Tang Dynasty also laid the foundation for me to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty in the future."

After hearing Liu Wei's words, Lu Duan immediately understood, and after understanding, he admired Liu Wei's foresight even more.

At this time, Liu Wei asked again: "Lin Renzhao was killed, how about the war between Nantang and Chen Hongjin?"

"Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, didn't seem to want to let Chen Hongjin go. He sent Li Qing to supervise the battle, but it was still the previous strategy of encircling rather than attacking. Li Qing's subordinates had contact with him before, and he was a very shrewd person. I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with."

Liu Wei smiled: "In order not to go to Bianjing with us, Li Yu is really willing to spend the money. If he doesn't fight around Chen Hongjin, the food, grass and luggage will not be lost? And he thought that if he was surrounded like this, my Song emperor would Won't you take action?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Chen Hongjin was able to survive in the Southern Tang and Song Dynasties, which means that he still has some skills the next day. Although Li Yu didn't mean to kill him now, if he was surrounded like this all the time, would he feel better? Plus Lin Renzhao ordered people to fight fiercely with him before, so this official guesses that Chen Hongjin has already sent a letter of distress to our Great Song court."

Lu Duan nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Does your lord think that I will send troops to rescue the emperor?"

Liu Wei smiled and shook his head. In his opinion, although this is a good opportunity to use troops against Nantang, the emperor of Song Dynasty will not really use troops against Nantang.
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The distress letter sent by Chen Hongjin to Emperor Song arrived in Bianjing three days later.

After receiving the letter, Zhao Pu hurried into the palace to meet Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin read the contents of the letter up and down, and said, "Zeping, do you think we should save Chen Hongjin or not?"

"It's not good to save, and it's not good to not save."

"Oh, why can't it be saved, and it's not good if it's not saved?"

Zhao Pu sighed, and said: "With the current strength of our Great Song Dynasty, if we go to war with the Southern Tang Dynasty, it will definitely lose a lot, and the Northern Han and Liao people will not let it go. If we start a war with the Southern Tang Dynasty, our Great Song Dynasty is very likely It's not a good idea to save Chen Hongjin because of the enemy's front and back."

"But if we don't save them, we Da Song refugees will lose their morality. In this way, who else is willing to attach to us and submit to us? Since Chen Hongjin is my Da Song minister, and now he is in trouble, I Da Song will not rescue him." , it’s really hard to say.”

After Zhao Pu finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyin nodded in agreement, and then showed a trace of worry: "Then what should we do in Song Dynasty, we can't just drag it like this?"

"It's not good to save, and it's not good to not save, so we can only procrastinate, but we can't procrastinate without doing anything. We don't have to save Chen Hongjin, but Shen Bing on the border of the Southern Tang and Song Dynasties to warn the Southern Tang necessary."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly.

At this time, Zhao Pu said again: "Now that Liu Weiliu's son-in-law is still in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Holy Majesty can write a letter, asking him to play by ear in the Southern Tang Dynasty and settle the matter as soon as possible. Actual action is easy to be chilling."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded again: "It's fair to say that, so in your opinion, who should be sent to lead the troops? How about Pan Mei? He was the general who wiped out the Southern Han Dynasty. Shenbing the border should be able to cause certain damage to the Southern Tang Dynasty." pressure."

Hearing that Zhao Kuangyin recommended Pan Mei, Zhao Pu's heart sank slightly. Judging from recent observations, Zhao Pu felt that Pan Mei was always against him, and he was full of hostility towards Liu Wei. He wanted to plot against Liu Wei every time. If Pan Mei is allowed to retreat to the border, what kind of things will Pan Mei do? If he really fights with Nan Tang, wouldn't Liu Wei be in danger?
"Your Majesty, Master Pan is indeed enough to intimidate Southern Tang, but in my opinion, there is one person who is more suitable."

"Oh, who?"

"Cao Bin."

"Cao Aiqing?"

"Exactly, Cao Bin once destroyed Houshu, and his meritorious service is as prestigious as Pan Mei. More importantly, Cao Bin is steady. He dare not be disrespectful to the tasks entrusted to him by the Holy Majesty. The Majesty asked him to resign himself." If the border does not go to war with Nantang, he will definitely sink his army and not go to war with Nantang, but if it is Pan Mei, it may not be so."

After listening to Zhao Pu's words, Zhao Kuangyin nodded in agreement, and faintly, he could also feel Zhao Pu's intentions. These few times, Pan Mei always wanted to pay attention to Liu Wei in all the court disputes linked to Liu Wei. Liu Wei and Shidi, if Pan Mei is really asked to lead the troops, he is very likely to anger Nantang, and then put Liu Wei's more than 1 members of the mission at a disadvantage.

He felt that Zhao Pu's consideration was very thoughtful.

"Since this is the case, let's send Cao Aiqing to the frontier. But in order to show Chen Hongjin's sincerity, he ordered Cao Bin to call in troops at the school within three days, and set off immediately after three days."

"Yes!"

When Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu were discussing like this, Pan Mei also got the news that Chen Hongjin was going to war with Nantang. After he got the news, he felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to kill Liu Wei, so he thought about it for a while. , Get ready for tomorrow morning.

He was going to propose to lead troops to rescue Chen Hongjin. As long as the war between Southern Tang and Song Dynasty broke out and Liu Wei went deep into the hinterland, he would surely die.

(End of this chapter)