The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 252
Heavy snow covered the capital.

Early the next morning, the entire Bianjing became a silver-white world.

Li Yu got up early and waited outside the Song Dynasty Palace with a group of Southern Tang ministers.

The snow didn't stop, and it was a bit cold when it fell on the body. These Southern Tang people were a little unaccustomed to this extremely cold weather.

After Zhao Kuangyin discussed the matter with the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, he finally declared the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty to enter the palace. When they entered, their hair was covered with white snow and their lips were frozen purple.

The courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty all showed a slight smile when they saw these unfrozen Southern Tang officials. They actually wanted to laugh at them, but they thought of the incident of a strong official in the Southern Han Dynasty hitting the hall with their heads, and the fact that the Southern Tang Dynasty had not yet perished. , These people are just envoys to their Song Dynasty, so they dare not laugh at them.

Li Yu led the officials to kneel down to salute Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, motioned them to get up, and then asked, "How is Li Guozhu?"

Li Yu quickly responded: "Thanks to the blessing of the emperor of Song Dynasty, everything is fine."

Zhao Kuangyin showed a smile: "Since everything is fine, then why did you always try to shirk when I called you here several times before?"

"I used to be in poor health, but then I got better."

Li Yu raised his head and glanced at Zhao Kuangyin slightly. When he said this, he didn't hesitate at all, and he didn't need to hesitate. The reason why he didn't come, both sides knew well, whether Li Yu said it or not, what to say, What's the difference?
Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't expect Li Yu to say this, which made Zhao Kuangyin a little angry, but he couldn't get angry. After showing a slight smile, he said, "It seems that Li Guozhu's body is much better now!"

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, a court official suddenly stood up and said: "After listening to Li Guozhu's talent, he won the hall today. I wonder if you can write a poem for me and other ministers?"

After the minister said this, several other ministers followed suit.

But Li Yu's cheeks were flushed. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, he wrote lyrics casually, which was chic, but now it is humiliating to write lyrics for these courtiers in the Song Dynasty. How can he write lyrics for the request of the courtiers of other countries?
"The master of this country is not as talented as your concubine Liu Weiliu, so how dare you play an ax in this class." Li Yu didn't mind admitting that his talent was not as good as Liu Wei, but when he said this, the other ministers looked at each other and were embarrassed to ask.

"Some time ago, Li Guozhu sent troops to encircle and suppress Chen Hongjin. Is there such a thing?" A minister looked at Li Yu, with the intention of provoking his teacher to inquire about the crime. Then Chen Hongjin was a subject of their Great Song Dynasty. How could Li Yu be allowed to attack casually?
Li Yu frowned slightly. As the king of a country, when was he ever questioned like this?
He is a literati at heart, he has a kind of aloofness, a kind of disdain for those who are not as good as him.

Therefore, he refused to answer the minister's question.

This caused the faces of several courtiers of the Song Dynasty to change slightly, and they seemed to be ashamed in court.

At this time, Li Qing suddenly stood up and said, "Qingyuan County belongs to my Southern Tang. Could it be that my Southern Tang can't teach a disobedient Jiedu envoy?"

"You Southern Tang want to teach Jiedu a lesson so that we don't care about it, but Chen Hongjin has already bowed his head to the Great Song Dynasty. Teach Chen Hongjin a lesson, but don't give us Great Song face."

Li Qing smiled coldly: "Then Chen Hongjin is also a courtier of my Southern Tang Dynasty. As a courtier of two dynasties, how much loyalty can he have? We in the Southern Tang Dynasty disdain to have such a courtier, but I didn't expect you to welcome them in the Song Dynasty."

As soon as Li Qing's words came out, the ministers of the court immediately quit. Didn't Li Qing's words clearly mean that the Song Dynasty was indiscriminate and wanted all the officials?

Above the main hall, a storm is approaching.

At this moment, an official rushed to report: "My lord, there is an urgent report from the border."

Hearing that it was an urgent report from the border, the officials no longer had the heart to trouble Nantang. Zhao Kuangyin took the urgent report, opened it and read it, and immediately frowned: "Damn it, the Northern Han Dynasty colluded with the Liao people to kill our people and robbed them My money and food are really abhorrent."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangyin realized that the people from Nantang were still there, so he frowned slightly and said to those people from Nantang: "You go back first."

Li Yu nodded and led his courtiers away.

After those people from the Southern Tang Dynasty left, Zhao Kuangyin immediately looked at the panicked courtiers and asked, "My loves, what do you think about this?"

The officials looked at each other, and finally King Jin stood up and said: "The Northern Han and Liao people have been colluding with each other. If you don't teach them a lesson, they won't take my Song Dynasty seriously. The younger brother suggested that send troops to kill the Northern Han and Liao people." Liao people."

King Jin stood up and said this, and other ministers followed suit.

"If the Northern Han Dynasty is not destroyed, our Great Song Dynasty will have no peace."

"Take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and drive the Liao people out of the Great Wall!"

In the ten years since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, many ministers are still very bloody. When they heard that the Northern Han and Liao people colluded to attack their Great Song Dynasty, what they thought was not a compromise, but a severe blow and a severe lesson.

King Wei's heart trembled. In fact, the war between the Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty was the same as the war with the Northern Han and Liao people. As long as there was a war, he could use it to control the military power.

Therefore, when the officials were filled with righteous indignation and expressed that they wanted to teach the Northern Han and Liao people a lesson, King Wei also stood up and said, "I am willing to take command in person and beat the Liao people hard."

Zhao Kuangyin saw that the officials were angry, but he didn't doubt Wei Wang's words. Not only did he not doubt, but he was very moved. All his officials are really loyal.

"The Liao people bullied me too much. If you don't teach them a lesson, you won't be able to establish the country's prestige. King Wei, I ordered you to be the marshal of the crusade against the Northern Han Dynasty. Gather all the troops and horses of the three armies. After three days, go to Yumen Pass to fight the Liao people."

Seeing that the matter was so easy, the king of Wei was secretly happy, and quickly replied: "Yes!"

"Retreat."
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After retiring from the court, King Jin's brows became deeper.

For a long time, he knew the king of Wei very well. The king of Wei has force, but he is very reluctant to die. The iron cavalry of the Northern Han and Liao people are very powerful. The chances of winning the war against them in the Song Dynasty are not very great, but why does the king of Wei Want to go on an adventure?
Is it because he really felt that the Northern Han and Liao people were too deceitful, and he went there because he wanted to vent his anger for the Song Dynasty?
King Jin did not rule out this point. As a member of the royal family of Song Dynasty, he felt that they had the responsibility to protect Song Dynasty. If Song Dynasty had no one available, even if he was not good at using soldiers, he would go to the battlefield in person to fight against the North. The Han and Liao people fought.

But King Jin always felt that King Wei's behavior was a little strange.

After returning to Kaifeng Mansion, King Jin told Su Tongkan about his doubts. After Su Tongkan finished listening, his expression changed slightly, but then he shook his head again, as if he thought it was impossible.

Seeing this, the King of Jin knew that Su might have discovered something from it, so he quickly asked: "Mr. Su, what do you want to say?"

Su looked at it again and again, and finally said: "I have many famous generals who founded the country in the middle of the court. Sending any one at random is enough to withstand the attack of the Liao people and the Northern Han Dynasty, but the king of Wei is vying to be the marshal, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid King Wei has ghosts in his heart!"

"Oh?"

"My lord should know that since the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the throne has been fought for by force. Now that I have been in Changping for ten years in the Song Dynasty, although the Holy Majesty has taken back the military power from some soldiers, if the King of Wei is really in charge of the army, he will rebel. It might still be big."

"Because there is a chance of success?"

King Jin is not an idiot. Since King Wei wants to rebel, it must be because he thinks there is a possibility of success.

Su Tiaokan nodded: "The king of Wei is not weak. In the past year, the Holy Majesty has favored him a lot. Half of the ministers in the court are attached to him. If he wants to rebel, he can go to Yumenguan to take over the military power. Someone in the capital will do it again." Internal response, the chances of his success are still very high.”

After listening to Su Another Kan's words, King Jin fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he finally opened his mouth and said: "In this way, King Wei of Yumen Pass will not be able to go."

Ruyi Princess Mansion.

Today's early morning Liu Wei did not participate because he was not eligible to participate.

Originally, a person like Liu Wei who has made great contributions can participate in the early court, but his current status is only the magistrate of Xingwang's mansion. Except for the prefect of Kaifeng mansion, prefects in other places are not eligible to participate in the early court .

If he didn't attend the morning court, Liu Wei would just sleep in at home, it was freezing cold, what could compare to a warm bed, a beauty like water?

With Princess Ruyi in his arms, Liu Wei really wanted to live like this for the rest of his life.

But it is impossible for people to lie in bed all the time, they will always feel hungry, or have a sudden urge to urinate.

When the smell of willow rose, the snow had stopped, and the princess mansion was all silvery white. A few sparrows were looking for food in the snow, but it was always in vain.

The snow is too thick.

After Liu Wei freshened up, it wasn't long after breakfast. The story of the morning court had already been reported, but he was not very surprised that the officials made things difficult for Li Yu and other Southern Tang monarchs. Since ancient times, the so-called envoys, the one Didn't you embarrass me and I embarrass you?When Liu Wei went to Southern Tang, didn't he also suffer from the embarrassment of Southern Tang officials?

But as long as Zhao Kuangyin can stick to the general direction and make things difficult for Li Yu and make them suffer, Liu Wei won't mind much.

What really surprised Liu Wei was the Northern Han and Liao people's attacks on the Song Dynasty.

The land of the Northern Han and Liao people is not as fertile as that of the Song and Southern Tang. They are more desolate. Every winter, they have to travel here and there for their food.

And what they do most often is rob.

Plundering is almost the norm for the Northern Han and Liao people, and they don’t feel guilty about it. Everything is just for survival, for the continuation of their race, and for the sake of their children and the elderly without starving .

For these reasons, their strong men will spontaneously take up weapons, mount war horses, and wantonly plunder the people on the border of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Wei sympathized with those who had to plunder in order to survive, but he never allowed those people to do anything to the unarmed people of Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)