The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 91
In Kaifeng, the capital of Song Dynasty, the wind was even colder.

The New Year is getting closer and closer, and the capital is becoming more and more lively. Every day, there are always people coming and going on the long streets in the capital.

Liu Wei was very busy during this time, busy making wine and dealing with visits from various people. He found that if a person is famous, it is rare for him to be free.

After the beginning of spring, the trade between Great Song Dynasty, Southern Tang Dynasty, and Wuyue Kingdom will start. Besides refined salt is the main export commodity of Great Song Dynasty, so is the wine of his Liu Family Winery, so he needs to expand the scale again.

Generally speaking, Liu Wei is busy this year.

And when Liu Wei was busy with various things, the court got a piece of news.

In the area adjacent to the Song Dynasty, the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom, a group of Liao Kingdom bandits appeared. This group of Liao Kingdom robbers burned, killed and looted on the border of the Song Dynasty.

When the news reached Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study room, but after listening, the whole imperial study room was suddenly quiet, followed by the sound of the memorial being thrown on the table.

"It can be said that the robbers of the Liao Kingdom must have been secretly instigated by Ye Luxian of the Liao Kingdom. It is now deep in winter, and their food in the Liao Kingdom must be getting less and less, so they have made another act of harassing the border of our Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Kuangyin spoke angrily, while Zhao Pu, who was standing opposite him, was deeply frowning.

After a long time, Zhao Pu finally said: "My lord, now that the Great Song Dynasty is using troops with the Southern Han Dynasty, the bandits from the Liao Kingdom probably dared to be so rampant just because they saw that we dare not send troops against them casually!"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, and said, "Zeping, in your opinion, what do you think should be done?"

Zhao Pulue pondered for a while, and said: "My lord, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle this matter. If we send troops, the refugees will intensify the conflict between our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. But if we don't send troops, the people of our Great Song Dynasty will be harassed by robbers. It's really embarrassing." It's embarrassing."

The two were relatively silent. After a long time, Zhao Pu said, "Why don't you call some of the court ministers over to discuss this matter together?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly.

About half an hour later, Jin Wang, Wei Wang, Liu Wei and others were called. Although Liu Wei was not a minister in the court, he was extremely famous in the capital, so Zhao Kuangyin also ordered the guards to call him.

A group of people stood still in the imperial study room. After listening to Zhao Pu's narration, they were all shocked. King Jin frowned deeply, King Wei showed a trace of warmth and anger, and Liu Wei was very calm.

Zhao Kuangyin has been observing the expressions of these people, and seeing Liu Wei's indifferent expression, he first looked at Liu Wei and asked, "Liu Concubine, what do you think should be done about this matter?"

Liu Wei slightly lowered his eyebrows, and said, "My lord, those thieves are really abominable. How can they be spared when they slaughtered the people of Song Dynasty? No matter whether they were sent by the emperor of Liao Kingdom or not, we must retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and teach them a ruthless lesson." them."

What Liu Wei said didn't seem to be thought through at all, but it was extremely exciting to Zhao Kuangyin's ears. Zhao Kuangyin was born fighting on the battlefield, and he had a yearning for war from the bottom of his heart.

More importantly, in his heart, he has always had an idol, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong.

Every time Chai Rong went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he was like a madman, taking the lead and being domineering like a rainbow. He, Zhao Kuangyin, also wanted to fight recklessly on the battlefield like him.

It's just that when this passion ignited, Zhao Kuangyin quickly suppressed it. Now he is no longer the general of the past, his life is more valuable, and more importantly, he is no longer thinking about one person's Happy, but the long-term stability of a country.

"Liu's son-in-law's words are not unreasonable, but if it sparks a dispute between our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, what should we do?"

Everyone turned their attention to Liu Wei. Liu Wei said what he said just now, so he must accept the consequences brought about by his words. At this time, Liu Wei was still indifferent, and said: "I feel that the worry of the Holy One is completely It’s superfluous, if those bandits were really sent by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, then no matter whether the Liao Kingdom wants to wage war with our Great Song Dynasty or not, it’s already a foregone conclusion, and there will be no change at all because of whether our Great Song Dynasty sent troops to suppress it.”

When Liu Wei said this, everyone suddenly realized that if the gang of robbers were really sent by the emperor of Liao, it meant that the emperor of Liao didn't want to use troops with the Song Dynasty, otherwise why would he let his own people pretend to be robbers and directly let the Liao soldiers Wouldn't it be enough to rush and go?

If the gang of robbers were not sent by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, then they don't have to worry about it. The robbers disguised themselves as people from the Liao Kingdom. Afraid of that poseur fox?

Everyone understood, Zhao Kuangyin also understood, and after he understood, he immediately issued an order to let the border soldiers spare no effort to eliminate the gang of robbers. .
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Liao.

At this time, it was snowing heavily in the Liao Kingdom, and the wind was cold and heavy, sinking into the hearts of the people.

Ye Luxian, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, was only about 20 years old, but he performed very well, and his eyes were even more indescribably cold.

The court hall of the Liao Kingdom was a little noisy at this time.

"Your Majesty, the Great Song Dynasty is really deceiving people. Before we attacked them, they sent people to attack us first. Now the herdsmen of our three or five pastures in Daliao have been massacred. If this hatred is not guaranteed, how can we appease me? How can the people of the Liao Kingdom be worthy of those subjects who were massacred?"

"Master Xiao's words are right. Da Song really deceived our Liao country. Please give the last general a cavalry, and the last general will definitely kill the gang of thieves."

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and many ministers expressed their opinions, except for one person.

Ye Luxian remained calm until he felt that it was almost done, and finally asked the person who had never spoken: "Mr. Li, what do you think about this matter?"

As soon as Ye Luxian said this, everyone turned their attention to that Mr. Li. This Mr. Li was in his 40s and looked thin. There was hope in their eyes.They couldn't be more familiar with this Mr. Li, his name is Li Yin, he is Han, but he is the teacher of Ye Luxian, the only emperor teacher in the entire Liao Kingdom.

In addition to teaching the emperor knowledge, the emperor's teacher also taught the emperor how to be a man and a king, and even taught the emperor's mind.

Therefore, although the emperor's teacher Li Yin was a Han, he had a high status in the court of the Liao Kingdom.

At this moment, Li Yin smiled slightly, and then said, "The Holy One thinks, do those bandits really belong to Song Dynasty?"

Ye Luxian frowned slightly, but still replied: "Now that the Song Dynasty is using troops with the Southern Han Dynasty, I'm afraid they don't have the intention to start a war with our Liao Kingdom. Their emperor will not send troops to harass us, but they are all wearing the clothes of the people of the Song Dynasty. , even if it wasn’t allowed by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, I’m afraid he would be a bandit who wouldn’t be able to get along in the Song Dynasty.”

After listening to Ye Luxian's words, Li Yin nodded slightly, expressing his approval to Ye Luxian.

"What the Holy Majesty said is not bad, but according to the old minister, the bandits are probably not from the Song Dynasty, but from the Southern Han Dynasty."

"Nanhan?"

Hearing this sentence, all the ministers were shocked. The Liao Kingdom in Southern Han Dynasty can be said to have straddled the entire Central Plains. How could they go to their territory to harass them?
But after everyone was shocked, they quickly understood.

Today, the Great Song Dynasty is at war with the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Southern Han Dynasty is retreating steadily. Although the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty is cruel and likes to play, he is not a fool. If he knows that the Southern Han Dynasty is difficult to defeat the Great Song Dynasty, will he think of it What is the way to find trouble for Da Song and make Da Song tired of coping?
At that time, when the Song Dynasty was discussing business with the Southern Tang and Wuyue, the Liao Kingdom was dispatched, but the Southern Han Dynasty, which was at war with the Song Dynasty, did not take any action. Isn't it strange?

But now it seems that it is not surprising at all, because the people of the Southern Han Dynasty used another method, and it was a method that could draw the bottom line; in the whole world, how many countries can compete with the Song Dynasty?
Southern Tang and Wuyue had long bowed their heads to the Song Dynasty, so it was not impossible to provoke them to be hostile, but the rulers of the Southern Tang and Wuyue countries were all timid people, and even if they provoked them, they would not be able to threaten the Song Dynasty.

Only the Liao Kingdom can threaten the Song Dynasty and make the Song Dynasty feel jealous.

The ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty must have thought of this, so he sent people all the way to the borders of Liao and Song to carry out harassment activities, and their purpose was to cause war between the two countries.

Once the Liao Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty start a war, the Southern Han Dynasty will be much more relaxed. Whether they are fighting or fleeing, they will be able to handle it with ease.

Li Yin's words awakened everyone in the court hall of the Liao Kingdom. Ye Luxian nodded slightly, and said with three points of anger: "The people of the Southern Han Dynasty are too hateful. They are hostile to the Great Song Dynasty. I don't care, but they But you shouldn’t kill the people of Liao Kingdom, Mr. Li, what do you think we should do?”

Li Yin pondered for a moment, and then showed a slight smile: "I'm afraid the people of Southern Han were just being smart this time. Did they think that this would allow us to have a casual war with the Song Dynasty? What they did was throwing their own graves, that's all. The old minister feels that the Holy Majesty should send troops to wipe out the bandits, and keep calm with the Great Song Dynasty, our Liao Kingdom's strength is not enough to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty."

Li Yin said it calmly, Ye Luxian understood after listening to it, what Li Yin meant was not that the Liao Kingdom did not have the strength to fight the Song Dynasty, but that the emperor had just ascended the throne not long ago, and the situation in the court was unstable However, if we rashly start a war with Song Dynasty, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.

In this case, it is better to live in peace with Song Dynasty first, and when the time is right, when he is stable in the court, he will plot the Central Plains and win the world in one fell swoop.

After thinking about it, Ye Luxian nodded slightly, and said: "Mr. Li is right. If this is the case, let Ye Luguang be the vanguard and go to exterminate the bandits in the Southern Han Dynasty."

After Ye Luxian finished speaking, one of the generals of His Royal Highness had already surrendered his command.

(End of this chapter)