Chapter 15 Can't hold back
Li Chu sat in the carriage and fell asleep, he received a letter from the palace last night, he was really a little worried, a Southern Han finally stabilized, but the Song Kingdom suddenly wanted to move. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
With Li Chu's understanding of the national strength of the Song State, Zhao Kuangyin would definitely not be willing to give up after receiving some benefits like the Southern Han Dynasty, his ambition is simply Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, and the letter says that Li Jingyao has the intention of sending troops to meet the battle, no matter from which aspect, this is a blow to anyone.
But I didn't expect that someone was even more impatient than Li Jingyao, and he actually spread rumors in the market, lest the world be chaotic, and this person who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic was Liu Wenlu.
"Hey, it's General Sima, I haven't seen you for some days, and I'm still so in the wind." Prime Minister Zhou Yongnan said that he was coming head-on, and in front of so many people, Li Chu inevitably smiled back and complimented, "Isn't the prime minister's body as tough as ever, how can an ordinary old man have such a spirit as the prime minister at this age?" It can be seen that it is the favor of God. ”
Zhou Yongnan blackened his face, withdrew his smile, turned around and walked into the main hall stupidly, Li Chu followed and stood in his own place, and Li Jingyao arrived at this time.
After everyone saluted, Li Jingyao sat sideways and raised his hand and said: "Zhao Kuangyin, the king of the Song Dynasty, has been expanding his power in recent years, annexing small countries, and now the national strength is stronger than that of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”
Although many ministers knew about this in advance, they still had to prick up their ears to listen, so as not to miss any important clues.
"The envoy said that he hoped that the Southern Tang Dynasty could attack three thousand pieces of silver and one thousand pieces of silk cloth to the Song State every year......" Li Jingyao paused when he said this, and there was already an uproar in the palace.
"This ...... This is too much, this Song Kingdom is inevitably too greedy! ”
"Mo didn't deliberately find an excuse to send troops, did he?"
"I don't think these are anything, but what is hateful is that Zhao Kuangyin actually summoned me to the court and cut fifteen cities to celebrate his birthday!" Li Jingyao suddenly stood up when he said this, and said angrily, "Is my Southern Tang still afraid of him and the Song Kingdom will not succeed?" How dare you send an envoy to make such a request! ”
Hearing this, the hundred officials' faces suddenly changed, and Zhao Tianshu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the first to jump out and say: "Your Majesty, this Song State is really too bullying, and the minister feels that he should quickly build troops and strike preemptively, and hit him Song Guo by surprise!" ”
"That's right! We also have a lot of talented people in the court, and the generals and marshals are all brave and good at fighting, why not fight hard to annex the Song Kingdom? In this way, the most powerful person on the Kyushu continent is our Nantang! Dali Temple Judge Temple Changpu also said indignantly.
Prime Minister Zhou Yongnan is always the one who is most opposed to the war, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it is inappropriate, it is the people who cry when they start the war, and the people have finally settled down. ”
Li Jingyao nodded to Zhou Yongnan rarely, his gaze swept through the crowd, and was firmly fixed on Li Chu's face.
Li Chu lowered his eyes and pondered for a while before he raised his head and said, "The minister thinks that it is not feasible to rush into the army, how can such an act not be detected by the Song State?" An accidental, sent to the Song State to seize the reason to send troops, in order to plunder the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”
Li Jingyao took a breath, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Then you mean to agree to Song Guo's rude request?" ”
"Naturally, I can't say yes...... Lichu said.
"Then tell me, this can't send troops and shouldn't meet his request, is it possible to send another princess county lord?" Li Jingyao leaned forward, looking very excited.
"That is, since General Sima has put forward this idea, he should always give a way, right? Could it be that General Sima didn't want to lead his troops to the battle, so he was looking for an excuse to shirk it? "Dali Temple Judgment Temple Changpu has something to say.
Li Chu was not annoyed, but said softly: "Find someone who can speak well, go to Song Guo and talk to Zhao Kuangyin, maybe you can reduce the number of attacks every year." During this period, the ministers should strengthen military training to prepare for future expeditions. ”
"That's right, don't fight the unprepared!" Although Zhou Yongnan didn't understand why Lichu was consistent with his position, all he could do at this time was to support Lichu.
The court debate was extremely fierce, and there was no result in the battle, and after the dispersal of the court, Li Chu ran directly in the direction of the city gate, because he knew that Liu Wenlu would definitely not be able to bear it and would continue to act.
As he expected, before the others arrived at the city gate, they heard a report from his soldiers, saying that they had caught a rumor-monger, and Li Chu rushed over in three steps and two steps.
I saw that several big men were tied up with flowers, and they couldn't even struggle at all, and one of them had black eyes that was Liu Wenlu's close guard, Geng Sanzhong.
"General Sima, what should we do with these people?" The soldier on the side stepped forward and asked.
"Take it to the side first, and I'll go over and interrogate it myself later." Li Chu turned around and was about to leave, but seeing that the soldier was a little hesitant, he asked in an aggravated tone, "What?" Any questions? ”
"Back to General Sima, we have just sent someone to report to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and their people should arrive soon."
Li Chu secretly clenched his fists, slowly turned around and said, "So what? Could it be that he, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, will come to me to rob someone? This matter is very serious, and I must interrogate it myself before I can rest assured that it will be handed over to Dali Temple! ”
"Yes! Great Sima General! The soldier replied in a loud voice, waving his hand and leading the man down.
"Jin Yuan, you go nearby to see if there is any trace of Liu Wenlu and them, if you see it, find a way to lure them over, if Feng Jiu is also in the crowd, find a way to make her retreat." Li Chu walked to Jin Yuan's side and whispered.
Jin Yuan nodded, took a step, and rushed out like an eagle at once, and there was no figure.
Needless to say, he had already checked the situation in this area, and even Liu Wenlu knew very well where he was hiding, and he stepped on it from the eaves at the moment, and the people below rushed out of the house in shock.
"Who?"
Liu Wenlu was stunned when he came out, seeing that Jin Yuan didn't squeak, and didn't understand what he meant by this, Jin Yuan stood on the eaves and knocked up the melon seeds comfortably, and the melon seed skins were sprinkled like falling snow.
"What do you want to do?" Liu Wenlu finally couldn't help but ask.
Jin Yuan clapped his hands, spun around and jumped down from the eaves, stared at Liu Wenlu's hand holding the saber and said, "You don't have to be so precautionary, right?" ”
Seeing that Liu Wenlu was silent, still looking at himself vigilantly, Jin Yuan said boringly: "I'm just here to tell you that the person you want to save is still at the city gate at the moment, and if you want to save people, hurry up, and there will never be a chance if you have another moment." ”
(To be continued.) )