"Hug a duke, there is already a thin wine prepared in the line, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you get drunk and rest, how about it?" Li Zhongyi smiled and invited Zhang Yongde to the banquet.

Since Zhang Yongde has relieved himself of the duties of an angel, how dare Li Zhongyi, the prime minister of the dynasty and the first feudal town of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not obey?

"Thank you Li Xianggong, the lower officials will definitely sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman and not get drunk." Zhang Yongde gave up his hands, and his attitude was unusually humble.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, Zhang Yongde is not a coward, he is only afraid that he is worried that Li Jiajun will fight together, and his head will fall to the ground, right?

This person, once he has been rich for a long time and has lost his ambition, he will inevitably be afraid of wolves and tigers.

There are countless examples similar to Zhang Yongde's situation, for example, Li Zhongyi's ally, Li Qiong, the king of Huayang County.

Since Li Qiong's defeat at the hands of Lin Renzhao of the Southern Tang Dynasty, that is, Lin Huzi, he seems to have changed as a person, not only worried, timid, but even wants to give his granddaughter to Li Zhongyi as a concubine.

Although Li Zhongyi is very lustful, he does not have to accept Li Qiniang as a concubine, which hurts the self-esteem of his allies too much, and the wise man does not take it.

As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, and the barefoot are not afraid to wear boots!

This person, once he has too much power or wealth, he will inevitably think about it and shrink his hands.

Poor ghosts, they can't even eat, and there is only one cheap life left, where do you have the leisure to talk about culture, grade, and elegance?

What is particular about this era is that he is willing to cut his body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse! That is, the prince and the general, would you rather have a kind?

Li Zhongyi's heart is like a mirror, with his current strength, as long as the Khitans, the Liu family in Taiyuan, and the Tang State in the south are not involved, in less than a year, he can seize the entire world.

But the problem is that there are still 200,000 elite forbidden troops in the imperial court, and they are all entrenched near Kaifeng, even if he defeats the imperial army, I am afraid that the flowery Kaifeng City will become a devastated hell on earth.

In a word, if Li Zhongyi makes a heart and forcibly wins the country of the Great Zhou, the vitality of the Han people in the Central Plains will definitely be greatly damaged!

What's more, the Khitan kingdom in the north has been in the hands of Yelu Huge. When the battle between the Li Jiajun and the imperial forbidden army was in full swing, even if he used his ass to think, it was completely conceivable that after Yelu Xiuge learned of the chaos in the Central Plains, he would definitely do his best to go south.

It is an indisputable fact that Yelu Hugo and Li Zhongyi regard each other as the biggest rivals in their lives!

With Li Zhongyi being involved, if Yelu Xiuge didn't seize the fighter and go south with all his might, it wouldn't be Yelu Xiuge!

Even if he uses his nose to think, Yelu Hugo can calculate this account clearly, and when Li Zhongyi successfully grasps the supreme ruling power of the entire Great Zhou Kingdom, and frees up his hands, the next unlucky one must be the Khitan Kingdom.

And vice versa! When Yelu Hugo has pacified the opponents in the Khitan country, the next target is definitely the rich Great Zhou State.

Li Zhongyi competed with the court snipe clam but cheapened the Khitan barbarians, which was the last thing Li Zhongyi wanted to see, and it was also the worst situation.

In addition, Li Zhongyi's entire family was held hostage in Kaifeng City by the imperial court. As long as Li Zhongyi raises the anti-flag, even if there is a tunnel dug in the house, who dares to ensure that nothing goes wrong?

The closest relatives in the family, no one is missing, in case of a mistake, it is definitely enough to make Li Zhongyi regret the tragedy for life.

At the beginning, Zhao Kuangyin, who did not have absolute strength, could use various means to defraud the military power of the imperial court, and seized the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty without blood.

Now, Li Zhongyi, who has long known the story of Chen Qiao, can't do worse than Zhao Kuangyin, right?

After the table was opened, Zhang Yongde raised his wine glass high, looked in the direction of Kaifeng City in the west, and said loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

However, none of the four guards of Yulin present stood up to raise a glass, and everyone's eyes were focused on Li Zhongyi, who was still sitting firmly in Diaoyutai.

Zhang Yongde was so embarrassed that his face immediately turned red, and it was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a slap in the face.

No wonder the imperial court is so jealous of Li Zhongyi, seeing it today, the worries of Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen are really not blind worries for no reason.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yongde suddenly realized that before Li Zhongyi's second expedition to Goryeo, he had always been low-key and modest, and he was extremely cautious, how could he become so arrogant and domineering now?

Li Zhongyi achieved the goal of establishing authority, and he didn't want Zhang Yongde to lose face too much, so he slowly stood up and said with a smile: "The thunder, rain and dew are all heaven's graces, congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

"Hulala......" The generals present all stood up and raised their glasses, and shouted in unison, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Yongde was surprised to find that nearly 100 generals and colonels of Li Jiajun stood up at the same time as one person, and the stool rang only once, singing and "Congratulations to Your Majesty" in unison, and other than that, there was not the slightest noise.

Zhang Yongde is not an ordinary nobleman, he is a veteran general who has led heavy troops and fought in large army battles, and his knowledge is higher than others?

Generally speaking, in the barracks, the soldiers are better managed and more obedient than the officers. After all, if you are an official for thousands of miles, you will always enjoy all kinds of privileges.

Not to mention anything else, even in Zhang Yongde's barracks, the self-restraint ability of officers, especially middle and senior generals, is much weaker than that of lower-level officers!

Zhang Yongde knew in his heart that on the tables closest to the main table, the officers who sat to accompany the guests were at worst a deputy commander or an earl.

To tell the truth, these people have a higher status and greater real power, and their hearts and eyes are naturally stronger than those who have never seen the world, and they are so strong that they don't know how many times.

However, this group of high-ranking and powerful generals actually acted like one person, Zhang Yongde asked himself, even if he returned to the throne where the palace was checked, he would definitely not be able to do it so far.

Li Zhongyi was too lazy to care about Zhang Yongde's careful thoughts, he raised his neck, drank the wine in the cup, smiled slightly, and said: "Hug Yigong is not only a famous thousand cups in the capital, but also a famous bold and kind-hearted person. ”

Just when Zhang Yongde was still ignorant, the heavy generals of the Li family, starting with Liu Heyang, came over one after another to find Zhang Bao to fight for wine.

The purpose of Zhang Yongde's trip, in addition to promulgating the edict, is more importantly, to win over the middle and senior generals under Li Zhongyi for the imperial court.

It's just that Zhang Yongde didn't dream that Li Zhongyi's sudden big gesture interrupted his step-by-step plan alive.

Liu Heyang came to toast, Zhang Yongde deliberately did not give Liu Heyang face based on ulterior motives, he just said lightly: "Li Xianggong is a good amount of wine that can not be poured in a thousand cups, I have not been in good shape in recent years, and I have been taking medicine constantly, and the imperial doctor does not allow him to drink." ”

When Li Zhongyi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh secretly, after Zhang Yongde was free, he didn't drink a jar of wine every day, and his heart was like an old cat scratching fiercely, where did the imperial doctor not allow him to drink?

"Oh, hugging a male is unwell, why didn't you say it earlier?" Li Zhongyi arched his hand and said very sincerely, "Presumably, Bao Yigong must know that a certain family was born in the family of the imperial doctor of Shu Kingdom, and he knows a little bit about the art of ambiguity, right?" If you can trust a certain family, how about asking a certain family to ask for a pulse? ”

After Zhang Bao heard this, he almost bit his tongue, he patronized Liu Heyang's steps, so as not to arouse Li Zhongyi's suspicion, and he actually ignored a major matter, which should be beaten, should be beaten.

As Li Zhongyi's strength continued to expand, the magnates in Kaifeng City gave him the nickname from Jianghu Lang Zhongzi to a copper stinking son.

Especially in recent years, everyone basically calls Li Zhongyi a copper stink, and almost no one mentions the former nickname of Jianghu Lang Zhongzi.

However, Li Zhongyi is a holy hand of Chinese medicine from a family of traditional Chinese medicine after all, if he doesn't make a move, once he makes a move, he can determine life and death in a word.

"There is Lao Li Xianggong to ask, it's just a little old problem, the medicine I take now is very effective......" Zhang Yongde opened his eyes and said nonsense, since Li Zhongyi's goal has been achieved, he doesn't want Zhang Yongde to be too embarrassed, so he has to be forgiving and forgiving, so he smiled and led the topic away.

During the entire banquet, Zhang Yongde did not serve a wine glass, but the generals of the Li Jiajun without exception all received the favor of the imperial court, and the atmosphere in the line could not be bad.

In any case, it is always a happy thing for the imperial court to wholesale the title, and Li Zhongyi did not restrain everyone from drinking.

After two hours of trouble, the banquet dispersed, and after Zhang Yongde sent Li Zhongyi away, he turned around and instructed his henchman Wang Yangji: "Dongshan, the generals under Li Zhongyi have all drunk a lot of wine, you take someone to find out the movement inside and outside the barracks." ”

Wang Yangji nodded in understanding and said: "What Bao Gong said is extremely true, Li Wuji's subordinates and heavy generals have drunk too much, if a sentry is killed at this time, in the blink of an eye, it will be a tragic defeat." ”

Zhang Yongde nodded heavily, Wang Yangji's words did speak to his heart. The imperial court ordered Zhang Yongde to spy on the reality of the four guards of Yulin nearby, in his bones he was actually an abnormal jealousy of the strong combat effectiveness of Li Zhongyi's soldiers and horses, if he seized the fatal loophole and solved the troubles of the imperial court without blood, then his Zhang Baoyi's status in the mind of the Empress Dowager Fu would definitely soar.

To tell a very popular truth, if your father has a mother, it is better to have it yourself!

If Zhang Yongde regained the trust of the imperial court and took back the vital military power, why should he be attached to Zhao Kuangyin's wing?

Who would have thought that Wang Yangji would not come back until the evening of the third day, as if he had evaporated from the world, and disappeared without a trace.

Zhang Yongde was in a hurry, in this Goryeo country, which was far away from the Great Zhou, he was completely in a situation where his eyes were black, even if he wanted to spend a lot of money to find someone, he had no way.

Forced into desperation, Zhang Yongde had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to the door to ask to see Li Zhongyi.

After Li Zhongyi listened to the report on the door, he couldn't help touching his chin, glanced at Wang Yangji, who was sitting opposite him drinking tea, and said with a smile: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, it is not appropriate for Dongshan Gong to show up, please avoid it for the time being." ”