Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Age of Worse Than Rotten

Liu Gang, the queen of the Southern Han Dynasty, was the most bizarre emperor in history, and the stupidity of his actions was almost unparalleled.

The first is the "maverick" decree: to be an official, first castrate.

Because he only believed in eunuchs, believing that only eunuchs without children and grandchildren could think about the country.

The problem is, one is that the eunuchs are very limited, and the other is that the eunuchs are mostly illiterate, and it is okay to do errands, and relying on them to govern the country is inevitably a big joke in the world.

However, he issued a decree requiring all future jinshi to be castrated before they could become officials.

As a result, many Jinshi fled with their families in fear, but this year's champion did not run away, and could only be forcibly castrated by the government.

The second is that the green hat has worn a new realm and shared the Persian pet with the people.

Liu Gang is at least a dual personality, he loves money like life, and he is willing to share the beauties of the harem with his subjects.

Liu Gang had a Persian favorite concubine captured by a close eunuch from the sea, and gave her the name "Charming Pig".

Later, I probably got tired of playing, so I recruited young men who were beautiful and "have some special talents" and had a foolish relationship with Persian favorites in front of him.

And there are words: "The ancient princess of Shanyin has a face of thirty, why can't I choose a few beautiful sons for her?" ”

This green hat is worn with dignity and fame.

What's even more bizarre is that Liu Gang is very superstitious, and the witch Fan Huzi grasped this information, and then told him that he was his father in his previous life.

Then Liu Gong believed it, and he gave up the position of emperor that all his brothers had obtained by killing all their brothers to the witch, and called himself the "Crown Emperor".

This happened the year before, in 963, when Liu Gang's generals forced back the Song Dynasty army that had attacked Hunan, but the credit fell to Fan Huzi.

After that, Liu Gang even gave up the throne to Fan Huzi, and the ministers of civil and military affairs, including himself, listened to the words of this witch.

Of course, he can't blame anyone else for his own death.

Because he killed all the generals who could fight and sent a group of eunuchs to fight, how could he fight?

The army of the Song Dynasty attacked the Southern Han Dynasty in 970, and the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty almost fled when they heard the news, and four states fell into the hands of the Song Dynasty in two months.

He was still proud in the Southern Han Dynasty, and those four states were all in Lingbei, which was what he couldn't want.

But from December onwards, the Song Dynasty's army lasted for years, and in a few months their country perished.

When he lost his country, he still wanted to run and loaded more than a dozen boats of treasure, but the sergeants under his command grabbed the boat and ran away, so he could only surrender.

Zhao Dezhao also knew an interesting anecdote, in the fourth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (979), Song Taizong would attack Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty and entertain Pan Mei and other generals in the Changchun Palace.

At that time, Liu Gang and Qian Yu, the former king of Wuyue who had descended to the Song Dynasty, and Chen Hongjin, the former envoy of the Qing Dynasty, were all present.

Liu Gang, who surrendered to the right Qianniuwei general, and pardoned the marquis, said: "The imperial court is mighty and far-reaching, and the monarchs who steal the throne from all directions are all here today, and soon Taiyuan will be pacified, and Liu Jiyuan will arrive again, and the ministers will take the lead in coming to the court, hoping to hold a stick and become the boss of the surrendered kings of all countries." ”

This person is already completely faceless and skinless, and he combines the dark characteristics of human beings such as retardation, cruelty, and fornication, which is extremely strange.

Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "This matter is not a rumor, many Southern Han soldiers have fled to Chenzhou recently, and a small half of the generals of the Southern Han Dynasty have been replaced by eunuch leaders. ”

Zhao Guangyi felt even more incredible, and was frightened by Liu Gang.

After a long while, he muttered, "If this is the case, there is no need to withdraw from the army." ”

Although Zhao Guangyi had the most elite army in his hands, his responsibility was to defend the capital.

He is not like Zhao Kuangyin, Gao Huaide's official position is fought out with a knife and a gun, and more often than not, he has a high position because of Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother.

He led the army alone in very few battles, and almost all of them failed, which shows that he did not have the talent to lead the army at all.

Although most of the time in ancient wars was not compared to the talent of generals, but to be worse, then he was also rotten out of the realm.

Zhao Dezhao said again: "Daddy, not long after the local annexation of Tanzhou, the people are uneasy, and it is not advisable to blindly be gentle and violent.

Now Pan's main responsibility is to train the troops and quell the chaos, so that his attitude should be tougher.

However, it is also necessary to send a civil affairs officer who is good at assisting Pan Defense to stabilize the rear, so that the result can be twice as effective with half the effort. ”

Gao Huaide paused for a moment, stopped talking, and lowered his gaze, as if it didn't exist at all.

Hearing Zhao Dezhao say this, Zhao Guangyi didn't care about Zhao Kuangyin's attitude, and immediately said: "Second brother, Cheng Yu, the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, is honest and cautious, and he should be of great use. ”

Originally, Zhao Dezhao just said that Zhao Kuangyin had not yet decided, but Zhao Guangyi had already begun to seize power.

If it were Zhao Dezhao in this era, he might feel a little depressed, but for Zhao Dezhao, he didn't care at all.

Because as long as he has a base, he can exert the power of science and technology.

As long as he had 3,000 men, all armed with muskets, he would be invincible.

Therefore, at this time, there is no need to compete with Zhao Guangyi for the limelight at all.

Therefore, he pretended to be happy and said: "The child has also heard that Judge Cheng is an honest official and treats the people like a son, and it should be good for this person to go to Tanzhou to appease." ”

Zhao Guangyi was a little stunned again, he originally thought that Zhao Dezhao's suggestion was to install people.

His father-in-law, Wang Pu, listened to the government after Xiaofu, but he was in charge of the civil affairs of the whole country, but now he is idle at home, and only a false title is left.

But now Zhao Dezhao's attitude doesn't seem to be sent for the sake of his father-in-law at all......

Zhao Kuangyin didn't seem to notice the struggle between his younger brother and his son, nodded and said: "The second brother said that he is indeed serious, one article and one martial arts, one leniency and one strictness, so that the Tanzhou riots can be stopped."

I have also heard of Cheng Yu Cheng Chongyuan that the third brother said, and he is indeed a usable person, but he can be the assassin of Tanzhou, and he will be in harmony with Pan Zhongxun. Third brother, this trip is just to assist, and it is not to take the lead. ”

The history of the assassin is also the Taishou, but after the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Taishou and the history of the assassin have long been confused.

The Song Dynasty also had a history of thorns, and after it was abolished by the Yuan Dynasty, it was equivalent to a prefect or a prefect in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Cheng Yu is the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion is a high match in Song, one level higher than other state capitals, and his deputy goes to other states to be the number one, which can only be regarded as a flat adjustment, not a promotion.

Zhao Guangyi's goal was achieved, and he didn't have time to think about it for a while, so he hurriedly responded.

At this time, Meng Kuan walked in, bowed down and said, "Official, there are ministers who have brought their families into the palace to enjoy together, it's time to move to the imperial garden." ”

Gao Huaide immediately jumped up as if he had just woken up from a dream. "I've been waiting for you to come for a long time, take me to the orchestra, and I-so has a new song."

Gao Huaide is a general, familiar with military affairs, does not like to read, has a frank and bold temperament, and is informal.

He has two major specialties, one is that he is good at music, can compose music by himself, and the rhyme is very exquisite.

Second, he loves to shoot and hunt, and once slept in the wild for three or five days, hunting hundreds of foxes and hares.

His two hobbies are well known to everyone, so it is not surprising to see him excited at this time.

Only Zhao Dezhao smiled, knowing that this guy saw some limelight, and now he couldn't wait to get out of the way.

At this time, the sun was already setting, and in the imperial garden, a number of desks had already been placed, and each desk table could be used for four people to sit around.

Today, the emperor and the ministers rejoice, drink and have fun together, and admire the moon, which is very large.

The whole banquet is centered on the emperor, with women on the left, men on the right, and a stage for performances in the middle.

Zhao Dezhao is also looking forward to it, because at today's banquet, his two fiancΓ©es will come.

The Wang family said very well that Wang Pu said early in the morning that he would take Fourth Sister Wang into the palace.

On Chen's side, because Chen Qinzuo's level was not enough, Zhao Dezhao also specially asked someone to hand over a post to Chen Qinzuo, asking him to bring his family and Chen's little sister into the palace to enjoy the moon.

The fourth sister, who had disappeared for a while, came to Zhao Dezhao's side with some uneasiness, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, I also brought the Pei family into the palace, it's not in the way, right?" ”

Zhao Dezhao raised his head, but he didn't see Pei Ge'an, and asked, "How did you bring it in?" ”

"A few days ago, we had people buy wigs, and let her change the clothes of the maid and replace a little palace maid. Let her stay by my side today, and she will be fine. ”

Pei Ge'an is only nine years old this year, and he is a girl, even if he is discovered, nothing happens.

followed the fourth sister to Gyeongbokgung Palace, where the children were playing, Pei Ge'an changed the clothes of the palace maid and mixed in a group of children, which was not eye-catching.

Zhao Dezhao didn't step forward to say hello, and couldn't help but sigh when he saw her smug expression.

The fourth sister has now been completely bewitched by her, but it doesn't hurt.

At this time, Xiao Huangmen, who was arranged by Zhao Dezhao to wait at the Gongchen Gate, ran over quickly. "Second brother, the Chen family has entered the palace."

The fourth sister laughed. "The second brother misses the beautiful woman, just go quickly, don't worry about us."

Because of Chen Qinzuo's low level, the Chen family must enter the palace earlier, if Chen Sirang is in the capital, he can come later.

The more honorable the person, the later he comes, and the smaller the role comes first, which is not a rule that only exists in later generations.

When Zhao Dezhao arrived at the Imperial Garden, Chen, his sister-in-law, and his nephew and daughter-in-law had been arranged by the chamberlain next to a desk in the back row.

Her sister-in-law is in her thirties and looks a little cowardly, and her nephew and daughter-in-law are almost twenty years old, but she is a cool person, and she can't help but laugh when she sees Zhao Dezhao coming.

Chen is not like a tiger girl, because she has been dependent on her eldest brother for a long time, she looks like a weak and delicate lady like Lin Daiyu.

There is no crookedness, she is very beautiful, seeing her ruddy complexion, Zhao Dezhao is very satisfied.

At this time, there were already many female dependents, and it was inconvenient for Zhao Dezhao to go directly, and he left in a distance until he couldn't look up Chen anymore.

Before leaving, he specially arranged for the chamberlain to add a few special snacks to their desks.

Knowing that this was Zhao Dezhao's future wife, the chamberlains became much warmer, and changed their positions to be under a tree in a corner of the front row.

The front seat cannot be arranged, it is a transgression. Although the corner of the front row is not a good location, it is very clear to watch the singing and dancing.

The sister-in-law of the Chen family saw that Zhao Dezhao was called away by the chamberlain, so she smiled and said to the somewhat uncomfortable Chen: "The prince is very angry, and he is interested in you, and he will marry in the future, but he will enjoy happiness." ”

Chen's shame: "Sister-in-law ......"