Chapter 183: Infighting, who is more ruthless
County Cheng Li Mingshan with the support of Wang Huang arched the county Xu Hong in Kaifeng County is also a very confidential matter, not many people know, Lei Heng only knows a little bit of it, and now Liu Zhenglong mentioned this matter to the point, it was indeed beyond this guy's expectations, so that he didn't know how to answer appropriately.
Liu Zhenglong had no intention of fighting for power and profit in Kaifeng County, and wanted to settle down and do a few things, but now that the situation in Kaifeng County has been decided, it is impossible for him to keep a low profile at all. Otherwise, he would either be killed by Li Mingshan, the county leader, or be killed by the five major families. Now it seems that when the two forces face each other head-on, they will regard themselves as imaginary enemies. And it is difficult for both sides to join forces with themselves, and they are destined to stage the Three Kingdoms in Kaifeng County.
It is a long way to go to stage the Three Kingdoms Killing in Kaifeng County, but the Three Kingdoms Killing in Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia is just around the corner, and it is a bloody Three Kingdoms Killing, which has reached the point of saber rattling, and the problem cannot be solved without bloodshed.
Western Xia is a very strange country, and it is normal for the Empress Dowager to be in power, otherwise there would not be the Empress Dowager of Daliang before and after, and the Empress Dowager of Xiaoliang control the situation one after another. Yelu Nanxian, who was born in the royal family of the Liao State, thought that he did not need to be poor in the way of the Great and Small Liang Queens, and thought that he could also be in power. Originally, Yelu Nanxian has been planning for many years in order to be able to control Xixia, and it can be said that on the first day of marrying Xixia, the ambitious first beauty of the Liao Kingdom, had this idea, and for more than ten years, she has been planning, and I also believe that with the support of the Liao Kingdom, the dream of the empress can be realized.
The plan could not catch up with the changes, the Liao State was destroyed by the Jin State, and the queen Yelu Nanxian lost the biggest barrier, and after enduring it for many years with Li Renzhong, the king of Pu who had been loyal to her for many years, finally showed his fangs and officially joined the competition for the throne, so that Yelu Nanxian was not only going to stage a dragon and tiger fight with Li Renli, the king of Shu, but also to stage a three-kingdom kill with King Shu and King Pu.
Although he does not hold military power, Yelu Nanxian is the queen after all, and his son is the crown prince. Now she is waiting, waiting for the official support of the Great Song Dynasty, waiting for Liu Zhenglong, this man who has brought countless wonderful people to her.
The waiting process is long and painful, but at this time, Yelu Nanxian is not idle, on the one hand, he is dealing with Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, hoping that this guy will give up his stupid thoughts and continue to support his son Li Renai to ascend the throne and support himself, the queen mother, in power. On the other hand, it is necessary to contact Li Renli, the king of Shu, after all, no one wants to have a fire and can resolve it peacefully, which is very necessary for the three parties.
Li Renli, the king of Shu, will never accept the fact that Li Renai ascended the throne, for him, it must be Li Renxiao who ascends the throne, but now there is no news from the Jin country, and Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, has a huge force, and in this case, if you want to promote Li Renxiao to the throne, it is too difficult.
Internal fighting, mutiny, these Shu King Li Renli have thought about it, but he didn't dare to do that, once he and Pu King Li Renzhong started a fire merger, the final benefit is still the queen Yelu Nanxian, this is not the key, the most fatal thing is that Xixia is now internal and external troubles, and if there is civil strife, it will not be possible to destroy the country.
After knowing that Empress Yelu Nanxian took the initiative to throw an olive branch, Li Renli, the king of Shu, felt that it was necessary for him to talk to this ambitious woman to see if there was any possibility of reconciliation. No matter what, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, can't be allowed to succeed.
Others don't know, but Li Renli, the king of Shu, is clear, once Li Renzhong succeeds, then let alone Li Renxiao's ascension to the throne, he can't even save his own life.
After fighting for many years, he was able to sit down and negotiate calmly with his old opponent, and it was for this point that Li Renli, the king of Shu, greatly admired the queen Yelu Nanxian.
"Wechen has seen the queen's mother, and I don't know why the mother summoned the minister into the palace." Li Renli, the king of Shu, was reluctant to go around in circles with the queen Yelu Nanxian, hoping to know the other party's true intentions directly.
"It's nothing, I just want to know what King Shu wants to bring Daxia to that track?" Queen Yelu Nanxian had never thought of cooperating with Li Renli, the king of Shu, before, and could not find the basis for cooperation, but when she heard Yan Shun say that King Shu and Concubine Cao Xian had a leg, and they were the biological father of Prince Li Renxiao, she firmly believed that there must be a basis for cooperation, which was a hundred times stronger than Li Renzhong, the king of Pu.
Li Renli, the king of Shu, didn't expect that Queen Yelu Nanxian would ask himself this, so at this time, he had to pretend to be confused and said: "Weichen doesn't understand what Niangniang means, the track that Daxia is going to should be decided after the new emperor ascends the throne, how can the minister decide?" β
"If you insist on letting the prince Li Renxiao ascend the throne, it is destined to be a civil war, and now the former emperor has given the edict to the mourning family. No matter what, Li Renxiao will not be allowed to snatch the position of the crown prince, you know this, once you choose to go to the extreme, it is destined to be a civil war, no matter what the final result of your fight with King Pu is, it will eventually be the death of Great Xia. β
Empress Yelu Nanxian took out the edict of Emperor Li Qianshun of Western Xia, which was indeed Li Qianshun's edict, which was sent from the capital in a hurry, which was also the last support of the official family for Liu Zhenglong. No matter who shoulders the heavy responsibility of destroying Western Xia in the end, Liu Zhenglong's exploits cannot be erased.
Of course, this edict was made by Li Qianshun after careful consideration, and now the emperor of Western Xia, who has been placed under house arrest, has long known that the Western Xia is fighting endlessly, and if the throne is not set in a short time, then the Western Xia will not be far from the death of the country.
Establishing the crown prince Li Renai as the crown prince can at least quell the internal strife in Western Xia in a short time, as for whether the queen Yelu Nanxian can take power and whether she can solve the dispute between the two kings, it is no longer a problem that Li Qianshun can consider.
Li Renli, the king of Shu, was not surprised by this edict at all, after all, it was only natural for the crown prince to be transferred to the crown prince in law, and Li Renxiao was still young, and the probability of inheriting the throne was not large.
After reading the edict, Li Renli, the king of Shu, said with a smile: "Your Majesty is no longer able to return to China, how effective this edict is, this Niangniang is very clear, I don't know why you are looking for Weichen." β
"The crown prince is on the throne, the prince is the regent of the prison country, and the mourning family just wants the status of a queen mother, and does not participate in the imperial power, but after the prince's wedding, the prince will hand over the imperial power to the emperor." Speaking of this, Yelu Nanxian knew that King Shu's heart was moved, but it was still not enough, so he continued: "You can add Concubine Cao Xian as the concubine, and Li Renxiao as the prince, in the territory of Western Xia, you pick a fief for him and let him be the king in his own fiefdom, this is the greatest sincerity that the mourning family has come up with, if King Shu still doesn't appreciate it, then please go back, the mourning family doesn't believe that Li Renxiao can take away everything that originally belonged to Li Renai." β
There is no doubt that this girl is a showdown, to put it bluntly, at this time, it is time for the fish to die and the net is broken, Shu Wang Li Renli knows what the queen Yelu Nanxian means, that is, she can give up control of the court situation, but the prince must successfully ascend the throne, if she can't reach an agreement, she will cooperate with King Pu and go all out to deal with herself.
Although he didn't know what kind of bargaining chips Empress Yelu Nanxian would come up with to persuade Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, to finally give up the fight for the throne, Li Renli, the king of Shu, knew that once the two of them reached an agreement, then he would either choose to break up and start a civil war or compromise, and there was absolutely no third way to go.
"I can agree to your conditions to the queen, but you must be the queen mother, you are the queen mother of the Virgin, and Concubine Cao Xian is the auxiliary, and you are the queen mother of the virtuous mother. As long as you agree to this condition, I promise that on the day of the prince's wedding, I will hand over the power of the court, of course, to ensure that my status as regent cannot be changed, and Li Renxiao will also be the king in his fiefdom. β
The person who knows the times is Junjie, it seems that Li Renli, the king of Shu, chose to compromise, whether it is true or false, at least on the surface they have reached an agreement, which is enough for the queen Yelu Nanxian, so that he has enough energy to deal with Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, and everything will be under his control.
At night, the queen Yelu Nanxian, who was bathed in the bath of flowers, tasted the beauty of the hot spring water, and she said to herself: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country." Li Renli, the king of Shu, is really stupid enough, what is Li Renxiao as the king, the queen mother of the two queens, and after Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, is settled, you King Shu should also die. β
Cooperate, or continue to resist, how could Li Renli, the king of Shu, put his fate in the hands of this woman, Yelu Nanxian? He was thinking about how to maximize his own interests, obviously, it might be better to tell Pu Wang Li Renzhong the content of today's conversation, but it was no longer suitable for him to do it himself, and it was better to pass it on through Yipintang.
In the opinion of Li Renli, the king of Shu, Yelu Nanxian has no military power in his hands, and it is much easier to deal with it than to deal with Li Renzhong, the king of Pu. Since you can't merge with Pu Wanghuo, then reaching a compromise is the last word, but what kind of chips can you open to satisfy the other party?
Just when Li Renli, the king of Shu, was thinking about how to reach a compromise with King Pu, the adviser who sent the Jin State did not hide the clouds, and at the same time brought the envoy Pu Yanhu of the Jin State, the Jin State promised to cooperate, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement, although the so-called exchange of interests was just an exchange of the land of the Great Song Dynasty without capital, but after all, the two sides reached a unanimous agreement, that is, to go all out to ensure that Li Renxiao ascended the throne.
With the backing of Jin Guo, at this time, Li Renli, the king of Shu, will not take Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, in his eyes, and as for the Great Song Dynasty, it will be even more disdainful, and there is no need to reach a cooperation intention with the queen Yelu Nanxian in this case.
Now the biggest headache is Pu Wang Li Renzhong, originally thought that he could successfully use Queen Yelu Nanxian to achieve his goal of ascending the throne, but this Bing Xue smart and ambitious woman did not take the bait, not only that, but the Song State did not give the necessary support, otherwise there would be no need to worry about Li Renli, the king of Shu.
Just when Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, was considering whether to reach an agreement with Li Renli, the king of Shu, the queen Yelu Nanxian sent a decree to let him enter the palace as soon as possible.
Although he was in a state of breaking with the queen Yelu Nanxian, Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, still chose to enter the palace to meet the queen.
Queen Yelu Nanxian's first sentence almost scared King Pu Li Renzhong to the ground, she said unhurriedly: "Today, please invite His Royal Highness King Pu down, there is only one thing, that is, the assassination of the prince Li Renxiao, life and death are uncertain. β
"What, mother, what did you say?" Pu Wang Li Renzhong felt that he was thundered, he knew that once this news was true, then Shu King Li Renli would never cooperate with him again, and he was destined to die endlessly in this life, and there was no possibility of reconciliation.
"The palace said that Li Renxiao was assassinated, life and death are uncertain, and the news has been blocked by Li Renli, the king of Shu, as for Li Renxiao's life or death, there is indeed no news, but the assassination is true."
Yelu Nanxian really didn't know who assassinated Li Renxiao, and he didn't know if this guy was dead. Of course, it would be best if Li Renxiao died, so that all the hopes of Li Renli, the king of Shu, would be completely ruined, but this is not something that outsiders can control.
What to do, all of a sudden, Puwang Li Renzhong was a little confused, this guy really didn't know where to go next. It can be said that the layout has been all disrupted, and his mind is very confused, and he doesn't know what to do next.
Having achieved the desired goal, Queen Yelu Nanxian said: "King Pu, you go back and think about it first, and see where you should go." The mourning family just wants to say one thing, Xixia is everyone's Xixia, if you provoke a war, then everyone will end up guillotine. β
Li Renzhong, the depressed King of Pu, didn't know how he got out of the palace, he really didn't know what to do, now everything is messed up, and the whole situation is completely out of control. Since Lee In-hyo can be assassinated, who can guarantee 100% safety in the future?
When Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, returned to the house, he didn't expect Yan Shun to wait for a long time.
Yan Shun was not surprised at all by the reaction of Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, he sneered and said: "Li Renxiao was assassinated, life and death are uncertain, this affects Li Renli, the king of Shu, for the prince, there should be a hundred benefits and no harm, you should be happy, why are you still sullen?" β
"You, it's you, it must be you who sent someone to assassinate Li Renxiao." Pu King Li Renzhong's face suddenly turned hideous, he gritted his teeth and said: "It's all you Song people who are making trouble, you assassinated Li Renxiao, you just don't want this king and King Shu to join forces, why are you so vicious." β
Yan Shun was not angry at all, this guy said with a big grin: "Lord Wang, are you crazy, why should we assassinate Li Renxiao, the life and death of this guy has nothing to do with the Great Song Dynasty." Without Li Renxiao's assassination, would you definitely be able to cooperate with King Shu? Why don't you want to think about who is the biggest beneficiary of Li Renxiao's assassination. β
The biggest beneficiary is the queen Yelu Nanxian, which indicates that Li Renli, the king of Shu, can no longer push out the legitimate successor to the throne, after all, the emperor Li Qianshun only has two sons, so the crown prince Li Renai has become the only heir, in this case, the king of Shu will definitely not cooperate with Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, and will eventually choose to compromise with the queen Yelu Nanxian.
At this moment, Pu Wang Li Renzhong is much calmer, sure enough, it is the queen Yelu Nanxian who has made a move, as long as Li Renxiao is assassinated, then King Shu will definitely take refuge in the queen, and he is destined to be his enemy.
"Do you mean to say that Empress Yelu Nanxian deliberately sent someone to assassinate Li Renxiao in order to deal with this king?"
"And what do you say?" Yan Shun's face showed a strange expression, and he said unhurriedly: "Don't raise yourself too high, you have far from enough control over the entire Western Xia situation, I forgot to tell you, King Shu has already reached contact with the Jin Kingdom, as long as King Shu and the Queen Mother reach a cooperation, the next step will be to clean you up." β
Conspiracy, Pu King Li Renzhong fell into a huge conspiracy, no matter how he struggled, he didn't want to jump out, he knew that if he couldn't break the alliance between King Shu and Queen Mother, he was destined to be cleansed.
"Will you help Ben King's team?"
The current Pu King Li Renzhong is like a drowning man, he wants to desperately grasp the straw of the Great Song Dynasty, if he is abandoned again, then he can only wait for death, and he has absolutely no strength to resist the alliance of King Shu and the queen.
"Of course I will help you, this is also the purpose of my visit to Xingqing Mansion, otherwise, there is no need for me to stay here all the time." Yan Shun saw that Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, finally chose to rely on the Great Song Dynasty, and he didn't plan to go around in circles at this time, he said unhurriedly: "Assassinate the crown prince Li Renai, after you complete this task, the Three Kingdoms Killing will return to the original point, and the connection between Li Renli, the king of Shu, and the queen Yelu Nanxian will be completely severed." Then Li Renli, the king of Shu, will choose to compromise with you, and the queen Yelu Nanxian can only rely on you. β
"Assassinating the future Son of Heaven, are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy, after assassinating the crown prince Li Renai, you can ascend the throne, so our investment will pay off. You are the future Emperor of Western Xia, and we will not assassinate the future Emperor of Western Xia. β
Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, shook his head, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "Why don't you go to assassinate, you can do this matter more simply." β
"We won't do that kind of stupid thing, this matter is only reasonable for you to do." Yan Shun grasped the pulse of Li Renzhong, the king of Pu, and he said unhurriedly: "You go to assassinate Li Renai, and we are responsible for blocking the invasion of the Jin army." Dealing with King Shu and dealing with Queen Yelu Nanxian can be left to us. β
"Do I have a choice?" Pu Wang Li Renzhong was very uncomfortable, but he knew that he had no choice, maybe the choice was wrong at the beginning, and now he can only continue to be wrong.
Xiucai knows the world without going out, Liu Zhenglong is in the distant Kaifeng County, but he knows everything about the killing of the Three Kingdoms of Western Xia, the reason why he does not destroy Western Xia now, as long as he is waiting, waiting for the results of the Northern Expedition.
As long as Tong Guan leads the army to Hebei Road, then everything will continue to move forward according to the trajectory of history. Since you can't reverse the world, just do what you can grasp.
Now, Fang La has given up fighting against the official army, and instead chooses to fight a sports war, which can effectively preserve his strength, of course, some of them have entered the vast ocean under the leadership of Princess Fang Baihua to find the islands where silver minerals exist. Although, Liu Zhenglong knew these places, it was one thing to know, and it was another thing to be able to successfully occupy these islands and be able to transport silver to the Central Plains.
Now that Tong Guan has led the army back to the capital, it is only a matter of time before he goes out, and the civil official group and the meritorious family have been fighting for several months, but in the end there is no wheel that can change history, and Tong Guan finally succeeds in the expedition.
The army went on the expedition, and Liu Zhenglong, as the transfer envoy of Hebei Road, although he could not exercise his authority and could not go out with the army, but he needed to prepare for the food and salary, and I am afraid this is the most depressing thing for this guy. So much so that Liu Zhenglong no longer had the urge to take power in Kaifeng County, ignored the existence of the five major families, and ignored the county Cheng Li Mingshan to seize power, which made the county lieutenant Han Chong a little incomprehensible.
Although the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, there is also a saying that it is not a raptor but Jiang, Liu Zhenglong is a protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven, and he is also a minister Langzhong, the prince of Qinling County, it can be said that he is definitely a fierce dragon, but why is it so low-key and terrible in Kaifeng County, he doesn't even bother to think about Xu Hong's official residence?
It's not that the county lieutenant Han Chong feels strange, it can be said that the five major families are also puzzled, and the county Cheng Li Mingshan is even more confused by the second monk, but all this has not been hidden from one person, that is, the former county magistrate Xu Hong.
Half a month after Liu Zhenglong arrived in Kaifeng County, Xu Hong personally invited this successor to the official residence.
When Liu Ruyan heard that Xu Hong invited Liu Zhenglong to the official mansion as a guest, her lungs were about to explode, and she was so angry that she said angrily: "Xu Hong, who occupies the magpie's nest, is really shameless enough, and even has the face to invite officials to be guests, I think if you don't give some color, this guy won't know that Lord Ma has three eyes." β
Liu Zhenglong didn't expect his wife to have such a big temper, he said with a smile: "That official mansion, I can take it back at any time, as long as I say three words, I will force Xu Hong to hand it over obediently, but do you know why, I don't want the official mansion, do you know why Xu Hong invited me as a guest?" β
"What do you mean, officer?"
Bingxue's smart Liu Ruyan quickly understood that Liu Zhenglong was playing a game, but he didn't know who he was going to get in this time.
"That bastard Wang Huang is embarrassed with me everywhere, all those black information he collected, and it was this bastard who slandered me in the newspaper. He was also the one who instigated the official family to go to the Rock Tower. Now that Tong Guan has gone on the expedition and the overall situation has been decided, there is no need for me to be polite, this time Lao Tzu wants to pull Wang Huang off the horse. β
Domineering, Liu Ruyan likes Liu Zhenglong's domineering style of kings, she hugged this guy's neck and said, "My dear, people think... β
"Little girl, it's daylight."
Although he said that it was broad daylight, Liu Zhenglong's actions did not stop at all.
On the first day of returning to the capital, after knowing that the official family was instigated by Wang Huang to go to Jilou, Liu Zhenglong made up his mind to pull Wang Huang off the horse, but he never found a suitable opportunity. If there is no opportunity, he has to create opportunities, during this time, he has been creating opportunities, everything is ready only to the east wind, I didn't expect Xu Hong to take the initiative to send the east wind, which made Liu Zhenglong feel that the time was ripe, and it was time to show off his muscles.