First, Liu Rengong was able to become the envoy of Lu Longjie with the support of Li Keyong, and finally achieved a foundation; However, after gaining a foothold in Youzhou, Liu Rengong soon betrayed Li Keyong and defeated the army sent by Li Keyong to crusade.

You must know that it was a critical period for Jin and Liang to compete for hegemony at that time, after this defeat, coupled with the fact that the Zhu Jin brothers in the Central Plains were eliminated by Zhu Wen, and Wei Bo, Dingzhou, and Zhenzhou successively switched to Zhu Wen, which made Li Keyong's power shrink rapidly, and he soon fell into disadvantage in the battle for hegemony.

Before Li Keyong died, he still remembered Liu Rengong's betrayal, and listed this person as the three enemies along with Zhu Wen and Yelu Abaoji, so that Li Cunqiao wanted to avenge him.

However, what people didn't expect was that Liu Rengong didn't be complacent for too long, and he was launched a mutiny by his own son and has been imprisoned ever since.

Now after eliminating Liu Shouguang, the Jin army also captured Liu Rengong by the way.

In the spring of the seventh year of Wuyi, Li Cunqiao, the king of Jin, conquered Youzhou and returned with a great victory; He tied up Liu Rengong and his son with white silk, and entered Jinyang City with a triumphant song.

Soon, Li Cunmiao dedicated Liu Rengong and his son to Taimiao, and personally went to the execution ground to kill Liu Shouguang.

Before the execution, Liu Shouguang shouted loudly: "I, Liu Shouguang, have been defeated so far, and I have no roots, but it was Li Xiaoxi, a thief, who instigated me not to surrender that day. ”

Li Cunmiao had long been angry about the day of persuasion, and now he heard that it was Li Xiaoxi, the person who took the initiative to surrender, who dissuaded Liu Shouguang from surrendering, and he was immediately surprised.

He immediately summoned Li Xiaoxi and asked him to confront Liu Shouguang on the execution ground to confirm whether Liu Shouguang's words were true or false.

Li Xiaoxi originally relied on the merit of dedicating the city, and he was also valued in the Jin Kingdom, and he was rewarded by Li Cunqing, and he mixed quite well, but he didn't expect to be hated by Liu Shouguang at this time.

He glared at each other angrily and scolded Liu Shouguang loudly: "When you colluded with your father's concubine, could it be that I instigated you to do this kind of beastly behavior?" ”

Li Cunmiao was furious when he heard this, he originally held a grudge against the events of the day of persuasion, but now after listening to the words of the two, he still didn't know what happened.

In addition, this is the Taimiao of the Jin Kingdom, which enshrines Li Cunqiao's ancestral spirit card.

Li Xiaoxi was unscrupulous in such a solemn place, and even dared to say such a thing, which immediately caused Li Cunxi to be furious, and immediately ordered Li Xiaoxi to be beheaded first.

After killing Li Xiaoxi, Liu Shouguang felt a lot more comfortable, but he was still unwilling to be killed, and hurriedly begged Li Cunqiao with humility: "King, I, Liu Shouguang, am good at riding horses and archery, and the king wants to achieve hegemony, why don't you leave me?" I am willing to be a pawn for the king. ”

At this time, his two wives and concubines couldn't see it, and rebuked: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, what good is it to continue to live?" After saying that, the two of them were killed.

But Liu Shouguang continued to beg and cry, hoping that Li Cunqiao would let him go.

It's a pity that Li Cunmiao was unmoved at all and directly ordered him to be beheaded.

"It's such a waste, and he dares to be the emperor, it's not as good as two women!" Li Cunmiao was disdainful in his heart.

After beheading Liu Shouguang, Li Cunqiao did not kill Liu Rengong immediately, but ordered someone to send him to Daizhou, took the blood from his heart and sacrificed it in front of Li Keyong's tomb, and then killed him.

support, Liu Rengong and his son, who had been entrenched in Youzhou for fifteen years, were completely destroyed.

Soon, Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi each sent envoys to ask for the honor of Li Cunqiao as the Shang Shu Order.

Shang Shuling was a position that Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, had also held before he ascended the throne, so no one in the later Tang Dynasty dared to hold this position.

Wang Rong and the others revered Li Cunqiao as a scholar, which was obviously a further recognition of Li Cunqing's hegemony and a statement that they would continue to follow the Jin state.

In this regard, Li Cunmiao accepted it after three humble concessions, and opened the government office and set up a platform.

For a time, Li Cunmiao's prestige was greatly inspired, and all forces from all sides were amazed by the prestige of the Jin State after learning about it.

That night, a celebratory banquet had just ended, and in the study of the Jin Palace, the lights were bright at this time, and several majestic figures inside were sitting in turn, it was Li Cunqiao and his henchmen Zhang Chengye, Meng Zhixiang and others discussing state affairs.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have broken through Youzhou and eliminated Yan in the past two years, which is certainly worthy of our joy, but let's not forget that Wu in the south has also captured Jingxiang, and now it is even competing with Liang for Xuzhou. This kind of expansion is only faster than me. ”

Although Li Cunmiao was slightly drunk at the celebration banquet, his mind was still clear.

From Liu Shouguang to Dingzhou, to the present nearly two years, the Jin State has paid a great price to completely pacify the Yan State, which is of course a great expansion of the strength of the Jin State, to solve the threat of the flank, and also to alleviate the problem of the lack of foundation of the Jin State, but in these two years, the strength of the Wu State has also developed rapidly.

Not to mention anything else, just Jingxiang, which was captured last year, and Xuzhou, which was still fighting for recently, but had fallen into the hands of Wu State, these two important strategic places are worth the land of Youzhou seized by the Jin State.

Yang Wu and others can see that the Jin State is the long-term enemy of the Wu State, and Li Cunqiao is not a fool, of course he can see it.

Therefore, the rapid increase in the strength of the Wu State made him faintly uneasy.

On the side, Zhang Chengye was also a little worried: "What the king said is very true, the strength of Wu is indeed a little too strong, not to mention anything else, last year's imperial examination, although many scholars from all over the country came to participate, but I heard that the number of participants in the big examination in Jinling is more, and many of them are northern scholars who went south." That's enough to tell. ”

Unlike Li Cunqing, who likes to gallop more on the battlefield and is more good at military affairs, Zhang Chengye's focus is more on governing the place.

In his opinion, the military strength of the Jin State, whether compared with the Liang State or the Wu State, had certain advantages; But war is not just a military issue, it is also an economic issue.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of logistics alone, the Jin State is far inferior to the Liang State, and it cannot be compared with the prosperous Wu State.

In this way, if there is a war with Liang or Wu in the future, the other party can use delaying tactics to confront the Jin State, and there is no need to fight at all, and the drag can also drag the Jin State down.

If it weren't for the capture of a large number of Yan cities along the way, and the seizure of a large amount of money and grain for military use, if it was only relying on the original savings of the Jin State, I am afraid that the Jin State would have been dragged down long ago.

Therefore, if the Jin State wants to compete with the Liang State and the Wu State for a long time, it must have a solid foundation.

And to lay a good foundation, there must be a group of talents who are good at governing the local government to serve the country.

Zhang Chengye originally planned to select outstanding scribes to serve as local officials in the imperial examination, and follow the methods of Wu to govern the locality, but the results of the imperial examination made him a little disappointed.

This made Zhang Chengye extremely worried, even the elimination of Yan Guo did not make him happy.

Instead, Meng Zhixiang opened his mouth to persuade: "Great King, the military envoy, in fact, the rapid expansion of the power of the Wu State is not necessarily a bad thing for us, and even a good thing to some extent. ”

Li Cunqiao and the others were stunned for a moment and looked at Meng Zhixiang.

I only heard Meng Zhixiang continue: "Imagine it, no matter how powerful the Wu State is, their threat is also a matter of the future, but now what we have to deal with is the mortal enemy of the Liang State; The stronger the state of Wu, the greater the threat to the state of Liang, and the more its strength will decline, isn't this a good thing for us? ”

Zhang Chengye smiled bitterly: "What you said is that the old man just thought badly!" ”

Indeed, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the enemy must be dealt with one by one.

Now the Liang State is the enemy of the Jin State, and it is also a great enemy of life and death, and it is an enemy whose overall strength is stronger than that of the Jin State.

In the face of this enemy, the strength of the state of Wu actually played a role in weakening the state of Liang and helping the Jin army contain the Liang army.

After all, not to mention the loss of so many Liang soldiers in the hands of Wu Jun in the past two years, it is the loss of Jingxiang and Xuzhou and other places, which greatly weakens the strength of Liang State.

In addition, even if the Wu army no longer attacked to the north after the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Liang army no longer tried to attack the south, the feud between the two families had already formed, and the Liang State would inevitably leave a large number of troops to defend in the south at that time, which indirectly helped the Jin State contain the strength of the Liang State.

As long as the Liang State can be destroyed, the Jin State will be able to gain a lot of benefits from it and seize a large amount of Liang territory; In this way, even if the Wu State can benefit from it in the future, the Jin State will obviously get more benefits, and the confidence to start a war with the Wu State will be much more sufficient.

So now I am worried that the strength of the Wu State is too strong, which is obviously a bit ambitious, so I should try my best to destroy the Liang State first.

After thinking about this truth, Li Cunmiao and the others were in a much better mood, after all, he had drunk a lot of wine, and at this time, the wine came up, and he didn't say much to the two, so he went back to rest.

(There is another chapter after 12 o'clock, you can read it again tomorrow morning)