Song Qiqiu's mansion is also on the Qinhuai River, but it is located in the southwest corner of the imperial city, close to Guozijian, and the cultural atmosphere is very strong. Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, first went to Song Qiqiu's house, but Song Qiqiu was not in the house, according to Menzi, he went to Qixia Temple to burn incense.

Li Jingsui thought about it and went to find Feng Yansi.

Feng Yansi's mansion and Song Qiqiu's mansion are not far away, both near Guozijian, and they are two streets away. Hearing that King Qi was visiting, Feng Yansi hurriedly went out to greet him. In fact, in Feng Yansi's heart, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, is not the best candidate for the prince, but Li Hongji is very hostile to their old ministers, and the king of Qi has a gentle personality, so Feng Yansi, Song Qiqiu and others will turn to support Li Jingsui, the king of Qi.

welcomed the king of Qi into the house, ordered his subordinates to serve tea, and the two chatted in the house. What to talk about, what is the hottest thing lately, what is to talk about. Although the battle in the court is bloodless, it is more powerful than a war, Feng Yansi has been in the sea for most of his life, how can he not understand the Tao?

When the King of Qi told him about today's conversation with His Majesty, Feng Yansi was stunned. He couldn't believe that King Qi would do such a stupid thing, didn't he shoot himself in the foot?

Li Jing, the king of Qi, explained to him: "Prime Minister, this is Yang Lian's plan, and from the current point of view, it has worked. ”

Feng Yansi sighed, the identity of the King of Qi was there, and he couldn't refuse directly, so he had to say: "Yang Lian, but which one broke the siege of Changzhou, was rewarded by His Majesty, and Yang Lian had the same surname and name as the old prince of the previous dynasty?" ”

"Exactly." King Qi said.

Feng Yansi sighed and said, "King Qi, I have heard a little about the identity of this person, but this person is a martial artist and has no experience in political struggle, why does His Highness trust him so much?" ”

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said with a smile: "Although Yang Lian is young, he is calm in his work, and it seems that he has not made a big mistake so far. ”

"Just because he didn't make a mistake before doesn't mean he won't make a mistake now and won't make a mistake in the future." Feng Yansi fought back unceremoniously, he had his capital.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, was slightly stunned and said: "Although this is the case, this king also feels that according to Yang Lian, the chances of winning should be greater." ”

Feng Yansi shook his head and sneered: "King Qi, to put it mildly, this person was lucky to relieve the siege of Changzhou, plus many leaders and commanders of the Shenwu Army were killed in battle, and he was able to fill the vacancy." But after all, he is a young man, and he may be good at fighting, and this political struggle is much worse. ”

"Now that Your Majesty has suppressed the excerpts of Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others, and is unwilling to punish Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others, it is enough to prove that Your Majesty is already dissatisfied with Han Xizai and others."

"At this time, we must strengthen Your Majesty's beliefs, and we must not let Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng and others continue to disturb Your Majesty's audio-visual, if we wait until Your Majesty pays attention, it will be too late." Feng Yansi said, took out a fold from his arms, and said, "Han Xizai has made a joint book, and I will also get a joint book." Let's see who has more people and more power. ”

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, took the excerpt and looked at it, in addition to Feng Yansi's name, there were also the names of Cha Wenhui, Gao Shensi and others, but there was no Song Qiqiu's name.

"Doesn't that seem wrong?" Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said, his heart full of worry.

"What's wrong? The Han Party is arrogant, and if it is allowed to continue, it will be called really inappropriate. I want to fight back and let the Korean Party know that although I am old, I will not let them come and plot against the pillars of the country. Feng Yansi said. Speaking of which, he, like Han Xizai, was a former minister of the domain during the period when the Son of Heaven was still the prince, but Han Xizai had an arrogant personality and did not deal with him, and the two often quarreled, and the relationship was very stiff. Although the crown prince later ascended the throne and entrusted them with great use, the relationship between the two has never improved.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, sighed, feeling a little powerless about Feng Yansi's decision. After all, Feng Yanlu is his relative, and now that he is being imprisoned in the prison, how can Feng Yansi not be nervous? Seeing that Feng Yansi didn't move, Li Jing, the king of Qi, chatted with him for a while, and got up to say goodbye.

went to Song Qiqiu's mansion to take a look, Song Situ didn't know where he went, Li Jingsui was in a bad mood, so he asked Yang Lian to inform him and returned to the mansion.

When Yang Lian got the news, he couldn't help sighing, after all, Feng Yansi is an old qualification of the Tang Dynasty, the official residence is the prime minister, and it can be said that one person is above ten thousand people, how can it be influenced by a small command of him? Since things have developed to this point, they can only be resigned to fate.

Fortunately in the midst of misfortune, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, followed Yang Lian's advice and remained silent in this party dispute. That Song Qiqiu is also an old fox, in this fight, he began to pretend to be sick, and he couldn't go to the court meeting several times.

Although Yang Lian is not qualified to go to the court, there is still news coming in, among which the news brought by the King of Qi is the most accurate, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng, Chang Mengxi and others have been impeached in a row, and Cheng Jiang Wenwei in the imperial history is even more blunt in the court, if the rewards and punishments are not clear, the court system will inevitably be wasted, and the country will not be a country.

Li Jing was already very angry with Jiang Wenwei's excerpts, and when he saw him making nonsense in the court, he was immediately furious and wanted to behead him. If it weren't for Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others to intercede, Jiang Wenwei would have fallen to the ground. In the end, Li Jing demoted him to Jiangzhou as a sergeant to join the army.

Jiang Wenwei was degraded, Feng Yansi thought he had an opportunity and took the initiative to fight back, but unexpectedly, Han Xizai sued Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu, Chen Jue and others for forming a party for personal gain, and the dictatorship and misguided the country. The controversy in the court also spread to the people. Yang Lian was in the restaurant, and he heard many times that the people were very dissatisfied with Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others, and he already knew the outcome of this dispute.

Sure enough, two days later, the Son of Heaven finally made a decision, Chen Jue was exiled to Qizhou, Feng Yanlu was exiled to Shuzhou, Feng Yansi was also implicated, was angrily scolded by the Son of Heaven, and had to take the blame and retire. It's just that the prince has not yet been established at this time, and it is just a false position.

As for Li Zhenggu, Gao Shensi and others, the original verdict was still upheld. However, Gao Shensi was tired of this kind of life and took the initiative to return to his hometown, and after thinking about it, Li Jing agreed to Gao Shensi's request. The party struggle in the imperial court came to an end temporarily, Han Xizai's party had the upper hand, and Feng Yansi was even more defeated and forced to give up the position of prime minister. The victory of the Han Party made Han Xizai rejoice, and he held a banquet to celebrate the victory with Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng and others.

Yang Lian still lives a peaceful life, training with soldiers every day according to his training method. Li Jing, the king of Qi, came to him, and couldn't help sighing, if Feng Yansi had listened to Yang Lian's words, how could he have fallen to such a point. It's just that remorse is useless at this point. Yang Lian had to smile.

In mid-May, news came from the Central Plains that the Khitan, who had destroyed the Jin Kingdom, was preparing to return north under the leadership of Yelu Deguang. As early as when the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yueguo confronted each other in Fuzhou and Suchang, the Khitans destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty and captured Shi Chonggui alive. Because the Khitans burned, killed and looted in the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains rebelled. Every day, many Khitans die.

Yelu Deguang sent troops to encircle and suppress several times, but the people of the Central Plains relied on their geographical familiarity and dealt with the Khitans, Yelu Deguang suffered heavy losses, coupled with the warm weather, the Khitans lived in the cold land in the north for a long time, and the soldiers were not adaptable, so they all suggested turning back to the north. Yelu Deguang also felt unwell, and last month, announced that he would return to China.

After getting this news, Yang Lian suddenly became active, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that after the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan, who occupied Taiyuan, quickly occupied the Central Plains, and it was almost bloodless. However, the hastily established foundation of the Later Han Dynasty was not strong, and when Liu Zhiyuan died of illness and the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he was replaced by Guo Wei in just two or three years.

Because Liu Zhiyuan was established by relying on the people of the Central Plains to drive out the Khitans, he did not meet an opponent, and there were many feudal towns in the five dynasties, even if Liu Zhiyuan seized the Central Plains, the people's will was not solid, and if the Tang Dynasty waved his army to the north, he should do something.

Yang Lian, as the commander of the Shenwu Army, is an official from Wupin, and he already has certain rights. Yang Lian immediately wrote an excerpt and put forward his own ideas: Yang Lian suggested that the Tang Dynasty send troops to the north, only 50,000 elite soldiers, go north along the Grand Canal, and recover Luoyang, Bianliang and other places before the Central Plains Qunhao, as long as they occupy the Central Plains south of the Yellow River, and then seize Shandong with partial divisions, then the Tang Dynasty and Huai have a barrier, retreat can be defended, and advance can seize the land of Hebei. If possible, it is possible to attack Guanzhong from Henan.

With the current situation in the Central Plains, Yang Lian believes that it is very easy, at least to seize the two important lands of Henan and Shandong, but the excerpt has been handed over for a few days, and there is still no news, and I don't know where it was stuck.

Yang Lian thought about it, and went to King Qi in person to tell him about the matter. Yang Lian planned that even if he could not persuade His Majesty to send troops to the Central Plains on a large scale, he would at least send more than 10,000 people to the north, and there was still a glimmer of opportunity.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, is now convinced of Yang Lian, at least judging from the incident of this party dispute, Yang Lian's prediction is successful. He didn't know that Yang Lian just guessed Li Jing's thoughts, so he had this suggestion.

Li Jing, the king of Qi, hurriedly entered the palace and specifically asked Li Jing to talk about it, Li Jing listened, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and the war with Wu Yueguo scared him. Now that even Wu Yueguo can't be beaten, how can he compete with the big powers of the Central Plains? What's more, it was the Khitan that destroyed the Jin Kingdom!

Li Jing almost didn't think about it, so he rejected King Qi's suggestion, and instead asked about King Qi's spring hunting. said that it was a spring hunt, but it was actually a little late, after all, this fight in the imperial court wasted too much time. Li Jing felt that he was in a terrible mood and wanted to go out for a walk.

Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said that it has been almost ready, the place of the spring hunting, selected in Zhongshan with the reputation of "Jinling Yuxiu", Zhongshan has a radius of more than 60 miles, the highest peak has more than 130 zhang, the forest is dense, there are many animals in it, with the spring flowers blooming, has gradually grown fat, it is a good place for spring hunting.

When Li Jing heard this, he was in a happy mood, thought about it, and set the day of the spring hunt five days later.