After the war, Jiangning Mansion has been under the jurisdiction of the armies of the Three Kingdoms, and they are all waiting for an edict from the Song Emperor in Jiangning Mansion.

Eight days later, in late June, Cao Bin's rapid delivery of books and letters was quickly sent to Kaifeng Mansion through the cement gallop, and at the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also received a secret report from the Privy Council, and then he sent the palace attendants to the officials such as the Zhongshu and the Third Division to pass the decree, and the next day they discussed military affairs in the Changchun Palace.

The news spread very quickly, at this moment in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, Xue Juzheng, Shen Yilun, Zhao Guangyi, etc. already knew about the war in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people of the Song Kingdom also knew about the war in the south.

At this moment, in the Changchun Palace, the officials of the Zhongshu Sect and the Third Division have arrived one after another, they are talking and laughing, all the smiles on their faces, and they have been talking about the war in the south of the Yangtze River, they know that since the first battle in Jiangnan, led by the Song State, the United (Southern) Han and Wu Yue sent troops in the name of crusading against the puppet emperor Li Congqing, and welcomed the name of the lord Li Yu to raise troops to rebel, and now they have captured Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and they are called here today for the affairs of the south.

At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin was dressed in a round-necked dark cloud pattern dragon yellow robe, and only wore a small hat on his head, and appeared in the Changchun Hall in high spirits.

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin had finally arrived, everyone immediately shouted: "See Your Majesty, congratulations on my great Song Triumph." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded happily, straightened his waist, and then Zhao Kuangyin said: "Zhuqing, I think you want to hear about the war in the south, now that Li Congqing has been escorted, everything in the Tang Kingdom is also being appeased, this is the result of the discussion of Jiangning Mansion from General Cao and Wang Taishi, Zhang Dejun, you read it to everyone." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Dejun took the song and read it out, and Zhao Pu in the palace was also listening carefully to Wang Pu's handling results, as long as they passed the reconsideration of the emperor and Zhao Pu, they could be implemented according to Wang Pu's actions.

Now what he has to deal with is the Tang Kingdom, and now the Tang Kingdom is like fish and meat waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping board, Zhao Kuangyin is waiting for an opportunity, and then merge the entire Tang Kingdom into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that when Wu Yueguo's performance is mentioned, Zhao Pu, Xue Juzheng, Shen Yilun, and Zhao Guangyi have some anger on their faces.

I saw Zhao Pu get up from his seat, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, although Wu Yueguo is under His Majesty's edict to crusade against Li Congqing, but on the night of the capture of Jiangning Mansion, what Wu Yuejun did in the city violated benevolence and morality, which is to trap the people in fire and water. The issue of military discipline embarrassed Qian Yu. ”

Zhao Kuangyin listened to Zhao Pu's words and nodded, but he asked Zhao Kuangyin to directly issue an edict to hurt Chen Wu Yueguo. Jun, he didn't know if there would be any drawbacks in doing this, Zhao Kuangyin asked Zhao Pudao: "Zhao Shu. Remember, doing so will cause unnecessary harm to the relations between our two countries. ”

Zhao Pu shook his head and said to Zhao Kuangyin one by one: "Among the countries south of the Yangtze River, the (Southern) Tang Kingdom is the most powerful, and now it has almost become a fish on the chopping board, and the (Southern) Han Kingdom is a subject country of my Great Song Dynasty, and the rest of the Wuyue Kingdom and Quan, Southern (Zhang) Prefecture are also my Great Song Dynasty vassal states, and now that the war in the south is almost over, does Your Majesty still need to worry, the minister remembers that Your Majesty once said, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?" Wu Yueguo, sooner or later, they will still be incorporated into the territory of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Pu's words, word by word, word by word, sonorous words, hit everyone's hearts, making people feel a hundred times more energetic when they heard it, and their blood was churning.

Zhao Guangyi agreed with what Zhao Pu said, but he was a little disgusted with Zhao Pu, since the last time he competed with him in secret, he has always been unpleasant, but Zhao Pu is so favored in front of his imperial brother, he doesn't know what to do. And Zhao Pu and Zhao Dezhao are also very harmonious, although he is the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion and is in charge of the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, but he feels that he is not as talented as his nephew Zhao Dezhao, not as good as Zhao Pu who has the means, and now, he thinks about how to compete with him in the court and cultivate his cronies in secret.

Zhao Kuangyin was also excited, but at the moment, the Great Song Dynasty wanted to turn its strategic goal to the north, and it was not too late for Wu Yueguo to be put in the back to clean up, and when he liked this critical time, he didn't want to disturb the entire layout because of a wrong move, so he thought about it for a while, and then nodded and said: "Zhao Shu. That's right, it looks like I'm going to prepare for the next battle. ”

Xue Juzheng also stood up, but there was a trace of concern in his heart, and he said with a sad face: "Zhao Xianggong generally said that the direction is good, but Wu Yueguo is my Great Song Dynasty after all, if Your Majesty directly sends an edict, I don't know what this Qian Yu will think." Under the pressure step by step, will Qian Yu cross my Great Song Dynasty and directly collude with the Liao State? ”

Shen Yilun also stood up from his seat, and he said: "Don't worry about this, although Wu Yue Guo also has contacts with Liao, after all, it is not as good as Tang State, directly uniting Liao, attacking the Central Plains Dynasty in the north and south, and consolidating the position of Jiangnan." If Wu Yue had colluded with the Khitans a long time ago, they would not have been elbowed by the Tang State everywhere, as for the Tang State that colluded with the Khitans, now that the Tang War is over, Qian Yu They just want to get a piece of the pie, but for the land, my Great Song Dynasty will naturally not give it, and this expedition is to eradicate the banner of the traitor Li Congqing, not to destroy a country, if part of the land of the Tang State is ceded to Wu Yueguo, then the just war has also become a land dispute. However, the minister thinks that if they need money, they can give it to them, as for the construction of the cement gallop road, this is very good, and in the future, after the Tang State is included in the Great Song Dynasty, this gallop road will play a role. ”

Zhao Guangyi has been silent, has been thinking in his heart, at this moment he also got up from his seat, said: "Brother Huang, what you said is reasonable, my Great Song Dynasty may as well send envoys to envoy Wu Yueguo, Wu Yueguo is bound to treat each other with courtesy, and my Great Song Dynasty can also take the opportunity to observe the domestic movements of Wu Yueguo, if Wu Yueguo makes any moves at that time, my Great Song can also use the topic to play." ”

When Zhao Pu heard Zhao Guangyi say this, he quickly turned his head to look at Zhao Guangyi, and the rest of the officials also looked at Zhao Guangyi, they felt that it was also a good thing to send Wu Yueguo, which could not only appease Wu Yueguo, but also take this opportunity to explore Wu Yueguo's truth.

Starting from the overall situation, it is best to send an envoy, at this moment Zhao Kuangyin looked down from the dragon throne and asked the officials in the palace: "I don't know who can send an envoy to Wu Yueguo?" ”

When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he was already eager to try, he hoped to get a chance to make an envoy and behave well in front of Zhao Kuangyin, as for the rest, Zhao Guangyi also had his own plans in his heart, at this moment he looked at Zhao Kuangyin with burning eyes, and suddenly said loudly: "Brother Huang, it is better to let the younger brother go to Wu Yueguo this time, and the younger brother will guarantee the successful completion of the task of sending Wu Yueguo." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, since Zhao Guangyi wanted to make an envoy, he also felt that this was also an opportunity to train the children of the Zhao family, so he nodded and looked at Zhao Guangyi with a face full of joy.

Zhao Pu heard Zhao Guangyi recommend himself to the emperor as an envoy, his face was a little unnatural, since the last time he had an unpleasant relationship with him, the two of them are also at odds with each other in the court, and there are many differences in government affairs, Zhao Pu thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Jin is now in charge of the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, and this Kaifeng Mansion is inseparable from the ruling of King Jin." The minister thinks that he might as well let the king of Wei go, now the king of Wei happens to be in Jiangning Mansion, from Jiangning Mansion to Xifu, the way is also close, maybe Qian Yu and they are still in Jiangning Mansion at the moment, right? ”

At this time, Zhao Guangyi heard Zhao Pu say this, the muscles on his face twitched, he hurriedly glared at Zhao Pu, the resentment in his heart gradually intensified, and his face became extremely unnatural, difficult to hide, he tried his best to calm his mood, but he didn't say anything, he knew that Zhao Pu's status in his imperial brother's mind was difficult to shake.

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon throne, and had already seen all the moves of Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi below, and Zhao Kuangyin also knew a little about the things between them, the wind and grass in Tokyo City could not escape his eyes, and the Wu Desi of the imperial court was also secretly monitoring the every move of the officials.

At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin was calm on his face, but he was thinking about it in his heart, one was his imperial brother, in charge of the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion; One is his own courtier, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the two of them are like right-hand men, and it is not good to lose which one.

Immediately after Zhao Kuangyin's words, Zhao Guangyi's dark eyes still shot. Out of a light: "The king of Jin still needs to preside over the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, although he can't send an envoy to Wu Yue, and now he is also with Zhao Shu. Remember to draw up the reward for the soldiers who went to Jiangnan this time. ”-*

When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he felt that he could still see the needle in the reward, and work with Zhao Pu, who had different political views, so he could take the opportunity to disgust Zhao Pu, and after thinking about this layer, he also suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Pu frowned a little, he looked up and took a quick look at Zhao Kuangyin, only to see that Zhao Kuangyin's face was very calm, and he smiled at himself, he thought in his heart Maybe this is His Majesty wants to let himself coexist peacefully with the King of Jin, he hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty." "It's just that it's really not a taste in my heart, but it's not good to show it on the face.

Zhao Kuangyin said to Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi: "I hope you two will give me a surprise." ”