Chapter 6 King Yong's envoy Qi
First, in the sixteenth year of Xiande, Zhao Jue, the prince of De, was ordered to Hengjiang, wanting to sneak attack Moling, but the matter was not completed and leaked to Yong, so he dismissed the army.
At the end of the victory, the prince was summoned to the bed, and the edict said: "Lonely Pingsheng has a grudge, failed to keep the ancestral inheritance, and is a subordinate to Yong, if you have half a filial piety, you should do your best to restore the emperor's industry." "The prince swears by the sky, and the spirit king is a swear.
In the nineteenth year of Xiande Gengwu May, the king of Dayong Qi came to hang, the king of Qi secretly negotiated the lord, promised to make heavy profits, planned to attack Shu, the lord of the country was confused, Hou Yong made the upper and lower collusion, and then started to attack Shu, the Southern Chu country was all bad here, but at that time people did not understand its troubles, and did not understand why the heavy profits, and then there were servants who heard that the lord of the country cried to the queen and said: "If you can restore the imperial industry, you will not be the queen, and you will be willing to do the father's great Yong, and now the king of Qi will allow me to the emperor's business, and Wangqing will tell your father on behalf of Guwan, and Nanchu will never live up to Yong." "It's a leak.
The king of Qi, the sixth son of Yonggaozu, the half-brother of Princess Changle, is less stubborn, and later saw that King Yong's weak crown was crowned king, and the meritorious crown covered the world, Naiwu, said: "I should replace him." "Later, he became famous for his martial arts.
History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of King Yang of Chu
In May of the 19th year of Xiande, Dayong sent an envoy to hang, I heard that the envoy was the sixth son of Emperor Yongdi Li Yuan, Li Xian, the king of Qi, who was deeply favored since childhood, so he was very stubborn, and he only knew how to make a eagle to shoot and hunt every day, and he did not like to read. Since the collapse of the Eastern Jin Dynasty seventy years ago, the Central Plains fell apart, Li Yuan's father Li Shang took advantage of the situation, called himself King Yong, decades of bloody battles, founded the country called Yong, after the death of Li Shang, Li Yuan ascended the throne, like the sound of dogs and horses, do not want to forge ahead, his change is because of his second son Li Zhen.
Yongwang Li Zhen, when he was young, he had a good name, more than 20 years ago, Li Yuan's nine-year-old second son Li Zhen was dressed in white clothes at the New Year banquet, and bluntly admonished, accusing Li Yuan of holding the defects, having failed his grandfather's wishes, generously resigned, so that Li Yuan was ashamed and retreated, not long after, Li Yuan called the emperor, changed the Yuan Wuwei, and then vigorously fought and encouraged farming, and declared the world in Wuwei for three years. Li Zhen was twelve years old at the time, with his father on the expedition, although Li Zhen is a nobleman of the heavenly family, it is rare to live and eat with the soldiers, and learn to lead the army with the generals, although he is young, the courage is very brave, often take the lead, rush to break the formation, it is said that once the enemy attacked the camp, Li Zhen took his own soldiers to escort the Yongdi out of the encirclement, and some soldiers shouted in the back: "Your Highness do not abandon us." Li Zhen shed tears like rain, actually rushed back to the barracks alone, the soldiers were grateful, fought desperately, and actually forced the enemy to retreat, and when Emperor Yongdi returned to the camp, Li Zhen was seriously injured, still wearing armor to greet his father, Emperor Yong said in tears: "This is my family's thousands of miles away." Li Zhen fought bravely, and was full of resourcefulness, accumulated military merits and was promoted to general in a few years, and even broke the strongest opposition force in the Central Plains at that time, Yang Laosheng, in the ninth year of Dayong Wuwei, and made great contributions to the consolidation of Dayong. Therefore, Emperor Yongdi named him the king of Yong, when the Yongwang Li Zhen was a teacher, the Yongdu Chang'an was empty of thousands of people, and hundreds of officials welcomed him in person, when Li Zhen was weak and weak, so honored, unprecedented, as for Wuwei ten years, Nanchu Xiande nine years, Nanchu called the minister, Dayong became a veritable overlord of the Central Plains, that is a later story, when Li Xian saw Li Zhen so glorious in the crowd, his heart was stunned, and he said to the attendant: "I should replace him." Li Xian was sixteen years old at the time, and then Li Xian changed his bad habits, studied articles hard, practiced martial arts diligently, and invited himself to join the army on the northern border two years later. After ten years, Li Xian participated in several bloody battles with the Northern Han Dynasty in the border pass, although Li Xian is not as wise and martial as Li Zhen, but he is also a brave general, in recent years, Dayong guarded the border pass, there was no war in the north, Li Xian, the king of Qi, returned to Chang'an, he and the prince Li An walked very close, in Chang'an, Li Xian is the eldest of the noble boys, often have nothing to do, every time he is not calling friends, going to Zhangtai, or making eagles hunting, making Chang'an chickens and dogs restless, but he is the beloved son of Emperor Yong, and has military merits, so no one dares to embarrass him.
I looked at the information in my hand carefully, since I "admonished" the queen successfully, I began to accompany the driver as an attendant, saying that it was a companion, in fact, it was to provide advice for the lord of the country to refer to, this time the king of Qi as a messenger to Nanchu, the court people turned their backs and turned over, we have a piece of information about the king of Qi, it seems that the intelligence network of Nanchu in Dayong is also very wide. This time, the King of Qi nominally came to mourn, but no one thought that it would be so simple, otherwise Dayong would not have sent such an important person. In fact, if you want me to come and see, it's not because the King of Qi played too hard in Chang'an, Emperor Yongdi asked him to come out to avoid the limelight, I read that the intelligence said, just a month ago, the King of Qi robbed the people's daughter as a concubine, and was impeached by the imperial history, although Emperor Yongdi protected his son, he could not help but be punished slightly, I think the final punishment is a fine of one year, obvious favoritism, at this moment, it is also possible for King Qi to send an envoy to avoid the limelight. However, those adults don't think so, and they all think that Emperor Yongdi sent King Qi as an envoy to be something important.
However, the current situation seems to be quite inclined to their opinion, and after the King of Qi mourned, he asked to meet the lord in private, and now they are talking in secret in the imperial study. I'm on duty in the Imperial Study today, so I'm waiting outside. I didn't mean to, but my hearing was so good that I listened to their conversations.
As soon as Li Xian, the king of Qi, entered the door and said: "Dayong hopes to join forces with Nanchu to conspire with Shu, what is the idea of the country?" ”
Zhao Jia was stunned for a long time before he said: "Shu and Southern Chu have always been good friends, how can they offend each other for no reason." ”
Li Xian said with a smile: "The country's likes and dislikes, it depends on the interests, although Shuzhong has a good relationship with Southern Chu, the two sides trade frequently, and now most of the weapons and war horses needed by Southern Chu need to be purchased from Shu, I heard that Shu asked your country for a high price, a few years ago, your country bought war horses from the Northern Han Dynasty, and wanted to transport them back from Shu, but was intercepted by Shu, if it were not for the spirit king of your country to bribe in Shu, I am afraid that this batch of war horses could not be obtained, and they were forced to promise not to buy horses directly from the Northern Han Dynasty in the future, but there is such a thing. ”
There was no sound in it, but I can imagine that the face of the lord of the country must be bruised, I have also heard about that matter, and I wonder why Shu is so short-sighted and resentful of Nanchu.
I heard Li Xian say: "My Dayong and Nanchu are both monarchs and ministers, and they are also in-laws, and the imperial sister Changle is my father's beloved daughter, and now she is the queen of Nanchu, and our two countries are closely related. Now Dayong and Southern Chu are open to trade, according to the statistics of our country's household department, the trade tax revenue of our two countries has exceeded the trade tax of Shu in the past two years, in the view of this king, now Shu is just the twilight of the West Mountain, just lingering, if our two countries join forces to capture Shu, the father is willing to share the territory of Shu with the lord of the country, and from then on the river will stop, and the war will be fought forever. ”
Zhao Jia's breathing became very short, and he said for a long time: "You can't be careless in raising troops to fight, not to mention that Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you can't attack for a long time, you will inevitably lose money and money." ”
Li Xian seemed to be a little hesitant, and only said after a while: "Before the king left, my father secretly told me that if the Shu State is captured and the Dayong frontier is stable, he can also take a good rest. ”
Hearing this, I felt a wail in my heart, in recent years, there have been many calls for the restoration of the emperor's name, and I also heard Xiao Shunzi say that when the first king was dying, he also instructed the lord of the country to restore the emperor's business, this temptation is really too great.
Sure enough, the lord of the country said hesitantly: "This matter is difficult for Gu to decide for a while, so let's do it, Gu still has to consult the opinions of his courtiers." ”
Li Xian said unhappily: "Such a big thing, the lord of the country should be careful, but this matter is not trivial, and please keep it a secret, as for what my father said, please be extra careful, if it is accidentally spread, I will not admit it." ”
Zhao Jia ignored the arrogance of Li Xian's words, and said again and again: "Your Highness, rest assured, Lone must be cautious, this matter is very important, and Lone will never dare to take it lightly." ”
Li Xian said with satisfaction: "Thank you so much for the reception of the lord, this king will leave." ”
Zhao Jia hurriedly said: "The queen and His Royal Highness King Qi's brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for many years, and they are eager to meet, I don't know when His Royal Highness King Qi will have time?" ”
Li Xianlang laughed loudly: "This king wanted to see the royal sister for a long time, but he was duty-oriented, and he needed to be public before private, so he went to see the queen." ”
Zhao Jiaxi said: "If you want to see him, please ask His Royal Highness King Qi and Gu to go to see the queen together." As he spoke, there was the sound of footsteps, and the two uncles walked towards the door. I have already heard that I am disheartened, and it seems that the lord of the country will definitely attack Shu.
I decided to take a good look at this high-flying and domineering King of Qi, who was going to tie Nanchu to Dayong's chariot. Li Xian, who followed the lord of the country, walked out, this year's twenty-six-year-old Li Xian has a handsome appearance, because he has lived in the army for a long time, his posture is as tall as a pine, and his body is full of the spirit of killing, today is the official court, so he is wearing the service of the prince of Dayong, the golden brocade robe, embroidered with a dragon, and it looks even more majestic and domineering. I fought a cold war, and this King of Qi must be a ruthless character.
When King Qi walked past me, he suddenly glanced at me, his eyes showed a cold light like ice and snow, I quickly lowered my head slightly, avoiding his gaze, although he contained a murderous look I had seen it, but it didn't necessarily make him notice that I was not afraid of him. But what is he paying attention to what I am doing, has Liang Wan already reported something to him, but Dayong is really powerful, a King of Qi is already so majestic, I don't know what kind of demeanor King Yong is above him.
Li Xian noticed that the young man was just a very special reason, he was born with a beast-like intuition, just now he was talking to Zhao Jia in the study, somehow, he always had a feeling of uneasiness, as if he was being eavesdropped, but he clearly knew that there was no figure within a radius of twenty zhang, more than twenty zhang, if their voice could be heard, that person's martial arts would be too powerful, he believed that such a person Nan Chu did not exist. Walking out of the door, he looked at the officials and chamberlains outside as if unintentionally, but found that although there were a few people with good martial arts, they should all be masters of Nanchu Da Nei, and it was impossible for them to hear the sound in the room. When his eyes fell on Jiang Zhe's body, although he knew that this person would not be the one who eavesdropped, but Li Xian was still a little shocked, although this young official was not very old, but he had a graceful bearing and an indifferent expression, Li Xian knew his tiger might, once in Dayong, there was an official who offended himself, and he was about to have a seizure under his anger, the official was so frightened that he fainted, and the other civil and military officials always looked a little uneasy when they saw him, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince often accompanied him in front of him, except for that person, Li Xian thought, Since I was crowned, it was the first time I had seen someone so calmly and unhurriedly. Thinking of this, his gaze couldn't help but become more intimidating, and the young official lowered his head slightly, avoiding his gaze, which should have been a sign of admitting defeat, but somehow, Li Xian felt that this person was not afraid of himself.
Thinking of this, Li Xian stood up and asked, "What's your name?" ”
I was observing Li Xian's movements with my spare eyes, and when I heard his question, I saw his boots stopped in front of me, so I had to raise my head, glance at the lord of the country, and ask for instructions with my eyes. The lord of the country smiled: "This is the first genius of my Southern Chu, Jiang Zhe, the champion of the sixteenth year of Xiande, and the queen likes his poems the most." Li Xian showed a look of sudden realization and said: "It turns out that you are Jiang Zhe, and your poems are indeed well written." 'The southeast shape wins, the three Wu capitals, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. The smoke willow paints the bridge, the wind curtain is green, and there are 100,000 people. Cloud trees surround the embankment. The angry waves roll frost and snow, and the sky is endless. The city is a jewel, and the household is rich and luxurious. Heavy lakes are stacked on top of each other. There are three autumn laurels and ten miles of lotus. Qiang tube clear, Lingge flooded the night, frolicking and fishing lotus baby. Thousands of horsemen have high teeth. Listen to the flute and drum while drunk, and enjoy the smoke. It is said that the picture will be good and return to Fengchikua. This song "Wanghai Tide" was written by you, which makes people yearn for the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and this king sent an envoy to Nanchu this time, and he also wanted to see the scenery of Nanchu. ”
I peeked at the lord of the country with a full face and honor, and said modestly: "Clumsy and simple, fortunately appreciated by His Highness." Li Xian took a deep look at me and beckoned the lord to leave, but I felt a chill in my vest, because that kind of gaze was an inexplicable madness, like a fire-like enthusiasm, I suddenly wondered if this King of Qi had a habit of breaking his sleeves in addition to liking flowers and grass, and fought a cold war, and decided to stay away from him as far away as possible in the future.
Who knows that the heavens do not obey people's wishes, the next day, I received a will, and the lord of the country ordered me to be responsible for leading the king of Qi around during his Royal Highness King Qi's stay in Southern Chu. God, the sky is not kind, I looked up to the sky and howled, and decided to ask Xiao Shunzi if he could take more time to protect me. Hatefully, Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "I'm very busy, anyway, King Qi looks good, you can accompany him for a walk, maybe King Qi will take you back to Dayong to enjoy happiness." "I was so angry that I almost fainted, and I immediately made up my mind that I would use all means to protect myself, and I would never let King Qi's vicious thoughts succeed.
When I went to the post house to report to the King of Qi, I saw the King of Qi wearing a pale blue robe, sitting in the courtyard with his arms open in the still cold spring breeze, laughing, and next to him sat a beautiful young man dressed in white like snow, looking at him affectionately. I almost turned around and ran, and then I thought about it, this young man in white has such a good-looking character, even many stunning women are just like this, I should have no problem with an ordinary-looking little Hanlin, so I respectfully stepped forward to say hello, and then said that I came to serve on the orders of the lord of the country.
King Qi's shining eyes looked at me for a long time before he said, "Okay, I heard that there are many beauties in Jianye, who is the most outstanding in Qinhuaihe's name." ”
I frowned and thought for a long time, and said, "The minister is not very clear, please ask Your Highness Rong Chen to go back and check, and I will definitely find out the best of them." ”
King Qi's eyes were full of smiles, and he said: "Forget it, you can't spread it all over Jianye, saying that this king is looking for flowers and asking Liu, if I tell my father, I'm afraid I will have to be reprimanded again, go, you accompany me to see tonight, you must find an excellent fireworks leader." "I was overjoyed, and thought to myself, it's best if you like to go to women. Gentle Township is a hero's mound, and I definitely don't mind if you play young. I must find the best Qinglou, I thought in my heart, and I secretly asked the official of the post house for a while, and he must know.
When it was almost dusk, I had already found an opportunity to ask about the depth of the Qinhuai River, if it weren't for the King of Qi's insistence on traveling in micro-clothes and not allowing others to follow, I would still like to ask the officials of the post house to lead us there. But who is the young man in white, King Qi didn't introduce it, only said that his surname is Qin, I can call him Qin Gongzi, but, no matter how I look at it, I feel that this young man in white is like a sword hidden in the scabbard, the sword curtain lamp, terrifying, that is like a little Shunzi, now it seems to be as listless as a wilting radish, I wonder if his martial arts are getting more and more regressive, but it shouldn't be, he seems to be getting more and more elusive now, the day before yesterday I just came back from the palace, I saw him waiting for me at my house, Said that he was not on duty during the day today, so he went to Wuxi, which was nearly seventy or eighty miles away from here, to play, and brought me the special fresh meat steamed buns and duck blood vermicelli soup for me as a supper. Thinking of this, I got angry again, this kid, why didn't he agree to protect me when he knew I was in danger, and the next time I cook again, I will definitely not leave a copy for him.
I already know that Jianye Qinglou is most famous for Fengyue Building, Xiaoxiang Courtyard, Yihong Pavilion, Piaoxiang Painting Boat, Fengyue Lou is famous for Kung Fu in bed, Xiaoxiang Yuan relies on Kabuki, Yihong Pavilion is a hodgepodge of famous casino restaurants and Qinglou, and Piaoxiang Painting Boat is said to be because the head is Qinhuai's first name Liu Piaoxiang, since King Qi is a frequent visitor in Fengyue Field, then of course let him meet Liu Piaoxiang, presumably this kind of royal nobles, even if you go to the kiln, you won't like too vulgar places. As a result, as soon as I said that I would go to the Xiangxiang Painting Boat, King Qi said excitedly: "Okay, this king wants to see the style of the first name of Jianye?" "I almost lost my breath and crooked my nose, he was definitely teasing me, or let me inquire, although the official of the post house already knew that it was the King of Qi who was going, but he still looked at me with ambiguous eyes, I was still a strange man who guarded like jade.
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