. The woman in the room said: "Did the lord of the country go to Jiming Temple to offer incense again?" Alas, the lord of the country is benevolent, believes in Buddhism, is the nature of the Buddha of the lord, and it is not a fault, but now the strong enemy is on the side, and the Tang dynasty is in danger. Niangniang, now even the people say that the ambition of the Song State will not stop at my Tang State as a minister. Many businessmen said that the Song State was digging the ground outside Kaifeng City as a pool, and was training the naval army, blatantly and unabashedly. ”

Li Yu listened to the voice and knew that this person was Miss Mo Yiming, last time his amorous heart rippled, he wanted to write a poem for Miss Mo, who wanted Miss Mo but did not appreciate it, so that the delicate Jiangnan lord was very hurt, at this moment listening to her and Niangniang, it was himself who was talking about himself, Li Yu was curious, but wanted to know how she thought of herself, so she held her breath and stood quietly behind the screen.

I only heard Xiao Zhouhou say: "Actually, why doesn't the lord of the country know that the Song State has ambitions? It's just that the strength is not good, and the non-national lord can save it, if he trains the troops on a large scale at this time, I am afraid that the Song State will find an excuse and immediately send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. The lord of the country is now obscure and takes the initiative to declare himself a minister to the Song Dynasty, so that the Song people can't find an excuse to attack our Tang Kingdom.

There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in my Tang Kingdom, the Song people have no justifiable reason, and it is difficult to master the water nature in the training of soldiers in the pool, if they really want to fight, they may not be able to please them, how can Zhao Kuangyin not think about it? As for the Song soldiers' shipbuilding, it has the inherent intention of intimidating our Tang Kingdom, but it may not be that they have the intention to crusade against our Tang Kingdom. ”

Mo Yiming sighed faintly and said: "You can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." It is precisely because the Tang State has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and it has a favorable geographical location, and is good at water warfare, so it should not show weakness to the Song Dynasty. Now every year, he pays tribute to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he increases one point, I will subtract one point, and the strength is far from the same, this is not to help the Song people's prestige, and to reduce their own sharpness? ”

"Alas! Don't call the minister Nagong, make a gesture, how can the lord of the country be obscure, my sister is a woman after all, and her knowledge is a little shorter......" Xiao Zhou sighed and suddenly said: "But although my sister is a woman, she is not good at poetry and songs, rouge and red, but she likes to talk about national affairs, but it is also a strange thing." ”

"Oh......, Yi Ming was born in a family of Jiangmen, and he often used his uncle to train the navy and talk about state affairs, so he was very interested in these things."

Xiao Zhouhou smiled and said, "Having said that, my sister is a woman after all, what do you do with these hearts, what can we women do to national affairs?" My sister cares so much about the Tang Kingdom and the lord of the country, is it influenced by the wind of the door, or is it ...... To my lord of the country...... What do you have in mind? ”

Li Yu's heart jumped, and he involuntarily took two steps forward, only to hear Miss Mo say coquettishly: "Niangniang came to make fun of Ming'er, Ming'er, as a Tang person, naturally cares about the Tang State and respects the lord of the country, this is the duty of the people of the Tang Kingdom, how dare Ming'er think anything wrong about the lord of the country." ”

Li Yu's heart was empty, but Xiao Zhouhou smiled and said: "Sister doesn't have to hide it like this, every time you chat with the palace, the topic is inseparable from the lord of the country, you Dao sister can't see your thoughts?" My sister is not a jealous person, although there are many concubines in the palace, you see when my sister has been displeased, not to mention that my sister and I are in love, and we can talk about it the most. ”

Excerpt Ziyu laughed and said helplessly: "Niangniang...... I really misunderstood Ming'er, the lord of the country is tied to the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, countless people, every move of the lord of the country represents every move of the Tang State, when it comes to state affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, how can you not mention the lord of the country? Not really...... It's not for the sake of children......

"Hehe, Ming'er is shy, it's really cute, even the palace is tempted to see it in her eyes, no wonder the country took the initiative to write a song for you to express her heartfelt feelings......"

"!"

"Okay, okay, my sister won't make fun of you about it. Ming'er, do you like the lord of the country, don't mention it for the time being, I don't know how our lord is in your eyes? ”

"This ......"

"Our sisters talk about it in private, and my sister will say it if she has something to say, so why bother to spit it out."

"Yes......, in the eyes of Yi Ming, the lord of the country is good-looking, talented, good at workmanship, Tongyin law, delicate mind, good at human feelings, especially word work, there is no ancient, and there is no one who will come after him......"

Xiao Zhouhou smiled: "My sister praised the lord of the country so much, which is beyond my expectations." Behind the screen, Li Yu listened to the eyebrows flying, if he wasn't afraid of alarming the beauty, he would almost dance with his hands.

Excerpt Ziyu changed the wind of words, and said: "It's a pity that no one is perfect, the lord of the country is good at everything, that is, he lacks courage in military affairs, you must know that qin, chess, calligraphy and painting can not ensure the safety of the Tang State, the military, politics and economy are the way to win, if the lord of the country does not be the lord of the country, he is also the first genius in Jiangnan, no, it can be called the first talent in the world, but the lord of the country is the lord of Jiangnan, indulges in poetry, and neglects to take care of state affairs, but it is not the luck of the lord of the country, let alone the luck of Jiangnan. ”

Li Yu was stunned when he heard this: "No wonder I wanted to write words for her that day, she didn't take it to heart, it turned out that this girl Mo, who was born in a family of generals and was used to dancing with guns and sticks, liked to be a martial artist who could leap on a horse with a spear and fight the world." In that way, Zhao Kuangyin is in line with the hero standard in her heart, if she learns martial arts at this time, I'm afraid the bones are too hard. Touching his belly, Li Yu sighed softly.

Xiao Zhou said: "Sister, this is no wonder to the lord of the country, you must know that the lord of the country has no heart to be the emperor, but unfortunately the five brothers of the lord of the country all died early, and the throne had to fall on the lord of the country." The lord of the country also has to do it, you say that the lord of the country is the lord of the south of the Yangtze River, will he be happy? ”

Excerpt Yu said: "Yi Ming heard that the lord of the country has been good at poetry and songs since childhood, but he is tired of the way of politics and economics. Be good and resolute, and be the heir. But the lord didn't think so, but instead degraded Zhong Mo to the place, Niangniang, is there such a thing? ”

"yes, it's not a secret." Xiao Zhouhou sighed softly: "Be good, be good...... alas! The lord of the country ordered Congshan to be a messenger and sent an envoy to the Song State, originally to show respect for the Song Dynasty, who knew that Zhao Kuangyin was arrogant and rude, and actually put Congshan under house arrest. Congshan's wife was frail and sickly, and her husband was imprisoned in the Song Dynasty, which made her worried, and often came to find the lord of the country to cry, which made the lord of the country embarrassed, and heard that she entered the palace again yesterday, and she was angry and had spoken untamed and insulted the lord. ”

"Is there such a thing? Is the Duchess so bold? ”

"Why not, the inner servants all know what they have seen with their own mouths, can there be any fake, the lord of the country is benevolent, although she was insulted by her, seeing that she was angry and attacked her heart, she vomited blood in the court, but she did not blame her, and ordered the imperial medicine to send her back to the house when her breath was stable. To tell you the truth, the lord of the country has sent out no less than six times the letter of state begging Song Ting to return Congshan, and Song Ting just won't let him go, what can I do? ”

Zhen Ziyu was silent for a moment, and sighed lightly: "The Song people imprisoned King Zheng, what are they trying to do? Couldn't the lord of the country see the intentions of the Song people? Forgive Mingzhi, the lord of the country is a talent, amazingly talented, no one can match, to be the master of a country, but to be a famous man to make mistakes, but I am afraid that one day I will mistake others and myself. Regardless of whether the lord wants to be the lord of Jiangnan or not, but now he is the lord of Jiangnan, and he should seek his own government when he is in his position. ”

When Li Yu heard this, his blood rushed up, and he immediately walked in, and said in a loud voice: "Lonely is a subordinate to the Song Dynasty, but because the strength of Jiangnan is not as good as that of the Song State, for the sake of millions of lives, I have to bow my head and gather my wings to avoid the edge." Miss Mo, are you a person who is afraid of things? ”

"Ming'er has seen the lord of the country." As soon as he saw Li Yu walking in, Zhen Ziyu hurriedly got up and saluted Li Yu with Xiao Zhouhou: "I don't know that the lord of the country has arrived, and the courtiers have missed the distance, forgive the sin." Courtiers...... There is no disrespect for the lord......"

Li Yu could not take the bitter advice of the Chinese martial arts to heart, but he could not allow a little woman to despise him, especially the woman he liked, when he sinked his face and snorted coldly, he said: "Lonely and forbearing, it is really because of the lack of national strength, and it has to be done, but it is not afraid of the Song Kingdom." Although Lone is a literati, he has a martial courage, if the Song Kingdom really dares to invade my Tang Kingdom, Lone will definitely wear a battle robe, hold the armor, take the lead, fight against the water, and protect my country. If the country is not guaranteed, the lonely palace **, and never be a ghost in another country! ”

These words were impassioned, and Xiao Zhou showed a happy look and praised: "The lord of the country said this heroically, and this palace is the first time to see the lord of the country have such a heroic posture." ”

Zhe Ziyu glanced at Li Yu deeply, and bowed his knees to apologize: "Ming'er doesn't know the strategy of the lord of the country, and she has no words, offended the lord of the country, and asked the lord of the country to forgive her sins,"

Li Yu saw a different color in her eyes, like appreciation, like admiration, vaguely like Nuying's eyes that seemed to be surprised and joyful, respectful and panicked when she received the wonderful words she gave her for the first time, and her heart suddenly relaxed, as if she was suddenly ten years younger, and laughed loudly: "Get up, General Lin is loyal, protects the country and the people, and even a female relative of the Lin family is also so heroic, and Lone is very happy." Since ancient times, the words of loyalty are contrary to the ear, of course, it is not very comfortable to hear, Emperor Taizong can take Wei Zheng as a mirror, and his lonely heart is not as good as Taizong, can't he listen to your contrary advice? ”

Excerpt Yu smiled, the daughter style that was completely different from Xiao Zhouhou caused Li Yu's heart to swing, and he stretched out his hand to help her wrist, Folded Ziyu had already stood up, and said again: "Thank you for the magnanimity of the lord, the lord of the country will return to the palace, when you have something to say to the mother, Ming'er will retire, the lord of the country, the mother, the courtiers ......."

"Uh...... No need," Li Yu just released a big word, how could he seem to be negligent in handling state affairs in front of her, as soon as he was free, he slipped into the harem, mixed with the mellow beauties, and had to say: "Don't be busy leaving, Lone has issued an edict to Chen Qiao and Xu Xuan to enter the palace and discuss state affairs with them, and they are about to return to the front hall, so you will accompany Niangniang here......

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Zhouhou meaningfully, turned around and walked out, and Xiao Zhouhou and Yu Ziyu saluted together: "Congratulations to the lord of the country." ”

Li Yu's proudest poetry talent has never made this beautiful woman moved, only a few words of national events attracted her admiration and admiration, which made Li Yu's vanity greatly satisfied, his steps were much brisker, leaving Xiao Zhouhou's dormitory, he stood between the flower paths and thought for a while, he ordered the chamberlain to pass Xu Xuan and Chen Qiao, and walked towards the Qingliang Palace.

Influenced by the excerpt of Ziyu, recently, Xiao Zhouhou often talked about his worries about state affairs, and Li Yu couldn't listen to other people's words, but Xiao Zhouhou's weight in his heart was different, and after listening to it a few times, he also had a sense of crisis, and often thought about the current situation of Tang Guo and the way out in the future.

If he wants to take the initiative to attack the Song Dynasty, he will never dare, but to strengthen the defense force, he has no opinion, if there is such a move in the past, he is still a little afraid that it will cause the Song court to be dissatisfied, and now the Khitan envoys have a great alliance with the Tang State, echoing each other from afar, one south and one north to hold the Song State hostage, with such a strong support, Li Yu's courage gradually grew. Speaking from his heart, he didn't want to lie under the Song Kingdom, if there was another way out, how could he not choose, and now ...... It's time to discuss this issue, how can a man and the head of a country be despised by a woman?

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Bianjing, the Imperial Palace.

It had just snowed heavily, and the city was covered in white and white. The charcoal fire of the white copper basin on the main hall is burning, the heat is overflowing, and it is as warm as spring. Zhao Kuangyin and a group of close ministers sat around the brazier, eating hot pot and talking about state affairs.

At this moment, it is Lu Duoxun who is talking eloquently, since Zhao Pu left Beijing, Lu Duosun was promoted from Hanlin Bachelor to Zhongshu Shilang, ranked as the prime minister, he knows how to figure out Zhao Kuangyin's mind best, every time he says, he can scratch Zhao Kuangyin's itch, and now he has officially replaced Zhao Pu and has become Zhao Kuangyin's most intimate spokesperson.

He got carried away, sweat on his forehead, and took off his robe, Wang Jien immediately stepped forward to take it, Lu Duoxun smiled and thanked him, looked back and continued: "Now there are people in Shu who are raising troops to make rebellion, where the mountains and rivers are dangerous, the jungle is dense, and it is a place where all ethnic groups live together. Southern Fujian has just been annexed, and it will take some time to clean up the hearts of the people there, pacify the place, and make it truly submit to our Song Kingdom.

In this case, if we cultivate political affairs, soothe the people, train strong soldiers, and the west and Zhuqiang, and the north reject the Khitan, wait for all preparations to stop, and then calmly defeat the Tang Dynasty, then it will be more appropriate. However......"

"But time is running out, I ...... Can't wait until then. ”

Zhao Kuangyin took over the conversation, shook a cowhide letter in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that the Khitans have sent Yeluwen, the commander of the tribal army, to envoy the Tang Kingdom, and Empress Xiao is stepping up to cut off Yeluwen's wings in the Miyagi army and install his own cronies, I am very worried about this." ”

He took a sip of wine, swept his beard, swept his tiger eyes over several important ministers of the imperial court, and raised his finger and said: "First, Ye Luwen sent an envoy to the Tang Kingdom, although Xiao Xuan was transferring the tiger away from the mountain, but it was also without the meaning of attaching importance to the Tang Kingdom. Is it possible for the Khitan to reach an offensive and defensive alliance with the Tang State in this regard?

Second, the biggest fear of my Song Kingdom's southern expedition is the threat from the north, and the first battle of the Northern Han Kingdom, although I have achieved my goal, now the Northern Han Kingdom has existed in name only, and it is crumbling, but because of the intervention of the Khitans, after all, it has not fallen. In the past few years, there has been endless civil strife in the north, and I have no time to take care of anything else, which has given me great convenience. Now that Xiao Xuan has taken action against the clan tent army, it is obvious that she has mastered enough strength to at least enable the emperor to exercise effective rule over the tribes.

If she succeeds, the monolithic Khitan will not be underestimated, at that time I want to go south again, but I need to keep most of the army to guard against threats from the north, you must know that the Tang State has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, and is better at water warfare than our army, if the soldiers and horses used are less, then it will be difficult for our Song State to win. In particular, once the war drags on for a long time, I am afraid that many changes will occur, and it will also drag the people's livelihood of our Song Dynasty to the point of erosion. ”

He straightened his waist and said in a deep voice: "I weigh the pros and cons of late attack and early attack, I think it is more appropriate to take the Tang Kingdom as soon as possible, I have decided that in March next year, the troops will be sent to the Tang Kingdom, what are your suggestions?" ”

Cao Bin, who has returned from southern Fujian, succeeded Li Chongju and served as the envoy of the Privy Council, said: "Official, when my Song State invaded the Northern Han Kingdom, the Khitan sent troops to obstruct it, and when the Southern Han Kingdom was invaded, because the Khitan whip was out of reach, and there was no contact with the Southern Han State, and there were disputes in its country, so he did not send troops, but the Tang State and the Khitan have always had a close relationship, and they often come from the sea, and the Tang State has become the last obstacle to the unification of the Central Plains by the Song State. It is very possible to disturb my Pingtang battle. Therefore, the minister thought that it was still necessary to guard against the Khitan, and it was necessary to send a calm and well-guarded general to live in the north and be ready for battle, and at the same time, for the battle of the Tang Kingdom, it was necessary to fight quickly to cut off the delusional hearts of others. ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "Guohua's words are exactly what I mean. Although the northern country is in civil strife, it can't help it. ”

Xue Juzheng said: "Official, Honglu Shaoqing has been envoy to Tang for a long time, so far there is no important information such as the Jiangnan water map and the deployment of troops, if you want to cut down the Tang Dynasty, you can't lack the Yangtze River water map and the information on the deployment of troops in various parts of the Yangtze River, otherwise you may need to make ten times the effort, should he be asked to step up the collection of information in this regard?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin responded: "I got Jiao Haitao's return, Yang Hao deliberately arrogant and provocative in the Tang Kingdom, Li Yu blindly forbeared, which has chilled the hearts of many courtiers, and Yang Hao has been very successful in dividing the monarch and the ministers and frustrating their spirits." Yang Hao also made many contacts with the Tang State Divine Guard Army to make the Huangfu Jixun faction, hoping to learn military information, but the Tang State regarded the deployment of troops and the water situation of the Yangtze River, which was regarded as a natural danger, as the top secret, and although the mission had sent many spies, it had little effect after all. He will issue an edict ordering him to do everything he can to collect as much information as possible, but no matter whether it succeeds or not, I will not change the strategy of attacking Tang next year. ”

Lu Yuqing said in a deep voice: "The official family, if you want to destroy the Tang Kingdom, you still need a justifiable reason, now the Tang Kingdom is a vassal to my Song State, pay tribute to the court, there is no shortage of everything, and raise troops for no reason, I am afraid that many of my Song people will also be dissatisfied, and it will arouse the hatred of the Tang people." ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, Li Yu played wishful thinking and called me a tribute, just because he wanted me to find no reason to conquer the Tang Kingdom, how could I let him get his wish." What are you doing to keep Li Congshan, give him a mansion, give him an official position, and entertain him with delicious food and drink? It's for Li Yu to see. ”

A hint of cunning flashed in his blazing tiger eyes, and he smiled: "Since he has paid tribute to me, if I summon him to Bianjing to meet, he will not come...... You say, is it considered a protest? Can I crusade against him? ”

Lu Yuqing suddenly realized and praised excitedly: "This plan is very good, in this way, we can stand on our feet morally." ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly, raised his beard and said: "I have issued an edict, edict Li Yu to come to Bianjing, and I Shangyuan to appreciate the lantern, if he does not come, I will issue an edict again, if this is the case, it is good to do the best of benevolence and righteousness." He laughed out loud.

He smiled proudly, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly saw Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, was lightly frowning, bowing his head and pondering, and couldn't help but smile and ask, "What is the king of Jin thinking?" ”

Zhao Guangyi's eyes flickered, thinking about it, Zhao Kuangyin didn't even hear him call twice, Cao Bin on the side gently turned him, Zhao Guangyi woke up, Huo Di raised his head.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled again: "What is King Jin thinking, is he so engrossed? ”

"Ahh

Zhao Guangyi has been the governor of Kaifeng Mansion for many years, and his political achievements are outstanding, and he is the only one who can be worried, and he has no military merits. The forbidden army has always been a system of its own, unable to let him enter, and now I heard that the Tang State is going to use troops, I am afraid that this is the last battle to unify the Central Plains, Zhao Guangyi is very anxious about this, but what he thinks, how dare he tell Zhao Kuangyin to the plate? After a little hesitation, he made an excuse at random, and said slowly: "The official family, the younger brother is thinking, among the military generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty, only Lin Huzi is difficult to deal with, this person is strong, brave and good at fighting, and he is all-encompassing. Now he is in Zhenhai, under the command of 100,000 soldiers, my Song country wants to seek Jiangnan, this person can be described as the first strong enemy, if you can cut off this person first, my Song country is like a steep training of 100,000 troops to help. ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly and said, "Cut off Lin Huzi first?" Not...... The idea is fanciful. The side with heavy troops in his hand is not killed? He is a martial artist, and he lives in the barracks, even if he goes in and out, the tiger and the tiger accompany him, and I have a person who dares to die, how can I get him? ”

Zhao Guangyi found a random word, and at this time he had to continue the circle, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Although it is not easy to find a way to get rid of this person, it will not be more difficult than his 100,000 water army, right?" The younger brother pondered and meditated, thinking about how to kill him, and now he had a little clue, but he hadn't carefully scrutinized it, and he didn't know if it was feasible. ”

"Oh......"

Zhao Kuangyin stared at him deeply, and said with a smile: "Okay, then the King of Jin can put more thought into this aspect, if my army does not move, I can kill the first general of the Tang State first, then my Song State has already succeeded half of the success of the Tang Dynasty, King Jin...... It also made the first contribution of my Song Kingdom to pacify the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Brother's order." Zhao Guangyi respectfully agreed, and secretly complained in his heart.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Jiao Haitao hurriedly walked into Yang Hao's residence and said excitedly: "My lord, the court has news. ”

Yang Hao stepped forward and said, "What does the imperial court say?" ”

Jiao Haitao said: "This letter is an edict written by the official family to the lord of Jiangnan, and it needs to be read by the lord of Jiangnan, which probably means that the official family invited the lord of Jiangnan to cross the river to Bianliang to spend the Shangyuan Festival together." ”

Shangyuan Festival is also the Lantern Festival, derived from the Taoist Sanyuan Day, because the ancients took the night as the night, so the folk also called it the Lantern Festival, and the northern Khitan called it "the day of stealing". Yang Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "Li Yu will not go, the official family's move is probably to oppose the first army, lest Li Yu have a letter of state from time to time, and always want to get Li Congshan back." ”

Jiao Haitao said with a smile: "What the lord said is that this other letter is a secret letter from the official family to the lord and the lower officials, and this letter mentions an envoy, which is very strange, and the lower officials are puzzled, please take a look." ”

Yang Hao took it, looked at it carefully from beginning to end, destroyed the secret letter with a candle, and watched the ashes turn into a few black and translucent butterflies fluttering and falling to the ground silently.

Jiao Haitao couldn't hold back and said: "My lord, if the official family asks for Xiao Zhouhou's portrait, it seems that he is still willing, but Lin Renzhao is not a peerless beauty, what use does the official family want his portrait for?" Can you guess the mystery? ”

Yang Hao's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said: "The official's thoughts, the official can't guess it, since the official family orders it, we just do it." If not, hire a painter with a lot of money to find a reason to take it to Zhenhai, and see if you can see Lin Renzhao's appearance, draw it carefully, and send it back to Kaifeng on time. As for searching the Jiangnan geographical and water map and the military defense department, I will think of a way. ”

"Yes!" Jiao Haitao retreated in response.

Yang Hao looked at the red candle flame thoughtfully, the candle flame was fluttering, and the flame that was offset as Jiao Haitao withdrew and left was lit straight upwards again, he took a deep breath and muttered to himself: "The court wants Lin Renzhao's life!" Everything really hasn't changed, the damned still have to die, the one who should come still has to come, the battle of the Tang Dynasty is about to begin, Ziyu should also return to Fuzhou with all his heart, Yanyan, dolls, when will you come? ”