This time, Li Yu was furious, and because Pan You had always been friendly with Li Ping, the household servant, Li Yu suspected that Pan You's seal was provoked by Li Ping, and Li Ping had obscene ghosts and gods, and the crime was increased by one degree, so he first punished Li Ping, and then imprisoned Pan You. As a result, Pan You committed suicide immediately after being taken in, and Li Ping subsequently hanged himself.

Lin Renzhao and Pan You were both benevolent people in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but they both died at the hands of Li Yu, which shows that they are mediocre, but it does not explain their cruelty.

Because Lin Renzhao's death was because Li Yu mistakenly fell into Zhao Kuangyin's discordant plan and executed him on the charge of treason, which is a capital crime.

And Pan You was because of his strong bones, and he actually scolded Li Yu for not being as good as a tyrant like Ji and Xu, which was unbearable for any emperor.

But even so, Li Yu only took him to prison, and after Pan You committed suicide, his family was sent to Raozhou because he was implicated, but he was released back the next year, Li Yu was worried that his family would have a difficult life, and he also specially instructed people to issue a certain subsidy, which is enough to prove Li Yu's benevolence.

In fact, the reason why Li Yu was able to arouse widespread sympathy in later generations was not only because of his poetry, but also because of his kind and generous character.

Li Yu is pure and filial by nature, has a deep affection for his parents, when Li Jing died, Li Yu lived in the palace to mourn, did his best, and refused to be reluctant at all, and later Li Yu's biological mother was born after the Holy Zun Zhong (Li Yu's grandfather's name was Taizhang, too secret, so after Li Yu succeeded to the throne, he respected his biological mother as the Holy Honor) was seriously ill, Li Yu served both sides day and night, his clothes were not untied, and the medicine must be tasted.

Li Yu is not only filial to his parents, respects his elders, but also loves his brothers. Li Yu's younger brother Li Congshan. He is a large number of people, especially like martial arts. I really want to make a difference in politics.

After Li Yu lived in the East Palace, the minister Zhong Mo once wrote to criticize him for "being light and ambitious." No one Cointreau", and at the same time strongly admired Li Congshan's talent, and asked Li Jing to establish Congshan as the prince, although this matter did not succeed, but also created a certain momentum for Li Congshan. Later, when Li Jing died, Li Congshan also asked the relevant ministers privately about the content of the edict, but was verbally refused.

If analyzed according to the political logic at that time, Li Congshan's behavior was obviously ambitious to covet the throne, and he should be the target of key prevention. But after Li Yu succeeded to the throne, he did not have the slightest suspicion of Li Congshan and remained close.

After Li Congshan was detained by Zhao Kuangyin, Li Yu asked for him to be released one after another, but unfortunately he was not approved, and Li Yu was also sad because of this, and climbed to the north many times, full of tears.

Li Yu is also very generous to ministers, and adopts humanized management. If the ministers are at fault, he will never blame them. For example, Han Xizai, a famous man in the south of the Yangtze River, was originally not reused by Li Jing, but Li Yu admired him very much, and after ascending the throne, he entrusted him to important positions such as the servant of the Ministry of Officials and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and even wanted to make him the prime minister.

But Han Xizai saw that the state affairs were getting worse. Afraid that he would be notorious for serving as the prime minister of the dead country, he began to deliberately tarnish his reputation and feasted guests every day. And find dozens of ** and let them sit with the guests. These invited guests are not very high-grade, and they often have uncivilized things with the ** people in the seat. made Han Xizai's house seem to be a big prostitution den, and Li Yu had to dispel the idea of worshipping him after hearing it.

Han Xizai's practice is actually a stinky problem of a good name of literati, but Li Yu did not blame him for this, but because he heard that his family had a rich nightlife, he specially appointed the court painter Gu Hongzhong to paint a "Night Banquet Picture" to watch it back, and in recent years, a movie was named after this picture. Later, Han Xizai died of illness, and Li Yu specially posthumously named him Zuo Servant Shot and Tongping Zhangshi, that is, the prime minister.

Li Yu was generous to the ministers and very benevolent to the people. He believed in Buddhism all his life, and was kind by nature, and whenever he decided on the death penalty, he took the principle of "rather indulge than law", and would rather misplace than kill indiscriminately, and once went to Dali Temple to release prisoners.

During Li Yu's reign, he also did some work to curb land annexation and improve the living conditions of the people, although the effect was not very good, but at least he was trying to do it, so when Li Yu was poisoned to death in Daliang, the people of Jiangnan had many cryers.

In addition, there is one more thing that cannot be left unmentioned, and that is Li Yu's love life. Li Yu is the kind of poet who can exude a romantic atmosphere from his bones, and his attitude towards love is also very sincere.

Li Yu's first wife was in the twelfth year of Baoda (954), when Li Yu was eighteen years old, married to Empress E, the daughter of Situ Zhouzong of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was nineteen years old, one year older than Li Yu, and later generations called him the Great Zhou Queen.

Emperor E is not only beautiful, but also well-versed in history, fine music and rhythm, good at singing and dancing, and the best thing to say is that he can play the pipa well. Once, Emperor E played a song in front of the lord Li Jing, which attracted Li Jing's great admiration, and he immediately gave her his most beloved pipa of the burning groove, which shows the high level of skill.

Li Jing and Emperor E's married life is very sweet, they often chant poems together, choreograph songs and dances together in the palace, and live a romantic and fulfilling life, often composed by Li Yu, Emperor E composed music, and complement each other well, in modern terms, the love of husband and wife is sweeter than honey.

But the good times did not last long, Emperor E of the Northern Song Dynasty in the second year of Qiande (964) suddenly fell ill, and Li Yu was the lord of the country, guarding day and night, and the medicine must be tasted in person, "those who cannot disintegrate are tired".

Under Li Yu's confident care, Emperor E's condition improved, but just as she was recovering, her most beloved young son Zhong Xuan died suddenly.

Emperor E was twenty-nine years old, and she and Li Yu had been in love for more than ten years, but she left him at such an age, and the blow to Li Yu was self-evident.

After the death of Emperor E, Li Yu was so grief-stricken that he wrote an essay with his own handwriting, including the following sentences: "The eyes are forever separated, and there is no wave in the mirror." The emperor is desperate, and he knows how! The twilight trees are green, and the sorrow is endless.

Thousands of joys, a lot of legacy. It can be said that it is a word and a tear, touching and heartfelt.

Before his death, Emperor E asked for a thin burial, so Li Yu did not make a big deal of it, and buried her in Yiling according to Emperor E's wishes, and buried her favorite pipa during her lifetime. Emperor Zhen'e was the "Empress Zhaohui", while Li Yu called himself "Widower Yu". The meaning of the fist is needless to say.

After the death of Emperor E. Li Yu's love object became the little sister of Emperor E, known as Xiao Zhouhou in history. Xiao Zhouhou is fourteen years younger than Emperor E, when he entered the palace, Emperor E was not dead, and he was very unhappy after knowing this, and because of this, he complained about Li Yu, and even "until death, his face is not extroverted".

However, the authenticity of this record is doubtful, because Li Yu is a son of heaven after all. has the right to pamper more women, and it is his own sister who is pampered, I don't know why Emperor E can't understand.

Xiao Zhouhou's appearance is as beautiful as Emperor E, and her talent is comparable, and she is still young, it is when she is innocent and romantic, Li Yu is more fond of her, and she once built a small pavilion among the flowers in the garden, covered with red Luo. Decorated with tortoiseshell ivory, carved extremely ornately, there is a built-in couch, and the couch is covered with mandarin cranes. Clusters of pearlescent, radiant and radiant, but the area is small. Only two people can rest.

During the last period of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu often drank and had fun with Xiao Zhouhou in this small poetic space. The days are still very warm and romantic.

However, with the repeated victories of the Song army on the battlefield. It is destined that Li Yu's days will not last long.

After Zhao Kuangyin conquered the Southern Han Dynasty, there were only three secession regimes left on his southern front, one was the Fujian Zhang and Quan regimes with only two states, the other was the Wu Yue Qian regime that had always been loyal to the Central Plains, and the rest was the Jiangnan Li Yu regime that had always been regarded as his primary opponent, so since then, Zhao Kuangyin's plan to eliminate the Southern Tang Dynasty has been put on the agenda.

However, it is not an easy task to eliminate the Southern Tang Dynasty, because although the Southern Tang Dynasty is not as strong as before, after all, it is still a big country in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a Yangtze River moat, so it is difficult to conquer lightly.

Besides, since the Southern Tang Dynasty was the lord of the Central Plains, Li Jing, he has always bowed down to the Central Plains, never daring to disobey it in the slightest, and there is no reason to levy it. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin was not in a hurry to send troops, but constantly actively prepared for war, and waited for an opportunity to find an excuse for sending troops.

Li Yu was not unaware of the impending danger, but he didn't seem to do anything but to curry favor with Zhao Kuangyin.

In November of the fifth year of Kaibao (972), Zhao Kuangyin appointed Xue Juzheng and Lu Yuqing, the governors of the political affairs, as water and land transport envoys in Huainan, Hunan, Lingnan, Jingnan and Jiannan, to prepare for the transportation of materials for a large number of troops, but Li Yu did not react to this.

In April of the sixth year of Kaibao (973), Zhao Kuangyin sent an envoy to Jinling to ask for a topographic map of the 19 states of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the grounds of rebuilding the map of the world.

In the seventh year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (974), the situation deteriorated further, and an unexpected thing suddenly happened.

It turned out that there was a person named Fan Ruoshui in the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was very disappointed because he was repeatedly admitted to the Jinshi Rank, and then developed hatred for the government, so he had the heart to find another way out and surrender to the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, Fan Ruoshui knew very well in his heart that he was just a small man, one had no generals, and the other had no territory, and it was impossible for him to be reused even if he surrendered, so in order to ensure that he could soar in the future, he personally came to the Yangtze River Pass to do a field survey, and prepared to offer a good strategy for the Song army to cross the river.

Quarry Rock is located in the southwest of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province 5 kilometers, the main body is a boulder in the Tuwu River, the measured area is about 80 hectares, the river surface here is narrow, the water potential is relatively gentle, it is very conducive to the army to carry out large-scale river crossing. In addition, the quarry rock is connected to Wuhu in the south, Jinling in the north, known as the "southeast lock key", has always been regarded as a place where soldiers must fight, in history, the northern army went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and nine times out of ten will choose to cross the river from here.

In order to enable the Song army to smoothly cross the Yangtze River moat, Fan Ruoshui disguised himself as a fisherman, carried a long rope in a small boat, first tied one end to the south bank, and then arrived at the north bank by boat, so that dozens of times back and forth, and finally measured the river surface here without a bad score, and according to the actual results of the measurement, he drew up a bold plan for the Song army to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and then went to the girder to offer advice to Zhao Kuangyin.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was worried about not knowing how to cross the river, and he was immediately overjoyed after receiving the report. Immediately gave Fan Ruoshui Jinshi and the first, awarded the official as the Shuzhou regiment training officer, and according to his plan, sent envoys to the Jinghu area to build a large ship capable of building pontoon bridges and thousands of yellow and black dragon boats, in preparation for crossing the river.

In July of the seventh year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (974), Zhao Kuangyin had made all the preparations for the southern expedition, the only thing lacking was that he had not yet found an excuse to send troops, but this kind of thing was not difficult for him, because the unification of the whole country was a big strategic policy, there was an excuse to send troops, and there was no excuse to make excuses to send troops, so Zhao Kuangyin ordered Liang Zhen to be the envoy of the East Cabinet Gate, and went to Jinling to preach to Li Yu: "The court has a firewood gift this winter, please come to help the sacrifice." ”

This will is tantamount to a talisman for Li Yu, he knows very well in his heart that as long as he goes, he will definitely be detained in the beam, but if he doesn't go, he will be charged with "disrespecting the will", which is really a dilemma. Li Yu didn't know what to do, so he didn't answer. Liang Zhen also knew very well in his heart, and did not force it, and then returned to the court to hand over the decree to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that this was the result, and after receiving the report, he began to dispatch troops on a large scale, and sent an envoy to contact Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, saying that Li Yu "disobeyed the order and did not go to court, and the crime was not forgiven", and asked Qian Yu to train the armor soldiers and cooperate with the Song army to fight south. In September, Zhao Kuangyin went to Jiangnan again with Li Mu, the messenger of Zuo and Zhizhi, and said: "I intend to sacrifice to the heavens this winter, and I want to read the sacrifice with Qing." ”

This will is equivalent to an ultimatum for Li Yu, Li Yu was so shocked that the six gods had no master, and in a panic he agreed to enter the court, and then was persuaded by Chen Qiao and other important ministers to stop, so he had to excuse himself in the name of physical discomfort, and pleaded bitterly to Li Mu: "The minister is a big country, all he wants is to have a place to worship the temple, and today he is forced to do this, and the minister is the only one who dies." "After that, you have to hit your head against the post.

Li Yu's move may not be that he really wants to die, because there are many people in the palace, naturally someone will pull him back, he just wants to make a gesture that he can't be forced. However, Li Yu, as the king of a dignified country, let alone slamming his head against the pillar in a false way, or crying and wiping tears to seek death and hang himself, throwing himself into a well and jumping into the river, who will pity him?

It's just that the enemy despises him even more. Therefore, Li Mu didn't have any special reaction when he saw this, but said lightly: "Whether to return to the dynasty or not, it still needs the self-determination of the lord of the country, but at present, the imperial court has strong armor and rich material resources, and Jiangnan may be difficult to stop the sharp edge. With that, he went back to the court.

After Li Yu refused, Zhao Kuangyin also found a name for sending troops, so he immediately appointed the general Cao Bin as the commander of the camp and the infantry army on all sides of Shengzhou, and took Pan Mei as the commander of the camp and Cao Han as the vanguard, leading more than 100,000 horses, infantry and sailors, and marched separately to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Recommend a friend's masterpiece, Maoshan's ghost hunter. Midnight was ghostly. (To be continued.) )