Jinling, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Backed by the Purple Mountain, leaning next to the Qinhuai River, there is a Yangtze River moat in front of it. Backed by mountains and rivers, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the era of cold weapons, such a place should be the capital of the emperor.

In this regard, Jinling is as famous as Chang'an and Luoyang, and is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is strange to say, but all the dynasties that built the capital of Jinling were short-lived, and it is said that this is related to feng shui.

The name of Jinling was derived from the King of Chuwei of the Warring States, and according to legend, there were monks who saw that there was a king's spirit here, and built yì buried gold to suppress the king's spirit. The king of Chuwei obeyed his construction, cast a golden man and buried it here, and built Jinlingyi on the stone mountain to suppress the king's spirit.

In the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang toured the world and passed through this place, and his monks once again claimed that Jinling was a tiger and had the spirit of a king.

Who was Qin Shi Huang? How can such a situation be tolerated? The first emperor who dominates the world is much more powerful than King Chu Wei, what is it to bury gold and cut off qi? So he directly sent people to dig the mountain to break the dragon vein, and led the Qinhuai River through the city, so that the king of Jinling was exhausted.

It's just the huge south of the Yangtze River, but I can't find a place that is stronger than Jinling's Wangji (ji), so ten miles of Qinhuai, fat pink dust, the past of the Six Dynasties is like a passing cloud.

To today's Southern Tang Dynasty, the capital was also built here, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, Jinling was indeed the best place to build the capital.

At that time, the whole Huainan belonged to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinling was in the center of the country, the mountains and rivers were dangerous, safe and worry-free, and it was also convenient to rule the Quartet.

However, after several battles with Hou Zhou, Huainan was lost, and the national border was changed from Huaishui to the Yangtze River, and Jinling was on the northern border.

The Song army looked at the tiger across the river, although there was a natural danger of the Yangtze River, the safety was not as good as before. It is precisely because of this that I had to bow to the Song Dynasty in the north, so that I could be in a safe corner.

The mood of the rulers of the Southern Tang Dynasty was actually very complicated, on the one hand, they were afraid that the Song army would cross the Yangtze River to attack the south, so they made compromises everywhere. On the other hand, they hope that the Yangtze River is isolated from the north and the south, and they can sit back and relax.

But it is this kind of mentality of not being aggressive, blindly avoiding, and a little tangled that laid the groundwork for the fall of the country in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Zheng stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the mountains and rivers of Jinling, and thought a lot in his heart.

"Shaoqing get off the boat, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent his son Li Congjia to meet him in Wangjiang Pavilion." Li Yuan came to report.

"Who, Li Congjia?"

"That's right, the sixth prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Congjia, King Zheng!"

"Okay, then go and meet!" Zhao Zheng smiled, what does the legendary Southern Tang Dynasty queen Li Yu look like? I don't know why, since I was reborn, I haven't been so curious when I see Zhao Kuangyin. Maybe it's because Li Yu is in the literary scene, how sad can you be, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward, but who is a little literate, who doesn't sigh?

Zhao Zheng and Dong Zhongyan got off the boat one after another and walked to the Wangjiang Pavilion not far away, with official robes on their bodies, looking quite majestic.

From a distance, I saw a row of people standing outside the pavilion, led by a purple-robed young man, and next to him were two officials, Yiwen and Wuwu.

"It is a great honor for the Tang Kingdom to welcome the two envoys from the Jiadai family to Jiangnan." The purple-robed young man's expression was very stiff, as if he was a little reluctant, and he just completed the task mechanically.

He is Li Congjia, Li Yu?

Zhao Zheng couldn't help but look at this person curiously, tall but thin, elegant but not mighty, which is in line with the characteristics of a literati who travels in the mountains and rivers, writes lyrics and composes music.

As for his appearance, Zhao Zheng's eyes fell on Li Congjia's face, and his first feeling was strange.

Li Congjia turned out to be "earthly and skyly", and his jaw was obviously protruding outward. Probably because of the lack of calcium when he changed his teeth at a young age, Li Congjia actually had a bit of buck teeth, although they were not very strict, and it would affect the appearance to some extent. However, in this era, no one thinks this is bad, and "Bad Teeth" is the appearance of a saint.

Li Congjia's eyes are more like saints, and he is the eighth person with heavy pupils in the history books after Cangjie, Yu Shun, Chong'er, Xiang Yu, Lu Guang, Gao Yang, and Yujuluo.

In the first seven, Cangjie and Yu Shun are ancient sages, Chong'er, Xiang Yu, Lü Guang (King of Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty) and Gao Yang (Emperor of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and Northern Qi) are all figures who claim to be kings and hegemons, and the worst Yujuluo is also a famous general of the Sui Dynasty.

In fact, modern medicine has proved that this is a disease of pupillary adhesion distortion, to put it bluntly, it is an early cataract, but in ancient times, it was the so-called appearance of a saint. Coupled with the teeth, and the earlobes that are larger than ordinary people (a symbol of blessing), Li Yu's face is very precious, rich and noble, and has a great future, and he may be able to achieve extraordinary.

But is it really beautiful? At least the word beautiful man has nothing to do with him.

Zhao Zheng, who has modern aesthetics, thinks so, and even almost laughs out loud, Li Yu looks like this? Later generations subconsciously thought that Li Yu was a beautiful man, but ...... Zhao Zheng subconsciously thought of a sentence - it is better to be famous than to meet!

However, as an envoy, the minimum politeness is still required, and Zhao Zheng's self-control is not bad, so he restrained the urge to laugh and replaced it with a smile like a spring breeze.

"This official Zhao Zheng, on behalf of the Great Song Emperor, congratulates the Lord on his birthday, His Royal Highness King Zheng is polite!"

Nineteen-year-old envoy, is that him?

When Zhao Zheng looked at Li Congjia, someone was also looking at him. Li Yu was a little surprised, in the palace, listening to the ministers talking about the Song envoy being very young, he didn't pay attention to it.

Now that I meet, I am really young, only nineteen years old, several years younger than myself. Is there really something extraordinary about the Emperor of Song being able to send him as an envoy?

Han Xizai stood beside Li Yu, and his surprise was certain. His appearance is immature, and he is indeed younger than His Royal Highness King Zheng, but his speech and expression, his gestures are steady, and he is calm and unhurried, and he will take King Zheng Li from Jiabi in an instant. Han Xizai became more and more curious, who is this Zhao Zheng, and what does Zhao Kuangyin want to use him as an envoy?

Huangfu Jixun's expression was as cold as ever, the hatred of killing his father was not shared, he hated Zhao Kuangyin, and then hated the entire Song Dynasty, and he didn't have a good face for the envoys of the Song Dynasty.

Here, Zhao Zheng introduced Deputy Envoy Dong Zhongyan to Li Congjia. Li Congjia also said politely: "This is a scholar from my country, a scholar of the Diligent Administration Palace, Han Xizai, and this is General Huangfu Jixun." ”

Han Xizai is naturally famous, even if you don't know him, you should know "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", which is known as one of China's top ten famous paintings.

The reason why there is this picture is because he feasted and drank at home every night, and the reason why he continued to feast and drink was deliberately indulgent, in order to prevent the suspicion of the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Generally speaking, suspicious courtiers often have skills, and Han Xizai is also a powerful character in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, before leaving, Zhao Pu specially explained that he should be careful of Han Xizai. It was still the Later Zhou Dynasty, and now Tao Gu, a scholar from the Great Song Dynasty, sent an envoy to the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he was severely pitted by Han Xizai, and he can't raise his head until now. (More on this later)

Scheming people must be careful, and they still have to be clean.

As for Huangfu Jixun, Zhao Zheng also knew in his heart, and when he went to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he naturally had to know himself and the enemy, and the grievances between Zhao Kuangyin and the Southern Tang Dynasty people were well understood.

Obviously, Huangfu's continued attitude was very unfriendly, and looking at his breathless expression, if it weren't for the presence of Li Congjia and Han Xizai, I was afraid that it would have erupted on the spot. Impulsive and irritable Takeo is not scary, but he is prone to embarrassment and trouble, so you have to be careful!

"Both, polite!"

Han Xizai is an understanding person, although his attitude towards Song Envoy is not friendly, and he is even willing to see him make a fool of himself. But when the Song envoy first arrived in Jiangnan, there was a conflict, which was very embarrassing and inappropriate.

Moreover, even if you have the intention to deal with the Song envoys, you should avoid direct confrontation in person. The way should be more secretive, and the means should be more advanced, just like when Tao Gu was cleaned up, let the other party be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis.

"Your envoy has been tired all the way, it's really hard, the protocol has prepared a place to stay, and I invite your envoy to rest!"

"Okay, thank you!" Zhao Zheng smiled, at this time, the guest is the host.

……

Here, the Great Song Dynasty delegation and Li Congjia, Han Xizai and others had just left, and a boat went up the river and docked at the pier, which looked like it was coming from the direction of Guazhoudu.

The ship docked, and the group landed on the shore, and then headed for Jinling City. The man at the head, the roe deer, is a hunchback.

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PS: 1, the end of the battle of Luzhou is June, Zhao Zheng to the Southern Tang Dynasty should be the beginning of July, the previous text is wrong, will be revised.

2, Li Yu's appearance is like this, according to the historical data, it is truthfully described, and it is not ugly. Friends who like Li Yu may be a little disappointed, forgive me!

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