Chapter 72: The First Debate Tournament of the Tang Dynasty (2)
Under His Majesty, Weichen repeated the same dream for several nights, and was awakened by fright. After waking up, I found that this dream turned out to be an extremely real and very likely rehearsal of the general trend of the world for a period of time after that. Lin Feng took the dream as an excuse, and stacked the words here first, so as not to wait for a while for someone to listen to it unpleasantly, he directly dragged himself out of the hall and cut it.
"I don't blame it, Aiqing just talk about it." Li Jing waved his hand and said.
"In Weichen's dream, after repeated changes in the northern regime, it suddenly stabilized, because there was a British lord in the north, he reduced taxes, went to harsh punishments, recruited talents, reformed bad governance, and gradually increased national strength, his successor was also wise, clarifying the rule of officials, rectifying the army, reducing the precepts, appeasing the displaced people, building water conservancy, abolishing the ban on Buddhism, and the national strength began to flourish." Here it is the Taizu Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the successor Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, and the facts mentioned are also real historical events. Then Zhou replaced the Later Han during the Spring Festival in 951 AD, that is, more than half a year later.
Speaking of this, Lin Feng glanced at several elites and found that most of their faces were suspicious of disbelief. It is no wonder that in their cognition, since Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty in 907 AD, the Liang, Tang, Jin, and Han dynasties have been replaced, and the emperors who came to power are all a group of warriors.
"They adopted the strategic policy of 'easy first, then difficult' and started a foreign war. They first destroyed Shu and then Shu, then took our Tang, Huainan and Jiangbei, and then conquered Liao, laying the foundation for unifying the world. Speaking of this, Lin Feng stopped again. Over there, Li Jingsui had already stood up, walked to the Tujing, pointed his finger at Huainan and Jiangbei, and was speechless, and Li Jing and several other princes also began to have solemn faces.
You are the generalissimo of the Southern Tang Dynasty, if you don't even realize the importance of Huainan and Jiangbei, this Southern Tang Dynasty is really hopeless. Lin Feng ignored Li Jingsui and continued to predict the true history that would happen in a few years.
"Shortly thereafter, the northern regime captured the state of Chu, united with Wu Yue to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty before and after, and the northern regime successfully assaulted the Yangtze River and went straight to Jinling, and half a year later, the Southern Tang Dynasty perished." Lin Feng deliberately recounted the facts coldly.
"It's pure dream talk, it's impossible." Li Hongji stood up and reprimanded angrily, "I have heavy troops in Huainan and Jiangbei, how can the enemy take it lightly?" The river is dozens of miles wide, how can the enemy smoothly cross the Yangtze River? ”
In the history books, Li Hongji's military talent is also relatively recognized. At that time, the Later Zhou army captured Guangling, and Wu Yue also invaded Changzhou, at this time Li Hongji was stationed in Runzhou, and the situation was critical. The lord Li Jing considered Li Hongji's youth and wanted to recall Li Hongji. However, Li Hongji stepped forward at this time, and decided to defend Runzhou with the generals, fight to the death, and never be alone, and the morale of the whole army was suddenly greatly boosted. Under the scenario of successive defeats of the former army, Li Hongji guaranteed his life and ignored the opposition of the generals, and promoted the brave and warlike Duyu Marquis Chai Kehong as the main general of the former enemy. Sure enough, Chai Kehong was unstoppable, stabilized Runzhou, rescued Changzhou, and broke Wu Yue. In order to prevent accidents, Li Hongji ordered to kill tens of thousands of captured Wu Yue generals and soldiers on the spot. In the eyes of military strategists, Li Hongji did not flee in the face of the enemy, which shows that he has courage; The selection of good will be instantaneous, indicating that there is vision; Living and dying with the soldiers, it shows their bravery; Beheading the prisoners in front of the army shows that they can be decided.
Lin Feng glanced at Li Hongji appreciatively, he was worthy of being a talented person, and what he saw was the key. But it is a pity that there is no amount of tolerance, no blessing of longevity, and no supplemental master. Lin Feng said loudly:
"His Royal Highness King Yan is worried. However, in Weichen's dream, the northern regime seized the Huai River because the defenders in front ignored the 'shallow' in winter and were easily broken through by the enemy. Lin Feng said that it is also a historical fact, the Huai River is separated from the territory of the Central Plains and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the water level naturally drops during the dry season in winter, from Yang Wu to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the winter will send troops to defend, called "shallow", but shortly thereafter, Wu Tingshao, the supervisor of Shouzhou, abolished the "shallow" on the grounds that "there is nothing to do in the territory, and the cost of food and grain" was abolished. In November of the thirteenth year of Baoda (955 AD), Li Yu led his army to successfully cross the Huai River, opened the battle for Huainan and Jiangbei, and dragged the Southern Tang Dynasty out of the track of losing land and even losing the country.
After Li Jingsui heard the word "shallow", he raised his head from the map and looked at Lin Feng in surprise, this is a true thing, how could Lin Feng dream.
Li Hongji had also heard the fact of "shallowness", but he was still not convinced, and reprimanded: "Even if the Huai River is lost, what about the big river? ”
Wechen didn't believe it at first, but although what happened in the dream was absurd, it was very reasonable. It is rumored that Cao Cao of Wei once connected ships and ships as if walking on the ground, and the same was true of the northern army in the dream, they went down the river, connected hundreds of ships together, and erected a pontoon bridge connecting the north and south at the narrowest part of the quarry rock of the river, breaking through the river in one fell swoop. Lin Feng told another fact.
At this moment, everyone looked at Lin Feng dumbfounded, Li Jingsui was the most exaggerated, an arrow stepped over, two big hands tightly grasped Lin Feng's arms, his eyes were red, he completely lost the leisurely elegance of the first handsome son, and roared: "These are really what you dreamed of." ”
The Yangtze River, since ancient times, has been the life-and-death line between the northern and southern regimes, known as an unbreakable natural danger, and is naturally considered by the Southern Tang Dynasty to be the most reliable line of defense.
"Yes, it is indeed staged in Weichen's dream." Lin Feng was still calm, gently broke away from Li Jingsui, and walked to the map.
"At present, the biggest hidden danger of our Tang Dynasty lies in the shallow strategic depth, according to the Huainan Jiangbei, it can also be tossed and turned, but Huainan Jiangbei is lost, there is no depth of protection, and the support of the huge profits of the Huainan salt industry is lost, and the national strength will inevitably begin to decrease greatly and become a trapped beast." Lin Feng was unceremonious and continued. This is a historical fact, the Southern Tang Dynasty changed from the huge profit support of the salt industry to the huge amount of money to buy salt in the north, and the national strength was rapidly consumed between one in and one out.
In Lin Feng's opinion, this is his rarest opportunity, if he can't let the high-level decision-makers of the Li family in Nantang completely wake up from the illusory harshness this time, it will be too late.
At first, Wechen didn't believe that this dream was true, but the dream was sometimes illusory, sometimes very real. It was precisely because there were two very specific things in the dream that woke up Weichen. Lin Feng continued to scare this group of people, "One is that not long after the British lord in the north succeeded to the throne, my Tang Dynasty has been in drought for three consecutive years, the farmland has dried up, the famine locusts are epidemic, and the people of Huainan have crossed the Huai River north to survive, but something infuriating happened in the dream, the British lord in the north appeased the hungry people, let the border pass, and gave food to cross the river, but my Tang officials first did not allow the hungry people to cross the river, and then intercepted the northern relief grain, only for the army, and at the same time wantonly plundered the fields of the hungry people, causing the people to lose their hearts, and laid a hidden danger for the loss of the Huai River defense thereafter. What makes Wei Chen's heart palpitate is that the most real thing in this dream is the details, a hungry man fought hard, was hacked to death by soldiers, his body twisted in pain on the ground, and the man's angry shout seemed to be still ringing in Wei Chen's ears. Lin Feng made a frightened expression.
This is also a historical fact, the great drought began in the tenth year of Baoda (952 AD), just two years later. The reaction of both the north and the south is also a fact, and it is one of the initial influencing factors that caused the Southern Tang Dynasty to lose the support of the people of Huainan and the decline of national strength.
At this time, Li Jing didn't react much, but Li Jingsui, Li Hongji, and Li Yu's faces were even whiter, they were not Li Jing who grew up in the palace and didn't know about the world, nor was it Li Jingqian, who only spent all day drinking without asking about the world, they knew very well what the real situation was like for the people, and these things were very likely to happen! As for the great drought, it seems very distant to these superiors, and they really don't take it seriously.
"The other is a conversation between Han Xizai and a person, and I remember every word." Lin Feng swore uncontrollably, and continued to throw bombs outward.
Ah, there is still Han Hee-jae in the dream? Several people raised their heads and looked at Lin Feng together, and their eyes began to be a little frightened.
"The first scene of the whole dream is the strangest, and it makes people scratch their heads for a while. According to Weichen's speculation, it should have happened on the way to Wu from Lord Han to the south, Lord Han and a person drank in a study to say goodbye, Lord Han said, if Wu uses me as a phase, I will drive to the Central Plains. The person on the other side replied with a smile, if the Central Plains uses me as a phase, I will take Wu Guo as if I was looking for something.
At first, Wei Chen thought it was a chaotic image in a dream and didn't care, but in the dream, when the north took the land of Huainan, the person who talked to Lord Han was serving as the prime minister in the north at that time, and the strategy of taking Huainan and Jiangbei was offered by this person. This is also a real interesting history attached to Han Xizai, that person is Li Gu, Zhou Shizong was the prime minister, this matter is recorded in Han Xizai's letters to later generations, and Lin Feng sacrificed it as the most powerful killer weapon.
A cool air spread in the main hall, Li Jing sat down on the dragon chair heavily, and with a wave of his left hand, he brought a delicate tea cup to the ground, and his sleeves were wet, but he suddenly didn't realize it, and sat down in despair. The others sat there similarly, as if they had been drained of their souls.
Lin Feng's face sank like water, and he quietly looked at several decision-makers. The three masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty all believe in Buddhism, and Buddhism pays the most attention to karma, which means that these people are superstitious. It's so false and real, true and false, it doesn't scare you?!
I don't know how long it took, Li Jing seemed to wake up from his dream, stood up, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Come on, quickly spread Han Xizai into the palace." At the same time, he fiercely looked around at all the guards, eunuchs, and palace maids in the main hall, and said sharply: "Today's matter, if you miss a word, I will punish him for the nine clans!" ”
Everyone in the hall immediately shuddered. Although it was almost noon outside, the atmosphere in the hall seemed even more eerie, a little cold, and even a little creepy.