Although Lin Renzhao's starting point for Li Yu's appointment was haode, in terms of the current situation, the timing he chose this time was very inappropriate.

First of all, compared with his father Li Jing, Li Yu is far from lacking in terms of his ability and means to govern the country, as well as his experience and experience in fighting against the Central Plains Dynasty. I think that when his father Li Jing was in power, he did not agree to Lin Renzhao's request to cross the river to the north and recover Huainan, how could Li Yu, who is now inferior to his father in all aspects, agree.

Secondly, the current Later Zhou court is no longer the same as the Later Zhou court at the time of Sejong's southern expedition. On the one hand, with the rise of the Beiping army and its southward movement, and finally its control of the military and political power of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the territory actually controlled by the Later Zhou court has greatly increased compared with that of Sejong, and the national strength has also increased significantly, making the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was already inferior in strength, even more dwarfed. On the other hand, it was precisely because of the joining of the Beiping Army that the Later Zhou Dynasty made a qualitative leap in military strength, and its combat effectiveness was no longer the same as that of Sejong. If it is said that in the past, Li Jing and Li Yu still felt that they could fight to the death with the powerful Zhou army with the help of the Great River Trench. Then, with the capture of Jinghu Lake and the crossing of the Great River by the Zhou army, the original geographical advantage of the Southern Tang Dynasty has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the "Flying Dragon Army's" powerful and perverted firearms, it can be said that whether the Zhou army is now descending the river from Yuezhou or crossing the river from Huainan, the Southern Tang Dynasty has almost no power to fight back.

Therefore, now Li Yu and his civil and military ministers in the Jinling court are thinking about how to behave more deferencing and humility in front of the Later Zhou court, how to keep the Later Zhou court from killing and destroying themselves, and how to maintain their own small Jiangnan court for as long as possible. In this way, the reaction of Lin Renzhao's proposal to unite foreign clans and other separatist shili to jointly fight against the Later Zhou court, the reaction of the Southern Tang monarchs in Jinling can be imagined. In the end, Lin Renzhao, who was worried about the country's social welfare and generosity, not only did not get the approval of the imperial court, but was denounced as gibberish, alarmist, and vain about the government, and was punished for thinking about it behind closed doors.

Speaking of which, Li Yu and the ministers of civil and military affairs in the Southern Tang Dynasty still have some reason for opposing Lin Renzhao's proposal. At a time when one's own national strength is at a disadvantage and its military strength is vastly different from that of the other side, the idea of not overstimulating the other side and trying to preserve oneself may seem a bit cowardly and spineless, but it is the only way to keep one's own existence at the moment. As a result, Lin Renzhao handed over the note this time was like the note he had asked for war several times before, first like a mud cow like a sea and no news, and then after he handed over the same note several times, what he received was a rejection of the request and a closed-door thought about it at home.

Although he was psychologically prepared for not being accepted, he was reprimanded by the court as nonsense when he was worried about the country and the people, and such a blow was quite heavy for Lin Renzhao, who was dedicated to the country. So much so that he was in a very bad mood, depressed, irritable, and irritable at home, and from time to time he would lose his temper, and even beat up the servants who made a slight mistake.

Lin Renzhao's wife and children, as well as Liu Pinglan, who was raised by Lin Renzhao's uncle since childhood, also saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, and often said kind words to comfort him to ease his heart. It's just that this kind of comfort and relief can really play a limited role, and Lin Renzhao's mood has not improved because of this.

Lin Renzhao's recital was denounced as nonsense by Li Yu and his group of civil and military generals in Jinling, but when this copy of the recital was obtained by the "Dark Feather" Jinling and Nanchang branches respectively, and was quickly sent to Kaifeng, it attracted the attention of Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other members of the crossing team committee. In the view of Wang Kunjun and others, although the suggestions put forward by Lin Renzhao are difficult to implement, the probability of success is very low. However, in line with the concept that everything that is unfavorable to oneself should be considered and analyzed more, and taken seriously according to the worst outcome, the committee still specially convened some members of the enlarged meeting of the committee in Kaifeng to discuss this matter.

After carefully analyzing the feasibility of Lin Renzhao's proposal, as well as the impact of its successful implementation on the crossing team and the process of unifying the world by the Later Zhou court, and taking into account the possible obstacles caused by Lin Renzhao in Nanchang to the pacification of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the future, the meeting finally decided to take necessary means and actions to use the "knife" of the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers to kill Lin Renzhao, who might hinder the pacification of the Southern Tang Dynasty, without arousing the vigilance of the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers." people", clearing the obstacles in advance for their future actions.

Just when the crossing team was pondering how to use the "knife" of the Southern Tang Dynasty Junchen to kill Lin Renzhao, the Southern Tang side seemed to have a "telepathy" to give up the opportunity. At the end of April of the lunar calendar of the tenth year of Xiande, in order to show goodwill to the Later Zhou court, and also to test whether the Later Zhou court would point the spearhead of the attack at the Southern Tang Dynasty after pacifying Jinghu, Li Yu sent his younger brother Li Congshan, the king of Han, to envoy the Later Zhou.

Hearing that Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to Kaifeng, and the envoy was Li Yu's younger brother Li Congshan, the king of Han, who was discussing with Wang Kunjun and several other committee members how to kill Lin Renzhao, Zhang Weixin couldn't help but clap his hands and laughed: "This is really 'someone sent a pillow just if you want to doze off', our side has just passed the resolution to get rid of Lin Ren by 'borrowing a knife to kill', and the Southern Tang side is very cooperative to send the knife handle to us." ”

Seeing that several other committee members present were very puzzled by their words, Zhang Weixin hurriedly explained: "According to the historical records of the previous life, in the time and space before the time travel, Lin Renzhao died on the secret fold given to Li Yu by Li Congshan, the king of Han who sent an envoy to the Northern Song Dynasty. In that time and space, for the same reason as we are now, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was also very jealous of Lin Renzhao, a brave general. Therefore, taking the opportunity of Li Congshan's envoy to the Northern Song Dynasty, he set up a counter-plan, deliberately letting Li Congshan see the portrait of Lin Renzhao who was stolen from the Lin Mansion hanging in his palace, and said that if this person returned to help him, the Great Song Dynasty would soon be able to control the south of the Yangtze River and dominate the world. After Li Congshan saw the realistic portrait of Lin Renzhao that was impossible for outsiders to get, he decided that Lin Renzhao must have had an affair with the Northern Song Dynasty and wanted to be unfavorable to the Southern Tang Dynasty. When he was left in Kaifeng by Zhao Kuangyin and could not return to the court, Li Congshan sent his henchmen and cronies to sneak out of Kaifeng and go to Jinling to deliver a letter with his secret about his impeachment of Lin Renzhao.

Li Yu was also convinced after receiving his brother's secret fold, and without hesitation, he summoned Lin Renzhao from Nanchang to Jinling, gave poisoned wine without any explanation, and ordered the other party to commit suicide. 'Punishment without teaching' made Lin Renzhao not give himself a chance to defend himself at all, so he had to do his duty as a courtier, and follow the principle of 'the king calls the minister to die, and the minister has to die', and committed suicide by drinking. So, brother, I said, this time Li Congshan sent an envoy to Kaifeng, which is equivalent to handing over the handle of the knife that killed Lin Renzhao to our brothers-even if his envoy this time was nearly ten years earlier than in his previous life. ”

"It's rare for such a clumsy counter-plot to succeed, and this Southern Tang monarch is too easy to deceive, right?" After listening to Zhang Weixin's allusions to his past life, Xu Shaoan said with some disbelief.

"Whether the strategy is clumsy or not depends on who is implementing it. This seemingly clumsy trick may not only not work at all when used on Ming Jun, but also the person who uses the trick will be ridiculed. It can be used on Li Yu, who has long been suspicious of Lin Renzhao, an old minister of the first emperor and a veteran of the two dynasties, for various reasons, and has long wanted to take him down or put him to death, but it can play a 100% role. Zhang Weixin replied confidently.

Seeing that Zhang Weixin was full of confidence in getting rid of Lin Renzhao with a counter-plot, Wang Kunjun and several other committee members did not ask any more questions, but authorized Zhang Weixin to make corresponding arrangements based on the principle of trying it out. So, ten days after receiving the news of Li Congshan's envoy to Kaifeng, a very realistic portrait of Lin Renzhao completed by the hands of detectives who are good at painting portraits under the command of the "Dark Feather" Nanchang Branch Hall was sent to Zhang Weixin and hung in the study of Wang Kunjun's mansion.

On the twentieth day of the fifth month of the tenth lunar calendar of Xiande, Li Congshan arrived in Kaifeng. After entering the palace to meet the little emperor Chai Zongxun, this guy went to visit Wang Kunjun, the actual controller of the power of the Later Zhou Dynasty, very practically. And it was this visit of the other party that allowed Wang Kunjun to make a decision with Zhang Weixin and others in advance, and at the same time forced Li Cong to be good at Kaifeng, he let him see the portrait of Lin Renzhao in the study, and revealed to him that Lin Renzhao had returned to the Zhou court, and promised to serve as an internal response when the Zhou army went south. Wang Kunjun also said with some annoyance that Lin Renzhao's share of uniting the surrounding Shili to fight against the Later Zhou Dynasty some time ago was also instructed by the Later Zhou court, intending to provoke Li Yu to confront the Later Zhou court and provide a very good excuse for the Zhou army to go south. It's a pity that Li Yu and his civil servants and generals did not accept Lin Renzhao's proposal.

Although the trick of the crossing team seems to be the same as the trick used by Zhao Kuangyin in the previous life, since Li Congshan and Li Yu in the previous life were able to fall into the scheme, then Li Congshan and Li Yu, who are nearly ten years less than the previous life in terms of age and experience, have no reason to be unscrupulous. Therefore, after receiving the secret letter sent by Li Congshan's confidants, Li Yu, who had long seen that Lin Renzhao was not pleasing to the eye and was quite jealous of his prestige and past achievements, no longer hesitated, and immediately sent someone to summon Lin Renzhao to Jinling to discuss matters. When Lin Renzhao, who thought that Li Yu had summoned him to the north to seize Huainan, Lin Renzhao entered the palace with joy, but found that it was not Li Yu who greeted him, but a glass of poisoned wine.

On the tenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar in the tenth year of Xiande, Lin Renzhao committed suicide by drinking in the Jinling Palace.