Chapter 144: The Black-Faced King
There are a lot of dirty details in Chinese folk tales.
For example, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and the Seven Fairies Dong Yong often have a saying.
"The two are very affectionate, and they didn't get out of bed for three days and three nights after they got married."
You see how artistic this expression is, not that this young man has never seen a woman too unproductive, but that these two people are in love.
Some customs also prove from the side that in the first three days of the wedding, there are indeed some things that are more important than eating.
"Three days into the kitchen, wash your hands and make soup. If you don't know how to eat your aunt, you will send your sister-in-law to taste it first. ”
This is a poem by Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty, the bride got married, the first two days did not have to cook, the third day, was asked to show a hand in cooking, I don't know what the taste of the mother-in-law (the aunt here is the mother-in-law), so I called the sister-in-law over to taste the taste.
To this day, the statutory holiday for marriage leave is no more or less, that is, three days.
The same is true at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there is nothing important, and he will not take advantage of the groom's leave, Zhang Dejun was sent to deliver the decree, it must be an important matter.
"So early?" Duan Meimei was taken aback when she heard that Zhang Dejun was coming to deliver the holy decree.
Now that the holy decree has arrived, wouldn't Xu Yongzhi have to go to the palace for a meeting hungry.
"I'll get you something to eat!" She tied her clothes and stepped on her shoes, thinking that she would leave Zhang Dejun to sit down for a while, so that her husband could eat something.
"No need," Xu Yongzhi put on his official uniform and hurriedly walked out, "Zhang Dejun came to call, it must be a big deal, you can't wait." ”
Unexpectedly, he went out of the room, and Pity was standing at the door again.
"My lord, let's use something."
Duan Meimei looked at it, and her eyes were straight.
She cooked the noodles, but instead of using a large bowl to serve them, she filled each of the four small wine bowls with a bowl of noodles, one in each bowl.
In two small plates, there are four small buns.
Duan Meimei is already a first-class expert at making noodles, but the steamed buns she steamed are all the size of rice bowls, and pity this bun is about the same size as the little fist of the little young master Xu Zongpu.
Xu Yongzhi looked at Duan Meimei, and they all had the same thought in their hearts:
The girl in Shu is really smart and clever.
If there was no foreshadowing from Duan Meimei's before, I was afraid that Xu Yongzhi would immediately feel that this was a good girl.
Xu Yongzhi nodded, picked up the noodles, didn't need a restaurant, ate all four bowls in one bowl - this noodles were just hot, and then there were four buns, and there was no need to move chopsticks and hands, and he went to receive the order after eating.
Pity looked at Xu Yongzhi's back, and couldn't help but feel a sense of pride on her face.
If the housewife of this family were Li Forsythia, she would be wrapped into a bun tonight;
If it is a little expensive, mercy will immediately find a good errand and send it to the field;
If it was Tian Kokou, mercy would be immediately scolded and intimidated;
In short, no wife wants to be so stolen by a maid.
But Duan Meimei is also too reasonable.
Although she was unhappy, she thought that Xu Yongzhi was indeed full and went to the court, and she couldn't find this girl's bad luck.
"My share, do you have it?" Duan Meimei asked.
Then how can it not be, mercy can be caught by this handle?
"I'll serve it to you, this small bowl is used up, can you use the noodle bowl directly?" Pity and humility.
It's obvious to tell you that the man has special treatment, but you can't find fault with it.
"I'll do it myself!" Duan Meimei went down.
The horse was barking, listening to the sound, Xu Yongzhi rode out on a brown horse.
Although Duan Meimei rode the white horse back, he still left the white horse behind.
He tried to avoid using things that looked like a pair with Xiaogui.
"Brother, it's military intelligence." Zhang Dejun said on the road.
"It seems to be Huainan." Xu Yongzhi said.
"I can't say more, but you guessed it right." Zhang Dejun said.
The two went to the gate of the palace and saved their horses and walked into the palace.
"Report to the official's family, Xu Jin is here." Zhang Dejun reported back.
"Bridegroom, come in!" Zhao Kuangyin said.
There are not many people in the house, Zhao Guangyi looked at the map with a calm face, Zhao Pu is talking to Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin is the right hand in Zhao Kuangyin's forbidden army, and the other person, Xu Yongzhi knows, is Li Chuyun, the general of Yulin, he also took the initiative to stand up for Zhao Kuangyin when he was in Chenqiao, and he also fought and made meritorious contributions by Zhao Kuangyin's side when he conquered Zezhou.
"Official, the minister is late." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Call the bridegroom on vacation for a meeting, it's an emergency, how about it, the cave room is going well." Zhao Kuangyin made a rare joke.
"It's like a bamboo, just like the style of my Song forbidden army." Xu Yongzhi reports.
"Hahahaha!" Zhao Kuangyin smiled, but the smile disappeared in an instant, "Look at the map." ”
This is a map of Lianghuai.
"Let Zhengyuan (Li Chuyun's character) tell you about the situation in Huainan." Zhao Kuangyin said.
"Yes," Mr. Li said.
Li Chuyun had a short beard and a pockmarked face, and he turned his head to look at Xu Yongzhi:
"Yongzhi, in the spring, you have been dealing with the Shangdang, and I am the one who dealt with Huainan."
There is a strong goodwill in this sentence.
Li Chuyun is a smart person, on the day of the Chen Qiao Mutiny, Xu Yongzhi led the team to persuade Zhao Kuangyin to be the emperor, Li Chuyun was the first to follow with the soldiers, and then he immediately went to call Zhao Kuangyi and Wang Yansheng - this person is so smart that he didn't assign him a task, but he has a job in his eyes.
The most faceless thing Li Chuyun did before was when Zhao Kuangyin's brother Li Jixun was under the account, he once set up a card at the Yellow River ferry to catch the Khitan spy.
It's a pity that this person who fights with his head doesn't have much performance under the command of Chai Rong, an emperor who rushes and fights by himself, but in the past few months, his counter-espionage can be used.
After the Chenqiao Mutiny, two important towns were what Zhao Kuangyin was most worried about, one was Li Yun's Shangdang, the other was Li Yun's Yangzhou, one had Shanxi's cavalry, and the other had two Huai's properties, and they were all occupied by the generals, so he had been arranging Xu Yongzhi to deal with Li Yun and let Li Chuyun deal with Li Chongjin.
The style of these two old colleagues is completely different.
Li Yun was confused, as soon as others picked him, he had to win the scheme, and he wanted to connect with foreign aid, and he refused to lose his position as the minister of the Great Zhou, and was finally thrown down by Zhao Kuangyin.
Li Chongjin is vicious, because he is one of the people who instigated Li Yun.
Li Chongjin is the nephew of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei, a closer relative than Chai Rong, and was once regarded as Guo Wei's successor, but it was only before Guo Wei's death that Li Chongjin was ordered to kneel for Chai Rong and set the distinction between monarchs and ministers.
With such an identity, standing up for the "rejuvenation of the Great Zhou" and attacking Li Yun from the north and south, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely be very uncomfortable.
But the problem is that Li Chongjin is too poisonous, what he wants is to let Li Yun consume Zhao Kuangyin's troops, and he will take advantage of the fisherman.
In the spring, Li Chongjin once sent his cronie Zhai Shouxun to form an alliance with Li Yun, but Zhai Shouxun was a smart person, and he had known Zhao Kuangyin and Li Chuyun for many years, so he didn't think about it, so he went directly to Li Chuyun.
"I can't directly ask to enter the palace, you go into the palace to face the saint, I hope Your Majesty can see me, I want to report the situation in Huainan."
Li Chuyun and Zhao Kuangyin obtained all of Li Chongjin's plans at once.
Zhao Kuangyin thought for a while and asked Zhai Shouxun: "If I give Li Chongjin Danshu iron coupons, will he be willing to enter Beijing?" ”
Danshu iron coupon, also known as the gold medal for avoiding death, is the emperor's public guarantee that he will not kill you in the future. The little whirlwind firewood in "Water Margin" has a copy in the house, which can be exempted from capital crimes.
Zhai Shouxun thought for a while and said, "He won't, he won't trust His Majesty." ”
Zhao Kuangyin nodded and instructed Zhai Shouxun: "You continue to see Li Yun." ”
"What, do you want to let Li Yun raise troops?" Zhai Shouxun said.
"Yes, I have arranged a plan on Li Yun's side (that is, Xu Yongzhi), you have completed the task that Li Chongjin gave you, and after you go back, persuade Li Chongjin to stay still." Zhao Kuangyin said.
"Got it!" Zhai Shouxun took the plan and left.
"Official, will Li Chongjin listen to Zhai Shouxun's persuasion?" After Zhai Shouxun left, Li Chuyun also expressed concern.
Zhao Kuangyin looked calm: "The essence of this person is such a chicken thief, he is easy to hesitate, his brain is very slow, and he is unwilling to consume, and he lacks courage, he will not move." ”
Sure enough, as soon as Zhai Shouxun persuaded him, Li Chongjin sat in Huainan and watched the success or failure, until Zhao Kuangyin pushed out Zezhou and Xu Yongzhi lowered the ranks of the party, and he panicked.
"Isn't it consuming Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers and horses? Why is the Song army still fighting more and more? ”
Even at this time, Li Chongjin still has a chance to turn back.
Just half a month ago, Zhao Kuangyin sent Chen Siyu, the envoy of the Six Houses, to persuade Li Chongjin to enter Beijing with Danshu iron coupons.
Xu Yongzhi and Zhang Dejun had done this task, but they persuaded Li Yun. Most of Li Yun's subordinates were reluctant to oppose the Song Dynasty, and Xu Yongzhi also had the help of Li Shoujie and the protection of Duan Zishou, and he was strong in martial arts, so he killed all the way out of Shanxi.
Chen Siyu doesn't have that ability, and he doesn't have that luck.
Li Chongjin was once ready to enter Beijing, but both left and right persuaded him not to enter Beijing to send him to death, and after coming and going, Li Chongjin made up his mind, he imprisoned Chen Sixue, and also wanted to kill the imperial court sent the prison An Yougui, but An Yougui was an old Jianghu, seeing that the situation was not right, he took his cronies all the way out of Yangzhou City and returned to Tokyo City to report the news.
"That's probably the situation." Li Chuyun finished telling.
"I have done my best to Li Chongjin, not only did I give Danshu iron coupons, but I never wanted to collect his military power, I just asked him to move to Qingzhou, to Shandong to be closer to me, and away from the enemy, this request is really not too much." Zhao Kuangyin sat down dejectedly, he really felt that his benevolence was not enough, and he was very sorry.
"The official family is merciful, and Li Chongjin is self-defeating." Zhao Pu comforted Zhao Kuangyin.
"You've gone through the whole process of attacking Li Yun, and I want to hear your opinion." Zhao Kuangyin said to Xu Yongzhi.
"The two battles are very similar, we both have inclined to our internal response, the other side is hesitant, and finally decided to raise troops, the minister thinks that it is nothing more than sending generals, transferring troops, and sending reinforcements." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Tell me more, who is the right manager?"
"This coach can understand Li Chongjin, but more importantly, he must be familiar with Huainan, there were three famous generals who fought in the Southern Tang Dynasty and won Huainan, and the first one was none other than our official family; The second is Li Chongjin, who killed the god in Huainan back then, and the common people called him the black-faced king, and the third was the pioneer official Shi Envoy of the year. ”
The stone envoy is Shi Shouxin, after he won the battle against Li Yun, he added Tongping Zhangshi, this is the identity of the prime minister, and the festival envoy is the prime minister, so he can be called the prime minister, this is the blossoming of civil and military, and he is a very human minister.
"The prime minister is the right person for the commander." Xu Yongzhi said.
"I thought you would recommend Murong Yanzhao, isn't your relationship very good?" Zhao Guangyi answered without yin or yang.
"Your Majesty is asking who is suitable, not who has a good relationship with Xu Jin." Xu Yongzhi said.
"Are you worried that Murong won't be able to defeat the black-faced king?" Zhao Guangyi asked.
That's too provocative.
No matter how you answer, you will die, Old Man Murong is good to Xu Yongzhi, he is a teacher, how do you answer?
Xu Yongzhi was not fooled by this, he returned to the original topic.
"General Murong's troops are in Hengzhou Zhending Mansion, the cavalry is the strongest, transferred to Huainan, I don't know how much grain and grass to move."
"Huainan has a lot of water networks and rice fields, so it is difficult for the cavalry to deploy."
"The stone envoy is the German army and the guards of the army, this is the army led by the official family, there is the strongest infantry in the Great Song Dynasty, the German army is in Songzhou, from the Bianshui boat, three days can take the Huainan town Shouchun, establish a stronghold, the king of Jin carefully look at the map." Xu Yongzhi said.
Zhao Guangyi looked at Xu Yongzhi, this kid is getting more and more difficult to deal with.
"Hehehehe, this king is taking the exam, after all, you are the son of a merchant, and I am afraid that you are not familiar with the art of war." Zhao Guangyi turned to Shi Shouxin again, "The envoy is quite a boss, and this king is also very supportive." ”
"The deputy generals and ministers have protected Wang Xianqi, Li Chuyun and Xu Jin." Zhao Pu said.
"That's right." Zhao Kuangyin nodded.
"Help, Yongzhi, you can talk about it again." Zhao Kuangyin continued to ask.
"Li Chongjin must be connecting with Jinling (Southern Tang), but my people in Jinling clearly told me that Jinling did not promise Li Chongjin, and Li Chongjin promised to cede the fourteen prefectures of Jiangbei, but this land, Southern Tang did not have the strength and determination to defend it." Xu Yongzhi said.
Zhao Kuangyin nodded.
"If our army hits Yangzhou, Jinling may react because of the pressure, so we should send people to Jinling in advance to make a little request to them, which is also a sign of their peace of mind, after all, we can't eat Nantang this time." Xu Yongzhi said.
"The younger brother is willing to contact Jiangnan and ask them to send troops to support us and attack Li Chongjin from behind." Zhao Guangyi said.
"No!" Li Chuyun shouted.
Zhao Guangyi's face suddenly became particularly ugly.
"This is our land, our people, let the military horses of Jinling come in, isn't it that the people are going to suffer!" Li Chuyun said.
Although this person is a master of intelligence, he is too upright, he is only loyal to Zhao Kuangyin alone, and he thinks about him everywhere.
"But if we can lose some ......," Zhao Guangyi continued to persuade the officials.
"Official, I think King Jin's worries are justified, the elite soldiers and horses can't be lost, but from a political point of view, we can't let the Southern Tang Dynasty attack." Xu Yongzhi said.
"How?" Zhao Kuangyin said.
"Emperor Sejong is to beat the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the capture of Huainan is like destroying the withering and decaying, if we form an alliance with such a weak enemy in order to reduce losses, then we will be laughed at by the old ministers of the Later Zhou." Xu Yongzhi said.
This made everyone feel a chill.
Zhao Guangyi didn't like to hear it: "What do you call the old minister of Hou Zhou?" ”
"King Jin, think about it, why did the official family call us together for a meeting, and there was no old man like General Zhang Yongde? You must know that Zhang Yongde is the person who knows Li Chongjin best, and they have been fighting for many years. Xu Yongzhi said.
"Because they're related!" Zhao Guangyi said.
"Because we are all the people who were present or answered by Chen Qiao that day, the officials used our strength to win the rebellion, and the people of the world will return to their hearts, just from this point, we can't use the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty to fight Li Chongjin, who claims to be a relict of the Great Zhou." Xu Yongzhi said.
Zhao Guangyi was dumbfounded.
Zhao Kuangyin nodded, Xu Yongzhi understood him, and it was best not to say it, but Zhao Guangyi had to squeeze Xu Yongzhi to say it, the second child was really a headache.
"Once you owe Li Yu a favor and use his soldiers and horses, it will be difficult to recruit him in the future." Xu Yongzhi said.
This is also a realistic consideration, and Zhao Pu nodded when he heard it.
"You're trying to get revenge for yourself as soon as possible." Zhao Guangyi is already a bit of a personal attack.
"Xu Jin only knows that he plans for the Great Song Dynasty, if he doesn't take the land of the Southern Tang Dynasty, what will he do to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun? Zhuozhou is the ancestral home of King Jin. Xu Yongzhi said.
Zhao Guangyi couldn't argue with Xu Yongzhi as soon as he saw it, and he was also angry, so he decided to give him a problem:
"Then I ask you! Don't borrow the soldiers of Jinling, say it lightly, do you have a ship? ”