Chapter 6: Claiming the Emperor
"Young man, weak chess has a weak way to play, it's not that if you are weak, you can only blindly play chess... At the critical moment, you can directly hit the ignorance point of the strong, and you can turn defeat into victory. ”
Jinling City, Ganlu Palace
Li Xiang kept recalling the old gentleman's prompts when he played chess with the old gentleman that day and when Bai Zi was cornered.
"Ignore the point, ignore the point, ignore the point, what exactly is the point?"
Outside the dormitory, Li Xiang sat alone on the stone bench and patted his head to think. Now it is undoubtedly Song strong and Tang weak, so in order to defeat Zhao Song, it is necessary to find Zhao Kuangyin's ignorance. But what will Zhao Kuangyin ignore?
What else happened at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty in history. That's right! After all, Zhao Kuangyin seized Zhou Jiansong, and the elders of the Zhou Dynasty would definitely not succumb to him, but this corrupt Confucian in the government has no military power and can't make any waves.
That ignore the point must be in the military general rebellion, Zhao Kuangyin was founded in 960 AD, after the founding of the country was the second Li rebellion, I heard Han Wenqing say that Li Yun was defeated in three battles not long ago, and the whole family set himself on fire.
There was still a Huainan Jiedu who had not been quelled, and Li Chongjin was left. Right! Now that the historical timeline has changed, if Li Chongjin has not been pacified at this time, it will be a breakthrough point for a turnaround.
And Zhao Kuangyin thinks that Li Chongjin and Li Jun are also vulnerable, but Li Chongjin did not form an alliance with Li Yun because he felt that Li Yun was too stupid. Then I can borrow Li Chongjin, a chess piece that was despised or even ignored by Zhao Kuangyin, and turn defeat into victory!
"Aha!" With a burst of Li Xiang's crazy laughter, Emperor Zhou Hou'e in the palace slowly stepped forward and put the hand that was like a condensation jade on Li Xiang's shoulder.
She never suspected that Li Yu in front of her was Li Xiang who had passed through the soul, but her husband had to do too much recently, and it was understandable that she was too stressed and sometimes crazy.
"It's getting late, let's go back." Only a gentle voice of Ling Ling groaned lightly, which directly made Li Xiang's body bones weak, and hurriedly helped Emperor E of the Great Zhou Dynasty into the palace.
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Early the next morning, outside the Tai Chi Palace
"Zhang Sheren, Liu Duwei, I heard that the two of you went to Shu to make an envoy, and the Han and Han countries have achieved results, my lord knows, and he must be happy to open his face!"
"By the way, why hasn't Wang Huan returned to China yet?"
"I don't know, I only heard that Bao Ying returned from Wu last night, and even got the bloody document of the Yang family of Wu State, if the Song army goes south, it will be the first to send troops to live and die with Tang!"
"What about Bao Ying, who was just promoted by the lord of the country? According to his temperament, he will definitely show off everywhere when he takes the papers. ”
"Don't mention it, I didn't hold back the bag of old four yesterday for a while, it was already Hai Shi when I came back from Wu Kingdom, and I was going back to sleep, how could this stupid thing get excited when he took the paperwork, and drank too much!
After three minutes of ugliness, he ran directly to the lord's manna dormitory outside the palace to sprinkle and invite merit, but after being frightened, he was whipped twenty times by the lord of the country! He was also condemned to ten days and was not allowed to leave the house! ”
"Hahahaha......"
Under the golden dragon of the palace eaves, the Chengzong officials even ignored the neatness of the official team, and gathered around Bao Ying, who was grounded and sneering.
"Han Xiang, today the Northern Song Dynasty envoy Zhang Jue has entered Jinling, I don't know what Zhao Kuangyin is going to do when he sends him?"
Xu Xuan, who was walking with Han Xizai, looked thoughtfully at the envoy team of the Northern Song Dynasty in the rear.
"Humph! It is nothing more than asking my lord to personally write a list of ministers and pay tribute to the courtiers! ”
"When the lord of the country succeeded to the throne, he did say that he was a minister to Zhao Song, but if Zhao Song was insatiable and wanted my land, what should I do!"
"If you pay the annual tribute, we have nothing to say, but if you are eyeing the territory of my Tang Kingdom, the lord of the country will be the first to refuse!"
Han Xizai looked at the dragon chair of Taiji Palace with a resolute face, these days, he had already been impressed by Li Xiang's monarchical spirit, even if Li Xiang asked him to go up and fight with Song Jun first, he would never hesitate.
Tai Chi Palace in the court
After the officials sat down, they saw Zhang Jue, the envoy of the Northern Song Dynasty Imperial City, raising his head and shaking his sleeves, and swaggering into the Taiji Palace.
Even if Li Xiang was sitting on the high dragon chair, Zhang Jue squinted his eyes, and looked around at the Wenchen generals in the hall left and right, extremely rebellious.
All the officials of the Tang Court were furious, especially Li Yuanzhen, who was holding a knife in front of the hall, gritting his teeth and eager to dismantle him.
"Humph! I have a new system for the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and the officials in the hall, no matter how big or small, must stand and discuss, how ridiculous it is for you to sit on this soft cushion! ”
"So rude!"
Tang Yue, the supervisor of the Shaofu Temple who was among the Wenchen, couldn't hold back and was about to have a seizure, but was pulled down by Han Xizai, who was standing on the left.
Han Xizai looked up at Li Xiang, who was still silent with his eyes closed on the dragon chair, shook his head at Tang Yue, and reminded in a low voice.
"The lord of the country has not yet spoken, so we must not move without permission."
"Zhang Jue, the second year of Xiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the fifth year of Xiande was the official worship of the Northern Zhou Shangshu.
According to the Northern Zhou system, after Zhao Kuangyin took the throne, the first batch of Zhou ministers who stood up and surrendered. ”
On the dragon chair, Li Xiang, who was young in yellow robes, did not open his eyes to look at Zhang Jue, but only a few words made that Zhang Jue uneasy.
"Humph! What should I do, you, the lord of the Tang Kingdom, don't want to obediently bow your head and pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty! ”
That Zhang Jue relied on the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he wanted to suppress people everywhere, even if it was the young monarch who was majestic on the dragon throne, he had to temper him strongly.
"Arrogance! How dare you dishonor my lord! The military generals had not returned to the southern border to garrison, and Liu Renzhen, who was left in Jinling by Li Xiang to train his troops, was angry and was about to draw his sword, but was stopped by Li Xiang.
"Lord of the Kingdom! Taishi ordered Wang Huan to return Nanping to Tang! ”
"Hurry up and summon Wang Qing!"
Hearing the report of the guards outside the door, Li Xiang opened his eyes excitedly, whether he could resist the Song Dynasty was Wang Huan's last move.
As the dog-legged Zhang Jue said, he, the seemingly majestic lord of the country, still has to pay tribute to Zhao Song, but if it is a united front in the south, there is only one Northern Song Dynasty, and even the army crossing the river has to be weighed.
"Envoy to Nanping?" When Zhang Jue reacted, he realized that Li Yu pretended to be a minister, and the purpose was to drag the Northern Song army to attack the Tang Dynasty.
"The history of the minister made Wang Huan live up to the trust of the lord of the country! The king of Nanping has revised the covenant with my Tang State, and the Zhao and Song dynasties are based! ”
"Li Yu! You are disobedient! Betraying the trust of my Great Song Emperor, do you think that if you win over a weak and small country, you can resist my Great Song Iron Cavalry! ”
"The old man has long seen that you are unhappy! You are a big Song, and you are just the wild dog that Zhao Kuangyin put the rope out to wander around.
Return your Da Song Tieqi, do you think my Datang horizontal knife is a vegetarian again! ”
After hearing that Nanping also made an alliance with the Tang State, Liu Renzhen also knew that the lord of the country was waiting to resist the Song Dynasty, and he was a master of fighting on the battlefield, and he understood that the Tang State would never suffer a loss in this war, and his heart was ecstatic.
He pulled out his sword and scolded this Zhang Jue, and then inserted the Tang horizontal knife into the floor under the hall, and the horizontal sword body hit the ground three times, and there were only three inches between Zhang Jue's legs, shaking and making a groaning sword sound, which scared Zhang Jue's legs for a while.
"Li Yu, I... I'm going on... Sue Your Majesty! ”
"Do you think that there is only one His Majesty in this Central Plains, Zhao Kuangyin?"
Li Xiang propped up his hands and walked off the dragon chair, and Zhang Jue froze in place when he heard Li Xiang's words, and the generals under the hall were also thinking about what the lord of the country meant, Han Xizai was the first to react, and shouted at the moment.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Forming an alliance with Nanping, Shu, Han, and Wu, the Northern Expedition to Zhao and Song is just around the corner! ”
"Long live my emperor!"
The military generals under the stage reacted, instantly stood up from the soft cushion, lined up in four columns, knelt down to Li Xiang in an orderly manner, and shouted long live.
"Li Yu, you! You're a rebellion! ”
"I am Li Tang orthodoxy, who did I rebel against!" Li Xiang actually pointed at the dragon chair in front of everyone.
"From now on, I will announce to the world that I will restore the title of the Tang Dynasty and officially claim the title of emperor, and change the Yuan to Longqing! As for you! Zhang Jue! ”
Zhang Jue heard Li Yu call his name, and he was so frightened that Li Xiang wanted to kill him, but he couldn't control his hands on the ground and trembled, and he couldn't stand up.
"You are a traitor to seek glory, treacherous, and you are a lost wild dog everywhere you go, what qualifications do you have to call me by my name!
Liu Renzhen! Slap this impudent three-surnamed wild dog for me! ”
"Command!"
That Liu Renzhen was originally a violent temper, and he was itched by this Zhang Jue's excited hands, and was about to grab that Zhang Jue's collar, but he saw that the Wenchen on the left suddenly rushed up and kicked this Zhang Jue.
Especially that Tang Yue, the others just kicked in the stomach, he only aimed at the place where Zhang Jue inherited the ancestor and kicked hard! Seeing that if the gate was not pulled again, the Song envoys would be kicked to death, Han Xizai hurriedly scolded everyone to retreat into columns.
"Zhang Jue, you are just a boneless subordinate who sells his lord for glory, and you dare to look down on me Datang repeatedly, and I will let you see my Datang team today!"
"Zhongshu Zuocheng, Han Xizai!
Shangshu's right servant, Pan You!
Loose riders, Seo Hyun!
Shaofu Temple Supervisor, Tang Yue!
......”
"The minister is here!"
With the angry shouts of the collective ministers under the hall, there was an echo when the outside of the palace gate was extended to the middle city of Jinling.
"Hussar general, Liu Renzhen!
Jiangning Mansion is protected by the army, Li Yuanzhen!
Shangfu folded Chong Duwei, Liu Pei!
Zhongfu Guoyi Duwei, Huangfu Jixun!
Ling Wei Zhonglang General, Feng Yanji!
...”
"The minister is here!"
shouted in unison, and all the generals in the hall also stood in the right column to respond to Li Xiang.
At this time, ten miles away in the courtyard of the Bao family house in the right square of Jinling.
"Minister... The minister is also there! ”
"What are you in! If you hadn't drunk too much last night and ran to the lord's bedroom to get sick, maybe you could still ask for a general! Our family is already short of silver because of your drinking..."
On the couch of the firewood room on the west side of the house, the lady of the Bao family pointed at Bao Ying's nose and scolded.
"Zhang Jue! You can see clearly, in time, these Tang generals will definitely enter your Great Song Dynasty Bianliang, and these virtuous and virtuous ministers will definitely step on your Bianjing Imperial City! ”
"Lee... No... Does Your Majesty really want to go his own way and raise troops against the Song Dynasty..."
That Zhang Jue wanted to call Li Yu by his name, but he hurriedly changed his words by covering three inches under his abdomen.
He didn't dare to look directly at Li Xiang who was standing in front of him, and at the same time, while replying, he looked left and right with vigilance at the Wenchen generals who were about to make a move.
Li Xiang walked down the steps step by step with his hands behind his back, approaching Zhang Jue, and every time Li Xiang took a step forward, Zhang Jue took a cautious step back, and suddenly stumbled and accidentally fell to the ground again, and hurriedly raised his head and looked cautiously at Li Xiang, who was looking down at him.
"I won't kill you, go back and tell Zhao Kuangyin that I have been proclaimed emperor, let him organize the army and come to crusade against me!"