Chapter 80: Jinling (I)

In mid-August, as Zhang Wenbiao's movements became a mystery, the Jinling Dynasty reorganized its plan several times in response to the current uncertain puzzle.

In the end, Zhang Wenbiao, the military envoy of Hengzhou, made Tang Prime Minister Han Xizai be removed from the command of the spy through a good play directed by himself.

After this incident, Li Yu felt more and more that the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty could not hold more power, and the power of the civil subjects became more and more prosperous, and it was the Tang State itself that was ultimately the disaster.

Let's say that after Zhang Wen of Hengzhou pretended to be an envoy to Jinling, he planned to use Li Yu's psychology to continue to annex Wuping, and wanted to take the opportunity to borrow the military power of the Tang State to take the entire Wuping.

And Zhang Wenbiao did not pass through the Western Shu Kingdom and the Southern Han Kingdom, which also made Li Yu see that Zhang Wenbiao was not a stupid person.

At the same time, it also shows that Zhang Wenbiao's current situation can only be described in four words, that is, "cornered"

On the fifth day of the first month of August, the Changsha Mansion of Tanzhou at that time gave Zhang Wenbiao an obituary, and the time of this obituary was issued when Zhou Xing was sick and could not speak.

The content of the obituary is that Zhou Baoquan pointed out that the current Southern Han State is increasingly threatening the southern border of Wuping, intending to attack the Yongzhou border at the southern end of Wuping, and Zhou Baoquan's obituary is to weaken Zhang Wenbiao's military power through hereditary authority.

Whether the Southern Han Dynasty planned to attack Yongzhou at the southern end of Wuping, Zhang Wenbiao naturally knew that the purpose of this obituary was very simple, naturally there was someone next to Zhou Baoquan who was blowing the wind in his ears, thinking that Zhang Wenbiao would rebel after Zhou Xingfeng's death.

When Zhang Wenbiao received this obituary, he knew that there would be a battle between the Hengzhou army and Changsha Mansion.

Although Zhou Baoquan ordered him as the queen of Wuping, Zhang Wenbiao knew that once he complied with Zhou Baoquan's obituary, he left Hengzhou without a single soldier and continued to report to Yongzhou in the south, waiting for his result, and only in Yongzhou was secretly executed.

It must be known that Zhang Wenbiao did not have the idea of fighting the Southern Han Kingdom, but when he arrived in Chenzhou, he gave up the idea of entering the Xing Wangfu to meet Liu Gang in advance, and returned halfway south to the Han Dynasty, which must have seen that seeking Liu Gang's help was a dead end.

Therefore, when the road of the Southern Han Kingdom did not work, Zhang Wenbiao hurriedly continued to go north from Chenzhou to Jinling, and it was helpless to seek Li Yu's help, after all, at this time, there was no backup to be found, even if the army rebelled, he would be besieged alive by Yang Shiwan, the guard of Wuping Changsha Mansion.

"Foreign Minister Zhang Wenbiao, knock on the Tang Emperor!" After Zhang Wenbiao entered the Taiji Palace, he did not show a weak appearance, but after bowing, he was proud of everyone in the palace.

However, when he looked around at the people in the hall, he found that Han Xizai, the head of the civil ministers, was staring at him with hatred, and he was a little stunned in an instant, and he didn't understand when he offended this Han official.

But without waiting for himself to speak, Han Xizai took the lead in getting up and asked sharply, "Zhang Wenbiao!" I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, have sent General Liu Renzhen to negotiate with you several times! You have always avoided the city, and now you have secretly come to Jinling, not afraid of my Tang Dynasty Emperor..."The more Han Xizai spoke, the more angry he became, and even thought of mobilizing Li Yu to directly behead Zhang Wenbiao in Jinling.

"Han Qing, don't be impatient, I'll listen to it, what is General Zhang's intention to come here?" Li Yu saw that Han Xizai had lost the sovereignty of the spy and held a grudge against this Zhang Wenbiao, but he also knew in his heart that Zhang Wenbiao really deserved to die, and he was indeed disgusting that he didn't think about tea and dinner, but if Zhang Wenbiao wanted to die, he had to die in Wuping, he had to die in Changsha Mansion, and he must not die in Jinling. 、

"Returning to the Tang Emperor, the text shows that only the Tang Emperor has the appearance of a true dragon in the southern countries..."

"Zhang Wenbiao... I didn't give you a chance, but I didn't ask you to say that. Listening to Zhang Wenbiao still not talking about business, but boasting about himself first with a flattering gesture, Li Yu was suddenly a little impatient.

"Since this is the case, the foreign minister said directly, the foreign minister asked the Tang Emperor to send troops to help me in the Northern Expedition to the Zhou family!" At this time, it was already in the deep summer, and the weather in Jinling was hot and dry, but at this time, listening to Zhang Wenbiao's words, it was the ministers in the palace who were even hotter.

The ministers were already talking in the hall at this moment, and even bluntly said that Zhang Wenbiao was extremely shameless, but just now, Han Xizai was interrupted by Li Yu with an angry reprimand, so the ministers in the palace did not dare to speak out without permission.

Moreover, the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair was facing with his right fist on his side face, watching Zhang Wenbiao's performance with great interest, so no one dared to come out to interrupt Zhang Wenbiao.

Zhang Wenbiao saw that Li Yu had no intention of stopping him, so he immediately continued to speak: "A few days ago, the Holy Lord suddenly sent a general of Liu Renzhen's status to garrison Yuanzhou, which has always been stable, isn't it just to be on guard... The foreign minister secretly went to the Southern Han Kingdom to find Liu Gang for help. ”

"So... You came to Jinling to see me, and you decided that I would send troops to help you? Li Yu's frank words towards Zhang Wenbiao did not seem half surprised, but looked at Zhang Wenbiao with appreciation, and motioned him to continue, after all, Zhang Wenbiao relied on himself to turn Tang Guo Han Xizai and Liu Renzhen into a group of martial arts, which also shows that he is indeed a talent.

"Since the Holy Lord has placed the elite of the Tang Dynasty in Yuanzhou, he must also plan to help Wenbiao Northern Expedition to Changsha Mansion, but the Holy Lord's plan... And that's not all. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Yu on the dragon chair, even the rest of the ministers in the hall were suddenly silent...... After all, everyone knows what the Son of Heaven thinks, but no one dares to directly say what the Son of Heaven thinks in his heart.

"It's kind of interesting, now that you know everything, tell me about your plans." Li Yu got up and left the dragon chair, slowly moved forward, and then said with a cruel look in his eyes.

"Holy... It must be that he wants to elect a puppet to sit in Wuping, and nominally this winning puppet is in charge of Wuping, but the real person in charge of Wuping at that time must be the saint! The speculation of the foreign minister... Is there an omission? Zhang Wenbiao saw Li Yu slowly stepping forward, and his expression was already about to kill, although he continued to speak directly, he was also frightened and unconsciously retreated.

"Huh?" Li Yu was originally moved to kill, but when he heard Zhang Wenbiao's words, he was a little funny, not only Li Yu, but Pan You in the hall suddenly couldn't help but chuckle.

Naturally, there is no other reason, Li Yu and Pan You were both shocked by the cleverness of this table at the beginning, but they didn't expect that this table was smart, but it was not completely smart, and it was inevitable to provoke a civil war between the two sides, but no matter who won in the end, Li Yu would definitely not keep him to replace Tang Guo to control Wuping.

It can be seen that Zhang Wenbiao is smart, but he is not smart to a certain extent, and Zhang Wenbiao is ruthless enough, but he does not reach the vicious ruthlessness of Li Yu.

"Not bad! General Zhang is really smart, he guessed correctly! Li Yu suddenly let go of the idea of killing, and said to Zhang Wenbiao in a slow voice, after all, Zhang Wenbiao didn't know Li Yu's real plan, so he couldn't kill him in Jinling and let himself be involved in the handle of other generals.

"Shengshang, the minister Zhang Wenbiao is willing to lead 20,000 soldiers from Hengyang to surrender to Tang, please send troops to help Wenbiao in the Northern Expedition to Changsha, and kill Zhou Xingfeng's entire clan! The text table made the Wuping Festival envoy, and immediately led Wuping to change to the Tang State! In the future, when the Song Kingdom goes south, Wenbiao and Wuping will stand with the Tang Dynasty! ”

The atmosphere in the Taiji Palace was solemn for a while, because everyone knew that Zhang Wenbiao's words were the highlight of the day. How the majestic Son of Heaven in the main hall plotted against Wuping depends on how he deals with Zhang Wenbiao today.

"I can send troops, but how can I guarantee that if you become the lord of Wuping, will you wait for an opportunity to fight against me, or will you fight back!"

"Shengshang Ke'an, since Wenbiao is a Tang minister, he will die for Tang, and the minister has a daughter, who can be married to His Royal Highness King Zheng of Tang State as a concubine!"

Let's say, what kind of person is King Zheng, King Zheng is Li Yu's favorite brother, Li Congshan.

So, why did Zhang Wenbiao dare not marry Li Yu as a concubine, but he wanted to lower his price to marry him to Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, because Zhang Wenbiao knew that Li Yu was not well-intentioned. Li Yu also knew that Zhang Wenbiao was not at ease, and the peace talks and wars between the two countries mostly used women as bargaining chips, so in order to achieve the goal in wartime, he could use his own daughter to tie up the enemy country.

And the reason why Zhang Wenbiao didn't dare to marry his daughter to Li Yu was naturally because he knew that Li Yu seemed to be benevolent and righteous, but in fact he was ruthless, especially women were just tools to achieve their goals, otherwise they would not have given Princess Yongning to King Wu Yue as a concubine in order to paralyze Wu Yueguo.