Chapter 178. The emperor was deceived.
After thanking Zhao Heng, the envoy of Linzhou State bowed down and said, "The envoy of the lower country has a letter of state." The envoy of Linzhou took out a book from his sleeve and raised his hands above his head. A small yellow door took the letter of state and handed it to Wang Jien, and after Wang Jien carefully groped it, he handed it to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng opened the letter of the envoy of Linzhou with great interest.
After looking at it at a glance, his face became very strange. "You ...... I want me to admit that Fengzhou and Shengzhou are the ...... of Linzhou" Zhao Heng's face was not strange, thinking that back then, when he was in the northern expedition to Liao, he didn't dare to start a war with Liao and Dangxiang at the same time. Back then, in order to smoothly go on the Northern Expedition to Liao, he gave the party a lot of good things, in order not to let the party take advantage of the fire to rob and drag his feet. Now some people are so bold that they suddenly provoke a big war with the party and the Liao State. And it's a small country with only one state.
Is this looking for death? "Pang Aiqing, take a look......" Zhao Heng handed the national letter to Wang Jin, and Wang Jin handed it to Master Pang. Although Master Pang already knew the whole story, he still pretended to read the national letter carefully, and then handed it to the second prince beside him, who already had the right to participate in politics. The national letter walked around like this, and returned to Zhao Heng's hand.
Zhao Heng asked in a deep voice: "Pang Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Master Pang arched his hand and said, "The old minister thinks that he can agree to the request of Linzhou State. His Majesty had an alliance with the lord of Linzhou before, and he had already secretly promised Shengzhou to them. Now they have bitten a piece of meat from the Liao State with their own skills. Your Majesty just needs to push the boat down the river. β
The prince frowned and said, "Father, the son thinks that this matter is not appropriate. Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows and asked with some surprise: "What do you think, what's wrong with this matter?" The prince Zhengse said: "Father Qiqi, the lord of Linzhou State took a piece of meat from the party members, and obviously formed a mortal enmity with Li Jiqian. My father risked the world before and canonized the lord of Linzhou, but he had a grudge with the party.
Of course, this matter can be excused on the pretext that the party is in turmoil and I cannot intervene. However, now the dominance of the Inju State over Shengju has been recognized. This is bound to be because of the disagreement between the Song and Liao countries. The Liao Congress thought that what Linzhou did was instigated by our Great Song Dynasty behind his back. Li Jiqian, who is in the party, is afraid that he will think so.
Once the Liao State and the party form an alliance, it will indeed be a disaster for my Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Heng frowned, turned his head and asked the envoy of Linzhou, "What do you think?" The envoy of Linzhou State bowed down and said: "What the prince of your country said, the little envoy does not dare to make a rash assertion. It's just that before the little envoy came to the Great Song Dynasty, my lord had explained that my Linzhou Kingdom was willing to be a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty for generations. With my Linzhou country here, I will never let the party members take the next step in the south. β
The envoy of Linzhou said this sonorously and forcefully. Zhao Heng's brows furrowed even deeper. The prince didn't seem to see Zhao Heng's frowning brows, and after he heard the words of the envoy of Linzhou, he said loudly: "Your Linzhou country counts the land of the two states that you just occupied, and it is only the land of three states, but there are more than a dozen states in the party. How dare you say that you can stop the party and people from invading the south? β
"Enough!" Zhao Heng glared at the prince dissatisfiedly and scolded. Whether or not to canonize the Linzhou State, after this matter was placed in the court, in fact, everyone had a common answer in their hearts.
Canonized! Why canonization? Because of the emergence of the Linzhou Kingdom, it is beneficial and harmless to the Great Song Dynasty. First of all, Linzhou Guoheng is between the party and the Great Song Dynasty, and from the moment it appeared, it has become a natural barrier for the Great Song Dynasty to block the party members. With the presence of Linzhou, the party could not directly attack the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
The Great Song Dynasty did not have to worry about the party members rushing into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to cause chaos. At the same time, Zhao Heng will be in the Northern Expedition to Liao in the future, so he will not have to worry about the party members making trouble. It can be said that the emergence of Linzhou can help the Great Song Dynasty get rid of a major disaster. Moreover, the most important thing is that the Great Song Dynasty does not need to worry about the growth of the Linzhou Kingdom and the backlash against the Great Song Dynasty. The state of Linzhou is only a small country that occupies the land of three states.
In the north, it is necessary to resist the Dangxiang people, and in the east, it is necessary to defend against the Liao. So it is destined to be difficult to develop. As for the canonization of the Linzhou State, it would cause dissatisfaction among the Liao State, and Zhao Heng was not worried at all. The Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty were rivals. It's still the kind of enemy of life and death. Let the great enemy of life and death have more hatred for you, and there are not many waves at all.
Because even without this part of the hatred, the two sides will be hostile to each other, eager to destroy the other. The reason why Zhao Heng asked for advice was not whether this move would offend the Liao State or the party. What he meant was that the state of Linzhou was not worth supporting. Can Linzhou survive under the attack of the party and the Liao state? It's easy to support a puppet, but if the person who supports it is Adou, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.
The prince obviously didn't feel Zhao Heng's pulse. The weakness he showed was also disliked by Zhao Heng. After Zhao Heng scolded his son, he asked the ministers, "What do you Aiqing think?" Gao Hu, who was standing in the first place of the generals, arched his hand and said, "The old minister thinks that this matter cannot be done. The country of Linzhou is just a small land, and under the attack of the Liao and the Dangxiang people, it will definitely be short-lived and will be destroyed in an instant. β
The old minister also felt that this matter could not be done. The current situation of Linzhou Country is like a yellow flower of tomorrow, everyone can see it. The day of destruction is also dawning. The canonization of a small country that is about to be destroyed will damage the majesty of our Great Song Dynasty. βββ¦β¦β
The courtiers talked a lot. Sixty percent of them did not approve of the canonization of Linzhou. None of them are optimistic about Linzhou State. They all believed that the state of Linzhou would be quickly destroyed under the attack of the party and the Liao. In fact, the four adults who did not open their mouths also thought so. It's just that they are all protΓ©gΓ©s and old men of Master Pang.
Master Pang had discussed this matter with them yesterday. They will follow Taishi Pang to canonize the state of Baolin Prefecture in a while. The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and no one was optimistic about the Linzhou State. Zhao Heng saw that there were six adults in the Manchu Dynasty who did not approve, so he was ready to open his mouth to refuse. "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it should be canonized. This matter is a good thing for my Da Song. We should not only look at the situation of Linzhou, but also look at the overall situation. β
Master Pang suddenly spoke. His remarks obviously made the Manchu civil and military a little stunned. People who were familiar with Master Pang shook their heads secretly. They were invective. I'm afraid this old man is collecting black money, so he said so. Zhao Heng was stunned and groaned, "Oh? Pang Aiqing, tell me, how to look at the overall situation? Master Pang said loudly: "Your Majesty should take a look at the situation in the northwest. Your Majesty is now canonizing the Linzhou Kingdom, just like the money to buy horse bones. Although the Linzhou Kingdom is in danger of being destroyed at any time, there is nothing we can do to help it. However, regardless of the survival of the Linzhou State, for the Great Song Dynasty, the canonization of the Linzhou State has a huge benefit.
You should all know that to the east of Shengzhou, there are the sixteen states of Yanyun. In the sixteen states of Yanyun, there are tens of millions of people who have our Great Song Dynasty in their hearts. Now the sixteen states of Yanyun are in the hands of Yang Peng. His Majesty canonized the state of Linzhou today. Perhaps in the sixteen states of Yanyun, those people who have their hearts towards my Great Song Dynasty see His Majesty's kindness, and they will follow the example of Linzhou State. A Linzhou country has been destroyed, but it is very likely that there will be Youzhou Kingdom, Yunzhou Kingdom, and so on in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
At that time, my Great Song Dynasty will recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and it will be just around the corner. "The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have always been a piece of Zhao Heng's heart. Therefore, in Zhao Heng's heart, he thought that as long as he won the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, his merits would surpass the above two emperors. The black history of his ascension to the throne will also be overshadowed by the light of his exploits. This is also the reason why he did not hesitate to make two northern expeditions to Liao. Master Pang talked about Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and he really scratched Zhao Heng's itchy flesh.
Zhao Heng, who was originally going to refuse the canonization of Linzhou State, began to hesitate. Pang Taishi hit the railroad while it was hot: "Your Majesty...... It is too early to say that the state of Linzhou will be defeated. Yang Yanzhao, a veteran who has guarded Yanmen Pass for many years, is now in Daizhou. There are now 30,000 forbidden troops hoarded in Yanmen Pass, as well as the ...... of the Folding Family who is sitting in Fuzhou."
Master Pang smiled happily: "When necessary, it's not like we can't help Linzhou Guo...... As long as they can pay enough price......" Zhao Heng's eyes lit up. Master Pang's proposal made Zhao Heng very tempted. Yang Yanzhao of Daizhou and Fuzhou Zhejiajun...... These two forces are no longer recorded by Zhao Heng within the scope of the power of the imperial court.
Therefore, how much these two forces have damaged, Zhao Heng is not distressed at all. If you use their strength to support the Linzhou Kingdom, by the way, you will seek a little welfare for the imperial court. That's really the best of both worlds. The preservation of the Linzhou State is a great help to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty can use this to ask for a large amount of property from the Linzhou State. If the state of Linzhou cannot be saved, the army of the Zhejia family will be damaged, and the Datong army that the Yang family is forming will also be beaten back to its original shape.
Both results are what Zhao Heng is happy to see. Zhao Heng was overjoyed, and said with admiration: "Pang Aiqing is old and seeks the country, and he is indeed my minister of the humerus. When Taishi Pang heard this, he got up and arched his hand and said: "The old minister is His Majesty's courtier, and he should share his worries for His Majesty." Zhao Heng had an idea in his heart, he turned his head to the envoy of Linzhou State and said, "I have agreed to your request of Linzhou State. Shengzhou, Fengzhou, Linzhou, was originally the hometown of the Jin Kingdom. I can enthrone your Linzhou Kingdom as the Northern Jin Kingdom, do you have any objections? β
Helping other countries change their names is a taboo thing. Therefore, Zhao Heng wanted to ask for the meaning of the envoy of Linzhou State. The envoy of Linzhou was overjoyed, fell to his knees with a puff, and said excitedly: "The lord of our country, I have admired Your Majesty for many years, and I have also mentioned to the little envoy the matter of giving the name of the country. It's just that the little envoy feels a little abrupt, and he is afraid that he will offend His Majesty, so he has not dared to mention it.
Now His Majesty has given the name of the country, and the envoy has thanked His Majesty for his grace. "Hahaha......" The envoy of Linzhou State behaved very much like a dirt bun who had never seen the world. In the face of Zhao Heng's gift, he actually knelt on the ground. This kind of pleasure of watching others surrender at his feet, Zhao Guangyi likes it very much. Zhao Heng laughed loudly, and after laughing, he said, "Very good." In addition, I will once again crown you as the queen of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and enjoy the honor of being the king. Add a phoenix robe, a red phoenix crown, and a reward of 10,000 gold. β
The Manchu Dynasty scolded in their hearts. Stinky and shameless. Giving people a queen's phoenix robe and phoenix crown, what kind of thoughts are in this is self-evident. You are a dragon, giving people the identity of a phoenix? Why don't you just say in the edict, I want to be close to you directly.
For Zhao Heng's lustful things, everyone knows about it. Regarding Zhao Heng's unorthodox edict, the Manchu Dynasty still had ideas in his heart. It's just that after they saw the moved envoy of the new Northern Jin Kingdom who was full of tears, they put away the thoughts in their hearts. After sealing the Northern Jin Kingdom, Zhao Heng left the Vertical Arch Hall in a happy mood.
Before leaving, he also asked Wang Jin to take away the four beauties offered by the new Northern Jin Kingdom. The new envoy of the Northern Jin Kingdom immediately followed the chief official of Honglu Temple to receive the edict of the edict and then received Zhao Heng's reward. After leaving the palace, he quickly went to Pang Mansion and presented a silver ticket worth 30,000 taels of gold. Then he took his own people non-stop and quickly left Bianjing City.
It's night. Zhao Heng slept with four party beauties in his dormitory. It can be seen that Zhao Heng's interest tonight is very high. Zhao Heng made trouble until midnight, and was about to fall asleep with the beauties in his arms. Wang Jin hurriedly went to the edge of the bed and said softly: "Your Majesty, the people of the Imperial City Division have something important to report. Zhao Heng lay on the dragon bed, pinched the beauties beside him, and frowned: "Let's just say that I am tired and have fallen asleep." β
Wang Jin hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "The people of the Imperial City Division said that 100,000 are urgent. Zhao Heng sat up from the bed, and said irritably: "Let him in, if he doesn't have something urgent to tell me, I must chop him up and feed the dog." "Shaoqing, under the leadership of the little eunuch, the leader of the Imperial City Division entered the dormitory, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Zhao Heng's dragon bed." Your Majesty, the matter of Linzhou State that you instructed your subordinates to investigate has been verified by your subordinates. β
Zhao Heng said unhappily: "What have you found?" The leader of the Imperial City Division said solemnly: "According to the subordinates, Linzhou has been secretly controlled by the Zhe family. And Fengzhou and Shengzhou have fallen into the hands of the Yang family. And the original party rebels have also been collected by Yang Dezheng for his own use. The so-called lord of Linzhou, the holy woman named Xing, seems to have been included in the mansion by Yang Dezheng and became his concubine. β
"Bang!" Zhao Heng pounded the dragon head on the dragon bed with a look of disbelief, and asked angrily, "What did you say?" The angry Zhao Heng had endless power on his body, and just by asking, the head of the head of the Imperial City Division was full of thin men. Wang Jin had already lowered his head like a quail. The leader of the Imperial City Division, under the coercion of Zhao Heng, repeated what he had just said.
"Bang!" Zhao Heng slapped off the dragon head on the head of the bed with one palm, ran down from the dragon bed naked, and roared loudly: "It's too much to deceive!" Shameless! Dirty! Sin deserves death! Sin deserves death! The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting in the dormitory had already fallen to their knees. The four party beauties lying on the dragon bed were pale, snuggling up to each other, staring at Zhao Heng timidly.
"Huh~" Anger had already made Zhao Heng lose his mind, he pulled out the Son of Heaven sword hanging on the edge of the dragon bed, pointed at the four party beauties on the dragon bed, and roared through gritted teeth. "You guys! It's also the same party of the rebel minister, how dare you deceive me? How dare you?! β
Whoosh swish~ Four swords in a row, the four party beauties widened their eyes, and fell on the dragon bed with an unbelievable face, and the blood instantly stained the entire dragon bed. After killing the four party beauties, Zhao Heng had no intention of stopping. He continued to shout and scream in the dormitory, wielding the Sword of Heaven and slashing everywhere. The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground and trembled, but they did not dare to move.
It doesn't matter if they die, but because their recklessness hurts the emperor, then they will definitely be worse than dead, and even their families outside the palace will be killed. There are 30 palace ladies and 12 eunuchs in the emperor's bedroom. Under Zhao Heng's angry slashing, seven people died and nearly twenty people were injured.
After some venting, Zhao Heng held the blood-stained Son of Heaven Sword and roared angrily: "You rebels and thieves, I must destroy you all." I want your family to live better than to die! "After the roar. Zhao Heng fell to the ground with a puff and fainted. Wang Jin, who had been loading quails, threw down the dust in his hand, threw himself to Zhao Heng's side, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty? β
"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!" "Doctor Chuan!"
When the courtyard of the Tai Hospital arrived at Zhao Heng's dormitory, Wang Jin waited for Zhao Heng to lie on a soft couch. When the hospital entered the dormitory, he glanced at the blood and corpses all over the ground, and then acted as if he hadn't seen it. He hurried to Zhao Heng's side and began to diagnose Zhao Heng's pulse. "Your Majesty is in a hurry, so he fainted. After administering the needle for a while, Xia Guan prescribed a pair of medicines, and His Majesty took it for three days in a row, and he should be cured. "After the hospital checked the pulse and determined Zhao Heng's symptoms, he began to administer needles. After some injections.
Zhao Heng woke up faintly. As soon as he opened his eyes, Zhao Heng's pair of dragon eyes immediately widened. Tai Hospital was hurriedly saying, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, you will be angry. Once His Majesty gets angry again, it is easy to faint here. Zhao Heng was admonished by the Tai Hospital, and the anger that had just risen in his eyes gradually dissipated.
"Lift me up." Wang Jin, who had been waiting by Zhao Heng's side, hurriedly helped Zhao Heng up. Zhao Heng leaned on the soft couch with a frosty face, his lips opened lightly, and the words he spit out were colder than ice ballast.
"Summons the privy deputy envoy Gao Hu, the school inspector Ding Gao, the Pingzhang Shi Pang Taishi, the governor Li Xin, and the twelve Wei generals to enter the palace to discuss matters." Wang Jin nodded, quietly exited the dormitory, and then quickly conveyed Zhao Guangyi's order.
It's night. The middle door of the palace was opened, and the guards in front of the fourteenth team rushed out of the palace on fast horses. The quiet Bianjing City was woken up by the sound of horses' hooves. The people of each house sent people from each house to inquire about the news.
Inside the Royal Palace. Zhao Heng stared coldly at the leader of the Imperial City Division kneeling in front of him, and said coldly: "Why did such an important matter only be investigated today and reported to me today?" Do you know that I made people have a good time in the court today, but I don't know it, and I am still proud. β
The leader of the Imperial City Division buried his head between his knees and said ashamedly: "The minister deserves death." Zhao Heng snorted coldly and said, "You really deserve to die." I have entrusted you with the responsibility of overseeing the world, but I am blind. β
"Hehehe~" Zhao Heng suddenly smiled sarcastically and said, "I have played a lifetime of intrigue and trickery, but I have never met an opponent. Unexpectedly, today he was played by a group of rebellious ministers and thieves. Hehe......" Zhao Heng was laughing, but the heart of the leader of the Imperial City Division was extremely cold. He kowtowed in fear and said, "I beg Your Majesty to give your ministers another chance to make meritorious contributions." Zhao Heng shook his head and smiled, and said, "No need, since your Imperial City Division is so useless, why do you keep it?" β
"Your Majesty?!" The leader of the Imperial City Division exclaimed. Zhao Heng waved his hand. A eunuch waved his hand with Zhao Heng and appeared beside the leader of the Imperial City Division, he was not very old, he looked only about eighteen years old. After he appeared, he put a hand on the shoulder of the head of the Imperial City Division. The leader of the Imperial City Division wanted to resist, but the eunuch's hand was clasped on his lute bone like a tight hoop. Under the frightened eyes of the leader of the Imperial City Division, the eunuch dragged him out of the dormitory.
At the entrance of the dormitory. Bumped into Wang Jin, who had just finished passing the order, Wang Jien was obviously a little surprised when he saw the eunuch holding the head of the Imperial City Division with one hand.
Chen ...... Chen Lin? Chen Lin grinned and bowed to Wang Jin, "The little one has seen the eunuch Wang." Wang Jin wanted to ask more, but when he saw Chen Lin grabbing the leader of the Imperial City Division with strong martial arts like a chicken cub, he subconsciously closed his mouth and nodded. Looking at Chen Lin grabbing the figure of the leader of the Imperial City Division leaving, Wang Jin frowned and muttered: "I look at this kid wilting on weekdays, but I didn't expect it to be a henchman cultivated by His Majesty, and he is so deeply hidden......" Wang Jin secretly remembered Chen Lin in his heart, and tiptoed into the dormitory.
Outside the Imperial City. As the guards in front of the temple rode through a street with one after another. Almost everyone in Bianjing knew that something was wrong.
When they secretly observed that the guards in front of the palace had gone to the Gaofu, Dingfu, and the Twelve Wei Generals' Mansions, they knew that there was going to be a war. The last time His Majesty summoned these people in the middle of the night was six years ago, when the Liao people led an army of 300,000 to attack. The person Zhao Heng wanted to summon, after receiving the message conveyed by the guards in front of the palace, hurriedly rushed to the palace in a sedan chair. On the way to the palace, they pondered and did not come up with the emperor's purpose in summoning them late at night.
An hour later. The fourteen people summoned by Zhao Heng gathered outside his dormitory. After glancing at the others, the old lady said to Li Xin, who was the only one beside him, in the tone of admonishing the juniors: "Your Majesty summoned you and me, as well as the Twelve Wei Generals, and even invited Ding Gao, who has long been out of political affairs, and Gao Hu, I am afraid that there will be a big war." β
Li Xin bowed and said, "You always think that there is a problem over there." Master Pang pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's hard to say, after entering the hall for a while, I will act when I see the opportunity." β
Li Xin nodded. At this moment, Wang Jin appeared at the door of the dormitory, shook the dust, and said, "Your Majesty let you in." "Master Pang and the others, according to their status in the court, lined up in two columns and entered the dormitory. The dead bodies in the dormitory had already been cleaned up by the eunuchs, and there was not even a trace of blood to be seen. Pang Taishi and the others arrived in front of Zhao Heng and bowed down together.
"Your Majesty, Ministers." Zhao Heng, who was lying on the soft couch, didn't even raise his eyes, and said coldly: "Get up." After saying this, Zhao Heng didn't say anything more, and seemed to be lying on the soft couch for a while.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.