Chapter 374: A National Thief
Seeing that Li Congke, the late emperor of the Tang Dynasty, did not eat his set, Zhao Dejun was heartbroken, and simply did not do anything, refused to continue to lead the army to rescue Zhang Jingda, and tried to take refuge in the Khitan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
He sent a large amount of property to the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang, begging Yelu Deguang to abandon Shi Jingjiao and support him as the emperor of the Central Plains.
At that time, Yelu Deguang had already promised to help Shi Jingjiao, because the temptation of Shi Jingjiao's promise to cede to him the land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was too great. But after seeing the countless treasures sent by Zhao Dejun, Yelu Deguang was moved again, and he was also afraid that Zhao Dejun would cut off the Khitans' retreat back to the grassland, so he hesitated, and this is the story of Sang Weihan's envoy to the Khitan.
Sang Weihan got the news and was worried, if Yelu Deguang was really persuaded by Zhao Dejun's envoy to abandon Shi Jingjiao and support Zhao Dejun instead, then the military spirit of the Hedong army would immediately collapse, and Shi Jingjiao would soon be pacified by the army of the Later Tang Dynasty.
At the last moment, Sang Weihan hurried to Yelu Deguang's big tent, cried in front of the big tent for a day, persuaded Yelu Deguang to keep his previous promise, and finally made Yelu Deguang make up his mind, continue to support Shi Jingjiao, and rejected Zhao Dejun's messenger.
Due to the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, which led to the instability of the army, Zhang Jingda's subordinate general Yang Guangyuan took the opportunity to launch a mutiny, killed Zhang Jingda, and then led the people to surrender to the Khitan.
Zhang Jingda was defeated, Zhao Dejun's crime was unforgivable, and the Later Tang Emperor Li Congke was furious and took back his territory. Zhao Dejun and his son only had the soldiers and horses in their hands, and in order to gain a foothold, he and Zhao Yanshou captured Luzhou as a temporary shelter.
But what he did made Zhao Dejun and his son lose their hearts, and the soldiers under his command were very disappointed, many generals led their troops to leave him, and the small Luzhou was difficult to hold, Zhao Dejun and his son had no choice but to surrender to the Khitan in order to save their lives.
Zhao Dejun and his son, who surrendered to the Khitan, were escorted to the northern grasslands, and were reprimanded and humiliated by the Khitan Empress Dowager Shu Luping.
It is impossible for Du Chongwei not to know about Zhao Dejun, in this case, why did he do this?
Suddenly, Li Fengyun remembered what Yehu Chan said: "Many times, people always think that they are the luckiest one. If you look at the examples left by the history books, you will find that they are ridiculous and simply lead people astray. For example, such as lying on the salary and trying to taste the courage, such as breaking the kettle, such an example has little chance of success, but it is taken for granted.
Pity those who are bewildered by these examples, and regard a small road on the edge of a cliff as a broad road, only seeing the one or two examples of success, but not the bones of countless losers. It's ridiculous!
It is said that it is better to have no book than to have a letter at all!"
Maybe the example of Shi Jingjiao winning the world is too tempting, so that the ambitious heroes can't help but follow suit, but they don't know that any success is often only the only one.
Why is that?
Wild Fox Chan didn't say it, and Li Fengyun couldn't figure it out.
Perhaps those historical books are incorrect, only recording the most superficial things, but hiding the most essential and core content deep under the words, or even ignoring them intentionally or unintentionally. It's no wonder that among those who write history books, how many of them understand real history?
Li Fengyun carefully inquired about the specific situation of Seventeen, and according to Seventeen, more than two months ago, the black-clothed guard got a piece of information that a businessman in Youzhou had been active in Kaifeng recently, and this businessman, Seventeen knew, was actually serving Zhao Yanshou.
Seventeen was alert in his heart, worried that this person would buy the ministers of the court, which would be unfavorable to Du Chongwei, so he sent a large number of people to carefully investigate, and after losing several elite spies, he finally learned that Zhao Yanshou saw that Yelu Deguang was defeated by the Jin State, thinking that the state of the Khitan State had declined, and recently Yelu Deguang had become more and more distrustful of him, so he had some resentment in his heart, so he privately contacted the Jin court, wanted to return to the Jin State, and dedicated the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Great Jin.
Of course, Seventeen didn't believe it, although there was indeed some news from the Khitan side that Yelu Deguang punished Zhao Yanshou recently, but Seventeen didn't think that Zhao Yanshou would betray Yelu Deguang because of this.
Although the Battle of Yangcheng severely defeated the Khitan iron cavalry, the Khitan did not suffer much damage at all. On the contrary, because of the looting of a large amount of gold, silver, treasure and population from the Great Jin, the national strength of the Khitan increased.
Zhao Yanshou is not a fool, a crumbling Jin State and a thriving Khitan, which one to choose, you will know without asking.
Besides, Yelu Deguang gave Zhao Yanshou the power, and the Jin State could not give it at all, if he took refuge in the Jin State, Zhao Yanqing would not only not get benefits, but would face the danger of opening a station with the Khitan. Although Zhao Yanshou's subordinates are strong, they are still so inferior to the Khitan Iron Cavalry.
No matter how you look at it, Zhao Yanshou is not a person who is willing to sacrifice his own interests after being in the Central Plains.
Therefore, Seventeen quickly reported what he had found out to Du Chongwei, who expected Du Chongwei not to care, and strictly ordered Seventeen not to allow the black-clothed guard to investigate the matter again, let alone to interfere in this matter.
In desperation, Seventeen had no choice but to come to Li Fengyun.
Li Fengyun said: "Seventeen, Du Shuai still doesn't believe it, what can I do?"
"Proof!" replied Seventeen, "clues." ”
Clues, no matter how easy it is to say, Du Chongwei is reluctant to expose this matter, I really don't know why Seventeen is so anxious.
"Is it useful?" Li Fengyun smiled bitterly, what if he found evidence, whether it was Du Chongwei or Shi Chonggui, whether he believed it or not, it all depended on whether he was willing to believe it or not.
The reason why Du Chongwei was reluctant to expose this matter was mostly because he felt that this matter had value to be used. And Shi Chonggui wants to prove himself, if he can take back the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures that he lost from Shi Jingjiao, he can really establish his prestige.
One of the two wants to profit from it, and the other is wishful thinking, even if something is really found, what can be done?
What's more, Li Fengyun didn't believe that Liu Zhiyuan, Li Shouzhen, and the Yonggu Palace Master didn't notice it at all. They didn't make any moves, which onion is he and Seventeen, mediocre people disturbing themselves?
"If you don't find out clearly, the Central Plains will be defeated, and the Lord will bear the brunt, and the blame will not escape. Seventeen replied, "It is better to find out and be prepared than to be prepared." ”
Li Fengyun let out a long sigh, he understood Seventeen's thoughts, if Seventeen didn't know Du Chongwei's thoughts, it would be too much to underestimate Seventeen's wisdom, obviously, Seventeen did not agree with Du Chongwei's approach, so he disobeyed Du Chongwei's order and secretly informed Li Fengyun of this situation, hoping that Li Fengyun could take over the investigation of the matter on his behalf.
What is going on in this world, the people in power, one by one, only care about their own interests, compete hard to get benefits, do not care about the imminent danger at all, maybe they think that even if the worst happens, the unlucky people are actually the common people, they can change the banner at most, and they can still be high-ranking officials and enjoy wealth. If you are lucky and fish in troubled waters, you may be able to touch a big fish, and the emperor takes turns to sit, who says that you can't go to his house?
This is like a chess game, the last game is the chess pieces, for the chess players, how many chess pieces are lost, whose chess pieces are lost, in fact, has little to do with them.
It is these chess players that make the people not know that there is a country, and the country does not know that there is a people, which is called a national thief!