The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 118
Since Zhao Xu got married, he has been living happily without any worries. He can hang out with the three daughters during the day and enjoy the happiness of being equal at night.However, since the bridal chamber Anniversary, he has not been able to sleep together, and this is what he thinks is the most regrettable.

However, he relaxed his subordinates, but he did not relax. For example, Liu Qinhu led the Jin Yiwei in disguise to monitor Li Chongjin, and Fengying was not idle either.

However, Zhao Xu didn't overly stimulate Li Chongjin, because he didn't know if his arrival would change a little bit.

What was Li Chongjin doing at this moment? This guy was still in the mansion in Yangzhou, walking around all by himself, wondering what he was thinking, and there was no one beside him.

In fact, he was very disturbed in his heart, especially recently, and he didn't know why this feeling became more and more intense, especially when Zhao Kuangyin put down Li Yun's rebellion, he was very panicked, and his request to see the emperor of Song Dynasty was rejected.

Later, he heard that the prince was going to get married, and he applied to go to the pilgrimage again, but he still didn't get permission, which made him wonder if the emperor was planning to do something to him.

He used to serve the Zhou Dynasty with Zhao Kuangyin. He admired Zhao Kuangyin's talent very much and was jealous of his talent. Of course, he once arranged for someone to assassinate his son, but they all failed. Now that he blocked the emperor, would he treat him? Come and settle accounts after autumn.

So he decided to act first and prepare to rebel against Song Dynasty. In his heart, he never thought it was a rebellion. He had always been a loyal minister of Zhou Dynasty, and Song Dynasty was not the object of his allegiance.

Now there must be some people who are still interested in the Great Zhou. As long as I pull out the banner of the Great Zhou, there must be many people responding. Li Yun can only say that he has no ability when he is defeated, and I am still the clan of the Great Zhou. It is an inherent advantage.

Having figured this out, Li Chongjin began to order his troops to shrink the defense line, and wanted to move closer to Yangzhou. Now he could indeed control only Yangzhou. Although he still had the plaque of Huainan Jiedushi, his strength was not much.

What's even more nonsense is that Li Chongjin lacks food and grass, how can you rebel without food and grass, isn't this nonsense.It was only now that Li Chongjin regained his composure, and finally understood why his old cousin had transferred him here temporarily.

There are soldiers but no food here, just like you want the horse to run, but in the end you don't feed the horse. Can this work? It seems that the late emperor was wise.

It has to be said that Li Chongjin looked down on Chai Rong as an old cousin when he was alive, thinking that Guo Wei was eccentric, so he was allowed to sit on the throne, but he did not expect to admire him now, isn't it a bit ridiculous?
His counselors are also at a loss. Since ancient times, the three armies have gone first without using food and grass. Now there is no such thing. If you let soldiers follow you to fight, is anyone willing? The answer is obvious.

The counselors didn't pay attention, but it didn't bother him. He smiled when he thought of this. He is still a courtier of Da Zhou. He has to make good use of this opportunity and use his power to borrow money.

Li Chongjin still has a certain amount of brains. Of course, if he wants to raise troops, he can't harm the people here, otherwise none of the people will support him, not to mention that he is not a pure pig.

First of all, this guy wrote a letter to Zhou Xingfeng, the Jiedu envoy of Jingnan, saying that he came to borrow food at the will of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Although the Great Song Dynasty did not unify the world, the Great Song Dynasty fully accepted it. Everything of the week.

In the Later Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Xingfeng proclaimed himself a minister to the Later Zhou Dynasty, and regarded the Great Zhou as Zhengshuo, so in name Jingnan still belonged to the Great Song Dynasty.

Now that Li Chongjin said that he borrowed food from Da Song, Gao Xingfeng should give Da Song some face no matter what you say, but unfortunately Lao Gao really didn’t give him face this time, not because He is bold, but he himself is waiting for the rice to cook!

Naturally there will be no extra food for you Li Chongjin, Li Chongjin is very angry, but there is nothing he can do, if this matter becomes a big problem, it will not end well, and the Song court will wipe him out directly if it finds out.

How to do it?Take it to Nantang, no way. Although Southern Tang also professed to Song Dynasty, it is one of the most powerful countries. The king is indecisive.

When he was at a loss what to do, Zhai Shouxun, his counselor, came over and said that an old friend asked to see him, and asked if he would see him or not.

old friend?Li Chongjin thought to himself, don't be some friend in distress, think of me and ask for help.How could Li Chongjin have the heart to see these people now? He was upset.I was about to say I won't see you, but it doesn't hurt to see you later.

After a while, Zhai Shouxun led a person in. This person was handsome, dressed in neat and clean clothes from the Central Plains, and must have a small hat on his head. It was even more obvious that this person was not a poor man, and he didn't know him. This old friend.

Li Chongjin began to wonder:

"Excuse me, do I know you?" The man didn't ask any questions, but just glanced at Zhai Shouxun, obviously wanting Li Chongjin to send him away.

Because within this person's knowledge, the status of the person who leads the guests in is generally not high, and it is impossible for them to hear such a confidential event.

"No need, there are no outsiders here. This is a counselor under my officer and someone I trust. If you have anything to say, just say it. Besides, we don't have anything shady. What are we afraid of?"

The man didn't expect that the man he thought was a servant was actually a counselor, so he quickly apologized. Among them, counselors have a very high status, and they can even influence the emperor's decision.

"Master Li, I brought greetings from my master, you will understand after reading this letter." As he said this, the man actually took out a knife, just when Li Chongjin thought he was going to do something wrong, The man slashed his thigh with a knife.

Regardless of the blood on his thigh, he took out a wax pill from inside, which was still bloody, and Li Zhongjin's face was a little dignified.

Looking at this situation, this letter is very important, otherwise it wouldn't be the case. He doesn't know who this person is, but it must be a certain big force.

Li Chongjin signaled Zhai Shouxun to take the wax pill. In fact, Zhai Shouxun really wanted to see what was written in it and who was this person. He just crushed the wax pill, and a thin piece of paper appeared inside. Gave it to Li Chongjin.

Li Chongjin didn't say a word after reading it, he didn't know what was written in his heart, and Zhai Shouxun didn't know what was written on it, but Li Chongjin invited them all to the study.

Both civil servants and generals have a study room, and there are indeed books in it, but they are all for decoration. The study room of a general like Li Chongjin is very beautiful.

"Are you the envoy of Khitan?" Li Chongjin asked immediately in the study.Zhai Shouxun was also stunned when he heard that, the person in front of him was from Khitan.

Sure enough, the man took off his hat, and there was indeed a Khitan bun on his head:

"Emperor Daliao sat down and envoy Xiao Tianci met General Li. Emperor Daliao sent his greetings to General Li." This man spoke fluent Chinese, so he knew he was a Khitan.

Khitan is a nation, and Liao is a country established by Khitan people, so sometimes people use Khitan and Liao together, but Khitan people are still used to calling their country Daliao and themselves Khitan people.

Li Chongjin didn't understand why the Khitan people came here to see him, how did they know that he wanted to resist and sent to the court, the secret letter just said that Khitan was willing to help him.

He didn't know that Khitan had spies in the mansions of the important ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to collect information, but basically all the people in Kaifeng City were cleared out, and there were also Li Chongjin's mansions. Recently, he found that Lao Li was a bit rebellious, so he The country was notified.

"Your envoy has worked hard, but I want to know why you did this?" Zhai Shouxun must be able to guess the general idea now.

"Our Majesty just wants to help General Li. I think that General Li, as the clan of the Zhou Dynasty, has fallen into this situation now. Our Majesty feels worthless for you. As long as you agree to unite us immediately, you will definitely be able to regain your great power. Zhou's Sheji."

This Xiao Tianci directly explained his reason for coming without any pretensions, and he didn't need to make up anything false.

"Oh, your envoy doesn't have much to say. The Song Dynasty is respected everywhere, and the people are submissive, so why does Li have the intention of rebelling?" Old Li couldn't directly admit that he wanted to rebel.

Zhai Shouxun also chimed in:
"Our Lord Li is loyal to the imperial court, and his loyalty can only show how he would rebel. The emissary wanted to trap you in injustice."

Seeing Li Chongjin like this, Xiao Tianci was not annoyed:
"Could it be that Li Yun was not a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but what happened? He didn't set himself on fire in the city and died. Don't you want to follow his footsteps? Besides, you are the clan of the Zhou Dynasty. Don't you want to restore the artifacts of the Zhou Dynasty?"

After these words, Li Chongjin seemed to be a little relieved. He was going to do it, but after he said it like this, he seemed to feel more at ease.

"How can there be such a cheap thing in the world, you must have something to ask for."

"We want your four states of Qin and Feng after this is done, but the support we give you is worth the price."

Li Chongjin bowed his head in silence, he was thinking, and soon he raised his head:
"The envoy has worked hard all the way. Now, let's rest for one night. How about discussing tomorrow?"

Xiao Tianci knew that this guy was going to discuss with his subordinates, so he cupped his hands to express his willingness.Zhai Shouxun sent Xiao Tianci Song out, and soon came back by himself.

"Mr. Zhai, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Chongjin trusted him very much, otherwise he would not have given up the idea of ​​uniting with Li Yun because of Lao Zhai's words, so he asked this counselor everything.

Zhai Shouxun only opened his mouth and uttered four simple words: "Seek the tiger's skin."

(End of this chapter)