The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 122 Stupid Li Chongjin
Li Jing kept nodding, it seemed that he was still satisfied with what his son said, and several people headed by Feng Yansi also praised Li Congjia's words.

"Then from Jia, what do you mean we won't unite with Li Chongjin?"

This Li Jing really failed to be the emperor, your son can only say so clearly, and you still ask if your father Li Min is still alive, you will really be so mad.

"Yes, father, I don't agree with not only disapproving but also telling the Song Dynasty at this time. In this way, the Song Dynasty will have a certain affection for us. Besides, even if Li Chongjin is defeated in the future, we will have nothing to do, right?"

What Li Congjia was afraid of was that Li Chongjin would definitely be defeated by the Song Dynasty if he really raised an army in the future. In this case, once the Song Dynasty knew that he had written to the Southern Tang Dynasty asking for help, the Song Dynasty might take the opportunity to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Everyone didn't think of this, and after what he said, it was really the case. In fact, it wasn't that everyone didn't think of this, it was because they didn't think about this trivial matter.

Han Xizai wanted to say something else but Li Jing didn't give him a chance: "Okay, let's do as King Wu said, you go down first, I'm tired."

Half a month later, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty came to Bianjing with Li Chongjin's letter and had an audience with Emperor Zhao Kuangyin. Of course, Zhao Kuangyin had read Li Chongjin's letter forwarded by the Southern Tang Dynasty and did not say anything at that time.

"Go back and tell your lord that I am very pleased that he can see the current situation clearly. Don't worry, I will not blame him. On the contrary, I will reward you." The envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty expressed his gratitude.

"This Li Chongjin is really too bold. He dared to collude with the Southern Tang Dynasty. Last time the prince said that Li Chongjin robbed merchants of money and forced the people in the city to build the city. Suggestions can be spoken."

"The emperor's minister, Zhao Guangyi, implores the court to send a large army to attack Li Chongjin."

"Chen Shi Shouxin hopes to lead the army."

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For a while, all the generals in the court overwhelmingly supported the court's immediate conquest of Li Chongjin. Even the civil servant Fan Zhi and others agreed, but the prince Zhao Xu didn't say a word.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at him: "What do you think, Prince?"

"Father, emperor, and minister thought that this Li Chongjin must be punished, but we can't send troops directly yet."

After Zhao Xu calmly said this sentence, there was already a moment of restlessness. Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in his son's gourd. He looked at Zhao Pu with his eyes, and this guy quickly understood what his master meant.

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness, why can't we send troops directly now? Li Chongjin's rebellion has been discovered, why can't we send troops?" Others also had the same question as Zhao Pu.
"My lords must have the same question as Mr. Zhao. I will tell you the reason now. The purpose of our big world is to live and work in peace and contentment. Now there are tens of thousands of my people in Yangzhou city. We can take Yangzhou easily. city, but I believe that Li Chongjin will definitely use the people in the city as a shield."

"Although we will be able to win Yangzhou City in one fell swoop, we will pay a lot of money. More importantly, we may lose a large number of people because of this. We cannot do such a thing."

"You are right to the prince. The purpose of establishing the Song Dynasty is to end the war and let the people live a better life, so we can't only care about our own interests and harm the interests of the people."

Zhao Kuangyin said firmly, after he finished speaking, the ministers below shouted the emperor's sage, but what Lao Zhao said was really true.

"His Royal Highness, do you have any suggestions?" Fan Zhi was a little old now, and had lost some teeth, so his speech was a bit leaky.

"Fan Xiang, I don't have any good solutions, but I don't think Yangzhou is Li Chongjin's lair, so let's let him go and serve as Jiedushi in other places."

The Song Dynasty has implemented a system of rotation of Jiedu envoys, that is, a Jiedu envoy cannot serve in one place for more than a certain period of time, and when it expires, it must be rotated, that is, it will change the defense area with other Jiedu envoys.

Originally, this system should have been implemented in Henan, but now most of the people holding military power are Zhao Kuangyin's brothers, so it was implemented soon.

"The prince is right, but this is not enough. We can also secretly persuade the families of the soldiers. Not all of them are locals in Yangzhou. This will shake the morale of the army. Even if Li Chongjin wants to threaten the people in the city, there is no way. .”

Although Fan Zhi is a civil servant, he is also very proficient in war tactics. It can be assumed that he is used to this kind of conspiracy.

In short, although no troops were sent in the court meeting, some strategies were formulated against Li Chongjin. Zhao Kuangyin handed over the affairs of Yangzhou to Prince Zhao Xu to handle.

The news that the imperial court ordered Li Chongjin to change defenses and go to Zhenqingzhou as Jiedushi has spread to Yangzhou.Everyone watched Li Chongjin make a choice helplessly.

Especially those Jiedu envoys who have already suffered losses in this area are waiting to see Li Chongjin's jokes. The court of the Song Dynasty has always treated Li Chongjin with courtesy.

If Li Chongjin agrees to this appointment, it means that he has completely surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and the Huainan Jiedushi and Qingzhou are like heaven and earth.It's even worse if you don't accept it.If you don't accept it, you are rebelling.

No one wants to leave the lair they run. Once the Jiedushi leave their base area, what awaits them is death. Even if you are not dealt with now, actually letting you leave your lair is already a signal.

Li Chongjin was really a little uneasy now, he didn't care about the court's order anymore, because he was already preparing to rebel, and the uneasiness was still due to lack of food.

Recently, according to Zhang Chongzhen's suggestion, he borrowed money from some merchants and bought some food and grass, but the quantity was limited and could not even meet the needs of the army for one month. The court's food and grass would not arrive until next month.

At this time, some subordinates reported that some soldiers left the barracks without permission and never came back. At first, they thought it was an accident, but by the afternoon, hundreds of people were not in the barracks, even their family members were not here. .

It will also be attributed to Fan Zhi's strategy. Although the army in Yangzhou belongs to the Huainan Army, they have records in the Ministry of War.

Zhao Xu quickly called up the files of these soldiers, and even their families were clearly recorded on it. Now Fengying and Jinyiwei had a chance to go deep into Yangzhou City to persuade their families.

In this way, many soldiers moved away overnight. Although the military regulations are very strict, nicknames are more important. Some soldiers also saw that Li Chongjin was not an opponent of the court at all, and they were courting death by following him.

Hundreds of people disappeared within a day, and there were not many people alive or dead. There were not many people in Yangzhou City. At this rate, Yangzhou would have no soldiers to defend in a few days.

Li Chongjin, who pondered for a while, announced martial law in Yangzhou City from now on. Everyone who entered or left the city would be strictly checked, and they were not allowed to leave the city without permission.

Now the supervising army in Yangzhou is An Yougui, who used to be an official like the deputy Jiedushi. Unfortunately, he was on the wrong side when he was established in the later Zhou Dynasty, and blocked a supervising army in Yangzhou first.

Although it is very different from his previous official position, the court trusts him a lot, so he is still dedicated to his duty now.Although there is no great achievement, it is not a big mistake.

Hearing that Li Chongjin is now strictly checking the people passing by the city gate, he can't sit still. This Yangzhou is a big city that pays taxes, and now it will take a lot of time to strictly check the people who come and go. He immediately prepared to see Li Chongjin and wanted to ask. reason.

Originally, this matter was not under his control, it was the responsibility of the magistrate of Yangzhou, but I heard that the army was involved, so it was his business.

But An Yougui didn't expect that he was locked up by Li Chongjin before seeing Li Chongjin without saying a word. The reason is very simple, someone reported on An Yougui.Said he instructed the soldiers to flee.

It turned out that during the martial law in Yangzhou, there were still many soldiers who wanted to leave the city and were caught. Lao Li thought that this would not work, and he had to adopt a high-pressure policy.

So he tortured these soldiers who were captured, some were even beaten to death, and every soldier was covered with cuts and bruises.This is not to mention that Li Chongjin was being clever enough to ask them to recruit the accomplices they wanted to escape.

In Li Zhongjin's cognition, these people can't be just these people, there must be other people, so let them confess to each other the companions they want to escape, and whoever tells them will let them go.

But it is true that there is no accomplice, this is their own decision after hearing the wind, how do they know who else is there, but if they can't tell, they will be tortured and greeted every day.

How could they be accepted that some people began to tell lies against their will, confessing some of his comrades-in-arms, and others telling the boss who had conflicts with him, and some of them told the rules of supervising the army.

Li Chongjin was also taken aback when he got the list of confessions. There are quite a few senior military officers here. Fortunately, he discovered it early, and he is still secretly grateful.

Facing such a crisis, Li Chongjin had no choice but to adopt a policy of high pressure and terror in order to maintain his rule!Immediately ordered to kill and arrest the people above.

Li Chongjin and even dozens of generals who had a bad relationship with him and didn't listen to him very much were all imprisoned and killed without distinction. Yangzhou City was bloody for a while.

When An Yougui walked into the prison and saw Chen Sixui and Zhai Shouxun, he knew that Li Chongjin was going to rebel, because one of them was the imperial envoy of the imperial court and the other was Li Chongjin's counselor. closed.

You locked up the officials of the imperial court without saying a word, and one of them was an imperial envoy who delivered the decree. Damn you, didn't you make it clear that you were going to rebel? These three people got together, and they were really brothers and sisters.

When we got together, we couldn't help talking about the current situation outside. When we heard that Li Chongjin was undergoing a major cleansing, we all secretly scolded Li Chongjin for being stupid, so who would work hard for you?

　I took the test for a day on Monday, and I came back to code words until now, alas

　　
　
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