The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 553 Shi Jingtang
"Zeping, you said that Li Siyuan really has self-knowledge. His ability is actually not as good as Li Cunxu's. Such a person is not suitable to be an emperor."

Zhao Xu listened to Zhao Pu telling Shi Jingtang's stories. These were the most authentic Shi Jingtang's stories, which were not recorded in history.

What Zhao Pu said should be more detailed than what was recorded in history. Zhao Xu can get the most authentic Shi Jingtang from it.

"Your Highness is right, this Li Siyuan is self-aware, but some people disagree, they will not let this opportunity go for their own glory and wealth."

"Li Siyuan didn't want to betray his elder brother. Although this elder brother is his righteous brother, there is another key person who is Shi Jingtang."

Zhao Pu continued to conclude.

What he said was right, but Shi Jingtang, who was good at grasping the situation, strongly opposed this unwise approach of his father-in-law. He said:

"I have never heard of the fact that the general leads the army and the soldiers mutiny, but the general can be exonerated! Even if we return to the capital, the emperor will not let us go.

It is a big taboo for military strategists not to be able to make decisions on the fly. This is the destiny, so it is better to take advantage of the situation and go south!Daliang is the key point in the world, I would like to lead [-] cavalry to attack it first.If you get it, great things can happen. "

Li Siyuan thought about it, so Shi Jingtang took advantage of the situation to seize Daliang, and returned to cross the Si River to take Luoyang.

At this time, Li Cunxu had been shot by his confidant with an arrow, and his injuries were very serious, and he died soon.

At this time, Li Siyuan was justified, his elder brother died, and he had no burden in his heart, so he felt at ease now.

Li Siyuan went to Luoyang to proclaim himself emperor, that is, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty. The first thing a new emperor did when he ascended the throne was to award meritorious officials.

Due to Shi Jingtang's support in this military coup, he was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of the Baoyi Army in Shanzhou, and was given the title of "Hero of Loyalty, Construction, and Restoration" and Deputy Envoy of the Sixth Army.

This deputy envoy of the six armies is also the highest deputy chief of the emperor's pro-army, which shows Mingzong's trust in Shi Jingtang in the later Tang Dynasty.

This position is an extremely hot position. Ordinary people who dare to accept this position really dare not do so.

However, Shi Jingtang insisted on resigning because the envoys of the six armies at this time were the arrogant and domineering King Li Congrong of Qin.

He is the son of Li Siyuan, and he believes that his ability is very great, and his contribution is very great.

Li Congrong thought that he was the emperor's successor, so he didn't take anyone seriously, and working with him made him feel uncomfortable.

And more importantly, this prince is a prince with a different heart. If you follow him, you will regret it.

"Your Highness, Lord Zhao, this Jin Gaozu is really smart, he can see current events clearly, and the subordinate officials know about the following things, why don't you let the subordinate officials talk about it."

Tao Gu is also a person who has a lot of knowledge and memorization, so he knows a lot about these things, so he started to talk about the following things.

It didn't take long for Li Congrong to lead the army to attack Duanmen of the palace because he was eager to succeed to the throne. He was defeated and killed, and his deputy was also killed.

At this time, Shi Jingtang came into Li Siyuan's eyes again, and was appointed as Jiedu envoy to the east of the Shatuo tribe's base area.

Although he is a Jiedushi, this Jiedushi is not comparable to ordinary Jiedushi, because Li Siyuan is the adopted son of Li Keyong, and he attaches great importance to his hometown.

This is an errand that can only be obtained by the emperor's close ministers. He is also the general manager of the Fanhan horse infantry in Yunzhou Datong Army and other places. He is responsible for resisting the Khitan's southward movement.

At this time, E Shi Jingtang had no ambition to become emperor, and Shi Jingtang was also quite talented in local administration.

He is clean and honest in government, extremely frugal, not greedy for sensuality, and has personally experienced many things, so he is very popular among the people.

Winning the hearts of the people and winning the world Shi Jingtang also began to have different ideas, this is also his inner cry.

Soon his chance came, it turned out that Li Siyuan had been frightened during the seizure of the palace, and then died.

After Li Conghou succeeded to the throne, he also felt threatened. His prestige was not enough, and some people held military power and refused to obey discipline.

His brother, actually his adopted brother Li Congke, rebelled because he also wanted to be emperor, and who else didn't?

The brother's surname was not Li. His mother Wei was plundered by Li Siyuan as a concubine. When he was ten years old, he found his biological mother. Li Siyuan adopted him as an adopted son and named him Li Congke.

Li Congke was brave and good at fighting, and made great achievements repeatedly. Before Li Siyuan died, he said that Li Congke rescued me from danger several times, and I would hand over the military power to him.

Later, Li Congke also got the military power, so he wanted to be the emperor. Since you Li Siyuan is Li Keyong's adopted son, you can be the emperor, why can't I?

Li Conghou was his opponent, he was already defeated as soon as he fought, he fled with a few cavalry, running for his life hastily.

Fortunately, I met Shi Jingtang on the road. I thought I was saved, but unexpectedly, just after leaving the tiger's den, he went into the wolf's mouth. Shi Jingtang killed his followers and imprisoned the emperor, which was tantamount to helping Li Congke.

In April, Li Congke sent someone to hang Li Conghou, who had only been enthroned for four months, and changed his name to Yuan Qingtai, and made himself emperor, that is, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty.

But Li Congke was not grateful to Shi Jingtang who helped him, but instead became more wary of him.

Whoever makes Mrs. Shi Jingtang outstanding, he will definitely not be willing to be a younger brother, and one day he will definitely rebel.

So Li Congke did not allow Shi Jingtang's two sons to reunite with Shi Jingtang, and even Shi Jingtang's daughter-in-law was not allowed to go back.

And at this time, Li Congke directly ordered Shi Jingtang to call out the military power.

This immediately poked a hornet's nest, Shi Jingtang's subordinates were unwilling, and one of them said:

"Duke Ming has ruled the army for many years, and he returned as he expected. With Jinyang's favorable terrain and elite troops, he will definitely achieve supremacy. How can he be constrained by a piece of imperial edict and throw himself into the tiger's mouth?"

Therefore, Shi Jingtang, who had always been rebellious, was firm in his confidence. He accused the last emperor of being only the adopted son of the Mingzong, and was not worthy of being enshrined in the throne.

When Tao Gu said this, he paused:
"Your Highness, Shi Jingtang really knows how to choose the time. He is probably waiting for this opportunity. Seeing how much his subordinates think he has been wronged. It seems that he can be the emperor. It has some strength."

"Tao Gu, do you think he would be an idiot if he could become an emperor? After all, Shi Jingtang is also a person who can become an emperor, and he still has the strength to do so."

The three of them continued to walk forward together. They still didn't know why Zhao Xu kept asking Shi Jingtang, what did he want to do?"

(End of this chapter)