Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Just as Shi Congyun felt relieved that there would be no natural or man-made disasters this year, and was preparing to spend a happy Mid-Autumn Festival with his wives, on August [-], a few fast horses came from Luoyang, bringing bad news.

Li Gu died of illness at home in Luoyang at the age of 66.

After Emperor Shi heard this, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't help feeling sad.

For him, Li Gu was both a guide and the greatest help. When he asked Li Gu to retreat to Luoyang, he thought that the monarch and his ministers would be safe and sound, so that no tragedy would happen.

Now time is rushing, Li Gu, who once followed him in the north and south, has unknowingly passed away under the ravages of time, and he is not fifteen or sixteen years old, a young hero who is full of vigor and vigor, with one enemy against one hundred, is already 27 Eighth, the father who is about to reach his thirties, the lord of a country.

Li Gu's death made him feel a lot of emotions.

Afterwards, Shi Congyun ordered that the court be poked for three days to express his grief, and at the same time, Li Gu was named the Grand Master and King Zhao.

Li Gu had never been a feudal lord, and he was not a feudal ruler in the Qin Dynasty. Logically speaking, it would be difficult for him to be crowned king, but if Emperor Shi wanted to be crowned, everyone had no objection.

Everyone knew in their hearts Li Gu's merits to the Qin Dynasty, so no one objected.

The mid-autumn festival, which was supposed to be lively and lively, was not interested in Emperor Shi because of Li Gu's death, and the matter was hastily done.

Time has always been merciless.

Fan Zhi comforted him by saying that chasing south and north at a speed of [-] or [-] years, destroying Nanping, Wuping, Shu, Northern Han, Southern Han, capturing Huainan, Guanbei is already very remarkable and very fast.

For those able and virtuous rulers in history, many of them have to persist for decades, or a lifetime, or several generations, to achieve even half of their achievements.

For the first time, Emperor Shi felt that the old man Fan Zhi's speech was not unpleasant.

Indeed, he was lucky to be able to do this, and also because he followed the trend of history.

Li Gu's death made him understand that time is ruthless, and he also has a sense of urgency. No matter what, he must solve the Southern Tang problem as soon as possible, so that he can focus on cleaning up the Liao Kingdom in the north.

So in September of that year, four months after Wu Desi was established, it began to usher in the order of the first emperor, Jinkou Yuyan, to place spies in the caravan and cross the river to spy on Jiangnan's intelligence, especially the arrangement of the Jiangnan defense forces.

At the same time, try to find out about the situation in the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty, because the Southern Tang Dynasty is not without capable people, such as Liu Renshan who beat them very hard back then, and later Guo Tingwei, and Lin Renzhao who is still in the south of the Yangtze River.

These people, Emperor Shi, have all fought against them, and each has their own abilities, but now Liu Renshan and Guo Tingwei are already under his command, but Lin Renzhao is still in the south of the Yangtze River

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Another year, autumn went to the east, time flies, in October, the chill of early winter has crossed the Yellow River, and invaded the girders delicately and silently with the white moon.

For a whole month in Chang'an, thousands of households pounded their clothes.The autumn wind is endless, and it is always love.When will the Hulu be defeated, and the beloved stop the expedition?

Shi Congyun didn't understand the meaning of this poem at the beginning, and only after so many years in this world did he understand what daoyi is. People at this time did not wear cotton clothes as later, but most of the people wore hard linen.

This kind of linen is very hard, and when it is time to wear it in winter, it must be taken out and pounded to make it soft before it can be worn.

With the coming of winter, thousands of households began to pound clothes, and the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes can be heard in Daliang......

War preparations have also begun to become more frequent, and more and more resources have begun to be invested in preparations for war.

As the weather got colder, a lot of work had to be stopped or slowed down, but Shi Congyun's heart was getting hotter and hotter, and he couldn't wait too long.

However, the cold winter did not stop Emperor Shi's enthusiasm, but took away another capable minister.

At the beginning of October, Wang Pu was ordered to inspect the working conditions of the industrial zone in Bianshui. After returning home, he reported to Shi Congyun. While the two were talking, they suddenly passed out. Passed away at the age of 63.

Emperor Shi was very sad, posthumously awarded him as a servant, and gave his family a large sum of money.

Within a year, Li Gu and Wang Pu passed away one after another. For a while, the court was filled with grief, and also filled with a bad atmosphere, somewhat negative.

Of course, there are others who are ready to move, because once Wang Pu leaves, the prime minister's position will be vacant.

After thinking about it, Shi Congyun thought that the person who could replace Wang Pu was either Li Fang or Dou Yi, and Lu Dorson was also a candidate, but he did not make a decision immediately.

And new talents also need to be selected, and there should be no gaps.

Among Emperor Shi's favorites, there are old people and newcomers.

This year's imperial examination, a young man in his 25th year was among the best. After the imperial examination, Shi Congyun took a fancy to one of them.

The young man's name is Zhang Qixian. His family was poor. During the Later Jin Dynasty, his family moved to Luoyang from the north to escape disaster.

After high school, others were nervous in the palace examination, but he was very calm, and gradually changed from answering questions from the Imperial Academy to giving advice to the emperor, Xia Bingfen, Fumin, Feudalism, Dunxiao, Juxian, Taixue [-] major opinions: [-], Ji Tian, ​​[-], selecting good officials, [-]) prudent punishment, and [-]) punishing rape.

The ministers were very upset, thinking that this person did not know the heights of heaven and earth, and dared to be so unreasonable and self-righteous in front of the emperor's officials.

Emperor Shi was not angry, because he felt that this guy was okay, he was very courageous, and he also had insights. Most importantly, he was a child from a poor family. Shi Congyun was most assured of such a person, and he also wanted to cultivate him.

So he forgave him for his rudeness, and at the same time he stayed in the capital when he was appointed as an official.

And the other old man he fell in love with was Song Qi. The reason why he was able to fall into the eyes of Emperor Shi was because this old man was very knowledgeable and had a special background.

Once Shi Congyun talked casually with the officials about the situation of the Liao Kingdom after the dispersal of the dynasty. It turned out that it was a great dynasty that day. They all understand very well.

He knew much more than him, so he was very surprised, and asked him why he knew so much about the situation in Liao.

To be honest, the emperor of Kaifeng Mansion did not even know that there was such a character, and he did not expect it to be a talent.

As a result, when asked, Emperor Shi was quite amazed by Song Qi's experience.

Song Qi used to be Zhao Zan's staff, and had been following Zhao Zan before. Later, after Emperor Shi's coup, he took advantage of Wang Pu's affairs to recruit a group of officials. At that time, there was a vacancy in officials, so he was called into the court as an official to make up for Kaifeng. Government officials.

As for Emperor Zhao Zanshi, he knew that he was one of his generals when he attacked Huainan, but he was not a confidant and did not use him too much.

Because the reason why Zhao Zan was able to gain a foothold in the Later Zhou Dynasty had little to do with his own ability, the most important thing was that his mother was Princess Xingping, the daughter of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty.

In the third year of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Jingtang rebelled, and Zhao Zan's father, as a son-in-law, led the army to put down the rebellion. Unexpectedly, Shi Jingtang led the Khitan army to the south, so he had to surrender directly and was sent to the north.

Zhao Zan and his mother stayed in Luoyang, and later the Khitan sent envoys to take them to the north, and also awarded Zhao Zan General Jinwu and his father Fan Yang Jiedu envoy.

As a Han Chinese born in Youzhou, Liao Kingdom, Song Qi became Zhao Zan's staff.

But what is remarkable is that in the fourth year of Huitong, the Khitan imitated the Han system and set up tribute examinations in the Yanyun area. Song Qi went to take the exam and became a Jinshi. .

Emperor Shi is a good guy, isn't Yelvjing the current Liao Kingdom lord, and it's no wonder Song Qi knows the Khitan people so well.

At the end of the Kaiyun period, the Khitan people made a large-scale southern expedition. After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, soldiers entered Kaifeng. Zhao Yanshou was reused, and Zhao Zan was also appointed as the military governor of Hezhong. He took the opportunity to stay in Hezhong Town instead of going north.

Later, after the establishment of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhao Zan was deprived of military power and was granted the title of General Zuo Xiaowei.

A few years later, the Later Zhou Dynasty seized the power of the Later Han Dynasty, and Zhao Zan was appointed as the commander of the Youbalin Army, but his power declined further.

A few years later, today's Shi Congyun took over the Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Zan moved to Xiacai.

During this period, Song Qi has been serving as an aide to Zhao Zan until the court recalled him from Xiacai because of insufficient officials.

Shi Congyun was quite emotional, thinking of his rich experience and experience, he ordered him to be transferred to the Privy Council.

Compared with Zhang Qixian, Song Qi is much older and is 51 this year.

However, Emperor Shi only regarded him as a staff officer, after all, he knew the Liao Kingdom best.

What he wants to focus on training is Zhang Qixian, a young man from a poor family...

As for Song Qi, Shi Congyun asked him to think about it and write down what he knew about Liao's history, geography, race, military strength, tactics, etc., and submit it as a memorial.

No one let Song Qi down. He was born in Youzhou, served as Yelujing's companion, and also followed the army of the Liao Kingdom. The detailed situation and insights of many places were not as detailed as Yelv Talie's. However, many officials of Emperor Shi and the Privy Council had gained knowledge, and after that, everyone accepted this colleague even more.

......

Before you know it, it's the end of October again, many things have come to an end, and the implementation of the new law is a done deal.

Emperor Shi also began to settle old accounts one after another, and exiled and dismissed several people who had taken the lead in implementing the new law for various reasons.

Some people still use the old method, make an appointment with students and old officials with great fanfare, deliberately choose the time when there is the most people coming in and out, and come to a tear-jerking farewell outside the south gate of the capital where the most people come and go, and say something that they think is critical of the current situation and loyal if.

It's a pity that the general trend of the world is now in place, and the people of the world have a very high degree of acceptance of the new law, and they are all used to it.

The result is that those people moved themselves, but the passers-by who should cooperate with the performance turned a blind eye. Many people watched and gave pointers like watching monkeys. The last few old guys turned red and left in shame and anger.

When Wu Desi's secret agent nearby reported the news, Shi Congyun hugged Zhao Shijian with a smile and leaned back and forth.

In fact, he still has back hands, but he didn't expect that they couldn't even pass the first level...

Wu Desi's spies began to send back first-hand information.

This year, we have won a good harvest,

Chapter 455 , Route of Advance

One arm of Lin Renzhao was bare, and the blue tiger tattoo on his body was particularly ferocious. It was already early winter, and even in the south of the river, it was frighteningly cold. There were not many people like him.

Lin Renzhao was strong in nature, strong in martial arts, and burly in stature. Standing on the bow of the boat, he looked like a giant bear. People around him felt that he had become smaller when they looked at him. In addition, he had a tiger tattoo on his body, just looking at him was awe-inspiring.

But the soldiers were not afraid, because Lin Renzhao was different from all the superiors they had ever met, and he had always shared weal and woe with them. He usually ate, drank, and messed with them just like the soldiers. It was hard to find such a person in the army with a lantern.

They only heard that General Lin was originally a good general of Fujian, and he was well-known in the local area because of his fierceness.

Now, as a stayer in the southern capital, he is also a high-ranking and powerful person. Among them are the military exploits he made in Huainan more than ten years ago, and he is also supported by Chen Qiao, the privy minister in the court.

He looked at Nan'an and didn't return to his senses for a long time.

After a while, the commander under his command came to hand over, and their river cruise for today was over.

While handing over the badge, the commander talked about the situation on the river.

They patrolled the river near the Nandu (Nanchang). Lin Renzhao stayed behind as Nandu, and the defense of the nearby river was his responsibility. He was always meticulous and cautious.

They were all too contemptuous and careless. When the ruler of the north said that he would not go south, they naively believed it and bowed their knees to the north, not daring to resist.

The king repeatedly told him not to expand his army in the south, and not to get too close to the north and south banks of the river, so as not to attract Shi Congyun's dissatisfaction.

Lin Renzhao felt very useless, but he could only agree.

Because he remembered what Mr. Chen had told him, that Mr. Chen Qiao, the privy envoy, was the one who promoted him and also the one who treated him best.

He still remembered that when he was seeing him off to Nanchang, Mr. Chen sent him to the riverside, and said to him, "Renzhao is a general, and Qiao Juzhong is in charge of aircraft affairs. Although the country is small, it is not easy to map."

From then on, he regarded Chen Gong as a benefactor and confidant. He almost fell out with the ministers and the king of the court several times, because they were weak and afraid, and they dared not face up to the threat from the north. In the end, they were stopped by Chen Gong.

He still clearly remembers that years ago, he used the opportunity of entering the palace to meet the ruler of the country during the banquet, and advised him in the garden: "Huainan's soldiers are weak, and Qin has used troops year after year to pacify Xishu, Jing Hu, Lingnan, traveling thousands of miles, the soldiers are tired, this is an opportunity to take advantage of.

Your Majesty only needs to give tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the ministers, and the ministers will be able to capture Huainan.Your Majesty can declare to the outside world that your ministers rebelled. If your minister succeeds, Huainan will be owned by the state. If your minister is defeated, your majesty will destroy my whole family. "

At that time, the king was shocked: "You must not talk nonsense, it will affect the country."

After that, the king never saw him again, and told him not to leave Nandu without authorization...

Ugh......

Lin Renzhao sighed, only to realize that the commander who reported to him was also absent-minded, and wanted to leave after handing over casually.

He said angrily: "Stop, Jiang Fang is a major matter, life and death are the most important, the enemy in the north is watching, how can you be so silly! Give me a try again!"

The commander was taken aback and did not dare to refute. He immediately straightened up and seriously reported the situation of today's patrol.

After Lin Renzhao listened to it, he let him leave. The atmosphere on the boat was tense for a moment, and the soldiers beside him were so frightened that they even straightened up.

His clerk said with a smile: "General, they also made unintentional mistakes. In the past few years, the Qin army in the north has never made any moves. Conflict with the Qin army.

Along the river, our colleagues don't care that much. It's not... suitable for our soldiers to hold on. "The clerk considered the words, and finally highlighted the appropriate word.

Lin Renzhao glanced at him with a serious face: "They are them, we are us, what they do can't affect us.

They are all idiots who trust Qin Guo credulously. If you put a piece of fat next to your mouth, even a stupid dog will know how to bite it. They are so stupid that they think Shi Congyun can let it go! "

The clerk was taken aback, and said: "Stay behind, you can't say such a thing, if it is heard by outsiders, we will be in trouble."

Lin Renzhao was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

He is now stationed at the west gate of the country, along the river to the west, is Jingnan and Jiangling in the Qin Kingdom.

He had thought a long time ago that if the Qin State wanted to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, their main force would not be able to go directly across the river, because if the crossing failed and the main force would be blocked by the river, all previous efforts would probably be wasted, and it would be impossible to take a detour at that time. That's too late.

The safest way for the main force to march is to go to Yingzhou, go down to Xiangzhou, from Jingnan, Jiangling, and march along the Yangtze River from west to east to Jiangning Prefecture (Jinling), so that there are many places along the way that are convenient for crossing the river.

Based on this judgment, he appealed to the lord several times, hoping to strengthen the defense of Wuchang, and at the same time strengthen the strength of the Zhennan Army to the town of Fenghua Army.

The Zhennan Army is near Hongzhou (near Nanchang today), which seems to be an important hinterland, but in fact, if the Qin State really came to fight, it would not take a second look.

On the contrary, Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang City) and Hukou area in the north are the key. The Fenghua Army there should be strengthened. If the Nandu (Wuchang) Army here is broken through as the first line of defense, then Jiujiang and Hukou will become the second. line of defense.

It's a pity that all his shangshus were like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no response. Later, he received a secret letter from Chen Gong, saying that he should not be in the shangshu. The king is already tired of this and treats him badly.

Since then, he has stopped going to the military and can only continue to strengthen his Wuchang defense.

And Zhu Lingyun, the newly appointed military governor of Zhennan Army in the south, is said to be a general appointed by the lord of the country, but after meeting him, he felt that he was a coward and did not have a good relationship with him.

In other words, apart from Chen Gong and Xu Gong, no one has a good relationship with his colleagues and court officials.

Xu Gong (Xu Xuan) is a literati that he can respect. He is different from those weak bones in the court. Although they are all scholars, Xu Gong is extraordinarily strong, and he doesn't meet much, but he has a good image.

Regardless of the complaints of the soldiers, Lin Renzhao made a new plan in the afternoon and strengthened the deployment of the river defense near Wuchang, the southern capital. Although most of his colleagues along the river were lax and careless, he did not dare to relax for a moment.