Fu Tang

Li Congjia's eyes widened, feeling that the amount of information today was too much for him to digest, isn't it the real Meng Chang?Didn't you just cut your throat in public?How could it not be the real Meng Chang?

Seeing Li Congjia's bewildered face, Shi Xueting couldn't help but kissed him and said, "Meng Chang likes to play ball and ride horses, and also likes to visit and travel, but he is not easy to go out as an emperor. Zhang Taihua found it for him after he returned to the palace. There was a stand-in who was eighty percent similar in appearance. On the day of Zhengdan, Meng Chang suddenly wanted to go to the people to see whether the people were rich, but Zhang Taihua did not dissuade him, but expressed his willingness to cooperate with the stand-in.

Li Congjia suddenly realized: "That is to say, what Empress Zhang killed that day was Meng Chang's substitute?"

Shi Xueting nodded, and Li Congjia asked again: "I'm afraid this stand-in has done several times to stand up for him, right?"

Shi Xueting said with a smile: "If it weren't for that, how could he have agreed to let the double travel with the queen so easily?"

Li Congjia... Li Congjia's admiration is also a palace fight. When many people regard the concubines who are also women as enemies, Zhang Taihua has already begun to think about how to solve the source of all this.

He could imagine that when Zhang Taihua found this substitute, he had already murdered Meng Chang. Maybe Zhang Taihua wanted to use the substitute to replace Meng Chang at first, but it was obviously not easy to do. Meng Chang was always accompanied by someone. , Zhang Taihua can't do it easily.

So Zhang Taihua chose another way to let Meng Chang be "dead".

Some people might think that since the double was killed, wouldn't it be enough to find the real Meng Chang?

However, since Zhang Taihua made a move, it is impossible to give Meng Chang a chance to come back.

Li Congjia asked: "The real Meng Chang is dead?"

Shi Xueting said: "Missing, whereabouts are unknown, but Meng Chang had only four bodyguards with him at the time, and now the bodies of three bodyguards have been found, and only one remains. Meng Chang may not be able to come back alive."

Li Congjia said with a smile: "Even if he can come back alive, it's useless. When he comes back, his death has become an established fact. Zhang Taihua can absolutely insist that he is the substitute! It's just that Zhang Taihua killed Meng Chang...... Convicted, right?"

Shi Xueting said: "There is a reason. Although everyone knows that Zhang Taihua didn't die at all, but hid in Tibet for 15 years, most people believe that she came back from the dead. Zhang Taihua's reason is that she came back from the dead. The purpose is to kill the unjust king Meng Chang."

Li Congjia was speechless, and Zhang Taihua had used all his trump cards to the fullest, so even if the ministers didn't believe it, they wouldn't embarrass her too much. Of course, there would be royalists who wanted to embarrass her, but Zhang Taihua was able to make it so Without the support of the Zhang family and other families behind this matter, Li Congjia would not believe that she could handle it alone, so whether Meng Chang can come back depends on whether the royalist party can beat these bundled interest groups.

Li Congjia asked again: "Since you're back, does that mean the place has stabilized?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "No, it's just that it's useless for me to stay there for the next thing. I should go to Daying, but since Zi Tinghou has recovered, I wrote a letter to let them continue to follow the instructions. Don't worry about me if you plan to do things, I will come back first."

Li Congjia pinched his chin and said, "You, I didn't dare to let you go before, because I was afraid that Zhao Kuangyin and the others would think that you would lose the credit. You finally gave up such an opportunity."

Shi Xueting took his hand and kissed him and said: "It's enough if the credit is enough. I am now a national teacher, and my status goes with the prosperity and decline of the country. If my credit is great, you have to worry about how to reward me." It's better not to go."

Li Congjia laughed and said, "What's wrong with conferring rewards? How about I help you preach for you for your merits?"

Unexpectedly, Shi Xueting immediately shook his head: "No, I don't want to be here in the first place, what's more, if you preach for me, maybe after thousands of years, someone will follow Guo Rong's old path and destroy Buddha."

Li Congjia thought so too, but he said: "Actually, no religion is static, and it will always change with the local conditions. The Buddhism in the Central Plains came from the west, and now it has many differences from the local Buddhism in India. You can definitely spread your thoughts.”

Li Congjia originally said it casually, but Shi Xueting said after serious consideration: "That's fine, well, it's not easy to tamper with Buddhist teachings, it's better to create your own religion and guide the people."

Li Congjia was shocked: "What are you going to do?"

Shi Xueting said: "The common people are ignorant but stubborn, especially some scholars. They don't believe what the court says. In comparison, they seem to believe more in the words of the aristocratic family. Now that the Tang Dynasty has been destroyed and then established, it can also restrain the aristocratic family. However, I am afraid that after decades of recuperation, the aristocratic family will soon recover its vitality, and it will still not be easy to lead them by then, so it is better to establish a state religion while the aristocratic family's vitality has not yet recovered."

Li Congjia said seriously: "It's not that you haven't read history books. It's not a good thing that religion and the court are tied together. One side always wants to suppress the other. Why do you want to destroy Buddhism? Why do you want to suppress Taoism? It's not that the behavior of these religions has damaged The interests of the country? You don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you in the future."

Seeing that Li Congjia was in a hurry, Shi Xueting patted him on the back involuntarily and said, "Don't panic, I haven't finished yet. Whether it's Buddhism or Taoism, the root cause of being targeted is that they are detached from the political system." , What if the state religion was subordinate to the imperial leadership from the very beginning?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "Buddhism and Taoism are also under the leadership of the imperial court, but with the increase in the number of believers and the number of people, religions can compete with the government."

Shi Xueting shook his head: "That's because the constraints are not enough. If it is formulated from the beginning and followed the law, there is nothing wrong with it."

After hearing this, Li Congjia's heart was moved. It seems that the state religion is more like a department under the state organization, but he still hesitated: "It is impossible for anyone to come up with a perfect system. It always takes time to develop." What if the heir to the state religion is no longer satisfied with just being a mouthpiece?"

Shi Xueting laughed: "That's something in the future. After thousands of years, you and I will both be yellow-headed. What are you doing worrying about such a long-term thing now? What's more, is it useful for you to worry? How do you know that there is no state religion? What kind of church will not come out? How do you know that the rules you set will not be changed by future generations? It is a good thing to have a long-term vision, but there is no need to worry about gains and losses.”

Li Congjia's brows stretched: "It's me, but this matter is not easy to do. Once you become big, and the aristocratic family finds out that you threaten them, I'm afraid they will fight back very hard."

Shi Xueting asked: "If you do the math with your heart or not, can it be that I can't resist them?"

Li Congjia shrank into his arms and said, "I'm just worried that I won't be able to protect you in the future."

Shi Xueting kissed his forehead and said: "Don't worry, I will protect you and your country."

Li Congjia was dazed for a while before he said: "In this case, let's start to do it, but... are you going to return to vulgarity?"

Shi Xueting laughed and said, "What's the difference between my return to vulgarity and my non-returning vulgarity now? Who really regards me as a monk?"

Li Congjia touched his bald head and said, "I'm just worried that after you make achievements, Buddhist disciples will want to pick peaches."

Shi Xueting said indifferently: "Then return to vulgarity."

Li Congjia looked up at him and smiled, "Then you can grow your hair first."

Shi Xueting said: "Feel free, anyway, no one stipulates that anyone with a bald head is a Buddhist disciple."

Li Congjia also let him go, anyway, Shi Xueting looks good anyway.

After the two got bored for a while, they finally had a conscience and felt that they could not continue wasting their time. After washing up, Li Congjia suddenly asked: "No, why did you change the subject just now? I haven't asked yet. When you came back, Zhang Taihua didn't even ask." Can I give you a letter of approval? What is the constitution of the Kingdom of Shu? Surrender or not? Zhao Kuangyin is sharpening his sword, and if they don't express their opinion, Zhao Kuangyin will not accept the fate of a foreign king, and I can't stop him. "

While helping him wipe his face, Shi Xueting said, "Zhang Taihua is naturally willing, and she said that as long as they give their mother and son a place to live, it's just that the ministers of the Shu Kingdom don't agree."

"Disagree?" Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Okay, want to fight? You have a lot of backbone."

How did such a backbone subject of the Shu Kingdom disappoint Madam Huarui to the point of chanting the poem "All 14 people were disarmed, and none of them was a man"?

Shi Xueting shook his head and said, "They are planning to submit to Bei Zhou."

So you were thinking about who to surrender to?Really look up to them!

Li Congjia was not convinced: "How can we not be as good as Bei Zhou? Bei Zhou is still begging for our weapons!"

Shi Xueting was silent for a long time without speaking. He really... didn't know what to say, because no matter where he looked at it, he couldn't just say that the current Tang Dynasty was richer than the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Among other things, the Northern Zhou Dynasty occupied the most vast and fertile plain in the northern part of the Central Plains, which is not comparable to the so-called Western Regions Jiangnan around Zendan. In addition, although the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Zhou Dynasty split, the Northern Zhou Dynasty inherited the Zhou Kingdom. Originally, most of the national treasury, whether it was money or food, was quite sufficient after several years of recuperation.

And Datang... Before the Tang Dynasty, you were still worrying about the grain and grass for this expedition to Shu, okay?

Seeing that Shi Xueting was silent, Li Congjia thought for a while and felt that even with tinted glasses, he couldn't insist that Datang was stronger than Bei Zhou, so he had to live alone.

He has been paying attention to the Shu Kingdom for a long time, but Bei Zhou came to pick peaches now?Even if it was unintentional, then how shameless is he?

Li Congjia jumped up and said, "No, I want to give an order to Fourth Uncle and Zhao Kuangyin to get them to Jiangling as soon as possible. I don't believe that soldiers are coming to the city. Those ministers of the Kingdom of Shu can hesitate who to surrender to!"

Of course, the most important thing is that if you don’t surrender right now, when Northern Zhou receives the request for attachment from the Kingdom of Shu and agrees to it, then Datang’s further fight will be equivalent to fighting Northern Zhou, even if Li Congjia is secretly fighting against Northern Zhou It doesn't mean that he wants to start a conflict with Bei Zhou now.

Shi Xueting followed Li Congjia slowly to the study room. When he got there, he rubbed his ink and said, "Northern Zhou probably wouldn't just sit back and watch Shu bow down to Northern Zhou."

After Li Congjia thought about it carefully with a brush, he had to admit that Shi Xueting was right. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, when Shu surrendered to the Northern Zhou, the Southern Zhou's reaction would be stronger. After all, in that case, the Southern Zhou would be surrounded by the Northern Zhou. When you get up, no matter how you look at it, you will become very passive.

Don't talk about the Yangtze River, the Northern Zhou Dynasty is not easy to attack, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is an example. If it is really difficult to attack, the current Southern Tang Dynasty should still be there.

Of course, if the original historical trajectory is followed, Nantang should still be lingering now, but Li Congjia doesn't know which butterfly's wings were wrong, so he just slapped Nantang away.

Li Congjia sent a letter to Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin. In the letter, he specifically emphasized that Meng Xuanzhe's life must be spared. He did not mention Zhang Taihua. Although Zhang Taihua was many years older than him, he could be his mother. Empress, it's easy to be misunderstood. Didn't you see that Emperor Xiao of Sui Yang was older than Li Shimin, but he couldn't stop the descendants from YYing her and Li Erfeng.

Of course, this is also related to Li Erfeng's attribute of being a beautiful woman. The composition of his harem is too complicated. A person who even wants to accept the daughter of an enemy who digs his own ancestral grave must have lost his integrity.

However, Li Congjia felt that since he spared Meng Xuanzhe's life, as long as Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin didn't have convulsions, they should not have killed Zhang Taihua, otherwise it would be the rhythm of forming a death feud with Meng Xuanzhe.

After sending out the decree, Li Congjia thought about it and let Taofu call the ministers to the Xuanzheng Hall. Shu didn't intend to surrender, or he didn't intend to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He still needed to listen to the judgment of the veterans .

It has to be said that veteran ministers who have experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom are indeed more calm than Li Congjia. Li Congjia would still be angry after hearing the intentions of the ministers of the Shu Kingdom, but they just blinked and accepted the fact calmly .

Song Qiqiu said: "Since this is the case, it is time for Duke Bai and Zi Tinghou to send troops."

Li Congjia touched his nose and said, "I have already written all the decrees."

Yes, the reason why he called the veterans over was that he needed to reach a consensus with these people so that they could stamp his imperial decree!

Even Li Congjia, if the written will has not been stamped by the cabinet, even if it can go out, it will not take effect. Thinking about it, it is quite miserable.

Li Congjia knew very well that the emperor would definitely not like such a constraint, after all even he now finds it a little inconvenient, but such a constraint is very necessary, because it can largely prevent the brains of those sitting on the throne from being overwhelmed He immediately issued an inexplicable order to find something for everyone to do when they have nothing to do.

If it’s simple to find trouble for nothing, what I’m most afraid of is making a wrong decision at an important time.

Zhou Zong and others didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Congjia's good writing of the imperial decree. Since the Kingdom of Shu didn't know people, they naturally wanted to fight.

As a result, within two days after the edict was issued, Lubu arrived in Beijing with a great victory.

After Li Congjia received the news, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Yo ho, these two people have also learned to work together, beheading first and then playing."

Isn't that right, as soon as his decree arrived, the good news from these people came back. The time difference between them was three to five days, three to five days... to lay down six cities?Is this efficiency too high?What about fooling around?

However, Li Congjia knew that this was Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin’s confession to him in disguise. After Lubu arrived in Beijing, Li Congjia held back the commendation he gave them and did not send them out. The rare cabinet did not persuade Li Congjia.

Since these two people are doing something about "willing to accept the fate of the emperor outside", then they have to beat and beat. Li Congjia just held down their last time, and it's not bad if he didn't convict or write a letter to scold them.

Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin were also guilty and dared not say anything at all. They were planning to pay out of their own pockets to celebrate the achievements of the soldiers, but unexpectedly, Li Congjia sent drinks and food in a blink of an eye, and asked Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin to seriously calculate the military exploits. Only those who are rewarded will be rewarded.

In other words, Li Congjia didn't take his anger out on those soldiers, but was just dissatisfied with Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin and their subordinates.

Fortunately, Li Congjia didn't really refuse to give them rewards. After Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin made another victory, he gave them all the previous rewards.

Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Li Congjia didn't take their black account seriously.

Li Jingda was especially happy, and directly invited Zhao Kuangyin to have a drink. During the banquet, he got drunk and said: "I didn't say that, today is much better than the previous emperor."

Zhao Kuangyin was also a little drunk at first, so he couldn't help asking: "The first emperor? I know the first emperor. In terms of talent, he is a little worse than today, but it is more of a lack of luck."

Li Jingda waved his hand and said: "This person's luck has something to do with his vision and temper. To be honest with you, brother, if the things we are doing this time were put in the time of the first emperor, I would not dare to do it if I was killed. It’s just that I’m in the atmosphere today, and I won’t care about these small things, otherwise... hey..."

Zhao Kuangyin also drank a little too much, nodded after listening and said: "I am indeed broad-minded, but there is something wrong." He leaned into Li Jingda's ear and said, "It's too close to the national teacher. "

After Li Jingda heard this, he suddenly woke up halfway from the wine, quickly covered Zhao Kuangyin's mouth, looked around, and found that other soldiers were looking for someone to drink and talk to each other, and didn't pay attention to the two of them, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You Remember in the future, some things can be said and some things can't be said, and today he has a good temper, but he is not a good person, don't you think about it, people who have offended the national teacher... Will there be a good end?"

Zhao Kuangyin slandered in his heart: Of course he is not a good person. If Li Congjia is a good person, does he need to turn against Zhou?

But after hearing the last sentence, Zhao Kuangyin thought about it for a while, and immediately woke up, Nima is really true, as far as Zhao Kuangyin knows, it is nothing to offend Li Congjia, and it is not easy to offend Shi Xueting, the worst Probably Jing Qiong was the one who lost her life!

Zhao Kuangyin silently picked up a piece of cucumber to suppress his shock, and decided that he would not say anything more about this matter. Li Jingda seemed afraid that he would say something more, so he said: "It's fine now, although only the prince is desolate today." , but it’s better than the battle for the heir apparent in the future.”

Zhao Kuangyin thought so too, there is only one prince, and everyone doesn't have to think about standing in line. From this point of view, even if there are other princes, it is better to wait for the prince to be older.

On the second day after Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin finished drinking, neither of them had said anything the previous day, and they began to discuss how to fight next.

Li Jingda said: "The National Teacher seems to have reached an agreement with Meng Xuanzhe. It's just that Meng Xuanzhe is too young to control the court. I'm afraid it will take a while."

Zhao Kuangyin taunted: "Meng Xuanzhe is still young? Bigger than His Highness!"

Li Jingda was startled, and counted with his fingers, it was true, Li Congjia and Meng Xuanzhe were born in the same year, and Meng Xuanzhe was older than Li Congjia by a few months.

Comparing the two, their backgrounds are similar, and if they are parents...it's not that Li Jingda looks down on his elder brother, but that Li Jing is really not as good as Meng Chang, who is a mother...these two ladies are similar, but it's a pity that the sons they give birth to are very different.

Li Jingda said with emotion: "Fortunately, Your Highness was born in Tang Dynasty."

If there is such a prince in Shu, Datang... oh, there is nothing wrong with Datang.

After sighing, what should the two of them do? At this time, there was news from the Shu Kingdom that Meng Xuanzhe had not defeated the courtiers. Zhang Taihua was able to kill Meng Chang, but he could not control the courtiers. In the end, the Shu Kingdom still chose to surrender to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. .

After Li Jingda and Zhao Kuangyin heard the news, they were almost overwhelmed with anger.

Zhao Kuangyin slammed his fist on the table and said bitterly: "The Kingdom of Shu is simply deceiving people too much!"

Li Jingda said coldly: "Since they want to die, let them be fulfilled."

Zhao Kuangyin quickly calmed down and said, "There's no need to kill them all. Keep Meng Xuanzhe's mother and son. If Meng Xuanzhe is acquainted, he can also benefit him a bit. The officials he wants to save can stay. Those who advocate surrender to the Northern Zhou Dynasty... Huh. "

Li Jingda looked at the picture of the soldiers and said, "It's time to do something. Your Highness urged us to do it before, presumably because he didn't want to start a conflict with Bei Zhou now."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and the two quickly dispatched troops, intending to start a rapid march according to the previously set marching route.

However, no one expected that Northern Zhou would reject Shu's surrender!

Li Congjia asked in surprise when he heard the news: "What happened to Bei Zhou?"

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: Tomorrow is Christmas!Let's go to the festival!

Shi Xueting was thoughtful: Egg Festival?do you enjoy playing thisI'm going to find someone to make some jade eggs.

Li Congjia: ...