Fu Tang

Li Congjia really couldn't figure it out. He thought that Zhou Guo would merge into one, and there would definitely be people who would not be able to get along and leave. No matter how sick the brain is, it is impossible to drive away all these pillars, right?

Speaking of the state of Zhou, Wang Pu's face was a little sad: "I am ashamed to be with the country's thieves!"

Li Congjia was taken aback for a moment, country thief?It took a while to realize that it was probably the matter of surrendering to Khitan that hit these old gentlemen.

Li Congjia thought about it for a while, and these old gentlemen could really be regarded as honest gentlemen, very upright, and it is estimated that Bei Zhou's surrender also made these old gentlemen very angry.

He sighed and said, "It's really...unexpected."

Wang Pu also sighed, who said otherwise?

He turned his head to look at Li Congjia and asked, "Why didn't Your Highness take the throne?"

Yo, everyone's questions are getting sharper than one.

Li Congjia was very calm: "The Daming Palace hasn't been repaired yet."

Wang Pu took a deep breath: "Your Highness is plotting something big."

Li Congjia said with a smile: "One must have some feelings, otherwise I will stay in the Western Regions and never come back."

feelings?Wang Pu was a little surprised. He really hadn't heard of this word very much. At this time, he couldn't help asking: "Sentiment? What is Your Highness's sentiment?"

Li Congjia replied seriously: "The world is settled, the universe is clarified."

Strictly speaking, this answer is very written and official. If it was Shi Xueting, they would definitely listen to it casually, but this kind of answer can best speak to the hearts of honest gentlemen. They think so and do so.

Sure enough, after Wang Pu heard this, his brows and eyes softened a lot: "So, the old minister is relieved."

Li Congjia smiled and said, "Let's encourage you together."

Wang Pu laughed three times and patted his buttocks before going to work. Li Congjia watched his back for a long time, until Shi Xueting came over and waved his hand in front of him, then he came back to his senses.

"Still watching?"

As soon as Li Congjia looked up, he saw Shi Xueting looking at him expressionlessly, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, my national teacher, what kind of jealousy are you eating?"

Shi Xueting raised his chin slightly: "What nonsense are you talking about?" He would never admit that he was really uncomfortable. Although Wang Pu is indeed not young, he is now at the most attractive age for a man , looks good, has life experience, and the whole person has settled down. When Wang Pu entered the palace, those little maids glanced at him and knew how attractive this person was.

Li Congjia hugged his waist and said, "It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, I'm just very emotional, how did Zhou Guo play such a good card and play like this?"

Shi Xueting pinched his chin and said vaguely while kissing him: "Mr. Guo Lai is right."

Li Congjia said, "Well, I'm not Changjun either!"

Shi Xueting said helplessly: "Can you concentrate? The Changjun is just a proxy. Zhou Guo's random thinking is simply because there is no strong monarch. The other subjects are all based on their own interests. No matter how powerful the Zhou Kingdom is, it will only be torn apart. As a result, if I am not mistaken, the combination of the two into one is probably also because the Northern Zhou and Southern Zhou courts found that their control over the region has declined.”

Li Congjia looked at Shi Xueting and felt that if this was the case, the merger should not be done, but to get rid of those internal people who did not obey the command first, and then talk about other things.

The results proved that Shi Xueting was still very accurate. Two days later, it was said that when Li Jixun led troops out to quell the chaos, he went to Chishui to launch a mutiny. The generals put yellow robes on Li Jixun and supported him as emperor. Then he led his troops back to Kaifeng, and the guards of the capital directly opened the city gate to greet him, threatening the little emperor Chai Xijin to abdicate to the virtuous.

When Fan Zhi and the others heard the news, they almost fainted from anger, and Wang Pu said several times: "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!"

Shi Xueting glanced at Li Congjia, which probably means that what I said is right?

Li Congjia... Li Congjia is thinking, this scene seems familiar, isn't this the Chen Qiao mutiny?

It's just that the protagonist has changed, the location has changed, and the whole incident is still the same!

It seems that there would be "Li Kuangyin" without Zhao Kuangyin. Li Congjia glanced at Zhao Kuangyin with complicated eyes, and Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled. Could it be that Li Congjia thought he would do the same?

Impossible, Li Jixun was able to succeed because the military power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was in his hands, and if he wins over all his subordinates, it would be extremely easy to launch a coup d'etat, but in the Tang Dynasty, the military power was all in the hands of Li Congjia!

What's more, Li Congjia also made some science popularization. When he was not fighting, he taught soldiers some knowledge, and a lot of knowledge was brainwashed to make soldiers serve the emperor, telling them that the supreme commander of the army was the emperor. In this case, It is not difficult for the leading general to win over the soldiers and make them loyal to him, but it is basically impossible for these people to follow him to rebel.

Li Congjia didn't know what Zhao Kuangyin was thinking. He just thought very simple. If it wasn't for his unexpected appearance, Zhao Kuangyin would have become the emperor of Zhou at this moment, oh no, he had already created the Song Dynasty.

But it doesn't make any sense to think about it now. Li Congjia put this idea aside and asked: "Since Li Jixun succeeded in rebelling, then the Southern Zhou and Northern Zhou... I'm afraid it will not be easy to merge into one."

Zhou Zong hesitated: "Not necessarily. Now that Li Jixun is in power, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty are not the same as before. Maybe it will promote the pace of merger."

Li Congjia sneered: "Li Jixun? Don't look at Li Jixun's current glory. It is not easy for him to secure this position, and he has made a bad start. Seeing this situation, what if those powerful towns in the Southern Zhou Dynasty stand on their own in the Northern Zhou Dynasty? ?”

Wang Pu said with a livid face: "What Your Highness said is very true, the emperor Li Jixun is not stable."

Zhou Zong didn't understand at first, but soon he also wanted to understand, indeed, Li Jixun can't sit firmly, because he can rebel, and others can also rebel, what?Is there an emperor Zen seat?Then let Li Jixun sit in meditation again.

After all, Li Jixun's "Chenqiao Mutiny" at this time was not as good as Zhao Kuangyin's time at the time. When Zhao Kuangyin raised his troops in history, Chai Rong had just passed away, and Zhou's army was still fighting, and the political situation was not that complicated.

Now after experiencing the split between the Northern and Southern Zhou, both sides are young masters, the masters are less suspicious of the country, and many people are grabbing territory for their own benefits. The huge country is like a mess. They can survive for so many years. One is that the Khitan did not send troops before, and the second The second is that before Li Congjia returned to the Central Plains, there was really no one in the Central Plains who could fight.

Are you talking about Meng Chang, or Gao Jichong?Or are you counting on Liu Yan?

Not to mention Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty, even the Khitan people have taken refuge in him, so you still count on him?

So before the Southern and Northern Zhou dynasties could pass, but now that Li Congjia had returned and the Khitans were eyeing the Central Plains, they couldn't hold it any longer.

Li Congjia was originally worried that after Li Jixun ascended the throne, Northern Zhou could be regarded as having a serious monarch, which was different from the previous multi-headed politics, and those who came here might have the intention of going back.

However, what he didn't expect was that these people often scolded Li Jixun when they got together. Li Congjia thought it was the same thing. The most important thing for an honest gentleman is to offend the superior. I didn't see that Zhao Kuangyin is now in the Tang Dynasty. They are not good after they come here Do you want to talk to Zhao Kuangyin?

In the past, Li Congjia always thought that the word gentleman was not a good word. To say that a person is a gentleman is likely to be very pedantic and rigid. Now Wang Pu and others have refreshed his understanding of the gentleman. Among them, it may be good to have political literacy, but no one can be called a gentleman. After these people came, Li Congjia immediately compared the differences.

To put it simply, it is also a political struggle. Others may use whatever means they can, but these people will not. They will have some principles, and they will be able to suppress party disputes to a certain extent. Li Congjia became more and more comfortable as the number of visits became less and less, and he wished to thank those in the Northern Zhou Dynasty who drove Wang Pu and others out.

But even so, Li Congjia did not intend to stop plotting against Bei Zhou.

As he had guessed before, after Li Jixun abolished the little emperor and became self-reliant, perhaps he was worried about something, and soon the abolished emperor fell to the altar and died because of a slip while offering sacrifices to heaven.

When Li Congjia found out, he was shocked. He looked at Shi Xueting and said, "Li Jixun is so unscrupulous. He actually did it at the time of offering sacrifices to the heavens. Shouldn't there be problems in such an occasion? Won't you stop him?"

Shi Xueting was also very surprised: "Shouldn't Li Jixun be so brainless?"

In fact, Li Jixun is really not out of his mind. After further news came, both of them were speechless: Emperor Fei really fell down the steps accidentally and broke his neck. Li Jixun made a move, but Li Jixun was already prepared, it's just that God cheated him.

Yes, the previous emperor died during the sacrifice to heaven, and Li Jixun must have taken the blame for it. It is estimated that everyone will suspect that he did it, and his explanation is useless.

The death of Emperor Fei also caused more people who had been watching to pack up their things and leave Northern Zhou with their families.

As a result, more and more people came to Datang. There was no way. It was not easy to find a stable place to live these days. The Northern Han Dynasty was being beaten, the Southern Han Dynasty had already surrendered, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty... Ever since Li Jixun rebelled, it seemed that It opened the door to a new world for the separatist regimes of the feudal towns in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Everyone stood up and made decisions one after another, and they all went to the capital to let the little emperor take the throne.

The little emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, whose elder brother had been killed, was living in fear, fearing that one day some troops would attack the capital, order him to issue a Zen edict, and then kill him.

As a result, he was worried and worried, and he became sick with worry, and it seemed that he would not live long.

In this case, these people have no other choice but to come to Datang, but when they come again, they will not have the treatment that Fan Zhi and the others received.

After all, this group of people are all people with mediocre abilities. They are not that outstanding, but they are not that bad. However, Datang also caught a lot of people like this, and they have already filled the positions. They want to replace them. Just take your time.

But what surprised Li Congjia the most was that there were still military generals who were willing to join him. You must know that in the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Southern Zhou Dynasty, military generals with a little bit of military power are now living well. Dare to provoke, how could these people defect to Datang?

Li Congjia later learned that some people are born to be courtiers, and it is really uncomfortable for them to be emperors and kings. Generals who have always been decisive in killing and attacking will also hesitate. Seeing that the world is getting more and more chaotic, they brought people here to beg .

Among them is one person Li Congjia is very familiar with - Han Lingkun.

Han Lingkun is also a capable person. He is one of the few generals under Zhao Kuangyin in history who led the army to fight. The arrival of this person can be said to be even more powerful. Li Congjia was very happy to let him enter the Privy Council.

To be honest, Li Congjia has been worrying recently. Datang actually has no shortage of civil servants, but there is a severe shortage of generals, or there is a shortage of generals who can be coaches.

The arrival of Han Lingkun somewhat made up for this shortcoming, and Li Congjia said with some regret: "It would be great if Shi Shouxin and the others could also come over."

Shi Xueting was a little surprised: "There are so many generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, why do you only stare at these few?"

Li Congjiaxin said: You don't know, these people have been verified by Song Taizu to be useful, and others can't say it well.

And even though "Song Taizu" has been taken under his command, if he can also take over his generals, what a vanity-satisfying thing, even Li Congjia can't avoid it. I hope this wish can be fulfilled. After all, these people are very useful. .

After Han Lingkun came here, he was very uncomfortable with the current political structure of Datang. He had never encountered such a weird official system. They only had the opportunity to lead troops during wartime. Usually, the soldiers were trained by middle and low-level military attaches, and these military attaches were also very mobile. Even if they made friends with him today, he might be transferred to another place the day after tomorrow.

This made Han Lingkun, who is used to being in charge of soldiers, very depressed. He didn't know many people after he came here. He got acquainted with Zhao Kuangyin once and for all, and Zhao Kuangyin was also happy to communicate with him. It's not the eyes, which made him very embarrassed. Now that he has Han Lingkun, he can at least tell the courtiers that when he was in Zhou State, his popularity was good.

Han Lingkun took this opportunity to find Zhao Kuangyin and asked, "Your Highness, isn't this messing around? If things go on like this, soldiers don't know generals, generals don't know soldiers, how can we fight?"

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Can't you see that? Look at Li Jixun next door. Your Highness is here to prevent military generals from getting too big. Besides, His Highness knows the essence of war very well. It is more important to be a commander-in-chief." It is to formulate strategies, and those who lead the soldiers to charge are the grassroots officers, so the soldiers are trained by these people, and the training methods are uniform, almost obliterating all personal characteristics. Wherever you go, you can get started quickly, the king of Tang Dynasty, you should not be underestimated, you will know later."

Han Lingkun said depressedly: "Hey, that's not what my brother meant. I just feel a little awkward because I feel that my job has been lost."

"Listen to me, what you eat is your ability to fight. As long as this is still there, His Highness will not embarrass you, and it is also good to do so now, at least we don't have to worry about the day when all the birds will be hidden. At least the cunning rabbit will have a good death, His Highness... probably thinks so too."

Han Lingkun still couldn't turn this corner, but seeing Zhao Kuangyin's highly respected attitude towards Li Congjia, he knew that it was useless to say anything, so he changed the subject and asked, "Speaking of which, why is Your Highness still a king? This...even Li Jixun can't help it." Proclaimed emperor."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "What's the hurry? The Daming Palace is being rebuilt recently, and it's time when the Daming Palace is completed."

After hearing this, Han Lingkun was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but be speechless: "Daming Palace, Li Jixun can't compare to His Highness just because of this."

Zhao Kuangyin patted him on the shoulder and said, "So you won't regret your current choice in the future. Your Highness has great ambitions."

Han Lingkun smiled slightly: "I also know this. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have come here, and I would have established myself as a king long ago."

Zhao Kuangyin picked up the wine glass and said, "Hey, I didn't expect that after going around for so many years, we will have a day to fight side by side. Come, drink!"

Han Lingkun raised his wine glass, and his eyes began to wander. After this meal of wine, the Han family and the Zhao family became in-laws.

Han Lingkun's daughter married Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangmei.

Speaking of which, Han Lingkun is only four years older than Zhao Kuangyin, and the two of them should be regarded as the same generation. However, Zhao Kuangyin has no son of the right age, so he can only let his younger brother take the lead.

After Li Congjia found out, he gave a congratulatory gift to the new couple. After all, marriage is also a means for Han Lingkun to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, and if he hadn't known Zhao Kuangyin well back then, it would have been impossible for him to marry Zhao Kuangyin.

Just after Zhao Kuangmei got married, in order to save his reputation, Li Jixun finally negotiated a posthumous title for Chai Xijin, Emperor Gong. This posthumous title should have belonged to his brother, but it turned out to be his by mistake It's embarrassing.

After Chai Xijin's posthumous title came out, Chai Xirang, as his younger brother, was eventually taken over the capital. Shi Shouxin originally wanted to kill Chai Xirang directly, but was dissuaded by others, and he seemed to set up a Zen position. After finishing the position, he secretly killed Chai Xirang, and said that Chai Xirang was already terminally ill, and it was reasonable that he couldn't hold on at this time, and then gave him the posthumous title of Emperor Ai.

The two little emperors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Zhou Dynasty, one Emperor Gong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Ai of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, sound very ironic.

After Wang Pu and others found out, they mourned unceasingly, and they took several days off to worship at home.

Li Congjia simply gave these people a lie and said: "What's wrong with caring about the old master? This shows that you love ministers are upright gentlemen, otherwise they don't have to be like this at all. Not only them, but I also pity those people." The two emperors, their age is not much different from Dalang's."

Li Congjia's play was extremely beautiful, magnanimous and full of affection. Wang Pu and others followed suit. They asked for a few days off, and after a few days of sadness, they returned to work honestly.

Of course, Li Congjia didn't do it entirely for fame and reputation. It's a pity for him. Although he has a different stand, he and Guo Rong really don't have much conflict. I can regret that I don't have that kind of strength.

But no matter how talented Guo Rong was, he couldn't fight his fate. His older sons either died young or were killed by Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty. These young sons had no support at all, Chai Zongxun was assassinated to death, Chai Xijin and Chai Xirang were both killed, so Guo Rong was directly extinct!

How could it not be embarrassing?

But after sighing, Li Congjia had to admit that it was a good time for him to start with the smog caused by the Northern Zhou and Southern Zhou. Although the Northern Han had Khitan's help, after all, it was to lure wolves into the house, and they did not dare to let the Khitans mass Entering the Northern Han Dynasty, and even the Khitan people were completely unable to deal with the weapons of the Tang Dynasty.

The only thing Li Congjia needs to worry about now is whether to play the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Southern Zhou Dynasty?The two sides were weakened to the same extent, but in terms of geography, Northern Zhou was easier to fight because Li Congjia didn't have a navy!

After making a decision, Li Congjia asked the Privy Council to make preparations, and it happened to coincide with Han Lingkun's mother's [-]th birthday. Han Lingkun specially came over to invite Li Congjia to participate in the birthday banquet. Li Congjia thought that the banquet at Han Lingkun's family would definitely have those who came from Beizhou. People who haven't been reused, usually he can't meet these people specially, but this time he happened to go to caress them a little, otherwise these people would be annoying if they made a fuss, so he readily agreed.

Not only did he go by himself, but even Empress Dowager Zhong and Zhou Ehuang had their birthday banquets. Those who saw Han Lingkun said that Li Congjia valued Han Lingkun, and his prosperity is not far away. Maybe he will be entrusted with important tasks in the next expedition.

Of course, some people think that this is because Han Lingkun has a close relationship. With Zhao Kuangyin helping him to talk about the matter, it is difficult to think that he will not develop.

As a result, no one expected that after the Queen Mother Zhong left, she never came back. Not only her, but even Li Congjia almost fell into the Han family.

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: It would be great if there was a navy.

Shi Xueting: It is too late to set up now.

Li Congjia: It's too late, it's too late, it's not easy to get the headlines as soon as possible.

Shi Xueting:? ? ? ? ? ?