Hejian Mansion, in the palace of the king of Changshan.
Seeing Li Qing walking in in a hurry, Li Ke said to Li Qing: "Sixth brother, let's go inside and talk." ” Like other palaces, the Changshan Mansion was also renovated from local mansions, and like Li Qing's Guangyang Palace, it has not yet been completely renovated; Under the leadership of Li Ke, Li Qing followed Li Ke to the secret envoy located in the study, and there were only the two brothers in this enclosed space.
"Fourth brother, the Liao people have found it."
Li Qing said to Li Ke: "They want to send troops from Cangzhou to the south to attack the Song Dynasty, as long as they are willing to lend them the road, they promise to give each of our brothers 100,000 taels of silver." ” "It's really a big deal, it seems that in order to attack the Song Dynasty this time, Yelu Hongji can make a bloody investment."
Lick said with a smile; "Sixth, when you go back, you can handle it according to your father's instructions."
"Fourth brother, that's it," Li Qing asked Li Ke.
"If it's not over here, what do you want to do?"
"The Liao-Song War is a great opportunity for our two brothers."
"How do you say this?"
"Fourth brother, you and I led our palace guards to pretend to be the Liao army, and took advantage of this opportunity to go to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to grab it, you went to the time when we were in Hengshan, how the Song army besieged us, and caused us to gnaw the bark on the mountain every day several times, so you don't want to retaliate; Besides, before we came out, my father said that the palace guards and the court don't have to pay for it all by themselves, or find a way to get some money by themselves, can we feed so many people?"
Li Ke seriously considered what Li Qing said and said: "The sixth is too risky, the guards of our two palaces alone add up to more than 2,000 people, so it is better to bring the fifth one in; This must be done in secret.
I can't let my father know, otherwise I will inevitably be beaten again. ” "Okay, then pull the fifth brother, you can rest assured that my father will not know, my thousand palace guards will follow the Liao army to the south, as for the fifth brother's guards let him pretend to be a bandit, we will go to Raoyang to meet the division, and then discuss the next move."
Li Qing said.
"Okay, that's it, I'll write to Lao Wu immediately, you go back immediately to inform the Liao, and we will also take this opportunity to see how the Liao army's combat strength is" Li Qing returned to Xijin Mansion under the protection of the guards that night, and conveyed the news to Yelu Renxian, who immediately reported the matter to Yelu Hongji, who immediately sent 100,000 taels of silver to Guangyang Palace, and the other 100,000 taels followed the Liao army south to Changshan Palace.
This time, the Liao army did not carry out a surprise attack on the Great Song Dynasty, but chose to declare war on the Great Song Dynasty openly, and also issued a proclamation to the world to discuss the Song Dynasty, which roughly means that the Great Song Dynasty treacherously did not abide by the covenant, and at the first time when the Liao State declared war on the Great Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo announced in Xingqing Mansion that the Great Xia Empire remained neutral in the Song-Liao War and would not participate in the war between the two, but the two countries must not damage any interests of the Great Xia Empire during the war, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration of war on the Great Xia Empire.
The Liao State had just declared war on the Great Song Dynasty, which caused a panic in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, it had just ceased war with the Great Xia Empire, and the main force of the Song army had been lost.
Bianliang Palace, Chongzheng Palace.
Song Shenzong sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face and asked the ministers standing below: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Liao State suddenly declared war on my Great Song Dynasty, how do you think my Great Song should deal with it?"
"Brother Huang, the declaration of war by the Liao State is actually taking advantage of the fire to rob, and the younger brother thinks that the Liao army must be dealt a painful blow, and it can also prove to the people of the world that my Great Song Dynasty has the ability to defend the dignity of the country."
Cao Wang Zhao said.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Cao is reasonable, and Weichen asks for orders to lead the troops to the battle."
The planter said that he asked for his life.
"It's easy to lead the troops to the battle, and now I still have an army in the Great Song Dynasty, isn't the only army that let you be captured by the Xia army when you conquered the summer?"
said Zhao Hao, the king of Chang; "Brother Huang, at this time, it should be important to recuperate, and now there is no border between the Great Song Dynasty and the two countries, and there is still a Great Xia Empire between us, can the Liao army get by, and the younger brother thinks that at this critical time, it is best to rest the matter and calm the people, and give the Liao State three walnuts and two dates to play the method."
"The minister reconsiders the words of King Chang" "Minister's Reconsideration" "All ministers are reconsidered" Most of the civil and military officials in the court agreed with King Chang's proposal, and the face of Song Shenzong Zhao Xuan was green, and Zhao Hao said that the Song army was wiped out in the summer, which was to slap Zhao Hao's face nakedly, and Zhao Hao's words The entire civil and military officials in the court agreed with it, that is to say, the entire Great Song Dynasty is basically King Chang's person, which makes Zhao Hao's majesty go where In fact, since returning to Bianjing, Zhao Hao has a feeling that he has been hollowed out, and Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, took advantage of the time when Zhao Hao was captured by Song Shenzong Zhao Hao, wantonly collected officials, and more importantly, bribed officers, under the operation of Zhao Hao, formed a huge bureaucratic group with interests as the link and Zhao Hao as the core in the Great Song Dynasty, which we can call the Changwang Group for the time being.
How big is the strength of King Chang From the court, the province, and all levels of Shinong industry and commerce have people of the Changwang lineage, especially those families in the Central Plains, a considerable part of them have been invested in the command of King Chang, these families are the ruling core of a dynasty, and even these people have been co-opted by King Chang, which is equivalent to saying that King Chang has the strength to compete with Zhao Ji, the emperor, and because of Zhao Ji's failure in the Xia campaign, his prestige has fallen to the lowest point, so he is still at a disadvantage in the confrontation with King Chang.
After the end of the court meeting, Song Shenzong Zhao Ji returned to the imperial study, and smashed the porcelain, vases and other things in the imperial study, and Zhao Ji scolded: "Shechen, the whole dynasty is full of Shechen." ” "Your Majesty, you drink a cup of ginseng tea to quench the fire."
Tong Guan came to Zhao Ji with a cup of ginseng tea and said.
Zhao Guan waved his hand to reach the ginseng tea to the ground, and punched and kicked Tong Guan, Tong Guan knelt on the ground and let Zhao Guan beat and scold, after Zhao Ji sat on the ground, Tong Guan swollen his face and said in a vague voice: "Your Majesty's anger has disappeared." ” Seeing Tong Guan being beaten by himself, Zhao Xuan said: "Reward you with one hundred taels of silver, go to the Tai Hospital to see some medicine, and you don't have to serve me before the injury is healed." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Tong Guan kowtowed and thanked him; "Slaves have a sentence that I don't know if to say it or not."
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Your Majesty, in fact, your exit is not very bad now, at least His Royal Highness King Cao, General Liu Changzuo, General Chongshi Dao, General Zhang Dunli and Li Xian still support Your Majesty, and His Royal Highness King Cao still has 20,000 Shenji Battalion cavalry and tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and Li Xian still has 10,000 iron cavalry in his hands."
"Yes, I still have a chance, Tong Guan immediately sent someone to find King Cao, Li Aiqing, Zhong Aiqing, Zhang Aiqing and Li Xian, I have important matters to discuss with them."
Zhao Ji got up from the ground and tidied up his clothes and said.
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