After the envoy from Linzhou thanked Zhao Heng, he bowed and said: "The envoy from the next country has a letter of credence for you." The envoy from Linzhou took out a letter of credence from his sleeve and raised his hands above his head. There was a small yellow door.
He took the letter of credence and handed it to Wang Jien. After Wang Jien carefully explored it, he handed it to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng opened the letter of credence from the envoy of Linzhou Kingdom with great interest.
After looking at it at a glance, his face became very strange. "You... want me to admit that Fengzhou and Shengzhou belong to Linzhou..." Zhao Heng couldn't help but look strange. He thought back then, when he went to the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom,
They didn't dare to start a war with Liao Kingdom and Dang Xiang at the same time. In order to successfully launch the Northern Expedition to Liao Kingdom, he promised Dang Xiang a lot of good things, just to prevent Dang Xiang from taking advantage of the situation and delaying him. Now someone is bold enough to provoke Dang Xiang.
The war with Dangxiang and the Liao Kingdom. Moreover, it was a small country with only one state.
Are you seeking death? "Pang Aiqing, take a look..." Zhao Heng handed the credentials to Wang Jin, who handed it to Master Pang. Although Master Pang already knew the whole story, he still pretended to be pretentious.
He carefully studied the credential, and then handed it to the second prince beside him who already had the right to participate in politics. The credential just walked around and returned to Zhao Heng's hand again.
Zhao Heng asked thoughtfully: "Pang Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Taishi Pang cupped his hand and said: "I thought that I could agree to the request of Linzhou State. Your Majesty had an alliance with the leader of Linzhou State before.
Shengzhou has been secretly promised to them. Now they have taken a piece of meat from the Liao Kingdom with their own abilities. Your Majesty only needs to follow the trend."
The prince frowned and said: "Father, I think this matter is inappropriate." Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "What do you think is wrong with this matter?" The prince said seriously: "Father, please tell me.
The emperor, the leader of the Linzhou Kingdom, cut off a piece of flesh from a Dangxiang man, and obviously formed a mortal enemy with Li Jiqian. His father, the emperor, had defied the rule of the world and conferred the title of the leader of the Linzhou Kingdom, and had already developed a grudge against Dangxiang.
Of course, this matter can be excused with the excuse that the party is in internal strife and our court cannot intervene. However, now that Linzhou State has been recognized as the ruler of Shengzhou, this will inevitably be due to the differences between Song and Liao. The Liao Dynasty will think that,
What Linzhou State did was instigated by the Song Dynasty behind its back. Li Jiqian of Dangxiang would probably think so too.
Once the Liao Kingdom forms an alliance with Dangxiang, it will indeed be a disaster for the Song Dynasty." Zhao Heng frowned and turned to ask the envoy of Linzhou State, "What do you think?" The envoy of Linzhou State bowed and said, "Your Majesty.
The envoy did not dare to make any rash assertions about what the prince of the country said. However, before the envoy came to the Song Dynasty, our lord once told us that our country, Linzhou, is willing to be a vassal of the Song Dynasty from generation to generation. As long as we, the country of Linzhou, are here, we will never
We will not let the party members take the next step south."
The words of the envoy from Linzhou Kingdom were sonorous and powerful. Zhao Heng's brows furrowed even deeper. The prince seemed not to notice Zhao Heng's frown. After hearing the words of the envoy from Linzhou Kingdom, he said loudly: "You are the boss of Linzhou Kingdom."
The land of the two states we just invaded is only three states, but Dangxiang has more than ten states. How dare you brazenly say that your country, Linzhou, can stop the Dangxiang people from invading south?"
"That's enough!" Zhao Heng glared at the prince with dissatisfaction and scolded him. After the matter of whether to confer the title of Linzhou Kingdom was placed in the court, everyone actually had a common answer in their hearts.
Canonization! Why canonization? Because the emergence of Linzhou State was beneficial to the Song Dynasty. First of all, Linzhou State lay between Dangxiang and the Song Dynasty. From the moment it appeared, it became the Song Dynasty. A natural barrier to stop the Dangxiang people. With the presence of Linzhou, Dangxiang could not directly attack the territory of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty did not have to worry about the Party members rushing into the Song Dynasty to cause chaos. At the same time, Zhao Heng did not need to worry about the Party members causing chaos during the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom. It can be said that the emergence of Linzhou State could help the Song Dynasty get rid of a major problem. .And, most importantly, the Song Dynasty did not need to worry about the Linzhou Kingdom growing stronger and attacking the Song Dynasty. Linzhou Kingdom was just a small country occupying the land of three states.
It had to resist the Dangxiang people in the north and the Liao people in the east, so it was destined to be difficult to develop. As for the canonization of Linzhou State, it would cause dissatisfaction with the Liao State, and Zhao Heng was not worried at all. The Liao State and the Song Dynasty were rivals. It's still the kind of enemy of life and death. Let the enemy of life and death hate you more, and there won't be much trouble at all.
Because even if there is no such hatred, the two sides will be hostile to each other and wish to destroy each other. The reason why Zhao Heng asked for advice was not whether this move would offend the Liao Kingdom or Dangxiang. What he meant was whether Linzhou's national value was worth it. It is worth supporting. Can the Linzhou Kingdom survive the attack of Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom? It is easy to support a puppet, but if the person supported is Adou, then the gain will not be worth the loss.
The prince obviously did not feel Zhao Heng's pulse. The weakness he showed was only Zhao Heng did not like. After scolding his son, Zhao Heng asked the ministers, "What do you think, dear ministers?" Standing in front of the generals Gao Hu, who was at the top of the list, cupped his hands and said: "I think this matter cannot be done. Linzhou is just a small country. Under the attack of the Liao and Dangxiang people, it will be short-lived and will be destroyed in an instant."
"The old minister also feels that this matter cannot be done. The current situation of Linzhou State is like a flower in the past, everyone can see it. The day of destruction is also coming soon. Canonizing a small country that is about to be destroyed will undermine the majesty of our Song Dynasty. "..."
The courtiers talked a lot. Sixty percent of them did not agree with the canonization of Linzhou Kingdom. They were not optimistic about Linzhou Kingdom. They all believed that Linzhou Kingdom would be attacked by the Dangxiang and Liao people. It was quickly destroyed. In fact, the four people who didn't say anything also thought so. It's just that they were all disciples and old friends of Master Pang.
Taishi Pang discussed this matter with them yesterday. They will follow Taishi Pang to protect the canonization of Linzhou Kingdom. No one in the civil and military dynasties is optimistic about Linzhou Kingdom. When Zhao Heng saw that 60% of the civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty disapproved, he was ready to He refused. "Your Majesty, I think I should be canonized. This matter is a good thing for me, the Song Dynasty. We can't just look at the situation of Linzhou Kingdom, we should look at the overall situation."
Grandmaster Pang suddenly spoke. His remarks obviously shocked the civil and military officials of the court. People who were familiar with Grandmaster Pang shook their heads secretly. They were cursing in their hearts. I am afraid that this old man has received dirty money, so he said this. Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment and pondered. He said: "Oh? Pang Aiqing, tell me, how can we look at the overall situation?" Taishi Pang said loudly: "Your Majesty should take a look at the situation in the northwest. Your Majesty is now conferring the title of Linzhou Kingdom, just like buying a horse bone with a thousand gold. Linzhou Kingdom Although there is a danger of destruction at any time, our government cannot help it. However, regardless of the survival of Linzhou State, for the Song Dynasty, ennobling Linzhou State has a huge benefit.
Everyone should know that going east from Shengzhou is the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. In the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, tens of millions of people have our Song Dynasty in their hearts. Now the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun is in the hands of Yang Peng
Your Majesty has conferred the title of Linzhou Kingdom today. Perhaps among the sixteen states of Yanyun, those people who love us and the Song Dynasty will see your Majesty’s goodwill and imitate Linzhou Kingdom one after another. A Linzhou Kingdom is destroyed, but it will not be long.
It is possible that Youzhou Kingdom, Yunzhou Kingdom, etc. will appear in the Yanyun Sixteen States.
By that time, our Song Dynasty will regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, which will be just around the corner." The Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun has always been a worry in Zhao Heng's heart. Therefore, in Zhao Heng's heart, he thought that as long as he captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun,
, his achievements will exceed those of the two emperors mentioned above. The dark history when he came to power will also be overshadowed by the light of his achievements. This is why he did not hesitate to use his country's strength to conquer the Liao Kingdom twice. Taishi Pang took Yan
Zhao Heng, who was originally prepared to refuse the canonization of the Linzhou Kingdom, began to hesitate. Taishi Pang struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty... it is too early to say that the Linzhou Kingdom will be defeated. Yang Yanzhao, a veteran who has guarded Yanmen Pass for many years, is now in Daizhou
.There are now 30,000 forbidden troops hoarded in Yanmen Pass, as well as the Zhe family who are in charge of Fuzhou..."
Master Pang smiled cheerfully and said: "When necessary, we can't help Linzhou... As long as they can pay a sufficient price..." Zhao Heng's eyes lit up. This suggestion of Master Pang made Zhao Heng very happy.
Tempting. Yang Yanzhao of Daizhou, Zhejiajun of Fuzhou... these two forces were no longer within the scope of the imperial court's power by Zhao Heng.
Therefore, Zhao Heng does not feel sorry for the damage done by these two forces at all. If they use their power to support the Linzhou Kingdom, and at the same time seek some benefits for the court, it is really the best of both worlds. Linzhou Kingdom can be saved.
It was a great help to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty could use this to ask for a large amount of property from the Linzhou Kingdom. If the Linzhou Kingdom could not protect it, the Zhe Family Army would be damaged, and the Datong Army being formed by the Yang Family would also be defeated.
Return to original shape.
Both results were what Zhao Heng was happy to see. Zhao Heng was overjoyed and said with admiration: "Pang Aiqing is a minister of your majesty. He is indeed my minister." After hearing this, Master Pang stood up and cupped his hands and said: "I am your Majesty's minister.
, I should share your Majesty's worries." Zhao Heng had an idea in his mind. He turned to the envoy of Linzhou State and said: "I agree to your request from Linzhou State. Shengzhou, Fengzhou, and Linzhou were originally the Jin State.
Homeland. I can grant your Linzhou Kingdom the title of Northern Jin Kingdom. Do you have any objections?"
It is a taboo thing to change the name of another country. So Zhao Heng wanted to ask the envoy of Linzhou State for his opinion. The envoy of Linzhou State was so happy that he knelt down on the ground and said excitedly: "The Lord of our country,
I have admired His Majesty for many years and once mentioned the matter of bestowing the name of the country to the envoy. However, the envoy felt that it was a bit abrupt and might offend His Majesty, so he never dared to mention it.
Now that His Majesty has bestowed the name of the country, the envoy thanked His Majesty for his kindness." "Hahaha..." The envoy from Linzhou State behaved like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. Faced with Zhao Heng's gift, he actually knelt on the ground.
.Zhao Guangyi likes the pleasure of watching others surrender at his feet. Zhao Heng laughed loudly, and after laughing, he said: "Very good. In addition, I will also confer the title of Queen of the Northern Jin Dynasty on the throne of your country.
Enjoy the honor of being a one-word king. You will also be given a phoenix robe, a red phoenix crown, and a reward of ten thousand gold."
All the civil and military officials in the court cursed in their hearts. It's so shameless. It's self-evident what kind of intention you have in giving someone a queen's phoenix robe and crown. You are a dragon, give someone a phoenix.
What's your identity? Why don't you just say in the imperial edict, "I want to get close to you."
Everyone in the court knew about Zhao Heng's lecherous behavior. The civil and military officials in the court still had some thoughts about Zhao Heng's unseemly edict. But after they saw the envoys of the new Northern Jin Dynasty who were moved to tears, they
The thoughts in his heart were put away. After sealing the Northern Jin Kingdom, Zhao Heng left Chui Gong Hall in a happy mood.
Before leaving, Wang Jin was asked to take away four beauties presented by the new Northern Jin Kingdom. The envoys of the new Northern Jin Kingdom immediately followed the chief officer of Honglu Temple to receive the imperial edict and then received the imperial edict.
Zhao Heng's reward. After leaving the palace, he quickly went to Pang Mansion to present a silver note worth thirty thousand taels of gold. Then he led his people without stopping and quickly left Bianjing City.
It was night. Zhao Heng was sleeping in his bedroom with four beauties from the party. It could be seen that Zhao Heng was in a very high mood tonight. Zhao Heng was noisy until midnight and was about to hug the beauties to sleep.
Wang Jin hurried to the edge of the bed and said softly: "Your Majesty, the people in the Imperial City Department have something important to report." Zhao Heng lay on the dragon bed, pinched the beauty next to him, frowned and said: "Just
He said I was tired and had already fallen asleep."
Wang Jin hesitated for a moment and said solemnly: "The people from the Imperial City Department said that there is an urgent need." Zhao Heng sat up from the bed and said irritably with his breasts exposed: "Let him come in. If he has nothing urgent to tell me,
I must chop him up and feed him to the dogs." After a while, under the leadership of the young eunuch, the leader of the Imperial City Department entered the dormitory, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Zhao Heng's dragon bed. "Your Majesty, please instruct your subordinates.
The matters we investigated about Linzhou Country have been verified by my subordinates."
Zhao Heng asked displeasedly: "What have been found?" The leader of the Imperial City Division solemnly said: "According to the findings of my subordinates, Linzhou has been secretly controlled by the Zhe family. And Fengzhou and Shengzhou have fallen into the hands of the Yang family.
In his hands, the original Dangxiang rebels have also been collected by Yang Dezheng for his own use. The so-called leader of Linzhou Kingdom, the saint named Xing, seems to have been taken into the palace by Yang Dezheng and became his
The concubine’s room.”
"Bang!" Zhao Heng punched the dragon head on the dragon bed in disbelief, and asked angrily: "What did you say?" The furious Zhao Heng carried endless power, and with just one question, the head of the leader of the Imperial City Division was struck.
It was full of thin men. Wang Jin had already lowered his head like a quail. The leader of the Imperial City Department, under the coercion of Zhao Heng, repeated what he had just said.
"Bang!" Zhao Heng slapped off the faucet on the bed with one palm, ran down from the dragon bed with his upper body naked, and roared loudly: "It's too much to bully others! Shameless! Dirty! A crime worthy of death! A crime worthy of death.
Die!" The maids and eunuchs serving in the palace had already fallen to their knees. The four party beauties lying on the dragon bed, with pale faces, leaned against each other and stared at Zhao Heng timidly.
"Shua~" Anger had made Zhao Heng lose his mind. He pulled out the Emperor's Sword hanging on the side of the dragon bed, pointed at the four party beauties on the dragon bed, and roared with gritted teeth. "You! You are also the accomplice of that rebellious minister.
, how dare you deceive me? How dare you?!"
Swish, swish, swish~ With four swords in a row, the four beauties of the party were wide-eyed, and fell on the dragon bed with disbelief on their faces. The blood instantly dyed the entire dragon bed red. They killed the four beauties of the party, Zhao Heng was a little bit
He had no intention of stopping. He continued to shout in the palace, wielding the Emperor's Sword and slashing everywhere. The maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground and shivered, but did not dare to move.
It doesn't matter if they died, but because their recklessness hurt the emperor, they would definitely be worse off than dead, and even their families outside the palace would be implicated. There were thirty maids and twelve eunuchs in the emperor's palace. In Zhao Heng
Angrily slashing, seven people died and nearly twenty others were injured.
After venting his anger, Zhao Heng held the Emperor's Sword stained with blood and roared: "You rebellious officials and traitors, I will definitely kill you all. I want your family to live worse than death!" After the roar, Zhao Heng
He fell to the ground with a thud and fainted. Wang Jin, who had been pretending to be a quail, dropped the whisk in his hand, rushed to Zhao Heng's side, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
"Send it to the imperial physician quickly!" "Send it to the imperial physician!"
When the general of Taiyuan Hospital arrived at Zhao Heng's dormitory, Wang Jin served Zhao Heng and lay down on a soft couch. After entering the dormitory of Taiyuan Hospital, he took a look at the blood and corpses on the floor, and then
He acted as if he hadn't seen him. He hurried to Zhao Heng's side and began to diagnose Zhao Heng's pulse. "Your Majesty was so anxious that he fainted. After a while, the official gave an injection and prescribed a medicine. Your Majesty took it for three days."
He can be cured." After checking Zhao Heng's pulse and confirming Zhao Heng's illness, Taiyuan Hospital began to administer acupuncture. After a lot of acupuncture.
Zhao Heng woke up faintly. As soon as he opened his eyes, Zhao Heng's eyes immediately stared. Taiyuan Hospital hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please don't get angry, anger will harm your body. Once your Majesty gets angry again, it is easy to faint here."
Go over there." Under the admonition of Taiyuan Hospital, the anger that had just risen in Zhao Heng's eyes gradually disappeared.
"Help me up." Wang Jin, who had been waiting by Zhao Heng's side, hurriedly helped Zhao Heng up. Zhao Heng leaned on the soft couch with a frosty face, opened his lips slightly, and the words he spat out were colder than ice particles.
"Call the deputy privy envoy Gao Hu, the school inspector Ding Wei, the Pingzhang officer Pang Taishi, the councilor and political officer Li Hang, and the Twelve Guards generals to enter the palace to discuss matters." Wang Jin nodded, quietly exited the dormitory, and then quickly
He passed on Zhao Guangyi's order.
It was night. The middle door of the palace opened wide, and the fourteenth team of guards in front of the palace rushed out of the palace on fast horses. The quiet Bianjing city was awakened by the sound of horse hooves. People from every house
, and sent people from the mansion to inquire about the news.
In the palace, Zhao Heng stared coldly at the leader of the Imperial City Division kneeling in front of him, and said coldly: "Why did you only investigate such an important matter and report it to me today? Do you know that I was in the court today?
I made a fool of myself, but I didn’t know it, and I was very proud of it.”
The leader of the Imperial City Department buried his head between his knees and said with shame: "I deserve to die." Zhao Heng snorted coldly and said: "You really deserve to die. I give you the responsibility of supervising the world.
You, I am blind."
"Hahaha~" Zhao Heng suddenly smiled sarcastically and said: "I have been playing tricks all my life and have never met an opponent. Unexpectedly, today I was played by a bunch of rebellious officials and traitors. Haha..." Zhao Heng was laughing, but
The leader of the Imperial City Division felt extremely cold. He kowtowed in fear and said, "I beg you, Your Majesty, to give me another chance to make meritorious deeds." Zhao Heng shook his head and smiled and said, "No need, since your Imperial City Division is so useless.
Then why keep it?"
"Your Majesty?!" the leader of the Imperial City Department exclaimed. Zhao Heng waved his hand. Following Zhao Heng's wave, a eunuch appeared next to the leader of the Imperial City Department. He was young and looked to be only about eighteen years old.
After he appeared, he put a hand on the shoulder of the leader of the Imperial City Department. The leader of the Imperial City Department wanted to resist, but the eunuch's hand was clasped on his pipa bone like a tight hoop. In the frightened eyes of the leader of the Imperial City Department
In the middle, the eunuch dragged him out of the palace.
At the door of the dormitory, he bumped into Wang Jin who had just finished delivering the order. Wang Jien was obviously a little surprised when he saw the eunuch holding the leader of the Imperial City Division with one hand.
"Chen...Chen Lin?" Chen Lin grinned and bowed to Wang Jin, "Young man, I have seen Superintendent Wang." Wang Jin wanted to ask more, but saw Chen Lin grabbing the martial arts expert like a chicken.
As the leader of the Imperial City Department, he subconsciously closed his mouth and nodded. Looking at Chen Lin holding the leader of the Imperial City Department away, Wang Jin frowned and muttered: "I usually see this kid looking tired.
I didn't expect that he was the confidant trained by His Majesty, and he hid it so deeply..." After Wang Jin secretly remembered Chen Lin in his heart, he tiptoed into the dormitory.
Outside the imperial city, as the guards in front of the palace galloped through the streets one after another on horseback, almost everyone in Bianjing knew that something had happened.
When they secretly observed that the guards in front of the palace went to Gaofu, Dingfu, and the Twelve Guards General's Palace, they knew that a war was about to happen. The last time His Majesty summoned these people in the middle of the night was on Saturday.
Years ago, when the Liao people led an army of 300,000 to invade, the people Zhao Heng wanted to summon, after receiving the oral instructions conveyed by the guards in front of the palace, hurried to the palace in a sedan. On the way to the palace
, they thought hard, but could not figure out what the emperor's purpose was in summoning them late at night.
An hour later, the fourteen people summoned by Zhao Heng gathered outside his dormitory. After the old master glanced at the others, he used a warning tone to the younger generation and said to Li Hang, who was the only one beside him who was following his lead: "Your Majesty
I have summoned you and me, as well as the Twelve Guards Generals, and even invited Ding Wei, who has long since stopped caring about political affairs, and Gao Hu, just in case there is a big war."
Li Hang bowed and said, "You always thought that something went wrong over there." Grand Master Pang pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. I'll act according to the situation when I enter the palace later."
Li Hang nodded. At this moment, Wang Jin appeared at the door of the dormitory, shook the dust, and said: "Your Majesty, let you in." Grand Master Pang and others lined up in two rows according to their status in the court.
, entered the dormitory. The dead bodies in the dormitory had been cleaned up by the eunuchs, and not even a trace of blood could be seen. Master Pang and others arrived in front of Zhao Heng and bowed together to salute.
"I'll see you, Your Majesty." Zhao Heng, who was lying on the soft couch, didn't even raise his eyes and said coldly: "Get up." After saying this, Zhao Heng didn't say another word, as if he was lying on the soft couch for a while.
intoxicated.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.