Guo Rong looked at Luo Youdu and suddenly said: "I seem to remember that Song Qiqiu had a rift with Mr. Song?"
Luo Youdu smiled and said: "That's right. When Song Qiqiu excluded Zhou Zong, my father stood up for it and was demoted and punished. As a result, the family fell into decline. My father died of a normal illness, and it is not a big feud. If not, neither would my mother.
In order to make a living, I will lead my ministers to go north to join my parents' family, and thus meet the Ming Lord..."
Guo Rong laughed loudly: "This is the fate between you and me as kings and ministers. If sir, you are really in the south of the Yangtze River, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep and eat well! Let's do this. I'll take you to see someone later and let you avenge this in person. Mr. Wen Bo thinks
how?"
Wang Puzuo bowed and said: "It should be so. With Brother Youdu planning for your Majesty's army, I will feel at ease."
The three of them discussed the Southern Expedition in detail.
Wang Pu said goodbye first and left.
Guo Rong led Luo Youdu towards the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace.
Guo Rong said: "Sir, do you know that I also traveled all over the country and did tea business with others?"
Luo Youdu said: "I have heard a little bit about it."
He remembered that there was such a record in the history books that Guo Rong was born in Chaijiazhuang, Yaoshan, Xingzhou. His father, Chai Shouli, was a well-known local rich man. Due to the decline of his family, Guo Rong, who was still a child, went to seek refuge with his aunt Chai, who was married to Guo Wei, a fellow villager.
It's better to say that you are going to seek refuge than to go to rescue someone in an emergency.
Guo Wei's family background is also not good. Guo Wei is aggressive, likes gambling and drinking, and his livelihood is a problem.
In order to support his family, Guo Rong went out to do tea business with the wealthy Yedu merchant Jie Di, traveling back and forth to Jiangling and other places. It was not until he became an adult that Guo Wei gradually became troubled, and Guo Rong gave up business and joined the army with Guo Wei.
Guo Rong smiled proudly and said: "If I were not a king, I would definitely be a rich man today."
Luo Youdu was not surprised. With Guo Rong's ability, if he really wanted to go into business, he would not do too badly in 89 years.
Guo Rong continued: "Back then, I traveled all over the country and accumulated a certain number of contacts. When I was staying in the residence, Mr. Wenbo proposed to reuse these contacts and give them convenience to collect intelligence for me, Dazhou. This has been done for many years, and it has begun to bear fruit.
Many merchants who travel north and south are my spies in the Zhou Dynasty, from the Liao Kingdom in the north to the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Southern Han Dynasty in the south. The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is also reported to them."
Luo Youdu sighed: "Mr. Wen Bo is far-sighted and my ministers admire him."
Guo Rong nodded slightly: "Uncle Wen was born with a weak body. He can only handle so many things for himself, which makes him uncomfortable. Now that I have Youdu, I can't think of anything better."
While they were talking, they came to a side hall.
Standing in the hall was a dark, short, rough man in his forties. When he saw Guo Rong entering, he quickly saluted: "The common people have seen your Majesty."
But Guo Rong stepped forward and gave him a hug: "You and I have known each other for more than 20 years, why should we be so polite."
As he spoke, he took him and introduced him to Luo Youdu: "This man's real name is Jiedi Fuyao, and now his name is Tang Fuyao. He is the son of the Jiedi family, a wealthy businessman in Yedu in the past. We traveled all over the country together, practicing horseback riding and archery, just like one person. At the moment, we are mainly responsible for the south.
intelligence."
At that time, in order to train his son Jiedi Fuyao, the wealthy merchant Jiediushi of Yedu spent a lot of money to hire a riding and archery master and an old scholar who was familiar with history books and Huang Lao's theory.
Jie fell and Fu Yao didn't learn much, but instead taught Guo Rong.
Guo Rong's solid civil and martial arts skills were all learned during this time.
Therefore, the relationship between the two is extremely close.
After that, he said to Tang Fu Yao: "This is Luo Youdu. You can contact him for future affairs in Jiangnan."
Tang Fu Yao bowed his head and said: "Sir, your name is astonishing. Please give me more advice in the future."
Luo Youdu returned the gift and bowed.
With the intelligence network in Tang Fuyao's hands, Luo Youdu had a completely new understanding of Jiangnan's actions.
Especially Song Qiqiu himself is no longer limited to the few words in his mind.
Song Qiqiu, the original character is Chao Hui.
This name is quite domineering.
He is as famous as Confucius and more famous than Yan Hui.
Just from his name, you can tell how arrogant this person is.
Maybe he felt that his name was too domineering, so he changed it to Zisong.
Jiangnan was originally the domain of Yang Wu, and was built by Yang Xingmi, who was known as the first man of the Ten Kingdoms. He raised the banner of separatism in Jianghuai, stopped Zhu Wen from advancing southward, and laid the foundation for the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Following his death, the powerful minister Xu Wen took control of the military and political power of Yang Wu. In the end, Xu Wen's adopted son Xu Zhigao succeeded in usurping the throne and established the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Compared with Guo Wei of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who had no children, his adopted son Guo Rong was born.
Xu Wen actually had six parents and children.
Under Song Qiqiu's plan, Xu Zhigao overpowered Xu Wen's parents and his son. In order to keep his name, he changed his original surname from Li to Li Min and claimed to be the fourth-generation grandson of Tang Xianzong's son, King Jian Li Ke, thus putting aside the relationship with the Xu family.
Song Qiqiu had great achievements in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he was unruly. Li Min wanted to suppress him and gave Song Qiqiu a very high false position, but did not give him real power.
Song Qiqiu immediately turned against Li Min and said: "When I was a commoner, your majesty was just a governor. Now that you are the emperor, you don't need the old minister anymore."
He was so angry that he went into seclusion.
Li Min relied on the support of scholars to usurp the throne. He did not want to bear the reputation of being a cunning rabbit and a lackey, so he repeatedly issued edicts to invite Song Qiqiu back to the court.
Song Qiqiu was also like a fish in water and helped Li Min lay the foundation of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
There is no doubt about the ability of Song Qiqiu. Together with Li Min and his ministers, he managed Jiangnan into a paradise on earth.
But he is domineering and likes to speak his mind, win over party members, and exclude dissidents.
The first person to bear the brunt was Li Min's attendant Zhou Zong.
Following Li Min's death, the current emperor Li Jing ascended the throne.
After Li Jing came to the throne, he changed Li Min's policy of reassuring the people and began to use foreign troops on a large scale to eliminate Chu and Fujian. Song Qiqiu was not accustomed to taking credit and being arrogant.
Song Qiqiu repeated his old trick and once again asked to go to Jiuhua Mountain to live in seclusion. He thought that Li Jing would be like Li Min, but he didn't expect Li Jing to directly agree. He gave him the title of Mr. Jiuhua, granted him the title of Duke Qingyang, and allowed him to live in seclusion in Jiuhua Mountain.
Song Qiqiu was also restless when he was living in seclusion, and even wrote a letter to interfere with Li Jing's decision to establish the crown prince.
Originally, Luo Youdu was only 70% sure that the rumor would kill Song Qiqiu, because there are records in history that Song Qiqiu died unexpectedly due to Guo Rong.
Now that he knew what Song Qiqiu did to commit suicide, Luo Youdu had no choice but to kill him.
"Praise, try every means to praise Song Qiqiu. The higher you praise him, the worse he will fall."
Tang Fu Yao bowed and said: "I accept your order."
Luo Youdu looked at Tang Fuyao and asked, "You also have an intelligence base in Nanping, right?"
Tang Fuyao bowed again and said: "Of course it is. Jiangling is the headquarters of the southern intelligence stronghold. Most of the information from the Southern Tang Dynasty is transferred to Jiangling and then to Kaifeng. It is too dangerous to go directly to the Jianghuai line."
Luo Youdu nodded and said: "That's good. You should pay more attention to the trends in Nanping now. I want to know the political situation in Nanping in a timely manner."
Tang Fuyao didn't ask any more questions and went down to do it.
Luo Youdu looked at the information in his hand and could see that Huainan was not easy to fight.
In history, Guo Rong went on three personal expeditions and fought for two years. According to his opinion, it would be safest to capture Jiangling.