After the envoy from Linzhou thanked Zhao Heng, he bowed and said: "The envoy from this 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. Someone from Xiaohuangmen took the letter of credence and handed it to Wang Jien. After Wang Jien carefully fumbled it, he handed it to Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng opened the credentials of the Linzhou envoy with great interest.
After taking a quick look at it, his face became very strange. "You... want me to admit that Fengzhou and Shengzhou belong to the Linzhou Kingdom..." Zhao Heng couldn't help but look weird. He thought back then, when he went to the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom, he didn't dare to go to war with the Liao Kingdom and Dangxiang at the same time. In order to successfully launch the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom, he promised Dang Xiang many good things, just to prevent Dang Xiang from taking advantage of the situation and hindering his progress. Now some people were so bold that they suddenly started a war with Dangxiang and Liao. And it is still a small country with only one state.
Is this looking for death? "Pang Aiqing, take a look..." Zhao Heng handed the credentials to Wang Jin, who handed it to Grand Master Pang. Although Taishi Pang already knew the whole story, he still pretended to read the certificate of credence carefully, and then handed it to the second prince beside him who already had the right to participate in politics. The credentials just walked around in a circle and returned to Zhao Heng's hands again.
Zhao Heng asked thoughtfully: "Pang Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Taishi Pang cupped his hands 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 with some surprise: "What do you think is wrong with this matter?" The prince said seriously: "Qi, father. The emperor, the leader of Linzhou State, cut off a piece of flesh from a Dangxiang man, and obviously had a deadly feud with Li Jiqian. His father, the emperor, had defied the rule of the world and conferred the title of leader of Linzhou State, and had already developed a grudge against Dangxiang.
Of course, this matter can be excused on the grounds that there is internal strife in the party and I cannot intervene. However, Linzhou Kingdom's right to rule Shengzhou was now recognized. This is bound to be due to the differences between Song and Liao. The Liao Congress believed that what the 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 Linzhou envoy, "What do you think?" "The envoy from Linzhou bowed and said: "What the prince of your country said, the envoy dare not make rash assertions. It's just that before the envoy came to the Song Dynasty, our Lord once told us that our country, Linzhou, would like to be a vassal of the Song Dynasty for generations to come. As long as we, Linzhou State, are here, we will never let the party members go south. "
The words of the envoy from Linzhou State were sonorous and powerful. Zhao Heng's brows furrowed even deeper. The prince didn't seem to notice Zhao Heng's frown. After hearing the words of the envoy from Linzhou State, he said loudly: "Your Linzhou State only has three states, including the two states it just invaded, but the party items are ten." Several states. How dare you say so brazenly that your country in Linzhou can stop the party members 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 is located between Dangxiang and the Song Dynasty. From the moment it appeared, it became a natural barrier for the Song Dynasty 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 party members rushing into the Song Dynasty to cause chaos. At the same time, Zhao Heng will not have to worry about the party members causing rebellion in the future during the Northern Expedition to Liao Kingdom. It can be said that the emergence of Linzhou State can help the Song Dynasty get rid of a major problem. Moreover, the most important thing is that the Song Dynasty does not need to worry about the Linzhou Kingdom growing stronger and attacking the Song Dynasty. Linzhou State is just a small country occupying the land of three states.
The Dangxiang people must be resisted in the north, and the Liao people must be resisted in the east. So it is destined to be difficult to develop. As for the canonization of Linzhou State, which would cause dissatisfaction with the Liao State, Zhao Heng was not worried at all. The Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty were rivals. Still the kind of life and death enemy. Letting the great enemy of life and death hate you more will not cause much trouble at all.
Because even if there is no such hatred, both 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 the party. What he means is that Linzhou’s national value is not worthy of support. Can the Linzhou Kingdom survive the attack of Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom? It's easy to support a puppet, but if the person being supported is Adou, it's not worth the gain.
The prince obviously didn't feel Zhao Heng's pulse clearly. Only Zhao Heng didn't like the weakness he showed. After Zhao Heng scolded his son, he asked the ministers, "What do you all think?" Gao Hu, who stood at the top of the military generals, 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 definitely 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 are not optimistic about Linzhou State. They all believed that the Linzhou Kingdom would be destroyed quickly under the attack of the Dangxiang and Liao people. In fact, the four people who didn't say anything also thought so. It’s just that they are all disciples and old friends of Master Pang.
Master Pang discussed this matter with them yesterday. They will soon follow Taishi Pang to protect Linzhou's canonization. No one in the civil and military dynasties was optimistic about Linzhou. When Zhao Heng saw that 60% of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty disapproved, he was ready to refuse. "Your Majesty, I think we should be canonized. This matter is a good thing for us, the Song Dynasty. We can't just look at the situation of Linzhou Kingdom, we should look at the overall situation."
Master Pang suddenly spoke. His remarks clearly shocked the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. People who were familiar with Master Pang secretly shook their heads. They were cursing in their hearts. This old man is probably collecting illegal money, so that's why he said this. Zhao Heng was stunned and said: "Oh? Pang Aiqing, tell me, how can you look at the overall situation?" Pang Taishi said loudly: "Your Majesty should take a look at the situation in the northwest. Your Majesty has now conferred the title of Linzhou Kingdom, just like that daughter. Buy horse bones. Although the Linzhou Kingdom is in danger of being destroyed at any time, our government cannot help it. However, regardless of the survival of the Linzhou Kingdom, for the Song Dynasty, ennobling the Linzhou Kingdom has a huge benefit.
Everyone should know that heading east from Shengzhou are the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. And in the sixteen states of Yanyun, tens of millions of people carry our Song Dynasty in their hearts. Now the sixteen states of Yanyun are in the hands of Yang Peng. Your Majesty conferred the title of Linzhou Kingdom today. Perhaps among the sixteen states of Yanyun, those people who have a heart for me, the Song Dynasty, will see His Majesty's kindness and follow the example of Linzhou Kingdom. A Linzhou Kingdom has been destroyed, but it is very likely that Youzhou Kingdom, Yunzhou Kingdom, etc. will appear in the Yanyun Sixteenth State.
By that time, our Song Dynasty will regain the sixteen states 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, Zhao Heng believed that as long as he captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, his achievements would surpass those of the two emperors mentioned above. When he came to power, His dark history will also be overshadowed by the light of his achievements. This is why he spared no effort to mobilize the whole country to conquer the Liao Kingdom twice. Taishi Pang really scratched Zhao Heng's itch by talking about the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. Meat.
Zhao Heng, who was originally prepared to refuse Linzhou's canonization of credentials, began to hesitate. Master Pang struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty... It is too early to say that Linzhou 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 in Yanmen Pass, and there are also people stationed in Fuzhou The Zhe family..."
Master Pang smiled cheerfully and said: "When necessary, we can't help Linzhou State... As long as they can pay a sufficient price..." Zhao Heng's eyes suddenly lit up. Zhao Heng was very tempted by Master Pang's proposal. Yang Yanzhao of Daizhou and Zhejiajun of Fuzhou...these two forces were no longer within the scope of the imperial court's power by Zhao Heng.
Therefore, Zhao Heng was not at all distressed by the damage caused by these two forces. If they use their strength to support Linzhou State, they can also seek some benefits for the imperial court. That's really the best of both worlds. Linzhou Kingdom was saved, which was a great help to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty could use this to obtain a large amount of property from Linzhou Kingdom. If Linzhou cannot be defended, the Zhe family army will be damaged, and the Datong army being formed by the Yang family will be knocked back to its original shape.
Both results are what Zhao Heng is happy to see. Zhao Heng was overjoyed and said with admiration: "Pang Aiqing has become an old minister for the country, and he is indeed my minister." Upon hearing this, Taishi Pang stood up and cupped his hands and said: "I am your Majesty's minister, and I should share your Majesty's worries." Zhao Heng felt something in his heart. 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 hometown of Jin State. I can grant your Linzhou State the title of Northern Jin State." , do you have any objection?"
Changing the name of another country is a taboo matter. Therefore, Zhao Heng wanted to ask the envoys of Linzhou State for their opinions. The envoy from Linzhou was overjoyed, knelt down on the ground, and said excitedly: "The Lord of our country has admired His Majesty for many years, and he also mentioned the matter of giving the country a name to the envoy. But the envoy thought it was a bit abrupt and might offend His Majesty. , so I never dared to mention it.
Now that Your Majesty has bestowed upon us the name of our country, the envoy thanked His Majesty for his royal kindness. "Hahaha..." The envoy of Linzhou State behaved like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. Facing Zhao Heng's gift, he actually knelt on the ground. This kind of pleasure is watching others surrender at his feet. , Zhao Guangyi liked it very much. Zhao Heng laughed loudly, and after laughing, he said: "It's very good. In addition, I also confer the title of Queen of the Northern Jin Dynasty on the throne of your country, enjoying the honor of a one-word king. He was given a phoenix robe, a red phoenix crown, and a reward of ten thousand gold. "
All civil and military officials in the court cursed secretly in their hearts. Shameless. It is self-evident what the intention behind giving someone a queen's phoenix robe and crown. Are you a dragon, giving others the identity of a phoenix? Why don't you just say in the imperial edict, "I want to get close to you as directly as possible."
Everyone in the court knew about Zhao Heng's lustful behavior. Regarding Zhao Heng's unseemly edict, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty still had their thoughts. But after they saw the envoys of the new Northern Jin Dynasty who were moved to tears, they put away their thoughts. After sealing the Northern Jin Kingdom, Zhao Heng left Chuigong Hall in a happy mood.
Before leaving, Wang Jin was asked to take away four beauties presented by the new Northern Jin Kingdom. The new envoy from the Northern Jin Dynasty immediately followed the chief official of Honglu Temple to receive the imperial edict and then received the reward from Zhao Heng. 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.
That night. Zhao Heng was sleeping in his bedroom with four beauties from the party. It can be seen that Zhao Heng is in high spirits tonight. Zhao Heng was uproaring until midnight, just when he was about to hug the beauties to sleep. Wang Jin hurried to the bedside 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 say I am tired and have 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 Division entered the dormitory, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Zhao Heng's dragon bed. "Your Majesty, you ordered your subordinates to investigate the matter in Linzhou Kingdom, and they have already verified it."
Zhao Heng said displeased: "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 house by Yang Dezheng and became his concubine."
"Bang!" Zhao Heng punched the dragon's 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 is full of thin men. Wang Jin had already lowered his head like a quail. The leader of the Imperial City Division, under Zhao Heng's coercion, 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, cuddled together and stared at Zhao Heng timidly.
"Shua~" Anger has made Zhao Heng lose his mind. He pulled out the Emperor's Sword hanging beside 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 sword strikes in a row, the four party beauties' eyes widened, and they fell on the dragon bed with disbelief on their faces. The blood instantly dyed the entire dragon bed red. After killing four party beauties, Zhao Heng had no intention of stopping at all. He continued to shout in the dormitory, 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 that they died, but because their recklessness hurt the emperor, they would definitely be worse off than dead, and even their family members outside the palace would be implicated. In the emperor's bedroom, there were thirty maids and twelve eunuchs. Zhao Heng's angry hacking killed seven people and injured nearly twenty others.
After venting his anger, Zhao Heng held the Emperor's Sword stained with blood and roared: "You rebellious officials and traitors, I must kill you all. I want your family to live worse than death!" After the roar. Zhao Heng fell to the ground with a thud and fainted. Wang Jin, who had been pretending to be 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 director of Taiyuan Hospital arrived at Zhao Heng's bedroom, Wang Jin was waiting for Zhao Heng to lie down on a soft couch. After Taiyuan Hospital entered the dormitory, he glanced at the blood and corpses on the floor, and then pretended not to see them. 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 short while, your Majesty administered the injection and prescribed a medicine. Your Majesty should take it for three days and you should be cured." The Taiyuan Hospital examined Zhao Heng's pulse and confirmed Zhao Heng's illness. After that, acupuncture begins. After some acupuncture.
Zhao Heng woke up faintly. As soon as he opened his eyes, Zhao Heng's eyes immediately stared. Taiyuan Yinzheng said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't get angry, anger will harm your health. Once Your Majesty gets angry again, it is easy to faint here." Zhao Heng was admonished by Taiyuan Yinjing Yinzheng, and the anger that had just risen in his eyes, Gradually it faded away.
"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 look on his face, opened his lips slightly, and the words he spat out were colder than ice particles.
"Call the deputy privy envoy Gao Hu, the inspector Ding Wei, the Pingzhangshi Pang Taishi, the counselor Li Hang, and the Twelve Guards generals to enter the palace to discuss matters." Wang Jin nodded, quietly exited the dormitory, and then quickly Zhao Guangyi's order was passed on.
That night. The middle door of the palace opened wide, and the front guards of the fourteenth team rushed out of the palace on fast horses. The quiet Bianjing City was awakened by the sound of horse hooves. People from each family and mansion sent people from the mansion to inquire about the news.
Inside the palace. Zhao Heng stared coldly at the leader of the Imperial City Division who was 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 tricked in the court today? I was so happy, but I didn’t know it, and I was still 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 entrust the responsibility of supervising the world to you. You made me blind."
"Hehehe~" 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 thieves. Haha..." Zhao Heng was laughing, but The leader of the Imperial City Division felt extremely cold. He kowtowed in fear and said: "I beg your Majesty to give me another chance to make meritorious service." Zhao Heng shook his head and smiled, saying: "No need, since your Imperial City Department is so useless, why do you still keep it?"
"Your Majesty?!" the leader of the Imperial City Department exclaimed. Zhao Heng waved his hand. A eunuch followed Zhao Heng's wave and appeared next to the leader of the Imperial City Division. 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 Division. 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, the eunuch dragged him out of the dormitory.
At the door of the dormitory. After bumping into Wang Jin who had just delivered the order, Wang Jien was obviously a little surprised to see the eunuch holding the leader of the Imperial City Division with one hand.
"Chen...Chen Lin?" Chen Lin grinned and bowed to Wang Jin, "I have seen Superintendent Wang before." Wang Jin wanted to ask more, but saw Chen Lin grabbing the martial arts expert like a chicken. The leader of the Imperial City Department, he subconsciously closed his mouth and nodded. Looking at Chen Lin grabbing the leader of the Imperial City Department and leaving, Wang Jin frowned and murmured: "I usually see this kid withering, but I didn't expect that he is actually a confidant trained by His Majesty, hiding it so deeply..." Wang Jin secretly said to himself After keeping Chen Lin in mind, he tiptoed into the dormitory.
Outside the imperial city. As the guards in front of the palace galloped past one street after another on horseback. Almost everyone in Bianjing knew something was wrong.
When they secretly observed that the guards in front of the palace went to the Gao Mansion, Ding Mansion, and Twelve Guards General Mansion, they knew that a war was about to happen. The last time His Majesty summoned these people late at night was six years ago when the Liao people invaded with an army of 300,000 people. The person 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 chair. On the way to the palace, they thought hard, but could not figure out the emperor's purpose 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 warned the younger generation and said to Li Hang, who was the only one beside him who was following his lead: "Your Majesty summoned you and me, as well as the Twelve Guards Generals, and even invited the generals who had not asked for it for a long time. Ding Wei and Gao Hu from the political affairs are afraid that a war will break out."
Li Hang bowed and said, "You always thought that there was a problem over there." 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 his fly whisk, and said, "Your Majesty, let you in." Grand Master Pang and others lined up in two rows according to their status in the court and entered the dormitory. The dead bodies in the dormitory had already 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. intoxicated.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
