Ge Yanyu privately found Su Fengji's servant Li Cheng and told him that he planned to rebel.
When Su Fengji found out, he shouted to God to help me. He immediately taught them a set of rhetoric, and then sent someone to invite Li Song to his home for a banquet, pretending that he had important matters to discuss.
Li Song did not dare to neglect and hurried to the appointment. Su Fengji cordially received Li Song, and then calmly told him the truth, "If you have any last words, please explain them quickly."
Li Song was well aware of the methods of Su Fengji's gang members, so he bowed his hands and saluted, saying that he hoped that he would help take care of his little daughter for the sake of being an official in the same court, and he had nothing else to ask for.
Su Fengji nodded in agreement, "Okay. Someone will send him on his way."
Su Fengji preserved the last bit of dignity for Li Song. Although he was sent to prison, he was not tied with any ropes and was allowed to ride on horseback by himself.
When Li Song went out to mount his horse, his entourage and passers-by all avoided him like the god of plague. Only Li Song was alone on the street. He looked up at the sky and roared: "Since ancient times, there has been no immortal person, and how can there be an immortal country?" Then he calmly "surrendered".
His younger brother Li Yu was also secretly arrested and tortured in prison to extract a confession. Li Yu could not survive the punishment and could only "truthfully" confess his crime, saying that he, his brother Li Song, his brother Li Yi, his nephew Wang Ning and his servants, a total of 20 people, conspired to launch a rebellion on the day of the late emperor's burial. They set fire to the prefecture city to create chaos and fish in troubled waters; they also sent people to contact Li Shouzhen in the river, planning to cooperate inside and outside...
Su Fengji took the confession and said, "This... doesn't seem true..." Then he picked up his pen and added two strokes to the word "two", changing it to the word "five". The injustice of twenty people became the injustice of fifty people.
Therefore, Liu Chengyou issued an edict to kill all fifty people who testified. Li Song was brutally exterminated. All the corpses were exposed in the streets.
Li Song was a well-known scholar since he was a child. He was "smart at a young age and able to write articles." Li Song then recommended himself and bluntly said that Li Xing was not worthy of this position. Counting celebrities, it depends on the current situation.
When the civil servants at that time, such as Lu Zhi, who loved drinking, and Feng Dao, the cultural tycoon, heard this statement, they felt it was ridiculous and asked where did such a bold man come from? When they came to Li Song's article, several people couldn't put it down at first, and then they exclaimed, "Talent!" So they jointly recommended Li Song to Li Jiji, and Li Song became Li Jiji's staff from then on.
He became close to the crown prince and became the top aide of the "princeling party". If Li Jiji ascended the throne step by step, then Li Song would also become the prime minister.
When Li Jiji was conquering Shu, he followed his mother's secret order to "beat his father and plot against Liu" and killed Guo Chongtao. The person who helped him wipe his ass in this matter was Li Song. Li Song forged the "imperial edict" overnight, calmed the morale of the army, and helped Li Jiji successfully lead the army.
Li Siyuan came to power, Li Jiji committed suicide, and Li Song lost his backer. Li Siyuan appointed Ren Wan as the judge of the third division, and Ren Wan promoted Li Song to the position of salt and iron judge. However, the good times did not last long. Li Song and Ding were worried about their mother, so they resigned and returned home.
When his period of mourning expired, a feudal town boss took charge of Zhenzhou and appointed Li Song as his staff. Later, this boss became Privy Councilor, and Li Song was promoted to the Privy Council and the Hanlin Academy, gradually approaching the pinnacle of power. The second spring of life has begun.
It's a pity that this big boss is named Fan Yanguang.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the court was discussing the candidates to go to control Hedong. The officials argued endlessly, and Li Siyuan was very angry. At this time, Li Song suggested sending Shi Jingtang. Li Siyuan finally adopted Li Song's suggestion.
Li Song himself did not expect that his second spring would be opened in this way.
Shi Jingtang was very grateful to Li Song for helping him escape from the tiger's mouth and achieve hegemony, so after proclaiming the emperor, he was first appointed as the Minister of Hubu, then the Minister of Zhongshu, and finally Tong Zhongshu's Pingzhangshi and Privy Envoy, Prime Minister and Privy Envoy, Li Song ushered in the peak of his life.
After Shi Chonggui came to the throne, Li Song also took over the "Sansi Division", integrating administrative power (prime minister), military power (private envoy), and financial power (Sansi Division).
Misfortunes are where blessings depend, and blessings are where misfortunes lie. It was at the peak of his life that Li Song created his tragic ending. In short, he was on the wrong team.
At that time, Du Chongwei and Liu Zhiyuan were fighting overtly and secretly, and they were dissatisfied with each other. Later, Liu Zhiyuan was sent to Hedong, while Du Chongwei stayed in the central government, and even replaced Liu Zhiyuan's title of bodyguard. In other words, in the contest between the two, Liu Zhiyuan was at a disadvantage, and the emperor trusted Du Chongwei more.
Therefore, Li Song praised Du Chongwei many times in front of the emperor. I don't know whether Du Chongwei was "deeply virtuous", but Liu Zhiyuan was "deeply hated".
At the end of the Jin-Liao War, Zhao Yanshou feigned surrender. Li Song believed this and persuaded the court to send troops to respond. The man sent by the court was Du Chongwei, who was highly recommended by Li Song.
The result is obvious to all. Zhao Yanshou pretended to surrender to lure the enemy. Du Chongwei secretly communicated with the Khitan and brought all the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty, 200,000 elites, to surrender. The Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed.
After Yelu Deguang took control of Bianzhou, he was very grateful to Li Song and publicly stated: "I defeated the Southern Dynasty and only got Song!" He worshiped Li Song as the crown prince and grand master. It is said that Zhao Yanshou praised Li Song highly in front of Yelu Deguang.
Is Li Song a Khitan spy? Is there Infernal Affairs between him and Yelu Deguang, Zhao Yanshou, and Du Chongwei? Maybe Li Song is just stupid and naive, but this will be a booster for him to go into the abyss.
When Yelv Deguang returned to the north, he asked Li Song and his family to follow him northward. Yelu Deguang died suddenly, Li Song stayed in Zhenzhou, Zhenzhou mutinied, and Li Song, Feng Dao and others returned to Bianzhou. The emperor at this time was Liu Zhiyuan, who was excluded by him.
Liu Zhiyuan was disgusted with Li Song because he sided with Du Chongwei, and courtiers also accused Li Song of being a Khitan spy. Therefore, Li Song kept his tail between his legs in the Later Han Dynasty until he was killed by Su Fengji.
Li Yu's servant Ge Yanyu is an important witness in this case. He is a tainted witness and a hero who exposed the traitor and received a generous reward from Su Fengji.
All the people in the capital lamented. 50 people want to rebel? There are tens of thousands of guards in the palace and imperial troops in the capital, not counting the garrison troops stationed in the capital and local auxiliary defense garrisons. If you think about it with your heels, you will know the strange nonsense of this matter.
From then on, officials began to be afraid of their servants, fearing that they would imitate Ge Yanyu. For a time, the status of master and servant was reversed. In many wealthy families, the masters behaved like grandsons, while the servants behaved like uncles.
One day after the incident, secretary Li Fang came to visit Tao Hub. While chatting, Tao Hub suddenly asked: "Your ancestral home is Zhenzhou, not far from Shenzhou (Li Song's ancestral home is Shenzhou). Both of you are surnamed Li. Are you related by blood?"
Li Fang answered truthfully: "To tell you the truth, Li Song is really a distant cousin of mine."
Tao Hub nodded and raised the corners of his mouth strangely, "Li Song colluded with the rebels and had evil intentions. He is really guilty -" then he paused briefly and stared at Li Fang with a strange look, "-his Even in death, I played my part.”
Li Fang was so frightened on the spot that his face turned pale and he was sweating through his clothes.
When Tao Hub saw this, he laughed with satisfaction.
