Regarding the matter of Ren Dejing becoming king, Su Yonglin showed no signs of stopping there. He issued severe criticism and warning to Ren Dejing.
"The Lord Xia himself is only a king, so what qualifications does he have to confer a king? This is an illegal act, and it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to agree with it. If the king of Chu, Ren Dejing, does not get the approval of the Ming Dynasty, he is not considered a king!
Since he is not a prince, how can he be qualified to build a palace for himself? I am very dissatisfied with Ren Dejing's move. Go back and tell Ren Dejing to stop building the Lingzhou Palace immediately and send someone to Zhongdu to apologize. Otherwise, I will not spare him. "
Su Yonglin sternly scolded Ren Dejing for what he did. This stern scolding made Ren Degong's heart freeze.
How did that happen?
Why is this so?
Why did Su Yonglin's attitude suddenly change so drastically?
What happened in the middle?
Ren Dejing was puzzled and left Zhongdu in despair, returned to Xingqing Mansion, and told Ren Dejing about the incident.
After listening to Ren Degong's report, Ren Dejing felt a chill in his heart. He felt that Su Yonglin was definitely not diverting attention from Xini, but that Su Yonglin was targeting him.
What went wrong, and why did Su Yonglin's attitude suddenly change?
Ren Dejing didn't know, but Ren Dejing was very angry.
"Damn it! He received so many benefits, how much money he made from the mutual trade between the two countries! He actually insulted me like this! Doesn't he think that as a Han Chinese, it would be good for him to become the king of Xia?"
Ren Dejing clenched his fists, his heart filled with resentment towards Su Yonglin, and he kept thinking about how to retaliate against Su Yonglin.
Ren Degong was quite anxious and said helplessly: "Now that Su Yonglin does not support us and wants to accuse us, once this news is known to Li Renxiao, he will definitely make a big fuss and use this as a basis to call on those who oppose us in the country. It’s not good for us, brother, what should we do?”
"What you said makes sense. Once Su Yonglin accuses me, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court."
Ren Dejing said with a sinister look on his face: "Don't tell anyone else, although Aodaochong and Rela Gongji's group lost power for a while, they never gave up fighting me. Li Renxiao has been the emperor for so many years, and he has a group of supporters around him. , and there are so many party members and ministers, they will definitely side with Li Renxiao..."
"Then brother, what should we do?"
When Ren Dejing heard what Ren Dejing said, he became even more panicked and felt that the future was not good.
"Don't panic! Why panic! Even if Su Yonglin decides to accuse me, even if those people think they have an opportunity, the army is still in my hands, isn't it? From Xingqing Mansion to Xiping Mansion, and then to the Frontier Military Division, I have all the military power of Xia State under my control, no matter how arrogant Li Renxiao and those civil servants are, what can they do?!"
Ren Dejing took a deep breath and said: "If the Ming State cannot recognize me, then go to the Song State! As long as the Song State supports me, I won't worry! The Ming State is not the only country in the world!"
Ren Degong said "Ah", hesitated for a while, and said: "Brother, the Song Dynasty was defeated by the Ming Dynasty not long ago. It suffered heavy losses. An army of hundreds of thousands of people was wiped out by tens of thousands of Ming troops. The Ming army directly surrounded the Song capital. Are they really reliable in forcing the Song Dynasty to sign an alliance under the city?
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot defeat tens of thousands of Ming troops. The imperial capital is surrounded by Ming troops and has now become a vassal state of Ming. Not to mention whether they have the strength or not, will they really be willing to join forces with us? Song State had refused to ally with us before. "
Ren Dejing said that it was indeed a problem that could not be ignored, so Ren Dejing also fell into thinking.
The combat effectiveness shown by the Song State before was so overwhelming that Ren Dejing was worried. He felt that even if he had the support of the Song State, once the Ming army attacked, the Song State might not dare to send troops north to help him.
Furthermore, the Song State had previously refused to secretly form a secret alliance with Xixia to fight against the Ming State. This made Ren Dejing doubt the credibility of the Song State and worried that the Song State would not sell him out.
Even if the Song Dynasty really sent troops to support him, could he win? Can it win?
This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work either, what should I do?
Ren Dejing suddenly felt a little bit of despair.
He felt that the Ming State was too strong. If he did not get the support of the Ming State, even if he could get support from the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be meaningless. Li Renxiao would still get help from the Ming State. Once the Ming State sent troops...
Will the Ming Dynasty send troops to intervene?
Ren Dejing did know that the Ming Dynasty had begun a major project to repair the Yellow River. It was said that a huge amount of manpower and material resources had been invested, and it should not be able to launch a large-scale war in a short time.
But Ren Dejing also knew that not long ago, the Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe on the grassland tested the Ming Dynasty, but were defeated by the Ming Dynasty.
Ming Guo’s stance on this matter is very obvious——
Although I am building the Yellow River, and although I am spending a lot of national power to build the Yellow River, if you think that I can't beat you because of this, then you are indeed too naive.
Even if I can only mobilize 50,000 people, I can make it impossible for you to survive or die.
hateful!
Why is the Ming Dynasty so powerful! ?
Ren Dejing thought about it, feeling that he was in an extremely helpless state. He held military power and political power but had no way to deal with Li Renxiao, the puppet emperor.
However, he has reached this point. Even if he wants to get back together with Li Renxiao and return to power at this moment, he probably won't end well.
Since ancient times, it has been 100% impossible for powerful officials to give up their power in exchange for a good outcome.
The emperor's mouth is a liar, never believe it!
Ren Dejing is actually in a difficult situation.
And things were just as he imagined. Su Yonglin issued an order to rebuke Ren Dejing, asking Ren Dejing to stop repairing the Lingzhou Palace, remove himself from the title of king, and apologize in court, which caused an uproar in the Xixia court.
Opposition opponents who had been suppressed by Ren Dejing in the past jumped up and accused Ren Dejing of being authoritarian and arrogant, demanding that Ren Dejing immediately apologize and return power to Emperor Li Renxiao.
Li Renxiao himself also made a rare appearance in the court and asked Ren Dejing for his opinion on this matter.
"I don't mean to force Xianggong Ren. I just think that since Emperor Ming has said this, should Xianggong Ren obey the will of Emperor Ming? After all, Emperor Ming is Emperor Ming and the sect leader of our country. If you disrespect him, you may cause trouble." His thunder rages.”
Li Renxiao said with a strange tone: "If the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is furious with thunder, some far away, like Emperor Zhao of the Song Dynasty, have been forced to pay tribute and pay annual coins, and their face has been disgraced. More recent ones, such as Ke Lie and Qi Yan, are already on the verge of destruction. The leader They were all beheaded outside Zhongdu City.”
Ren Dejing originally lowered his head, but when Li Renxiao was done with his strange anger, he suddenly raised his head.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, but I am right in front of you."
When he said this, Ren Dejing's face was full of coldness, and his words were quite cold and without any emotion.
He felt that he had to say something like this so that some people in the court could understand the current situation.
Li Renxiao's pupils shrank, and an unexplained chill instantly spread throughout his body, making him shiver unconsciously.
"Ren Dejing! What are you talking about? What do you mean by saying that?!"
The civil servant leader Odaochong stood up and stood in front of Ren Dejing with his back to Li Renxiao, his face full of anger.
Ren Dejing glanced at Ao Daochong without emotion, as if he were looking at a mouse that was about to die.
"You should know what I mean, and so should His Majesty. Although the Ming Dynasty is strong, it is thousands of miles away. Although I am weak, I am close at hand."
With that said, Ren Dejing turned around and shouted outside the hall.
"De Gong, come in!"
