The Western Capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jiangning, Deming Palace and Guitou Palace.
Since the Xu Wen period, the Southern Tang Dynasty has been building palaces in Jiangning, but they were not built on the basis of the original Taicheng of the Six Dynasties, but on the basis of the original Jinling Office.
The reason is very simple. After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty felt that Jinling still had a royal spirit, so he ordered the city of Health to be leveled and cultivated, and completely destroyed.
By the time of the Yang and Wu Dynasties, the Healthy City, which was renamed Jiangning, was already in disrepair, so the palace could only be rebuilt on the basis of the original Jinling Office.
When Li Min succeeded to the throne, the imperial city of Jiangning was basically completed. The imperial city was called Deming Palace. It was grand and grand, far more gorgeous than Zhang Zhao's shack in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo.
Of course, such a palace can be built in such troubled times, and the bones of countless civilians are buried under it.
Li Jing received the news that Liu Yanzhen's army had been wiped out in the Guitou Hall. The news was so shocking that the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty was stunned.
Zhang Zhao often called the Southern Tang lord Li Jing's son, because Li Jing was indeed younger than him.
This man was born in 916, and he is just thirty this year. Well, in fact, he is not even thirty yet, because the month has not yet come. And Zhang Zhao was born in 912, and he is already thirty-three and almost thirty-four this year.
The name Guitou Hall does not have any bad taste, but comes from a form of Chinese architecture - Bao Xia, which refers to a small house built next to the main house that has already been built.
The Guitou Hall is like this. After the main palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty was built, Li Jing rebuilt it on the edge of the imperial city as a small palace far away from the harem, where he could have fun with Han Xizai, Feng Yanji and others in order to compete with his courtiers' poetry recitation.
The scenery in Jiangnan is beautiful! In this chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it is simply like a paradise.
It has been almost fifty years since Yang Xingmi, the founder of the Southern Tang Dynasty, ended the war with Qian Yue for Wuzhong. There has been no major war around Jiangning.
During the long period of peace, coupled with small-scale wars against Wang Min, Nanping, Ma Chu, etc., the Southern Tang Dynasty has always been the winner. At the same time, the Central Plains Dynasty, the traditional leader of the countries, was actually destroyed by the Khitan, which invisibly encouraged the The sense of destiny in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
And this sense of destiny reached its climax when Hu Ci Le surrendered, the Southern Tang Dynasty had all the Jianghuai land, and then Du Chongwei descended to Songzhou.
For a heavyweight like Du Chongwei, Zhang Zhao looked at him as if he were a piece of shit.
But in the eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, although Du Chongwei was also a heavyweight, this heavyweight was not the same as what Zhang Zhao thought.
In the eyes of Li Jing and others, Du Wenhou was a veteran of Daibei, the brother-in-law and uncle of the Emperor of the Central Plains, or an outstanding person who almost became the Emperor of the Central Plains. Now that such people have come to join him, what does this mean?
On behalf of me, the Tang Dynasty is invincible!
But at this moment when the Tang Dynasty was invincible, the army that went north to take over the territory was defeated. Even if it was defeated, the entire army was wiped out!
This blow is really too big.
In Li Jing's eyes, Liu Yanzhen, not to mention Bai Qi, Han Xin, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing, must at least be at the level of Flying General Li Guang!
How could such a famous general be destroyed in a single battle?
Moreover, Liu Yanzhen's 30,000 imperial troops were the most elite troops in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing was convinced of their bravery.
Because he only dispatched 15,000 such forbidden troops, he destroyed Wang Min's country. He saw those liger-like athletes with his own eyes, so how could they fail like this?
Thinking of this, Li Jing looked at the prime ministers Feng Yanji, Wei Cen and others beside him with confused eyes.
However, these people are similar to Li Jing. They talk loudly on weekdays, but overnight most of the country's elite are defeated, and they are scared to death.
Li Jing turned his attention to Zhizhigao Han Xizai in the distance. Han Xizai was originally Li Jing's former minister in the East Palace, but he had fallen out of favor recently because he didn't like to cater to Li Jing.
Seeing Li Jing looking at him, this old minister who was relatively capable and very clear-headed hurriedly said to Li Jing.
"Privy Councilor Chen Jue has stationed troops in Fuzhou and has more than 10,000 elite troops in his hands. At this moment, Chen Jue should be ordered to return to the army as soon as possible.
The people in Jianzhou, Jianzhou, Tingzhou and other places are strong and brave, and there are many talented people. After the fall of the Kingdom of Min, there are also a large number of brave men who are afraid of crime and hide in these countryside. The saint should send his trusted ministers to recruit, and he will definitely get more than ten thousand elite soldiers. . "
It turned out that after the Southern Tang Dynasty defeated Wang Min, they did not get Wang Min's best Fuzhou and Quanzhou, which made the Southern Tang Dynasty extremely unconvinced.
Therefore, there are elite soldiers stationed in Jianzhou (Jianou, Fujian), Jianzhou (Nanping, Fujian), and Tingzhou (Changting, Fujian), which are close to Fuzhou and Quanzhou.
In addition, as Han Xizai said, the conditions in Jianzhou, Tingzhou and Jianzhou were difficult and the folk customs were extremely tough. Most of Wang Min's elite soldiers came from these places.
And Wang Min's destruction of the country was not a crime of war, but the Wang brothers and their generals killed each other, and were finally crushed by the Southern Tang Dynasty's national power.
Therefore, Han Xizai's suggestion was very correct. Li Jing was overjoyed and immediately followed Han Xizai's suggestion.
On the one hand, he was preparing to send people to summon Chen Jue, the privy envoy who was the military governor of Fuzhou Zhaowu Army, to return to his army. On the other hand, he was preparing to send Wei Wei Shaoqing Pan Chengyou as an angel to recruit athletes in Fujian.
This Pan Chengyou was originally the minister of the king of Fujian. He was originally from Putian, Quanzhou. He was an honest official, outspoken, and had a good reputation in Fujian. It was appropriate for him to go to Fujian to recruit athletes.
Han Xizai then proposed several strategies for organizing defense in Huainan, and Li Jing followed them one by one.
Feng Yanji and Pan Cen, who were kneeling on the lower left side of Li Jing, looked at each other with uneasy expressions in their eyes.
Han Xizai was an old minister of Qiandi. He had known Li Jing for more than ten years and was talented and learned. It took a lot of effort to suppress him. If he turned over again, how could they still have their status in the center in the future?
At this time, Han Xizai was not the same old man as when Li Yu was in the training ground. When he saw Li Jing obeying everything, he seemed to have returned to the time when the two of them got along in the East Palace, and he actually started talking about Huainan affairs again.
"The sage has learned clearly that the imperial court has lost its elite and gained tens of thousands of talented people, but it can only temporarily stabilize the situation.
But this time we were the ones who started the trouble. How could Zhou give up? There is no way he would invade the south.
If we want to stabilize Huainan, it is imperative to abolish the Bo Zheng and the harsh military and land administration. Only by treating the people of Huainan kindly can we stop Zhou's cavalry. "
As soon as Han Xizai's words came out, a look of embarrassment appeared on Li Jing's face.
However, Feng Yanji and Pan Cen's eyes shone brightly. Pan Cen jumped out first, pointed his halberd at Han Xizai and cursed.
"Well, you Han Xizai, if you have any opinions, please make them. How dare you slander the saints and the court?
Bo Zheng and military fields were the plan set by Emperor Liezu to stabilize Huainan. Do you dare to say that it was a harsh rule?
If there was no Bo Zheng, how would we pay the Imperial Army in Huainan? Without military fields, what would the soldiers in Huainan eat? "
Li Jing nodded in agreement. This Emperor Hutu didn't know the true situation in Huainan at all.
Under the deception of Feng Yanji and others, Li Jing, who had never understood farming and people's livelihood, really thought that Bo Zheng and military fields were for the purpose of safeguarding Huainan. These two items were only a slight burden to the people of Huainan. .
Han Xizai's face turned red with anger. Pan Cen's shamelessness in describing such harsh policies as a plan to stabilize Huainan once again refreshed his understanding.
But before Han Xizai could say anything to refute, Feng Yanji came out again and said to Li Jing sadly.
"I heard someone say that Han Shuyan often slandered the saint in his residence, saying that the saint was in Huainan and received 30,000 yuan of imperial money every year. It was not the fault of the master.
Before, I thought it was just a rumor, but today he openly slandered Bo Zheng and Juntian as a harsh government, which shows that the rumors are true.
He, Han Shuyan, was not trying to be kind to the people of Huainan, but he was trying to treat the saints harshly!
In the eyes of Han Shuyan, His Majesty, the most powerful person of all times, is he inferior to a few Guizhou leaders? "
After Feng Yanji jumped out, officials who had benefited from Huainan also came out to accuse Han Xizai, saying that he had slandered the saint and had evil intentions.
Li Jing's expression suddenly changed. Han Xizai wanted to say something more, but Li Jing walked away angrily.
Feng Yanji smiled proudly, he had already figured out Li Jing. This emperor looked majestic, but in fact he was stern in appearance, very cowardly, and his ears were soft.
In front of such people, right or wrong does not depend on the facts, but on who has the loudest voice and who has more people saying so.
And the 30,000 yuan from Huainan every year is very important to Li Jing.
Even though he is the emperor, he has a lot of money to spend on, such as hosting cocktail parties, drafting women, giving alms to Lanruo, and building palaces. How about that for free?
If these 30,000 guan are missing, the annual expenses will be reduced by 30,000 guan.
Seeing Li Jing walk away, Feng Yanji didn't even look at Han Xizai, who was in despair, because he knew that Han Xizai was finished again.
As long as he asks a few of his close ministers to write a letter and give them some advice, the saint will drive this annoying guy far away.
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In Chuzhou, witnessed by tens of thousands of people, Zhang Zhao was riding a white horse, wearing his golden armor. He did not display any ceremonial guards, but only led five thousand horsemen wearing white armor and five thousand iron armored cavalry wearing red armor. File in from the north gate.
This was specially arranged by Zhang Zhao. The rich people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, even the common people, must have seen many big events, but they must have never seen the 10,000 armored cavalry.
Sure enough, Zhang Zhao's appearance immediately calmed the Huainan people who came to watch the ceremony. Their mouths were wide open, with a look of shock and fear on their faces.
Among the Zhou Kingdom's cavalry, those war horses with a shoulder height of more than five feet were covered with iron armor, almost like monsters. The soldiers and generals were red and white, and they looked like heavenly soldiers and generals.
At first they were just watching, but then everyone started to kneel down without knowing who started.
Seeing that the people around him were frightened, Saint Zhang continued to act as before. He publicly announced the military discipline of the Zhou army at the north gate of Chuzhou, saying that there would be no adultery, no looting, and no indiscriminate killing.
The most important thing is that Zhang Zhao personally announced that he would abolish all Tang Dynasty's tyrannical policies in Huainan such as Bo Zheng and military land.
In an instant, there were thunderous cheers, and the people rushed to tell each other that the rumors were true, and that Emperor Zhou really came to abolish Bo Zheng and military fields.
Um! The abolition of tyranny is true, so in the hearts of the people of Huainan, white turtles, white arowanas, white foxes, and white rats are also true.
