The capital of the Song Dynasty, Bianliang, Kaifeng.

This is currently the largest city in the north. It is majestic, large-scale, has a population of over one million, and is the most prosperous city in the world.

The Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty is even more splendid, with row upon row of buildings, undulating buildings, thick walls, deep courtyards, majestic pillars everywhere, gorgeous corridors, exquisite bricks and tiles, carved beams and painted walls, highlighting the royal style and majesty.

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In the imperial study room, there is a very conspicuous bronze heater, which is in the shape of a three-story pagoda. The four walls are inlaid with gold and hollow. The animal charcoal and sandalwood inside are mixed and burning, emitting light smoke. It not only provides warmth to the inner room, but also

Adds a bit of fragrance.

The end of March in the north is not as warm as in the south of the Yangtze River. The cold spring air is still there, and the heater in the palace is still in use.

Thirty-eight-year-old Zhao Kuangyin, with a big face and big ears, thick eyebrows and wide mouth, is tall and tall. He is wearing a golden dragon and yellow robe. He is sitting upright on a wooden chair carved with dragons. He is concentrating on reviewing the memorial and doing his best.

In Chinese history, he is known as the "Tang Zong and Song Zu". Zhao Kuangyin ended the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which greatly promoted the development of history and has always been highly evaluated. Looking at his rise, it is relatively

When things went smoothly, Zhao Kuangyin was just starting out. During the Later Han Dynasty, he defected to Privy Councilor Guo Wei and joined the army. During the reign of Shizong Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he attacked the Northern Han Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty. He made many military exploits and gradually became an important general of the Forbidden Army.

When Chai Rong was seriously ill, Zhao Kuangyin was promoted to the chief inspector in front of the palace and became the supreme commander of the Forbidden Army. In the seventh year of Xian De (960), he pretended to be ordered to resist the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces; but was soon captured in the "Chenqiao Mutiny"

The generals of the Forbidden Army under his command supported him as emperor and returned to Beijing to force Emperor Gong of the Later Zhou Dynasty to abdicate. In the same year, Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne as emperor, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianlong, and the country was named "Song".

Today is the fifth year of the Song Dynasty, and the title is already the second year of Qiande. After five or six years of hard work by Zhao Kuangyin, he reorganized armaments, stabilized people's hearts, and improved the reorganization and establishment of government institutions. He has completely controlled this new dynasty. He made every move

, every quiver and every smile, already has a graceful and noble demeanor, a nine-five-year-old demeanor.

At this time, Zhang Dejun, the chief eunuch, slowly walked into the imperial study, holding a secret letter sealed with a fire sign in his hand. He walked up to the desk and whispered: "I am reporting to the official family that Wu Desi is in Jingzhou."

Secret reports from Chu and Jiangnan have been sent!"

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he stopped writing in his hand, looked up at Zhang Dejun, and said, "Send it over."

The Wude Division is a spy organization that originated in the Five Dynasties. Its name can be traced back to the Later Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. Historical records record: "The Wude Envoy Shi Yanqiong was lucky to be an official, and the emperor treated him with confidence, and he was the leader of the capital.

In the middle, bless myself!" to the end

Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty executed powerful officials. "At the end of Qianyou, Emperor Yin used military virtue envoys Li Ye and others to conspire and execute ministers Yang Biao and others." It was all through this spy organization. Military virtue envoys have always been the emperor's minions, with great power and restraint.

"Generals of the Suwei" and the Privy Council.

After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and founded the Song Dynasty, he appointed his trusted aide Wang Renfan as the military envoy. In the second year of Jianlong, Wang Renfan was promoted to the right-leading army guard general and served as a privy minister to carry out the decree. Gao Jichong, the then monarch of Nanping,

Zhao Kuangyin asked Song Taizu to assist him under the jurisdiction, but he could not afford to leave the place vacant, so Zhao Kuangyin appointed Wang Renfan as the inspector of Jingnan, so he resigned as the Wude chief and was replaced by Zhang Dejun, the chief eunuch.

Zhang Dejun nodded upon hearing this, opened the two confidential letters, checked them, and respectfully handed over the confidential letters.

After Zhao Kuangyin took it, he first scanned the secret letter from Changsha Prefecture. The main message was that Jingchu had been completely captured. The general Wang Quanbin who conquered Jingchu was in overwhelming power. At present, there were only some small counties that had not yet been deployed and were being cleared.

Residual local rebels, etc.

The intelligence sent back by Wude's spies was several days faster than the success report Wang Quanbin wrote and sent to the Ministry of War. This allowed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to know the battle situation on the front line in advance so that he could be well aware of it and avoid being exaggerated by the front line generals.

The credit was deceived.

"Yes, although this Wang Quanbin is usually a little greedy for money, he is still a good hand in leading troops in war, and he is the only one to conquer Western Shu." Zhao Kuangyin put down the secret letter with a smile, and picked up the secret letter from the Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.

He glanced at it and saw that it was full of trivial matters: for example, Li Yu was obsessed with poetry and Buddhism and was not enthusiastic about government affairs. The Tang court was indifferent after learning that the Song army had attacked Jingchu. Although the two factions had a quarrel in the court

But there was no result, so Han Xizai was still dismissed from office. Finally, he added a line describing Su Yixuan, a great lyricist in the Tang Dynasty. His literary talent was astonishing, he wrote many excellent works, and he became famous for a while.

Zhao Kuangyin sneered and said: "Little Li Tang became weak in the third generation. He devoted himself to writing lyrics and poems. His writing style was meandering. Scholars all over the south of the Yangtze River imitated it. The popular music of Mi Mi would not last for countless decades.

Former Yang Wu led Heiyundu to attack the domineering power of the Central Plains. He has a great talent, but he can only write poems. It seems that I can speed up the attack on Shu. Forgive him that Li Yu, the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom, does not dare to make a mistake!

"

Zhang Dejun smiled softly: "The official family is a sage! All the princes and small states in the south will be wiped out by our Song Dynasty, ending the troubled times. When the time comes to unify the north and the south, the official family's achievements will be able to catch up with Yao and Shun, and be on par with the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty."

Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said, "You know how to make me happy."

Zhang Dejun also laughed softly and said: "The officials have great talents and strategies, but this old slave is just telling the truth.

Zhao Kuangyin pointed his finger at him and smiled slightly. They understood each other tacitly, and they were used to patting horses every day.

Zhang Dejun asked again: "Does the official family need to pay special attention to the newly emerged talent Su from the Tang Dynasty and send someone to find out his identity and then monitor him?"

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said: "No, I asked Wu Desi to pay attention to the talented, practical, and capable people in the princes. Weak scholars like this who can only write lyrics are of no great use in this troubled world and cannot help anything.

Forget it, don’t pay too much attention to it, it’s a waste of their energy.”

"Here -" Zhang Dejun agreed.

………

Of course, Su Chen didn't know that he was almost noticed by Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. At this time, holding an oil-paper umbrella, he walked through the alley with gray tiles and white walls and returned to his mansion smelling of alcohol.

Yang Ling'er held her chin with both hands and was sitting at the window table, looking at the rain curtain outside and falling into random thoughts.

She is already twelve years old, in her prime, and has reached the time when a girl is pregnant.

She was originally raised by Su Mingyuan. Su's father once said half-jokingly that when she grew up, she could marry Su Chen as his concubine and there would be no need to marry outside. However, Su Mingyuan had been convicted and died in prison a few years ago. She and Su Chen

They depended on each other for life. In the past, brother Su Chen didn't care much about this little girl like her and didn't communicate much. He only knew how to hang out and constantly sell off the family property and family belongings. He was a dandy.

At that time, Yang Ling'er was full of fear and panic about the future, but Xiao Nizi always kept Su Mingyuan's words in mind. Even if Su Chen's brother was a playboy, she also thought about finding ways to make money by herself when she grew up, and not letting him starve.

dead.

But in the past half month, Su Chen suddenly enlightened and showed unprecedented talents. Even his personality changed. He also cared for her very much, even treating her as his own sister. He talked about everything and took care of every detail, which made Ling'er sometimes...

I'm doubting that this Su Chen is fake!

At this time, when she caught a glimpse of Su Chen's figure walking into the house, she immediately jumped up with joy, rushed to the door of the house, and shouted obediently: "Brother Su Chen..."
Chapter completed!