General Yang Shuo, who was responsible for escorting the Li family to the north, was dismissed from his post and investigated by Cao Bin. He was about to be sent to Bianjing City for trial. When he received the news, Yang Shuo's face turned pale and he felt like the world was spinning.

This mission originally had no risks, but I didn't expect that something like this would happen on the Yangtze River.

It was obvious that someone had designed a plan to prevent the Li royal family from going north to Bianjing of the Song Dynasty smoothly.

But Yang Zao himself was negligent and failed to protect the Li family members. More than 70% of the people drowned, and there were still missing people. There were not many people left.

However, no one sympathized with him anymore, because after the news reached Jinling City, it caused an uproar.

Originally immersed in the emotion of losing their country and family, many dignitaries and common people in Jinling City were very sad.

Now that I learned that the Li family, including Li Yu, was drowned in the river, my sadness turned to anger.

Some voices of conflicting plans were also spread at this time.

"I heard that the official Li Yu, the Empress Dowager and others all drowned."

"Who did it, so cruel?"

"Who else could be there? It must be the Song Dynasty royal family. They don't want people from the Li royal family to reach Bianjing. If they go, they won't be killed or rewarded. They still think it's a big problem, so they kill them secretly."

"The Song Dynasty's methods are too despicable to do this!"

"That's right, we can't surrender to the Song Dynasty. They are all tigers, leopards and wolves. Most of their soldiers are from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Most of the remaining Hu people from the Western Wei Dynasty are of blood. They look down on us Jiangnan people. They want to kill people."

Various public opinions are brewing, and they are all full of anger towards the Song Dynasty.

Some people also took the opportunity to mix up the news so that people could not tell the truth from the lies.

"It is said that the Song army did not do it personally, but the Wuyue people. Wuyue and I, Li Tang, have had a grudge for generations. This time, they had a strong desire to destroy the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that the Li Tang royal family surrendered, they were unwilling to do it, so they secretly committed suicide.

We don’t want the Li royal family to go north to Bianjing City.”

"That makes sense. It was probably done by Wu Yue soldiers."

Some people in the Southern Tang Dynasty were discussing, obviously very angry, commemorating and grieving for the Li Tang royal family.

The news spread quickly in many cities and counties in the Southern Tang Dynasty. There was great resentment against the Song Dynasty and the Wuyue Kingdom. Many military governors and garrison troops from various places decided to fight to the end and never surrender.

For example, after Lu Jiangcheng broke through and moved south, after reorganizing Changzhou, he led his men to capture Shezhou. His great-grandfather Lu Zhao served as governor in Shezhou and had a virtuous reputation, so he was quite popular among the people in Shezhou.

Lu Jiang sent messengers to various places in Shezhou to inform all directions that there was still Shezhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they were determined to avenge the royal family and fight against the invasion of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, this situation forced Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others to be stationed in Jinling and other places. They were unable to return to the court. Instead, they had to deploy and conquer the cities occupied by the remaining Southern Tang generals.

Bianjing City, the Imperial Palace of the Song Dynasty.

After Zhao Kuangyin received the news, he seemed shocked, then furious.

When he learned about this memorial in the Jinluan Palace, he was furious and furious on the spot.

"What a waste. He can't even protect anyone. This Yang Shou deserves to be killed!"

The civil and military ministers in the court were puzzled until the memorial came down and Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Chu Zhaofu, Xue Juzheng and others saw it, their expressions changed greatly and their hearts were complicated.

What exactly is going on, no one knows the inside truth.

They don't know whether Yang Shu really failed to protect him and caused a catastrophe; or whether the officials secretly ordered his eradication and acted here; or whether he was tricked by other enemy countries, sowing trouble and giving the Song Dynasty eye medicine.

In short, the matter has become confusing and very complicated.

Zhao Pu stood up and expressed his position: "Officials, this matter involves the lives of hundreds of members of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty. If it is not investigated clearly or there are appropriate reasons, it may be difficult for the people to complain. By then, the people of the Tang Dynasty may be

It is really not good for him to resist and submit to the Song Dynasty because of this, and to fight to the death."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "Yes, I think so too. In addition to Yang Shou's poor protection, there are also people who are targeting this matter. This killing bureau must be investigated clearly and I, the Great Song Dynasty, will be cleared. Otherwise, this

The shit basin is closed, which will affect the majesty and benevolent governance of the Song Dynasty, will make Shu, Northern Han, Southern Han and other countries fearful, and will not be conducive to the unification of the world by the Song Dynasty."

"The wise officials should investigate the real culprit!"

"We must investigate the culprit behind the scenes, restore our Song Dynasty's innocence, and eliminate the crisis of trust."

Listening to Zhao Kuangyin's words and expressions, some officials seemed to have been given orders from time to time by someone else, so they dared to express their opinions one after another.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced around and said to Zhao Guangyi: "Leave this matter to Yin Guangyi of Kaifeng."

Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment, but he did not expect that the investigation into the murder of the Li family would be handed over to him.

However, this was not the time to shirk. He immediately walked out of the train, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, take the order."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly and announced the dismissal of the court.

Zhao Pu glanced at Zhao Guangyi. The previous close relationship had now become somewhat estranged.

After all, the two represent different interest groups.

Zhao Pu was already the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. In the second year of Qiande last year, he was appointed as a minister under his command, Ping Zhangshi under Tong Zhongshu, and a bachelor at Jixian Palace. After he became prime minister, Zhao Kuangyin regarded Zhao Pu as his right-hand man, responsible for all matters.

, all consulted him before making a decision.

Zhao Guangyi was also Zhao Kuangyin's right-hand man, but the once-close iron triangle had cracks because of Zhao Kuangyin's hesitant transfer order.

The matter involved the "Golden Chamber Alliance" in history. In the second year of Jianlong, when Empress Dowager Du was seriously ill, she called Zhao Kuangyin to her side and warned her eldest son: What you can do is entirely because Zhou Shizong allowed his young son to rule the world and failed to govern well.

, people's dissatisfaction gave our Zhao family an opportunity. If there was an older monarch in the Zhou Dynasty, there would be no place for you in this world.

Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyin died, the throne was passed to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi. It is said that Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi were present at the time. Zhao Kuangyin would kowtow and reply to his mother, and he would definitely do so.

In fact, Empress Dowager Du died in the second year of Jianlong. Empress Dowager Du, who had just emerged from the Five Dynasties, had a profound memory of the chaos of the Five Dynasties. The longest reign of emperors during the Five Dynasties was no more than ten years, and the average reign was less than four years. Therefore,

Empress Dowager Du was worried that Zhao Kuangyin would have an accident in the next few years and pass the throne to his young son, which would cause instability in the evidence of the Song Dynasty and continue to change dynasties. The Zhao family would not have a happy ending.

Given the historical circumstances at that time, this worry was not groundless. However, these were only oral last words and were not recorded.

As time went by, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was in good health and would not die suddenly. He was not in a hurry about the succession, because his eldest son was already fifteen years old and he could wait until his eldest son Zhao Dezhao grew up.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin did not really want to pass the throne to his second brother. After all, no matter how close brothers are, they are not as close as sons!

However, Zhao Pu was a clear royalist and clearly supported Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince. Moreover, after becoming prime minister, he began to suppress Zhao Guangyi's power. The last time Zhao Guangyi recommended his father-in-law Fu Yanqing to be in charge of the imperial army, it was Zhao Pu who blocked it.

At this time, Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi glanced at each other, with a cold look in their eyes, and then turned and left.
Chapter completed!