Song Gexing

Chapter 64 Visiting the execution ground in person
In the first year of Jianlong, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, this was Zhao Kuangyin's first reign title. In the second year after he had just been given the yellow robe, Li Yun, the commander of the imperial examination, Tongping Zhangshi, and the military commander of the Zhaoyi Army, launched an army to attack the Song Dynasty.

Of course, the name of this attack on the Song Dynasty is incorrect, because Li Yun initially accepted the fact that Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor, so he was considered a treason by Song history.

Li Yun was a fierce general in the Later Zhou Dynasty. He made many military exploits in attacking the Liao Kingdom throughout his life. He was present in several battles that defeated the Liao Kingdom in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

He originally joined forces with another fierce general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chai Rong's brother-in-law Li Chongjin, to raise an army, but Zhao Kuangyin split them up, and the hesitant Li Chongjin raised his army four months late.

During these four months, Li Yun was defeated by Zhao Kuangyin, who was fighting in person, and set himself on fire, but Zhao Kuangyin did not kill his family.

Li Yun's eldest son Li Shoujie and some of his surviving family members were all moved to Luoyang. Of course, Li Shoujie had persuaded his father not to rebel, which was also an important reason why Zhao Kuangyin let him go.

Zhao Kuangyin, who then pursued the victory, turned around and killed Li Chongjin, who had raised an army. This was the Er-Li Incident in the early Song Dynasty and should be the biggest crisis after Zhao Kuangyin founded the country.

Because these two people are so outstanding, any one of them can make the Khitan people tremble in fear, and they both have tens of thousands of troops and sit on one side.

When Li Yun rebelled, his adviser Lu Qiu Zhongqing persuaded him to give up the attack on Kaifeng and divert to Hebei via the Taihang Mountains, occupying Luoyang and Zhao Kuangyin's branch to resist.

But Li Yun rejected this suggestion, saying that he wanted to avenge the later Zhou Dynasty, and occupying Luoyang would only form a separatist trend and would not be able to defeat Zhao Kuangyin.

Li Yun's impracticality caused him to lose his last chance. He was commendable for his loyalty, but his behavior was reckless. He forgot that the most elite troops in the later Zhou Dynasty were in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.

The two people in the secret room tonight are the descendants of the people who served under Li Yun back then, Lu Qiu Jian, the grandson of Lu Qiu Zhongqing, and Sun Dewang, the grandson of Sun Fu.

Li Shoujie was willing to serve as a minister of the Song Dynasty, but his two fathers were unwilling to do so and secretly defected to the Liao Kingdom and became spies, and gradually became the leader of the Liao spies hiding in Bianjing City.

A few years ago, the envoys of the Liao State, Xiao Temo, the envoy of Xuanhui, and Liu Liufu, a Hanlin scholar, came to Bianjing. They met Zhao Fang on the way and had a dispute.

Xiao Temo felt that Zhao Fang was too smart and should be killed in the bud, while Liu Liufu thought it was still a question of whether a child could remain wise when he grew up.

Instead of killing him and causing big trouble, it's better to find a way to get close to him, slowly influence him, and then there will be no worries after developing all the problems.

In the end, Liu Liufu persuaded Xiao Temo, and secretly ordered the spies of the Liao Kingdom to keep an eye on Zhao Fang, looking for opportunities to approach him.

But Zhao Fang has been well protected these years, and he is inaccessible in the palace. The best opportunity is to choose the concubine.

But this happened so suddenly that even the important officials of the Song Dynasty were caught off guard. What's more, they, the spies, had no time to arrange for their own people to be selected by the Jiaofang Division.

He could only act in a hurry, arrange an uncontrollable chess piece, and wait for an opportunity in the future to persuade her to serve Daliao.

It was originally a great opportunity for Zhao Fang to leave the palace this year, but Chu Shan's exposure almost wiped out all the Liao spies buried in the Imperial City Division.

Immediately afterwards came the investigation by the Forbidden Army, and Zhao Fang once again held great power. This made Sun Dewang anxious, so he had to come up with this plan to kill him to avoid future troubles.

Three days later, on March [-]th, the fifth year of Qingli, seventeen spies from the Imperial City Division were punished by Ming Zhengdian. The Song court had indeed played a trick.

Originally, 49 people were captured, including family members, but 32 of them were Khitan people, and all of them were secretly executed.

The remaining 17 people were from the Song Dynasty, and they were brought out to be punished by Ming Zhengdian, and they were sentenced by Dali Temple.

On Xingguo Temple Bridge South Street, crowds of people came after hearing the news. Everyone was very excited about today's strange event. Dali Temple had never executed a prisoner before.

And this place is also very subtle. In ancient times, prisoners were executed in downtown areas, but usually in the west of the city. Because the west belongs to gold, it means killing.

The Kexingguo Temple Bridge is in the southwest of the inner city of Bianjing, not far from Kaifeng Mansion, but the most important thing is that to the south of this place is the residence of the Liao State Envoy.The prisoner who was beheaded this time was said to be working for the Liao people. Of course, the official charge was treason, but he didn't say who he was serving.

But the eyes of ordinary people are sharp. The incident in Chushan happened at the end of last year, and it has been almost three months, so the reason can still be hidden.

"Look! That's..."

"Holding the sun, Tianwu and the imperial city guard must be the King of Wei!"

"King Wei! Wow!"

Just after noon, the people outside suddenly became commotion. Everyone turned around and saw a group of people guarding a carriage coming slowly.

Su Shunqin, the supervisor and beheading officer, stood up when he heard the noise and looked around, and quickly greeted: "Everyone, give way, the King of Wei is here!"

"It's really the King of Wei, wow! The official dragon son, the phoenix chick of our Song Dynasty..."

"King Wei is a thousand years old!"

Hearing the noise, Zhao Fang lifted the curtain of the car and waved to everyone with a smile, so he could see the situation in the car at a glance.

Everyone was surprised to find that besides him, there were an old lady and four other women in the car. There was also a tea set on a coffee table. Obviously, being in the car was not boring at all.

"Hello, fellow villagers! Everyone must remember safety. Crowds of people can easily lead to trampling. Adults, please keep an eye on your children..."

Recalling the behavior of those big shots during inspections in his previous life, Zhao Fang also imitated their greetings and got out of the carriage looking very friendly.

It's just that Renxiao's movements were a little unharmonious, but he didn't realize it at all and was still performing it hard.

Fortunately, this was the Song Dynasty. It was the first time for people to see such a people-friendly prince, and they all excitedly applauded.

After entering with difficulty, Su Shunqin picked him up and asked in a low voice: "Why is the king here? Wait, the scene will be a bit..."

Before he said the next words, Zhao Fang understood his worry, smiled and comforted him: "Su Qing, don't worry, Xiao Wang just wants to see this, otherwise how can he deal with the future if he is as timid as a mouse."

Su Shunqin was still worried and said: "Why does the king need to practice courage? He has his own ministers to protect the king. Even if he wants to see things, he has to wait until he is older."

Zhao Fang smiled and said, "It's okay. Xiao Wang even brought his female relatives to let them practice their courage. What would it be like if he hid himself?"

Only then did Su Shunqin know why the four women were here. After taking a curious look, he didn't know who they were. Anyway, they were all wearing veils.

Zhao Fang touched him lightly and said, "The first one on the right is Privy Han's daughter."

Su Shunqin hurriedly looked at her, recognized her, and then turned around and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years. My second sister has grown so big that I almost can't recognize her."

Zhao Fang laughed. It was not surprising that Su Shunqin knew Han Xue. He was Du Yan's son-in-law, Han Qi's good friend, and the grandson of Su Yijian, the former counselor and governor of the Song Dynasty.

Du Yan is the backbone of the reformists, and he is naturally the same, and he is a vanguard, but he has too much of a literary temperament. Historically, the opposition found a breakthrough in him to impeach Fan Zhongyan and others.

(End of this chapter)