Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 88 This time, it is indeed too much
Is the opportunity in Jingchu and Hunan?
For a moment, Zhao Guangyi couldn't understand it either.

But he soon understood that something happened in Hunan.

As early as more than a month ago, Zhao Kuangyin had sent an army south to attack Jingchu and Hunan. In September of this year, Wuping Jiedu envoy Zhou Xingfeng died of illness in Hunan, and his 11-year-old son Zhou Baoquan succeeded him. His subordinates were naturally dissatisfied with letting an 11-year-old brother lead them all, so they elected a man named Zhang Wenbiao to rebel.

Everything is the same as the strategy of pacifying the world that Zhao Guangmei wrote a year ago.

Although Wuping Jiedushi Zhou Xingfeng nominally surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he actually ruled Hunan separately. In fact, he was no different from a warlord. Zhao Kuangyin could not control him at all. The only difference between him and Li Yu was that he did not dare to claim to be the king of the country.

According to the rules of the Five Dynasties, power is not inherited but snatched. It is natural for Zhang Wenbiao to rebel. Then the 11-year-old Jiedushi Zhou Baoquan and his ministers were obviously confused. Regarding Zhang Wenbiao's rebellion, he actually wrote a letter and sent it to Kaifeng, asking Zhao Kuangyin to make the decision for him!

Isn't this just driving a tiger to devour a wolf? Zhao Kuangyin immediately said righteously that what he can't tolerate the most are those unfaithful and unjust bastards who bully orphans and widows. Zhang Wenbiao, I'm ready, the Supreme Lord is coming. Can't save him, I said.

As for whether he blushed or panicked when he said these words, only God knows.

By the way, they can also destroy Guo by false means, and also destroy Jingchu, that is, Hubei. These two places together are Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. It can be imagined that the geographical location is extremely important.

Originally, everyone did not pay much attention to this. After all, the leader of this expedition was Murong Yanzhao, the undisputed number one soldier in the dynasty, and the supervisor was Li Chuyun, who was the deputy privy envoy. , how could it not be taken down?

As a result, when the frontline military information was transmitted back to Kaifeng, everyone in the city was stunned.

It's not that they didn't win, on the contrary, this victory came extremely easily. Cao Cao had been unable to defeat Jingzhou for so many years, but the Song army actually only took more than 40 days to defeat Jinghu. , most of which was spent on the road.

It is this winning process that really makes people furious.

First, Li Chuyun relied on the fact that he was Zhao Kuangyin's official and supervisor of the army. After drinking and releasing his military power, Murong Yanzhao's power was no longer what it used to be. As the so-called dog fights with human power, he actually bullied Murong Yanzhao everywhere, and Murong Yanzhao He was not in good health to begin with, and he was almost lying on a stretcher while commanding the troops. However, Li Chuyun was so angry that he was actually pissed to death.

Is Li Chuyun crazy?The Murong family and the Zhao family have been friends for generations, and Zhao Kuangyin also wanted to treat Yanzhao as a brother and always call him big brother!
Of course, this is not the most serious thing, at least it has nothing to do with Zhao Guangyi.

But the second one made Zhao Guangyi wonder whether Li Chuyun was seriously ill. He wanted to split his head open with an ax to see what was growing inside.

When he was pacifying Hunan, in order to undermine the resistance of the Hunan soldiers and civilians, he actually selected a few fat prisoners and cooked them alive!
Now, Zhou Baoquan of Hunan has indeed surrendered, but the people of Hunan are going crazy. The people think that the Song army is a man-eating demon. Various resistance uprisings among the people have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. The fundamentals of one after another are Can't hold it down.Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he almost went crazy. He was so furious that he just attacked Hunan. It made no difference to him whether he would fight in forty days or fifty or sixty days. Could it be that the resistance of the military and civilians in Hunan was so tenacious that it was necessary to Is it possible to suppress evil deeds like cannibalism and animal-like evil by eating people?
Are the 10,000+ Imperial Guards of our Song Dynasty all man-eating devils, what kind of beasts?

What the hell, I am giving grain to river workers, reducing taxes in Hebei, and releasing military power over a glass of wine. Isn’t it just to tell everyone that the troubled times are over, and I want to establish a beneficial and lawful governance? Isn’t it just to tell the world? I am different from the previous kings of the Five Dynasties. Do I want to implement virtuous and benevolent government?
Fucking cannibalism! !Do you think of me as Zhu Wen?Zhu Wen ate people to save military rations. Why did you eat people?What are you doing for, I can’t understand!Is it because you like to eat people?
After hearing the news, Zhao Kuangyin almost fell down from the dragon chair. He suddenly realized that his Song Dynasty was no different from the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou dynasties before him. He was still in a huge troubled time. , his soldiers, in order to win the victory, can almost be said to have no bottom line!
Naturally, Zhao Kuangyin was not the only one who was surprised. In fact, the whole of Kaifeng was boiling over this. There was an endless stream of people writing petitions, just like the ministers crossing the river. The core idea was one: the imperial army is domineering and must be restricted!
On the same day, Zhang Qiong, who was inspecting taxes, was beaten half to death by the angry "Kaifeng citizens". They couldn't find out who did it. Even the entire scholarly community and public opinion said that he deserved it and should be beaten to death.

The reputation of the Forbidden Army suddenly took a turn for the worse. In the entire Kaifeng Mansion, and even across the world, everyone was condemning the evil deeds of the Forbidden Army. A storm of public opinion with obvious traces of artificiality surged, and this was supposed to be Li Chuyun's personal responsibility. The matter of behavior extended to the entire Forbidden Army, and everyone believed that if Zhao Kuangyin could not strictly control the Forbidden Army, he would lose the support of the people of the world.

Even Zhao Guangyi stood up directly and appealed loudly that if Li Chuyun was not killed, the people would not be angry, and if the imperial army was not controlled, it would not be enough to calm the world. He even directly proposed the idea of ​​restricting trading firms, believing that the army now has its own financial resources and has exceeded its limits. They are becoming more and more disobedient. If they continue to be so laissez-faire and allow the commercial banks to make money to subsidize the Forbidden Army, the Forbidden Army will become even more difficult to control.

But what he said was echoed by hundreds of people, so that the storm unknowingly transferred from Li Chuyun to Zhang Qiong and even Zhao Guangmei.

Zhao Guangmei was stunned.

Second brother, what's going on with you?Didn't we drink together two days ago?Aren’t you still encouraging me and supporting me to make more money for my elder brother?

This is not right!

Li Chuyun was born as Zhao Kuangyin's minister, and he has always had a very good relationship with our family. Isn't he especially the best with you?You must know that in history, Li Chuyun's daughters were all married to Zhao Guangyi, who was later Empress Mingde. If this were not the case, considering what Li Chuyun committed this time, how could his son Li Jilong still have the chance to become the wife of Zhao Guangyi? A famous general in the early Song Dynasty.

This isn't right. What went wrong?

Of course, the issue of military discipline among the Imperial Guards in the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed a problem that had existed for a long time. All of this did not arise without wind and waves. The Imperial Guards in Hunan also engaged in many other beastly behaviors besides cannibalism.

Zhao Guangmei also knew this. Some soldiers were as crazy as devils. The military discipline of the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty was better than that of the Forbidden Army in the early Song Dynasty. For example, it was once very popular for them to strip women naked and cut off their breasts. Abandoned on the street, I don't know what I'm doing, just playing.

At this time, even Zhao Guangmei did not dare to say anything to defend herself. Even within the Forbidden Army, they fell into deep self-doubt. A considerable number of people actually felt that those outside were right. Ah, this time, it was indeed too much.

(End of this chapter)