Chapter 70
Yang Sigong didn't think so. He believed that since there were mountains, forests and streams, the people could naturally rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat. The trees on the mountains can be cut down and sold for money, and the fish and shrimps in the stream can be caught and eaten. These have to be taxed. Because these things are national resources and heavy taxes must be paid.
As for the chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep raised in the people's homes, vegetables, fruits and so on, they all belong to the country's property. It's just that this is temporarily consumed by the people, and these things must also be paid taxes. And now is an extraordinary period, and the tax rate must be several times that of the normal period! Under Yang Sigong's operation and command, the entire military and civilian life of the Yin Kingdom has become increasingly difficult and painful. Everyone hates Yang Sigong to the core and calls him "Yang Paipi" like gritting his teeth.
Although Yang Sigong has become Yang Papi among the people, it does not prevent Yang Sigong from continuing to be valued and trusted by Wang Yanzheng. Because Yang Papi has a way to help Wang Yanzheng expand his treasury income in a crazy way, and the treasury income has been increased, Wang Yanzheng has the ability to attack Fuzhou and expand his territory.
In April of the fifth year of Yonglong, Wang Yanzheng launched another attack on Fuzhou City, and the famous Jianzhou general Chen Wang led his army to enter Fuzhou. The Yin Army advanced very smoothly in the early stage. After arriving at the suburbs of Fuzhou City, he encountered the tenacious resistance of the Fuzhou City defenders and had to return in disappointment.
Although Wang Yanzheng was arrogant and had no bad military command capabilities. However, the cruel reality was right in front of him. Wang Yanxi was also the emperor of the Min Kingdom. With the current strength of Yin Kingdom, it was impossible to annex the Min Kingdom. Maintaining the balance of power may be the best choice. The haze of the failure to attack Fuzhou had not yet dissipated from Wang Yanzheng's heart, and some people who were not afraid of death annoyed Wang Yanzheng.
Pan Chengyou was already a prime minister in the Yin Kingdom, but he said frankly and dared to advise, but his upright character still did not change! After the establishment of the Yin Kingdom, Wang Yanzheng's various performances disappointed Pan Chengyou. In order to save the fate of Wang Yanzheng and Yin Kingdom, and in order to save the fate of Fujian Kingdom, Pan Chengyou decided to advise Wang Yanzheng again for his death.
In May of the fifth year of Yonglong, Pan Chengyou wrote a letter to Wang Yanzheng to advise him without mercy, pointing out Wang Yanzheng's ten major political mistakes extremely sharply. He was absolutely telling the truth, completely hitting the problems and key points of the Yin Kingdom. Wang Yanzheng, who became the emperor of the Yin Kingdom, has become unable to listen to any truth.
Wang Yanzheng was very angry about Pan Chengyou's letter, and the consequences were very serious. Pan Chengyou was deprived of all official positions and was ordered to go home to rest. Pan Chengyou's political career in Fujian and Yin countries ended, but his personal political career had not yet ended. A few years later, Pan Chengyou would appear again, but his master was no longer the Min and Yin countries, but was replaced by the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Shortly after Pan Chengyou was driven away, Wang Yanzheng had not been quiet for a moment, and another enthusiastic person interfered in Wang Yanzheng's family affairs. This time, the person who stood out was the important neighbor of the Yin Kingdom. Shortly after Wang Yanzheng established the Yin Kingdom, the Southern Tang Dynasty also changed.
In March of the fifth year of Yonglong, Li Sheng, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Kingdom, died, and his eldest son Li Jing became the emperor of the Southern Tang Kingdom. His attitude towards the Min Kingdom was not as friendly as his father.
The civil turmoil in Fujian has attracted Li's attention. With the current strong military strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty, taking advantage of the internal struggle between Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng, it is very likely to succeed in destroying the Fujian Kingdom. Li Jing was moved, and he completely forgot the legacy of his father Li Sheng!
In the first month of the sixth year of Yonglong, Li Jing issued documents to Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng, strongly condemning the Wang brothers' fellow soldiers' wars. Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng ignored Li Jing's diplomatic condemnation and fought back against Li Jing's verbal condemnation.
Wang Yanxi quoted Duke Zhou to kill Guan, Cai, and Emperor Taizong of Tang to kill Jiancheng, Yuan Ji's precedent allusion to Wang Yanzheng as a Guan who conspired to rebel. Cai, Jiancheng, Yuan Ji and other figures, it is legitimate to attack Wang Yanzheng himself and in line with morality. You don't want you to meddle in other people's business in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Wang Yanzheng's diplomatic condemnation of Li Jing was even more fierce. Wang Yanzheng directly accused the Southern Tang of taking advantage of the danger and seizing Yang Wu's country! Both brothers were arrogant, arrogant and rude, and completely offended the Southern Tang!
The relationship between the Southern Tang and Min Kingdom and Yin Kingdom was at a freezing point. Li Jing was so angry that he decided to send troops to attack Yin Kingdom and Min Kingdom and destroy them. But if he wanted to send troops to destroy a country, the Southern Tang also had to make sufficient military preparations. Without three or five months of preparation, it would be impossible.
Although the establishment of the Yin Kingdom made Wang Yanxi very unhappy, the Fujian Kingdom at least withstood the crazy attack of the Yin Kingdom. The Fujian Kingdom obtained a short-term peace. As long as the peace period was peaceful, Wang Yanxi would seize the time to enjoy a beautiful and happy life!
As time entered the sixth year of Yonglong, Wang Yanxi suddenly began to pay attention to Zhu Wenjin and Lian's two conspirators who met again in Fujian. Six years ago, Zhu Wenjin and Lian's reunion launched a mutiny, killed Wang Jipeng, supported Wang Yanxi to become an emperor, and became an important figure in Fujian's military power.
In any case, they had already become famous for the rebellion of regicide. Wang Yanxi trusted them very much, but the other military and civilians of Fujian were full of complaints and hated them very much. Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunion were outstanding representatives of the conspiracy and ambitions of Fujian. In order to protect each other, they went very close, formed children and in-laws, and tied their own interests together.
However, after Wang Yanxi ascended the throne, he was busy enjoying the wonderful and happy emperor life, and on the other hand, he was busy fighting with his younger brother Wang Yanzheng, so he ignored their attention. Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunite controlled the Gongchendu and Guanhedu two armies. They were relatively low-key in their daily lives and work, and were not arrogant and domineering. Therefore, the monarch and ministers were barely harmonious, and they had been together for several years.
However, after being attacked by his younger brother Wang Yanzheng, Wang Yanxi suddenly developed serious suspicion and suspicion of the internal generals, and pointed his finger at Zhu Wenjin and Lian Reunion. Since Zhu Wenjin and Lian Reunion can kill Wang Jipeng, it means that they can also kill themselves.
One day, Wang Yanxi held a silver leaf banquet again. After drinking too much, he ran to the West Garden to have a bad mood and killed Wei Conglang, the commander of Guanhe. Wei Conglang was Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunion, and was also a senior general of Guanhedu. He was killed by Wang Yanxi casually, which could only prove one result: Wang Yanxi had already become suspicious and suspicious of them and would take their lives at any time!
Soon, Wang Yanxi invited Zhu Wenjin and Lian to meet again at his Yinye Banquet. During the banquet, Wang Yanxi didn't know if he was really drunk or deliberately pretending to be drunk, and began to recite poems loudly. Wang Yanxi recited "Tiankedu" by Bai Juyi, a famous Tang Dynasty poet, and two sentences were "Only someone's hearts are close together, and the feeling of being close to him cannot be predicted."
This is an extremely ordinary poem, which means that there is a barrier between people and there will always be a warning
.But when Wang Yanxi recited, he faced Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chong met two people, which scared Zhu Lian and others. Wang Yanxi's silver leaf banquet was a real Hongmen banquet, and if he was not careful, he would fall to the ground. Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chong met were frightened by Wang Yanxi's poem, so he knelt down, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and cried and said, "A minister, please serve the king and the father, how can he have his ambition!"
According to Wang Yanxi's past banquet practice, they either pulled out directly and beheaded like Wang Jirou, or were sent to prison like Li Guangzhun. I don't know if Wang Yanxi was really drinking too much and was unconscious, or for some other reason, Wang Yanxi, who had finished reciting the poem, actually ignored the existence of Zhu Wenjin and Lian Shengyu and let them go!
At the critical moment when the mind should be clear, Wang Yanxi became confused and easily let Zhu Wenjin meet again. Zhu Wenjin met Lian, who escaped the shocking scene of the Silver Leaf Bowl, began their discussion again, and the central content was how to save their lives.
On that night five years ago, under the suspicion of the former emperor Wang Jipeng, Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunites to launch a military coup, which led to Wang Jipeng being killed. Five years later, Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunites to repeat the same trick and kill Wang Yanxi again. Anyway, he has already been known as the monarch. Killing one emperor is to kill, and killing two emperors is to kill, so you have to start the first step.
When Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chongyun began to consider specific plans, someone took the initiative to provide information and help to them. The identity of this person who provided information and help also surprised Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chongyun's murder. He was actually Wang Yanxi's genuine queen Li!
Li was the daughter of Sikong Li Zhen. In the fourth year of Yonglong, he was enthroned as the queen of Fujian. This Empress Li was not a good person. In addition to being stubborn, she also liked drinking. Her relationship with Wang Yanxi was very tense. Wang Yanxi hated and feared Li.
Because he could not get warmth around Li, Wang Yanxi began to look for confidantes among other women in the harem. Jinwu made Shang Baoyin's daughter Shang become Wang Yanxi's new favorite. Because of her beautiful appearance and good at confusing Wang Yanxi, Shang was deeply favored by Wang Yanxi and became the number one favorite concubine in Wang Yanxi's harem.
In March of the fifth year of Yonglong, Shang was named Xian Concubine. However, this Concubine Shang Xian was not virtuous at all. During Wang Yanxi's terrifying silver-leaf banquet, Concubine Shang Xian often acted as a mighty person and pointed at him. If there were officials who had offended Concubine Shang Xian, Concubine Shang Xian would instigate Wang Yanxi to kill him. Of course, when she met her own relatives and friends, she would protect her even if she had any fault.
From this point of view, Empress Li and Concubine Shang Xian was not a good person. As Concubine Shang Xian became more and more powerful in the harem of Min Kingdom, the conflict between Empress Li and Concubine Shang Xian gradually escalated. Empress Li was very jealous and hated Concubine Shang Xian, who was favored, and was always worried that her status would be replaced by Concubine Shang Xian. It would be fine if she was jealous and hated Concubine Shang Xian. Li took her anger on her husband Wang Yanxi.
So, Li, who was jealous, wanted to kill her husband Wang Yanxi directly and make her son Wang Yacheng the new emperor of Fujian. Once Wang Yanxi died, Concubine Shang Xian was over. In this kind of extremely risky palace struggle, the partner must be his very reliable family and close friend. However, the partner Li was looking for was Zhu Wenjin and Lian reunion.
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Chapter completed!