Chapter 99
Although this is just a guess of Liu Congxian, with Li Jing's personality and personality, it is very likely that this kind of action will be made. After 15 years of peace in Quan and Zhangzhou, the possibility of war appeared again. Then Liu Congxian must nihilate the possibility of such war in the cradle.
The strategy adopted by Liu Congxiao was: to send envoys to the Southern Tang to continue to show goodwill to Nan Tang. In order to ensure that Nan Tang could give up the idea of attacking the Qingyuan army, Liu Congxiao spared no expense and sent an envoy group represented by his son Liu Shaochi, carrying a generous gift to the Southern Tang. Liu Congxiao himself did not have a son, so he adopted his brother Liu Congyuan's two sons, Liu Shaochi and Liu Shaoqi as adopted sons.
At this time, Liu Shaochi was already an adult, and Liu Shaoxiong was still young. According to the customary line, Liu Congxiao had to send Liu Shaochi to the Southern Tang envoy. Liu Shaochi was an envoy on the surface, but in fact he was the hostage of Liu Congxiao in the Southern Tang. At this time, Liu Congxiao did not know that it was his move that changed the fate of the members of the Liu family of the Qingyuan Army!
In March of the second year of Jianlong, Liu Shaochi took the envoy to Hongzhou, the new capital of Southern Tang. When Liu Shaochi came to Hongzhou, he found that Li Jing had died of illness. Not long after Li Jing moved, he was depressed and worried, and soon died of illness. The one who succeeded the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty was his son Li Yu.
After Li Yu became the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he did not move the capital to Hongzhou according to his father Li Jing's request, and continued to regard Jinling as the capital, living a luxurious and luxurious life as a quasi-emperor. Liu Shaochi had to continue moving forward and went to Jinling to meet Li Yu, the new king of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Yu was very happy about Liu Shaochi's arrival. He naturally had to warmly entertain Liu Shaochi and appointed Liu Shaochi as an official in Nan Tang. This move was to secretly keep Liu Shaochi as a hostage in Nan Tang to prevent any incidents in the Qingyuan Army.
In fact, Li Jing and Li Yu had no idea to seize the Qingyuan Army. This time, Liu Congxiao sent a son to the tiger's mouth for nothing. It would be difficult to let Liu Shaochi return to the Qingyuan Army. After Liu Congxiao sent Liu Shaochi away, he suddenly felt a serious sense of loss and desolation in his heart. He had an ominous premonition that something might happen to the Qingyuan Army!
At the beginning of the third year of Jianlong, Liu Congxiao received relatively good news. Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, was very satisfied with the humble attitude of the Qingyuan Army and had sent envoys to the Qingyuan Army to give generous rewards and commendations to Liu Congxiao.
This news is a relatively pleasant comfort for Liu Congxiao, who had just sent off his adopted son Liu Shaochi. The Northern Song Dynasty rewarded and the Southern Tang Dynasty also had a harmonious relationship. At least the peaceful life of the people of Quan and Zhangzhou can continue for a period of time. Just as Liu Congxiao was looking forward to the arrival of the Northern Song Dynasty envoy, an accident happened.
At the beginning of the third year of Jianlong, Liu Congyi, who had always been healthy, suddenly developed cervical ulcers on the back. If the cervical ulcer is not treated and controlled, it will invade the muscles and bones, ulcerate and die. To control the condition, it is necessary to clear the heart and reduce the liver fire. However, as the governor of the Qingyuan Army and the highest commander of Quan and Zhangzhou, Liu Congyi cannot be clear the heart and the lack of desires.
The adopted son was detained as a hostage by the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty became increasingly powerful, and the trend of unifying the world became increasingly obvious. These are all matters that need to be concerned about and paid attention to. How could he be clear-headed and few desires? The back of Liu Congxiao came in a very bad way!
Liu Chengsheng did not pay enough attention to this cervix. If timely treatment can be carried out, it can actually be cured.
Congxiao thought he could defeat this little cervix, but more than a month later, his condition suddenly worsened. Liu Congxiao finally understood that the last moment of his life had come!
Liu Congxiao, who is bedridden, must arrange a major event before his death and properly arrange the successor of the Qingyuan Army Jiedushi, otherwise the political arena of the Qingyuan Army will inevitably cause turmoil! Regarding the issue of the successor of the Qingyuan Army Jiedushi, Liu Congxiao naturally hopes that the people who stay at home will continue to be responsible for it. Since Liu Congxiao has no children, there are not many people to choose from.
The elder brother, Liu Congyuan, the governor of Zhangzhou, was still in the adopted son Liu Shaochi of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the young adopted son Liu Shaohuang, was the three successors that Liu Congyi could choose. Liu Congyi had to make the final choice. Liu Congyi worked in Zhangzhou for a long time and was very familiar with the situation in Quanzhou. If Liu Congyi recalled Liu Congyi back to Quanzhou, it is very likely that he would take a step forward before Liu Congyi returned to Quanzhou, and the situation would change suddenly.
Liu Shaochi was far away in the Southern Tang Dynasty and could not return to Quanzhou for a while, so he could not become the candidate for the governor of the Qingyuan Army. Only Liu Shaoqing is currently in Quanzhou City, but Liu Shaoqing is just an ignorant boy in his teens and cannot manage the military and political affairs of the Qingyuan Army. If the important tasks of the Qingyuan Army were handed over to Liu Shaoqing, the young Liu Shaoqing would most likely end up with Chai Zongxun.
This situation is really too difficult to choose, but it is not possible to not choose. Because Liu Chengfei is very clear, he may die at any time and must make the final choice as soon as possible. Liu Chengfei is at the last moment, and his young adopted son Liu Shaoqing is responsible for the military and political affairs of the Qingyuan Army.
In March of the third year of Jianlong in the Northern Song Dynasty, the fate of the Qingyuan army was handed over to Liu Shaohuang, a ten-year-old child. The military and civilians of Quan and Zhangzhou were loved by Liu Congxiao, so they generally had no objection to Liu Congxiao's arrangement for Liu Shaohuang to serve as the governor of the Qingyuan army.
But the key is that Liu Shaohuang is just a young man who is young and cannot handle military and political affairs at all. In this case, the former leader will generally arrange his confidant to serve as assistant ministers in advance, responsible for helping the young masters handle affairs. According to common sense analysis, Liu Congyi is the most ideal assistant minister, and Liu Shaohuang is his biological son. He is the most appropriate assistant minister in terms of emotion and reason.
Perhaps because he was worried that the ministers would seize power and usurp the throne, Liu Congxiao did not arrange anyone to take charge of Liu Shaoyun's assistant ministers, and let Liu Shaoyun handle military and political affairs independently, the root of the disaster was buried! Liu Shaoyun sat on the seat of the governor of the Qingyuan Army, without anyone helping him or assisting him. He had to shoulder the important task of managing the Qingyuan Army, which was too cruel for Liu Shaoyun!
From Liu Congxiao's serious illness to Liu Shaoqing's succession, the Qingyuan Army seemed calm on the surface, but in fact, undercurrents were surging! Seventeen years ago, most of the heroes who followed Liu Congxiao to participate in the Quanzhou mutiny had passed away. Wang Zhongshun died in the Jianzhou battlefield, Dong Si'an was poisoned by Liu Congyuan in Zhangzhou, and Su Guanghui was unknown, but only Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi were still alive.
Liu Congxiao is still very considerate of his old subordinates who have been following him all year round. Chen Hongjin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Qingyuan Army for his military achievements, and Zhang Hansi was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the army. Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi were the real power-minded generals within the Qingyuan Army. In addition to Liu Congxiao himself, they were the second and third figures within the Qingyuan Army. If there was a civil strife and internal conspiracy within the Qingyuan Army, it would basically be related to these two brothers.
At this time, Chen Hongjin was in his prime, and Zhang Hansi was over 60 years old. The two were in charge of the military and political power of the Qingyuan Army respectively. In terms of military achievements, qualifications and prestige, they were able to serve as the governor of the Qingyuan Army. For Liu Congwei arranged Liu Shaoqing to be in charge of Qingyuan military affairs, the two people who were most dissatisfied with the Qingyuan Army were Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi.
Especially Chen Hongjin, he was very unhappy with Liu Congyu's arrangements. Liu Shaoqing was in charge of the Qingyuan Army, which would only bring disasters and troubles to the Qingyuan Army. As the second-ranked figure of the Qingyuan Army, Chen Hongjin has been closely following Liu Shaoqing's every move. He believed that he should take on the responsibility of guiding the Qingyuan Army on the right path. If Liu Shaoqing did something wrong, he would need to supervise and correct it, and even oust Liu Shaoqing directly.
After less than a month when Shaoqing was in charge of the Qingyuan Army, Wu Yue, who had always had no contact with the Qingyuan Army, suddenly sent diplomatic envoys to the Qingyuan Army. After the second Fuzhou battle, Wu Yue completely and steadily occupied the territory of Fuzhou and began to work hard to manage Fuzhou!
The country is peaceful and the people are safe, the people live in peace, and the strong neighbors are repelled from the outside and the country is consolidated. Qian Hongchu's Wu Yue Kingdom's country is as prosperous and stable as ever. In the long run, the monarch of Wu Yue Kingdom has been passed down for dozens of generations and the country's destiny will last for hundreds of years. It should be no difficult thing.
At this time, Qian Hongchu obtained a certain honorary title from Chai Rong, but like the Guo Wei era, the most critical title of King Wu Yue was still not available. This was a very depressing thing for Qian Hongchu. Qian Hongchu was frightened and found that the ray of dawn that unified the world began to gradually shine on Chai Rong.
When Chai Rong and these two neighbors, Northern Han and Later Shu, Qian Hongchu did not need to worry about it, but just wanted to be an idle bystander. However, Chai Rong did not intend to let Qian Hongchu be a bystander all the time. Soon, the third military war launched by Chai Rong dragged Wu Yue into the quagmire of the war.
In November of the second year of Xiande, Chai Rong appointed the prime minister Li Gu as the headquarters of the front army of Huainan Road, and the prefectures were in charge of Lu, Shou and other prefectures; the governor of Xuzhou Wang Yanchao was the deputy stationed; the commander of the guards and horse army Han Lingkun and other twelve generals were the main generals; they led hundreds of thousands of troops in the Later Zhou Dynasty and launched a great attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Chai Rong, known as a generation of heroes, would naturally make full preparations. Although the strength of the Later Zhou army had been tested to a certain extent when conquering Later Shu. Chai Rong still hoped to unite all forces that could be united to deal with the Southern Tang Kingdom, such as the Wu Yue Kingdom, which had always been very humble and obedient.
In December of the second year of Xiande, Chai Rong issued an edict to ask the Wu and Yue Kingdom to jointly send troops to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although the Wu and Yue Kingdom bowed to the Central Plains dynasty for more than 50 years, they were nominal judging. The Wu and Yue Kingdom have always had great autonomy and independence. When encountering key problems, the Central Plains dynasty actually could not command the Wu and Yue Kingdom.
But this time, Chai Rong was really good. Since Wu Yue had declared to be a minister to the Later Zhou Dynasty, then the Later Zhou Dynasty would now attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. Wu Yue would naturally have to jointly send troops, and not have any special thoughts or thoughts. Qian Hongchu quickly responded: Unconditional and resolutely obey. If Wu Yue had any evil behavior in front of Chai Rong, it would inevitably bring about tragedy from the Qian family and the Wu Yue Kingdom.
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Chapter completed!