At this time, Ma Xichong, the governor of Shuzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, led seventeen brothers to the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong appointed him as the commander of the Right Yulin Army and returned to the capital with him. Chai Rong also took Sun Sheng, Zhong Mo, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Feng Yanlu, who were captured alive, and summoned Zhao Kuangyin and his son back to the capital. Zhao Kuangyin left some soldiers to guard Liuhe, and led his own soldiers to Chuzhou to visit his father Zhao Hongyin. Zhao Hongyin was recovered at this time, so he set out together, and Zhao Pu also followed them to return to the north.

When Zhao Kuangyin passed by Shouzhou, he happened to meet the commander of Nanzhai, Li Jixun, who was the commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was sent to a sneak attack by Liu Renshan. Most of the siege tools stored by Li Jixun were burned or robbed, and hundreds of soldiers were killed and injured. Li Jixun fled into Li Chongjin's Dongzhai and was able to escape. After this defeat, the Later Zhou army was inevitably discouraged, so he wanted to ask Chai Rong to agree to return to the court. Fortunately, after Zhao Kuangyin learned about it, he hurried to the military camp to help him, reorganize the army for him and repair the siege equipment. It took more than ten days of deployment, and the morale of the Zhou army was restored. Zhao Kuangyin then bid farewell to Li Chongjin and Li Jixun and returned to the capital.

Chai Rong then appointed Zhao Hongyin as the chief inspector and the man in Tianshui County, and Zhao Kuangyin as the governor of the Dingguo Army and the commander of the front commander of the palace. Zhao Kuangyin also recommended Zhao Pu, saying that he could be of great use. Chai Rong adopted his opinion and ordered Zhao Pu to be the governor of the Dingguo Army.

At this moment, he received a report from the King of Wu Yue about the military situation in Changzhou, saying that they were defeated by Li Hongji, the King of Yan of Southern Tang, and more than 10,000 were killed or injured. Chai Rong was surprised to get this bad news. At the same time, he received a memorial from Jingnan, saying that Wang Kui, the governor of Langzhou, was killed by his subordinates, and the army recommended Zhou Xingfeng, the governor of Tanzhou, to be the commander. Chai Rong sighed and said, "Wu Yue just lost his troops and lost his troops, and Hunan lost another team. I am afraid that the Southern Tang will take advantage of the opportunity to attack again. It seems that I will still fight again in the south." However, Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others still advised and stopped him, so Chai Rong was hesitant for a while.

At the beginning, the Southern Tang forced tea and salt to farmers and collected grain and cloth, called "Bozheng". They also built fields in Huainan, and the farmers suffered a lot. When the Later Zhou army arrived, the farmers rushed to send cattle wine to welcome the comfort. However, the Later Zhou generals were not considerate and comforted, but specialized in looting and regarded the farmers as dung grass. As a result, the farmers were very disappointed and gathered in the mountains, forests, lakes, built castle barriers and defended themselves, used farm tools as weapons, and pieced paper as armor. At that time, they called it the "White Armor Army". The Later Zhou army attacked them, but they were defeated many times. Most of the prefectures they had obtained were owned by the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Yuan, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was very skilled and wrote a letter to Li Jing to discuss the gains and losses of military use. Li Jing thought he was very talented, so he ordered him to lead his troops across the Yangtze River, intending to recover the lost territory in Jiangbei. After Zhu Yuan crossed the river, he immediately led his army to attack Guo Lingtu, the governor of Shuzhou, the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the governor of Shuzhou, could not resist and abandoned the city and fled. Then, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Ping, captured Qizhou again. The ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, appointed Zhu Yuan as the envoy of Shuzhou and Li Ping as the governor of Qizhou. Soon, Zhu Yuan captured Hezhou again.

After Chai Rong learned about it, he pardoned prisoners detained in Huainan prefectures and abolished the unreasonable taxes and labor service of the Li family in the Southern Tang Dynasty. If the matter was inconvenient, the officials of the prefectures and counties entrusted the officials of the prefectures and counties to report. Chai Rong wanted to win the support of the people in Huainan and prepare for the southern expedition.

The rescue troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty camped in Zijin Mountain, echoing the beacons in Shouzhou City. Xiang Xun, the governor of Huainan

He submitted a memorial request to send Guangling's army to attack Shouzhou, waiting to conquer Shouzhou City, and then plan to make progress. Chai Rong issued an edict to agree. Xiang Xun sealed the warehouse of the capital to the Yangzhou supervisor and ordered Yangzhou Ya to patrol deployed in the city, with strict discipline and no violation. The people of Yangzhou were moved and happy. The army returned, and some people were sent with dry food. The guards of Chuzhou abandoned the city and left and led their troops to Shouzhou.

Liu Renshan defended Shouzhou City. Seeing that Zhou soldiers were increasing day by day, he repeatedly asked the Southern Tang court to send troops to rescue. Tang lord Li Jing only ordered the King of Qi Li Jingda to lead his troops to reinforce. Li Jingda was very cautious because he had been defeated before. He was stationed in Haozhou and did not dare to advance. The military supervisor Chen Jue was less courageous than Li Jingda, but his power was greater than Li Jingda. All the documents in the army were presided over by Chen Jue, and Li Jingda only signed the name later and did it perfunctorily. Although they had an army of 50,000, they had no fighting spirit. The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were also happy to be free, and one day was counted as one day.

Only Tang general Lin Renzhao and others rushed to reinforce, so they led the navy and land forces to rescue Shouzhou. However, the Later Zhou general Zhang Yongde stationed troops in Xia Cai, blocking the way for the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Lin Renzhao thought hard and came up with a solution. He ordered the warships to carry dry firewood and set fire with the wind, hoping to burn Xia Cai's floating bridge.

Seeing this, Zhang Yongde hurriedly sent troops to resist. However, the fire was extremely large and almost unable to support it. Fortunately, the wind suddenly changed and the fire burned down the ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Lin Renzhao had no choice but to escape back. Zhang Yongde used more than a thousand feet of iron cable to block the Huai River channel more than ten steps from the floating bridge, and tied huge wood, so the Southern Tang army could not get close to it.

However, Lin Renzhao and others were unwilling to fail and led the navy to attack Zhang Yongde again. Zhang Yongde ordered soldiers who were good at swimming to sneak under the enemy ship, tied iron locks, and sent troops to attack. The ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty could not advance or retreat, and many soldiers drowned. Zhang Yongde seized more than ten warships in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then took off the gold belts on his body to reward soldiers who were good at swimming.

Seeing that Li Chongjin was unsuccessful, Zhang Yongde was very suspicious of him. When Zhang Yongde reported his victory, he attached a secret letter saying that Li Chongjin had been stationed in the city, but had no intention of fighting, and was afraid he had a second intention. Chai Rong thought that Li Chongjin was a relative and should not be like this, so he signaled Li Chongjin and asked him to confess his own love.

At that time, the two generals each had heavy troops, and everyone was worried that something might happen. One day, Li Chong entered the tent of Zhang Yongde, and calmly feasted and drank, saying to Zhang Yongde: "You and I are fortunate to be generals because we are the emperor's confidant. Naturally, we should serve the Lord and not dare to have two hearts. I am not unaware that I have been protracted and have failed to do anything. However, Liu Renshan is good at defending, and Shouzhou City is very strong and cannot be attacked for a while. You should be able to understand my difficulties, why are you so suspicious of me?"

Zhang Yongde's hostility was eliminated, and everyone felt at ease. When Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty heard that he hurriedly sent someone to bring the wax balls with letters to Li Chongjin, and used high-ranking officials to lure them. The letters were filled with words of slandering the court and instigating the rebellion and disagreement. Li Chongjin was not tempted and sent the letter to Chai Rong.

At the beginning, Sun Sheng and Zhong Mo of the Southern Tang Dynasty followed Chai Rong to Bianliang. Chai Rong treated them very kindly. Every court meeting, they were placed behind officials of the Secretariat. They were often summoned to enjoy fine wine and delicacies.

When Chai Rong asked about the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Sun Sheng just said: "The Lord of Tang is afraid of Your Majesty's magical martial arts and has no other intention to serve Your Majesty."

After receiving the letter from the Nantang Wax Pill, Chai Rong was furious and summoned Sun Sheng, scolding him for not answering the truth. Sun Sheng looked solemn and said excitedly, only asking for death. Chai Rong asked about the truth in the Southern Tang Dynasty again, but Sun Sheng kept silent. Chai Rong was furious and ordered Cao Han to send Sun Sheng to the Right Army Patrol and asked him according to Chai Rong's wishes.

Cao Han drank with him. After a few rounds of wine, he asked him with a kind look, but Sun Sheng never said anything. Cao Han then said to him, "I have an imperial edict, and I will give my husband suicide." Sun Sheng looked peaceful, looked for the court robe and trowel, tidied up his clothes and hats, bowed to the south and said, "I am willing to serve the country with death." So he went to the sentence. More than 100 people who followed him were shackled to death, and Zhong Mo was demoted to Sima Yaozhou. Afterwards, Chai Rong regretted Sun Sheng's loyalty and integrity, and regretted killing him, so he recalled Zhong Mo and awarded him to the Weiwei Shaoqing.

In view of the flaws in the tax regulations, Chai Rong said to the ministers: "In modern times, most of the collection of grain and cloth in various dynasties did not wait until the harvest was completed." So he ordered the Third Division to start collecting taxes in June this summer and to start collecting autumn taxes in October, which made the villagers feel much more convenient.

The governor of Shandong Dongdao, the Grand Marshal and the Secretary of the Central Secretary An Shenqi, was in charge of Xiangzhou for more than ten years. In this year, Chai Rong appointed him as the Grand Master and sent him back to the town. After getting on the way, Chai Rong asked the prime minister, "Have you sent him to him?" The prime minister replied, "Send him to the south of the capital, An Shenqi deeply appreciates the emperor's kindness." Chai Rong said, "Most dynasties in modern times do not need to treat the princes with integrity. Even if the princes want to be loyal to the fullest, they have no way to go. As long as those who rule the world can not lose their trust, what are the princes who will not be sincere in their hearts?" The prime minister was convinced.

The letter of death of Sun Sheng was passed to the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty ruler Li Jing cried bitterly and gave it to Sun Sheng as the Grand Tutor. He posthumously named Duke of Lu and posthumously named Wen Zhong. Sun Sheng's son was promoted to the sacred ward and polite to his family. After Chai Rong killed Sun Sheng, he decided to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty. Chai Rong knew that the navy of the Later Zhou Dynasty was not as powerful as the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he specially ordered hundreds of warships to be built in the Bian River west of the city. Then Chai Rong ordered the surrendered generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty to train day and night to prepare for departure. However, due to years of conquests and too much, the national treasury was inevitably insufficient, so he tried to raise military funds.

Chai Rong heard that Chen Tuan, a hermit in Huashan, knew that the magic of ascension to the immortals and smelting gold. So Chai Rong sent someone to summon him. Seeing that it was the emperor's order, Chen Tuan naturally did not dare to disobey, so he had to follow the envoy to Beijing to pay homage to Chai Rong. After seeing him, Chai Rong asked with a kind look: "Sir, you are proficient in Xia Ju and Ascension, Huang Bai's various techniques. Can you give me some advice?" Chen Tuan replied: "Your Majesty is the emperor and should focus on governing the world. Why use this kind of magic?"

Chai Rong said, "Mr. I hope that I can govern the world with great intentions. I am willing to govern the world with you. Please stay by my side!" Chen Tuan said, "I am just a despicable person in the mountains and fields, and I don't know how to govern. Besides, there are wise monarchs like Yao and Shun, and there are nests in the countryside, and such hermits. How can there be no strangers in the prosperous times? Now the humble minister can live in Mount Hua and enjoy a peaceful life for a long time. This is also due to holy grace!"

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