Chapter 46 The motherland can't bear to look back on Yuemingzhong
As soon as Li Yu came to the throne, he sent envoys to present a large number of offerings to the Song Dynasty. After that, he made peace with the Song Dynasty and became the national policy of the Southern Tang Dynasty.Seeing that he was so obedient, the Song Dynasty had the idea of "subduing others without fighting" and recruiting him to surrender.But for Li Yu, it was impossible to raise troops to fight against the Song Dynasty; but he simply accepted the soil and asked to surrender, and let half of the south of the Yangtze River be handed over to him, but he felt unwilling.So he responded to all changes with no change, and adopted a "drag" tactic against the Song Dynasty.His father had already enshrined Zhengshuo of the Song Dynasty, and he invited himself to be the "Lord of the South of the Yangtze River", that is, a courtier of the Song Dynasty.So the offerings of property were active and active, and the words of tribute were humble.It's just that when the Song Dynasty ordered him to enter the court, Wang Gu said to him that he was weak and not suitable for long journeys, so he resolutely refused to go.In fact, he also knew in his heart that once he went north, he would definitely be taken hostage by the Song Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty would be over.However, at this time the Song Dynasty was busy dealing with the war in the north, and would not care about the Southern Tang for a while.Seeing that Li Yu was willing to donate Jiangnan's wealth in a steady stream, Zhengle used it to fill military expenses, so the two sides could live in peace for a while.However, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was a man of great talent and strategy. He would not be satisfied with being a warlord like the previous five generations of monarchs. His goal was to unify the world.The elimination of Nantang is actually a matter of time.Therefore, when the war in the north was calmed down, he was very dissatisfied with Li Yu's procrastinating attitude.But Li Yu was unaware of this, and sent an envoy to see Zhao Kuangyin, expressing how loyal he was to the Song Dynasty and carefully acting according to the way of a minister.Zhao Kuangyin was very impatient, and simply made it clear: "You Jiangnan have no crimes, but now the world is a family, and you are lying on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly!"
Having said all this, Li Yu couldn't drag on any longer and had to make a choice.At this time, his unrealistic literati temperament was revealed again. He said to the officials: "Once the Song army comes south, I will wear a battle robe alone, personally supervise the division, and fight against the city to protect the country; If you burn yourself to death, you will never be the ghost of another country." When these bold words spread to Bianliang, Zhao Kuangyin just smiled contemptuously, saying that Li Yu was just a literati talking, so how could he have such courage.He also said that if Li Yu could do this, then how could Sun Hao, Chen Shubao and his like become captives.Although this remark was harsh, what happened in the future made him hit the mark.
In September of the seventh year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (974), Song Taizu appointed general Cao Bin as the commander-in-chief, sent more than 100,000 troops, and marched in three directions to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.At this time, Li Yu was still imagining that he could use the Yangtze River moat to stop the Song Army. Hearing that the Song Army was going to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, he laughed at them as a joke, but he didn't expect the Song Army to cross the river quickly. The momentum of the ear is surrounded by Jinling City.The rulers and ministers in Jinling City have become shackles.
At this time, Li Yu had not forgotten his oath of self-immolation after defeating the army. He first asked Huang Baoyi, who was in charge of books and documents, to burn his collection of books, and then ordered a family of elders and children to self-immolate to die for the country.But he was originally a cowardly and indecisive person, the guards tried to persuade him repeatedly, and with the wailing and crying of Gong'e's wife and children, there was no way he could go on.Burning a batch of precious books for nothing can be regarded as a disaster of culture.After all this tossing, Li Yu couldn't go on.At this time, Cao Bin had already begun to attack the city, so Li Yu had to urgently call his relatives and relatives to gather at the gate of the palace, holding the jade seal by himself, and surrendering his flesh.
When the Southern Tang Dynasty perished, Li Yu must have been deeply moved. The dynasty established with his birth was finally buried in his own hands.When he was escorted to Bianliang with the army, he couldn't help writing a poem:
The pain of subjugation is sad and moving.However, Su Dongpo later ridiculed him for not reflecting on his mistakes at this time, and instead of apologizing to the Zongshe, he shed tears at Gong'e. He really didn't understand the way of being a king.In fact, Li Yu was not suitable to be an emperor in the first place, and it would be too difficult for him to act like an emperor when he was fleeing in a hurry.
Li Yu arrived in Bianliang and met Song Taizu.Song Taizu was a little annoyed with his stubborn resistance to him and had to force him to raise troops, so he named him "Disobeying Orders".And he satirized him from time to time, saying that he is such a Hanlin scholar, if he used his poetry to govern the country, how could he end up where he is today.However, Li Yu has changed from a king who is well-clothed and well-fed to a prisoner. It is conceivable that he feels miserable. He once told people that his life in captivity is "during the day and night, only tears wash his face." This kind of sadness and Remorse makes his later Ci works lose the frivolity of his early years and is full of hatred for his family and country. "How much hatred, I was in the soul of the dream last night. It's like the old days when you were swimming in the garden, the cars were like flowing water and the horses were like dragons; the flowers and the moon were in the spring breeze!" Blow; there is no doubt that the heart is broken!" Amidst the remorse and nostalgia for the past, Li Yu can't help drinking and drinking all day long, getting drunk, "Drunken country roads should be frequent, and this place is unbearable", trying to numb himself while drunk , no longer recall those sad past events.However, this Empress Li is not Empress Chen after all, and he can achieve "no heart". Although getting drunk can make people temporarily forget their sorrows, the sorrow after waking up is even deeper.Moreover, for Li Yu, in addition to the pain of subjugation that has become a fact, there is another thing that makes him even more unbearable.
In the second year after Li Yu arrived in Bianliang, Song Taizu passed away, and his younger brother Taizong Zhao Guangyi came to the throne.Regarding Taizong's accession to the throne, there has always been a legend of "the shadow of a candle and the sound of an axe", which made him very suspected of killing his brother.And Taizong was indeed not as magnanimous as Taizu. Since he came to the throne, his brothers and nephews have died inexplicably one after another. It is said that he was afraid that they would endanger his throne and he concocted it.This is true for one's own flesh and blood, let alone foreign kings.Although he amnesty the world according to the usual practice after he ascended the throne, and Li Yu was therefore named "Longxi Duke" from "Marquis of Disobedience", but his official position has increased, but his actual treatment has declined instead.His beloved wife Xiao Zhou was named Mrs. Zheng Guo.According to the rules, the married woman should pay homage to the queen regularly.So Song Taizong often kept her in the palace for several days when Xiao Zhou came to the palace to pay homage.According to the records of Song people, every time Xiao Zhou came back from the palace, she would cry and scold Li Yu. Li Yu had no choice but to evade.Someone in the Yuan Dynasty drew a picture of "Song Taizong's Strong Xing Xiaohou". Hearing the name, one can imagine that the content must not be wonderful, and it is probably good enough for A-movies.Although it is said that there are many concubines who have perished.Song Taizu once called Mrs. Huarui into the palace when he destroyed Houshu.But for Li Yu, he had a deep affection with Empress Xiao Zhou, and now he watched his beloved wife being humiliated, but there was nothing he could do, and the pain in his heart went without saying.Later generations also hold a sympathetic attitude towards his tragic experience.On the painting by the people of Yuan Dynasty, someone wrote a poem: "The remaining plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River were also forced by the king. The golden wind rushed to the ground, and the imperial garden was full of red and purple dragon piles." It is said that Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji is the reincarnation of Li Yu. He is equally romantic and unrestrained. He is good at calligraphy and painting, and he is good at poetry. However, in the end, the Northern Song Dynasty was killed by the Jinren. hate.The theory of karma is certainly illusory and absurd, but it also shows that history sometimes has amazing coincidences.
Song Taizong took away his wife, and he couldn't help feeling guilty, so he often sent people to monitor Li Yu's every move.Once, he ordered Xu Xuan, an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to visit Li Yu.When a subjugated monarch and his ministers meet each other, they naturally have mixed feelings, and they don't know what to say for a while.After all, Li Yu is a literati. When he saw the old ministers, he was a little carried away. He even said that he regretted killing those courtiers who spoke directly to him.Seeing that he dared to say such things in such a situation, Xu Xuan was too frightened to answer. When he saw Taizong later, he did not dare to hide it, so he reported the truth.After Song Taizong heard this, he thought that Li Yu was so dissatisfied and still missed his homeland, so he became murderous.
On the seventh day of July in the third year of Taiping Xingguo (978), it was Li Yu's birthday again. He recalled how prosperous and lively he was in the south of the Yangtze River.And now alone, how desolate and desolate it is.How humiliating and helpless it is that his wife Xiao Zhou was summoned by Song Taizong and has not returned yet.With mixed feelings, he filled out the famous "Poppy" line: