Chapter 76: Political Dagger

"Black Hand, black hand, shameless black hand." Li Jun rode on the horse, and there seemed to be no change at all. Just like usual, he was extremely angry and wanted to tear the culprit of Xie Daoqing's death. He thought in his heart angrily: "No matter who it is, I must not spare him, even if he is blood flowing, he will not cherish it."

Jie Jin led 20,000 cavalry to join Li Jun and walked into the capital, riding a tall horse and following Li Jun. Zhao Qian also led the Xuanjia cavalry to walk in his head and set the way for Li Jun.

Li Jun was a generous person, and ordinary things would not make him angry. This matter was really unbearable. It was exposed at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition. It shows how deep this person is. This person has a very sophisticated vision. It is obviously a matter that has been planned for a long time. It was deliberately exposed at this critical moment, with the purpose of ruining this Northern Expedition.

Needless to say, since Li Jun came to this world, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty has improved, and the situation is getting better and better day by day. First, he defeated the army under Lin'an City, and now he wiped out the Guo Kan army that invaded Jiangnan. He has established an irreplaceable position in the hearts of the people of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although he is not a god-like existence, the image of the incompetent emperor who only knows how to eat, drink, play with his concubines no longer exists. In the replacement of this is a shrewd, capable, and extraordinary holy saint king. When the people mention him, he will call the emperor with respect.

If Li Jun led his army to successfully attack the Northern Expedition and Bian Jing was restored, his position among the ministers and the people would be like a god. Those who had ulterior motives would naturally be jealous of him and did not allow him to succeed. They exposed Xie Daoqing's death at this critical moment and made a big fuss. The purpose was to be known to Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knew that Li Jun wanted to abdicate.

The throne has always been a huge temptation. When the Mongolian army swept across the south of the Yangtze River, the throne became a hot potato. Although some people thought that they did not have the ability to defeat the Mongolian army, they had to give up their love and throw it to Li Jun. The situation is now very different. Isn’t it beautiful to force Li Jun to abdicate and sit on it? If they take advantage of the good opportunity to lead the army across Hebei and fight north and restore Bian Jing, wouldn’t they become the wise lord of Zhongxing? It’s famous in history?

This is a beautiful thing that the emperors of the Song Dynasty have pursued but failed. With the circumstances at hand, those who have a little intention still do not make a fuss about Xie Daoqing's death? Li Jun, a discerning person, could see through it at a glance, and he could not help but be angry.

Li Jun is not greedy for the throne, and whether he is the emperor is unnecessary for Li Jun. Based on Li Jun's idea, he kept Xie Daoqing's death for a while, and announced the matter after the Northern Expedition of the Yangtze River was successful. He took all the guilt and abdicated himself.

By then, after the Northern Expedition, the situation was very good. No matter who took over as the emperor, restored the land of Yanyun, and recovered Yanyun, a major area that has been the gateway to the northern Central Plains since ancient times. Recovering the land of Yanyun further improved the strategic situation of the Southern Song Dynasty. With the barrier in the Central Plains, it would no longer be invaded by the northern ethnic minorities.

Li Jun believed that as long as he was given one to two years, he could build an army that could conquer and fight well, promote a group of generals who could conquer and fight well, and discover a group of outstanding talents with outstanding administrative talents. With these talents, even if he was not in power, the Southern Song Dynasty would develop well.

Even if the successor was not satisfactory, Li Jun could still use a small trick, that is, to interfere in political affairs in the name of the Supreme Emperor, which is now called the consultant. With his prestige in the court, in the army, and among the people, just a few words have a great effect. There is naturally no problem in promoting the development of the Southern Song Dynasty in a better direction.

The purpose of Li Jun's idea was to avoid involving Queen Quan. It is rare for Queen Quan, the queen who is dedicated to playing with the emperor to do so now under his guidance. Li Jun never wants to blame her, a weak woman, so he imagined it. Li Jun is a responsible person, and she naturally cannot take the blame for Queen Quan's punishment.

Xie Daoqing's death is really strange. He just kowtowed and turned upside down. Maybe this is why the Buddha took special care of her, a devout Buddhist disciple.

Since ancient times, there has been no such strange way of death as her, and this way of death is too strange. Not to mention, the timing of her death is very bad. At the critical moment when Li Jun gathered all the troops of the Southern Song Dynasty and Guo Kan's army to fight in full swing, if the news of her death was leaked out at once, the harm would be quite great. Even if Li Jun could use clever means to minimize the harm of this matter, the difficulties would be quite large.

Although Empress Quan did not have the ability to handle military and national affairs, she would not be unaware of the possible harm caused by Xie Daoqing's death. She did not make any statement. Instead, she ordered people to carry the sedan chair and send all the servants away. She carried Xie Daoqing into the sedan chair alone, and then ordered people to carry them back to the palace and arrange them in the small Buddhist temple. She wrote a letter to Li Jun and asked for instructions on how to deal with it.

After receiving the letter from Queen Quan, Li Jun decided to save her body first and then die after the situation was approved.

However, what Li Jun never expected was that this matter was revealed so early, and it was still at the critical moment of crossing the river that he could not help but be angry.

Taking advantage of the defeat of Mongolia, stabilizing the situation in Huaidong and Huaixi is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Li Jun would not give up anyway. After hurriedly arranged a 200,000 army to cross the river to stabilize the situation in Huaidong and Huaixi, he immediately jumped on his horse and rushed to Lin'an to meet new challenges. Li Jun's fire this time was very big, and he specially asked Jie Jin, the loyal former guard captain, to lead 20,000 elite cavalry to follow him back to Lin'an. Li Jun planned to deal with the worst situation, that is, to use the blood of the conspirators to wash the walls of Lin'an.

Fearing that the situation was too bad, Jie Jin could not handle it alone, so he specially asked the loyal Zhao Qian to lead the Xuanjia cavalry to follow him. He also ordered Xu Guanghan to lead some special forces back to Lin'an to listen. The special forces were in secret activities. With their help, Li Jun believed that the conspiracy would be crushed to him soon.

Zhang Shijie, Li Tingzhi, Liao Shenggong, Gao Da, Zhao Liangchun, Liu Hezi, Huang Han, Zheng Jing and other generals naturally wanted to rush back to Lin'an to attend Xie Daoqing's funeral, arrange the troops, and then arrive.

For Li Jun, Empress Quan was really difficult for him to deal with. He was the person he least wanted to see, but now he was the person he wanted to see the most. Everything had to be cleared after seeing her before making a decision.

Wen Tianxiang's memorial only said that Xie Daoqing suddenly had a funeral, which brought a huge impact to Lin'an. The princes and princesses in the royal family cried in the palace all day long, asking not to say a funeral for Xie Daoqing, but also swearingly demanding severe punishment for the murderer who blasphemed Xie Daoqing's body.

Li Jun, under the support of Zhao Qian's clan who reconciled Jin, heard a shout of injustice as soon as he arrived at the palace. It was the shouts of the princes and princesses who spoke injustice and complained to Xie Daoqing, as if Xie Daoqing was their ancestor, and as if Xie Daoqing had great contributions to the country during his lifetime, which made them unable to forget them.

Xie Daoqing caused countless chaos to the Southern Song Dynasty during her lifetime. Her only "contribution" to the Southern Song Dynasty was to value Gong Sidao, listen to Jia Sidao's slander, and alienate Wen Tianxiang and other important officials, which made the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty worse and worse. I really didn't expect that after her life, she would have such "popularity" and beloved by people in the royal family. Li Jun, a wise man, was really a little surprised, if he had any.

There were several rows of guards standing in front of those princes and princesses who were crying for justice. They were their bodies blocking their way. If it weren't for these guards, they would have rushed into the palace, looking at their appearance.

Li Jun looked carefully and found that the guards were really fed up with enough injuries. Everyone had wounds, either their faces were swollen, their noses were blue, or their bodies were covered in the east or black in the west. Needless to say, they were naturally beaten by the people in the royal family. These guards did not regard the guards as human beings on weekdays. In their eyes, these guards were just slaves and tools for them to call. If the guards blocked their way, they would naturally suffer losses in their hands.

There was also a human wall behind the guards. Wen Tianxiang led the ministers in the court to stand behind the guards. When Li Jun saw their posture, he knew that they wanted to use their bodies to block the people in the royal family from attacking the palace, and these guards naturally came to protect them.

Wen Tianxiang and his friends were all red, like rabbit eyes. It was obvious that they had not spent a short time with such a royal family, and they did not have a good rest.

Look at these people in the royal family, they were loud and shouted for justice for Xie Daoqing, but they didn't look sad on their faces. They might be reluctant to die early. It would be better if they died once or not, and they would be better off 10,000 times before they could make a big fuss.

Zhao Rui had red eyes, and didn't know if he had rubbed ginger slices on his eyes, so he was so red. He was pulling a guard. He grabbed the guard's chest, slapped the guard twice, and cursed: "You servant, get out of here, otherwise, I'm not polite to you."

The guard was taller than him and had a good training. He stood there like a nail, and said, "Please calm down. The young man was ordered to do it here. No matter what, he could not let the prince in."

"You dog slave, do you still recognize me as the prince?" Zhao Rui pulled hard and shouted, "Get out of here." He raised his right hand and was about to hit the guards in the face. At this moment, with a bang, he raised his right hand and whipped it, shouting, "Which dead turtle is it, who dares to hit me."

He was originally a person who was still considerate of face and spoke a little gentle. The whip was powerful. A blood mark immediately appeared on his right hand, which hurt into his bone marrow. He could not help but speak without hesitation.

As soon as he finished speaking, he whipped another whip on his face, and then he put a horse whip around his neck. When the whip was closed, he couldn't breathe, and his face suddenly turned purple.

It was not someone else who beat him, but Li Jun. Li Jun hit him around the whip. Zhao Rui suddenly hit him. Li Jun kicked him in the stomach, let go of the whip, pointed to his nose and asked, "Zhao Rui, how dare you scold me, can I cure you?" Li Jun rarely said the word "I". He said to Wen Tianxiang and other civil and military ministers, but he didn't talk about me. He didn't have to be polite to people like Zhao Rui, so he naturally spoke with the word "I".

Li Jun is an elder and cherishes the guards very much. He is very angry with Zhao Rui Yaowu Yangwu in front of the guards. He kicked him very hard. Zhao Rui squatted on the ground with his stomach covering his stomach, without saying anything, and he couldn't even scream. He saw clearly that Li Jun beat him, and then he realized that he had humiliated the Supreme Master Jiuwu without saying anything. If Li Jun took the opportunity to cure him a serious crime, it would not be a joke. He finally took a breath and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of death, and I am guilty of death."

"Don't you like to hit people? I will give you my best wishes and ask you to hit you well." Li Jun looked at Zhao Rui majesticly and said, "Come on, bring a sandbag and let Zhao Rui practice boxing and kicking."

The guards bullied these people in the royal family in a bad mood, and felt angry. When Li Jun arrived, he vented his anger for them and tried to punish Zhao Rui. He was all screaming in his heart. Two guards immediately ran to carry a sandbag. This sandbag was used by the guards to practice boxing and footwork on weekdays. It was big, hard and heavy. When they were put on the ground, they made a thud.

Zhao Rui looked at this big guy and his eyes turned green. He really didn't know how Li Jun would deal with him, so he begged for mercy and said, "Your Majesty, please spare me. I am also seeking grievances for the longevity and the holy blessing."

"Shou and Shengfu are in the heavens, and the whole world is sad. I have to argue about this matter, so I need you?" Li Jun looked at Zhao Rui and said angrily: "You should keep your duty. But you came to attack the palace. You are rebelling, right?"

If the hat of rebellion is tightly locked, Zhao Rui will be in trouble. Zhao Rui knows the power of it and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I am not, I am not."

Li Jun was too lazy to pay attention to him, pointed to a tree and said, "Hang it on it." Several guards hung the sandbags.

Li Jun knew that Zhao Rui was a fool. If no one instructed him, he would not have come here to make trouble. He glanced at everyone and saw that these people were all foolish and bad-looking. It would never be their plan. There must be someone else. Li Jun, who understood this section, thought that you dare to be so bold and reckless. I don’t have to be polite to you. Just give you a little color and point to the sandbag and said to Zhao Rui: "You like to hit people, but your fists are not good, so practice well. Go to hit two thousand fists and use all your strength. Remember one thing, I have to accept it myself. If you are lazy, I can see your fists at a glance."

Anyone who has beaten sandbags knows that if you haven’t practiced it, it will be a trivial matter if you have to be strong and twist your wrists. If you hit more often, your fists will turn red and swollen. Li Jun was born in a special forces unit and naturally has a very good understanding of the tricks of hitting sandbags, not just talking big.

Zhao Rui was forced to Li Jun's majesty and dared not not to beat him. He was used to being pampered and did not know the tricks. He thought that the same thing as hitting a sandbag and hitting someone made people feel comfortable. He walked to the sandbag, used all his strength, punched him, screamed, covered his right hand with his left hand, and his face turned blue.

Li Jun deliberately killed the chicken to warn the monkey, but he would not let him go, shouting, "Come again." The horse whip in his hand waved in the air, making a bang. Zhao Rui was shocked and punched him again like a nerve. With the experience of the last time, the force this time was used less, and the recoil force was naturally much smaller, and it didn't hurt much.

His hands didn't hurt anymore, but his back hurt. Li Jun whipped his back with a whip and shouted, "I haven't eaten yet, right? Do you want to tell me to make a banquet for you?"

If he could eat imperial dishes, Zhao Rui would be happy. He would like to thank Li Jun for his kindness when he opened his mouth. Li Jun dispelled his thoughts. Li Jun said: "If you want it, I will ask the imperial kitchen to make three tables for you, and you can eat it for me." One table of imperial dishes is enough for him to eat several meals. If three tables are eaten together, he would eat them all. Unless he turned into a pig, he naturally would not dare to ask for them.

Zhao Rui screamed, and had to lift his fist to hit the sandbag. This time he didn't dare to play tricks, and his strength was much stronger, making a bang. Li Jun praised: "This is still like words, and it will not insult the majesty of Emperor Taizu." Song Taizu is a horse emperor. The Taizu Changquan, which he created, has been passed down to this day. In today's words, he is a martial arts master. If his descendants do not have any of his majesty, it would be too embarrassing to him.

It is said that "resides and moves the energy, nourishes the body." After being the emperor for more than a year, Li Jun developed a domineering aura and was powerful without anger. As soon as he arrived, he put an invisible pressure on the people in the royal family, as if Mount Tai was pressing on his heart. Many people saw that the situation was wrong, and they applied oil on their feet and were about to leave.

Li Jun would not let them go. With a wave of his hand, the guards surrounded them all at once. The guards suffered a lot and curbed them a thousand wishes, ten thousand wishes, and even those who did not stop them from being blocked.

"Don't you like the palace? Just stay for a while." Li Jun waved the whip intentionally or unintentionally and said, "You are here to watch Zhao Rui practice boxing and kicking."

At this moment, Zhao Liangchun arrived and gave Li Jun a gift. Li Jun's stern face suddenly relaxed and said, "Forgive it. It's been hard for such a long journey, so these common rituals are not needed. Zhao Aiqing, you are here just in time. I'll give you a mission."

"Please give an order." Zhao Liangchun asked for the order.

Li Jun pointed to Zhao Rui and said, "Zhao Aiqing, you are also a member of the royal family, so you will supervise them here. Zhao Rui wants to hit two thousand times, and give him a whip if you have less." He handed the whip in his hand to Zhao Liangchun. It is best if the person in the royal family comes forward. Zhao Liangchun is loyal and Li Jun believes that he will enforce the law as if he is a mountain.

Everything given by the emperor is supreme and represents the emperor himself. This horse whip is no exception. Zhao Rui screamed in his heart that something was wrong, and there was nothing he could do.

"After the order." Zhao Liangchun took the whip and thanked him.

"Also, they all came to see them. They asked them to cheer up, take out their energy, and watch them like watching a show. They must not lose the majesty of Emperor Taizu." Li Jun said with a stern face: "If someone is lazy, you don't have to be polite, just greet them with a horse whip. If they are injured and killed, they will be destined to be lucky."

Zhao Liangchun threw a whip and said, "Your Majesty, I understand."
Chapter completed!