15. I haven't been to my hometown for thousands of miles
When Gao Ying entered the government hall where Li Huaiguang was, he found that the man was covered in a plain white robe and suddenly felt that the most critical moment had come.
"Mr. Gong Chu, I regret not not obeying your advice, crossed the Wei River without authorization, entered Chang'an City, and forced the Holy Lord to move westward. Now it is hard to blame. Huaiguang is already poor and has no way out." Li Huaiguang said in a peaceful tone when he saw Gao Ying.
In the entire hall, the generals of the Changwu Army, including Li Huaiguang's sons, sat around Li Huaiguang's bed, and cried loudly.
"Didn't the imperial court come?" Gao Ying stood up and said to Li Huaiguang very calmly.
"I'm here outside the corridor."
Li Huaiguang was right. Outside the hall, there was the emperor's envoy Yin Zhizhen, and the former Huaqing Palace envoy who came with him.
"You should let the Chinese envoy come in."
But Li Huaiguang then only let Lu Lun walk in, but Yin Zhizhen was turned away.
"Huaiguang doesn't want to see the Holy Lord's envoy again, and even if he sees it, he doesn't know what to say. The kindness between Huaiguang and the court has long been cut off." Li Huaiguang smiled bitterly.
After Lu Lun walked in, he held Zhang Tie Certificate, which Yin just handed over to him, saying that the iron Certificate was given to Li Huaiguang by the emperor. As long as the Changwu Army soldiers who were still resisting in Hezhong Mansion could put down their weapons and subdue them, the emperor guaranteed that Li Huaiguang would not die and that the Changwu Army would not die.
Li Huaiguang reached out and took the iron coupon from Lu Lun. Then he raised his eyes and asked Gao Ying slowly, "Mr. Gong Chu, based on your opinion, why did Huaiguang rebellion?"
"You were born in the Bohai Martial Arts. Your father and son have been a border general for a long time. Although you have made some contributions to the court, you have never been aware of etiquette and education. You become rebellious after being arrogant. However, if you repent in time, you will receive the iron coupon and surrender to Ma Linggong, you can still save your life."
After hearing Gao Ying's words, Li Huaiguang laughed desolately, and then he lowered his head and murmured: "Etiquette education? Etiquette education? This court's etiquette education is actually a deception. Huaiguang was born in a foreign race and was dull by nature. I am afraid that even if he lived for three lifetimes, he would not understand it thoroughly! Huaiguang only knew two things, the first thing..." After speaking, Li Huaiguang pointed at the Changwu Army general who was crying with his fingers. "Most of them were from Shuofang and had been fighting on the battlefield with Lao Linggong Guo for decades. They were not loyal to the court. In the end, they were hungry. They were really forced to a dead end because they were hungry. Gao and Cui Ergong should also understand this."
"During the festival!" Dozens of Changwu Army generals lay on the ground, knocking on the ground with their heads, crying.
Then, Li Huaiguang's finger stopped on Lu Lun, "I heard that you are also a gentleman, and you have written two poems that sympathize with our soldiers, right?"
Lu Lun was also a poor person. In his early years, he hoped to take the imperial examination path. Later, he failed many times, so he became the powerful prime minister Yuan Zai and became a few minor officials. However, he was implicated by Yuan Zai and fell into the officialdom again. He was sent to serve as the envoy of the Huaqing Palace in Mount Li, which had long been abandoned. Although his poems were famous, his career was extremely bumpy. Therefore, there were many contents in the poems that reflected the pain at the bottom.
When he heard Li Huaiguang say this, Lu Lun's little envoy could not refuse, so he nodded and said there was indeed.
"Please chant for Huaiguang, and die without regrets."
Lu Lun chanted the poem "Soldiers in Sickness" for Li Huaiguang with a trembling tone.
The entire central hall echoes with sad poems:
If you are sick and have no food,
I have returned home thousands of miles and have not arrived in my hometown.
Singing mourns under the ancient city,
It is hard to bear the autumn air entering the golden sores.
"Please chant another song, sir."
Lu Lun paused his head and then sang a song "The Battle of the Front":
Beauty and old Jinwei,
The sand moraine lie on iron clothes every year.
Spring is not coming in the white grass city,
The geese fly long on the yellow flowers.
After listening to it, Li Huaiguang's eyes burst into tears and he sang Lu Lun's poem loudly.
The Changwu generals also cried and responded.
Gao Ying and Cui Zong also closed their eyes tightly, unable to bear to listen.
At this time, Li Huaiguang withdrew his hand, raised the iron coupon, and told Gao Ying and Cui Zong that the second thing he knew, "Huiguang rebelled against Que, was ruined and his reputation was not allowed to be punished. How can the Holy Lord give him an iron coupon? Therefore, Huaiguang is willing to give this iron coupon to all the soldiers under his command, but he dare not survive. Mr. Gong Chu, I will send you two out of the city immediately and ask Mr. Ma Ling Gong to sue Ma Ling Gong. Huaiguang is willing to commit suicide and give his head. After Hedong soldiers enter the city, seeing that my Changwu Army has made some minor contributions to the country, do not harm our soldiers and family members. Even if Huaiguang is in the dark, he will be grateful!"
At the gate of Hezhong Prefecture, Gao Ying and Cui Zong, who had just left the tiger's mouth, heard a huge shout. They looked back and saw Li Huaiguang climbing up to the high pavilion of the building.
He murmured Lun's poem "I have returned home for thousands of miles and have not arrived at my hometown", and climbed up step by step, looking at the rolling clouds and the snow-like Masui army under the city, then drew out a sharp sword and faced the direction of the northeast. "Huiguang did not know the court etiquette, and forced his children to treason, and made a huge mistake. After his death, his soul dared not return home. He only hoped that after Huaiguang's death, our Tang Zhongxing, the eight desolates of the country would enter the court without any obstacles!"
With a sound, the sharp sword blade cut open his neck, blood flew, sprinkled all over the beams and pillars next to it, and it was still steaming. Soon, tiny foam floated up and slowly flowed down the pillars...
Li Huaiguang's adult sons committed suicide one after another, and then several generals of the Changwu Army cut off their heads and sent them to Masui's army.
"Take the head seal and send it to Shangdu, and in addition, you must not kill a person after entering the city." Ma Sui ordered.
Ten days later, in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City, three hundred miles away, the emperor looked at the stairs of the stairs and listened to Gao Ying, Lu Lun and others' narration of Li Huaiguang's suicide. He couldn't help but burst into tears, "Huaiguang has made contributions to the country, no more than Li Xilie." So he issued an edict to pardon Li Huaiguang's wife and young son, and to pay the food normally every month.
The Changwu Army was also pardoned, but only five or six thousand powerful people were left, and more than 10,000 others stopped their troops and returned to the farm.
Gao Ying was promoted to Minister of Rites, Cui Zong was promoted to the Right Prime Minister of Shangshu, and Lu Lun was promoted to the Lantian Order.
At this time, Ma Xuan, the elder brother sent by Ma Sui, asked the emperor to appoint Kang Rizhi as the governor of Hezhong.
The emperor agreed.
However, another ten days later, when Kang Rizhi left Shenzhou and quickly came to Hezhong Prefecture and was about to take office as the governor of Jiedu, the emperor soon issued an edict to enlist him into the capital as the General of Zuo Jinwu, and the governor of Hezhong was replaced by lightning.
Hun Ye was surprised and said that Taiwei Duan had no mistake in his guess, so he packed his luggage and went to Hezhong Prefecture to take office.
Of course, what he didn't expect was that the emperor Li Shi, who had always been the most suspicious, exchanged other places' military governors and observation commanders, but always trusted him very much - the military governor in Hezhong, who had never been passive until he died.
What was even more shocked by the redeem of the Hezhong Jiedushi was Ma Sui. He felt that he had been tricked by the emperor and was suppressed, but he could only swallow his anger and consumed his troops and money and food, but he really gave the Hezhong four prefectures to the emperor for free, and he could only return to Taiyuan Mansion in a bad mood.
In addition, the court continued to be changing. Liu Yan resigned, and Du You came to the palace and submitted the plan for the transportation of Honggou to the emperor.
Chapter completed!