16. Seven towns consolation envoy
He was demoted to the crown prince Zuo Shuzi and finally stayed in the capital, but Jiang Gongfu's heart was ashamed: the honor and disgrace of the ministers really depended on the ones of the lord's own likes and dislikes. When he was in power, he rose up and broke his wings and died when he was against the wind.
He stood up tremblingly, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in the first year of Jianzhong. When the emperor had just ascended the throne, he opened the "extremely speaking" system. He went to participate.
At that time, the emperor asked in person: "I heard that those who were good at serving the country in ancient times always sought righteous men, and were very generous and spoke frankly, and worked diligently, and assisted in education. I was in the imperial world with shallowness, and many political principles were lacking. I was loyal and righteous in each period, and I immediately gave up the medicine and stone." He also said, "Zhou Chang was higher than Jie and Zhou, and Liu Yi was better than Jin Wu of Huan Ling, but he saw that he was indifferent to the will of both. Therefore, the king did not lose his holy, and the ministers did not lose his loyalty."
Jiang Gongfu was so in agreement with Taoism, or in other words, he was eagerly expecting His Majesty: "I hope that Your Majesty will be born with Taoism, and will be repaid with virtue, rewarded with spring and summer, punished with autumn and winter, donated gold and jade to the rivers and lakes, and opposed the rare and rare in the swamps, and wrote Fu Rui as a grassroots, using loyalty and kindness as spiritual celebration, and visiting the people to be upright and virtuous, and be kind to the people to live in peace. The gradual punishment of punishment is that I cannot overcome my pride. I hope that Your Majesty will always be up to you, and I must be up to you. The poem says: "Everyone will never have a beginning, but there will be no end." I think that those who know the end can only maintain the righteousness? I hope that Your Majesty will never overcome the deepest love for you!"
When Li Shi read Jiang Gongfu's advice, he was happy and said that Jiang Gongfu was a pillar of the country and was selected to be a Hanlin Bachelor's Academy today. Since then, he has been very favored.
But now I think about it, everything is so ironic.
"What a 'I'm just looking for a tolerant person, and I don't guess at both anger, so the king will not lose his saints, and the ministers will not lose their loyalty." Jiang Gongfu smiled bitterly, then took over the script, then turned around and walked slowly and heavily down the steps.
There are only five people left in the prime minister team of the Tang Dynasty.
Three days later, downstairs of the Qinzheng Building of Xingqing Palace, three hundred old Tang people returned to China, when they saw the emperor who was climbing up and waving to them in the building pavilion, they all burst into tears and bowed and shouted: "Helong has been trapped for thirty years, and finally I saw my Holy Emperor Tang!"
Then many people touched the white marinade and shouted that they could mourn the queen. It really means that we are the people of the Tang Dynasty. Long live Your Majesty, long live the Tang Dynasty!
Looking at the group of white-haired righteous people, Li Shi's voice was a little arduous and shed tears. He said to Huo Zhongtang beside him, "It is not easy for the righteous people to be loyal. Each person will immediately give three colorful silks and a fine linen robe. A big banquet will be set up in the Hanyuan Hall. I personally entertain you. For those placed in Jingzhou, each household must have sufficient land and tax exemption, and tax exemption will be reduced for three years. Do you understand?"
Huo Zhongtang hurriedly accepted the order.
At this moment, looking at the black righteous man, the emperor held his hand on the pavilion, and the passion surged. He immediately expressed his opinion: "I, not only will I take you in and place you, but I will also take back Longyou and Hexi from the Xirong in the future, and send you back to the hometown where you have lived for generations. How about?"
"Holy Lord, I didn't expect to see such a mighty Holy Lord in my lifetime. The peace and prosperity are just around the corner!" The righteous people were so excited that they fell down...
Li Shi did what he said. On the one hand, he was carefully managing the queen's funeral, asking Hanlin scholar Wu Tongxuan to write a memorial book, and asked Prime Minister Xiao Fu and Zhang Yanshang to be responsible for the queen's tomb and music, and agreed with his confidant ministers to the posthumous title of the queen; on the other hand, Li Shi was also determined to show his fangs to Xifan, and he unexpectedly accepted the suggestion: Prime Minister Xiao Fuxuan comforted Shuofang, Zhenwu, Hedong, Bining, Weibei, Hezhong, Xiasuiyin and seven towns, and had the power to dispatch troops and deploy troops, and was fully responsible for the war against Ma Chongying and the Qiang.
This kind of decentralization of power was an unprecedented success for Li Shi.
In addition, the emperor made a decision at the Zichen Hall meeting: Don’t be afraid of insufficient troops. I don’t need to use the military strength of Tonghua, Chen Xu, Jin Shang, Shaanxi and Guo and other places. I will immediately let Wu Xianfu, Zhang Wanfu, Linghu Jian, Ge Shu Yao, Yuchi Sheng, and Li Jingluo six generals to command the North Ya. The Shenwei army behind the palace has a total of 30,000 elite troops. They will leave Zhongwei Bridge in the north of Beijing to serve as Xiao Fu’s support. If things are not good, I will go to the battle personally to supervise the battle - I am still afraid that they will not succeed?
When I heard that Xifan was approaching the capital, the bureaucrats, nobles and even ordinary villagers in Chang'an were so scared that they had a chance to escape.
But now Chang'an City is infected by the high fighting atmosphere. After all, the emperor expressed his intention to fight in person. This practice was enough to boost morale in ancient society: the Shenwei Army and the Sixth Army camps of the Beiya Sixth Army began to announce martial law, and the soldiers and generals were ready to go.
The common people on the street said: Don’t look at the wild sons being rampant in the border areas, if our emperor wants to fight in person, it will not be easy to defeat those small Qiangs.
"Kill Fanzi to avenge bloody revenge for the military and civilians of Yanzhou!" Beside the stone bridge between Pingkangfang and Wubenfang, his wife was a prostitute Su Wunu, who was selling tea soup, and everyone knew that she would shout with past drinkers.
When the seventeenth time was spoken, Su Wunu's head suddenly became chiseled and trembled. He grinned in pain. When he was about to scold, he turned his head and saw a fierce flesh on his face. His tongue was knotted and he became respectful: "It turned out to be the Jinwu Judgment..."
Guo Zhuan pushed Su Wunu and said fiercely, "Is it a saying like killing Fanzi that is something that you are a slutty person like you?"
"I don't have much ability. I will give my passers-by a free tea for the past three days, and talk about Fanzi's sins, and make people wake up."
"Bah, there is the emperor sitting in the Zichen Hall and the minister of Zhuzijinyu. When will it be your turn, a prostitute man, a despicable person like a pig or dog, come to ask about this?"
Su Wunu quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak, and then brought a tea cup for Guo Zhuan to drink.
Guo Zhuan, who raised his neck, drank several times. At this time, several Jinwusi, who were soap-clothed, leaned over and whispered: "The entire imperial guards in Beijing are entering the camp for martial law. What's strange is that someone came to the Zouyuan when Bining entered the Zouyuan."
"Oh?" Guo Zhuan's eyes rolled.
Then, beside the Shuiwu Miller by the stone bridge, under the shade of the tree, the Jinwu Department, who were inquiring about the news, said to the leader Guo Zhuan: "Han Qinxu, the sci-sci-sci-sci-tech camp of Shence, entered the capital, but rode his horse straight into the Bining Enzuyuan in Chongrenfang."
"His father is Han Yougui, the governor of Bining Jiefang!" Guo Zhuanggang finished speaking, and suddenly patted his head, remembering what Zhang Yanshang had said to him in secret:
When the Shen Ce general Luo Yuanguang killed Xu Tingguang, the former Changwu general of Changwu, arbitrarily, Han Qinxu was an accomplice. This incident directly led to the two thousand Changwu soldiers turning against each other and surrendering to the Western Fan period, which was also the fuse of the current war in Tang and Tibet.
Zhang Yanshang once advocated severe punishment of Luo Yuanguang and Han Qinxu, but the other prime minister Xiao Fu tried to protect these two.
Han Yougui, Han Qinxu and his son were naturally grateful to Xiao Zhonglang.
So now Han Qinxu ran to Jinzouyuan in Bining Town in private, isn’t the purpose very obvious?
"You guys follow me... Han Qinxu must have gone to the Zuoyuan to collect the goods, and he is afraid that he will go to pay homage to Xiao Zhonglang." Guo Zhen covered his mouth with his hands and whispered to his confidants.
Three Jinwusi can receive the order and leave like flying.
Guo Zhuan touched his chin and said to the other two subordinates, "You must keep an eye on the house of Princess Yanguang in Shengyefang in the past two days to see who will visit."
Chapter completed!