Chapter 20: A dilemma
was depressed in his heart, drunk quickly, but the situation was dangerous, and Wang Zhongsi couldn't give himself too much time to indulge.
In the second half of the night, the charcoal fire in the house was extinguished, and perhaps because of the cold or because his heart had never really let go, Wang Zhongsi opened his eyes.
Quietly got up, added some new charcoal, and the orange fire flickered incessantly, illuminating the earthen house in winter.
After a while, Han Zhi also woke up, got up, looked at Wang Zhonghe, who was stunned under the firelight, and sighed slightly in his heart, but he only laughed and scolded: "This kid's wine is really strong!"
He walked over with a cloth shirt and put his hands on the front to bake the fire. Seeing that Wang Zhongsi was still silent, he had no choice but to ask, "What did that kid and Dashuai say just now?"
"Alarmist, scaremongering!" Wang Zhongsi replied lightly with an expressionless face.
Han Zhi frowned slightly, and said with some surprise: "He actually wants to do this kind of thing, his appetite is too big!"
Han Zhi had also guessed about Xu Chen's intentions before, and he also thought that after figuring out the details of the other party, he would use this person to find a breakthrough from Xu Fan, so as to change or at least alleviate Wang Zhonghe's current situation.
The situation in Kyori is already dangerous!
This is Han Zhi's opinion, and there are not many people who can have this opinion, because in the eyes of many people now, the capital at this time is a little calm.
The six yamen departments performed their own duties, and the officials at the top and bottom did their jobs in a down-to-earth manner, changing their previous style of being lazy and slack.
In the eyes of those young scholars who don't know the depths, today's court situation even has the prosperous scene of the early Kaiyuan period thirty years ago, and the court is working together to create a better tomorrow for the Tang Dynasty......
The ass determines the brain, and no matter how blind the level is, no matter how blind the guess is, there is no way to see the current situation through the fog.
The crown prince had not been able to turn back since he last challenged the emperor's authority in public at the Golden Palace, and even if he thought, the high-ranking officials and magnates who had jumped out to support him would never allow him to give up.
This road can only move forward, and stopping or going backward will only end up being shattered.
For today's court, no one dares to guarantee what will happen tomorrow!
Even one day in the early dynasty, the hundred officials went to the palace to take a look and found that the old emperor on the throne had been replaced by a middle-aged man, or the old emperor was still there, but the prince who had been standing in front of the hundred officials suddenly disappeared......
We don't dare to think about these, but we can't stop thinking about them!
Power is the most tempting poison, and once it is contaminated, it can only climb up by stepping on the bones of others.
"The situation is really not good!" Seeing that Wang Zhongsi still didn't respond, Han Zhi had no choice but to whisper to himself: "Those princelings are already crazy, they have no possibility of turning back, and no one dares to think about where the prince will go in the end!"
"But the saint will think! The prince is not willing to be the prince alone, even if he himself has no murderous intentions, but who can guarantee it? Who dares to guarantee it? The people of the Li family have such a tradition, and no one can get over the hurdle in their hearts......
"An Lushan borrowed 20,000 troops from the Hexi Army on the grounds of preparing for war, and the chapter has reached the center!" Wang Zhongsi interrupted him.
Although the voice was small, it made Han Zhi's words stop abruptly, and he was stunned for a long time before Han Zhi exclaimed: "Where did this news come from?"
As soon as the words came out, I thought of Xu Chen's roots, and suddenly confirmed the authenticity of the news, and then realized a more serious problem: "Why is this piece not clear?"
Wang Zhongsi naturally has a way to the capital here, and there is no reason why this kind of information related to the Hexi Army will be leaked, not to mention that it is in such a delicate situation now.
"An Lushan is a holy person, and I ...... Hehe, it's already inseparable from the crown prince!" Wang Zhongsi shook his head with a wry smile.
"That'...... Then this is all the meaning of the saint?" Han Zhi said abruptly.
"It doesn't matter whose meaning it is, just like you said, if you can't get over the hurdle in your heart, you have to leave a few more back......
An Lushan's purpose is very simple, just to strengthen his own strength, the situation in Chang'an City is difficult to say that he is not clear, borrowing troops from the Hexi Army is a stone throwing to ask for directions, see how Jingli reacts.
But now Li Longji has suppressed this letter and made it unclear, and the meaning of it is very intriguing.
Most of the forbidden troops near the capital are controlled by the Jiangmen family, and the only army that Li Longji can really control is a Yulin army trained by Gao Lishi himself, with only 12,000 people, although there is no shortage, and the equipment is also top-notch, but since its establishment, it has never really seen blood, and no one dares to guarantee how powerful it is.
It was okay before, only external troubles and no internal worries, as long as the army is willing to listen to itself, it will turn a blind eye to the war, after all, as an emperor, it is impossible to personally lead the troops.
For Li Longji, there is no way to infiltrate the army of the Tang Dynasty, who makes himself congenitally insufficient!
The military reform originally entrusted to Li Linfu is also not bad, if there is not much change, in another ten years, the army of the Tang Dynasty will change greatly, whether it is combat power or loyalty to the emperor himself.
In this way, even after death, you can go to your ancestors and boast a few words.
It's just that the prince broke out too suddenly!
Not only the emperor, but also the government and the opposition were not prepared.
Now that the situation is so delicate, Li Longji has no choice but to prepare for the worst! He can't willingly give up the emperor's throne, right?
Those old things in the Jiangmen family are the masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, not to mention that there is no fight now, even if there is a real fight in Chang'an City, these old things can also guard the city gate and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, just wait for the chair in the golden palace to sit on it and then run out to swear allegiance.
That's what they did more than thirty years ago!
After Wu Cong died, first Princess Taiping, then Empress Wei, and then Li Longji, there was chaos for several years, except for a few people who were really inseparable from the family, the rest of the family only shrank in their turtle shells and did not move, no one helped, no bets on either side, just waiting for the opening of the cards and then come to hug the thighs.
Although he gritted his teeth with hatred, no matter who he was, he could only be wooed by his face.
These people are too powerful!
Before the Tang Dynasty was established, some of these families existed for hundreds or even thousands of years.
In the eyes of these people, the temporary scenery is incomparable, and it is far less important than the continuation of the family.
For this reason, although Li Longji has increased his efforts to win over him in the past six months or so, he really does not dare to bet on these people.
It's the same with Lee Hyung!
An Lushan is a person who Li Longji single-handedly raised, and he is also a general, and he can't rely on anyone in the court except himself.
At least, that's what Li Longji thinks.
And the Hedong Army turned out to be Wang Zhonghe's, and the Hexi Army turned out to be Huangfu Weiming, and the two were originally unclear, and they both had a good relationship with the prince. The current commander of the Hexi Army, Ge Shuhan, was brought up by Wang Zhonghe, although Li Longji was also deliberately wooing, but he was not completely relieved in his heart.
Now that An Lushan's fold has come up, Li Longji's mind has also come alive......
The emperor is just an action, and the message to be conveyed can quickly spread.
"With this happening, the situation in the capital will only become more and more dangerous!" Han Zhi sighed.
"The Holy One is eloquent and strategic, naturally it is impossible to be willing! Looking through the history books, how many emperors have willingly relinquished their authority?" Wang Zhongsi shook his head.
"Dashuai, then how should we deal with ourselves?" Han Zhi became a little anxious: "There has been no letter from Ge Shuhan's side for two months! Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi went to Anxi, and although Li Guangbi still had a letter coming, he didn't mention the military!"
"The most important ...... There's no news from the prince's side!"
It has been almost a month since the war in the south was calmed down, and Wang Zhongsi was restricted from moving as early as after the Zhangzhou War, and the generals after that were all doing the sweeping.
After all the fallen counties were recovered, the result of Wang Zhonghe's transfer to Hanyang Taishou came out.
In the past month or so, before the results came out, Li Heng almost rushed three times a day, so that Wang Zhongsi could rest assured, and when the results came out, he was frequently comforted, so that he should not be in a hurry, and he would never forget him......
But in recent days, there have been fewer letters, and the attitude of the original generals under his command has begun to become evasive.
Although it was thousands of miles away, Wang Zhongsi could guess a little about what happened.
Li Heng may have given up on Wang Zhongsi and started to woo his generals with all his might!
Perhaps because of the pressure brought by Li Longji, Li Heng became anxious.
Wang Zhonghe's name is too big, and his friendship with Li Heng is wearing a pair of pants, which was nothing before, but now in this situation, how dare Li Longji let go of his surveillance?
did not kill him, but sent him far away to the south, far away from the northwest, and far away from the former army, such a result is also Li Heng fought hard for.
It's just that now, Li Heng has also seen the situation clearly, and if he wants to get Wang Zhongsi back to the northwest, the difficulty is almost the same as seizing the throne.
Now that Wang Zhonghei has temporarily lost his value, Li Heng can only focus on his former subordinates.
"Hehe, isn't it bad if there is no news?" Wang Zhongsi smiled lightly: "They fight for them, no matter what the result is, it has nothing to do with me!"
"How can it be okay?" Han Zhi was anxious and said loudly: "It would be good if the prince wins, after all, the love is there." Whether the official can be reinstated, I know that the marshal doesn't care about this, that's fine, it's not bad to retire quietly in Hanyang. ”
"But what if the prince is defeated? Once the prince is defeated, what does the commander think will treat you? When the commander says that he is not involved, will the saint believe it? Now the generals of the two towns of Hexi and Hedong know how many of them have been co-opted by the prince, once the matter is defeated, does the commander think we still have a way to live?"
"Then you mean that you want me to help the prince?" Wang Zhongji raised his head and said fiercely: "But you can guarantee that the prince will definitely win?"
Han Zhi knew Wang Zhonghe's thoughts, the imperial power was fighting, and he was unwilling to help his family and country.
"But we always have to choose!" Han Zhi said with a bitter face, "Why don't we agree to that kid......"