Li Zhong controlled the military and political power of Anbei for nearly 20 years, invincible, invincible, famous, unparalleled in the world, and was a rare famous general in the Jin Dynasty in a hundred years.

Li Zhong may only be regarded as prestigious, and his reputation is very great, but his presence in Anbei is a banner and the leader of everyone, and his command and majesty even surpass that of Emperor Zhao Zhi, of course, Li Zhong can come to this point without Zhao Zhi's absolute trust.

At the beginning of Zhao Zhi's succession, the Hu people became strong again, seriously threatening the security of the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Zhi gave Li Zhong absolute trust and rights, which was of great benefit, which made Li Zhong's orders completely unified, the order was forbidden, and the military strength of the entire Anbei was highly concentrated into one point, under the leadership of Li Zhong, many times to win more with less, and suppressed the Hu people to the death, it was because of the military advantage that Liu Yu had room to show his strength, and finally divided the two major Hu tribes in the north and south, so that Longyou was calm for 20 years.

But having said that, Zhao Zhi's trust in Li Zhong may be unique in his dynasty, but how to trust, Zhao Zhi, as the emperor, still has to plan for the future, to plan for the overall situation, he can absolutely trust Li Zhong, but he can't hand over the absolute right to Li Zhong, this is Zhao Zhi's reason as the emperor, so after the rebellion of the White Turban Army, Zhao Zhi was rewarded with military merits, and arranged for his henchman Hong Chenghao to go to Anbei as the deputy envoy of the festival. But Hong Chenghao went to Anbei, Li Zhong immediately understood Zhao Zhi's intentions, and gave the most important Pingzhou governor and 60,000 elite cavalry to Hong Chenghao, the news was transmitted back to Fengjing, Zhao Zhi was extremely happy and appreciative of this, several times secret edict Li Zhong, praised it, the two met in Weimo, the private relationship is very good, and the other party's mind is also very well understood, you know that I know that it is the best, some words, to say clearly, often hurt feelings.

Li Zhong in the last four or five years in Anbei, the act became very low-key, the power in his hands gradually delegated, the most important personnel and degree of support two rights, was handed over to Hong Chenghao, which led to a lot of dissatisfaction, this dissatisfaction, part of it is aimed at the emperor Zhao Zhi, many generals feel that Zhao Zhi sent Hong Chenghao to Anbei to divide the power, is not to trust Li Zhong, they dare not complain about the emperor Zhao Zhi, can only vent all the dissatisfaction in their hearts to Hong Chenghao's head, in the end, Hong Chenghao was isolated, excluded, As long as people and things related to him are implicated, such as Zhao Chi, Zhao Chi is brave in battle and upright in character, just because he knew Hong Chenghao in his early years, and his personal relationship is not bad, that's it, Zhao Chi was targeted by everyone, and finally he was forced to leave without choice.

In this case, Li Zhong can't continue to develop in office, Zhao Zhi sent Hong Chenghao to Anbei, there is a factor of decentralization, but the greater intention is to balance the military forces of the entire Anbei, and no one can be bigger, so whether Li Zhong likes it or not, he can only stand on Hong Chenghao's side, and severely punish the generals who are the most prominent, dismissed and exiled, including his son Li Wei, are all punished.

After the end of the first Longyou War, things really developed as imagined, the general of the Anbei military circle, Hong Chenghao's meritorious service is not the greatest, but the reward is the thickest, as the deputy envoy of the Anbei Jiedu, the degree of support and the transfer envoy, look at this momentum, the discerning person can see at a glance, Zhao Zhi is ready to let Hong Chenghao replace Li Zhong, as the next Anbei Jiedu envoy, however, Zhao Zhi thinks things too simply, or rather, Zhao Zhi's means are a little too urgent and hard, he blindly pushes Hong Chenghao to the top, completely ignoring the psychological feelings of the generals of Anbei, As a result, the contradiction finally broke out, a low-ranking officer openly assassinated Hong Chenghao, although the matter was suppressed by Li Zhong and did not spread in an all-round way, but the information was transmitted back to the imperial court, and Zhao Zhi was still extremely shocked.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhi ordered Li Zhong to purge the middle and senior generals in Anbei, and many people were implicated, but after the matter was over, Zhao Zhi calmed down, but he realized some of his mistakes, as the Son of Heaven, he could directly sort out the personnel and forces of the entire Anbei by strong means, but after all, Li Zhong has served in Anbei for many years, and many people have been picked up by him, and they have been together for many years, and their feelings are naturally deep.

Zhao Zhi couldn't help but consider Li Zhong's psychological feelings.

In the end, Zhao Zhi had to give up his original idea and let Ma Wu serve as the envoy of Anbei Jiedu, and at the same time promoted Li Wei to the deputy envoy of Anbei Jiedu, which was a disguised way to stabilize the emotions of many generals in Anbei.

But there are some things that Zhao Zhi didn't expect, and Li Zhong didn't think of either.

That is, Li Wei, as Li Zhong's eldest son, has served in Anbei for nearly ten years, and he has a certain prestige and outstanding ability.

Faced with this situation, Li Zhong intended to transfer Li Wei back to Fengjing, but after this incident, Tubo came and war broke out.

Li Zhong stared at Li Wei for a long time, then nodded and said, "General Li, please get up." ”

"Xie Dashuai."

Li Wei was the first to stand up, and the other generals behind him came together one by one, obviously led by Li Wei.

Li Zhong glanced at everyone silently, all the Anbei generals looked at their old handsome, and there was obvious excitement in their eyes, many people have followed Li Zhong since they were young, twenty years, and now they are middle-aged, and the emotions that have been precipitated over the years can be indifferent in just a few years.

"Father, can you go into the camp and take a walk, everyone wants to see you."

Li Wei deliberately said loudly.

Li Zhong looked at Li Wei, his eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a cold tone: "At home, you and I are father and son, and you and I are only up and down outside, here, everyone can call me handsome, or you can call me Li Xiangguo, and you Li Wei can't be excluded." ”

Li Wei laughed and said, "There are no outsiders here, why should my father be so serious?" ”

Li Zhong looked at Li Wei coldly and said nothing.

Being looked at coldly by Li Zhong all the time, the smile on Li Wei's face slowly became uncomfortable, and finally turned into indifference.

In recent years, the relationship between Li Zhong and Li Wei's father and son is not very good, after Li Zhong returned to Beijing to take office, at the beginning, the letters between the father and son were still very frequent, but as Li Zhong repeatedly favored these two people in the matter of Zhao Chi and Hong Chenghao, Li Wei began to become dissatisfied, what made him most angry was that Li Zhong said Zhao Zhi, ready to transfer him out of Anbei, Li Wei's anger finally rushed out of the apex, the father and son quarreled several times in the letters, more and more intense, in the past year, the two have rarely exchanged letters.

Li Wei didn't understand very much, he wanted to be capable, prestigious, and prestigious, why did his father always suppress himself and help outsiders? In the past, when my father was in Anbei, in order not to let others gossip, he didn't come out, and he didn't ask for credit, so forget it, but now that my father has left Anbei and returned to Fengjing, he is the left minister, why do you still act like this? I have put in so much effort, but I can't get the corresponding reward, how can I not complain in my heart?