Chapter 711: Great Chaos
Li Liang's idea of going to the Jade Maiden Platform is undoubtedly the product of madness.
An Xiuren and the others deliberated, and the conclusion was self-evident, they would not stop the emperor, because if the emperor died in broad daylight, it would be good for them.
Moreover, An Xiuren felt that he might be able to take over the emperor's guards.
The emperor's guards are divided into two parts, the emperor's younger brother, the hussar general Li Mao led the left and right hussar mansions, the arch guarded the imperial city, the left Xiaowei general, and the internal history Ling Li Yun, who received the military power of the left Xiaowei mansion, and the right Xiaowei general, Hubu Shangshu An Xiuren, was responsible for the defense of Guzang City.
And the military department Shangshu Xie Tongshi also led the post of general Zuo Wuwei, and had a certain right to speak in the military power.
In fact, this is the system of leading troops in the Weifu in full accordance with the Sui system, and the military power and the political power are integrated together, adhering to the governance system of being a general and an official when entering.
Guzang is a little more complicated here, because the Turks, Tuyuhun, Han and other ethnic groups in the city have inhabited areas, and they are full of contradictions and clamp each other, and they have a very chaotic appearance from the outside.
In addition, he fought against Tuyuhun all the year round, quelled the rebellion in the northwest, and beware of Li Tang's troops coming westward, so the strength of each Weifu in Guzang gradually weakened, and a situation of An Xiuren's family being dominant.
Therefore, there were only two or three thousand emperor's guards guarding the imperial city, and the other soldiers were scattered in the barracks inside and outside the city, which gave An Xiuren the opportunity to make waves.
An Xiuren is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a thin figure, deep facial features, and a slightly upturned short beard under his chin, with many characteristics of the Western Regions.
And his early years as a merchant also left traces on his body, his skin was dark and rough, and there were many deep lines on his face, which made him look much older than he really was.
It's just that now he is not the businessman who smiles first and nods his head when he sees people, his waist is very straight, and his smile or speech reveals some arrogance.
When he heard that Daduque was coming, he showed some joy, no matter how much Li Tang gave him, no matter how much his identity changed, he was not willing to slack off on the Turks, because when walking in the west, he always had to obtain the permission of the Turks.
The fact that the Khan of Sheku had stumbled under the sacred mountain of the Turks and the rise of the fame of the Western Khan Ashnaqiuro of the Turkic court did not change the fact that the Turks were the masters of the Western Regions.
Daduque, the Western Turkic rebel general, may one day lead his people back to the west and fight his people for power.
Therefore, An Xiuren would not offend this irascible and arrogant fellow, once as a businessman, the first lesson he learned was how to deal with those nobles, and try to take a long-term view of himself.
So he immediately got up and asked An Xinggui to continue to discuss important matters in his place, and he came to the front hall to talk to Daduque under the hugs of his subordinates.
In fact, Da Duque is not a big deal, he just came to ask for grain and grass, speaking of which, in addition to protecting the counties in the northwest from being poisoned by Bai Yusao's rebellious army, Li Liang did not bring too many changes to the northwest, and the people in the northwest are becoming more and more difficult, including the Turks who live in Huiningchuan.
They were all members of the Western Turkic tribes, and with Daduque all the way east, they finally settled on the Huining River between Wuwei and Caohan, and the Tuyuhun tribe was miserable.
The situation of Caohan is very bad, Xue Ju once fought with Li Rail here, was fiercely counterattacked by Li Rail and was finally expelled to Qinzhou, and now Caohan is also a serious front line, and Li Tang's army is far away.
The Turks shrank their heads and looked at the side, and felt that Li Rail was more reliable, so they helped Li Rail guard the border, but the days were so-so, far worse than when they were powerful in the west.
This time the "rage" came, naturally to talk to An Xiuren, who was in charge of money and food, how to distinguish the Turks from those messy slaves, at least in Guzang City?
Therefore, Daduque brought a very bad news to An Xiuren, and some malicious rumors were quietly spreading in the city......
made a lot of promises, and barely appeased this extremely annoying Western Turkic nobleman, An Xiuren frowned and thought for a long time, no matter what, the self-confidence formed over the years made him think that he could still control the situation, and now, as soon as Liang Shuo died, who else in the city would dare to call him a nonsense?
In short, the arrival of Daduque did not make him too vigilant, all ethnic groups in this city are mixed, and it has always been very chaotic, what is a little rumor? Even in the big city of Chang'an back then, some people said that the Li family was in the mood, and it was normal for Guzang to be a little gossip and so on.
All he could think of at this moment was that he had to let the leaders of the Qiang tribe quiet down a little, and before they did anything big, they were already known to the whole world, is there such a thing?
But he never expected that the first person to stand up and fight against him was the commander of the military department, Shangshu Xie.
What especially made An Xiuren uncomfortable was that this person also colluded with two household servants, and blamed the household in court, and a series of praises for Liang Shuo came out of this person's mouth, impassioned like a man who went to death, it is hard to imagine that when Liang Shuo was there, this person gritted his teeth with hatred, and was one of the most important ministers under Li Liang who wanted to put Liang Shuo to death and then hurry up.
And the friendship between An Xiuren and Master Xie was formed in the constant confrontation with Liang Shuo and others.
At this time, if An Xiuren no longer realized that Master Xie was very wrong, then he could also die.
It can be said that for the first time since Li Liang became emperor, An Xiuren felt isolated and helpless, and all the generals of the Weifu in Guzang at that time watched coldly, and most of the officials under the household department, led by two squires, were silent.
Cao Zhen and the others followed the trend, fanning the flames, and they were all helping Master Xie to speak, and An Xiuren's henchmen were pressed to the point that they couldn't raise their heads as soon as they started speaking.
The crown prince Li Boyu, who presided over Liang Shuo's funeral, was even more excited and couldn't help himself, and drenched the blood of Li Zhongyan, the king of Wu'an.
If it weren't for the soldiers arranged by An Xinggui inside and outside, An Xiuren would even have a feeling that he would be taken down in court.
In the first court meeting after Li Liang's illness, An Xiuren was defeated, and he could only use this word to describe it, Wu Cong and Zhu Shile even wanted to replace them at the last moment and let the household change the owner.
At this time, An Xiuren was too lazy to bother with his lips and tongue, he could vaguely feel that there seemed to be a hand manipulating all this, otherwise it would not have suddenly erupted here.
In this court meeting, a heavy chill enveloped the An brothers, and the only thing they could think of was that Li Liang in the palace was not so seriously ill, and he had been staring at them in the dark......
At this point, Liang Shuo's funeral and the emperor's going to the Jade Maiden Platform have been resolved, but Wu Cong and Zhu Shile did not succeed, and all this was more like a civil strife in the household department than a group attack.
And this is more like a clarion call, when the An brothers returned to the household and wanted to discuss how to deal with it, someone came in a hurry to report that the prince Li Boyu was assassinated on the way back to the prince's mansion, was hit by an arrow in the chest, and was slashed twice, and was in danger, and the assassin was undoubtedly a Qiang person......
An Xiuren was shocked, was it a stupid thing done by King Wu'an?
In fact, it is useless to think about this, urgent reports came one after another, someone attacked the prince's mansion and wanted to kill the envoy of the king of Han, but was repulsed, and the envoy of Liang Shidu was assassinated at the same time at the right Xiaowei general Hao Bingxing, fortunately, it was also unhindered.
It's just that Hao Bingxing, the general of the right guard, was slightly injured, and in a fit of rage, he led 300 soldiers to follow the assassins with Liang Shiming and rushed into the Zuo Houwei Mansion and killed Zhang Nianzu, the general of the left guard.
Guzang City was in chaos, and the chaos was very sudden, suddenly, rumors spread in the city, saying that the Qiang people were in turmoil, and they wanted to imitate the slaves and thieves back then, and slaughtered the big city of Guzang.
At this time, An Xiuren actually didn't realize that this court meeting was more like a play, a play to distinguish friend from foe, as long as the military department Shangshu Xie Tongshi turned against the water, then everything would fall into place.
Without the assistance of Master Xie and Wei Shizheng, the An brothers are just a dish on the table, just look at how to go under the knife, yes, the role of Master Xie is very important.
Because no matter how powerful the Qiang, Tuyuhun, and even the Turkic people are, it is difficult for them to integrate into the political pattern of the northwest, and with the help of Xie Tongshi and others, it is a different scene.
The alliance of the Guanxi aristocracy and the Northwest Hu people can make up for each other's shortcomings, which makes people feel unshakable, but it is a pity that An Xiuren only regards Xie Tongshi and others as the object of the transaction, rather than a whole of common glory and disgrace, which makes people take advantage of it.
In fact, this is a very crude political contest, which is difficult to achieve in other places, and can only happen in such a special political environment as the northwest.
And a mess of Gu Zang, a little spark lit up, immediately exploded with a bang, and the chain reaction that followed, no one could control it, unless Li Rail stood up, but Li Rail, who was sick and lying in bed, was thinking about going to the Jade Maiden Platform to pick up the fairy down to earth.
It didn't leave anyone a chance to breathe or think at all.
The hatred of the Tuyuhun and the Western Turks has been a long time, and they were together at that time under the provocation of the well-intentioned people, in fact, there was no need to provoke at all, and the Turks got some grain and grass, which was more than the Qiang people, and the Tuyuhun people were very angry, not only the Turks climbed on their heads, but also those Qiang species often showed off their might in front of them.
In addition, Shi Le, the great leader of Tuyuhun, was afraid that An Xiuren would find trouble for him, so he didn't go back to the household at all, and ran all the way back to the place where the Tuyuhun people lived.
The Turks were few in Guzang, and they were caught off guard, Daduque was killed on the spot, and the main stone was cheapened, and he turned around and led the people to kill the Qiang people.
For a time, Guzang was in chaos......
(Hehe, don't think too much, the person who breaks the change is just a very ordinary one of the great gods to participate in the annual meeting.) )