Chapter 32: Hearing the Truth of Chang'an Like a Game of Chess (2)
At the end of Liu Min's speech, his tone suddenly raised, as if otherwise the officials of the court would not pay attention to the issue of Jingzhou.
Yuan Baoju frowned, [Liu Min is a member of Su Sui's sect, and Su Sui is deeply trusted by Yu Wentai, the powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, just like Zhuge Kongming and Uncle Liu Huang, but now Liu Min proposed to send good generals to defend Jingzhou during the war, will there be Yuwentai's instructions behind it? ] In fact, it is not only the Yuan Bao Torch who thinks so, but also important ministers such as Yu Jin, Dugu Xin and Zhao Gui are also puzzled.
Yuan Baoju sorted out his thoughts and asked lightly: "So does Liu Aiqing have a suitable candidate to recommend?" ”
Liu Min didn't think much about it, and said in a deep voice: "Weichen recommended Wang Tejin (Tejin is an official name that originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to give a special status among the princes, and the position was second only to the third prince at the time of the court), Lord Wang is a famous general of my Great Wei, especially good at defending the city, even Lord Wei of Yubi was still a subordinate of Lord Wang, if Lord Wang can guard Jingzhou, it will be impregnable, and Hou Jing and the likes of the Southern Dynasties will not dare to violate easily. ”
Wang Tejin is Wang Sizheng himself, after Situ Wang Yun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a staff member of Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty in his early years, because of his meritorious service, he was awarded the title of General of the Chinese Army, the Governor of the Great Capital, and the Marquis of Qi County, and he was the confidant of Emperor Xiaowu, responsible for the entire palace guard, equivalent to the general of the forbidden army, and later Emperor Xiaowu was killed because he was dissatisfied with Yuwentai, and Wang Sizheng lost his support and became more and more marginalized.
In order to make meritorious contributions, Wang Sizheng took his life as a bet, that is, the "self-oath to throw Lu" recorded in the history books, because he was very outstanding in military level, Yuwentai in order to suppress the rights of other pillar states, he gave power to the twelve generals of the twenty-four Kaifu generals, weakening the rights of other pillar states, but faced with no one available, so cunning as Yuwentai, had to enable Wang Sizheng to defend the Eastern Wei Gaohuan group, and appointed him as the twenty-four Kaifu general, after all, compared to the influence and political capital of other pillar states, Wang Sizheng is relatively easy to control.
But even so, Yuwentai reused him but also guarded against him, although he was one of the twenty-four Kaifu generals, but the number of troops at his disposal was limited, and he often moved the town to change guards, first to guard Yubi, and then to move the town of Hongnong, which did not just straighten out Hongnong thriving, and his ass was not yet firmly seated and he was going to be stroked.
Listening to Liu Min's words, Wang Sizheng suddenly changed his face, this plan is very poisonous, Nai Yang Mou, he had to let him take the bait, and now there are only two ways in front of him: either obey the arrangement and take office, or find an excuse to refuse, the latter may make Yu Wentai angry and kill him directly.
Thinking of this, Wang Sizheng couldn't help but glance at Yuwentai, and saw that the prime minister's face was calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him, and then couldn't help but look at the ingot torch on the throne, his eyes were full of expectation, hoping that today's son could find a reason to reject this suggestion.
Yuan Baoju saw Wang Sizheng's gaze, of course he understood what Wang Sizheng meant, but he could also smile bitterly in his heart, although he was the emperor, he had no real power, and he had no right to speak in the court. Of course, he wants to support Wang Sizheng to continue to stay in Hongnong, at least Dawei has a general like Wang Sizheng who is loyal to the royal family, and it is a kind of protection for the royal family in public and private, so that Yuwentai does not dare to easily seize power and usurp the throne. Yuan Baoju thought about it, and decided to try to see if he could keep Wang Sizheng's Hongnong assassination history, so he planned to ask for help from other pillar states to suppress Yuwentai's power.
"For Liu Aiqing's suggestion, what can you think about?"
However, when he glanced at Yu Jin, Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui and Hou Mo Chen Chong and other generals of the Zhu Kingdom, these four people didn't want to get involved at all, they pretended to be confused and lowered their heads, and even Hou Mo Chen Chong, who had always had a poisonous tongue and a big mouth, did not speak quietly, and did not give face to him at all. [Just kidding, this discerning person can see that Yuwentai wants to further weaken the power of the royal family and stabilize his dictatorship, they don't want to easily offend Yuwentai and do such a thankless thing. 】
Yuan Bao Ju was really helpless, sighed in his heart, it seemed that he was powerless, and when he was at a loss, a voice sounded at this time, "Your Majesty, the minister has this music-"
Everyone looked at it, it was a member of the Yuan royal family, when the court Shangshu Yuanlie, I saw him solemnly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Hongnong guarded by Lord Wang is also located on the northern front, which is the gateway to the east of my river, and it is only three hundred miles away from Chang'an in Guanzhong. Losing Jingzhou, we still have Zhongtian danger to defend, can be recaptured at any time, and once Hongnong is lost, it will open me directly to the outer door, this key position Weichen thinks that it is better to be still than to be still. As for the candidates for Jingzhou, you can find another general, Weichen recommends General Li Yuan or General Yang Zhong, both of whom are the best candidates to guard Jingzhou. ”
As soon as the words fell, Yuwentai suddenly frowned, this is true, it is the words of the country, now Hongnong has just settled, and is on the front line of Hedong, under the leadership and governance of Wang Sizheng, the soldiers return to their hearts, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the hearts of the people are stable, so to speak, as long as there is Wang Sizheng, Hongnong is solid.
Yuwentai is the same name as Gao Huan in the world, "Ming is better than others, a masterpiece for a while", how can he not see the truth in this, [but it is such a key position, he must be his henchman to guard it, the reason why Wang Sizheng was appointed to guard Hongnong back then, there are three reasons: first, Hongnong is dilapidated, people's livelihood is withering, morale is low, and it can be seized by the Eastern Wei Dynasty at any time; Second, the status of the jade bi is more important than that of Hongnong, and Wang Sizheng has guarded the jade bi for many years, in order to suppress the power of the royal family, he cannot stay in this position for a long time; Third, Wang Sizheng is a handsome man in the world, with an excellent military level, and Hongnong can be defended with him. 】
With the increase of age, coupled with the gradual emptying of the power of the major pillar states in recent years, the power of the imperial court is firmly controlled by Yuwentai, and he gradually reveals his ambition to be the emperor, before he must remove all obstacles, the biggest obstacle is to support the forces of the Yuan Wei royal family, such as Wang Sizheng. As for the other pillar countries, even if Yuwentai suppressed the royal forces, they would only watch the fire from across the strait and would not support it, which proved to be the case. This pillar country is more powerful, can only be slowly planned, must not be rushed, so as not to rebound, this is the plan he set after discussing with Su Fei back then, it is constantly going on, and the results are very good, at least now the military power of the other pillar countries has been greatly weakened, and they can no longer confront themselves.