Chapter 14: The Old Man of Chang'an Comes (Second Watch)
At this time, Chengdu did not have the nickname of Rongcheng, this nickname was only in the late period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in history, and Chengdu at this time had an alternative name of 'Jinguancheng'.
Chengdu Mansion is the name after the Anshi Rebellion, the first year of Wude in the early Tang Dynasty was called Yizhou, and the first year of Tianbao was renamed Shu County. In the second year of Tang Suzong's reign, because Shu County was the place where Tang Xuanzong was stationed, it was promoted to Chengdu Mansion, and called 'Nanjing', and the first year of Shangyuan Dynasty was called Beijing, but it has always been called Chengdu Mansion.
Chengdu City is not only the location of Chengdu County and County Government, but also the location of Chengdu Prefecture, and it is also the residence of Xichuan Jiedu. However, more than ten years ago, Chengdu City did not have any fortifications, only a sub-city and a moat flowing from outside the city (that is, the current Chengdu Fu River), which is probably hard to imagine.
However, this is also normal, Chengdu's geographical location is very good, located in the hinterland of Shu, surrounded by mountains and valleys, it is difficult for foreign enemies to attack, so naturally there is no need to spend on city defense. But this does not mean that there are no foreign enemies in Shu, Tubo in the west and Nanzhao in the south are all threats. Moreover, in the tenth year of Xiantong (869 AD), Nanzhao invaded, and under the joint counterattack of Lu Tan, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu and Yan Qing, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, finally Nanzhao was defeated and retreated.
After this battle, Chengdu began to pay attention to the city defense and fortified gate city, digging trenches to divert water, planting antlers, building camps, and strengthening war preparedness. After that, although Nanzhao attacked the border several times, the imperial court also strengthened the military strength of Xichuan and Dongchuan, and there were no major battles.
So when Li Ye went to the palace, he could still see some patrolling soldiers, including some soldiers wearing yellow handkerchiefs. According to the coachman, this is the Yellow Head Army, which is not the real Shu Army, but transferred from other places, and the reason why it is called the Yellow Head Army is mainly because of the yellow handkerchief on its head. However, the Huangtou Army is now the core of the Shu army, and after the local expansion, it has tens of thousands of troops and is the backbone of the Shu army.
Along the way, Li Ye had a general understanding of Chengdu City at this time. The overall layout of Chengdu Mansion is roughly similar to that of Chang'an City, but it is far inferior to Chang'an in terms of scale and momentum, but it is also one of the few rich places under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty at this time.
When I came to the palace, I saw that it was King Shou, who was in the middle of the holy grace, and the people waiting outside the palace saluted one after another. Although he didn't know these people, Li Ye still returned the salute one after another, and then entered the palace under the leadership of the eunuch.
Before entering the main hall of the palace, Li Ye heard someone inside crying with tears, which made Li Ye very surprised.
"This father-in-law, who is crying inside?"
Seeing that Li Ye had such a good attitude as King Shou, the father-in-law who led the way was also a little surprised, and hurriedly replied, "His Royal Highness King Shou, he is from Chang'an." I heard that the minister who escaped from the Yellow Nest thieves escaped his life, and then rushed to his majesty to drive. β
"Someone from Chang'an?"
Hearing this title, Li Ye couldn't help but be silent. Although he didn't know what the situation was in Chang'an now, he had heard of Huang Chao's brutality, and the clans, ministers, nobles and clans who stayed in Chang'an would definitely not end well.
With curiosity, Li Ye came to the front of the main hall and heard someone complaining inside.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is going to make decisions for those ministers who died tragically! Dou Xiang, Cui Xiang, the left servant shot Yu Cong, the right servant shot Liu Ye, and the prince was young Pei Tan, and after being captured by the thief army, they were executed on the street. The clan also suffered heavy casualties, and a large number of clan women became the playthings of the thief army, except for a few escapes such as King Ji and Princess Anhua, the others were stranded in Chang'an, and their lives and deaths were unknown.
The ministers took advantage of the thieves' army not to investigate, so they could escape death, and after a rugged trek, they rushed all the way to Chengdu Mansionγγγγγγ β
"Aiqing has suffered." Li Yu, who was sitting directly above the main hall, was obviously a little impatient, and instructed Tian Lingzi next to him, "Father, give these ministers from Chang'an, 30 yuan each, and let them settle down." β
"Your Majesty." Tian Lingzi patted his ass.
"This lord, what about Princess Changning, the sister of this king? Do you want to leave Chang'an? Just as these ministers were about to leave, Li Ye suddenly stopped the person who was crying the most fiercely just now.
When Li Ye saw the situation in the main hall, he found that these ministers from Chang'an were all wearing red robes, green robes and green robes, and none of them were wearing purple, which surprised him. However, he suddenly remembered his sister --- Princess Changning, who was stranded in Beijing.
Although Li Ye and Li Yi are not the same brothers, he has a sister and a younger brother. The sister is the princess of Changning in his mouth, 1 year older than him, called Li Shu; There is also a younger brother, that is, Li Yi, the king of Mu, who is two years younger than him, because he is young, and now lives in his Shouwang Mansion, but because of his poor health, he is now resting in the palace.
As for his mother, Concubine Wang De died of illness ten years ago. This is what Li Ye found out from others on the way to Chengdu, when Li Ye left Chang'an, he was in a daze, and naturally he couldn't remember that he had a sister. And the relationship between Li Shu and Li Yi was not very close, so they didn't call each other, and only took away a few clans such as Li Ye and Li Yi.
"Returning to His Royal Highness King Shou, the situation of Princess Changning, Weichen and others are not clear. However, among the princesses of the clan captured by the thief army, there was no Princess Changning, and it was thought that Her Royal Highness the princess should have fled from Chang'an, or hid in Chang'an. β
The answer to Li Ye's question was an official in a green robe, but he did not say the third situation, that is, Princess Changning had suffered an accident, or was killed, or committed suicide, or was captured by the thief army, but there was no news.
Thinking of this, Li Ye's expression was a little depressed, if his sister really fell into the hands of the thief army, it was not difficult for him to guess what kind of treatment she would be treated. I hope the other party is okay, at this time he doesn't have a good way, so he can only pray in his heart.
"Go down!"
Li Ye waved his hand and entered the main hall. The official, however, was a little surprised, as if he had been talking to a superior rather than a young prince. However, he shook his head, thinking that it should be his own delusion, the other party is a young man who has not yet been weakly crowned, and he may have traveled a long distance and is too tired.
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"King Shou, why are you here now? Don't you know, the group of ministers just now are almost annoying me to death, crying there all the time, and they are not children, and they are not ashamed. β
Seeing Li Ye come in, Li Yi came down from the carved dragon throne, without the posture of an emperor at all, but complained to Li Ye about how the group of ministers came to annoy him just now.
"Brother Huang, those ministers also escaped death, please don't blame Brother Huang too much. After all, the imperial brother governs the world, and these ministers are also needed to do things. Li Ye knows his imperial brother's temperament, if he has a bad impression of these ministers, and then there will be Tian Lingzi and other eunuchs in the future, I don't know what will happen.
"Alright, let's not talk about it. This Chengdu is too small, and it is extremely simple, I turned around the entire palace in the morning, and it is not even as big as King Shou's palace in Chang'an, let alone compared to the palace. Li Yi continued to complain.
Li Ye hadn't seen what the Daming Palace looked like, but from what he had just seen along the way, this palace was indeed not very good, compared with the Forbidden City in the previous life, it was much worse. And the Daming Palace is wider and much more magnificent than the Forbidden City, which shows that this palace is not very good.
But this is a flight, not a permanent residence. It's just that Li Yi didn't think so, and it was precisely because of the narrowness of this palace that he was in a bad mood in the morning, and the commotion of those ministers just now made him even more irritable.
"Brother Huang, this palace is just a place where the imperial brother temporarily lives, and the imperial brother will return to Chang'an in the future." Li Ye persuaded.
"What's going on? You should have heard it just now, the thief army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and it occupies Chang'an, and I can't go back. β
"Brother Huang, don't listen to the exaggerated words of those ministers. It is impossible for the thief army to have hundreds of thousands of troops, but some courtiers deliberately exaggerate the thief army in order to escape responsibility. As long as the imperial brother orders the troops from all over the country to work with the king, and has made the troops under his command from all over the country, I believe that Chang'an will be recovered soon, and the imperial brother will be able to return to Chang'an at that time. β
"Really?" Li Yi clearly didn't believe it.
"There are still many generals in the world who are loyal to the imperial brother and the imperial court. Lord Zheng and Yang Gonggong (Yang Fuguang, eunuch), the commander of the loyal army, were all loyal to the imperial brother, and the imperial brother could appoint them to lead the army to quell the rebellion. β
Li Ye Zheng Zheng was very favorable, and he himself was loyal to the Tang Dynasty. But Li Ye didn't recommend only one of them, and pushed Yang Fuguang out together, naturally letting him share the risk. You must know that Yang Fuguang and Yang Fugong are cousins, and Yang Fugong is the eunuch next to Li Yi after Tian Lingzi. Li Ye's move is to divide the eunuchs, win over a group, and crack down on a group.
As soon as Li Ye finished speaking, he obviously felt a hateful look looking at him, Li Ye didn't look at whose look it was, he didn't have to think about it, and he knew that it was Tian Lingzi.