Chapter 140: Dig a big pit and invite you into the urn

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there has been a great general who is particularly famous, not because of his achievements, but because he is a wonder. Hundreds of battles and defeats, but always prosperous, it is Ren Guogong, the general of the Left Guard, Liu Hongji.

As early as the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Hongji was like a divine help, whether it was in the battle of Huoyi, beheading Song Laosheng, rushing across the Yellow River, galloping into Guanzhong, showing off his might outside the Jinguang Gate in Chang'an, Liu Hongji was remarkable. However, when Li Yuan became emperor, Liu Hongji was like a different person, and he was bound to lose every battle.

In the first year of Wude, he went to fight with Li Shimin in the shallow water plateau, and Liu Hongji, as one of the eight commanders of the march, was captured by Xue Ju, and he was not released until the fall of Western Qin.

In the second year of Wude, Liu Wuzhou's troops captured Taiyuan with Song Jingang, and Liu Hongji was ordered to garrison Jinzhou. Song Jingang entered the siege of Jinju. Liu Hongji was captured by the enemy again, and soon fled back to Chang'an, where he was appointed as the first governor of the left.

Of course, Liu Hongji accompanied Li Shimin to Hebei and was defeated by the Xia army, fled back to Chang'an alone, and threw Li Shentong to Dou Jiande.

It is said that such a general who has been defeated in a hundred battles should become a shame for the Tang army, but his most awesome thing is that he has 30,000 male soldiers on the left guard and is stationed in the Taiji Palace, but he sits back and watches Li Shimin kill Li Jiancheng and detain Li Yuan. In fact, with the 30,000 elite troops in his hands alone, Li Shimin's thousands of soldiers and horses could not enter the Xuanwu Gate at all, and the 30,000 troops on the left and right guards were all blind? It's that Liu Hongji is Li Shimin's person at all.

If it weren't for Liu Hongji selling Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin would not have succeeded at all.

At the beginning of Li Jiancheng's ascension to the throne, he moved Liu Hongji from the position of General Zuo Wei to the position of Wei Weiqing.

Although Wei Weiqing is one of the nine temples of the Nine Temples of the Tang Dynasty, he is in charge of the cultural relics, the general arsenal, weapons, and the three departments of the palace. Those who enter the weapon are all based on their names. Sacrifices and court meetings are offered to feather instruments, festivals, golden drums, drapery, and banquets. Those who are for the palace guards, read it again in the year, and if there is one, it will be repaired in the Shaofu.

However, by the time of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wei Weiqing had actually become an idle position, and he was even more idle than Guang Luqing. And Liu Renshi is Liu Hongji's eldest son, the official residence of the East Palace Zuowei Lang General.

This Zuo Wei Lang General is actually one of the five lieutenants of the Left Guard, and his official position is not high, and he is a five-grade official. It is of the nature of shadow sealing to make up for Liu Hongji's contribution to the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning, Chen Ying was the right guard of the East Palace and led the second mansion to fold the captain, but in fact, he was also the right guard to lead the general.

Li Jiancheng did not have any prejudice against Liu Renshi because of Liu Hongji. However, seeing Liu Renshi kneeling when he came in, unhappy in his heart, Li Jiancheng frowned slightly and said, "Get up and speak!" ”

Liu Renshi did not stand up, but knelt on the ground and begged: "Your Majesty, the last general knows that he deserves death, and he doesn't dare to beg His Majesty to kill me, but only ask Your Majesty to spare the lives of his wife and children in the last general's family!" ”

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng looked at Liu Renshi in surprise and said, "Tell me what is the matter first?" ”

Liu Renshi saw that Li Jiancheng should not be, and his heart was already desperate, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the last general was greedy in his early years, and he received the benefits of Zheng Rentai in Xingyang, and now retribution is coming." Zheng Rentai sent a message to the last general, asking the last general to help them open the city gate and let them into the city on the sixth month. They said, "...... Assist the Emperor Taishang to restore the throne! ”

Li Jiancheng stood up with a snort, and after glancing at Chen Ying, he slapped the case and said angrily: "What a big dog's guts!" ”

Although he had already known the news that the clan gate valve was going to do something, Li Jiancheng still didn't expect that these people would dare to support Li Yuan to come out.

Li Jiancheng was so angry that he couldn't speak, he thought that those people would be shameless, but he didn't expect it to be so shameless. He is stronger than Li Yuan, externally, he destroyed the Eastern Turks, Tuyuhun and Tubo, expanded the territory of thousands of miles, and internally, raised the Holy Religion, and the grace and Ze were born by the common people.

They actually wanted to push Li Yuan out and fight with themselves.

Chen Ying stood up, looked at Liu Renshi coldly and said, "General Liu, why don't you get involved in such a big thing?" Based on the relationship between your father and the emperor......"

Liu Renshi said in a mournful voice: "Although the last general is greedy and seeks his own way to death, how could he ever think of doing such a thing to punish the nine clans? At the end of today, I will be cornered, and I dare not ask Your Majesty to open the net, I only ask Your Majesty to spare the wives and children of the lowly family, and I will wish to repay the grass in the future! ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Renshi got up and hit the Panlong Pillar next to Li Jiancheng. Just when Liu Renshi was about to crash into the Panlong Pillar, he suddenly felt a huge force attacking.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, Liu Renshi fell heavily to the ground, only to find that Chen Ying actually flew up and kicked him on a big horse.

Chen Ying sneered: "No need to act, if you want to die, you don't have to be in front of Your Majesty!" ”

Li Jiancheng turned his back and said, "Okay, don't waste your time!" ”

Liu Renshi fell to the ground and begged again and again: "Please be gracious to Your Majesty!" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "You accept local benefits and are greedy for military funds, how to convict is a problem of Dali Temple." ”

Liu Renshi felt that he had risen from hell to heaven in an instant, and Li Jiancheng, who he was most worried about, had no intention of looking for his bad luck at all!

It's not a big deal to be greedy for some money, Datang is not a Ming Dynasty, and he will not peel off his skin and fill the grass because he is greedy for sixty taels of silver. Comparatively speaking, Datang's disposal of greedy ink is much lighter. The left and right are just punished by some punishment, at most a life to leave the army. As long as you don't force this rebellion against the Nine Clans to be involved in yourself, the rest of the matter will not matter!

Li Jiancheng had a cold face, snorted and said angrily: "Take this bastard down and take care of it, and wait for it to be disposed of!" ”

After Liu Renshi, who was paralyzed on the ground, was taken down, Li Jiancheng bowed his hand to Chen Ying and said, "Let Chen Qing see the joke." ”

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Your Majesty said that you are smiling." As long as these people are honest, His Majesty himself does not intend to pursue too much about the affairs before the first year of Chongkaiyuan. ”

In fact, Yang Wengan's rebellion was also because of the problem of greed for ink. Yang Wengan was bold enough to steal and sell the weapons of Gyeongju, and the imperial court audited such a big deficit, Li Jiancheng took into account Yang Wengan's past exploits and used the armor of the East Palace to fill this hole, but in the end it was taken advantage of by Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng sighed: "Yes, if you really pursue it, how many people will be left in this Chang'an City?" ”

Chen Yingdao: "This Liu Renshi is a smart person." I just don't know, are there any other smart people in the back? ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "It's difficult." The reason why smart people are smart people is because there are too many fools, so there are fewer smart people, otherwise wouldn't they be geniuses everywhere? ”

Chen Yingdao: "However, the problem of greedy ink must be dealt with!" ”

Some people will say that it is simply impossible to control corruption, and that if you have money, you must be greedy, and corruption has never been extinct in history. What's more, it is simply impossible for any dynasty in history not to be corrupt, since the emergence of the private system, there has been greed!

In fact, corruption is not a common phenomenon in human society, and at the beginning of the founding of our Celestial Empire, during the Taizu period, corruption was extinct. Of course, in history, corruption in the Zhenguan Dynasty was also very rare.

It is precisely because Li Shimin used the method of official corruption to deal with many political enemies, such as Yang Wengan and Liu Zhenghui...... However, in the Zhenguan Dynasty, there were much fewer corruption problems.

In fact, Li Jiancheng does not want to deal with corruption, the key is that there are two problems that cannot be solved now, the family gate valve does not cooperate, and the supervision force is seriously insufficient.

He let out a long sigh and said, "It's hard! ”

"It's not that hard!" Chen Yingdao: "The most fundamental reason for corruption is because the system is not perfect, so that moths have loopholes to drill, if the loopholes in the system can be filled, the existence of corruption can be avoided!" ”

Li Jiancheng asked with interest, "What are you going to do?" ”

"The Father seeks the Son!" Chen Ying explained with a smile: "As a parent, you always have to think about your children, although the money is good, what if the imperial court formulates a harsh punishment measure? ”

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Chen Ying continued: "As long as the official is corrupt for 100 yuan (equivalent to 4.27 million yuan), under three generations, the descendants of the three clans are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and they are not allowed to become officials. ”

When Li Anyan heard this, he had a new understanding of Chen Ying in his heart.

Chen Ying is really ruthless.

If this system is really implemented, Datang officials must consider the consequences if they want to be corrupt. Although the hereditary system of the Tang Dynasty, the official position will not be hereditary, but relying on the remnants of the father, the descendants can get twice the result with half the effort.

However, once the three clans are within three generations, everyone is not allowed to be officials, and this punishment is actually more serious than peeling the skin and filling the grass. It's a great death, but it can leave a lot of wealth for future generations.

However, the career path of future generations is all cut off, and no matter how much money there is, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep it.

Li Jiancheng groaned: "That's not as good as ......"

Without waiting for Li Jiancheng to finish speaking, Chen Ying shook his head again and again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister can't do it, this matter can't be done unless the wise and brave, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to order Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng to be specifically responsible for the implementation!" ”

Once this policy is implemented, it will become the public enemy of officials all over the world, although Chen Ying is not afraid, but he has considered his own children, and it is better to think about it.

Anyway, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling play the role of this black cauldron, as the so-called debts are not worried, and lice are not bitten. The two of them don't care.

At such an instant, Chen Ying suddenly understood why the Eleventh Division of Lingzhou Tiele was launching a rebellion at this time, and it would be impossible to say that there was no shadow of these clan lords behind it.

Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng glanced at each other, and the two of them almost said in unison: "Lingzhou!" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Lingzhou is just smoke, and with those few miscellaneous fish, it can't make any waves." But ......"

"But what?" Li Jiancheng asked.

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Your Majesty is concerned about the danger of Lingzhou, and ordered the General Zuo Wei to lead the General of the Left Guard, Wei Chi Gong, to lead the Left Guard Army to Lingzhou to quell the rebellion!" ”

In fact, Chen Ying dug a big hole.