Chapter 125: Choice
Chen Qingzhi!
Of course, Tuoba Shen, a big celebrity who is famous in the "Book of Liang", knows it.
"Famous teachers and generals don't prison themselves, and thousands of troops avoid white robes"! History buffs know a lot.
It is recorded in the Book of Liang that he was ordered by Xiao Yan to send Yuan Hao to the Northern Expedition with 7,000 people, dozens of battles before and after, more than 30 cities, breaking the army and killing the generals, and finally succeeded in capturing Luoyang. Although in the end, because there was no foreign aid, he went back in disgrace. But the name of the white-robed army remained in the history books.
In his previous life, the Internet blew this person up for a certain period of time. Originally, "Book of Liang" only compared him to Han Zhiwei, Huo Zhiapi, after some hype, his name was enough to press Wei and Huo to the ground. However, if we study in-depth and combine the analysis of historical materials from the north and the south, we can naturally easily debunk the falsity of this battlefield myth.
When Tuoba Shen read the Book of Liang in his previous life, he was already disgusted by the book's penchant for exaggeration (often exaggerating the number of troops and captures of the Northern Wei Dynasty, as well as using exaggerated words), and even once regarded the unreliability of the Book of Liang as a prehistoric row because of the hypocrisy of Chen Qingzhi's biography.
However, putting aside the exaggerated description of Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition in the Book of Liang, it is not too much to regard him as a famous general based on his other achievements. Even if his record is discounted by half, he is still a famous player.
You must know that Chen Qingzhi in history was just Xiao Yan's close minister before he led the troops into battle. No matter how much water the later record is, being able to break the enemy many times and win, especially being able to repel a fierce man like Hou Jing, shows that he has the talent to do things.
Although Xiao Yan has the problems of being too much of a Buddha, being too lenient to his own children and scholars, and being too strict with the people, he still admires the way he looks at people. During his reign, there were many famous generals in the Southern Liang, who had always blocked the present dynasty in the Jianghuai and north of the Han River, and was able to maintain the stability of the south of the Yangtze River for more than 40 years, and finally used the time to "defeat" the present dynasty is enough to prove his personal ability.
Tuoba Shen opened Xiao Yan's letter while thinking about it, and saw that it was just a piece of yellow paper, and there were not many words on it, just said hello, said a few words of admiration, and finally said that King Jingling was going to gather Kangshi celebrities on Xuanwu Lake in the near future to take a boat tour of the lake, and if he could go, he would definitely be able to add a lot of color.
This is Xiao Yantao's close words? Or does Xiao Ziliang mean? Tuoba Shen closed the letter and wondered in his heart.
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"Your Highness, what did Xiao Yan say?"
"It's nothing, it's just nonsense." Tuoba Shen threw the letter on the desk and replied, "Zheng Qing, where is Xiao Yan's slave?" ”
"Li Guanling has led it to the atrium to wait"
"Zheng Qing, let's go with Lone." Tuoba Shen said as he walked out the door.
"What does Your Highness mean about this?" Zheng Daozhao followed behind and asked.
"What about the Qing's opinion?"
"Your Highness has asked, and the officials are not despicable, please try to say it." Zheng Daozhao arched his hand and said in a slightly loud voice: "In the opinion of the following officials, this mother and son should not return." His Royal Highness is a heavenly grandson, Your Majesty's Yinzi, and it is unspeakably expensive. Who is Xiao Yan's generation? Dare to despise His Highness so much, and only send a slave to ask for the maid he has bought, it is not too much of a deception! If you are with it, Daoyi must be said to be the emperor and Wei no one! and send men to be rebuked. ”
Tuoba Shen listened to Zheng Daozhao's words and couldn't help but feel strange. Zheng Daozhao has always been a humble gentleman! Why do you speak so passionately? It was like provoking him. And it's obviously something in the words.
Tuoba Shen turned around, looked at Zheng Daozhao and said with a smile: "This statement doesn't seem to come from the mouth of the emperor." Would a humble gentleman be angry over such a trivial matter? ”
Zheng Daozhao also smiled and said: "The Buddha also has a method of subduing demons, how can a gentleman have no resentment?" ”
"Hahahaha......" Tuoba Shen looked at Zheng Daozhao's eyes, turned around and laughed
Zheng Daozhao looked at Tuoba Shen who was going, wiped the sweat on his forehead slightly, and followed after his heart calmed down a little.
What he just said was to provoke Tuobashen.
He is here, and his long knowledge is secondary, and more importantly, he bears his father's life.
Zheng Xi has always wanted to find an opportunity to meet Tuoba Shen privately, so as to further test whether Tuoba Shen is interested in the position of the crown prince, but he has not been able to find the opportunity. This time, seeing Tuoba Shen's invitation to the south, Zheng Xi felt that the time had come, so he asked the emperor to list the mission with Zheng Daozhao.
One is to increase knowledge and brush up on qualifications, the second is to help Tuoba Shen pick up the gaps, the third is to observe Tuoba Shen's personality, and the fourth is to inform Tuoba Shen of his and Li Chong's scheme, and also ask Tuoba Shen to encourage himself. If you want to compete for the position of vice monarch, if the master himself is unwilling, it is useless for others to break their heads in a hurry. For Jeong, this fourth is the most urgent priority.
It's just that for nearly three months, Zheng Daozhao has never found a chance to point out this matter, and seeing that time is getting tighter and tighter, Zheng Daozhao is also a little anxious. I've been thinking about finding a free time to talk about it all these days, and I don't know when I'm going to be a head.
Just now, he was worried that Tuoba Shen had made a mistake as a good man, and agreed to Xiao Yan's unreasonable request, which made the court lose face. The second is to take the opportunity to reveal their Zheng family's plans a little. If Tuoba is cautious, it is best to be careful, and if it is unintentional, it is better to plan again.
Zheng Daozhao looked at Tuoba Shen walking through the corridor, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, what should be said was finally said, and then it was up to His Highness to react.
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However, what he didn't know was that Tuoba Shen turned around and his face became serious.
"Heavenly grandson", "Yinzi", that is Tuoba, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, but the son of the Son of Heaven may not be able to be the "Heavenly Sun". As for the "Yinzi", the son is the son, but it may not be able to be "Yin".
From the moment he learned in Pingcheng that Zheng Xi had asked the emperor to add Zheng Daozhao to the mission, he felt that Zheng Xi's move was a little strange, and then Zheng Xi and Li Chong personally went to Nanyi to give him food, which further exacerbated his doubts. Along the way, he thought about it many times when he was bored, and Zheng Xi still had a word for him, and Li Chong had no reason to do it. He is neither Li Chong's friend nor Li Chong's official, is there no reason at all?
Later, when he was in Zhao County, Zheng Yi was ordered by the emperor to send Zhao County, and he learned from Zheng Yi that Zheng Xi asked Li Chong to defend him in the Huangxin Palace, and counterattacked Feng Shang's merits, including a credit from Li Anshi. He had a guess - Li Chong and Zheng Xi, and even Li Anshi, wanted to push him up. Stuffing Zheng Daozhao into it probably means connecting with him.
After thinking of this possibility, he also pondered the possibility of this matter many times, he didn't know where Zheng Xi got this ambition and how he dared to think of it. But after planning many times, he found it very difficult.
The advantage of Tuoba Sui's eldest son is too great, and if he hadn't died by himself in history, the emperor would have been his. And now that there is more of him in this world, will there be a chain reaction that will cause Tuoba to not die? This point cannot but be taken into account.
He is not Zheng Xi, Li Chong These big families, if two years later, Tuoba Sui became the prince as scheduled, Zheng Xi and Li Chong saw that they couldn't do anything, it was a big deal to show loyalty to Tuoba Sui, and if he had a conscience, he would abandon him, and if his conscience was broken, it would be possible to sell him to make a step into the body, and the latter possibility is still very high. When the time comes, they will be able to escape, and even if they go to kneel and lick Tuoba, they may not have a good result in the future.
In addition, there is another difficulty, that is, if Tuoba Sui becomes the crown prince two years later, will the emperor pass him to Feng Qing. This kind of thing is very likely.
Although there is no such record in the "Book of Wei" in history, there is a saying in the history books of the Southern Dynasty that Tuoba was the son of Feng Qing, and in the end Feng Qing was deposed, Tuoba was afraid, so he conspired to return Daibei.
Of course, it is wrong for Tuoba Sui to be Feng Qing's son, but the latter is not necessarily wrong. Perhaps the emperor sent Tuoba to Feng Qing, but the Southern Dynasty did not know this and there was a misunderstanding. However, it is very likely to say that Tuoba Sui absconded because he was afraid, because Feng Qing was deposed in July of the twentieth year, and in mid-August, Tuoba Sui killed his concubine Gao Daoyue in Kim Yong City and conspired to abscond, so it is not surprising to say that there is a connection between this.
These two worries had always been in his mind, especially the second. If things continue to develop like this in the future, he may be affected by Feng Qing's loss of power, and the third Tuoba Ke will benefit from it at that time. According to his style of ostracizing the clan in history, appointing outsiders, and even killing his uncle and brother, he, the second child, has no other way to go except to flee.
Thinking about the fact that he has now made a feud with Tuoba, he can't help but fall into a dilemma.
Sometimes he also thinks that if Zheng Xi and Li Chong can help him wholeheartedly, instead of just using him for family selfish interests and may abandon him at any time, he is willing to challenge Tuobasui. Anyway, for him, things can't get worse, no matter how bad they are, it's just a rebellion.
It's just that when the time comes, I'm afraid that Cao Guiren will be affected by him......
Now that Zheng Daozhao has finally stated their purpose, it is time for him to make a choice.