Chapter Ninety-Nine: General Wei
A few days later, as Deng Yuanjue expected, Xiao Daocheng sent the crown prince Xiao Yan to Yulin City to appease Shi Luosheng in person, that day Xiao Yan and Shi Luosheng chatted alone for a long time, and then news came from Cangwu City that Taiwei Tian Yulong suddenly fell seriously ill and died after rescue efforts failed. After Xiao Daocheng heard the news, he posthumously named Tian Yulong as the Duke of Shanyang, and crowned his eldest grandson Tian Tengjie as Cangwu Hou.
The Tian family ranks second among the five great families of the Great Song Dynasty, and it seems that the scenery is infinite, but in fact, the interior is also withered, and the first generation of Tian Yulong and Tian Yufeng are all gone. In the second generation, Tian Yulong originally had two sons, but they were all killed in the war with the Chu State in his early years. And Tian Yufeng also has only one daughter, and usually regards his son-in-law Zhang Qiyu as his own son, and not long ago Zhang Qiyu was also killed by Emperor Yan Zhu Tingxun for avenging Tian Yufeng. The third generation left only two grandsons and a grandson-in-law, the eldest grandson Tian Tengjie is the son-in-law of the great Situ Li Yuanqing, the second grandson Tian Tengfei died at the hands of Ling Zhen's younger brother Ling Peng because of bullying when he was just an adult, and the last grandson-in-law is the second prince Xiao Yu.
Although Tian Tengjie had just been made a marquis, the title was just a title and had no real power, and the original position of Zhonglang General was also dismissed by Xiao Daocheng on the grounds that he wanted him to go home and keep filial piety, and the Tian family has since completely withdrawn from the political stage of the Song Kingdom.
In order to compensate Shi Luosheng and the two, Xiao Daocheng Feng Shi Luosheng was promoted to General Wei, and Liu Zixuan was the leading general. General Wei is one of the three public-level generals, the official residence is the second rank, and he is the commander of the defense forces. The leading general officer is the commander of the Praetorian Guard.
Due to the vacancy of the post of Great Sima of the Great Song Dynasty, Shi Luosheng was promoted to General Wei, and actually became the second person in the military after Deng Yuanjue.
For Feng Shiluo's promotion to General Wei, a group of officials led by Prime Minister Chen Guoqing in the DPRK and China strongly objected, they believed that the military power of the Great Song Dynasty was originally in the hands of the general Deng Yuanjue, and now Deng Yuanjue's righteous son Shi Luo was promoted to the second person in the military, which was not conducive to the rule of the dynasty, but in the end, Xiao Daocheng still tried his best to override public opinion and gave this matter a decision.
As for Tian Yulong's vacant position as a lieutenant, Xiao Daocheng promoted another prince and prince, that is, Xiao Yan's tutor Yuan Chengce to take over. Although Yuan Chengce sat in Tian Yulong's position, both power and influence were too far behind Tian Yulong's original position. Yuan Chengce was born between the scholar clan and the Han family, and Xiao Daocheng was promoted step by step from the lower-level officials, and he had nothing to do with the five major families.
Xiao Daocheng is now promoting these two princes and concubines at the same time, one in the court and the other in the army, which can be regarded as a kind of support for the crown prince Xiao Yan.
"Zixuan, write a letter to Teacher Ling, Tian Yulong is dead, and the Tian family has also withdrawn from the political stage of the Great Song Dynasty, his great revenge can be regarded as revenge, but it is a pity that His Majesty still left a good reputation for Tian Yulong in the end." In the past two days, after Xiao Yan and Deng Yuanjue arrived in Yulin City, Shi Luosheng also took the opportunity to hand over all the government affairs in the city. On this day, Shi Luosheng took Liu Zixuan and Wang Lun to visit Master Jingkong in Yulin Temple, and the three of them talked about Ling Zhen on the way.
Wang Lun said: "Tian Yulong is indeed a good hand at playing politics, if it weren't for the fact that he finally got himself involved in the military field that he is not good at, how could it be so easy for us to bring him down." However, after this time, the era of the Tian family is over, and there will be no five great families in the Great Song Dynasty in the future, only the four great families remain. ”
Liu Zixuan echoed: "Yes, people still have to find their own fields, and they can't do things that they are not good at." For example, if Your Majesty asked me to govern the country, it would definitely be a mess, and Your Majesty would blame me for it. But if I go into battle to kill the enemy, then no matter whether it is Xiang Tong or Bai Mengqi on the other side, I will not be afraid of them. Isn't Li Peifu also the number two person in the Qin military? We haven't slaughtered him the same way. ”
Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Xiang Tong and Bai Mengqi are both famous generals in the world, we will definitely meet them in the future." With the collapse of the Tian family this time, His Majesty will be more determined to accelerate the blow to the other four major families. ”
When it came to suppressing the family, Wang Lun was a little worried: "General, you and Lord Yuan are both princes and princesses, this time Your Majesty promoted the two of you at the same time, it seems that there will be a big move next." As the number one person in the military, even if His Majesty wants to meddle in military affairs, he must first seek the advice of the general, and General Wei's position belongs to the same level as the general of the three dukes, of course the general does not want another general Wei to appear in the army who can compete with him, but the general, you are the general's son, His Majesty appointed you as General Wei, since the general is not happy, you have to take into account your feelings. In the future, it is inevitable that there will be differences of opinion between you and the general in the military, and when Your Majesty provokes a little, it will make you have a gap in your hearts. ”
Liu Zixuan hurriedly said: "Then sir, what should you do with Luosheng now?" Do you want to give up this General Wei who has already arrived? ”
Wang Lun shook his head and said: "Of course you can't give up, although the general is now the official of the guard, but his qualifications in the military are still a little submerged, at this time, it would be good if there was still a war, the general can use an excuse to go to the garrison, try not to stay in Jianye, first, you can cultivate your own forces outside, and secondly, you can also avoid the turmoil in the court after Tian Yulong's death." In addition, the general does not have any alliance in the court, this time Yuan Taiwei's position just provided an opportunity for the general, Yuan Taiwei is also not qualified enough to be in a high position, the general at this time to come to the door is also in line with Yuan Taiwei's mind, besides, the two of you are both the teachers of His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty will not have any opinions even if he knows. ”
Shi Luosheng nodded silently. The three of them also arrived at Yulin Temple between talking, Liu Zixuan will come to pester the master of the net space every day these days to learn martial arts, although the master of the net space is a monk, but when he was young, he was the same kind of person as Liu Zixuan, and they all pursued further progress in martial arts. After becoming a monk, he cultivated his self-cultivation, and he didn't pay as much attention to martial arts as before. As soon as I came into contact with Liu Zixuan in the past few days, the long-sealed impulse in my blood began to stir again. Shi Luosheng will also come to watch the battle when he has time, and Master Jingkong also knows the martial arts of the Tianluo Sect for so many years, and with his own understanding for so many years, the two of them have also benefited a lot.
After a while, more than half a month passed, everything in Yulin City was back on track, and the people in the city slowly accepted the fact that they were already the people of the Great Song Kingdom. As for the Qin State, someone originally proposed to let Bai Mengqi lead the army to recover Yulin to avenge Li Peifu, but after careful consideration, Qin Emperor Feng Bomou felt that it was Deng Yuanjue, the pillar of the Song State, who was guarding Yulin now, and Bai Mengqi would not be able to get any benefits even if he went, but would increase a lot of uncontrollable risks, and finally decided to give up.
Deng Yuanjue guarded Yulin for a period of time, and when he saw that the Qin State did not move, he finally discussed with Xiao Yan to leave Deng Wenying in Yulin to garrison, and the others returned to Jianye.