Zhao Ziliang has the responsibility of commanding the army, and he can't leave the army without the permission of the emperor, and he also served wine in the marshal's mansion in Huayin, and invited some generals in the army and the county orders of Huayin City and the local elders to witness, and included Mrs. Meng into the house, but I didn't expect the news to spread long ago, even Emperor Xuanzong, Yang Guifei, Zang Xiyan, Wang Chengguang and other generals in the army and some ministers of the imperial court in Chang'an sent people to send congratulatory gifts, Zhao Ziliang had to accept them one by one, and even not long after, even Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Lu Jiong, Lai Yao and other guards sent people to say hello. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In mid-December, Zhao Ziliang received news that the envoy sent by the imperial court to Yongqiu to announce the decree took a huge risk to break through the blockade of the rebels and enter the city of Yongqiu, and read the emperor's decree to Zhang Xun and others.

At this time, the rebel general Yin Ziqi sent a small force to brave the wind and snow to attack the town between Yongqiu and Ningling, wanting to completely cut off the back road of Yongqiu Zhang Xun, but due to the poor weather conditions, the progress of the rebels was not large, Zhang Xun in view of the extremely bad situation, and the emperor's holy decree, so he and the generals Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and others led the remnants of more than 3,000 people in the city to break through the rebel encirclement and retreat to Ningling.

On December 16, Chang'an sent an envoy to convey the emperor's will, asking Zhao Ziliang to immediately enter Beijing to discuss the military situation, Zhao Ziliang knew that things might have changed, so he said goodbye to the newlywed Mrs. Meng, and set off to Chang'an with some personal soldiers.

On the 18th, Zhao Ziliang arrived in Chang'an and entered the palace to meet Xuanzong, Xuanzong saw that Zhao Ziliang was coming, so he ordered the high-ranking generals and several prime ministers in Chang'an City to rush to the palace to discuss matters.

"Everyone has arrived, right?" Xuanzong looked at the generals, and then picked up a few copies of the imperial case and handed them to Gao Lishi and said to the generals: "Before the imperial court ordered Li Yuan, the king of Wu stationed in Pengcheng, Helan Jinming and others in Linhuai to send troops to reinforce Xu Yuan, and now these people have written to shirk that they do not have many troops in their hands, and if they are sent to reinforce Xu Yuan, their jurisdiction will be empty. Let everyone take a look! ”

Several copies were distributed to the prime minister and generals, Zhao Ziliang also got a copy, it was written by Li Yuan, the king of Wu, Li Yuan's chapter said that he had less than 20,000 people in his hands, and Pengcheng is a strategic location, if the rebels attack Pengcheng from the north to the south, once Pengcheng has something, the rebels can directly annex the northern Jiangsu region, so that even Jiangnan will be seriously threatened, Li Yuan did not say that he could not send troops to reinforce Xu Yuan, but only focused on the importance of Pengcheng.

Li Yuan is the younger brother of Li Yuan, the king of Xin'an, who has been dead for many years, and inherited the title of King Wu, and the title of King Wu should be inherited by Li Yuan, but Li Yuan's talents are outstanding and his military achievements are outstanding, and he was awarded the title of King Xin'an by his own efforts, and the inheritance of King Wu was given to his younger brother Li Yuan.

Pengcheng is indeed a strategic place, and it must be heavily garrisoned, Li Yuan does not have many troops in his hands, and it makes sense to send someone to send such a note, but several other Taishou and generals shirked and did not send troops, and seeing Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan being attacked by the rebels and sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, this attitude is obviously problematic.

Xuanzong and the others took turns to read a few books and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Fang Xuan first said: "Your Majesty, Li Yuan, the king of Wu, does have a heavy responsibility to garrison Pengcheng, to prevent the rebels from capturing Jiangbei after taking Pengcheng, and then threatening Jiangnan. ”

Wei Jiansu said at this time: "The point is not here, the point is that after His Majesty's edict is issued, the first reaction of the courtiers is not to follow the order, but to list all kinds of reasons to prevaricate, is it the imperial court's control over the local area that has lost its effectiveness, or is the local officials and the king getting more and more emboldened, and they don't take the court and Your Majesty seriously?" Divine decrees can be prevaricated and even bargained, but what is happening now? ”

These words were like a bombshell, and the generals all heard cold sweat on their foreheads, and Fang Xuan couldn't say anything at this time. After the An Lushan Rebellion, the imperial court's control over local officials and generals did plummet, although this situation is invisible, but it does exist, even the taxes and grain escorted to Chang'an in the past were either delayed for a long time, or the quantity was seriously insufficient, and the decrees issued by the imperial court were not implemented very well in various places.

Xuanzong Tie looked at everyone with a blushing face, and rarely did not get angry, but asked: "Faced with this situation, what do you think should be done?" ”

Wei Jiansu said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is a good example to kill a hundred and make an example!" A few days ago, the imperial court urged Yangzhou to dispose of Yang Sichang to transport Yangzhou's taxes and grain to the capital this year, but Yang Sichang has been delayed again and again, until now it has not been transported, it is reported that this person is recruiting troops and horses in Jiangnan, the scale and momentum are quite huge, the thief is still in Henan, 108,000 miles away from Yangzhou, without the permission of the imperial court, he recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and horses without permission, what does he want to do? In the opinion of the old minister, since he recruited so many soldiers and horses, he must have the intention of killing the enemy to serve the country, so it is better to order him to wave his troops across the river to the north, go to Pengcheng to resist the rebels, and see how he reacts, and then let Li Yuan, the king of Wu, lead the troops west to reinforce Xu Yuan, and also see the reaction of the king of Wu, and then send a secret edict to Yangzhou Taishou Ma Shouye, if Yang Sichang does not follow the edict to wave the army across the river to the north, you can order Ma Shouye to be killed by the edict! After receiving Yang Sichang's soldiers and horses, he raised troops to the north to take over Yang Sichang's task, if Yang Sichang was ordered to wave his troops across the river to the north, but the king of Wu did not move, Yang Sichang could lead the army to approach Pengcheng and seize the military power of the king of Wu! ”

Wei Jiansu's trick of scheming is really ruthless, and the court doesn't need to send a single soldier to test whether these people are loyal, and they can also eradicate the disloyal people in one fell swoop!

If Yang Sichang is ordered to wave his troops across the river to the north, he will be transferred out of the Jiangnan nest and lose his foundation, and the imperial court's control over him will also increase.

Zhao Ziliang had to admit that although Wei Jiansu was a little jealous and jealous like Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu, he did have some ability.

Xuanzong actually admired Wei Jiansu's proposal in his heart, he looked at Fang Xuan, Zhao Ziliang and the others, and asked, "What do you think of Wei Qing's proposal?" ”

Fang Xuan said: "Weichen has no objection! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it and said: "Weichen seconded it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's reaction surprised both Wei Jiansu and Xuanzong. For a long time, Wei Jiansu and Zhao Ziliang are very incompatible, the two of them tear each other down in the court, Wei Jiansu often makes Zhao Ziliang uncomfortable, or often says bad things about Zhao Ziliang behind his back in front of Xuanzong, Zhao Ziliang also gives Wei Jiansu a ruthless blow as long as he seizes the opportunity, this time Zhao Ziliang actually echoed Wei Jiansu's political opinions, isn't it a strange thing? Even Fang Xuan felt a little strange.

Xuanzong asked with a smile: "In political affairs, haven't Zhao Qing and Wei Qing always disagreed?" How did you agree with his proposal today? ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged his fists and said: "Weichen has always done things only for things and not for people!" Wechen believes that someone's political views are not in line with the current status quo of Datang, if the implementation will bring harm to Datang, of course Wechen must oppose it, if it is beneficial to Datang, why should Wechen oppose it? Because Wechen knows very well that if Datang is well, Weichen can be well, if Datang dies, Wechen will become a minister of the country! Weichen and his colleagues present have made efforts for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and even worked hard, this Tang Dynasty is like a house, which was built by our ancestors with us brick by brick, this is our achievement! It should stand forever in the world, and whoever tries to destroy it is our enemy! There are many people in the court who only focus on their own selfish interests, knowing that their political views are wrong, and in order to maintain their right to speak in the court, they still want to be wrong to the end, this is not insisting on their own opinions, this is stupid! If you find that you are wrong, you can not speak, do not object, and let the correct decree be implemented, but if you know that others are right and you are wrong, but you still stand up and sing the opposite, this is the demolition of the stage, if the stage of the Tang Dynasty is dismantled, where will you go to sing? I can't figure out this logical relationship, what else are you doing? ”

Zhao Ziliang's words were obviously back to the emperor's questioning, but he was actually said to other ministers.

Everyone present understood, it's okay to fight, but you have to maintain a certain demeanor, don't tear down the platform, if the platform is demolished, you won't have a place to fight anymore.

Xuanzong was very pleased to hear Zhao Ziliang's words, this is the real consideration of the overall situation.

Although Wei Jiansu admitted that Zhao Ziliang was reasonable, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but retort: "How do you know that you are right?" ”

"I didn't say that mine must be right, but I will definitely send someone to investigate whether it is feasible before giving advice to His Majesty, only a decree that is beneficial to the vast majority of the people in the world is good, a decree that is beneficial to only a few people is definitely not good, and the popular will of the vast majority of the people is the direction of the general trend! As a courtier, I make suggestions to the Emperor, but I will never forbid anyone else's right to speak, and if it turns out that I am wrong, I will step aside and let you do what you suggest, instead of making a mistake to the end! Before a decree is issued, no one knows whether the result is good or bad, only if you try to know, so you must investigate it clearly before implementing it, instead of blindly doing it brutally, not letting your own preferences do, as a minister of the court, your every move is related to the rise and fall of the world, you should understand how heavy the responsibility is, this is politics! Decrees and governance, is politics just a conspiracy? Scheming is only one of the means to realize political ambitions, politics is to achieve better social order, to achieve the gradual improvement of the people's living standards, to achieve a richer and stronger country, what good will it do me if you win? The rebels are coming, aren't you just as scared ass peeing? People everywhere have rebelled, and you are still anxious? ”

Zhao Ziliang's words aroused deep thought and reflection among Xuanzong and other ministers and generals. (To be continued.) )