Chapter 265: Royal Contradictions
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Xiao Mo has a narrow personality and loves to be suspicious. Xiao Mo was deeply disturbed by the arrogance of his generals who relied on merit and murdered without permission, so he announced that he would order the disarmament of Xingnong, but in fact he wanted to seize the military power of the generals.
The younger brother of the great Sima Dong Jingzhen was a general with the troops, and he was dissatisfied with Xiao Miao's policy of "disarming and rejuvenating agriculture", so he planned to rebel, but before the matter was launched, the news was leaked, and he was finally killed by Xiao Miao.
Dong Jingzhen was guarding Changsha County at the time, and Xiao Mo issued an edict to pardon Dong Jingzhen, but summoned him back to Jiangling. When Xiao Mo was still a small Luo Chuanling, it was Dong Jingzhen who first pushed him as the main one, and over the years, Dong Jingzhen has also seen through Xiao Miao's personality and knows that if he returns to Jiangling, he will definitely die.
On the fifth day of the first day of December, Dong Jingzhen surrendered to Tang with Changsha County, and Li Yuan ordered Xu Shao, the assassin of Xiazhou, to send troops to respond.
On December 15, Xu Shao, the assassin of Tangxia Prefecture, attacked Xiao Miao's Jingmen Town and defended the town, but it was still far away from Changsha County, where Dong Jingzhen was located, and could only support it, but could not provide more help.
Xu Shao's Xiazhou has always been bordered by Wang Shichong's Zheng and Xiao Mill's Liang countries before, when Wang Shichong was not destroyed, his people and Xiao Mill's people killed Xu Shao's subordinates every time they captured them, and Xu Shao's soldiers who captured Zheng and Liang were all repatriated with travel expenses.
Zheng and Liang's soldiers were deeply ashamed and moved by this, and they stopped intruding and harassing them, so that the territory of Xiazhou was relatively stable.
Xiao Mo felt angry after Dong Jingzhen surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and immediately sent his Qi King Zhang Xiu to attack Dong Jingzhen in Changsha, Dong Jingzhen said to Zhang Xiu: "Didn't you see Li Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty 'Peng Yue last year, and Han Xin killed Han Xin in previous years'?" Why do they want to kill each other? ”
Zhang Xiu did not answer, and continued to march to surround Changsha. Dong Jingzhen felt that he was helpless and helpless, and finally had to be defeated, so he planned to break through, but the night before he was ready to break through, he cut off the head of his subordinates and sent it to Zhang Xiu, and Changsha was pacified by Zhang Xiu.
After Zhang Xiu returned to Jiangling, he was appointed as Shang Shuling by Xiao Mill, Zhang Xiu relied on his merits, was proud and arrogant, and was hated by Xiao Mill, and soon after, Xiao Mill found an excuse to kill Zhang Xiu.
Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu are both heroes of Xiao Milling, and after their tragic deaths, the heroes and generals of the Liang State have become centrifuged.
After that, Li Yuan issued an edict to levy the Ba and Shu armies, and appointed Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, as the head of the Jingxiang Road march, and Li Jing acted as the marching commander, preparing to attack Xiao Milling and determine the land of Jingxiang.
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On December 28, Li Yuan issued an edict to establish the prince Li Yuanjing as the king of Zhao, Li Yuanchang as the king of Lu, and Li Yuanheng as the king of Xu, and on the 29th, he named the prince Li Yuanfang as the king of Zhou, Li Yuanli as the king of Zheng, Li Yuanjia as the king of Wu, Li Yuan as the king of Jing, and Li Yuanmao as the king of Yue.
After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, it can be said that it is a second spring, there are many concubines who are pampered, and they are all pregnant one after another, and the eight people who are now crowned kings are all Li Yuan's sons, and there are more than a dozen daughters now.
The favored concubines vied with each other to make friends with the older princes to strengthen their position. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji both served the concubines with bent intentions, flattering, bribing, and giving gifts, all in order to win the emperor's favor.
Because Li Zhiyun is a rich and idle king and has no real power, he does not have many concubines with him, and Li Yin and Li Shimin are both out of taboo, and they did not please the concubines, so all the concubines and concubines are vying to praise Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji at this time and slander Li Yin and Li Shimin.
Of course, although Li Yin did not deliberately make friends with the concubines in the palace, he and Li Zhiyun's mother, Wan Guifei, have always been in contact because of their previous mutual help, and with her pillow wind to help, Li Yuan's disgust for Li Yin is better than Li Shimin's.
Because Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had a close relationship with the harem, some people in later generations said that they had an affair with Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De, but the palace ban was deep and mysterious, and there was no way to confirm this matter.
At this time, the relatives of the prince's East Palace, the princes, the concubines' families and the harem concubines were rampant and domineering in Chang'an, and they did not dare to pursue it, which damaged the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.
In order to show royal harmony, Li Yuan issued an edict to let Li Yin live in the Chengde Hall, the outer hall of the palace, while Li Shimin lived in the Chengqian Palace, and Li Yuanji lived in the backyard of the Wude Palace, and there was no restriction on the passage between their residences and the emperor's dormitory and the prince's east palace day and night.
The crown prince and the three kings of Jin, Qin, and Qi entered and exited the emperor's bedroom, all riding horses, carrying swords, bows and miscellaneous items, and only saluted according to their families when they met each other. The orders issued by the crown prince, the teachings issued by the three kings of Jin, Qin, and Qi were parallel to the emperor's edicts, and the relevant yamen did not know what to do, and only according to the order of receipt.
Li Yin's subordinates entered the Luoyang Palace first and seized many treasures, but most of them were sealed and remained in Luoyang, so Li Yuan asked Concubine Yin Defei and a few others to go to Luoyang to select the palace maids of the Sui Dynasty and collect the treasures in the warehouse.
But after Concubine Yin Defei and others got the treasures in Luoyang, they still felt dissatisfied, and privately asked Li Yin for treasures and asked for officials for their relatives, Li Yin replied: "The treasures have been registered and reported to the imperial court, and the official position should be awarded to those who are virtuous, talented and meritorious." He didn't agree to any of their requests, so Concubine Yin De and other concubines hated him even more.
The relationship between Li Yin and most of Li Yuan's concubines deteriorated day by day, and Li Shimin was not much better.
Recently, Li Shimin allocated dozens of hectares of land to him because of his meritorious service to the pacification of Hebei by Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an.
But Zhang Jieyu's father asked Li Yuan for these fields through Zhang Jieyu, and Li Yuan wrote an edict to give these fields to Zhang Jieyu's father, but Li Shentong was unwilling to return them because of the order of the King of Qin and the covetousness of the dozens of hectares of land.
Zhang Jieyu then complained to Li Yuan: "The land that the emperor gave to my father was taken away by the king of Qin and given to supernatural powers. ”
Li Yuan was angry because of this, and rebuked Li Shimin, saying, "Isn't my hand as good as your royal decree?" Li Shimin hurriedly said that he was unwilling, and the dozens of hectares of land finally fell into the hands of Zhang Jieyu's father
A few days after this incident, Du Ruhui, the official of the Qin Palace, rode past the door of Yin Defei's father, Yin Arat, but was dragged off the horse by several of Yin Amo's children, beat him and broke Du Ruhui's finger, and said: "What kind of person are you, dare to cross the door of the prince and not get off the horse!" "Yin Arat has always been arrogant and domineering, and his children are also bold.
Yin Arat was afraid that Li Shimin would tell Li Yuan, so he first asked Concubine Yin De to say to Li Yuan: "King Qin's cronies have bullied my family. ”
Li Yuan angrily reproached Li Shimin and said, "My concubines and concubines are all bullied by the people around you, let alone the common people!" Li Shimin repeatedly defended himself, but Li Yuan never believed him.