Chapter 148: Red Tiger Returns to Beijing
The news that Wang Hanxin was about to return to Chang'an City had long since spread, and it had spread throughout the capital before Liu Yan returned to Chang'an City.
Because he had to go through the handover procedures with Hao Mancai, Han Jianlong and others, Wang Hanxin actually returned to the capital more than a month later than Liu Yan.
Regarding the news of Wang Hanxin's return, Chang'an City can be said to have both joys and sorrows. Happy about his returnIn addition to his old prefect Xue Boren, there is also the crown prince Liu Jie, as well as a large number of middle and low-level military attachés, and even a large number of ordinary civilians - although Wang Hanxin's popularity in the officialdom is very inferior, he is very popular among the lower classes, which also stimulates the resistance of those in high positions even more; And of course, it is the civil official party who complained about his return this time, among which Qiu Yiru is the most typical of the Chinese scholar.
Maybe it's because he doesn't agree with Wang Hanxin, Qiu Yiru doesn't like Wang Hanxin for some reason, and he works with him everywhere, and Wang Hanxin is not afraid of causing trouble, he doesn't care at all in the face of Qiu Yiru, a powerful figure in the court.
In the eyes of others, Qiu Yiru is actually a righteous man with a sense of responsibility, and his measure can also be called the talent of the prime minister, but he is a little extreme in the dictatorship of military generals, especially for Wang Hanxin, who is particularly intolerant. And in the eyes of others, Wang Hanxin even beat Uncle Mi back then, and openly killed Uncle Guo's naked threat, so it is relatively safe to go against Qiu Yiru. It is a pity that Qiu Yiru does not think so, according to him, his opposition to the dictatorship of military generals is to prevent the possibility of military personnel threatening the central government, and his opposition to Wang Hanxin is because he is arrogant and arrogant, relying on Liu Yan's incomparable trust and love for him, ignoring the laws of the country, and repeatedly doing things by illegal means. Qiu Yiru's stubbornness and persistence seem to be both ridiculous and admirable in the eyes of everyone - after all, there needs to be such a person who dares to speak out in the imperial court. And it is precisely this that Liu Yan values Qiu Yiru, although he himself is very dissatisfied with the fact that Qiu Yiru often blocks himself, from this point of view, Liu Yan has not lost the sobriety that a politician should have.
This time Wang Hanxin was coming back, and Qiu Yiru was not surprised to stand on the front line of opposition. Although Liu Yan ignored his clamour, Qiu Yiru did not relent.
From Qiu Yiru's point of view, he should strongly oppose it. Because Wang Hanxin came back this time not alone, in addition to Chen Shijie, who stepped down from Dingzhou, and his adopted sons Qin Xiaofeng and He Yi, he also brought the guest general Bull and 10,000 troops.
Of course, Wang Hanxin didn't plan to do this, after all, it is a big taboo for a military general to bring troops into Beijing. It's a pity that Buer, as a guest general, refused to obey any military generals of the Silk Kingdom except Wang Hanxin, so it was impossible to leave him in Shannan Dao anymore, and the Tubo soldiers under Buhl were not willing to leave their main general, and even vowed to follow their main general, no matter where they went. If Wang Hanxin did not agree, he was afraid that it would lead to a mutiny, so Wang Hanxin specially asked Liu Yan for a decree to bring the 10,000 Tibetan troops back to the capital, and then go to the Western Regions to protect the capital.
Wang Hanxin's move was criticized by Qiu Yiru, because Wang Hanxin was the first military general in the history of the Silk Country to bring foreign soldiers to the capital. The late Yan King Liu Xianzhi once led troops into Beijing, and this incident had a great impact on the Beijing division at that time, which was also the meaning of Liu Xianzhi's deliberate beating of civil officials, Qiu Yiru still remembered this, so he couldn't bear Wang Han's new footsteps in Liu Xianzhi's footsteps. Under Qiu Yiru's constant insistence, Liu Yan finally had to make a compromise and ordered the Tubo soldiers to be stationed near the Nanda camp outside the city.
To people's surprise, this time Wang Hanxin did not show his previous confrontational attitude towards Mai Mang after learning that Liu Yan's arrangement was entirely due to Qiu Yiru's insistence, but acted honestly in accordance with the holy decree. His move also surprised Qiu Yiru's expectations, and he was already ready to argue with him in the court.
After returning to the capital, Wang Hanxin did not let any Tubo soldiers enter the city, except for bringing the guest general Bul into his own mansion to live. At the subsequent imperial meeting, Wang Hanxin did not raise any objection to this, but asked Liu Yan to allow these Tibetan soldiers to enter the bazaar in Chang'an City in an unarmed state to trade necessary materials.
For such a request, Liu Yan himself feels that there is nothing worth arguing. However, Qiu Yiru still objected on security grounds. He believed that allowing the Tibetan soldiers to enter Chang'an City would likely leak the advantages and disadvantages of Chang'an City's defenses, thus causing unnecessary hidden dangers.
In this regard, Wang Hanxin disagreed, but he did not make a fierce rebuttal as before, but said to Liu Yan: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Qiu Servant said is biased. First of all, these Tibetan soldiers are not Gesang's soldiers, they are willing to follow Gesang's opponent Bul, they have abandoned their families and become lonely geese wandering the sky in order to follow this general, even if they are nostalgic for their homeland, they are homeless, so in their hearts, our country is their country, and Chang'an is their capital. Your Majesty should treat them as if they were his own people, and if our people were forbidden to enter their capital, it would be difficult to imagine that they would be rewarded for their loyalty to the country. Secondly, Chang'an is the capital of our dynasty, and no matter how strong it is, it is unparalleled in the country, just because I am guarding hundreds of thousands of border soldiers day and night, isn't its purpose to ensure the safety of the capital, the safety of Your Majesty? Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of Chang'an City's urban defense are just an unattainable dream for other countries. Thirdly, since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has annexed Goryeo, defeated the strong enemy Tuqi, and subdued the territorial state of Tibet, and now the prestige of our dynasty has shocked the neighbors, and those small countries of Fanbang do not want to be able to come to Chang'an City to see the prosperity and wealth of our dynasty, so let these Tubo soldiers who have seen the rich scene of Chang'an City go to them to relay, the effect will be much more credible than our own description, and the minister thinks that this can also be used as a propaganda measure to spread His Majesty's prestige further. Therefore, the minister thinks that the advantages of this move really outweigh the disadvantages, and it should not be stopped. ”
When Wang Hanxin said this, Liu Yan showed a happy smile, and the atmosphere of the imperial meeting also changed, and finally Qiu Yiru had to make a compromise to agree to Wang Hanxin's request.
However, the careful high-ranking officials still found a change in Wang Hanxin's attitude, and after returning this time, Wang Hanxin changed his unrelenting confrontational attitude towards Qiu Yiru, although the political views of the two were still at odds, but there was no difficult ending situation. Xue Boren later asked Wang Hanxin about the reason behind this, and then recorded it in a miscellaneous book written by himself, and it is precisely because of this that Wang Hanxin's small act at that time was successfully passed on to future generations.
Wang Hanxin said: "Qiu Yiru is indeed loyal to the country, and he has known this for a long time, but his thinking is limited by dogma, so he can only measure things according to the most basic moral standards." But it was precisely his insistence that made the emperor get timely admonition when his behavior was too deviant. No one is sure what to prepare for the upcoming war, but in any case, it should not damage the foundation of the Silk Country's governance, and Qiu Yiru is obviously a man who can desperately protect this foundation. Foreign warfare is my strong point, and the person who can ensure that the long-term supply of war needs in the Silk Country will not be cut off is this Qiu Yiru. ”
The news that Wang Hanxin was about to return to Chang'an City had long since spread, and it had spread throughout the capital before Liu Yan returned to Chang'an City.
Because he had to go through the handover procedures with Hao Mancai, Han Jianlong and others, Wang Hanxin actually returned to the capital more than a month later than Liu Yan.
Regarding the news of Wang Hanxin's return, Chang'an City can be said to have both joys and sorrows. Happy about his returnIn addition to his old prefect Xue Boren, there is also the crown prince Liu Jie, as well as a large number of middle and low-level military attachés, and even a large number of ordinary civilians - although Wang Hanxin's popularity in the officialdom is very inferior, he is very popular among the lower classes, which also stimulates the resistance of those in high positions even more; And of course, it is the civil official party who complained about his return this time, among which Qiu Yiru is the most typical of the Chinese scholar.
Maybe it's because he doesn't agree with Wang Hanxin, Qiu Yiru doesn't like Wang Hanxin for some reason, and he works with him everywhere, and Wang Hanxin is not afraid of causing trouble, he doesn't care at all in the face of Qiu Yiru, a powerful figure in the court.
In the eyes of others, Qiu Yiru is actually a righteous man with a sense of responsibility, and his measure can also be called the talent of the prime minister, but he is a little extreme in the dictatorship of military generals, especially for Wang Hanxin, who is particularly intolerant. And in the eyes of others, Wang Hanxin even beat Uncle Mi back then, and openly killed Uncle Guo's naked threat, so it is relatively safe to go against Qiu Yiru. It is a pity that Qiu Yiru does not think so, according to him, his opposition to the dictatorship of military generals is to prevent the possibility of military personnel threatening the central government, and his opposition to Wang Hanxin is because he is arrogant and arrogant, relying on Liu Yan's incomparable trust and love for him, ignoring the laws of the country, and repeatedly doing things by illegal means. Qiu Yiru's stubbornness and persistence seem to be both ridiculous and admirable in the eyes of everyone - after all, there needs to be such a person who dares to speak out in the imperial court. And it is precisely this that Liu Yan values Qiu Yiru, although he himself is very dissatisfied with the fact that Qiu Yiru often blocks himself, from this point of view, Liu Yan has not lost the sobriety that a politician should have.
This time Wang Hanxin was coming back, and Qiu Yiru was not surprised to stand on the front line of opposition. Although Liu Yan ignored his clamour, Qiu Yiru did not relent.
From Qiu Yiru's point of view, he should strongly oppose it. Because Wang Hanxin came back this time not alone, in addition to Chen Shijie, who stepped down from Dingzhou, and his adopted sons Qin Xiaofeng and He Yi, he also brought the guest general Bull and 10,000 troops.
Of course, Wang Hanxin didn't plan to do this, after all, it is a big taboo for a military general to bring troops into Beijing. It's a pity that Buer, as a guest general, refused to obey any military generals of the Silk Kingdom except Wang Hanxin, so it was impossible to leave him in Shannan Dao anymore, and the Tubo soldiers under Buhl were not willing to leave their main general, and even vowed to follow their main general, no matter where they went. If Wang Hanxin did not agree, he was afraid that it would lead to a mutiny, so Wang Hanxin specially asked Liu Yan for a decree to bring the 10,000 Tibetan troops back to the capital, and then go to the Western Regions to protect the capital.
Wang Hanxin's move was criticized by Qiu Yiru, because Wang Hanxin was the first military general in the history of the Silk Country to bring foreign soldiers to the capital. The late Yan King Liu Xianzhi once led troops into Beijing, and this incident had a great impact on the Beijing division at that time, which was also the meaning of Liu Xianzhi's deliberate beating of civil officials, Qiu Yiru still remembered this, so he couldn't bear Wang Han's new footsteps in Liu Xianzhi's footsteps. Under Qiu Yiru's constant insistence, Liu Yan finally had to make a compromise and ordered the Tubo soldiers to be stationed near the Nanda camp outside the city.
To people's surprise, this time Wang Hanxin did not show his previous confrontational attitude towards Mai Mang after learning that Liu Yan's arrangement was entirely due to Qiu Yiru's insistence, but acted honestly in accordance with the holy decree. His move also surprised Qiu Yiru's expectations, and he was already ready to argue with him in the court.
After returning to the capital, Wang Hanxin did not let any Tubo soldiers enter the city, except for bringing the guest general Bul into his own mansion to live. At the subsequent imperial meeting, Wang Hanxin did not raise any objection to this, but asked Liu Yan to allow these Tibetan soldiers to enter the bazaar in Chang'an City in an unarmed state to trade necessary materials.
For such a request, Liu Yan himself feels that there is nothing worth arguing. However, Qiu Yiru still objected on security grounds. He believed that allowing the Tibetan soldiers to enter Chang'an City would likely leak the advantages and disadvantages of Chang'an City's defenses, thus causing unnecessary hidden dangers.
In this regard, Wang Hanxin disagreed, but he did not make a fierce rebuttal as before, but said to Liu Yan: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Qiu Servant said is biased. First of all, these Tibetan soldiers are not Gesang's soldiers, they are willing to follow Gesang's opponent Bul, they have abandoned their families and become lonely geese wandering the sky in order to follow this general, even if they are nostalgic for their homeland, they are homeless, so in their hearts, our country is their country, and Chang'an is their capital. Your Majesty should treat them as if they were his own people, and if our people were forbidden to enter their capital, it would be difficult to imagine that they would be rewarded for their loyalty to the country. Secondly, Chang'an is the capital of our dynasty, and no matter how strong it is, it is unparalleled in the country, just because I am guarding hundreds of thousands of border soldiers day and night, isn't its purpose to ensure the safety of the capital, the safety of Your Majesty? Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of Chang'an City's urban defense are just an unattainable dream for other countries. Thirdly, since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has annexed Goryeo, defeated the strong enemy Tuqi, and subdued the territorial state of Tibet, and now the prestige of our dynasty has shocked the neighbors, and those small countries of Fanbang do not want to be able to come to Chang'an City to see the prosperity and wealth of our dynasty, so let these Tubo soldiers who have seen the rich scene of Chang'an City go to them to relay, the effect will be much more credible than our own description, and the minister thinks that this can also be used as a propaganda measure to spread His Majesty's prestige further. Therefore, the minister thinks that the advantages of this move really outweigh the disadvantages, and it should not be stopped. ”
When Wang Hanxin said this, Liu Yan showed a happy smile, and the atmosphere of the imperial meeting also changed, and finally Qiu Yiru had to make a compromise to agree to Wang Hanxin's request.
However, the careful high-ranking officials still found a change in Wang Hanxin's attitude, and after returning this time, Wang Hanxin changed his unrelenting confrontational attitude towards Qiu Yiru, although the political views of the two were still at odds, but there was no difficult ending situation. Xue Boren later asked Wang Hanxin about the reason behind this, and then recorded it in a miscellaneous book written by himself, and it is precisely because of this that Wang Hanxin's small act at that time was successfully passed on to future generations.
Wang Hanxin said: "Qiu Yiru is indeed loyal to the country, and he has known this for a long time, but his thinking is limited by dogma, so he can only measure things according to the most basic moral standards." But it was precisely his insistence that made the emperor get timely admonition when his behavior was too deviant. No one is sure what to prepare for the upcoming war, but in any case, it should not damage the foundation of the Silk Country's governance, and Qiu Yiru is obviously a man who can desperately protect this foundation. Foreign warfare is my strong point, and the person who can ensure that the long-term supply of war needs in the Silk Country will not be cut off is this Qiu Yiru. ”