Chapter 375: The Death of a Heavy Minister
Wang Shichong was speechless for a long time for Lei De, the former vice minister of the empire, Yu Qingze, who was extremely noble, why did he just say it and it would be over? He couldn't accept it for a while, but his mind quickly recalled the background about Yu Qingze.
Yu Qingze's original surname is Helian, which is the Tiefu Department of the Huns, and his ancestor is the famous King Huxia, who once dominated Longxi in Guanzhong, Helian Bobo, this Helian Bobo is also a surname that was created, because Helian Bobo thinks that he is the proud son of the sky, and he is connected to the sky, so he gave his royal family this surname, instead of the original surname Liu.
It's just that although Helian Bobo is cunning and cruel, he can be called a master of the art of war in the era of Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms, but because of his meanness and cruelty, he was ruthless and murderous, and was destroyed by the emerging Northern Wei Dynasty when he was in his son's generation. Later, it was changed to the surname Yu.
Yu Qing was born in Jiangmen, generation of heroes, but since childhood I like to read, not only proficient in Xianbei language, Chinese is also very slippery, because in the Northern Wei Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Yu family has already been sinicized, although the body retains the Huns are good at riding and archery genes, but from the inside to the outside are a standard Han people, Yu Qing was a general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, attacked the prince of Qinyang County, and the then Northern Zhou Yue Wang Yu Wensheng of the internal history of the doctor Gao Xi many times cooperation, crusaded against the rebellion of the Hu people, not only made contributions. He also established an excellent personal relationship with Gao Xi.
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty. Gao Xi, who held the real power, recommended Yu Qingze, who was both civil and military, to Yang Jian. From then on, Yu Qing began to rise steadily, first helping Yang Jian to destroy many of the princes of the Yuwen clan who held real power, and then successively served as Jing Zhaoyin (mayor of the capital Daxing) at the founding of the country, and other important positions such as the secretary of the ministry, which shows Yang Jian's trust in him at this time, and also presided over the reconstruction of Daxing City.
In the war against the Turks in the third year of the emperor's reign, Yu Qing took command and led the army out of Lingzhou. Yuanzhou Road, counterattack the Turks from the Longxi area, he encountered the main force of the Turkic Sha Bo Luo Khan, fought very hard, the famous Da Xi Changru 2,000 foot soldiers bloody battle against the Turks, was carried out under his command, relying on the death of Da Xi Changru, Yu Qing as the commander also made great contributions, after the war, the official Zhishang Shu right servant shot, became the second person in the empire after Gao Xi.
In the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Sha Bolu Khan sued for peace. Yu Qing was sent as an ambassador to the Turks as an ambassador of the Sui Dynasty and forced Sha Bolu Khan to kneel before the envoy's staff. Entering the tiger's den alone can also force the Khan to bend down and kneel, and Yu Qingze's courage and toughness have since gone down in history.
But it was in the process of this mission that Yu Qing received a gift of 1,000 horses from Sha Bo Luo Khan, and married the daughter of Sha Bo Luo Khan for his son.
The battle of Pingchen, Yu Qing did not get the opportunity to play, and then the position of Shangshu's right servant was also replaced by Su Wei, with a false title of Shangzhu State to go home to live idle, a few years ago Yang Jian went to the Jin Dynasty to be a guest when the ministers feasted, Yu Qing, who had been unsuccessful for a long time, was even more openly quarreled with Yang Su, a relative of the imperial court, in front of Yang Jian, and exposed each other's shortcomings in front of Yang Jian. Defend wealth together", but from that moment on, perhaps Yu Qingze's murder had been buried.
Since then, Yu Qing has been awarded an idle position, and a few years ago he was quickly recalled after serving as the governor of Liangzhou, in Wang Shichong's memory, although he was suspected by Yang Jian, guarded, but the disaster of killing should not have anything to do with him, listening to Gao Xi said that Yu Qing was about to lose his head, and people were a little confused for a while.
Gao Xi saw Wang Shichong's appearance, and knew that he couldn't accept it for a while, sighed slightly, and said: "This time Guizhou Li Guangshi rebelled, the emperor originally hoped that Yu Qingze would lead the troops to quell the rebellion, at that time, Wang Shiji, He Ruobi and others took the initiative to ask for orders and hoped to go on the expedition, but the emperor summoned Yu Qingze and blamed him for being the prime minister, ranking in the Shangzhu country, and the country was rebellious, but he did not take the initiative to ask for his life. So Yu Qing could only show fear on his face, apologize and express his willingness to lead the army.
But this time Yu Qingze was destroyed in the hands of his brother-in-law Zhao Shizhu, and now it has been found out that Zhao Shizhu and Yu Qingze's concubine fornicated, and he was often afraid that his brother-in-law would know about it and kill himself, so he found an opportunity to frame Yu Qingze, this time Yu Qingze took Zhao Shizhu to the expedition and joined the army, but he didn't know that Lu Dao himself died in the hands of this brother-in-law. ”
Wang Shichong's heart moved: "Is Zhao Shizhu accusing Yu Qing of rebellion?" ”
Gao Xi nodded, and his words were full of regret: "That's right, when Yu Qing marched to Tanzhou, he observed the surrounding terrain and said to the left and right that this place is surrounded by mountains, the land in the basin is fertile, the grain is sufficient, and it is very easy to form a separation, and it is best for the imperial court to send a capable general to guard it, so as not to become a place where the party is in turmoil, and he also specially sent Zhao Shizhu back to Beijing to report the matter to the emperor."
As a result, after Zhao Shizhu returned to Beijing, he falsely accused the emperor that Yu Qingze wanted to rebel against Tanzhou, and the emperor exchanged Wang Shiji for Yu Qingze overnight, and sent someone to examine Yu Qingze after returning to Beijing. As for that Zhao Shizhu, he was worshiped as the general of the Zhu State. ”
Wang Shichong was indignant when he heard this: "General Yu died too unjustly, if he really wants to rebel, does he need to send the surname Zhao back to remind the imperial court to send someone to garrison Tanzhou?" Take a step back, he has soldiers in his hands, if he really has any objections, will he be exchanged by Wang Shiji like this? Anyway, I have to fight it. ”
Gao Xi sighed: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to say more, Yu Qing is in a high position, and he is disrespectful to the emperor, although today's fate is unexpected, but it is also reasonable, full of lines, do you think that in this case, Shi Wansui bribes and indulges in the enemy, the emperor will still treat the heroes as well as before and reward them greatly?" ”
Wang Shichong was speechless this time, indeed, Yang Jian has become more and more suspicious in recent years, Yu Qing is the first unlucky, will it be Shi Wansui's turn in the second? Now he didn't dare to guarantee the ticket.
Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and said, "Gao Servant Shot, what you mean is to let the emperor make his own decisions, even if it is you, is it inconvenient to open your mouth to advise in this case?" ”
Gao Xi shook his head: "I can't help Yu Qingze in his affairs, because Zhao Shizhu colluded with Yu Qingze's concubine and fabricated a lot of evidence of the so-called Yu Qingze's rebellion, and Yu Qingze, as a general, has his own private soldiers, and he also accepted money bribes from Guzang businessmen in Liangzhou back then, which became his capital crime, and Yu Qing was recommended by me back then, so I can't justify him more."
But Shi Wansui has just returned from the rebellion, and in the next big war with the Turks, a good general like Shi Wansui is still indispensable, he is different from Yu Qing, he has not been a high-ranking official in the court, and the emperor's defense against him should not be as strong as Yu Qingze, so for him, I still have to protect it. If the emperor really orders an investigation into the matter of Ningzhou, I hope you can speak for Shi Wansui like today. ”
Wang Shichong didn't answer immediately, his heart was thinking quickly, this Shi Wansui had been involved in Liang Shiyan's rebellion in the fourth year of the emperor's reign, and almost lost his life, even if he was a guy with a criminal record, Yang Jian's killing of Yu Qing was actually warning Gao Xi not to participate too much in the battle for the prince, in this case, if you don't recognize the situation clearly, follow Gao Xi and Shi Wansui to the dark, maybe your head will not be protected.
But today Gao Xi is half pleading with himself, he has given himself enough face, he has indeed been good to himself over the years, and he can have today with Gao Xi's support, which is reasonable, and it is not the best choice to refuse his request in person at this time.
So Wang Shichong took a deep breath and said firmly: "Gao Servant Shot, Shichong will definitely truthfully reflect the situation of the Battle of Ningzhou to the emperor, just like today's conversation with you, the so-called Marshal Shi took bribes and set up with the enemy, Shichong has never seen it, and he doesn't know anything." (To be continued......)