Chapter 136 Four Arrogant Men
Liu Yan's life was not easy these days, because Wang Hanxin did not play for a long time, the government and the opposition were boiling about Flying Eagle City. Although Liu Yan had already said that he would put it on hold until Wang Hanxin www.biquge.info's recital was presented, this delaying tactic could not suppress the crowd, and the opponents had already analyzed the ins and outs of the matter clearly in private, and even Wang Hanxin's possible justifications had countless speculations and various possible responses. The Confucian party led by Qiu Yiru obviously intended to take advantage of the opportune opportunity of suppressing Wang Hanxin to contact a group of courtiers and bring them closer to the Confucian party, so as to achieve a new political balance.
Of course, Liu Yan didn't want to see this, but he didn't have effective containment measures, and no matter how he said it, it was impossible for him to stop everyone's mouths. As a result, before the matter could be settled, an even worse problem arose, that is, the Tubo Zanpu Gesang, who had received the news of the return of the Flying Eagle Castle to the Land of Silk, sent an envoy to question the matter.
How could Liu Yan, who had not even unified his own voice, give a clear explanation to Tubo? Therefore, Liu Yan could only temporarily place the Tibetan envoy in the post house, and then looked forward to the early arrival of Wang Hanxin's recital.
As a result, Wang Hanxin's recital had not yet arrived, but he waited for Liu Xianzhi's recital.
Regarding Liu Xianzhi's purpose, Liu Yan quickly understood. This is undoubtedly a strong support for Wang Hanxin's behavior, but the large-scale transfer of tens of thousands of troops from the north to the south is a military transfer at best, and it may make Liu Xianzhi maliciously slandered at worst. If this is the case, then it is a question of whether Liu Xianzhi, who will return to Chang'an to recuperate, can go to Shahu City again. However, what Liu Yan needs to solve most at the moment is the matter caused by Wang Hanxin, and as for Liu Xianzhi's problem, there will always be opportunities and excuses in the future. Therefore, Liu Yan finally decided to agree to Liu Xianzhi's request and let him lead his troops south.
Exactly a month after the Tibetan envoys arrived in Chang'an, Wang Hanxin's recital finally arrived. In order to prevent the music from being intercepted secretly, Wang Hanxin specially entrusted his righteous son Qin Xiaofeng to send the music directly to the palace.
At first, Liu Yan was overjoyed by the arrival of this concerto, but when he saw the contents of this concerto, he immediately became furious and threw it on the ground.
Seeing this, Wu Sicheng, who was waiting beside him, silently picked up the piece and read it from beginning to end, and suddenly sneered, and said, "Your Majesty, I guess you haven't finished reading this piece yet, right?" ”
"Do you want me to finish reading this rebellious thing?" Liu Yan was angry and shouted loudly.
Wu Sicheng smiled when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you are too anxious this time. Your Majesty has been looking forward to this recital for many days, but he didn't expect this Wang Hanxin to say such a thing, no wonder His Majesty was angry. But Your Majesty should have read this recital, and then imagine what it would be like if it were read out in front of all the courtiers. ”
Liu Yan listened to Wu Sicheng's words, and then he barely suppressed the anger in his heart and took the piece from his hand to watch. When Liu Yan finished reading it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I see, Wang Hanxin, a bastard boy, dares to make such a joke with me." Wait for him to return to the capital next time, you have to clean him up! ”
"Then Your Majesty wait slowly, but we just use him to gag the mouths of the courtiers with this recital." Wu Si became enlightened.
So the next day, Liu Yan summoned officials above the fourth rank to attend the imperial meeting. And Wu Sicheng personally read Wang Hanxin's recital.
Wu Sicheng first arched his hand to everyone, and then slowly unfolded the chapter, and read aloud: "General Zhengxi, the general of the march of Shannan Road and the commander of Dingzhou, Wang Hanxindun bowed to my emperor long live." Regarding the surrender of the Tibetan rebel general Bul and the fortress Flying Eagle Fort, the minister thought that there was no fault in what the minister did, and he made immortal contributions. If there are people in the DPRK who think that the minister's actions are wrong, then if this person does not intend to benefit the enemy, he is a corrupt Confucian, and he does not understand military affairs at all. ”
Wu Sicheng paused deliberately when he said this.
At this time, Prime Minister Qiu Yiru was already so angry that his face was red and his ears were red, and his seven orifices were smoking. Not only him, but all the ministers who had written to Liu Yan together to advise them all changed their faces - they had predicted countless possible ways for Wang Hanxin, but none of them expected that Wang Hanxin would face the emperor's doubts and the opposition of the Manchu ministers, and he would be ashamed to attribute all his actions to merit, and he also made a lot of nonsense to attribute all those who opposed him to the team of evil intentions and corrupt Confucianism. This kind of courage to oppose all the courtiers was a countermeasure that they couldn't think of even if they thought of it, so almost everyone present was stunned by this blow.
After looking at everyone's reactions, Wu Sicheng continued to read: "The reason why the minister dares to say this is because there is a good reason. First of all, the minister's behavior will inevitably cause some people in the court to slander His Majesty, saying that they have destroyed the alliance with Tibet, and will inevitably attract hatred and even hostile behavior from Tibet, which will destroy China's hard-won opportunity to restore its national strength, which will be extremely unfavorable to the country. But it is completely wrong to say that this statement is true. Tubo Zampu Gesang was originally an ambitious man, when there was a Qiang rebellion in Dingzhou, the driving force behind it was Gesang, which was a false move he used to test the strength of our dynasty, whether it was successful or not, he would not have any loss, and our dynasty was a loser regardless of success or failure. In fact, it is exactly what it is. Fortunately, the Qiang rebellion was quickly controlled, and Tubo failed to cause a greater disaster. After the frequent civil strife in Tibet, Gesang was too busy to take care of himself, but he never forgot his covetousness for our dynasty. He took in the Tukhi Khan Anbalturi to train his army and sent him to the Western Regions in an attempt to establish a pro-Tibetan Tukhi regime there. After the defeat of Anbalturi, he did not hesitate to behead him, and then gave his head to Abichilir to invite him. Even after our dynasty recaptured the Western Regions, Gesang never gave up his coveting of the Western Regions, which he was especially clear about when he served in the Western Regions. From all these deeds, it can be seen that Gesang is a ruthless conspirator, and he is by no means a good person. People say that the gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable, this Gesang obviously has nothing to do with the gentleman, so the only thing that can drive him to act is interests. In this case, the covenant between our country and Tibet is nothing more than a dead letter to Gesang, and he will not hesitate to tear it up as long as it is in his interests, and if it is not against him, then he will certainly not act rashly. ”
When Wu Sicheng read this, he looked around again, and everyone seemed to have recovered from the shock just now, so he coughed lightly and dropped a bomb again: "If the emperor doesn't believe the speculation of the ministers, then he might as well let the ministers lead the soldiers and civilians of Shannan Province to surrender to Tibet, and then His Majesty will send an envoy to ask for it to see if Gesang will take into account the covenant and obediently obey, or lead his troops to attack our country." ”