Chapter 531: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Nan Yong hesitated for a long time outside Kong Sheng's tent, but still ordered the guards to report to him, saying that he had something important to ask to see Chang'an. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Kong Sheng was a little surprised when he heard that Nan Yong was coming to see him.

Nam Yong is a young man who is very measured and abides by etiquette, and he will not bother himself at night unless there are special circumstances. Thinking of this, Kong Sheng hurriedly ordered the guards to let Nan Yong enter the tent.

Nan Yong hurriedly entered the tent and bowed down in front of Kong Sheng: "The last general has seen the general!" ”

Kong Sheng smiled, glanced at Nan Yong, and said softly: "Nan Yong, you came to see me overnight, I'm afraid there is something important?" ”

Nan Yong took a deep breath: "General, the last general just got the news, Shi Siming returned to the imperial court, the news just arrived in the capital today, Your Majesty Longyan Dayue, feasted the ministers in the Hanyuan Palace, and also issued an edict to canonize Shi Siming as the King of Guiyi, Fan Yang Changshi and Hebei Jiedu Envoy." The last general got the military report, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he came to report to the general! ”

Shi Siming is a big problem for the current Tang Dynasty, and in a sense, it is even more of a headache for the emperor than An Qingxu. According to the original trend of history, at this time, Shi Siming had already killed An Qingxu and established himself as Emperor Dayan, but now he has only returned to the imperial court for the first time, and the wheel of history seems to have been delayed, but the general trend has not changed.

Kong Sheng's peace is like this, and he doesn't have the surprised demeanor that Nan Yong imagined.

Kong Sheng knows better than anyone that Shi Siming is capricious, and his return to the Tang Dynasty this time is just an expedient measure or a false shot, and it won't be long before he rebels again and replaces An Qingxu.

Moreover, Shi Siming's death is not far off. This person will eventually die without a place to be buried, leaving behind infamy through the ages. For Shi Siming, Kong Sheng didn't pay much attention to it at all, and for Kong Sheng, in the face of a person who was destined to die and stench for 10,000 years, he couldn't arouse the slightest interest at all.

In other words, it was only a matter of time before the Tang Dynasty would eventually quell the rebellion.

Kong Sheng couldn't even understand what it was worth Nan Yong's fuss about Shi Siming's surrender to the Tang court. This is the difference between his insight into the direction of history as a time-traveler and the people in the current situation.

For Nan Yong, Shi Siming, as one of the main leaders of the An rebellion, Shi Siming's submission was of great significance to the imperial court. Moreover, what Nan Yong wanted to repay Kong Sheng was not only this, but also a series of invisible changes in the subsequent power structure brought about by Shi Siming's obedience.

Seeing Kong Sheng's calm reaction, Nan Yong couldn't help but secretly gasp when he saw Kong Sheng's reaction, as if they were all under control. As time passed, Kong Sheng's status in Nan Yong's mind became more and more elevated, and at the same time, it became more and more mysterious. Behind Kong Sheng's calm face, I don't know how many unfathomable waves are hidden, Nan Yong doesn't know, and he doesn't dare to think about it. If even Shi Siming's return to the imperial court is in the general's prediction, then ...... What else can you say besides being described as a god-man?

"Nan Yong, Shi Siming is cunning and insidious, capricious, although this person is obedient to the court at this moment, but in the future...... It's hard to say what the future holds. Kong Sheng smiled, but he didn't say it thoroughly, it was actually useless to tell Nan Yong about this, and he couldn't understand it if he said too much, so Kong Sheng's words were only half said.

But Kong Sheng's meaning is obvious - Shi Siming is not reliable at all, and Shi Siming's so-called submission may not be a good thing for the Tang Dynasty. The emperor and the Manchu ministers seemed to be a little too happy before they were happy—this was the direct feeling that Kong Sheng's looks, expressions, and words gave to Nan Yong.

But since Kong Sheng didn't pierce this layer of window paper, Nan Yong naturally didn't dare to ask further, let alone say anything, because it was a major matter of the imperial court, and it was not something that he could criticize as a small middle-level general of the forbidden army.

"General, the last general also got the news that His Majesty is considering transferring the Li family of King Zhao back to Beijing, appointing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lead the imperial court soldiers and horses to Hedong, take over Shi Siming's territory, and then sweep the remnants of peace and Qingxu, and return the Tang Dynasty to a bright future!" Nan Yong said softly.

Kong Sheng's heart jumped suddenly, and this time he was obviously a little shocked: "Your Majesty wants to transfer King Zhao back to Beijing?" Change the crown prince to command the army? Stationed in Fanyangdang, Ping'an Qingxu remnants? ”

Kong Sheng asked again and again, but he was actually talking to himself. How can these major propositions be answered by Nan Yong.

Kong Sheng had an ominous premonition in his heart, he didn't know why the emperor's performance had changed so much in just one day. As soon as he left the capital, the emperor changed his original intention and wanted to re-establish the crown prince? It was not easy to take great pains to suppress the crown prince Li Yu before, and now once Li Yu is given military power again, then the entire Tang Dynasty and the opposition, including the emperor, will have no one to check and balance Li Yu.

Didn't the emperor understand this? Was he dazed or was he bewitched by someone?

Once the Li family of Zhao Wang was relieved of military power, he would no longer have the slightest advantage in the struggle against Li Yu. But compared with the general trend of the whole world, King Zhao's personal experience is more important to Kong Sheng.

As far as the overall situation is concerned, Li Yu's command of the army is not a bad thing. It's just that Li Yu is somewhat anxious for quick success, and this time he will regain military power, he will definitely be greedy for merit, Shi Siming is a fraudulent surrender, once Li Yu leads the main force to blindly enter Fanyang, if he doesn't do well, he will fall into Shi Siming's conspiracy trap.

Nan Yong carefully observed the change in Kong Sheng's expression. He was so surprised when he saw Kong Sheng, and thought that Kong Sheng was uneasy because King Zhao's military power was taken away, because Kong Sheng and King Zhao had a close relationship, and the government and the opposition knew it. In the eyes of many people, Kong Sheng is on the side of King Zhao - perhaps only Kong Sheng himself understands that from beginning to end, he never thought of participating in the seizure of succession between princes, but was passively swept in, and compared with the indifferent and unsympathetic Li Yu, he was more willing to walk with the affectionate and righteous King Zhao.

But even so, it is absolutely impossible to let Kong Sheng act as a pawn for King Zhao to seize the throne. Friends are friends, but it does not mean that Kong Sheng will unconditionally support King Zhao to fight for the throne. It's just that this kind of problem can only be hidden in the depths of the heart, and it can't pierce the last window paper.

The confrontation between Kong Sheng and Li Yu is half due to the situation, and half is due to their own considerations. But for Kong Sheng, neither King Zhao nor Li Yu was his best choice, and it was in his political interests to maintain the current status quo and let Li Heng continue to reign over the world.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, Kong Sheng only stood on the same position as the emperor.

Kong Sheng thought about it, and felt that it was probably because of Shi Siming's sudden submission, which made the emperor overjoyed and a little dizzy, and he was anxious to calm the world and complete his great cause of recovering Li Tang Jiangshan, so he decided to take the risk of abandoning King Zhao and choosing Li Yu, who was more capable of commanding troops, and let Li Yu command the troops again, replace the Li family, and go to Fanyang, Hedong, instead of the emperor, to take over Shi Siming's territory. As long as Shi Siming's territory is all returned to the Tang Dynasty, what is the remnant of An Qingxu?

That's probably the only way to go.

Kong Sheng sighed lightly, in fact, he couldn't blame the emperor, anyone else might make the same decision. After all, the military talent of the Zhao Wang Li family is slightly lacking, even with the assistance of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who are famous generals in the world, they still do not play a big role in Luoyang, and it can only be said that the status quo of the Tang army occupying the initiative has been maintained, and no further achievements have been made.

On the other hand, in the army, there are not a few comments about Zhao Wangyong's incompetence, which seems to affect the emperor's judgment.

There is no doubt about it.

"Nan Yong, where did the news come from? Is it reliable? Kong Sheng asked softly.

Nan Yong said softly: "From the Inner Servant Province, Provincial Supervisor Zhu personally sent someone to send the news quickly, asking the general to report to the general in person. ”

Kong Sheng nodded slowly, as expected.

This is obviously Zhu Huiguang, the provincial supervisor of the Inner Servant Province, who took the initiative to show favor to him. Zhu Huiguang is essentially Empress Zhang's person, he and the East Palace are also in different camps, and the higher level of the crown prince Li Yu is also not in the interests of the Zhu family.

Kong Sheng was silent, his expression becoming more and more indifferent.

Nan Yong didn't dare to say anything, and stood aside honestly, waiting for Kong Sheng's decision.

He knew that Kong Sheng was thinking about the problem, and on such a major issue, any inconsiderate and improper handling would easily lead to subsequent negative effects, so Kong Sheng could not be imprudent.

After a long time, Kong Sheng slowly raised his head and looked at Nan Yong, and his voice was calm: "Nan Yong, reward the envoy of Zhu Provincial Supervisor heavily, let him go back to report to Zhu Provincial Eunuch, just say that Kong Mou accepted his love, and said that we will come to Japan for a long time, and we will report it later!" ”

"As for the decision-making of the court and His Majesty, we should not interfere. Our main mission at present is to send an envoy back to Hui, escort the princess to Mobei, and leave everything else alone. After Kong Sheng finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly, signaling that Nan Yong could retreat.

The corners of Nan Yong's mouth twitched, but he still bowed down respectfully: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Nan Yong turned to leave, Kong Sheng looked at Nan Yong's departing back, and a helpless wry smile slowly rose on the corner of his mouth.

He had the intention to write to the emperor, stating the interests and disadvantages, and suggesting that the emperor change his decision. But the news of Shi Siming's return to obedience cannot only arrive in Beijing today, and letting Li Yu replace Li is definitely not a decision made by the emperor now, the reason why the emperor waited for Kong Sheng to leave Beijing before openly announcing it, and at the same time no longer concealing the military report of Shi Siming's return, which shows that the emperor knew that Kong Sheng would stand up against it and deliberately did it.

The emperor didn't want him to take care of it, and if Kong Sheng was still ignorant and had to make irresponsible remarks about this matter, it would definitely cause a strong backlash from the emperor.

This is one of them.

At the same time, the emperor would also wonder how Kong Sheng had only been out of Beijing for a short time, and how he had gotten the news in time -- a minister who had been sent from the capital to return to the city of Chang'an was still well aware of the movements of Chang'an City, which would make the emperor extremely suspicious of Kong Sheng.

This is the second one.

Therefore, Kong Sheng considered it comprehensively, weighed the pros and cons, and felt that it was better to remain silent. As for Li Yu's question, he was originally the original emperor of later generations, if the mandate of heaven destined him to inherit the throne, then so be it, anyway, for Kong Sheng, it will be a few years later, and there is still time to take it calmly.

As for the risk of Li Yu leading troops into Fanyang, Kong Sheng still can't say. No one will believe it, and it will also arouse the suspicion of the emperor and the suspicion of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. (To be continued.) )