In the first month of the second year of Guangqi (886 AD), the Tang Emperor Li Yi announced an edict at the court meeting on the first day of the first month of the first month, because the three towns made Zheng Ji in the suppression of the Yellow Bandits/Outstanding meritorious service, Zheng Zhen was specially promoted to the left servant of Shangshu and the political title of Pingzhang, Situ, the prince and the prince, the doctor of Jin Guanglu, and the imperial purple gold fish bag.

At the same time, Emperor Li Yi appointed Tian Lingzi, a former lieutenant of Zheng Jin's Shence Army, to interrogate him, and ordered the three chiefs of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Jingzhao Mansion to assist Zheng Jin.

As soon as this appointment was announced, many courtiers in the court immediately knew that the Zheng clan would rise again, and the power of Li Bao, the auspicious king behind the Zheng clan, would be even more pressing.

After Zheng Zheng thanked him, he immediately played the emperor, and the court should reward the meritorious officials in the war against Huang. Then Zheng Zheng made a list of more than 100 meritorious people, and the first one was Yang Fuguang.

Yang Fuguang's exploits in the war against the Yellow Dynasty were very outstanding, and he successively served as the supervisor of Zeng Yuanyu, Song Wei, Wang Duo and other armies, inducing Wang Xianzhi to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

After Huangchao invaded Chang'an, the Zhongwu Army made Zhou Qi surrender to Huangchao. Yang Fuguang strongly persuaded Zhou Qi to go anyway and attacked and killed the envoys of the rebel army. After annexing Caizhou Jiedu, he made Qin Zongquan a subordinate, and served as the world's soldiers and horses.

When Zhu Wen settled in Tongzhou, he sent an envoy to surrender and disintegrate the rebel army. Later, he led Shatuo Li Ke to attack Guanzhong from Dayuan, forcing Huang Chao to flee Chang'an and finally failed to die.

However, Yang Fuguang suddenly fell ill in June of the third year of Zhonghe and died in the river. And after his death, Tian Lingzi took all the exploits of suppressing Huang on himself, but he only sealed Yang Fuguang to open the palace with the three divisions, as the prince of Hongnong County, and was called Zhongsu.

Now that Tian Lingzi has been arrested, the first thing Zheng Zheng did when he took office was to seal Yang Fuguang's words, which made the officials of the court realize that Zheng Jin's resurgence this time was not for the endorsement of Zheng or King Ji, and he still had a public heart.

After the emperor read Zheng Jin's recital, the court allowed it and appointed Zheng Zheng to do it with full authority.

With the arrival of Zheng Jin, the trial of Tian Lingzi's case proceeded very quickly, and half a month after his arrival, Zheng Zheng rushed to the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace to meet the emperor and present Tian Lingzi's confession.

There are 317 guilty responsibilities admitted by Nakata Lingzi in the confession, ranging from large and small, and the emperor Li Yi who saw it sighed.

After all, the interrogator at this time was his father, who he relied on the most since he was a child, and it is understandable that he had complicated feelings as a person who once played the role of a father in his life.

But what Tian Lingzi has done over the years has made the emperor feel chilled one by one. In the end, Emperor Li Yi couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but just ordered Zheng Yi to close the case as soon as possible and give him a good time.

After Zheng Ji heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he immediately continued: "Tian Lingzi colluded with the feudal towns with bad intentions, did the official family issue an edict to conquer these feudal towns." ”

The emperor listened to Zheng Jin's words, and he was suspicious in his heart, and he was surprised: "Expedition, what kind of expedition does the imperial court use?" ”

Zheng Zheng said: "The official family can rest assured, King Ji is the most loyal to the king, as long as the edict is issued, King Ji will lead the army to conquer the evil towns." ”

When the emperor heard this, his heart was bright, but at this time, the Jiangshan Sheji of the Tang Dynasty was no longer under his control, and he had no mind to worry about these things. So he said to Zheng Zheng again: "This matter is handled by Zheng Xianggong with full authority, and there is no need to tell me anymore." ”

Zheng Zheng was very relieved when he saw that the emperor was so easy to speak. It's right to think about it, the emperor has never been a diligent person, his temperament is just fun-loving, there used to be Tian Lingzi to coax him, and now Tian Lingzi has intensified so that the emperor can't stand it, so the emperor instructed King Ji to take Tian Lingzi.

King Ji and the emperor are brothers, and King Ji's current power, the emperor has already acquiesced, since the emperor cooperates, he and King Ji will act much more smoothly.

Zheng Zheng resigned from the emperor, returned to the Imperial City Political Hall and sent someone to call Yang Yan, and the two began to discuss and draw up an edict to Weizhou. And then sent to the Wude Hall for the emperor to sign, after being sealed by the Zhongshu Gate, it was immediately sent to Weizhou to announce the edict.

When the envoy from Chang'an to Weizhou had not yet arrived in Weizhou, the three armies of Weizhou Huwei Army, Hutou Army, and Huya Army had already conquered Dingnan Town and Shuofang Town, and the two towns and six prefectures and counties were all incorporated into the territory of the Ji Kingdom.

All of a sudden, the Kingdom of Ji controlled most of the territory in the northwest region of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and infiltrated its sphere of influence into the entire territory of Tubo. The Weizhou army has become the most shining army in the entire Northwest Regions, whether it is bandits, horse thieves, or leaders and tribal chiefs of various tribes, they have reached a consensus that no one can provoke this Hades army.

As the king of the northwest, Li Bao was on his way to Hedong, and he was going to Xingyang, Hedong to meet Zheng's lintel and pick up his future wife.

This time, he didn't bring too many guards, and the whole team had a total of more than 200 people, and such a large team also attracted a lot of attention, so when he passed through the defense areas of many feudal towns, he borrowed in a low-key manner. The group walked and stopped for nearly a month before they came to the boundary of Xingyang.

Xingyang Zheng clan is a number of prestigious families in the world, with Longxi and Zhaojun Li, Fanyang Lu, Boling Cui, Taiyuan Wang and called "five surnames and seven families".

Zheng originated from the Western Han Dynasty Dasi Nong Zheng at that time, Zheng Xing, Zheng Zhong father and son were famous Confucians in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Hun successively served as Wei County, Shangdang Taishou, and was a famous minister of Cao Wei.

Zheng Tai was a famous minister in Yangzhou and a famous minister in the late Han Dynasty. Zheng Chong was the Taifu of the Western Jin Dynasty, the founding father of the country. Zheng Hao was the Marquis of Miling and a famous minister in the early Western Jin Dynasty. The fourth generation of Zheng Yuan's descendants were all important ministers of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Zheng Xi, the eighth grandson of Zheng Hun, was the secretary of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Zheng Daozhao, the son of Zheng Xi, was the assassin of Yanzhou, known as the sage of northern calligraphy. The six Zheng Xi brothers were all important ministers of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Zheng Yanguan has more than ten positions such as Zhongshu Ling, and his fame is shocking all over the world. Zheng Hun's 11th grandson, Zheng Xiaomu, was the secretary of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Zheng Wei was the Duke of Xiangcheng County, the general of Long Xiang, and the defense lord of Jiangling.

Zheng Xiaomuzi Zheng translated as the history of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the doctor. Assisted Yang Jian in establishing the Sui Dynasty and was named the Duke of Peiguo and the Assassin of Qizhou. Zheng Yizi, Zheng Yuanshou, Shi Sui, Tang and Tang dynasties, officials worship Hongluqing.

Zheng Yuanshou's cousin, Zheng Shanguo, successively served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and died in the post of Jiangzhou Assassin. In the Tang Dynasty, there were eleven people in the Zheng family of Xingyang who were prime ministers, and the rest of the envoys, generals, Simas, and soldiers could not be investigated in detail.

Although the world was flooded with soldiers, the Zheng clan defended their hometown according to the army composed of the children of the clan and the tenants of the family, so the Zheng clan did not suffer a major blow at this time.

In addition, Zhu Wen, the nemesis of the fifth generation of the wang family, was still a weak small warlord at this time, and he was trying his best to deal with the conquest of his old enemy Li Keyong, and he was unable to take care of the wealthy Zheng family that was close at hand.

When Li Bao led the team to the gate of the Zheng family's old mansion, he was shocked by the Zheng family's mansion settlement that stretched for several miles.

As the son-in-law of the Zheng family, Li Bao Li Bao did not dare to ask Hu Sanbao to deliver the famous post, as a child of the royal family, Li Bao was not worth mentioning in front of this century-old family.

Zheng's reaction was not slow, after receiving Li Bao's name, Zheng immediately opened the middle door to welcome Li Bao to enter, and Zheng Ningji personally came to the gate to greet Li Bao.

Li Bao was a little flattered to see the Zheng family so polite, but he also understood that it was all because of Zheng Jin, Zheng Zheng is now resurrected again, and everyone in the Zheng family understands that this is all because of the hard work behind Li Bao, the king of Ji.

The Zheng clan has been able to stand for hundreds of years, and there is no shortage of wise people in the clan. They can see the situation clearly, and they also know that now this young King Ji has become a pivotal force in the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, Li Bao also has the identity of a royal prince, and he is the brother of today's saints, in this eventful season, what the identity of the royal family will represent, the Zheng clan will not understand.

Li Bao saluted Zheng Ningji, and then entered the Zheng family's old mansion with Zheng Ningji. The buildings in Zheng's old mansion are very simple and atmospheric, with a solemn and quiet atmosphere, and it is rare to see the carved beams and paintings and luxurious decorations of ordinary people.

From here, you can also see the cultivation and heritage of the century-old family, which is by no means an ordinary nouveau riche version of the local tyrant.

After traveling for more than a quarter of an hour, everyone came to the Zheng family's middle hall. Zheng Ningji led Li Bao to the middle hall and took a seat, and then came to the hall after the elders of the same clan saluted, and also sat on the side seat.

Li Bao saw that there were several old guys in this hall, and he immediately understood that these were all the elders of the Zheng family, he came to the door today to propose marriage, and the elders of the Zheng family also came to see his grandson-in-law.

So Li Bao straightened his back, and then waited with bated breath for the Zheng elders' examination.

However, the elders of the Zheng clan were very satisfied when they saw Li Bao's handsome and handsome temperament and the extravagance that was revealed from time to time. Coupled with a series of military exploits of the Weizhou Army, they felt that the son-in-law who came to the door in front of them was very fond of it.

In addition, at this time, the situation between the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty was very delicate, and the war between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen in Bianzhou was about to break out.

Whether it is Li Keyong or Zhu Wen, they are rude warriors, they will not have much respect for the Zheng clan of the wang clan, on the contrary, once they gain power, they will only continue to oppress the Zheng clan. At the beginning of his tenure, Zhu Wen had sent his men to the Zheng clan to urge money and food, and now if it weren't for Zheng Zheng's resurrection, I don't know how embarrassed the Zheng clan would be.

If the Zheng family and the Ji king marry, Li Keyong of Hedong and Zhu Wen of Bianzhou will have to weigh the weight of the Weizhou army before they want to move the Zheng family, and they will never dare to deal with the Zheng family easily.

Li Bao waited for a while and the Zheng family didn't speak, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he said to the elders of the Zheng family: "The purpose of Bao's coming, I think all the elders are clear, I don't know what you have to ask Bao?" ”

The elders of the Zheng clan looked at each other and shook their heads, after all, it was not right to ask anything at this time. At this time, the marriage between the Zheng family and Li Bao was for the Zheng family, and it was King Ji who brought the Zheng family, so after the elders of the clan did it in the hall for a while, they nodded with Li Bao and left one after another, and finally only Li Bao and Zheng Ningji were left to sit alone and speechless.

Li Bao looked at the situation awkwardly, then coughed and said to Zheng Ningji: "Bao has brought some gifts and invited Lord Taishan to take a look." ”

Hu Sanbao immediately sent the gift list obediently, Zheng Ningji quickly took it, took it in his hand and watched it casually, and then the two chatted casually about Weizhou for a long time, and finally let Li Bao go to the mansion to rest.

At the same time, Zheng Yan also got the message, and hurried to Li Bao's guest room, the person who had been worrying for several years was finally here, how could she not be excited, and at the same time, she also made up her mind in her heart to wait for the next meeting to teach the negative man a good lesson.