Chapter 22: Mountains and Rivers Rekindle Old Smoke and Dust II
For half a century, Hebei has actually been dominated by a few families that have married each other. They are both prosperous and lossy, supporting each other and fighting against Chang'an together. The father's position and son's succession have become the practice of Hebei feudal towns. From Tian Chengsi to Tian Yue, Tian Chao to Tian Ji'an, Wei Bo, the leader of the Tian family for three generations; From Wang Wujun to Wang Shizhen to Wang Chengzong, Chengde manipulated in the hands of this family from the Khitan, which happened to be three generations; In Lulong, Liu Ji also took over the festival from his father. Hebei has become accustomed to this approach and sees it as a convention.
However, this time, Li Chun was reluctant to admit the so-called Hebei story anymore. He thinks this is an opportunity, and he has been waiting for such an opportunity to wrestle with Hebei for a long time. However, the prime ministers told him that this was not a good opportunity and that he should give it up. Because, Wang Chengzong is not the mad scholar Liu Pi, nor the Jiangnan Yongfu Li Qi, nor the border city scoundrel Yang Huilin! Behind him is Chengde, Wei Bo, Lu Long, and the powerful Hebei Domain! Today's Chang'an does not have enough strength to confront the three towns of Hebei, let alone win the battle. The prime ministers also told him that Wu Shaocheng was terminally ill and that time was running out, and this was an opportunity to grasp. The day of Wu Shaocheng's death was the time when Huaixi was recovered, but before that, he must be patient, not to make extraneous branches, and not to meet with Hebei soldiers.
Huaixi has an important geographical and strategic location, it is bordered by Luoyang, the eastern capital of the empire, and Bianzhou, an important canal town in the north, across the Huai River in the southeast, and Hanshui in the southwest from Xiangzhou.
The initiator of the situation of Huaixi's secession was Li Zhongchen. is the same as Li Baochen, who was originally not called Li Baochen, but Zhang Zhongzhi; Li Zhongchen was not originally called Li Zhongchen, but Dong Qin.
The young Dong Qin, like the young Zhang Zhongzhi, is a fierce general under An Lushan. The difference is that when An Lushan raised troops, Zhang Zhongzhi was in Chang'an, but he chose An Lushan, and did not hesitate to ride alone for thousands of miles, and finally became An Lushan's adopted son; However, Dong Qin was in Pinglu but cared about Chang'an, and did not hesitate to run long distances to attack Fan Yang, the rebel's nest, which really made An Lushan break out in a cold sweat. The desperate Zhang Zhongzhi once raised troops to surrender, and when the situation improved slightly, he reverted to his old ways, and he was still a strong general of the rebels; Dong Qin, who was trapped in Bianzhou, also surrendered to Shi Siming, and soon after, this young hero of the three armies of the brave crown came out of the camp and returned to the banner of the Tang army. Chang'an was overjoyed and gave him a brand new name, Li Zhongchen. The young hero Dong Qin transformed himself into Li Zhongchen, the envoy of the Huaixi Festival.
Like Li Baochen, Fugui Township has also become Li Zhongchen's heroic grave. The difference is that Li Baochen pursues immortality, while Li Zhongchen pursues women, in the most immoral way.
Late at night, full of temptation, Li Zhongchen sneaked into the curtain of his subordinates again and again, and began to seek his own pleasure in the ** of other people's wives and daughters. The panting Li Zhongchen didn't expect that in the dark, a pair of fire-breathing eyes were staring at him angrily, and under his ass was a volcano that was about to erupt.
When the volcano finally erupted, Li Zhongchen's nephew, Li Xilie, successfully exploited this hatred and drove him out of Caizhou. Chang'an took in the homeless hero of twilight, but Li Zhongchen didn't like Chang'an.
Chang'an is comfortable and luxurious, but it lacks Li Zhongchen's familiar feelings of rivers and lakes, and compared with Chang'an, he yearns for the reckless atmosphere of the border city in Hebei. **Li Zhongchen, who lives in Chang'an, is looking forward to the arrival of the next troubled times, and only in troubled times will there be a place for heroes, and he will have the opportunity to ride a horse and pull a bow.
The sky is as people wish, and the troubled times are just as Li Zhongchen expected, and they come unexpectedly. The change of Jingshi subverted the comfortable and luxurious life of Chang'an overnight, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty fled in a hurry, and Zhu Zhu from Hebei was surrounded in front of the Daming Palace. The troubled times that belong to the hero and belong to me Dong Qin have finally come, Li Zhongchen's eyes widened, he felt inexplicable excitement and excitement, and bowed down in front of Tian Shelang Zhu Jun. This time, there is no sequel to the camp, Li Zhongchen has never looked back, and the new name given to him by Chang'an has become a wonderful irony for both the former young hero Dong Qin and the Tang Dynasty son Li Chun.
From a hero to a rebel, from a hero to a second minister, Li Zhongchen has completed his life in this way. However, he is not lonely. Because his nephew Lee Hee-yeol is striding forward along the trajectory he once walked.
Compared with his clan uncle, Li Xilie's credit seems to be greater, because he ended the nineteen-year secession of the Jingxiang region; He was also far more popular and popular than his uncle, and the welcome of the common people "well tax quail clothes, pot pulp crane greeting" is undoubtedly the best illustration; But in the same way, he went further on the path of rebellion than his uncle, and he was no longer willing to submit to anyone, so he decided to make himself emperor.
After learning the news that Li Xilie had established himself as emperor, the suspicious Hebei sent an envoy to send a seal of title to the minister, and instigated his troops to come to the Bianhe River, and fiercely choked Chang'an's neck, so Chang'an fell into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. However, a glass of poisoned wine ended Li Xiyeol's life and his imperial dream. Chen Xianqi, the Huaixi general who poisoned Li Xilie, also followed in his footsteps soon after, and this time, it was Wu Shaocheng who attacked.
Wu Shaocheng is from the border city of Hebei and from Youzhou, and has inextricable links with the towns of Hebei. Once, Wu Shaocheng was the most powerful general under Li Xilie, and he followed Li Xilie to make great contributions to the Tang Empire; But since then, he has become Chang'an's most dangerous enemy.
Twenty years have passed in a flash, and Wu Shaocheng, who was heroic and heroic, is now dying. This news, whether it is for Chang'an or for Wu Shaocheng's sworn brother Wu Shaoyang, is a good news that can be used. Of course, their goal is the same, that is, after Wu Shaocheng's death, the position of the Huaixi Festival envoy left behind.
For the sake of Huaixi, there is only a compromise with Chengde, but in the face of a God-given opportunity, can he only watch Wang Chengzong comfortably take over the position of Chengde's envoy?