Chapter Twenty-Eight: Jibei Yellow Clouds Full of Sorrow Five
The Anshi Rebellion ended, but it ended very incompletely, and Hebei was still in the hands of An Lushan's generals. As for Youzhou, An Lushan's lair fell into the hands of Li Huaixian, because Li Huaixian once cut off Shi Chaoyi's head. However, Li Huaixian didn't stay for long, because he had three subordinates, three subordinates surnamed Zhu. Li Huaixian's three subordinates, one is called Zhu Xicai, and the other two are brothers, one is called Zhu Zhu and the other is called Zhu Tao.
Three pigs, no, it should be three generals surnamed Zhu, and when they get together, it feels a little wrong: you say, the three of us are all Marshal Tianpeng, why do you want to listen to the shouting of the surnamed Li, is it possible that he is too old a gentleman? Simply, if you kill him, as long as you kill Li Huaixian, we will turn over as serfs and sing.
Just do it, three pigs, you see, I said it wrong again, it should be three generals surnamed Zhu, unite, and kill Li Huaixian by dividing five by two. It's a pity that they killed Li Huaixian, but they didn't become serfs who turned over. Because, Chang'an, sent someone to take over Li Huaixian's position, this person is the aforementioned Wang Jin, the former prime minister Wang Jin. However, Sanzhu is not depressed at all, a little Wang Jin, they don't pay much attention to it. If he knows each other, get out of here, and he can still end up with hello, hello, hello, everyone. If you don't know each other, hum, Li Huaixian, a native of China, has been killed by us, not to mention a foreigner from Chang'an!
Wang Jin knows each other very well, very well. Three months later, Wang Jin figured out the rules of Youzhou, of course, the unspoken rules. Therefore, Wang Jin chose to leave, decisively and chicly. By the way, before leaving, I have to treat the soldiers of Youzhou.
Wang Jin left, like a wild goose, fluttering and leaving. Behind the chic back, there is a vacant seat, the seat of the envoy of Lu Longjiedu.
After playing countless tricks and spending countless thoughts, Sanzhu finally got what he wanted. However, there is only one seat for the festival envoy, and it belongs to Zhu Xicai.
The power of the envoys of the late Tang Dynasty was very large, and the great ones were boundless, whether it was military affairs or government affairs, the power was very great. As for the holy decree from Chang'an, it is also to listen to it if you want to hear it, and pull it down if you don't want to hear it. Therefore, the festival envoy is the son of half of the earth. Zhu Xicai has reached the pinnacle of power, finally. It's just that he wouldn't have thought that below, there were two pairs of eyes, staring at him and staring at his position. Of course, the owner of the two pairs of eyes is his former allies, Zhu Zhu and Zhu Tao.
People, once they have power, will inevitably be proud of the power of life and death. People, once proud, will inevitably get carried away. People, once they get carried away, will inevitably make mistakes. Zhu Xicai made a mistake, which was very serious, so serious that his life was not guaranteed.
Zhu Xicai, who was in power, was very excited and crazy with excitement. He naively thought that God was the boss, he was the second, at least, and the Son of Heaven in Chang'an was the second. As a result, he began to act arbitrarily, and he levied extortions on the people, and levied many taxes and miscellaneous taxes; To his subordinates, he scolded when he opened his mouth, beat when he raised his hand, whipped when he swung his whip, and cut when he raised his knife, and he didn't treat his subordinates as people at all.
Zhu Xicai's actions fully prove a truth, an unbreakable truth: Zhu Xicai is a pig, and a wild boar, a fierce and stupid wild boar. Because, he got one fact wrong, a fact that is actually very simple: God is the boss, that's right, there's nothing wrong at all. It's a pity that he's not the second. The Son of Heaven in Chang'an has nothing wrong with him, this is not wrong, there is nothing wrong at all. However, this does not mean that he can do whatever he wants, because his power comes from the support of his subordinates. Without the support of his subordinates, he would be just a pig and nothing. As a subordinate, he can take out his own commander; In the same way, his subordinates can kill him. In fact, they really did it, and so, Zhu Xicai died.
One pig died, and two more. Now, the throne of the envoy of Lu Longjiedu is glued to Zhu Zhu's ass.
killed Li Huaixian and Zhu Xicai one after another, and also drove Wang Jin away, which was a bit big. Zhu Jun's heart is a little empty, very empty. Therefore, he decided to curry favor with Chang'an, first. So, his younger brother, Zhu Tao, came to Chang'an with 3,000 soldiers to participate in the annual autumn festival.
The crisp autumn season is the season of harvest, and for Chang'an, it is also the season of preparing for war. Because, at this time of year, the Hu people in the frontier will invade on a large scale, the purpose of course is to rob and rob: to rob food, to rob money, and of course, to rob women.
If the Hu people want to rob it, Chang'an will naturally have to guard against it. Therefore, the golden wind that is sent every year has become a signal to prepare for battle. At this time of year, Chang'an will levy troops to fight against the Hu people who have entered the Kou, which is the so-called "anti-autumn".
It doesn't seem like much of a matter to put it on hold until now. It's nothing more than to recruit a part of the army and go to Anxi, thousands of miles away, to stay for a while, and the rest, there is nothing to do in Chang'an. But now is different from the past, the Anshi Rebellion changed everything, because Tubo took advantage of the chaos to cut off the Hexi Corridor and communicate the Hexi Corridor between Chang'an and Anxi. From then on, Tubo could drive straight in, burning, killing and plundering all the way to Chang'an; From then on, Chang'an will have to be in Fengxiang, Fengxiang, which is close to Chang'an, to prevent autumn.
Actually, it's nothing. The point is that Chang'an can mobilize not many troops, but there are really not many. Because, after the Anshi Rebellion, Hebei, which was superficially subservient, never participated in the autumn defense again.
Of course, the 3,000 people brought by Zhu Tao are not too much, the key is a gesture shown by Youzhou, a gesture of goodwill, which makes Chang'an very excited. Therefore, in Chang'an, Zhu Tao received courtesy, extraordinary courtesy. However, Zhu Tao is an understanding person, and he knows very well that he belongs to Youzhou, not Chang'an. Although Chang'an is prosperous, it is a place of heavy doors and imperial examinations, and he has no prominent background, and he does not know a few big characters, let alone Jinshi and first. Therefore, in Chang'an, he is destined to do nothing. Therefore, as soon as the autumn prevention was over, Zhu Tao couldn't wait to return to Youzhou without the slightest hesitation or hesitation.
Back in Youzhou, the cunning Zhu Tao began to brag about the richness and prosperity of Chang'an in front of his brother. Under the continuous flickering of his younger brother, Zhu Jun really moved. In the second year, Zhu Junmei led the team to Chang'an, and he wanted to enjoy the scenery of the imperial capital.
As soon as Zhu Jun walked on his front foot, Zhu Tao began to move on his hind foot, no, it was a knife, a butcher's knife. More than twenty bloody human heads were placed in front of him, and Zhu Tao smiled, his smile was very bright and sinister.
When the news reached Chang'an, Zhu Jun cried, the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were crying, because all the dead were his cronies, cronies with heavy soldiers. Now, his power in Youzhou has been uprooted. It seems that I was swept away by my own brother, and all that was left was bone slag.
Now, if you return to Youzhou, the best ending is nothing more than becoming a puppet of your younger brother; If you stay in Chang'an, you will become a public servant with a job but no power. Puppet, or Yugong? Yugong, of course!
Since then, Zhu Jun has stayed in Chang'an.
Since then, the two brothers have gone their separate ways.
Since then, their lives have been very different.
In Chang'an, Zhu Zhu became a public servant with a job but no power, like a dragon with a shallow bottom, like a tiger falling into Pingchuan. Zhu Zhu has a lot of Lingyun Zhi, but he can only rely on a glass of wine for the time being, but the result can only be a glass to pour out his sorrows.
Is it that this is the end of the life? Zhu Jun was unwilling, very unwilling, he wanted to fight again, but this needed a chance. Soon, the opportunity came, and the rebels broke through Chang'an. Zhu Jun was very excited, he thought that this was an opportunity, a great opportunity. So, he joined the rebels inexplicably, and became the emperor in a daze, not only did he have an emperor addiction in a down-to-earth manner, but also suppressed his younger brother who only dared to be the king, and he was in such a good mood. However, when the emperor has to pay the price, when this farce finally ends, our Emperor Zhu can only die a shameful death. And his younger brother, who dares to be the king, can continue to be his festival envoy in a beautiful manner.
Throughout Zhu Zhu's life, we can make the following identification: Zhu Zhu is a pig, a stupid pig who can't be stupid anymore.
Youzhou, Zhu Tao has become a festival that is hugged by the front and back, like a fish in water, like a dragon in the abyss. Although Zhu Tao is rude and unwritten, it does not prevent him from lifting the gold bottle and enjoying the beautiful women's light songs and dances before the flowers fall.
In Youzhou, Zhu Tao is about equal to invincible. However, the invincible Zhu Tao eventually met the enemy, and it was an enemy he couldn't defeat, the Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper not only took his life, but also took away the Zhu family's rule in Youzhou, temporarily.
Since the person is dead, we can also close the coffin and conclude that Zhu Tao is a pig, and a porcupine covered with thorns. Whoever is closest to him, he will pierce him.
It's just that whether it is the stupid pig Zhu Zhu or the porcupine Zhu Tao, they would never have thought that their nephew and grandson, Zhu Kerong, would follow their footsteps to Chang'an. It's just that compared with his grandfather and uncle, Zhu Kerong is very unlucky, because he will suffer an embarrassing and cold reception in Chang'an.