Chapter 71: Turning the Tide (8)
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"I'm all right! There are auxiliary ministers here, quelling the rebellion of Youzhou against Hu, I don't have to worry about it! ”
Li Longji has completely ignored it at the moment, more than ten years of drunken life and death have already wiped out his bloody nature, otherwise in another time and space Ma Weipo, he would not have killed his favorite woman in order to survive, and now Xiao Quai's coercion on him is actually far better than the thousands of forbidden troops on Ma Weipo.
But Xiao went to the illness but he had to take an inch, he took a quarter of a step forward, looked into his eyes, and said lightly: "Please also ask Your Majesty to entrust King Jianning with full authority to quell the chaos, control the soldiers and horses of all towns, local officials of all provinces, and Xu Jianning Wang has the right to hunt on behalf of the heavens and act cheaply!" ”
Li Longji's heart tightened suddenly, his temples jumped up suddenly, and his whole body sweated like rain, this is going to usurp, this is going to usurp, this edict, in legal terms, Li Qi has obtained the power that is similar to that of me, the son of heaven, what is this not to usurp the throne?
This is going to be a reckless thing, this is to wait for the war to end, help Li Qi to take the throne, and then seek to usurp the throne! I didn't see it before, and I always thought that this Xiao Qu was sick like a child, and he was a big loyal minister, I was really blind, I saw the wrong bastard Hu in An Lushan, and I was even more wrong about Xiao Qu's sick living Wang Mang!
And Li Qi, this stupid kid is still being deceived by Xiao Quai's recklessness, does he really think that he will be able to succeed to the throne after I fall? Confused!
Li Longji gritted his teeth and thought, and in the entire mansion, all the people looked at the two people in the lobby in amazement. It was Colliers who stepped forward. turned around and protected Li Longji. His eyes were staring at Xiao Quai's illness with anger.
In the eyes of the eye, Xiao Quzhi was still the same appearance he saw at the beginning, fairy and jade, his expression was calm, his eyes were clear and pure, like a child, and his gaze did not break in the slightest in the face of his angry eyes at this moment. There is no panic, and there is no shame.
In addition, what attracted Gao Lishi's attention even more was the kind of heroic spirit that was no longer concealed on Xiao Quzhi's body, which was more introverted than the previous kind of gentle and jade-like restraint, and now there is more of a temperament that looks down on the world and pities all beings.
He is so upright and open-minded, doesn't he really want to usurp the throne? After a moment of suddenness, Gao Lishi still said coldly: "Forty years of peace and heaven are here." King Lanling, you are deeply favored by the emperor, how dare you be so rude? You have persecuted your majesty so much. Is it the way of a minister? ”
"How dare the minister be rude to His Majesty, I really want to quickly quell the rebellion of Youzhou Hu, the heart of the minister, but the sun and the moon!" Xiao Quai's body turned, and he ran to the other side of Li Longji, looking at this Tang Dynasty emperor lightly.
Gao Lishi wanted to say something, but Li Longji couldn't hold it anymore at this time, at this moment, although he hated Xiao Qubing to the core, but at the same time, thinking of Xiao Quai's boldness and recklessness before Xiao Quai's illness, and his previous contempt for the common people, he already fully understood in his heart that from beginning to end, this Xiao Qubing did not regard himself as an emperor and did not surrender to himself. He really did the thing of killing the king.
Li Longji said strongly: "Xiao Qing is dedicated to the country, I am right!" ”
As soon as Li Longji's mouth opened, Xiao Qu's illness was busy and he went to the end again, and then urged Li Longji to immediately write down the holy decree by himself, stamp it with a jade seal, and then sign and seal it by Prime Minister Yang Guozhong and hand it to himself.
This kind of edict is naturally not formal and standardized, at least in the Zhenguan and Yonghui periods, such a decree is basically equivalent to a piece of waste paper, without any legal effect and legitimacy, and no one will implement it if you take it below.
Because according to the system, all the holy decrees must be drafted by the Zhongshu Province, which is equivalent to the secretariat of later generations, signed by at least three chief officials, and then presented to the emperor for revision and then returned to the Zhongshu Province for at least three chief officials to sign.
Then the edict can be obtained to a subordinate province similar to the Ministry of Censorship in the later generations for at least three chief officials to review, if these three people do not agree, the edict is not legal and cannot be issued; And if the province agrees or makes changes, it must be sent back to the emperor for the emperor's approval.
That is to say, at that time, if a legally effective edict wanted to be issued, the emperor first had to draft and discuss it with the secretaries of Zhongshu Province, and then he had to pass the examination and approval of the lower province, and he still had to discuss and game.
In the end, he took out a plan that the emperor and the provincial officials agreed to, and then handed it over to the Shangshu Province similar to the later Guo~Affairs~ Yuan to implement.
Then it is also necessary for the bigwigs of Shangshu Province and specific clerks to come over and sign together, indicating when we have received the holy decree and who we are going to send to execute it.
At that time, the emperor was working with the central ~ central leaders of the three provinces to formulate strategies and jointly manage the country, and the emperor's power was greatly limited.
So at that time, every decree and every decision condensed the wisdom and hard work of the emperor and the elite ministers, so at that time, the Tang Dynasty expanded rapidly and became extremely strong.
In the environment of strong enemies, Datang was able to continue to use only a very small number of troops, use troops against all foreign enemies in turn, borrow strength, repair one by one, win more with less again and again, win a hundred battles, 10,000 to 100,000, 20,000 to 150,000, in just a few decades, stunned to defeat all the enemies, eliminate dozens of times more than their own troops, and expand the territory to the maximum!
The important and miraculous thing is that after such years of fighting, the lives of the common people are very rich, and the people are also extremely enthusiastic about the war.
Of course, at that time, the monarch and the ministers ruled together, and sometimes the efficiency was naturally lower, and sometimes the emperor was even angry.
But at that time, Tang Taizong still had the ability to deal with this group of ministers in terms of systems and procedures, so most of the time the emperor's will could still be implemented, and the efficiency was actually very high; As for being angry, it's okay to be angry.
But in the period of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, he did not have the ability to confront so many ministers, so he was bullied very badly by a group of ministers led by his uncle in the court.
So most things are difficult for him to do as he wants. At the same time, he was angry to death. But it's not angry. The Tang Dynasty continued to be strong and expanded, until Wu Zetian was taken back to the palace.
Wu Zetian is a strong and decisive person, for various purposes, she began to help Li Zhi suppress the minister, she is not like Li Shimin to defeat the other party in terms of reason, system, and rules. to achieve their own ends; Instead, directly destroy the system and physical annihilation, dare to go against me, and kill you directly!
Then, until Wu Zetian himself became the emperor, the relationship between the emperor and the minister was not the co-rule of the monarch and the ministers, but the extremely strong monarchy.
Then this tradition of strong monarchy was passed on to Li Longji, and of course, Li Longji was quite self-disciplined and diligent at the beginning. Whatever he was willing to do was discussed by the minister, and the country slowly began to become strong again.
But later. Li Longji suddenly became extremely lazy and greedy for luxury and pleasure, and the monarchy was very strong, he didn't do anything, but someone had to do things, so Li Longji, Yang Guozhong and others became the agents of Li Longji's arbitrary rule, and then there was today's situation.
Xiao Qubing took over the two holy decrees that were completed like child's play, but he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, it should be happy, if it wasn't for Li Longji's so, if it wasn't for the dictatorship of the monarch from the time of Wu Zetian, if he wanted to realize his will, he needed to fight against the emperor and the entire ministerial elite, and now he only needed to deal with such a faint monarch (at least all these years) and Yang Guozhong, a big traitor who was born in a casino gangster and had no ability.
At the same time, I feel sad, this great prosperous era, the pinnacle of ancient Chinese monarchy **** society, how can it be corrupted in the hands of such a group of people, the entire ancient Chinese society, whether it is the strength of the country (not only refers to economic strength), or the spiritual self-confidence of the people, has never reached this height, in terms of character, even in the era in which Xiao Qu lived before his illness, there are many inferiors!
It's really~ mom feels wronged!
After getting the holy decree, Xiao Qu was sick and didn't bother to say anything, turned around and left, but Li Longji gave Gao Lishi a look, Gao Lishi hurriedly caught up, and the two went out of the gate of the mansion, Gao Lishi asked in a deep voice: "King Lanling, what do you want?" But do you want to do something reckless? ”
Xiao Quzhi looked at him and shook his head: "Gao Weng also thinks about me, what he thinks in his heart is just for Datang, for this country, in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, in order to prevent the vitality of Datang from being ruined too much, in order to die fewer people, in order for this Datang to become better and stronger in the future, for such a rebellion, it will never happen again in the future!"
If it weren't for His Majesty's ignorance of the government and his re-adultery, if it weren't for the fact that after the war, His Majesty didn't listen to his advice, why would he behave like this?
If His Majesty is willing to appoint King Jianning as the marshal of the expedition as soon as possible, Fan Yang and Pinglu Jiedu envoys, and Li Guangbi as the Hedong Jiedu envoys, how can the Youzhou rebels enter Hedong Road and threaten Chang'an? ”
Gao Lishi said coldly: "You really don't have any selfishness? You haven't thought about it, how should you get along with Your Majesty after this incident when you coerce your majesty like this? ”
Xiao Quzhi smiled self-defeatingly: "How can I be selfless, this is where I live, and it is also the place where many people I like, and my son and my grandson will live in the future." Now that they have been corrupted and messed up, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the people are full of people, of course I am not happy.
And Gao Weng, you think, I obviously have the ability to quickly quell the turmoil, and make the living environment of myself, the people around me, and my children and grandchildren better and safer, but I don't do it, which will make my thoughts incomprehensible! ”
After a pause, Xiao Quzhi looked at Gao Lishi and said seriously: "As for how you will get along with Your Majesty after this incident, you will see when the time comes...... Whether you believe it or not, all these things you do when you are sick are good for Your Majesty.
In short, these things that I did when I got sick are worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of Datang, and equally worthy of Your Majesty and Sister! ”
I saved you! If it weren't for me, Yang Guifei would have died in Ma Weipo, he Li Longji was also seized by his son, bullied and imprisoned by Li Fuguo, and died miserably and alone, and you Gao Lishi also died in anger and vomited blood; As for Datang, it has declined since then, and all kinds of misery, so I don't want to say more.
Xiao Qu smiled self-defeatingly, but in this world, except for Ke'er and Li Qi. There will never be anyone else who knows about it...... In the eyes of most people in the world. I'm afraid for a long time. Call me a reckless man who intends to usurp power!
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"Dog thief! it! Hou Jing! Dong Zhuo! I'm so angry! Rebellious ministers and thieves, persecuting the king, dare to say that it is for my good! I will kill you, I will kill you! ”
In the four-wheeled carriage galloping south, the Tang Emperor Li Longji finally broke out and scolded loudly, beside him, Gao Lishi looked at him with a sad face. Sighed slightly.
On the other side, Xiao Quzhi and Li Qi and others came to the camp of the Tiance Army, but they were also so angry that they almost jumped up.
It turned out that after Li Longji arrived here, he wanted to collect the military power, and he was afraid that Cao Xueyang would not accept it, so he asked the three Tang Sect masters to make a sneak attack and restrain him first.
Later, Li Longji heard that the Youzhou rebels had broken through the Jingcheng Pass and the Yanmen Pass. I was anxious, and I thought that the Tiance Army had defeated the same number of Youzhou Army with a very small number before. After killing most of the enemy, he forcibly ordered the 30,000 Tiance army to be commanded by Sun Quanxu, the general of Jin Wuwei, and went north to find the Youzhou army for a decisive battle.
The eldest grandson Quanxu is the descendant of the eldest grandson Wuji, and it is also regarded as a family of military nobles in Guanlong, who once served in the Hexi Army, and later An Lushan rebelled, and most of the other generals were resisting the Hui soldiers, and Li Longji really couldn't find anyone, so he promoted the eldest grandson Quanxu to be the general of Jin Wuwei as his confidant, and this time he was ready to let him command the Tiance Army of Hebei Province to confront the Youzhou Army.
However, although the eldest grandson Quanxu also did his best and served the country loyally, after all, he had not led an army alone before, and he was eager for meritorious service, and then there was a problem, and before the 30,000 army went out for thirty miles, he was suddenly attacked by the 10,000 Youzhou army that had been waiting for a long time.
The cavalry has the lesson of not fighting in an array against the infantry, but on the other hand, it is either the infantry that is waiting for the battle, or it is crushed, and in one round of surprise attacks, the 30,000 Tiance infantry was defeated in an instant, with more than 8,000 casualties.
In the end, it was the 100 Tiance cavalry that used the thunderbolts, the 2,000 Tiance veterans stabilized the line, the 10,000 Youzhou cavalry stopped attacking and only harassed on the periphery, and finally the 4,000 Flying Dragon Forbidden Army came to support before the 10,000 Youzhou cavalry were driven away, and the remaining 20,000 Tiance troops slowly retreated to the camp.
Now presented in front of Li Qi, there is such a scene of the camp full of wounded soldiers, he slowly walked into the camp, whether they were slightly injured or not injured, all those who could move around eagerly surrounded him.
"King Jianning, King Jianning!"
"King Jianning, you're finally back!"
"King Jianning, why did the imperial court do this to us, why did you lock up General Cao and let other generals command us?"
Li Qi's face was pale, and he collapsed tightly, but he responded to these soldiers with gestures and eyes, and walked straight to the camp where the wounded were treated.
After changing a set of clothes at the door and disinfecting with alcohol, Li Qi walked into the wounded barracks, where the battle had started yesterday, and by this time, all the wounded had undergone simple treatment, and most of those who needed surgery had also undergone surgery.
The entire wounded barracks was full of missing arms and legs, some were lying quietly resting, some were too painful to cry, some were comforting in a low voice by the instructors, and some were eating and drinking soup under the care of military doctors and ambulances.
Li Qi's eyes were wet, and he patrolled one tent after another, saying a few words to each awake wounded soldier, encouraging the other party to recuperate from his injuries and strive to heal his injuries as soon as possible to eliminate the rebels in Youzhou;
For those who have lost their combat effectiveness and labor, they also comforted each other softly, and Tiance Mansion will definitely manage it to the end, and the parents, wives and children at home do not have to worry, the best jobs are arranged by the Sihai Business Society, and the children will enter the martyr's class to study.
In the tent of the seriously wounded, the captain of the soldier named Dai Siqing woke up from his coma and shouted: "Kill the dog!" Kill the dog, I am invincible......"
Li Qi walked over, held his hand waving wildly, and wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief with the other handkerchief, as if he could feel it, Dai Si woke up quietly, and after half a salary, he saw clearly that the person holding his hand in front of him was King Jianning.
Dai Siqing's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said excitedly: "King Jianning, you are King Jianning......
Li Qi smiled and nodded: "Captain Dai Siqing, I heard that you performed bravely in this battle, and in the face of danger, you led this team to stabilize the formation, and also killed two Youzhou rebels with your own hands." I'm so proud of you, and so will your parents, wife, and children!
I will fight for a medal for you, and when you walk out on the streets of Togi Province in the future, everyone will praise you as a great hero who serves the country with loyalty! So please be sure to live with determination......"
Li Qi knew Dai Siqing's deeds. This man has been an advanced man since the workshop. It's especially good when you train. Later, when he went to the battlefield in Hebei, he performed very well, and was reported to Li Qi by the instructor as a model, preparing to treat him as a typical propaganda, and preparing to recruit him to officially join the Tiance Army.
He also showed great composure in this battle, and when the surrounding squads were all panicked, his squad immediately lined up in formation, he stood at the head of the platoon, and Tiance crossbow shot and killed a Youzhou cavalryman. He stabbed another one to death with a rifle, but he was also pierced through the intestines by a spear from the Youzhou cavalry, and at the same time was hit by a war horse and broke one leg, and after being carried back, he has been unconscious.
The military doctor's judgment said that the probability of survival was very low, but Li Qi hoped that he would survive.
Dai Siqing stared at Li Qi's face and babbled: "I didn't disgrace the Tiance Army, I killed two Youzhou rebels, I am worthy of the Tiance Mansion."
No one has ever been so kind to us poor, it is the Tiance Mansion that has given us a good life. Good food, good clothes. Good house, King Jianning also invites my father and aunt to go to the Chongyang banquet every year, and my children can still study in the primary school......"
Li Qi held his hand: "Captain Dai Siqing, you have to live, your parents are still waiting at home to go back and give them filial piety!" When the rebellion in Youzhou is eliminated, our lives can be better! ”
Dai Siqing has been talking for so long, his consciousness is a little confused, he closed his eyes in a daze, and his mouth was still babbling: "The Tiance army is all good, King Jianning, and King Lanling, is the best person I have ever seen, why does Your Majesty want to guard against the Tiance Army so much, guard against King Jianning, King Jianning, you have to be careful, Your Majesty ......"
For Li Longji's sudden attack, controlling Cao Xueyang, collecting the military power of Tiance Mansion, and ordering Changsun Quanxu to lead the troops north, these low-level Tiance Army soldiers naturally inevitably talked about it, and people panicked, and the reason for the defeat was also for this reason.
The subconscious of these soldiers may not have guessed the emperor's thoughts, but most people didn't dare to think about it in their consciousness, that is, Dai Siqing said what was in his heart in a semi-comatose state.
Dai Siqing fell unconscious again, Li Qi let go of his hand and stood up, and said to a training officer and military medical officer: "These wounded, if they can be saved, they must be saved at all costs, and the seriously injured must be cared for alone." For those who have been killed in battle, the pension will be increased by 50% on the previous standard.
Also, record the deeds of these battle heroes, so that everyone, and our descendants, know what kind of bloody sacrifice we went through to put down this rebellion. Let everyone know that without these heroic sacrifices, there can be no peaceful and happy life. ”
The two officers nodded solemnly, they didn't know that at this moment, every wounded soldier in the tent who was still awake quietly left tears.
On the side, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Quzhi helped Cao Xueyang pull out a few steel needles from acupoints, and pushed her through a layer of underwear to pass the blood.
At this moment, Cao Xueyang was sitting on the marching bed in single clothes, Xiao Quzhi was sitting next to her, although the two made a verbal marriage contract, but in fact, it was the first time to be alone like this.
Xiao Quzhi looked at this woman who was going to be his wife in the future up close, compared to He Keer, she was naturally not amazing at all, but she was also beautiful, and her face was also like goose eggs.
Because she is a female general and a master who teaches her marksmanship, she is indeed very heroic when she rides a horse, which makes Xiao Qubing feel very amazing, but in general, she looks very docile and pitiful.
In fact, for Xiao Quai, among the four wives, He Keer is naturally the favorite, and she thinks about her almost every day. Among the other three wives, if you want to say that she likes it the most, it is actually Cao Xueyang, and the reason is simple, not because of her appearance, nor because of her personality.
But Xiao Qubing subconsciously yearns for one thing, that is, to be able to fight side by side with people close to him. This made Xiao Quzhi feel very excited, very excited, very excited.
He thought like this, and after a while, he reached out and hugged her, Cao Xueyang's body trembled slightly, but he leaned over to Xiao Quai's body very meekly.
Then Xiao Quzhi hugged her in his arms and said, "I will soon rush to Gyeonggi Province with six thousand Tiance veterans, you have no problem here." ”
"Of course it's no problem, but now that you and Your Majesty have turned your face, and it's so simple to let Your Majesty return to Chang'an, aren't you afraid?"
"I'm afraid I can't help it, I'm also forced to do it, otherwise the ghost knows what kind of stupid tricks His Majesty will make, and that Yang Guozhong is even more selfish and wasteful to the extreme, let them continue to toss, the ghost knows how long this battlefield will last, and how many people will die!
But I can't do anything to Your Majesty now, I want to put him under house arrest, Chang'an may not have anyone to declare that I am a rebellion, and there will be all kinds of chaos in the border towns of the four directions, and the rebellion will become the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
I think if you let Your Majesty go back now, he should be able to understand this, and even if he is going to do it to us now, he will always think about it and hesitate for a few days, he doesn't have many troops in his hands, and I didn't push him too much, he is still a high emperor, and he can't tear his face immediately, take advantage of this time, I can capture An Lushan, and all the 100,000 Youzhou troops in Hedong Road will be defeated. ”
Cao Xueyang nodded and said, "I naturally know that you are right to do this, but I still can't help but worry, I hope there won't be too much turmoil at that time!" ”
Xiao Quzhi kissed her lightly on the face, and then said: "In short, as long as Your Majesty gives me time to quickly quell An Lushan's rebellion, I will not be afraid of him in the future." ”
After a pause, Xiao Quzhi smiled and said: "Actually, I am still afraid, I am really afraid that His Majesty will grit his teeth and admit it when the time comes, so that we have no reason to start, so we can only obediently be his courtiers and run Dugi Dao." But he is such a powerful emperor, he has been an emperor for more than 40 years, and no one in the world dares to disobey him...... How could it be ......"
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