Chapter 338: Feng Deyi's Crisis (2)
Just after Feng Deyi's son Feng Yandao reported Feng Deyi's death to the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, Feng Yandao distributed the book "Feng Deyi's Autobiography" compiled by Feng Deyi himself to officials above the third grade of the Tang Dynasty in accordance with Feng Deyi's instructions before his death.
In the book "Feng Deyi's Autobiography", Feng Deyi truthfully wrote down how he entered the court of the Tang Dynasty, and how he worked hard for the Tang Dynasty after becoming the left servant of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, he also wrote about his contact with today's son Li Shimin, Xiwang Jiancheng, and Hailing Wang Yuanji before the Xuanwumen Change.
In Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, all the officials who had read the book "Feng Deyi's Autobiography" and above were above the third grade, and they all agreed: "Although Feng Deyi held both ends of the Yin at the time of the Xuanwu Gate Change, while clearly supporting the current son, he secretly supported King Xi Jiancheng and Hailing King Yuanji, and was lacking in personal morality, but at that time, when today's son and King Xi Jiancheng and Hailing King Yuanji competed, how could Feng Deyi, who was the right servant of the Tang Dynasty, be alone?" Even if you step on two boats, it's understandable. The left servant of the Tang Dynasty shot Pei Lian, but he wholeheartedly supported King Xicheng and King Yuanji of Hailing, what was the result? In the end, didn't you let Your Majesty borrow Zhang Liang's butcher's hand and destroy his whole house? Besides, before Feng Deyi finally died, he still wrote out his plans during the Xuanwumen Change, and instructed his son Feng Yandao to make it public, which proves that Feng Deyi still regrets what he did at that time, and he did not hide anything. All the high-ranking officials above the third grade of the Tang Dynasty are also very understanding, in that case, there are still many officials who step on two boats, curry favor on both sides, and no one can be offended. Moreover, Feng Deyi has been the right servant of the Tang Dynasty for many years, and has lived in the phase for a long time, as the most trusted assistant of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he still has great merit to the Tang Dynasty.
Such as the early years of martial arts. The Turks invaded the newly established Tang Dynasty. Some of the Manchu dynasties suggested an all-out military counterattack, while others suggested making peace in order to consolidate their national strength. Only Feng Deyi, who was the right servant of the Tang Dynasty at that time, thought about the actual situation at the time, and suggested to Emperor Li Yuan that he should first fight back militarily, and then negotiate peace after winning the battle. If a military counterattack is carried out in an all-round way, after all, Datang has just been founded, and the whole world is still divided. The warlords are fighting, and the Tang Dynasty is weak and cannot have the strength to wage an all-out war with the Turks; And blindly seeking peace is not enough, as soon as our Tang Dynasty was founded, the Turks disregarded morality and invaded our Tang Dynasty. The Turks have no intention of testing my Datang's reality and attitude. Therefore, it is suggested that only by winning the war and then negotiating peace can we not only dispel the wolf ambition of the Turks who covet our Datang, but also truly guarantee the peace of our Datang frontier. Emperor Li Yuan adopted Feng Deyi's suggestion and ordered Li Shimin, the then king of Qin, to personally lead the army. After the victory, he reaffirmed the alliance between the two countries: the Tang Dynasty was willing to offer gold and silver goods every year in exchange for Turkic assistance. Each other is about brothers, and they do not invade each other. Since then, the Tang Frontier has been stable and peaceful for nearly ten years.
Later, in the war of pacifying Wang Shichong of Luoyang, Dou Jiande of Hebei, Xiao Milling of Jiangnan, Du Fuwei of Huainan, and Fu Gongyou, Feng Deyi considered Datang everywhere and made many miraculous achievements. When today's son ascends the throne. Feng Deyi even risked his life to negotiate peace in the army of Li Yi, the king of Yan, although in the end Li Yi died at the hands of the general Yang Ji, but Feng Deyi was the Tang Dynasty did not care about the safety of his own life. It's still commendable.
In Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, and the book "The Autobiography of Feng Deyi" was also placed on the bookcase in front of him. Li Shimin was very angry that Feng Deyi secretly supported the affairs of King Xicheng and King Yuanji of Hailing, which was a betrayal of Feng Deyi's trust in him, which was absolutely unforgivable. Thinking about Feng Deyi's actions repeatedly, the sensitive and shrewd Tang Emperor Li Shimin felt that Feng Deyi, who was the last head of the Southern Scholar Clan, had many secrets, not just like what he wrote in his autobiography. He felt that the Southern Shi Clan must have a particularly big plan. Take Feng Deyi's Xuanwu Gate before the change, Yin held both ends, openly supported himself, and secretly supported Xiwang Jiancheng and Hailing Wang Yuanji, Feng Deyi, as the right servant of the Tang Dynasty, could support Xiwang Jiancheng while supporting himself, so that whether he won or Xiwang Jiancheng won, it would not have much impact on him, and he would be reused. However, he supported King Yuanji of Hailing, and then supported King Xi. The battle for the throne of the Tang Dynasty, both himself and Jiancheng are there, what is the matter with Guan Yuanji, but Feng Deyi was the first to support Hailing Wang Yuanji. This is very problematic, what is he supporting Hailing Wang Yuanji for? Could it be that he still thinks that Hailing King Yuanji has the best chance to sit on the throne? Hailing King Yuanji sits on the throne, and there must be a premise, that is, he and King Xi Jiancheng must be killed. And Hailing Wang Yuanji is not a very good candidate for the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is cruel and murderous, ruthless and vicious, this is already the consensus of the entire Tang Dynasty at that time, Feng Deyi, who is the right servant of the Tang Dynasty, cannot not know, but Feng Deyi chose Hailing Wang Yuanji first. With Feng Deyi's cautious and thoughtful character, it is impossible for him to choose Hailing Wang Yuanji as his support object, he should still have the object of his support, and that person will definitely not be Hailing Wang Yuanji, Hailing Wang Yuanji is just a pawn of Feng Deyi, and he and Xi Wang Jiancheng must also be killed. There should be a candidate for the throne behind Feng Deyi, and there should be a powerful force that is unknown, which makes the Tang Emperor Li Shimin feel deeply jealous. Li Shimin decided to take advantage of the outbreak of the Feng Deyi crisis to conduct a comprehensive investigation, dig out the person that Feng Deyi secretly supported, and dig out the powerful force behind Feng Deyi.
It was already late winter, and the entire Zhongnan Mountain seemed to be covered with a thick quilt, covered with snow (ai), layer upon layer. Looking from the foot of the mountain into the distance, the mountains are like the monstrous waves rolled up by the sea one after another but stand still, the goose feathers and snow in the sky are still falling fluttering, and the branches of all the trees are a piece of silver flowers, wrapped in silver, which is very beautiful.
Zhongnan Mountain, Li Xuan's hermitage.
Compared to the cold outside, the inside of the house is unusually warm. A pot of hot tea and two teacups were placed on the simple and clean bookcase. Li Xuan, the king of Yong'an of the Tang Dynasty, and Cen Wenwen, the head of the Southern Shi clan, sat opposite each other. (To be continued......)
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