Chapter 179 [Successor]
Luoyang returned from a battle, Yu Wenyong was not discouraged, on the contrary, he saw the weakness of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the armies did not command each other, and they fought separately, which proved that the upper echelons of the Northern Qi Dynasty were indeed rotten, but there were still many capable people below, Henan, especially Luoyang, was the focus of the Northern Qi defense, and the 30,000 elite soldiers of Heyang Road were indeed not easy to provoke, and it was not easy to move Henan directly.
Since you don't attack from Henan, how about sending troops from the front line of Jinju? This is the plan of Wei Xiaokuan, Yu Wenbi, Bao Hong and others. Yu Wenyong began to reflect on whether the route of the march was correct, he asked Wei Xiaokuan to secretly call back to Chang'an, humbly asked Wei Xiaokuan for advice, Wei Xiaokuan saw that the emperor began to pay attention to the strategy of the northern line of the march, his heart was happy, so he carefully analyzed the feasibility of the northern line attack to Yuwen Yong, said that the emperor nodded again and again, and finally the old general even asked that once the army marched eastward, he was willing to serve as the vanguard to take Jinzhou.
Although Yu Wenyong admires Wei Xiaokuan's strategy and combat power, he still hopes to use young people, the Northern Zhou Dynasty has reached the era when the second generation of officials is in full power, everyone needs to exercise, and they also need to prove themselves, not to mention that the replacement of the old and the new is a must.
So Yu Wenyong smiled and said to Wei Xiaokuan: The old general is loyal, but the status of Yubi is too important to our country, if Yubi is sent from Jinzhou, there is no room for loss, so that the Duke of Yun can't be afraid of it, the Duke just guards the Yubi for me, and as for the charge, leave it to the children. When the emperor said this, Wei Xiaokuan couldn't help but listen.
In the first month of the new year, Yu Wenyong inspected Tongzhou with great fanfare, in fact, Tongzhou was not his real destination, and soon, he secretly inspected the area of Shuchuan in Hedong, and touched the terrain of the mountains and rivers sent from Hedong, so that he knew it well.
In Shaanzhou. Yu Wenyong conspired with Yu Yi again, and Yu Yi had been transferred from Anzhou to Shaanzhou to serve as the governor of Shaanzhou and Yiyang. He also served as the military of Shaanxi and other seven states and sixteen defenses. Yu Yi offered advice: If His Majesty's army leaves Jinzhou Road, the minister is willing to lead the troops out of Shaanxi to Luoyang to attract the attention of the pseudo-Qi soldiers and horses. Let the Henan states not dare to move, and cover the army of His Majesty to drive straight in. Yu Wenyong nodded in goodness. At the end of the first month, Yu Wenyong returned to Chang'an, when a performance from Hezhou caught his attention.
Last year, Yu Wenyong personally led the army out of the customs, and the troops in Guanzhong were weak, so he specially transferred Li Xian, the former governor of Guazhou, as the governor of Hezhou, and handed over the safety of the western border to Li Xian, who had a father-son relationship with him. After Li Xian arrived in Hezhou, he began to engage in Tuntian and set up more scouts on the border. Closely monitor the movements of the Qiang people and the Tuyuhun people. However, the Tuyuhun people still continued to harass the border, they came and went like the wind, relying on their familiarity with the mountain terrain, and they ran away when they grabbed it, so that Li Xian was overwhelmed and disturbed.
Yu Wenyong knows very well that a harasser like Tuyuhun will never stop if he doesn't beat him up, and if the army goes east. The security of the rear must be ensured. Just do what you say. In the court, Yu Wenyong announced the decision to conquer Tuyuhun, and ordered the crown prince Yu Wenyun to be the marshal, and the general Wang Liang and Gong Zhengyu Wen Xiaobo to be the deputy generals. Keri sent troops. With the national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty to crusade against Tuyuhun, no one in the ministers objected. However, letting the crown prince go on the expedition was still beyond the expectations of the crown prince Yu Wenyun. Yu Wenyun was terrified. Why?
Because Yu Wenyong also has a secret decree, all major affairs in the army are decided by Wang Liang. Yuwen Yun has always been far away from Wang Rail, Yuwen Xiaobo and others, and his favored close minister is Zheng Yi, the doctor of the Imperial Palace.
Zheng Yi has a great background. Born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, his father Zheng Xiaomu did the Zhongshu Order of the Western Wei Dynasty, the small Sikong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, as the second generation of Chang'an nobles, Zheng Yi's former friends include Yang Jian, Yuwenjue, Yuwenyong and others.
Zheng Yi was passed on to his grandfather Zheng Wenkuan since he was a child, and Zheng Wenkuan's wife, Princess Pingyang, the sister of Princess Feng Yi, Yuwentai's wife. Through this relationship, Zheng Yi has been appreciated by Yuwentai since he was a child, and he goes in and out of Yuwen's house like his own.
Zheng Yi's life is very good, when Emperor Zhou Ming was emperor, he got an errand to assist Fucheng Gong, who knew that later Fucheng Gong was promoted to the emperor, Zheng Yi and Yi became the emperor's close attendants together with Liu Fang, however, these two people just played with the emperor, and the real big things with Yuwen Yong were Yuwen Xiaobo and Wang Rail.
When Yuwen Yong was in power and the East Palace was first built, Zheng Yi became a vassal of the East Palace, this person's characteristic is that he is smooth and can speak, so he soon had a hot fight with the prince and became a celebrity in front of the prince. Therefore, when the prince left the court, he hurriedly called Zheng Yi to discuss.
He said to Zheng Yi: The emperor's favorite son is not me, it is the king of Qin, and Karasuma Rail is the emperor's most trusted minister, let me go on the expedition with him, is the tragedy of Fusu going to be repeated? In that year, Qin Shi Huang ordered Fusu to go out with the general Meng Tian, but as a result, there was chaos in the capital, and Fusu, the rightful heir to the throne, fell into a fate that he could not return to and suffered a catastrophe. Zheng Yi persuaded: May His Royal Highness be diligent, benevolent and filial, as long as he does not lose the filial piety of the Son of Man, he will be fine.
Hearing Zheng Yi say this, the prince's heart was slightly relieved. Leaving the palace and leaving Chang'an, as long as he doesn't want the emperor to be alienated from his own affairs, Yu Wenyun is still very happy, you know, as a father, Yu Wenyong is too strict, and his means of educating his son is a big stick, and Er Zhurong and Gao Huan are in the same vein, disobedient? Split his head and cover his face, and muttered while beating back: How many of the ancient princes have been abolished? Can't the other sons be princes? Yu Wenyun's body is always old wounds that have not healed and new injuries have arisen, and hating iron is not steel is a common problem for every father.
In order to avoid being beaten, Yu Wenyun slowly learned to be obedient, and began to learn to play a good child, and honestly be the prince in Chang'an East Palace. According to Yu Wenyong's request, Yu Wenyun is the same as the ministers, and he is not allowed to ask for leave casually even if it is cold and hot.
Yu Wenyun loves to drink, and Yu Wenyong ordered a ban on sending wine to the East Palace. Yu Wenyong also asked the officials of the East Palace to record the words and deeds of the prince every day, and organize the music every month.
Therefore, during the western expedition, Yu Wenyun was like a bird leaving the cage, and Zheng Yi, Wang Duan and other favorites of the East Palace ignored the cruelty of the battlefield soldiers who broke their heads and spilled blood, and regarded them as a tour of the mountains and rivers, and even more, they indulged in alcohol and violence, and treated the soldiers as slaves to drink around, which made everyone complain. Wang Liang was very angry, he couldn't see the prince and his favored ministers mixed together, there was no difference between master and servant.
In fact, Yu Wenyun is the nominal commander, and Wang Liang has the final say in military affairs. It was already a great blessing for Wang Liang that he could not make trouble, however. Wang Liang is a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes with jealousy and hatred, and he and Zheng Yi are vassals of Yuwen Yong. It is said that they should coexist peacefully, however, the two do not deal with each other, and their personalities determine the circle. After the class teacher returned to the court, Wang Rail reported the matter of the prince to the emperor alone, and the emperor and Wang Rail were friends in trouble, and Yu Wenyong was convinced of Wang Rail's words.
Yu Wenyong called the prince over and reprimanded him, and in a fit of rage, he swung his staff and beat Yu Wenyun, Zheng Yi and others fiercely, and removed Zheng Yi from his name. Most of the favored ministers of the East Palace were dismissed from their posts and left the palace. However, how could Yu Wenyun be willing to let Zheng Yi leave, and soon get him back to his side, the two of them had fun as before, as the prince, there are not many good friends who can play, why should we be separated?
Although he came back, Zheng Yi always felt that a sword hanging on his head would fall down and cut off his head at any time, so he couldn't help but be a little depressed while being happy. Then he said to the prince half-jokingly and half-seriously: When will His Highness be able to control the world? After that, this can be said to be a big rebellion, it is to kill the head, and the crown prince's ascension to the throne is naturally when the emperor dies. Isn't this looking forward to the emperor's death? But Yu Wenyun was very happy and became closer to Zheng Yi.
Wang Liang looks at people very poisonous, and he has seen Yu Wenyun in his bones. In vain, how did the Supreme Wise Martial Hero give birth to such a bastard son, if this bastard ascends the throne and becomes an emperor in the future, he must be a faint monarch. It will definitely bury the Supreme's hard-earned Jiangshan Sheji, and I, Karasuma Rail, am the Supreme's loyal minister. Still the Supreme confidant, I can't sit back and watch something like this happen, I have to do something.
Among the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Wang Liang thought that He Ruodun's son He Ruobi was the most knowledgeable, and the emperor also trusted him, so it was not impossible to pull him together and bring down the prince. Wang Liang chatted with He Ruobi, and he said to He Ruobi with certainty: The prince must not be able to take the throne. He Ruobi echoed casually, Wang Liang was very happy, and sure enough, he didn't see the wrong person.
He Ruobi not only agreed with Wang Rail's point of view, but also instigated Wang Rail to play the Supreme and abolish the crown prince, and finally said that he would definitely stand by Wang Rail. Wang Liang was relieved, and he decided to have a showdown with the prince immediately.
Yu Wenyong is not a good father, the way he educates his son is to beat and scold, the child has been in tension and fear for a long time, and his mind will be somewhat distorted, judging from the things that Yu Wenyun did after he ascended the throne, the historical records do not seem to be made up, Yang Jian has no need to tamper with the history of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his throne was given by the Northern Zhou Chan, he is not a revolutionary, so there is no need to slander the previous emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In fact, Yu Wenyun is a little nervous, and he has a fight with Gao Yang. The tragedy of the world.
The options are limited. I'm as angry as you, but what I'm angry about is Yang Jian's world, whether Yang Jian seizes power or governs the world, every step of the way is brilliant and wonderful, but how could he meet a son of a loser who has never been seen in the ages.
Yang Guang's ability is actually very strong, and even Tang Taizong was amazed when he read his article, "I look at the "Collection of Emperor Yang of Sui", the words are Aobo, and I also know that it is Yao and Shun instead of Ji and Xu, but what the opposite! Wei Zheng said: "Although the king of people is a sage, he should still humble himself in order to accept others, so the wise man offers his strategy, and the brave man does his best." Emperor Yang relied on his talents and was arrogant for his own use, so he recited the words of Yao and Shun and was the line of Ji and Xu, and he did not know that he had perished. ’
Wei Xiaokuan was unwilling to always be beaten passively, he selected an elite squad, taking advantage of the exhaustion of the eastern army, suddenly opened the city gate and killed out of the city, where did the eastern army expect that the western army actually dared to take the initiative to attack, was killed by surprise, countless casualties, in the chaos, Wei Xiaokuan took the opportunity to occupy the soil mountain that Gao Huan had worked so hard to pile up, and pushed the forward position to the south, condescendingly, from time to time to throw some rolling wood into Gao Huan's army and shoot some arrows or something, which made Gao Huan have a headache.
That's not all, he took advantage of the night to put down a death squad with a rope and rushed to the enemy camp, the Eastern Army has been guarding against the assault team coming out of the city gate, where did he think that this time the divine soldiers would fall from the sky, the soldiers scrambled to retreat and flee for their lives, the people on the earth mountain saw that their people retreated, for fear that they would become a lonely army, and also abandoned the earth mountain to flee for their lives, Wang Sizheng occupied two earth mountains, built fortifications on the earth mountain, and established a perimeter defense line for Changshe City.
There is also a third Tushan, the one where Tang Taizong did not conquer Ancheng,,, I wonder how these defenders were able to hold out by getting supplies from the city???
So, when he was in the last dynasty, Wang Liang played in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: The crown prince could not be heard inside and outside the court to have a reputation for benevolence and filial piety, and I was afraid that he would not be able to do his majesty's family affairs. The foolish minister's knowledge is shallow and unbelievable.
But His Majesty often said that He Ruobi had a literary and military genius. He is also often worried about this. Is it true that Horroneshi is also worried? History of Heronne. You can also talk about it. Unexpectedly, He Ruobi actually replied: The crown prince raises the East Palace. I have never heard of any fault.
Wang Liang was dumbfounded, he never expected He Ruobi to do one thing in front of him and one behind his back, and he was resentful in his heart. Yu Wenyong didn't mean to blame, he still said to Wang Orbit with a pleasant face: Qing has something to say, but it doesn't matter, whether it's right or wrong, I know that you are all for me, I don't blame you, but why do you have to pull someone else's back.
Wang Liang said in horror: The minister is guilty. Coming out of the main hall, Wang Liang deliberately waited for He Ruobi at the door, and he was unwilling to be tricked by He Ruobi like this. He didn't understand that He Ruobi had always been good with him, and he was a visionary, why would he betray himself today. He Ruobi walked out of the main hall and saw Wang Rail waiting there, knowing what Wang Rail was going to do, he was good, pretending to greet Wang Rail like no one else.
Wang Liang said angrily: He Ruobi, He Ruobi, we usually know everything and say everything. How can you say that you will regret what is good?
God, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation, we'll go our separate ways from now on. He Ruobi smiled slightly, and said lightly: This is the fault of the public, how can you blame me? Who is the Prince? The prince of the country. Where can we say nothing?
If there is a mistake, you will commit the great crime of killing the nine clans. I thought you would report to the Supreme in secret, but I didn't think you would start playing in public. Karasuma Gong was too imprudent. He Ruobi's father, He Ruodun, was forced to commit suicide because he was dissatisfied with Yuwen Hu, and when he was dying, he once stabbed his son's tongue with an awl and bleed. In order to warn his son to be cautious in his words and deeds, it seems that He Ruobi has not forgotten his father's teachings.
Compared to the king rail. He Ruobi is more serious and scheming, he knows how to advance and retreat, and Wang Liang is like a stunned young man in his early twenties, without a little strategy, which is in stark contrast to his strategy on the battlefield, so we have to say that Mr. Wang Rail is a military strategist rather than a politician.
However, what is puzzling is that later He Ruobi still followed in his father's footsteps and died on his lips, in this regard, I can only say that when a person's life is smooth, he becomes arrogant and gradually loses himself.
Wang Rail was stunned, he really didn't think about the twists and turns in this, yes, the prince is the future king, if he can't persuade the emperor to abolish him, the world will be the prince's world in the future, what I said today can completely offend him, Wang Rail faintly felt a chill down his spine, and he felt fear.
After being silent for a long time, Wang Liang finally sighed, as if talking to himself and explaining to He Ruobi: I am dedicated to the country and have never considered myself. However, it is really not appropriate to start playing in public just now.
After this incident, the prince hated Wang Liang to the core, and he had a good impression of He Ruobi.
It seems that a spell is at work, not only that Wang Liang is not optimistic about the prince, and the members of the Yuwen Yong small group who killed Yuwen Hu are all dissatisfied with the prince, but also, as the great heroes of Yuwen Yong's pro-government, they have received a lot of rewards, everyone sees themselves as the emperor's people, and they want to share their worries for the emperor in everything, as long as they are in danger, they feel that they should help the emperor, and in their opinion, they have an unshirkable responsibility.
Although I have the same opinion in my heart, everyone's personality is different, so the way of shooting is also different. For example, Zuogong Boyu Wen Xiaobo, he is also dissatisfied with the prince, however, he doesn't think that the prince is inherently bad, he hates those who teach the prince badly, the prince is unbearable, it is instigated by Zheng Yi, a gang of traitorous villains.
Yuwen Xiaobo is not as impulsive as Wang Rail, he is cautious and peaceful, although he is dissatisfied with the prince in his heart, he never discusses the prince's issue in public on weekdays, so Wang Rail never sees that he is his comrade.
Yuwen Xiaobo also once admonished Yuwen Yong, his approach is to choose only when he and the emperor are present, and the second is not to directly say that the prince is not good, see what he said to the emperor: the crown prince belongs to the four seas, and the virtue has not been heard, please choose the right and left, for his mentor and friend, there is hope to achieve something, if not, regret it.
Although Yuwen Xiaobo did not say it explicitly, the meaning of his words is equivalent to telling the emperor unmistakably that the prince is really not good now, let it develop, and there will be times when your emperor regrets it, however, the prince's bad is mainly a problem of the people around him, so if he dies early, it may not be too late to find a famous teacher for the prince. Compared with Wang Liang's abolition and re-establishment, Yuwen Xiaobo's construction is more constructive, and Yuwen Yong loves to listen.
In fact, with Yu Wenyong's cleverness, how can he not know about the prince, do you think that the emperor's ears and eyes arranged to supervise the prince are all decorations, but after all, the prince is his own son, what can be done! Yuwen Xiaobo's words reminded him that the prince's bad is more because of the temptation of traitors, and if there is a good teacher to assist, the prince may become better.
During a tour of the place, the emperor asked the prince of Wannian County who the prince was, and he wanted to hear the opinions of the people about the prince, and Leyun replied: Zhongren. Yu Wenyong turned to Yu Wenxian and said: Hundreds of officials flatter me, and they all say that the prince is smart and wise, and only Leyun is loyal and straightforward. Mr. Le, what kind of person is Zhongren?
Le Yun Dao: If Qi Huan Gong is the prime minister, the hegemony can be achieved, and the erection of the mink will be in chaos. Those who are in the middle of the world can do good and evil. Having said that, Yu Wenyong understands the meaning of Leyun, and the key is to select good mentors and friends for the prince. Since everybody says so, let's do it. (To be continued......)