Chapter 346: The Son of Heaven Orders the Princes
After learning of Li Rupei's attitude, Yang Fugong gave up all illusions, and he was ready to do it.
Yang Fugong was born in a family of eunuchs, entered the palace since he was a child, served in the province, and was slightly familiar with literature and ink, his adoptive father Yang Xuanji was a privy envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and his cousin Yang Fuguang was a lieutenant of the Right Shence Army and a privy envoy of the imperial court, which made Yang Fugong know the importance of power, even when Tian Lingzi was in power, Yang Fugong also wanted to stay in the capital, if it were not for Yang Fuguang's admonition before his death, Yang Fugong would not have left.
Completely defeated Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun, Yang Fugong thought that it was all his own credit, if it wasn't for his strategizing, contacting Li Maozhen, and lobbying the northern feudal town to enter King Jingqin, the emperor would continue to suffer from Tian Lingzi's humiliation, of course, why was he able to defeat Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun and others in such a short period of time, Yang Fugong would not think so much, many things could not be traced back to the source, otherwise the credit would be difficult to say.
Yang Fugong, like Tian Lingzi, regards Li Rupei as the biggest threat, relatively speaking, the powerful northern feudal towns take into account their own interests, and there is not much threat to the capital and the imperial court for the time being, and Li Rupei's toughness has also invisibly shocked the northern feudal towns, so that they dare not act rashly.
Yang Fugong must keep his authority, this is his lifeline, and he must not lose it, unless he loses his life, power is like wine, which makes people addicted and can't stop, but unfortunately power is also poison, which makes people indulge in it and cannot die well.
After weighing for a long time, Yang Fugong couldn't think of any other way, it was unrealistic to unite the northern feudal towns to resist Li Rupei, the iron-blooded army recovered Longyou Dao and exterminated Tubo, which had already made many northern feudal towns cold and afraid, they would not take the initiative to confront Li Rupei, relying on the Shence army to resist Li Rupei, it was a joke, the Shence army was by no means the opponent of the iron-blooded army.
As for letting the emperor declare Li Rupei a thief, this will not work. Li Ru is too smart, measures such as exterminating Huangchao and recovering Longyou Dao have been supported to the greatest extent, and at this time it is said that Li Rupei is an anti-thief, a measure to ask for trouble and self-destruction, I am afraid that the opposition of the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang will be unbearable.
No matter what the point of view, no force could prevent Li Rupei from entering the capital.
When that time really comes, the emperor will give way to Li Rupei, and he Yang Fugong will lose everything.
When it's time to get your hands dirty. Yang Fugong would not hesitate, otherwise he would not have been able to defeat Tian Lingzi.
When Fengxiang Jiedu sent Li Maozhen into Beijing, Yang Fugong specially sent his henchmen to the city gate to greet him, this was a secret negotiation, and the outside world could not let the outside world know, and the things they wanted to discuss could not be leaked in the slightest.
Li Maozhen came directly to Yang Fugong's mansion, he would not enter the imperial city, and the Jiedu envoy entered the capital Chang'an. It is necessary to be ordered, and he does not have a holy decree in his hand, but if Li Maozhen needs a holy decree, Yang Fugong can also think of a way. But there was no need, when he came to the capital to meet Yang Fugong, Li Maozhen also knew what was going on.
Yang Fugong was waiting for Li Maozhen in the study, and there was a thrilling cooperation between the two. They basically know each other, so after meeting, there are not so many politenesses. And not beating around the bush.
After Li Maozhen sat down, Yang Fugong directly handed over the letter to Li Rupei to Li Maozhen.
Li Maozhen looked at it very carefully, there was not much expression on his face, and after Li Maozhen finished reading, Yang Fugong spoke.
"I don't know how Gong Li feels after reading it."
Li Maozhen still had no expression on her face, and she spoke quickly.
"His Royal Highness King Fu is very tough, it seems that General Yang needs to think of a way to deal with it, I heard that the emperor has the intention of Zen concession, I don't know if this matter is true, I guess General Yang knows."
Li Maozhen's attitude, Yang Fugong was not surprised, he quickly changed his direction and began to touch the things that Li Maozhen really cared about.
"Li Gong is very calm, our family knows that Li Gong is prosperous in Fengxiang, and our family really admires Li Gong's ability, our family can't do it, but this kind of situation, how long can it last, once King Fu decides to enter the capital, all Li Gong's efforts in Fengxiang are afraid that it will be in vain, although our family has lost a lot in the capital, but thinking about living a worry-free life, it is still possible, but Li Gong is not easy to say."
Li Maozhen's face changed slightly, Yang Fugong did say what he was most worried about, in fact, both of them understood that according to Li Rupei's style of acting, as well as the strength of the iron-blooded army, once they entered the capital, the northern feudal towns would be uneasy, not to mention continuing to develop and grow, even the basic maintenance, I am afraid it is difficult to do, the iron-blooded army only took more than half a year to recover Longyou Dao and return Tubo to the Tang Dynasty, this kind of strong style, how can it allow the existence of the northern feudal towns.
In fact, there are also a lot of contacts between the feudal towns in the north, especially Wang Mei, the envoy of the Jingyan Jiedu, Li Keyong of the Hedong Jiedu, Wang Chongrong of the Hezhong Jiedu and Li Keju of the Youzhou Jiedu, etc., they sent envoys to each other, predicted the current situation, thought about the next countermeasures, and faintly had the meaning of uniting to fight against the iron-blooded army.
Li Maozhen is a rising star compared with these festival envoys, and it is difficult to integrate into the northern feudal towns for the time being, but his strength has developed very quickly, after serving as the Fengxiang Jiedu envoy, relying on the foundation of the original Shence army, integrating local forces, constantly recruiting troops and horses, expanding the number of troops, the number of troops under his command has exceeded 20,000 people, and in the northern feudal towns, it can be regarded as a force that should not be underestimated.
That is, before receiving Yang Fugong's secret letter, Hedong Jiedu made Li Keyong's envoy come to Fengxiang, and Li Maozhen had the first contact, Li Keyong's strength is the strongest among all the northern feudal towns, and the crow army under his command is extremely powerful, and it is by no means able to compete with other Jiedu so that the army can compete, and Li Keyong's mind is not ordinary, especially after the success of King Qinwang in Beijing, it is even more revealed, there was a request for the imperial court to be crowned a king, but it was not approved by the emperor for the time being.
This contact made Li Maozhen very unhappy, because Li Keyong was the most powerful, and the envoy he sent revealed a condescending posture, and he Li Maozhen was just a rising star, compared with the northern feudal towns, the qualifications were obviously insufficient, and Li Keyong was willing to send the envoy to contact, which was considered a gift.
This trampled on Li Maozhen's self-esteem, but in fact, he Li Maozhen was not ambitious.
Under such circumstances, after receiving Yang Fugong's secret letter, Li Maozhen quickly came to the capital, and came to the capital in person, which is almost impossible under normal circumstances.
Although Li Maozhen was worried and had a lot of thinking, he was unwilling to bow his head in front of Yang Fugong first.
"General Yang laughed, a certain is just an envoy of the Fengxiang Festival appointed by the imperial court, even if His Royal Highness King Fu comes to the capital, a certain is also doing things honestly in Fengxiang, what happens in the capital, it is not involved."
The sneering look on Yang Fugong's face flashed, and he quickly returned to his smile.
"If Li Gong thinks so, our family has nothing to say, but the situation in the south, Li Gong should know, the southern Jiedu envoys have no right to command the army, they can only act as local government affairs, the army belongs to the unified control of the Southern Dao Daxingtai Government, and the Jiedu envoy is not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the army, if His Royal Highness King Fu comes to the capital, this point must be implemented, in this way, how can the northern Jiedu envoy have an army, if he can't have an army, then how much power can he have."
Yang Fugong said slowly and logically, not in a hurry at all, but the truth he said was accurate, and these words were a huge shock and blow to Li Maozhen.
Li Maozhen finally couldn't help it, Yang Fugong wrote a secret letter, it must be to discuss a big matter.
"General Yang has something to say, just say it directly."
This is the atmosphere that Yang Fugong needs, when it comes to playing with power, Li Maozhen is not Yang Fugong's opponent, Yang Fugong has been in the province since he was a child, and he has seen too many power games, the so-called what to see and what to learn, Li Maozhen has always been in the army, he is a lot more straightforward, and he does not have a lot of skills and scheming, and he will go straight to do things.
"Li Gong rest assured, since our family invited Li Gong to the capital, there must be a big matter to discuss, our family is sincere, otherwise it would not be so painstaking, Li Gong and our family's ideas have a lot in common, King Fu enters the capital, it is a matter of time, but if King Fu easily enters the capital, it is also impossible, the ancestral system of the court can not be violated, for example, the control of local military and civil affairs is a system that has long been determined, and King Fu cannot be violated, but now King Fu is powerful, Li Gong and our family are unable to compete alone, even if they are united, it is very difficult, so the only way to use the requirements of the imperial ancestral system is to contend with King Fu. ”
Li Maozhen's eyes widened, looking at Yang Fugong, he didn't know what way Yang Fugong could think of, Fengxiang was very close to the capital, if Li Rupei entered the capital, the first to be purged, it was very likely that he was the envoy of Fengxiang, if he couldn't make adequate preparations and wait for the disaster to come, it was his Li Maozhen's reluctance.
"Our family thinks that everything is on the emperor's body, no matter what, the emperor is the lord of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the emperor reigns for a day, as the blessed king of the Li Tang royal family, he will not dare to mess around, even if he enters the capital, he will not get the orthodox status, so controlling the emperor is the best way to deal with it."
Li Maozhen gasped, what Yang Fugong thought of was to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven, this method was used by Tian Lingzi, but it was covered up and not completely exposed, it seems that Yang Fugong may ignore it.
Soon, a smile appeared on Li Maozhen's face, Yang Fugong really did it, he Li Maozhen was able to get a lot of benefits from it, and he was able to occupy a high position in the shortest possible time, so that Li Keyong and others did not dare to underestimate it. (To be continued......)