Chapter 332: The Death of King Nanyang
Overnight, the king of Nan'an, Xingtai Shangshu begged Fugui and Fuxu, and Xingtai Shangshu Wei broke Hu Fuxu...... There are a few families who have been detained and beheaded, and there are countless relatives of all sizes who have been implicated.
For a time, Jinyang City was full of wind and rain, and everyone was in danger...... Then, Murong Yan on the left, Zu Ting on the right, and Duan Shao on the right were summoned to the palace late at night to discuss disarmament matters.
On the second day, the emperor issued an edict to dismantle most of the soldiers who were over 50 years old or seriously injured or disabled, and to divide up the wealth and land obtained from the raids, and the voices of dissatisfaction and resentment gradually subsided. More than 78,000 people were disarmed in Jinju, Bingju and other important towns, and the forces in the six towns suffered heavy losses!
On the fourth day, the emperor summoned the left and right prime ministers to meet again, and the emperor actually discussed with them about the expansion of the army, Zu Ting and Murong Yan were at a loss, they had just been disarmed, and now they were going to expand the army, and His Majesty's mind was inevitably changing too quickly. However, since he asked, the two of them could not answer, Murong Yan said: "Your Majesty can recruit soldiers in Jinzhou and Bingzhou for a generation, and the children of Northern Xinjiang are all coarse, even if they are less than eighteen years old, they are about the same as adult men, and the minister thinks that it is enough to replenish a large number of soldiers." ”
Zu Ting frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is best to enlist in the army at the age of twenty, and the scale should not be too large, the country is constantly recruiting, and the people need to recuperate. This simply doesn't make sense! Your Majesty's golden mouth and jade words, if you want to make the people of the people live, will you lose your trust to the people of the world so soon? Your Majesty, please think twice! ”
Gao Wei said in a deep voice: "This is an extraordinary time, I don't want to fight, but I have laid off so many soldiers, and the border defense must be prepared!" If the border defense is not prepared, Yidi invades, and wolf smoke rises, who will guarantee national security? I didn't issue an edict to forcibly recruit people, I just let people who wanted to join the army, isn't that okay? Although there are regulations, it is important to be aware of the flexibility at this extraordinary time. ”
Zu Ting was helpless and said: "That's good, although the minister does not dare to resist the order, but the country has a system, and those under the age of eighteen will not be conscripted into the army." However, the minister still wants to say that this matter is very important, and it cannot be forced, otherwise it will be a long-term plan to recruit soldiers into the army, not a day's work! Without waiting for Cushman & Wakefield to express his position, he said:
"The minister thinks that His Majesty can recruit the strong men of the northern Xinjiang tribes into the army, which can weaken the strength of the various departments and facilitate the control, and second, can replenish the troops very quickly. They grew up on horseback, and they were brave and good at fighting since childhood, and with a little training, they were qualified soldiers......"
"But they can only herd horses, and how many people can farm? Recruiting these people is probably incompatible with the government soldiers. Murong Yan frowned. Zu Ting shook his head, "It's not that they are incorporated into the government army, what the minister said is that they will be hired as before, so that they can fight for the imperial court." The difference is that the soldiers are recruited by the imperial court rather than the generals, and it is the imperial courts, not the generals, who drive them to fight......"
Gao Wei's eyes gradually lit up, and he smiled: "Reasonable." In this way, the jobs of these soldiers will depend on Gao Wei, not the generals. The previous mercenary system was because most of the ministers of the Six Towns were tribal chiefs, and the soldiers under their command were almost equal to their own private soldiers. Although the Xianbei Baibao selected among them can be defeated by one hundred, not all soldiers are such warriors, and the six towns ...... It has long been depraved!
And it is this that the emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty are deeply afraid of, the soldiers who can fight have become noble private soldiers, how can they not be allowed to throw rat traps? It is precisely because of this that the capital was moved to Yuye, and another political center was developed to compete with Jinyang. Since then, the bipolar politics of the Northern Qi Dynasty has begun, and the civil official group of the Han family and the Wuxun group of the six towns of Xianbei have waged an endless struggle until the country is destroyed!
The recruitment of troops by the state, firstly, to reduce the power of the Beizhen tribes and facilitate control, and secondly, to bypass the Xungui group and hold the military power in their own hands, preventing them from further developing and growing after heavy losses. Next, it is a thorough reform of sinicization, completely abolishing all the old customs of Hu and Han inequality, completely abolishing the old custom of Hu and Han not intermarrying, and changing the upper-class language of the Northern Qi Dynasty into Chinese! Encourage them to intermarry, speak Chinese, and wear Hanfu! Of course, it is not easy to achieve this goal, and there are a series of interests involved...... Fortunately, he is already halfway there.
After the decaying Wuxun Group was weakened, the rotten flesh on Beiqi's body was scraped clean, and from then on, Gao Wei could let go and there were no taboos! Sitting on the dragon chair for so long, Cushman & Wakefield can finally sleep comfortably one day......
I have to mention that in this political turmoil, many people have fallen, but Cushman has not swallowed up these interests, and more interest groups have come out to carve up these blank vacancies, and many of them are former allies of those losers, which is in line with the old saying, as long as there are interests, killing fathers and enemies can turn enemies into friends, let alone turning their backs on allies, in general, the vast majority of people are relatively satisfied with this...... Probably except for Gao Xuan.
It stands to reason that Gao Xuan shouldn't have been worried, he was the first hero to quell the rebellion, and took the lead in exposing the conspiracy of Gao Sihao, the king of Nan'an. Even if the emperor knew that he had been in the company of those people and had acted rebelliously, he would have turned a blind eye.
In fact, the emperor not only did that, but he also gave Gao Sui an official and promoted to a general, and his princess has been received by the queen many times in recent days, and has been rewarded richly, it seems that he should be happy, but ...... He really couldn't be happier.
Because something is so wrong. Based on his understanding and speculation, the emperor will not only not approve of him, but will also snub him, which is normal. Since the emperor knew the trick in it, and understood why the king of Nanyang was involved in this rebellion, but it was very strange that he didn't do anything to him, such as seizing the title and confining him, and when he summoned him on weekdays, he was also soft-spoken, and he was kind like a good brother born from the same mother......
In the emperor's family, even if it is a brother born to a mother, he will never be ambiguous when it is time to do it! Forgot about Gao Yang's slaughter of siblings? Gao Yan and Gao Zhan forgot about the opposite? …… Gao Sui found that he couldn't understand this brother who was born on the same day more and more, but at least one thing was clear, Gao Wei, a guy with a deep city, was by no means good at stubble!
So he was also waiting, waiting to see what Cushman would do with him. The matter of King Nanyang's favor was naturally seen by many people, and the ministers shook their heads and sighed, and privately discussed that Gao Xuan had always been brutal and treacherous, but he suddenly became prominent, and the court and China were afraid that there would be a storm in the future.
The most fierce reaction was the martial arts team, even if few of them were on the side of the "anti-party", but the emperor killed so many people, and they were also martial artists, they inevitably had a cold feeling.
Don't dare to point fingers at the emperor, it's always okay to be angry with King Nanyang...... Originally, Gao Sihao's conspiracy miscalculated, and it was impossible to cause any more trouble, and everyone was safe. If it weren't for the betrayal of King Nanyang, how could so many people be implicated?
Dead and degraded, most of the power of the six towns in the court has been emptied! The rest were frightened by the emperor's wrist, and they had broken their guts, and they couldn't toss any more storms, so they naturally had grievances in their hearts, and they pointed the finger at King Nanyang......
At this time, Gao Xuan already sensed that something was wrong, and the voices of the court attacking him became more and more severe and more frequent, and the emperor smiled very tolerantly, but this did not make them die, but intensified this attack.
One day, the emperor got the news, Feng Yi Wang, Taifu Gao Run, who stayed in Yecheng, died of illness, and hurriedly went to the Taiji Hall to summon the courtiers to discuss the matter, the emperor's favored Hu general He Yusa did not know who to pick, actually knelt in front of the imperial steps at this time to denounce Gao Xuan, talking about Gao Xuan's many acts of rebellion, and there is evidence of guilt, it is said that the emperor was "shocked" at that time, and then scolded He Yusa, so that people were scolded by the staff fifty, expelled from the Taiji Palace.
Gao Sui was also so frightened that he wanted to enter the palace late at night to explain to the emperor, but the emperor's personal attendant Gao Shun took people to his palace first, and came with them with a pot of poisonous wine. Gao Sui scolded Gao Shun: "Cheap slave, get out, this king wants to enter the palace to face the saint!" ”
Gao Shun grimaced, forced a smile and said, "This is what Your Majesty means, the king should not embarrass the slaves." Gao Shun sighed, waved his hand back, and two tall warriors stepped forward to hold Gao Xuan down, broke his jaw, and poured poisonous wine into it......
After Gao Wei listened to Gao Xuan's ending, it was already a quiet day, and the birds returned to the forest.
Gong E stepped forward to light the candles one by one, and the warm halo illuminated the hall, but the lonely shadow on the throne could not be illuminated, and the emperor who sat on the dragon couch was silent for a long time, and said:
"I only punish Gao Xuan, and the rest of the people will not be implicated, how to say, they are also my flesh and blood brothers...... As for the Nanyang princess Zheng, she is willing to be widowed, anyway, I always have to pick a child from the clan to pass on to Rentong. If she doesn't want to, don't embarrass her, she's still young, let her remarry. There was Concubine Li, everyone was tight-lipped, daring to confide half a word, kill. ”
"Yes."
The emperor looked at the twilight, and suddenly said, "Spread my will!" King Feng Yi posthumously presented the great Sikong, buried him with the courtesy of the prince, and ordered Li Delin to make a sacrifice on my behalf, engrave a stone tablet, show his merits, and serve hundreds of officials, and when I return to Ye, I will come to the memorial ...... in person" He paused for a long time and added: "As for the king of Nan'an and the king of Nanyang, they will be buried with the rites of civilians, and there will be no temple attached to the temple after death, and no tablet will be set up, and the people will not be allowed to marry...... Chin this. ”