Chapter 108: Li Tang's Family Affairs
God will!
Li Shimin liked this title when he watched Zhang Yichao's life.
He even privately wrote a poster of "Dunhuang Ancient Gods", but regretted that he could not recruit that discussion tide to open up the territory for the Tang Dynasty.
And now this Wang Zhonghei can be said to be very much in line with Li Shimin's appetite in all aspects.
After being loyal and brave, he was cautious in his use of troops, bold in strategy, and not proud of his achievements.
Although Xuanzong had such a famous general, he could not avoid the Anshi Rebellion, but ...... At least a lot of misfortunes should be avoided, right?
Taking a big breath and taking two breaths, at least for the time being, not having to look at An Lushan has made Li Shimin feel a lot better.
As for the weird last sentence of the light curtain, it made Li Shimin's heart tense slightly:
Could it be that this Wang Zhonghei also died as early as Huo Quai?
But it's too far to worry about these things now, so I'll put this matter aside for a moment.
Li Shimin looked at the top sentence of Du Ruhui's transcription:
"The early Tang Dynasty... Mars? ”
"Who is Su Dingfang?"
For Li Jing, Li Shimin is not surprised, and Li Shiyun can only say that it is expected, but another name that he has never seen is a little dazed.
So Li Shimin looked at the two generals for help.
At this time, Hou Junji's smile was a little unmaintainable, but he still tried his best to give Li Jing his hand.
Li Jing was old and serious, and he smiled very reservedly:
"This Su Dingfang's merits were personally promoted by His Majesty."
"Oh?" Li Shimin recalled a little that he was familiar with Li Jing and had participated in the Great War in recent years...
Those meritorious battle reports that were rewarded by Li Shimin himself were recalled.
Soon a name came to mind:
"Su Lie?"
"It's Su Lie."
Li Jing confirmed:
"When Yinshan was in the mountains, Su Lie was the vanguard, and his people led two hundred horsemen to climb first, breaking the tent of the teeth."
Now Li Shimin completely thought about it:
"After the war, the first level of merit, Jiafeng Zuowu Hou Zhonglang General."
At the same time, I also remembered the official position of Su Lie before he was awarded the title: Kuang Dao Mansion Zhichong Du Lieutenant.
So Li Shimin sighed:
"Such a name will not be used at the side? When the temple of manna is dismissed, it will be called in person. ”
It's no wonder that Li Shimin is so anxious, where is Kuangdao Mansion? The four streets in the southwest corner of Chang'an City are called Kuang Dao Mansion.
There are two tombs here, one for the burial of the prince and one for the burial of the prince.
To lead such a position under the nose of Chang'an City, the difference between being blunt and sweeping the street is not too big.
Linked to this Su Lie's old general Liu Heimin, Li Shimin naturally speculated:
In the history of the light curtain, this Su Lie is likely to be in this idle state of street sweeping for ten years.
But now it's different from the past, and now he, Li Erfeng, is sharpening his knives, and there are more places where he can display his ambitions.
So Hou Junji became even more depressed, and his gaze at Li Jing became more and more resentful.
……
Zhang Fei looked at the Tubo Zampu who the light curtain said followed Sun Quan's example and retreated, and laughed out loud:
"I can see that every time this kind of battle of hundreds and tens of thousands, the needs are very different."
"Oh?" Zhao Yun looked willing to hear the details, and planned to learn from Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei crossed his fingers and looked serious:
"The soldiers need to forget to die and will go first."
"It's easy to have a lot of soldiers, you just need the coach to be like an uncle."
Zhao Yun pursed his lips slightly and put down the small notebook he had just picked up in his hand.
He thought he could really learn something, but it turned out to be an unattainable situation.
As for being called the god of war by later generations, the people of Chengdu Mansion were not surprised.
This kind of prosperous era of outstanding martial arts is strange if there are not a few fierce people.
And even if this Wang Zhonghei is the heir, isn't it also aimed at Huo Qu's disease?
Coincidentally, Huo Quzhi is a famous general of our big man, so he doesn't envy it at all.
Kong Ming was envious of the wealth of the Tang army: sufficient horses and armor weapons.
On the other hand, I was secretly a little worried: the tone of this light curtain is not very good.
[In order to control the temperance envoy during the Xuanzong period, the relatives of the temperance envoy should stay in the capital as a hostage.
In exchange, the Jiedu envoy will return to Chang'an as an official after leaving office, and there will be different treatment according to the merits of the Jiedu envoy.
It is also for this reason that Minister Li Linfu's attitude towards Wang Zhongsi was hostile at the beginning, after all, with such a record as Wang Zhonghe, it is really difficult to justify returning to Beijing after leaving office and not giving him a slaughter.
Then three things happened in a row, which led to the rapid fall of this Tang God of War.
Incident 1: Li Linfu proposed to train Hu generals to curb other temperance envoys.
Combined with Xuanzong's moderation, it is easy to understand that the Hu people are easy to control, and returning to Beijing after leaving office will not threaten the power of the prime minister, and this strategy is easy to divide the power of Wang Zhonghe's four towns.
It was because of this strategy that Li Linfu and An Lushan came together.
An Lushan also took advantage of Li Linfu's help and bribery offensive to start his own steady progress.
Incident 2: The Slander Case of Stone Castle City.
Shibao City is an important military town in Hexi, where Tang and Tubo have been fighting for many years, and Xuanzong wants to completely control it.
Therefore, after Wang Zhonghe's rise, Xuanzong Yao ordered Wang Zhongsi to forcibly take Shibao City, but Wang Zhongsi judged that it was not yet time to capture Shibao City, so he dissuaded him.
In 747, Dong Yanguang took the initiative to request an attack on Shibao City, and Xuanzong agreed and ordered Wang Zhonghei to respond.
However, as Wang Zhongsi judged before, Shibao City was easy to defend and difficult to attack at this time, and Dong Yanguang failed to conquer it within the time limit.
Of course, this alone is not enough to bring down Wang Zhonghe, so Li Linfu has been prepared for a long time.
Incident 3: The Prince's Slander Case.
In 737, after killing the crown prince by the way in the achievement of "killing three sons in one day", Xuanzong hesitated for a while about who to appoint as the new prince.
At that time, the candidates were Li Jing, the king of Shou, and Li Yu, the king of loyalty, but in view of the fact that Yang Yuhuan was once the princess of Shou, Li Longji looked a little embarrassed.
As a result, Li Yu, who was disliked by everyone, was finally made the crown prince and renamed Li Heng, which can also be said to be the most cowardly prince in history.
Xuanzong didn't like him, and Li Linfu and Gao Lishi could attack him wantonly.
Even An Lushan, a general, can step on him to please Xuanzong.
By the way, this is also one of the reasons for An Lushan's rebellion, fearing that Li Heng will be liquidated after he ascends to power.
Such a prince, Xuanzong himself is naturally strictly guarded.
In 744, the crown prince Li Heng was suspected of having a private meeting with the border generals, Xuanzong was furious, and the relevant border generals were punished.
In 747, when Dong Yanguang falsely accused Wang Zhonghei with the slander case of Shibao City, Li Linfu was keenly aware that the time had come!
At his instigation, Jiyang Bei Wei Lin jumped out, claiming that when he was serving as the assassin of Shuozhou, his boss Hedong Jiedu made Wang Zhongsi personally say:
In his early years, he lived with King Chung in the palace and was willing to honor the crown prince.
In the end, Xuanzong was furious, summoned Wang Zhonghei to the court, and ordered the three divisions to be severely interrogated, and Wang Zhongsi was almost tortured to death.
Ge Shuhan, who took over the post of Wang Zhonghe's envoy to Longyoujiedu, wrote a letter to protect it, and finally Wang Zhonghei saved his life, demoted Hanyang Taishou, and died violently two years later at the age of forty-five.
When Wang Zhongsi was in Hexi, he concurrently served as the envoy of the four towns of Hedong, Hexi, Longyou, and Shuofang, with 250,000 troops under his command.
And since 744, Wang Zhongsi has been constantly going to Xuanzong, bitterly Chen An Lushan's rebellion, but Xuanzong has never seen it with his eyes.
is also the son of Xuanzong, and he also has heavy troops.
Wang Zhonghei was loyal and fought, and he made outstanding achievements, and he shook the west of the river for thousands of miles, but finally died of slander.
An Lushan's clever words flattered him and made no meritorious deeds, and Hebei bought the hearts of the army, and finally raised a large army against the Tang Dynasty.
I have to say that Li Jiazaburo did everything he died, and he couldn't complain about others at all. 】
Kong Ming's eyebrows were completely raised, and he felt completely incomprehensible:
"Killing three sons in one day? It even includes the crown prince? ”
"This Li Tang court is really ......"
Kong Ming kept shaking his head and found a relatively peaceful word:
"Unbelievable."
Fa Zheng on the side is already taking stock with great interest:
"Two righteous sons, one is forced to die, and one rebels."
"Of the five parents and daughters I know so far, I killed three, robbed a son's daughter-in-law, and the one who became the prince was arbitrarily bullied."
"This righteous son of the rebellion can enter and leave the harem at will, and can be built with great fanfare..."
Fa Zheng pinched his fingers to the end, and he was already gloating:
"Of the seven sons, the most faithful and capable of beating the most died the worst."
"To us outsiders, this An Lushan looks like his own!"
"The obstacles to this rebellion were all swept away by this Xuanzong himself, so ridiculous and unprecedented!"
Fa Zheng was still shaking his head and laughing after speaking, as if he had watched a superb drama.
Zhang Fei pursed his lips, feeling that this family looked unappetizing except for Wang Zhonghe, so he simply echoed Fa Zheng's sentence:
"As Xiaozhi said, if this An Lushan is not opposed, it is really sorry for Xuanzong's hard work."
Even Liu Bei sighed lightly:
"The sons of other families are afraid that the prince will not become a talent, but this Xuanzong is good, for fear that the righteous son will not rebel."
After saying that, I let it go, and then I noticed some of these problems:
This Li Linfu is known as the prime minister...... It's not a good name. ”
Xu Shu shook his head:
"The appearance of power, you can imagine."
"In order to avoid the outgoing envoy from fighting for power, he vigorously supported the generals and colluded with An Lushan's generation."
"If there is no such proposal, this Anshi Rebellion may ......"
Xu Shu didn't know much about the situation, and it was not easy to judge, so he could only shake his head in the end:
"The king is mediocre, and he plays with power, and he is to blame."
However, Zhang Song calculated on the side and interjected:
"Pure and good as Wang Zhonghei can lead four towns and 250,000 soldiers and horses, which shows that there are at least seven or eight envoys in this Tang Dynasty."
"There are about 60,000 soldiers and horses in one town, so if the envoys of the festival work together, it should not be difficult to calm down."
Zhao Yun shook his head:
"If calculated according to Ziqiao, the number of soldiers in this Tang Festival should be 500,000, and this Hu general has three percent of the soldiers and horses in the world."
"Thirty percent of the soldiers and horses, all belong to one person, and the other four or five knots are in charge of the soldiers and horses, and there is also the control of the Son of Heaven."
"If it's really a confrontation, it's hard to win."
What Zhao Yun said was already quite face-saving to the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Song also understood.
Whether the Jiedu envoys can be united is a question, and there is still a mediocre emperor on it.
Moreover, this emperor has just been betrayed by his righteous son and the envoy of the festival, will he be suspicious of the other envoys of the festival?
Therefore, it seems that the Tang Emperor's side has the advantage of troops, but in fact it is only five or five.
And you have to ask for this Tang Emperor...... Zhang Song was not very confident and asked himself:
"This Xuanzong, shouldn't he cut off his own arms, right?"
(End of chapter)