In fact, there is a good saying, the Son of Heaven, the strong soldier and the strong man do it.

This truth was not understood from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but from the beginning of Tang Fangji and King Wu's war, it has been a tacit secret.

If it is true that the royal power and imperial power are sacrosanct, then it is still the family of the Xia Hou clan for ten thousand generations.

To really uncover the bloody scars of this fact, we still have to start with the inheritance law of the tooth soldiers and the inheritance law of the Shence army in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

The so-called tooth soldiers, to start with Wei Bo Ya soldiers, Wei Bo Ya soldiers were established by Tian Chengsi, Tian Chengsi followed An Lushan to oppose the Tang Dynasty in his early years, he as the general of An Lushan, when he saw that the rebels were about to go, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court appointed him as Wei Bojie's envoy in order to appease the generals.

Tian Chengsi is extremely insidious and cunning, since the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, he took the opportunity to divide one side, extorted violently, recruited troops, expanded the army on a large scale, and openly selected strong people to become tooth soldiers in the name of self-defense.

As a pro-army, the tooth soldier will have a more intimate relationship with the soldier and between the soldiers, and it is easy to produce all kinds of nepotism. The intimate relationship between the tooth soldiers will make the tooth soldiers more united, and the tooth soldiers will be more dedicated to the festival, and naturally, the festival will tilt more military resources towards the tooth soldiers.

In the long run, the tooth soldiers will become the strongest army under the Jiedu Envoy, and the dependence on the tooth soldiers will be greatly deepened, and the tooth soldiers will form a unified interest group. In the later stage of development, the festival gradually became the puppet or spokesperson of the tooth soldier, and the tooth soldier needed a puppet spokesperson, once the spokesperson did something that endangered the interests of the tooth soldier, the tooth soldier chose to change another spokesperson at any time.

Since Tian Chenghei established Wei Bo Ya Bing, Wei Bo Ya Bing gradually formed a huge interest group with the local people as the core involving land, economy and population, Wei Bo Jun has experienced Tian, He, Han, Luo three eras for about 150 years, except for a few marshals who died of illness and in office, most of the Jiedu envoys were abolished for the Ya soldiers.

Not only Wei Bojun, but also various feudal towns had such a phenomenon, and at the local level, the tooth soldiers developed to the later stage and gradually became a group force on the side of security.

And the Shence Army is even simpler, as mentioned before, Ju Wenzhen, who single-handedly manipulated Yongzhen Neizen, controlled the Praetorian Guard of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty - the Shence Army. And after the abolition of many emperors, they couldn't avoid the shadow of the Shence Army. Even Li Ye was once locked up in the courtyard by the eunuchs who controlled the Shence Army, and he was locked up for several years, and he couldn't survive or die.

In the Later Tang Dynasty, after the death of Emperor Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty, his adopted son Li Congke and his son Li Conghou competed for the throne, and Shi Jingtang took advantage of the situation to enter. In May of the first year of Tianfu, before Shi Jingtang rebelled, he discussed countermeasures with his generals, and his subordinates provided two roads. One of the ways is the legendary Praetorian Guard Succession Law - bribing the senior generals of the Praetorian Army.

At that time, Shi Jingjiao's subordinate Liu Zhiyuan said this: "Ming Gong has been a general for a long time, and he has won the hearts of soldiers; Today, according to the place of victory, the horses are strong, if the soldiers are passed on, the emperor can be successful. ”

Even in Daiqing, there is also a nine-gate admiral inheritance law. Without the decisive moment, Xiao Duozi made a final decision, and I am afraid that Ai Lao Si would not be so easy to ascend the throne and become the emperor.

Like what some female frequency authors wrote, looking at it can make people laugh off their big teeth, what is the prince of the concubine, holding hundreds of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion, and worrying that he will be suppressed by the prince and the emperor after entering Beijing......

According to the normal laws of history, not to mention that the prince of the concubine is so justifiable, even if he has no blood relationship with the royal family, he has to ask why he suddenly has an extra piece of clothing on his body, and then sighs that you are really miserable.

So now it's like this, it's Emperor Taizong who is standing on it, and it's not terrible - it's terrible that he took the entire Chang'an City under control with his soldiers. If it was just Emperor Taizong, then they could deny it, after all, it was impossible for the eunuchs of the Shence Army to allow such a powerful person to exist in Chang'an City. But now they have pressed the Shence Army to the ground and rubbed it...... Do you dare to have an opinion? If you dare to have an opinion, Li Shimin will dare not to eat beef.

Among the courtiers, there are not only those who are flies and dogs, but only those who know how to fight for power and profit. is like the kind of people who are worried about the country and the people, and there are many people who are looking forward to the good of Datang. But now in this situation in the imperial court, this kind of person can only be said to account for a small part.

In the second year of Tang Muzong's Changqing, the signs of party strife were not yet on the rise, so Li Shimin was not too tired to deal with it. In addition, not only he is there, but also Li Zhi, Li Xian and others are assisting him on his left and right. is the so-called fighting tiger brothers, fathers and sons, although compared with Li Shimin, Li Zhi and others' political talents are not so good, but they are enough.

If you talk about scoring political ability, Li Shimin is at least 100, and Li Zhi is about 90.

Hey, don't underestimate these 90, there are a lot of people with negative scores. Li Zhi's historical evaluation suffered from Wu Meiniang's body, mainly because his wind disease was too serious, and he didn't expect Wu Meiniang to be so able to live, so he was stolen.

To say that this Wu Meiniang is really not a thing, Li Zhi is bent on giving her power, but Wu Meiniang is good, just like the snake that Mr. Dongguo covered the heat, the first thing he did was to throw Li Zhi's tablet out of the Taimiao.

Li Zhi is not only seriously ill, in fact, he is also lazy, and he is a bit similar to Liu Chan in some aspects, he really likes to let go of power to death if he likes a person - Princess Taiping is a living example, and now Li Lingyue is the first empress of the Tang Dynasty, so she is not magnificent, and she has long lost the decay of the abandoned woman back then.

It is said that power is the best tonic for men, and in fact, women are the same.

When he was fine, Zhu Fan also took people to the Yonghui Dynasty to take people to see the demeanor of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty......

Li Zhi, who has been lying flat for many years, is somewhat rusty in dealing with court politics, and he is not even as efficient as his son Li Xian in this regard. But he is also smart enough, after all, he is Li Shimin's son, and he is quite quick to pick it up again.

Among the courtiers, Li Shimin did not exclude Niu Shengyu and Li Deyu too much.

The two are not fake, but their abilities are also obvious to all.

Since Li Heng ascended the throne, Niu Shengyu has been reappointed as the Zhongcheng of the Imperial History, in charge of impeachment and reporting the negligence of officials. After receiving power, he was greatly invigorated, and he was upright in dealing with unjust prisons in accordance with the law. In the first year of Changqing, Li Zhichen, the assassin of Suzhou, was corrupt and perverted the law, and his crime should be punished. Li Zhichen bribed the eunuch to intercede for him, and Li Heng also said to Niu Monk and Yu that he "wanted to borrow his law", which meant that he wanted to forgive his crimes. However, the bull monks and children were eloquent and stressed the need to uphold the national legal system. Li Heng was moved by the correct exposition of the cow monks and children, "Jiaqi abides by the law, and his face is given gold and purple", and he is the official and the same as the peace.

Niu Monk and Child were more decent officials, he was not bribed, and he was very famous at that time. When Han Hong entered the court as an official, his son once bribed the eunuch courtier. After the death of Han Hong's father and son, when the emperor sent someone to help his young grandson clean up the property, he found that the house book "has a place to accept bribes", and went to the name of the monk and the child. ”

But the shortcomings of Niu Monk and Yu are also obvious, just like Sima Guang, who is simply opposing for the sake of opposition. When Li Deyu wanted to recover Victoria, the Niu Party said that "Victoria is slow and the customs are urgent". However, when the seven passes of Tubo Qin, Yuan, Anle Sanzhou and Shimen came to vote, they hurriedly ordered to try their best to recover.

Don't say it, don't say it. In terms of compromise and anti-war, Niu Shengyu and Sima Guang are really quite different. Sima Guang is pure master and harmony, while Niu monks and children are mainly double standards.

During his reign, Li Deyu's achievements were mainly focused on counterattacking the Uighurs, pacifying Zelu, strengthening the power of the prime minister, suppressing eunuchs, eliminating redundant officials, stockpiling materials, and banning Buddhism.

Of course, Li Deyu not only cleaned up Buddhism, but also didn't look down on Taoism. Tang Wuzong Li Yan believed in Taoism, Taoist priest Zhao Guizhen was very favored and trusted, and Li Deyu repeatedly admonished, even at the expense of offending the emperor.

Like Fan Zhongyan, he commented on him, "Li meets Wuzong, is independent and fearless, controls the Quartet, has the merit of the phase, although the traitorous party is trapped, and the righteousness is immortal." Later generations of historians and politicians have greatly affirmed him.

Even foreign historians have high praise for Li Deyu: judging from the large number of political documents he left behind, Li Deyu's reputation as an extremely capable administrative official is not only the result of sympathy for his historians. He is good at grasping details, and will use them only after considering the strengths and weaknesses of others. The ability to coordinate large-scale government action, and to submit complex proposals to the emperor—these talents were reflected in his recitals and drafts from time to time.

In these aspects, he is enough to match Lu Zhen, and in terms of actual work, he may be excessive. It was mainly thanks to Li Deyu's efforts that the Tang government was able to withstand the crises that often occurred in the early forties of the ninth century, such as possible foreign invasions, rebellions in feudal towns, and domestic unrest.

But it's a pity that the two of them can't help themselves when they walk the rivers and lakes, and many things are not just the two of them who want to go against each other, but the people behind them push them, so that they can't retreat.

Disputes between interest groups are overwhelming.

The current Li Deyu was exiled as an observer envoy in western Zhejiang, and Lao Li urgently ordered Li Deyu to enter Beijing as soon as possible.

In less than three days, the dusty Li Deyu appeared in the Lizheng Palace.

Lao Li sat in the Liangyi Palace, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar carved beams and paintings, and always felt that some things were wrong, but Zhu Yan changed.

I think when he was discussing the government with his close ministers in the Liangyi Palace, who were the people in the two classes? are all old guys, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui......

What now? It was Li Deyu, Niu Shengyu and the backbone of their Niu Li Party, as well as some neutral ministers.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin also felt speechless.

Why is there no sign of this kind of party struggle in his Zhenguan Dynasty?

patted his chest and said, Lao Li felt that he really didn't want to deliberately play any balance in the court. Many times it is moisturizing things silently, and he has absolute confidence in his own ability, so the entire Zhenguan Dynasty is in a vigorous upward trend, and he is so healthy that he can't be healthier anymore.

Thinking that after his death, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang made the court into a miasma, and Li Shimin became even more angry.

He flew up and kicked on the waist of Li Zhi, who was reviewing the folds beside him.

"What are you doing, ouch......" Li Zhi covered his waist and rubbed Aya who looked at him resentfully.

"I just want to beat you up for something that is not as good as a cake!" Li Shimin glared at Li Zhi.

Li Deyu and Niu Shengyu looked at Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong in front of them dumbfounded, and sighed that while the relationship between father and son was good, a big rebellious thought also rose in their hearts at the same time.

This Emperor Gaozong is indeed underwhelmed!

Just giving up the country to his wife is enough for him to drink a pot.

But it is definitely impossible to say it......

Even if Li Zhi is no longer a thing, that person is also a king, and the so-called minister does not say anything about the king, so he comments on the book......

"I won't say much about superfluous things," Li Shimin put down his feet and looked at Li Deyu and Niu Monk and Child again, "You Niu and Li have formed their own gangs and engaged in party disputes, I think it's better to stop in moderation." ”

"The sin deserves death! His Majesty Taizong has a clear understanding, and the minister's heart for the Tang Dynasty can show the sun and the moon! The cow monk and child took the lead in kneeling on the ground.

Should I say it or not, this is also his sincere words.

"The sin deserves death! His Majesty Taizong has a clear understanding, and the ministers have no intention of party contention! Li Deyu also knelt on the ground with a thud.

According to the usual rules, in fact, the courtiers did not need to kneel to the emperor, that is, they would kneel on the ground during the first and fifteenth days of the new year.

But the current situation is different, but in front of him is the Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and he will not suffer a loss if he kneels.

Besides, who dares to question my Lao Niu (my Lao Li) loyalty to Datang?!

"Of course I know, not only your heart, but also what you will do in the future!" Li Shimin snorted, "Of course you don't have the intention of harming Datang, and you are all loyal to the imperial court, but in fact, the behavior of the party and the difference between you has caused irreversible damage to Datang!" Forty years, the entire Datang is only two hundred and eighty-nine years, you calculate, how many forty years can Datang have? ”

"Death to the minister!" The two immediately said in unison.

"Ten thousand deaths, what's the use of dying?" Li Shimin knocked on the table: "If I kill the two of you, Datang will become better, then I don't mind hanging both of you on the Xuanwu Gate!" My heart aches, I handed over the country to you unscrupulous descendants, but it became like this, I am really heartbroken! ”

As he spoke, Li Shimin pointed the finger at the ministers behind Niu and Li.

"And you, I'm not just talking about the two of them, they're the leaders of the two parties, and you? Though you stand on the dry shore with a high sound, are you so clean? ”

"I won't say anything else, I advise you, when you have nothing to do, turn your heart, lungs and intestines out and dry them, wash them, and pick them up!"

(Ask for a commuter pass)

(End of chapter)