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When Dongping King Zhu Quanzhong led the main force of the Xuanwu Army to fight with the Hedong Army in Jinzhou, a banquet was being held in Fengxiang City.
The Xuanwu Army left very few troops near Fengxiang, and led the newly surrendered Jingzhao, Huazhou and other servant armies to continue to besiege Fengxiang. The Fengxiang Army entered Beijing many times. Li Maozhen also liked to point fingers at the emperor, but faced the majestic Fengxiang of the Forbidden Army.
The Xuanwu army was extremely weak in front of the Xuanwu army. Although it was several times stronger than the enemy, it did not dare to leave the city to fight.
The main purpose of the banquet was to relieve the tense atmosphere in the past few months. Li Keyong sent troops to lure Zhu Quanzhong away. For Li Maozhen, Han Quanhui and others at this moment, it was really a great happy event and they should indeed be celebrated.
Since it was a banquet, of course the number of people had to be gathered together. In addition to Li Maozhen, Han Quanhui and other officials in charge, the emperor Li Ye was also recruited to serve as a foil. The emperor would accompany the drink, so the drink would be enjoyable.
Emperor Li Ye was very depressed, frustrated, helpless, and of course, very angry. Since being "come to" Fengxiang, he has become the "pencil" of Li Maozhen, Han Quanhui and others. What edicts do they want?
He had to write some edicts. For example, when Zhu Quanzhong was still on the way to Fengxiang, he wrote several edicts, saying that he was fine and just went hunting in Fengxiang, so that Prince Zhu would not bother coming. When Zhu Quanzhong came to the city with his troops,
He also wrote an edict, saying that he was really fine, and that he had come to Fengxiang to make tooth sacrifices to avoid the drought in Chang'an. He asked Prince Zhu to quickly return to Bianzhou to take care of his farm, so as not to lose the grain.
These edicts were not Li Ye's original intention. He still wanted Zhu Quanzhong to rescue him. But later, after Zhu Quanzhong made it clear to the world that he wanted the emperor to visit Luoyang, the eastern capital, he was also afraid of Zhu Quanzhong. This looked a bit like Han Xian Emperor.
Taste! Therefore, the following edicts urging Zhu Quanzhong to return are more sincere.
The emperor really put a lot of thought into persuading Zhu Quanzhong to return to the territory under his jurisdiction. He appointed Yan Gui as the envoy of Qi and Bianhe, and proposed to give Zhu Quanzhong the surname Li. He wanted to be the peacemaker and made Zhu Quanzhong and Li Maozhen brothers.
However, he was rejected by Zhu Quanzhong sternly and his attitude was quite unruly. In the eyes of the emperor, Zhu Quanzhong changed from his previous submissiveness and seemed to be a different person. While he felt scared, his fragile heart was also deeply affected.
I feel deeply hurt and humiliated.
If I had known this, I should not have acquiesced to Cui Yin's secret recruitment of troops to Zhu. Who would have thought that this was an act of rejecting the tiger at the front door and attracting the wolf at the back door?
The emperor held up the wine cup and drank by himself. While watching Li Maozhen and Han Quanhui talking and laughing, he secretly felt guilty.
Apart from the person named Zhu, the people who made the emperor feel the most humiliated were Li Maozhen and Han Quanhui, especially Han Quanhui.
Last winter, Prime Minister Cui Yin trusted Zhu Quanzhong secretly, so the Xuanwu Army marched westward, causing panic in Chang'an. So Han Quanhui urgently asked his friend Li Maozhen for help, preparing for the emperor to "come to Fengxiang". At that time, the emperor thought that the man named Zhu was coming.
The man who rescued him still refused to leave, so Han Quanhui led his troops into the palace to urge the emperor to leave. The emperor refused and drew his sword and hacked at him, preventing the soldiers from getting close.
Later, the emperor ran to the Qiqiao upstairs and could not come down, so Han Quanjie threatened the emperor and said that he would set the building on fire. The emperor had no choice but to go downstairs and ran to the Ideological and Political Hall. However, the door of the Ideological and Political Hall had been tightened, and the emperor was surrounded by soldiers.
Surrounded by them, as a last resort, they climbed onto the stone railing in front of the temple, sat astride the stone railing with one foot hanging outside, and cried, "If any of you dare to come over, I will jump down."
Later, Han Quanjie drove the queen and concubines out of Shaoyangyuan, and went to the Ten Kings' Residence to deliver the kings to His Highness Sizheng. He drove them all into the carriage and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, if you don't come with us, then we will
Let's leave first. In order to prevent the palace from falling into the hands of Zhu, we are going to set fire to this place. At the same time, the people of Chang'an will also flee Fengxiang with us. There is no one in the whole city, and there is no food or clothing. You
Don't blame us.
So the emperor burst into tears and had no choice but to get down from the railing, get in the car and leave with Han Quanjie. As soon as he left the palace gate, he saw that the palace was already on fire...
This was the tragic experience of Emperor Li Ye last winter, so the more he looked at Han Quanjie, the more displeased he became, and he sighed in his heart, are there any loyal ministers in the world?
The banquet was quite lively. In addition to the emperor, Li Maozhen and Han Quanhui, there were also some courtiers, bachelors and officials who followed the emperor to Fengxiang. These people were all bureaucrats of Han Quanhui and Li Maozhen's faction. Most of them were neutral or Cui Yin's faction.
All the officials stayed in Chang'an and did not follow him. When Xuanwu's army entered Chang'an at the end of last year, the officials who stayed in Chang'an, led by Cui Yin, went to the outskirts of Changle to welcome Zhu Quanzhong. The scene and etiquette were not much different from those for welcoming the emperor.
It was only when word of the grand event of the suburban welcome reached Fengxiang that the emperor Li Ye saw Zhu Quanzhong's true purpose.
The two capitals have fallen into the hands of Zhu Quanzhong, and the emperor can only hide in Fengxiang. He himself can't tell whether he is being kidnapped or seeking refuge. The situation is really confusing!
When the banquet was in full swing, a sergeant came in and whispered to Li Maozhen first. Then Li Maozhen immediately pulled Han Quanjie and several others out of the banquet and went to a small meeting aside. When these people got up, they even greeted him.
None of them hit anyone, completely ignoring the existence of the emperor, but the emperor has long been used to it. Now the emperor can only know the matters that Li Maozhen and Han Quanjie want him to know, and cannot interfere with other matters at all, and asking questions is in vain.
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As soon as Li Maozhen, Han Quanjie and others left, the emperor felt the pressure on his body lighten. He took a deep breath, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup. After drinking for a while, the emperor looked at everyone in the seat one by one. What's the matter?
It doesn't look pleasing to the eye.
At this moment, Wei Yifan and Han Wo were close to him. The emperor, who had drank a few more drinks, was dizzy. Seeing Wei Yifan smiling and enjoying the song and dance, he seemed to be very relaxed and content, so he couldn't help it anymore and looked at Wei Yifan and said: "Wei Yifan."
The waiter is so elegant, is this wine delicious?"
Wei Yifan smiled and replied: "The singing and dancing today are so beautiful, isn't your Majesty not in high spirits?"
The Emperor said angrily: "Do you know why I am so lucky to be here on patrol?"
Of course Wei Yifan knew that the emperor was losing his temper, so he just smiled, shook his head and said: "When your Majesty decided to come to Fengxiang, I was outside and didn't know what was going on."
The emperor asked him contemptuously, "Do you really not know or are you just pretending not to know?" Wei Yifan drank alone and pretended not to hear.
The emperor was very angry. He mocked and said: "How dare you say nonsense in front of me? No matter whether your position as prime minister is justified or not, since you have entered the political hall, you should govern impartially. If you do not do well, be careful
I will depose you as usual!" The emperor's words were angry and had no possibility of execution, so Wei Yifan still ignored him. The emperor was so despised that he was filled with shame and anger. He glared at Wei Yifan, but was unable to do anything to him. He just whispered viciously.
Said: "A person like you should be punished twenty times with a cane before talking!"
Wei Yifan was originally a minister, but later attached to Li Maozhen. He was recommended by Li Maozhen as Minister of Industry and Tongping Zhangshi, and now he has become the head of the hundred officials in Fengxiang City. Therefore, the emperor disliked him and vented all his anger on him.
past.
The emperor turned to Han Wo, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and said, "Look, such a person can enter the political hall. It is true that the treacherous ministers are in power and the loyal ones are not good enough."
Han Wo is the only minister who favors the emperor. But at this moment, "I am going my own way", he dare not talk to him casually. Today, the emperor has even the last fig leaf taken away, and he can vent without any scruples. But
Han Wo didn't dare. If he talked nonsense, he might be pulled out and chopped one day.
Wei Yifan felt very angry when he was accused of being a "treacherous official" by the emperor. So he held up a large cup to pour wine for the emperor with ill intentions. The emperor refused to drink, so he kept holding the cup in front of the emperor and never put it down. He kept pressing it against the emperor's chin.
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The emperor and Wei Yifan were getting angry with each other. Li Maozhen, Han Quanhui and others came back from a small meeting. Seeing this scene, they smiled and let the emperor drink it, and then reported to the emperor that there was good news.
But it turned out that the generals in Youzhou supported Li Chengzhong as the governor of Jiedu, and petitioned the emperor to grant a ban and increase the number of military governors.
Li Maozhen was not familiar with Li Chengzhong, but Han Quanjie was overjoyed. You must know that the last time the imperial court appointed Li Chengzhong as the governor of Yingzhou, he personally sent it to Liucheng! Han Quanjie considered himself to have a close relationship with Li Chengzhong, and his subordinate Zhang Maoan
It was Li Chengzhong who was sent to him as a confidant, and he immediately informed Li Maozhen of this relationship.
Regarding the current world situation, being able to stir up trouble in Hebei, which Zhu Quanzhong had just pacified, would undoubtedly be a great benefit to the current situation in Gyeonggi and Guanzhong! The two people immediately agreed to prepare to actually appoint Li Chengzhong as Lulong Jiedushi, and at the same time follow Li Chengzhong's instructions
All the promotions and appointments reported to Youzhou civil and military officials will be approved one by one!
In Fengxiang City, there were not only the emperor, but also the privy envoys Yuan Yijian and Zhou Jinrong, as well as Wei Yifan who had joined the political affairs hall, and Yan Gui, who was in charge of the matter. The whole team was complete, and the edict could be issued immediately, so the two discussed the matter.
Immediately at the banquet, Wei Yifan was asked to draft the imperial edict, and Yuan Yijian was appointed to criticize it on behalf of the Emperor Zhu.
Zhang Maoan was in charge of the seal. He went to the court holding the emperor's jade seal. The emperor numbly took the jade seal and handed it to Yan Gui for approval. An edict that strictly complied with the procedures of the Tang Dynasty was written.
Li Chengzhong was awarded the title of Zhongshu Ling, Lulong Jiedu Envoy and Youzhou Governor, and Jinzheng Third Rank Champion General;
He was awarded Zhou Zhiyu Tongping Zhangshi, Lulong Jiedu deputy envoy and concurrently governor of Yingzhou;
He was awarded Feng Dao, Minister of Rites, and Lu Long, Judge of Jiedu;
Zhang Xingzhong, Jiang Miao, and Zhou Kan were each awarded the title of Yamen General, and the fourth rank of Jin Cong was promoted to General Xuanwei;
He was awarded Zhong Shao, Cangzhou Defense Envoy, and the fifth rank of Jinzheng, General Dingyuan;
He was granted the title of envoy of the Huaiyuan Army in Yelu Jieli, and was awarded the rank of cavalry general in the fifth rank of the Jin Dynasty;
He was awarded Meng Xuxing, Youzhou Defense Envoy, and Jin Cong, a fifth-ranked cavalry general;
He was awarded the title of Defense Envoy of Yingzhou in Jiao Chengqiao, and he was awarded the rank of cavalry general in the fifth rank of Jin Cong;
He was awarded Zhou Xiaolang as the defense envoy of Mozhou and the fifth rank of Jin Cong as a cavalry general;
Granted Wang Yibo the training envoy of the Youzhou regiment, a guerrilla general in the fifth rank of Jin Cong;
He was awarded Liu Jinhou as the training envoy of the Cangzhou regiment and the guerrilla general of the lower fifth rank of the Jin Dynasty;
He was awarded Zhao Yuanping as the training envoy of the Mozhou regiment and the guerrilla general of the fifth rank of Jin Cong;
He was awarded the title of Wei Keming's Yingzhou Regiment Training Envoy and the fifth-rank guerrilla general of the Jin Dynasty;
He was awarded the title of "Shun Qian Huaiyuan" to guard and capture the envoys.
Zhao Hongde, Gao Mingbo, Han Yanhui, Xiao Zheyuan, Qin Yueshan, Zhao Rang, etc. were awarded the title of Jiedufu Ma, Infantry Marquis of Yu, and Jin Cong fifth rank lower guerrilla general...
Only in this era is it not surprising that a large number of generals above the fifth rank were sealed off at once.
This is a strange appointment and dismissal of official positions. There are defense envoys and regimental envoys coexisting in the same state, and military city envoys and guarding envoys coexist in the same military city. Such appointments are quite rare, which puzzles Li Maozhen and Han Quanhui. According to this It was the custom of the times. After Li Chengzhong took control of Youzhou, there was no problem in enfeoffing his subordinates. However, everyone would be enfeoffed in different places, and each person would occupy a piece of territory. This was the right way to enfeoff. But why did it appear on the list sent by Lu Long? What about so many phenomena of coexistence and coexistence? You must know that Lulong still has many states that can be divided.
In the end, Han Quanjie guessed that such an appointment might come from Li Chengzhong’s idea of "system in the same city"...
Of course, these were other people's "internal affairs" and had nothing to do with the imperial court. Although the two of them were strange, they still made all the appointments as ordered.
Zhang Maoan wants to be the envoy to deliver the decree and return to Youzhou to meet his "good friend" Li Chengzhong. However, he is now an imperial eunuch and has important responsibilities. He is also Han Quanjie's right-hand man, and Han Quanjie cannot leave him for a moment. , so I had no choice but to give up.
Finally, Han Quanjie recommended Zhou Jinrong, the privy envoy, to go to Youzhou to announce the decree.
This standard is too high and too grand! Zhou Jingrong, Privy Councilor of the Lower House, is the second-in-command of Beiya, equivalent to the second-ranked prime minister of Nansi. Zhou Jinrong went to Youzhou to announce the decree, which represents Han Quanjie's sincere friendship with Li Chengzhong. .Of course, there is also a little bit of showing off from Han Quanjie himself. Han Quanjie is the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army and is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but he can command two Privy Council envoys and send them to run errands for him. It is tantamount to telling Li Chengzhong that although our family is not a Privy Council member, it is our family that has the final say in the inner court! (To be continued...)