While Li Yan was recruiting troops, Jian Xia led a group of lifestyle players to Dashui Gorge, preparing to build an iron factory in Dashui Gorge.
The cold winter wind blew into Shuofang from Longyou Road, and the new emperor Li Heng, who was in Lingwu, walked out of the temporary palace wrapped in fur.
The winter in Lingwu is really too cold!
Looking at the snow all over the ground, Li Heng missed the warm winter in Xijing.
"Everyone, it's cold outside." A stern-faced eunuch appeared out of nowhere and put a bright yellow cloak on Li Heng's shoulders.
Li Heng touched this brand new high-end silk and brocade cloak and asked doubtfully: "All the master craftsmen of Si Baojian followed the emperor to Sichuan. Where did this cloak come from?"
The eunuch put on a flattering face and said: "Everyone, this is the embroiderer in the house servant She's home. She has been doing embroidery for two consecutive months since His Majesty ascended the throne. At least she caught up with today's heavy snow."
"Fang Aiqing is interested." Although Li Heng's tone was calm, Yu Chaoen, who was familiar with him, knew that this time Fang Aiqing was flattering correctly.
Fang Pu She is Fang Guan, who is Zuo Pu She and Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was also the minister who was most trusted by Li Heng in the Lingwu court.
The name of this stern eunuch was Yu Chaoen. During the Mawei Rebellion, Yu Chaoen was just a low-level eunuch from the Yellow Clan.
However, the prince Li Heng at the time when Yu Chaoen took sides, and Du Jianfang, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu who stayed behind, together advised Li Heng to go north to Lingwu.
Later, Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu with the support of all the ministers, and Yu Chaoen was also awarded the title of Inspector of the Third Palace, in charge of Li Heng's personal bodyguards.
Nowadays, everyone in the Lingwu court compares Yu Chaoen to Gao Lishi of the previous dynasty, who is now the most trusted eunuch around His Majesty.
After looking at the snow scene for a while, Li Heng couldn't help but said: "I thought that when I came here to Shuofang, I could gather the rebel army and put down the rebellion of An and Thieves easily with just a raise of my arms. But I didn't expect that Benqiao was defeated and 40,000 elite soldiers were ruined in vain!"
Having said this, Li Heng couldn't help but throw down his cloak, then stepped on the cloak with his foot and said: "I'm sorry! What's the use of just asking for forgiveness! I can't wait to kill this old man!"
Yu Chaoen lowered his head. The defeat at Benqiao that Li Heng mentioned was the disastrous defeat at Benqiao led by Prime Minister Fang Guan's 100,000 Tang troops.
After Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, he did not use Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who had outstanding military exploits. Instead, he asked the civil servant Fang Guan to lead an army of 100,000 to counterattack the two capitals.
Instinct went well, and Fang Guan had arrived at the bridge not far from Xijing.
Unexpectedly, Fang Guan didn't know if he was stupid because of his reading, but he actually used the fire ox formation from the Spring and Autumn Period, tied flammable objects to the ox's body, and rushed towards An Lushan's army.
But Fang Guan didn't read the art of war thoroughly. He only knew how to use the Fire Ox Formation, but he didn't adapt to local conditions.
There was a headwind at that time, so An Lushan ordered his soldiers to bang their shields and make a loud noise. The fire bulls were frightened and rushed into the Tang army's camp.
Fang Guan was defeated and 40,000 Tang troops were killed in the battle. In the end, only 20,000 remnant troops returned to Lingwu.
This time the troops were lost and Li Heng had to stay in Lingwu for the New Year.
Fang Guan Rouchu pleads guilty, and Li Heng finally accepts his plea in order to appease his subordinates.
He was still appointed as Shangshu Zuopushe and Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, but basically deprived Fang Guan of his power to participate in political affairs.
Yu Chaoen lowered his head. He was also asked by Fang Guan to accept his gold and then help him donate the cloak.
But I didn't expect that everyone would have this attitude. It seems that Fang Guan has lost weight in everyone's hearts.
"It's better to keep a distance from Fang Guan in the future." Yu Chaoen secretly made a decision in his heart.
A close servant like Yu Chaoen relied on the emperor for honor and favor, so Yu Chaoen quickly made the decision to stay away from Fang Guan.
The prime minister was finished, but the saint did not want to deal with him immediately, lest he leave a bad reputation for being mean and unkind.
It seemed that he had not been the prime minister for a long time, so Yu Chaoen immediately decided to find a new partner.
Li Heng stepped on his cloak for a long time, until he was sweating profusely, and then said: "Not to mention the thief, I don't know what the climate in Sichuan is like now, whether it's snowing or not."
Yu Chaoen immediately understood what Li Heng meant, and he said: "Everyone, I heard a message over there. The emperor recited poems with his ministers every day to mourn Yang Taizhen."
After hearing this, Li Heng's anger finally subsided. Yang Taizhen was Yang Yuhuan. When he was in Maweipo, Emperor Li Longji had to execute Yang Yuhuan under the pressure of the mutinous soldiers.
To this day, Li Heng still remembers Yang Yuhuan's cries.
"Humph", Li Heng snorted coldly, and even Yu Chaoen beside him didn't hear it.
If it was true, how could Maweipo execute Yang Yuhuan that day? At that time, the Forbidden Army sergeants were shaking their swords and striking their shields. Emperor Li Longji agreed to all the conditions of the Forbidden Army without hesitation. Li Heng could clearly see this.
in the eyes.
What's more, when Li Heng was the crown prince, he was monitored by the emperor every day, and he lived on thin ice every day.
Li Heng knows best how much true love there is in the Tian family.
However, filial piety is still the foundation of the country. Although Li Heng was very dissatisfied with the emperor, he still said: "Sichuan is a vast land, but it is not as prosperous as Xijing. It is a pity that I cannot regain the two capitals and take the emperor back to the capital for the New Year!"
Yu Chaoen immediately understood what Li Heng meant.
In July, Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, and Fang Guan asked Ying to go to Shu to ask the emperor to abdicate. After that, Fang Guan was able to suppress a group of heroes who persuaded him to join the throne, and even suppressed Guo Ziyi to become prime minister.
What Li Heng feared most was not the rebels in Anlu Mountain in the two capitals, but the emperor in Shu!
Although the emperor abdicated! But after all, the emperor has been the emperor for decades!
The Tian family is selfless, don't tell me that the current one was always targeted by the emperor before he ascended the throne, so don't be too frustrated.
What Li Heng was most worried about was that if the two capitals could not be conquered for a long time, someone would try to support the restoration of the emperor.
Therefore, Li Hengcai rejected the strategy proposed by Guo Ziyi, the military commander, to go to Hedong first and proceed step by step, and instead used Fang Guan's strategy of driving straight in and directly attacking the two capitals.
Now that Fang Guan was defeated, Guo Ziyi's northward faction gradually overwhelmed the southward faction. Guo Ziyi was leading troops to march to Hedong, trying to cut off the connection between Anlu Mountain and Laochao in the two capitals.
Li Heng's hatred for Fang Guan was not because he destroyed 40,000 Tang troops, but because his failure allowed Guo Ziyi's faction to regain the upper hand, and the time to regain the two capitals was postponed.
And if the two capitals cannot be recovered, there will be no way to welcome the emperor back. Then the emperor will always have a sharp sword hanging over his head.
After thinking about this, Yu Chaoen now understood that Fang Guan was completely finished.
This guy tried to bribe himself to intercede with him. No matter how much treasure he offered, he couldn't make everyone forgive him.
At this time, the chamberlain minister said: "Your Majesty, Secretary Li Bi wants to see you."