The talented daughter of the Wang family once said within the walls of the Wang family that words spoken in a dark room will lead to conspiracy. This was not just a casual statement, there was indeed some truth and basis for it.
Think about it, in a private house with dim lights, two or three people gather together, and they can talk about thoughts that they normally cannot express, and thoughts that they usually dare not have may pop up.
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Therefore, there is also a saying that those who achieve great things do not seek help from the public. Those who do great things must be part of the conspiracy. If you get so many people to discuss with you and talk about conspiracy, you will be "above and above board".
There is a mixture of light and dark in politics, and anyone who can control it must have a sense of proportion. Otherwise, if you talk about it openly in a private room, but expose it in broad daylight, you will lose your head.
Fan Wenjin naturally understood this truth, and was ready to discuss some sinister plots with Liu Yun who suddenly arrived, but he was afraid that Liu Yun would not understand, especially since Liu Yun, as the internal historian, would go to the prince who was leaking information late at night.
Will your actions in the house be noticed by others?
Fan Wenjin is a person who likes to look at the overall situation. Sadly, he has never controlled the overall situation. In other words, he is one of the counselors that later scholars are willing to advocate.
Why is such a person sought after by later generations? It's very simple. A counselor does not have to bear such heavy responsibilities. He only gives ideas and has many advantages. Once things fail, he will shirk the responsibility by saying that the lord will not listen to good advice.
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And the most important point is, don’t think that being a counselor is easy. The life of a counselor is very exciting, and he can easily make the lord unhappy and lose his head. In other words, he does not need to bear too much responsibility for the facts themselves, but he has to
Taking responsibility for one's own words and deeds is a typical literati position.
Not only can it vividly reflect the talents and values of literati, but its career is also prone to ups and downs, so it meets all the conditions for passing on the name to future generations.
In fact, in this chaotic world, many of the people who are later called wise people are a group of people who are helpless and unable to control their own destiny.
Just like Fan Wenjin who came to Guzang, at the end of the day, no matter how talented he was, he had to put his hope in the person he met for the first time.
This is undoubtedly a profound mockery of reality for resourceful people.
Of course, Fan Wenjin is not yet able to stand shoulder to shoulder with those ancient heroes. People are also accustomed to judging heroes based on success or failure. At this time, Fan Wenjin has no time to think about his reputation behind him. He is struggling hard in his prime...
The urgency of the situation was clearly reflected in his night conversation with Liu Yun.
There were almost no pleasantries, and there was no probing. Li Yundang, who was well prepared, even briefly talked to him about the situation in Guzang.
The emperor was seriously ill and no longer saw his foreign ministers. Liu Yun took the lead in stating a fact. As for what stories there were before or now, Li Yun did not say, and Fan Wenjin was not stupid enough to ask who could talk to the emperor now.
How did they meet, how did the news spread to almost everyone, and whether Li Gui was really seriously ill.
Because this is unnecessary and has no benefit other than showing that you are unable to grasp the key points and making people look down upon.
There is only one thing I want to tell you with this, and that is that the emperor is ill, which is the root cause of the current situation. Otherwise, there would never be such a tense situation in Guzang City that outsiders would watch the joke.
Li Yun next used narrative sentences, which soon gave Fan Wenjin a more intuitive impression of the distribution of forces in the capital of Liang Kingdom.
First came the An brothers, and behind them were the Hu people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu. During the Daye period, due to the split of the Turks, Yang Guangzhi was so proud that he turned his attention to the Western Regions. As a result, the nine surnames of Zhaowu were revived from then on, and their people traveled all over the countries in the Western Regions, as far away as
Central Asia.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, war broke out and trade routes were cut off. The Zhaowu clan lost its backing and suffered heavy losses immediately. An Xiuren took a fancy to Li Gui as a businessman, became friends with him, and helped him raise troops. It can be said that An Xiuren dominated Li Gui.
In the process of Hexi, the contribution was very large.
After Li Gui proclaimed himself emperor, in return and to appease the hearts of the tribes in the northwest, An Xiuren took the post of Sima of the Prince of Liang and served as Minister of Household Affairs.
In fact, according to the situation under Li Gui's rule, it is irreversible for An Xiuren to become powerful. There are too many ethnic groups in the northwest. An Xiuren and his people do business and have certain friendships with various tribes.
Reusing An Xiuren will be more conducive to stabilizing the hearts of people in Hexi.
Today, An Xiuren has used rather tactful means to win over the Qiang tribes, and some tribes from Tuyuhun who have turned to Li Gui are also flirting with each other.
It can be said that the northwest Hu tribes represented by An Xiuren are the largest and most restless force in Guzang City today. Once chaos breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous, and Guzang City may be bloodbathed.
In contrast, the belated arrival of An Xinggui also played a role in fueling the flames. He brought the promise of Emperor Li Tang to those who had different aspirations.
This is no longer a secret. As soon as Li Gui fell ill, he came to Guzang as Li Tang's envoy. With the help of An Xiuren, he became an official under Li Gui's rule. He no longer had to hide anything.
This is a rather strange thing, which not only shows Li Gui's magnanimity, but also shows An Xiuren's power and cunning.
In addition to the An brothers, the most stubborn and most repulsive to An Xiuren and others are undoubtedly the people headed by Guan Jin, Li Yun, Cao Zhen and others.
This has nothing to do with righteousness, but is caused by serious ethnic differences. The northwest counties with strong winds have always been a place where ethnic groups live together. Because of differences in appearance, living habits, customs, etc., conflicts and killings have been countless.
But since the Western Wei Dynasty gradually became stronger, whether they were Xianbei nobles or Han descendants, when they came to the northwest, the first people to be punished were the Hu people headed by the Tuyuhun and Qiang people.
In other words, the Xianbei regime, which gradually regards itself as Han people, has a very clear attitude on issues involving the northwest. Other ethnic groups are at the bottom, and only the Xianbei and Han people can be at the top.
Ever since, since Yuwentai of the Western Wei Dynasty, and even before that, the wars with various Hu tribes in the northwest have never stopped, with more victories than defeats. After each war, many slaves were produced and several people were killed.
Only a Hu chief would return to the army.
Over the years, that kind of hatred is almost impossible to erase.
Later people must have been very happy when they looked at these records. They opened up new territories and expanded their territories...but you must know that there is never a win-win situation in war. The strength and glory of the Central Plains Empire was written with the blood of the Northwest Hu people.
What was the situation like at that time? By the Daye period, the once powerful Tuyuhun tribe had been almost completely driven to the highlands. Most of the Tuyuhun tribes who remained on the plains were reduced to slaves, slaves who could be killed at will.
The Qiang people retreated into the mountains and deserts. Many of them were labeled horse bandits from birth, were hunted by the army, and lived like outlaws.
And Tuqiang slaves are also spread all over the northwest counties, otherwise the Bai Yusuo Rebellion would not have made such a big splash.
This was the cause and effect that the two generations of emperors of the Sui Dynasty planted to open up trade routes to the Western Regions. When Bai Yusuo's rebels ravaged the northwest, the scene was so tragic that it is impossible to describe.
Therefore, whether it is based on ethnic differences or lessons learned from the past, Li Yun and others who once drove the Hu Nu at will would not be willing to see a Western Hu type climbing on top of them. That would be terrible.
And there was more than just one reason that prompted them, who were already conflicted, to join forces. Emperor Li Gui poisoned Liang Shuo to death. This was no secret among the important officials of the Liang Kingdom, and it was also something that frightened Li Yun and others.
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Whether it was the preparations for his son's ascension to the throne or the various actions of the An brothers, they all showed one thing, these heroes were among those to be eliminated.
In other words, Liang Shuo's death brought them back together and became busy with their respective lives and fortunes.
They no longer trust the emperor, and no longer want to support Li Gui's son on the throne. They just want to fight for a way out with swords and guns when they are in danger, just like they did when they raised armies.
In addition to them, there are some people who hold power, namely the old officials of the Sui Dynasty, headed by Xie Tongshi, the Minister of War, and Wei Shizheng, the Minister of Rites.
Just by looking at their surnames, you can tell that they are all members of the Guanxi clan. They were forced to surrender to Li Gui and had no loyalty to Li Gui. They formed their own group in the Liang Dynasty and often joined forces with An Xiuren and others to criticize Liang Shuo.
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After roughly speaking these words, Li Yun felt a little depressed. The situation was so dangerous that he had already been frightened and couldn't sleep. Now that he was speaking in front of others, he felt a little embarrassed and deepened his confidence.
Psychological stress.
Some people will panic in critical moments and even fully reveal their timid nature, but some people, on the contrary, have amazing ability to withstand stress.
Fan Wenjin is undoubtedly the best among them...
Fan Wenjin's spirit is relatively high, of course, and he cannot be allowed to lose concentration. It is a matter of life and death. At this time, his thinking has exceeded his own imagination, even if he faced the bad situation of being demoted, or Li Yuan sent Zhang Luntong
When Bing entered Shangdang, his mind had never been so sharp.
From this point of view alone, Li Po did not choose the wrong person. Of course, this needs to be proven by facts.
When Li Yun remained silent, Fan Wenjin only pondered for a moment and then said: "The An brothers will cause chaos in the name of Li Tang. Does Li Gong want to contact everyone in the name of the King of Han?"
Fan Wenjin remained silent. Li Yun thought that this person was frightened and was quite disappointed. When he heard this, he immediately slapped his thigh and said, "That's it. Dear brother, are you willing to help us?"
Yes, Fan Wenjin's IQ has skyrocketed, and the puzzles that have been in his mind all day long are solved naturally without the help of others.
The moment he opened his mouth, he got to the key point...
(It’s Li Yun, not Liu Yun. The person who recorded it cannot be mistaken. It has been corrected.)