I never tire of seeing the flowers and snow blowing in the wind, and even more are willing to miss the forest hills.
The sad man was under the window of his book, feeling a sudden chill coming from him.
——"Little Snow" Dai Shulun [Tang Dynasty]
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A few days later, Bai Fu arrived in Chang'an. After settling in, Huang Zhen and Tang Kui informed him one by one of the changes in the court after Bai Fu left.
On May 19, King Cheng Li Chu was canonized as the crown prince. On May 24, Cui Yuan and Li Lin were both dismissed from their positions as prime ministers. Suzong appointed Cui Yuan as the prince's young master and Li Lin as the prince's young master.
All are empty jobs.
On June 18, Suzong issued an edict to convict officials in Chang'an and Luoyang who had surrendered to the enemy. The three departments of Yushitai, Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple jointly tried to interrogate the officials whose cases had not yet been concluded and released them all. Officials who had been demoted or demoted would continue to be executed.
punishment.
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After Bai Fu heard this, he told the two of them about the killing of the demon girl A Qi.
Bai Fu said: "According to Ah Qi's confession before her death, the assassination of the Holy Emperor was behind the scenes of Yin Fenglan, the proprietor of the Caiyi Society. According to the judge of the arresting master Fang and me, Queen Zhang should be a member of the Caiyi Society, and most likely An Lu."
A spy placed beside the Holy Lord."
Having said this, Bai Fu said to Tang Kui: "Fifth brother, please help me find out the whereabouts of Yang Guozhong's third concubine Yin Fenglan. This insidious old woman has been hiding in the dark, planning countless conspiracies. Unless this person is removed, the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed."
It’s hard to be at ease.”
Tang Kui nodded and took note. Tang Kui said: "Brother Fu, the household registration you asked me to forge last time has been completely arranged.
The disciples of the Tang Sect lurking in Luoyang will pretend to be this Li Man, and his appearance, conversation, status, and status will all comply with your requirements. This will be done flawlessly, so please rest assured."
Bai Fu smiled at Huang Zhen and said: "Take out all the land deeds found from Mrs. Guo's mansion. If the head of the household indicates that they belong to Li Hao, give them all to 'Li Hao', and he will dispose of them publicly in the market and sell them in a high-profile manner."
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Tang Kui was stunned, not knowing what the two of them were talking about.
Bai Fu smiled and said: "When the Taifu led some aristocratic families to go south, these aristocratic families sold their land in Luoyang in large quantities. Yang Huahua was the largest buyer of this land and manor transaction.
Li Mou was named by Xuanzong when he was a boy, but few people know it now. Since Yang Huahua registered her and "Li Mou's" names on the land deeds, she must have shown these land deeds to Xuanzong. If the guarantee is not complete, Xuanzong's private money should be used.
I bought it and said it was jointly owned by two people, and they swore to bear witness to it.
Xuanzong regarded himself as the most romantic emperor throughout the ages, and he was the most susceptible to this trick.
Now that Xuanzong has no soldiers and power, he is counting on the money to become a rich man. If he suddenly discovers that Yang Huahua has a lover in Luoyang, also named Li Mo, and actually uses this to coax the emperor into providing money to support Han,
I wonder how Xuanzong feels about marrying someone else?"
Huang Zhen laughed loudly and said: "Brother Fu, if Mr. Xuanzong knew about it, he would definitely vomit blood on the spot."
Bai Fu's eyes were cold and he said: "Treat others in their own way.
The rebellion of Anlushan resulted in a series of disasters, a loss of life, and broken mountains and rivers. In this catastrophe, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, and Anlushan were the three stars of "breaking the army and killing", but Xuanzong was the worst evil in the world!
If he ends well, where is the justice of heaven?"
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After discussing matters in the court, Bai Fu asked, "Is there anything unusual happening over there with Shi Siming?"
Tang Kui nodded and said: "Fan Yang has had a big incident recently!"
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Bai Fu's eyes were eager.
That year, in the tenth month of the Yuan Dynasty of De, Shi Siming raided Hebei Province. The rebels were so powerful that Yan Zhenqing had to lead his troops to withdraw from Pingyuan County.
Shi Siming led his troops to capture Qinghe County and Boping County, and then surrounded Xindu County. Wu Cheng'en, the prefect of Xindu County, led the entire county to surrender to the rebels and dedicated 50,000 soldiers, 3,000 horses and countless supplies of food and grass.
Shi Siming.
Wu Chengen's father, Wu Zhiyi, was once an envoy to the Pinglu Army. An Lushan and Shi Siming were both Wu Zhiyi's generals, and Wu Zhiyi was very fond of them.
After Wu Chengen surrendered, Shi Siming repaid his past kindness and showed good care to Wu Chengen. An Lushan also restored Wu Chengen's official title.
After Shi Siming surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Li Guangbi believed that Shi Siming was ambitious and would rebel again sooner or later, so he secretly reported to Su Zong from time to time to remind the court to be vigilant.
At the same time, given that Wu Chengen was trusted by Shi Siming and relatively loyal to the Li Tang court, Li Guangbi took the opportunity to instigate Wu Chengen.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards. With Li Guangbi's support and Suzong's acquiescence, Wu Cheng'en often used money to recruit private troops. He also disguised himself as a woman many times, went to the military camp to spy secretly, lobbied the generals, and collected Shi Siming Fu's information.
A lot of evidence of rebellion.
Zhang Hao, the former Henan Jiedushi and Li Guangbi, the current Hedong Jiedushi, wrote letters one after another, confirming that Shi Siming would rebel against the Tang Dynasty again, which made Suzong uneasy.
Li Guangbi, in particular, had many encounters with Shi Siming before, and he had a thorough understanding of him. The examples he cited were all to the point. The large amount of information provided by Wu Chengen was solid and the evidence was conclusive. Suzong had to admit that Zhang
The judgments of Hao Hao and Li Guangbi should be accurate.
At the same time, while Wu Chengen was spying on intelligence, some generals in Fan Yang's army also reported to Shi Siming secretly, arousing Shi Siming's suspicion. Shi Siming was cunning and did not pursue the matter publicly, but investigated it secretly.
Shi Siming deliberately sent Wu Chengen to Chang'an to meet with Su Zong.
After Suzong met Wu Chengen, he secretly discussed it for several hours, finally approved Li Guangbi's plan, and decided to take action against Shi Siming.
Suzong appointed Wu Cheng'en as the deputy envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, promising him a high official and generous salary. At the same time, he gave Ashina Chengqing an ironclad ticket to avoid death and ordered him to work with Wu Cheng'en to murder Shi Siming.
After the capital report was completed, Suzong sent his eunuchs Li Sijing and Wu Chengen to Fan Yang to express condolences and appease Fan Yang's troops.
After Wu Chengen arrived in Fanyang, Shi Siming devised a plan to place Wu Chengen in An Qingxu's old house in Fanyang.
There was a secret passage under the bed in An Qingxu's bedroom, which could be used in case of emergencies. Shi Siming ordered two close soldiers to hide under the bed and make a secret passage. The carved bed was surrounded by curtains, which cleverly concealed the secret passage and was not easy to be discovered.
At this time, Wu Chengen's youngest son was serving as an official in Fanyang, so Shi Siming arranged for Wu Chengen's youngest son to visit Wu Chengen at his mansion. Shi Siming laid a trap and waited quietly for Wu Chengen to enter Dendrobium.
As expected, Wu Chengen fell into the trap.
At midnight, Wu Cheng'en couldn't restrain his excitement and whispered to his son: "I have been ordered to get rid of this rebel Hu, and I will be the governor!" (I am ordered to eradicate this Hu traitor, and your Majesty will appoint me as Fan Yangjie)
Envoy!)
After eavesdropping on the conversation between Wu Chengen and his son, the two soldiers jumped up from the bed and shouted loudly.
The lights in the mansion were suddenly bright, and Shi Siming's soldiers rushed into the bedroom, captured Wu Cheng'en and his son on the spot, and found the iron coupons and the secret message from Li Guangbi to Wu Cheng'en.
The secret letter wrote: "If Chengqing succeeds, he will pay the iron bond, otherwise, he cannot pay." (Ashina Chengqing can only give him the iron bond after his matter is successful, otherwise, he cannot give it to him.)
The generals searched for hundreds of pages of rosters, in which the names of the generals who rebelled with An and Shi were written one by one.
Shi Siming was furious and scolded: "Why should I owe you anything for this!" (I am sorry for you in some way, but you are like this!)
When Wu Cheng'en saw what happened, he was terrified. He confessed his crime, kowtowed and begged for mercy, crying: "This is a capital crime, and this is all Li Guangbi's plan." (The crime deserves death, this is all Li Guangbi's plan.)
Shi Siming then gathered all the soldiers of Fan Yang's army, local officials, gentry and common people, faced the west, and cried loudly, hoarse: "I have surrendered to the court with 130,000 people, how can I fail your majesty, and you want to kill me!" (I led 130,000 people to surrender to the court!)
The army surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. How could I be sorry to Your Majesty? Why did Your Majesty insist on killing me!)
After the ceremony, Shi Siming beat Wu Chengen and his son to death with sticks in public, and more than 200 people were implicated and executed.
Wu Cheng'en's younger brother Wu Chengxun escaped and managed to save his life. He fled to Taiyuan. Li Guangbi recommended that Wu Chengxun be granted the title of Prince of Changhua County and envoy of the Shiling Army.
Shi Siming imprisoned the imperial eunuch Li Sijing and reported everything that happened in Fan Yang to the court.
When Suzong heard about it, he once again sent a special envoy to comfort Shi Siming. The edict said: "This is not the intention of the imperial court and Li Guangbi. They are all done by gratitude. The killing is very good." (This is not the intention of the imperial court and Li Guangbi. They are all black.
Cheng'en's personal idea is to kill him.)
At this time, the joint trial of the three departments of the imperial court ended, and the edicts punishing the rebellious officials and rebellious officials were sent to Fan Yang. Shi Siming said to the generals of Fan Yang: "Chen Xilie has been a minister of the imperial court for generations. It is fortunate that the emperor abandoned Shu. Now I am not immune to death. Besides, I belong to this country."
Are you going to rebel from Anlushan?" (Chen Xilie and those people are high-ranking officials of the central government. The Emperor took the initiative to abandon them and fled to Shu County first. Chen Xilie and others will inevitably die now! What's more, we people rebelled against Anlushan from the beginning!
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When Fan Yang's generals heard about this, they became uneasy and asked Shi Siming to come to the imperial court to kill Li Guangbi in order to calm Fan Yang's army.
Shi Siming promised, and ordered Geng Renzhi, the judge of Jiedushi, and Zhang Bujin to write a memorial, saying: "If your Majesty does not kill Guangbi for me, I should lead my own troops to Taiyuan to kill him!" (If your Majesty is unwilling to kill Li Guangbi for me, I will
You should lead your army to Taiyuan and execute it yourself.)