Outside the city, the north wind blows, and the athletes on the city are blown off their ears.
The general wore a jade tent and mink clothes, holding a wine glass and watching the snow fly.
——"Travel to the North Wind" by Liu Ji (Ming Dynasty)
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Combining grace and power, combining strength and softness, is the art of balance.
Bai Fu was a general who was bloody on the battlefield, and he would not just be gentle and tolerate traitors.
The Jinwu Guards and the Jingzhao Prefecture declared to the world that those who committed evil crimes and committed crimes would be severely punished without mercy.
Bai Fu placed ten fire-paint killing sticks in front of Jinwu's Duke's palace. Anyone who dared to kill, set fire to, or rob a man or dominate a woman would be killed without mercy!
Bai Fu holds the Thousand Ox Sword, and has the power to kill first and then punish him. However, Bai Fu does not take advantage of his power easily. Instead, he will hand over the prisoner to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, who will be convicted and sentenced according to the criminal law of the Tang Dynasty.
The underground gangs know that Bai Fu will keep his word and will no longer provide shelter for repeat offenders who violate the criminal law.
A batch of notorious criminals were arrested and transferred to Dali Temple for conviction. After the Ministry of Punishment reviewed the death penalty, they were executed on the street. This move was very popular and quickly won the hearts of the people.
Those who participated in the Daming Palace rebellion of the Maitreya Sect were also caught and transferred to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.
Secret spies from Fuso, Silla, Tubo and other countries lurking in Chang'an surfaced one by one. Bai Fu had a firm grasp of the whereabouts of these spies, and secretly followed them but did not arrest them, in order to prepare for future use.
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On this day, Bai Fu led the Jinwu Guards to patrol the Sixth Street.
When we arrived at Xuanpingfang, we saw the gate of a mansion open. In the courtyard behind the screen wall of the mansion, nearly a hundred soldiers holding swords tied together hundreds of old, young, women and children in the mansion.
The soldiers yelled angrily, waving their riding whips from time to time, and whipped the bound people roughly.
This group of soldiers has bright armor, and the lower edges of their shoulder helmets are decorated with black-spotted mastiff skin. At a glance, you can tell that they are mastiff guards affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Mastiff Guard was a secret organization set up by Li Fuguo, who knew the internal affairs of the government. It was staffed by dozens of martial arts magicians who acted as hawks and dogs, specializing in spying on the privacy of officials.
Once they discover something about their political opponents, the Mastiff Guards will immediately arrest people in large numbers and throw them into prison, torture them to extract confessions, and beat them to death. Once the charges are proven, the men of the family will be strangled, and the women and children will be sent to Yeyou Court as slaves.
All the officials in the court changed their expressions when they heard the name of the Mastiff Guard. Photographed in the photo of the Mastiff Guard's lustful power, the six ministries in the court obeyed Li Fuguo's orders, and no one dared to resist or disobey.
Bai Fu frowned and ordered someone to go and understand the situation.
After a while, the primary school came back and reported that this was the residence of Mr. Zhang Hao, a regular servant of Zuo Sanqi. The tied old, young, women and children were the family records of Mr. Zhang Hao.
Speaking of Zhang Hao, he was also a famous virtuous minister in Suzong's dynasty and was known as the "Chivalrous Prime Minister".
In the second year of Zhide (757), Zhang Hao became the prime minister and served as the minister of Zhongshu and Tongping Zhangshi.
Zhang Hao acted impartially and saved many officials who were unjustly imprisoned. Especially for talented scholars who were well-read in poetry and books, Zhang Hao took pity on their talent and knowledge and protected them:
The immortal Li Bai participated in the rebellion of King Yong Li Lin and was pardoned by Emperor Suzong on his way to exile. It was Zhang Hao who sought the pardon for Li Bai.
In addition to Li Bai, a minor admonishment officer named Du Fu was also saved from prison because of Zhang Hao's rescue.
Du Fu was implicated in the defeat of Prime Minister Fang Guan, and was about to be imprisoned and severely punished. Zhang Hao stepped forward again, risking the anger of Su Zong and argued hard, and finally eliminated Du Fu's murderous disaster and received a lighter punishment.
Du Fu burst into tears with gratitude and wrote a poem "Washing the Army and Horses", expressing his deep feelings: "Zhang Gong has been a traveler all his life. He is nine feet tall and has a gray eyebrow. When he conquered the army, it was the right time for the meeting. Only when he was supported did he know how to plan a good plan."
In August of the second year of Zhide, in view of Zhang Hao's versatility in civil and military affairs, Emperor Suzong ordered Zhang Hao to concurrently serve as the military envoy of Henan Province and command all military affairs in Huainan and other provinces.
At that time, the rebels besieged Suiyang, and Zhang Xun asked for help. Zhang Hao rushed to help.
Zhang Hao strongly invited his friends Huainan Jiedu Envoy and frontier fortress poet Gao Shi to go north to relieve the siege of Suiyang.
At the same time, Zhang Hao sent an order to Lu Qiu Xiao, the governor of Bozhou, to send troops to rescue him. However, Lu Qiu Xiao was worried that the failure of the war would bring harm to himself, so he deliberately delayed, stood still, and watched the rebels attack the city.
In October of the same year, the rebels captured Suiyang, and Zhang Xun and other Tang generals were killed.
Lu Qiuxiao was worried that the frontier poet Wang Changling would inform Zhang Hao about his refusal to send troops, and he would be accused of Luo Zhi and brutally kill Wang Changling.
After Suiyang was captured, Zhang Hao became so angry that he executed Lu Qiu Xiao on the spot and killed him in front of the army.
In November, Zhang Hao commanded the five military envoys Lu Jiong, Lai Yi, and King Wu Li Zhi, Li Siye, and Li Huan to recover counties and counties in Henan and Hedong, with outstanding achievements.
In the first year of Qianyuan (758), Shi Siming pretended to surrender. Zhang Hao was worried that the imperial court would comply, so he secretly reported: "Shi Siming is cruel and insidious, harbors evil intentions, and is just like an animal. We can defeat him with strategies, but it is difficult to influence him with benevolence."
At the same time, he advised Suzong to beware of the rebellion of Xu Shuji, the defensive commander of Huazhou.
However, due to Zhang Hao's uprightness, he never made friends with the eunuchs headed by Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen. Under the slander of Li Fuguo and other eunuchs, Suzong dismissed Zhang Hao from his position and appointed him as the Grand Prince of Jingzhou on the grounds that "it was not relevant to the situation".
History of the Governor.
In the second year of Qianyuan (759), Shi Siming rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again, and Xu Shuji surrendered to the rebels. Only then did Suzong remember Zhang Hao's advice, recalled him to the capital, and worshiped him as a guest of the prince, with Zuo Sanqi as a constant attendant.
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The primary school has found out the reason why Zhang Hao's house was confiscated: Li Zhen, the Siqi king, was sentenced to death for treason. Zhang Hao had purchased Li Zhen's mansion. Li Fuguo suspected that he had colluded with Li Zhen and ordered the mastiff guards to come and ransack the house.
Evidence of Zhang Hao's rebellion; at the same time, Zhang Hao and his family were imprisoned for rigorous interrogation and a confession was obtained.
Li Zhen, the Siqi king, conspired to rebel. Bai Fu knew very well that Zhang Hao was not among the people who conspired against him.
Bai Fu thought: "Master Zhang must have offended Li Fuguo, and Li Fuguo found an excuse to take revenge. Master Zhang Hao is an upright man. He is the pillar of the imperial court. How can he be persecuted by an eunuch?"
Bai Fu made up his mind to rescue the famous prime minister Zhang Hao, and took advantage of this to beat up the mastiff guard.
Bai Fu found a soldier and whispered a few words. The soldier received the order and left in a hurry.
The Mastiff Guards escorted Zhang Hao and his family out of the mansion. The neighbors knew that the Mastiff Guards were not officially established by the imperial court, so they rushed up and surrounded the Mastiff Guards, refusing to let the Mastiff Guards take away everyone in the Zhang Mansion.
The people shouted: "What crime has Mr. Zhang committed that you want to take him away?"
While the two sides were fighting, they saw that the Mastiff Guard was about to take action and injure the people. With a wave of Bai Fu's hand, Zhangqiu Ruoyu led the Jinwu Guards cavalry to squeeze out a path from the crowd and came to the Mastiff Guard.
The leader of the Mastiff Guard general pointed his finger at Zhang Qiu Ruoyu and said: "The Mastiff Guards are here to take care of things. The Jinwu Guards will quickly disperse the rest of the people."
Zhang Qiuruo smiled foolishly and said: "This is the territory under the jurisdiction of our Jinwu Guards. This master must tell us first before he can do anything about it."
The general of the Mastiff Guard was impatient and scolded: "What a joke! The Mastiff Guard is arresting important criminals in the imperial court, so do they need to say hello to you?"
Zhang Qiu Ruoyu was not impatient and said with a smile: "Since he is an important criminal of the imperial court, and his home is being searched, do you have arrest documents?"
The general of the Mastiff Guard said proudly: "We, the Mastiff Guard, are arresting people, so there is no need to arrest documents."
Zhang Qiu Ruoyu was calm and said with a smile: "Master Zhang has been promoted to prime minister. Without the arrest approval document issued by Dali Temple, you rashly ransacked the house and arrested the person. Isn't it inconsistent with the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"
The leading Mastiff Guard general was furious and shouted: "How dare you! So what if I didn't sign the bond document? You, a mere Jinwu Guard, joined the army, and you dare to point fingers at me?"
Not to mention a has-been prime minister, even if he is the first rank in the dynasty, we, the Mastiff Guards, will arrest him whenever he says, and ransack his house whenever he says!"
"How outrageous!" A thunderbolt came from Jin Wuwei's banner.
Bai Fuduan sat on his horse, his sword eyebrows raised up, his face as cold as frost. He pointed at the general of the Mastiff Guard and shouted sternly: "You dare to tie up the official of the imperial court without arrest documents?! You are really crazy.
Sons, let me take them down!"
With a roar, dozens of Jinwu Guards galloped on their horses, holding long spears and military crossbows, and surrounded the Mastiff Guards.
Only then did the general of the Mastiff Guard recognize Bai Fu, the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard. However, he was not panicked at all and sneered and said, "Who do I think I am? It turns out to be General Bai.
The last general of the Mastiff Guard, Zhang Wu, has met the general and asked the general for his convenience!"
Zhang Wu was the adopted son of Li Fuguo. He had always been arrogant and domineering, and he didn't know how high the world was.
After Zhang Wu finished speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhangchou Qiongyu as if demonstrating.
Zhang Qiu Qiongyu's expression changed greatly after reading the letter. It turned out that the letter was written by Li Fuguo himself, requesting that Zhang Hao and his family should be imprisoned for questioning and his house confiscated.
Li Fuguo was extremely powerful and used his power to bring blessings. Since he had written the letter clearly, if he didn't follow it, he would be clearly against him.
"This eunuch is not easy to mess with?" Zhangchou Qiongyu thought to himself.
Zhangchou Qiongyu handed the letter to Bai Fu and secretly winked, telling Bai Fu not to meddle in this matter to avoid getting into trouble.
After Bai Fu read the note, he suddenly remembered the scene when he saw Taifu Xu for the first time on New Year's Eve that year:
Back then, Yang Yichan was bullied by Li Musheng, and she clearly had the right, but because she was afraid of Li Linfu's power, she did not dare to punish Li Musheng. She let Li Musheng go, but it caused more trouble, which led to a series of things that happened later.
His fate also changed accordingly.
Although many years have passed, Taifu Xu's words still linger in my ears.
The Taifu said slowly: "The Art of War goes like this: The stronger the enemy, the more enemies the enemy has. The more powerful Li Xiang is, the more political opponents he has and the more powerful his opponents are. If you punch him, you will have a deep hatred with Li Xiang."
, but it also clearly stated its position and strengthened the determination of Prime Minister Li's political opponents to win over you.
In this matter, you are righteous and confident, but he has a guilty conscience. It is true that Li Xiangquan has the power to rule the world, but he cannot cover the sky with one hand. If you make the matter bigger, sue the Jinluan Palace, and the lawsuit will be brought before the emperor, and someone will speak for you.
Besides, having a falling out in public is not without its benefits. When Prime Minister Li wants to make false accusations and frame you in the future, he will be worried about giving others a false accusation, but he will have even more worries. You will be safer.
If you hold back your fists and dare not strike, you are both a snake and a rat, and you will have endless troubles. Not only did you waste the opportunity to fight, but you exposed your weakness. Li Musheng got a glimpse of your inner timidity. Only then did he feel confident, bite you back, and come to arrest you.
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The past events are vivid in my mind, and the Taifu's voice and smile are still before my eyes, as if they were reappearing yesterday.
"Lack of courage is due to lack of wisdom."
Thinking of this, Bai Fu's tiger body trembled, and his eyes shone brightly.