Chapter 1073: The loyal minister was aggrieved
An Lushan's so-called victory was because the Xi people were flattering, so he naturally brags shamelessly and puts a high hat on the emperor. If it were the early Kaiyuan year, Li Longji might not have taken this trick, but now he is old and prefers to listen to flattery rather than to speak out. Therefore, he not only generously approved the long list of awards on An Lushan's memorial, but also approved An Lushan's request, and he also named his wife Duan, the wife of the country, and promised to marry his eldest son Anqingzong in the future as a royal family girl, and would have no other rewards.
However, Li Longji's promotion and reward for Wang Zhongsi's other victory in seizing Shibao City was very biased to those who were interested. Geshu Han and An Sishun were promoted to Hexi Jiedushi and Longyou Jiedushi respectively because of their contributions to attacking Shibao City. However, Wang Zhongsi was promoted to the young tutor of the crown prince, and was granted the title of Duke of Liang, and was specially promoted to Chang'an. Everyone knows that titles and rewards are military merits, but official positions such as the Three Dukes and Three Young Masters have always been used to appease the titles of old ministers who retired, and have no real power at all. However, even though Wang Zhongsi was seriously injured for a while, he did not hurt his life. More importantly, Wang Zhongsi was less than fifty years old, and he was even younger than his generals An Sishun and Geshu Han. Li Longji actually removed his military power and let him retire.
Although An Lushan had sought the position of Pinglu Jiedushi since Wu Zhiyi's death, he soared into the sky and even led the two major towns of Pinglu, Fanyang and Pinglu, as if they were a famous general, in the eyes of the people of Chang'an and Luoyang, they were confident that the two brightest generals after King Li Wei and Zhang Shouqi were Wang Zhongsi and Du Shiyi, and others had to stand aside. Du Shiyi destroyed the Turks, pacified the north of the Mo, and defeated the Uighurs, thus allowing the Tang Dynasty to return to the heyday of Emperor Taizong; while Wang Zhongsi defeated Tubo in Helong, first defeated the Xiren and Khitan in Hedong, and then broke through the tent of the Turkic Khan in the west. After governing Helong, he defeated Tubo repeatedly and recovered Shibao City.
If it were just about courage, Wang Zhongsi would not be able to match such a famous general in this world. He would have such a contribution this time and ended up like this
Therefore, no one contributed to the fire, and the city of Chang'an was in an uproar. Although some people used the emperor's compassion for Wang Zhongsi as an excuse, even the common people at the hands of the emperor would not be able to distinguish between real power and vain. For a moment, there were many voices of accusing Li Linfu, a treacherous minister and good general. After all, no matter which dynasty was in, unless the emperor really did something that both man and gods were angry and resentful, the word "spoiled king" would not be easily imposed on the emperor. For such accusation, Li Linfu, who did nothing at all, was not angry but happy.
Sure enough, if he didn't hum or not, it did not mean that other people who were ready to move would give up this great opportunity. Although Yang Zhao had wanted to use An Lushan to pull Li Linfu off the horse, this move not only failed, but almost got himself involved. In the end, it was still because of An Lushan's so-called victory. However, the emperor removed Wang Zhongsi as the governor of the second town of the two towns, which made him smell a slight opportunity. Yang Yuyao was very dissatisfied with his unauthorized actions. This time he knew that Du Shiyi and Wang Zhongsi had a close relationship. If he could take advantage of the situation, Yang Yuyao would be happy to see it. So he immediately ordered someone to send a message to Yang Yuyao in the palace.
How could Yang Yuyao miss such an opportunity? She has been hating Du Shiyi for a long time, and she would have been able to step on anyone she had a good relationship with. So, after using countless means to please the emperor, she gradually turned the topic to two recent great victories.
"This time, the east and west sides won the victory. Your Majesty was rewarded with great rewards to the soldiers who had made meritorious soldiers, especially because he was seriously injured in the charity of General Wang, and recalled him to Chang'an and granted him a high position. But who knew that I heard the news in the palace, and someone criticized Li Gao as a treacherous minister, saying that he had slandered his Majesty. My clan brother was incompatible with Li Gao, but he couldn't help but complain to Li Gao when he heard such words."
But Li Longji's nerves suddenly became tense after these light words. He couldn't even meet his own son for a year and a half. He could not tell how deep his feelings he had for Wang Zhongsi, the adopted son who had been growing up in the palace. However, because at the beginning of Kaiyuan, he was working hard to govern and wanted to claim that he was a sage emperor, so he was just a little pity when Wang Haibin died in battle because of his colleagues' lack of rescue efforts and raised his loyal ministers in the palace. This book is just a good story. When Wang Zhongsi truly showed the strength of a famous general, how could he refuse such an opportunity that would make him over the emperors of the Tang Dynasty?
It should be noted that even Emperor Taizong Li Shimin never raised a famous general like Wang Zhongsi in the palace.
But to this day, Li Longji only feels that the entire Tang Dynasty is prosperous, with loyal ministers and good generals everywhere, and a Wang Zhongsi is not so important. Everyone praises his emperor's wisdom and martial arts, but his Yier repeatedly questioned his decision and even advised that it would be no big deal to not recover the Shibao City. Although he finally regained Shibao City this time, he was seriously injured. As the chief general, he went deep into the enemy territory, which was simply a joke.
Although Gao Lishi said good things for Wang Zhongsi, most of the eunuchs in the palace were those who were stumbled on the lower side and went to the higher side. Wang Zhongsi was not as flexible as Du Shiyi, and was disdainful to use a lot of money to make up for those eunuchs. Some people were dissatisfied with him. Therefore, Yang Yuyao was just a hint that he was keenly aware of the emperor's likes and dislikes and took advantage of the emperor's bad deeds and fabricated some of Wang Zhongsi's bad deeds and said in front of the emperor that even Gao Lishi did not dare to help Wang Zhongsi again after realizing that the clue was wrong.
The tree of his standing in the palace is the icing on the cake. Although he will do it from time to time, it depends on the time, especially when the emperor has shaken his trust and favor for Wang Zhongsi, why should he cause trouble for himself?
Li Linfu always stood by and watched these storms until he learned that Wang Zhongsi had already set off from Liangzhou, Hexi, and quietly used another piece that he had been holding for many years. When he sent the messenger away in the Yuetang, he said to Luo Xibing in front of him: "Since Ji Wen died, Yang Shenjin died together, Yang Zhao suddenly soared into the sky, and others almost forgot the power of your Luoqiji. This time, I have left you a great opportunity to prove yourself. Once there is an act, as long as you can pull Wang Zhongsi down and send Yang Zhao to Jiannan Road, the court will still be the world of my Li Linfu, and there are times when you are proud."
After Yang Zhao gained power, Luo Xibing felt a little overwhelmed by being suppressed. At this moment, facing Li Linfu's bold words, he was immediately excited: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will let some people see my power."
An Lushan reported the victory, Wang Zhongsi reported the victory, both sides were hot and cold, and public opinion in Chang'an was in an uproar, but the Du House in Xuanyangfang seemed to be particularly calm beyond such a storm. The elder brother returned to the Western Regions, and his mother followed his father to the Anbeiya tent. Although the elder sister was still in Chang'an, she was already a wife of the Cui family. Song Shen left later than Du Shiyi and his wife, but it was impossible for him to put down the Songshan cottage and went back early. So, Du Youlin and his newlywed wife Song Jinxi lived in this huge mansion, and naturally felt a little deserted.
Before Song Jinxi got married, she learned the rules of everyone and planned to serve her mother-in-law well, but she suddenly became a housewife and had to do all the relationships everywhere, and she couldn't help but be a little busy. Fortunately, Wang Rong left Chengying who had been with her for many years. Although Qiu Niang was old, she could still give advice. She had only survived the most difficult months as a bride of the Du family. Now that the Dragon Boat Festival has just finished, she thought she could take a breath, but the accompanying wind made her feel a little scared, who had grown up in the cottage since childhood.
After all, in the more than a year since the marriage was about to marry, my father's eldest brother Lu Wangzhi and his third brother Pei Ning took turns to live in the cottage, teaching her a lot of things.
"The little husband is back"
When she heard that her husband was back, Song Jinxi was reading the letters from Du Shiyi and Wang Rong recently brought from Anbeiya tent. She thought about the sentences carefully and hoped to find something. At this moment, she quickly stood up. Seeing Du Youlin entering the house with a lot of worries, she went forward to say something, but suddenly was frightened by her husband's expression. She had never seen Du Youlin show such a solemn and serious expression, and her already uneasy heart beat even more suddenly.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"
"I got a very bad news." Seeing Chengying quietly retreating with a few maids, Du Youlin pulled his wife to the main seat, then lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid I'll pretend to be sick and take leave in a few days. At that time, not only will the family be up and down, but also the outside world. Jinxi, this time, the matter is extraordinary, and it depends on you all."
Song Jinxi opened her mouth to ask, but in the end she just nodded. The next moment, she was stunned for Du Youlin to suddenly reach out and actually pulled her into her arms, and then whispered in her ear.
"I remember when I was very young, I helped Grandpa do this once. It was really thrilling. This time, it might not be as thrilling as that time, but it might be even more dangerous, because Grandpa escaped from the Lingzhou Golden Cicada that he could control, but I wanted to escape from the Changan Golden Cicada, which was full of eyeliners. Jinxi, you are my wife and the wife of the Du family. No matter what the situation is, you must not be confused. I have already made a fuss about Hui Niang, she will hide it for you."
Although she suddenly married into the most powerful family nowadays, her husband, parents-in-law and sister-in-law were all very nice to her. The disputes outside seemed to be far away from her. Song Jinxi felt that she was in the ice cellar and almost shuddered. She hugged her husband tightly and almost squeezed out a sentence from the cracks of her teeth.
"Don't worry, since you have told me such a thing, I will definitely do it."
Chapter completed!