Chapter 90 Great Changes in the Court and China
It was settled for more than a year. The Tang Dynasty rode a horse chasing the electric horse and traveled back and forth between Chang'an and Yanran Mountain from time to time. It was only a bitter taste for Lian'er and Wen Jiang. Nanzhao was far away and could not meet each other, so they could only send letters to express their lovesickness.
Of course, in the past two years, not only did the ladies add seven sons to him, the Tang Dynasty also discovered that since entering the realm of transformation, there was no obstacle in the meridians of the whole body. That is, the previous novels of Tungsten Hero opened the Ren and Du meridians, so that the meridians of the whole body and the eight extraordinary meridians were connected into a whole, and the potential of the body was maximized. At the same time, the whole body was truly reborn, with almost no impurities in the body, and martial arts reached an incredible state.
The only thing he has to do now is to defeat Li Longji and to defeat Li Longji openly.
In addition, with the help of Sheva, a good teacher and friend, he had been able to intervene in time and gradually integrate Tang Shu and the martial arts of the Western Regions of Nanzhao. He usually worked hard and trained his soldiers, which made the temperament of the Tang Dynasty change drastically from the time he had just traveled.
In the 14th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the first month of the spring of 740 AD, the year before the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the border of the Tang Dynasty was in a hurry again, and Nanzhao invaded the border.
It was the previous year that Zhang Qiu Jianqiong and Lang Zhengxuan fought in Rentou Stone, and they had a victory or defeat. Both sides were afraid of each other, so they were at peace.
However, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong was soon promoted to the Minister of Revenue. According to the principle of promotion of Jiedu, he changed two Jiedu governors one after another, but they were all seen by Lang Zhengxuan and broke through in one fell swoop. Li Longji was furious and changed two Jiedu governors one after another. But what was helpless was that Lang Zhengxuan was too strong in martial arts. Under the leadership of Li Gesang, Nanzhao trained real elite soldiers. Jiannan troops were not as good as Nanzhao's elite soldiers. In addition, the successive replacement of Jiedu governors, the training was abolished, and the food and wages were mostly corrupt, and internal conflicts were sharp. Where could they have any combat power? Lang Zhengxuan's soldiers occupied several counties in Sichuan without bloodshed and surrounded Jiannan's headquarters.
At this time, Yang Guozhong had already been shouting that he had become the right minister.
It has to be said that Yang Guozhong is indeed very eloquent, good at observing words and expressions, and can cater to Yang Guifei's wishes, so he naturally won the favor of Li Longji and was also a martial arts master. After conspiring with Wei Jiansu to kill Li Linfu, he naturally became prime minister after Li Gao and served as the Minister of Personnel. Of course, he still had more than 40 titles, including Jingzhao Yin in Chang'an, with his unparalleled reputation.
The Tang Dynasty was somewhat sad when Li Linfu died. After all, the two of them were in the court and in the Xinjiang region, echoing each other.
This is also to implement Li Gesang's plan and raise traitorous officials.
But once the traitor dies, the Tang Dynasty may experience a better future.
Just when the Tang Dynasty was worried about this, when he heard that Yang Guozhong was named the right prime minister soon, he laughed and sent Sheva to personally send a gift to make friends.
He knew that Yang Guozhong was born in a cold and was jealous of the powerful and powerful in Chang'an, but he was in power and would inevitably form many enemies, and he was even a rag to eat, drink, and gamble. Once he was in power, the Tang Dynasty could be said to have entered a darker abyss, even darker than when Li Linfu was in power.
Yang Guozhong is now in a pride of spring breeze, with countless beauties in money and no limit to having fun. Suddenly, he received news from the Tang Dynasty and offered countless pearls and treasures. He was immediately received and treated Shewa well.
In fact, Yang Guozhong wrote too cruelly in later history books. In fact, Yang Guozhong is still very loyal. When he saw the letter from the Tang Dynasty, he thought that he was a sworn brother with him, so he immediately wrote a letter and made friends with him with great intentions. Not only did he not accept gifts from the Tang Dynasty, but he also gave back countless gifts.
When the Tang Dynasty received the reply, he was overjoyed and knew that as long as there was such a person who gave him a strong support in the court, he would be restless. From then on, he no longer had to worry about Li Longji harming him and concentrate on practicing military and martial arts.
By the way, Wei Jian died of a toxic attack a year later. Later generations thought he was dead, but in fact he died under Sun Simiao's poison.
Li Long basically wanted to govern the Tang Dynasty, but this was just something that he thought of when he was in full swing. Soon, he threw himself into Yang Yuhuan's arms, lived a romantic life of poetry and wine, and forgot the sufferings of the world outside the clouds of the sky, and lived an indulgent life.
In the past few years, Yang Guozhong has done a lot of bad things. Although many loyal ministers have risked their lives to make suggestions, Li Longji could not listen to it. The government has reached its darkest period.
Of course, this is just what happened after Yang Guozhong just became prime minister. Since Yang Guozhong "teached a lesson" to the censor that morning, he has never heard of his opposition in the court. On the contrary, it is all good. Once he calls him Yang Chen, it must be a good thing to flatter.
When he was in court this day, Yang Guozhong gathered a group of censors together, with a pair of drunken eyes squinted. His words were simple, and it was a fable: "Everyone, I summoned you here today to ask you to see the eight horses outside the palace gate (the horses used for ceremonial guards are used according to the feudal monarchy, so as to show the majesty of the court). Look, they are all very well-behaved, and the salary of each horse is comparable to that of the seventh rank officials. Wouldn't you live a good life like that of someone who is disobedient and screams casually, and you will be killed immediately. Haha, I just took office and said some gossip. Don't take it seriously,"
As soon as this was said, no one among the censors dared to say bad things about him. Everyone knew the meaning of this. Whoever dared to neigh like a horse would immediately be beheaded.
Li Linfu vaguely said similar words back then. Li Linfu was promoted by Yang Guozhong, so he learned his skills to have physical and spiritual possession.
Of course, he learned a lot about such things as breaking the bridge and repaying grudges and revenge.
The national power of the Tang Dynasty has been declining since Li Linfu, not to mention Yang Guozhong has come to power.
At this moment, under repeated urging by the ministers, Li Longji finally went to court, and the civil and military officials in the court were arranged on both sides according to their rank and official rank.
Li Longji has not set up a court for ten days now, and some things must be dealt with, especially the recent defeat of Nanzhao.
Li Longji raised his eyes, revealing the blue-black eye moss, which was obviously too satisfied. He elongated his voice and said, "My dear friends, let me put other things aside for the time being, but Nanzhao's border affairs are urgent. Everyone should tell me what they think,"
If this sentence had changed in the past, many people would have taken over the conversation, but now, Yang Guozhong is in charge of the government affairs and has one hand to cover up the sky. Who would dare to be too old to steal his limelight and look at him with his eyes?
In this way, Li Longji's eyes naturally looked over: "Yang Aiqing, you are the pillar of the court. What do you think should you use in this situation?"
Yang Guozhong said respectfully: "Return to the emperor, in this situation, the minister thought that he should be replaced by the governor of Jiannan because he was sent by the court and was not familiar with border defense. Lang Zhengxuan was cunning and wise, so he was naturally no match for him."
Li Longji nodded: "Although Lu Lun has been in Tianshan for many years, he first arrived in Jiannan, where the situation was complicated, and suddenly encountered a great enemy. He did not know the situation and failed was reasonable. However, he had made great contributions to me in the Western Regions. Can't he give him a chance?"
Seeing the emperor say this, Yang Guozhong didn't understand the truth, and immediately followed the flow and said: "What the emperor said is that Lu Jiedushi cannot deny everything because of a failure. He should give him the opportunity to reform himself. It is better to draw tens of thousands of troops from the court and drive forward to respond."
Wei Jiansu took over the conversation at this time: "Your Majesty, I think that the defeated general cannot be brave. In addition, Lang Zhengxuan's martial arts are extraordinary and he is even more cunning. Although Lu Jiedu has made great contributions to the court, it is time to make a comeback at this time. Otherwise, a small Nanzhao defeated the powerful Tang Dynasty one after another, which would damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor should put the country first."
Li Longji pondered for a long time: "Yes, Wei Aiqing's words are also good. We should put the country first. Wei Aiqing, according to your opinion, who is the most appropriate person to send to Jiannan,"
"I think that Yang Guozhong's martial arts skills are very good, and he was born in Sichuan. He knows the Jiannan affairs and is most familiar with the countries such as Nanzhao and Tubo. If Yang Guo goes to the expedition, he will definitely succeed."
When he said this, Wei Jiansu sneered in his heart, "Boy Yang Guozhong, you just became prime minister, so you excluded me and walked everywhere. I was a nephew of Empress Wei of the previous dynasty, so that the emperor would be on guard against me everywhere, but he took charge of the government affairs. Humph, how could I let you do it?"
When Yang Guozhong heard this, his cold sweat broke out. Mom, Wei's child, you want to take revenge, I can't fall for you, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am very willing to fight for the emperor's frontiers and wrap my body around, but I want me to lead the troops to fight, and ask the emperor to give up my right prime minister,"
"This matter must not be done," Li Longji is favoring him now, so he can't bear to leave.
It was precisely because Yang Guozhong saw this that the emperor's food, drink and entertainment, including collecting seahors, tiger whips and other aphrodisiacs, were all done by himself. Once he left, the emperor would be extremely sad, so he used this strategy of retreating as a close approach.
The emperor objected, but his face remained silent: "Your Majesty, I am willing to be fooled by the emperor. There is no doubt about this. I just think that Nanzhao is a small country. If I send a prime minister to fight, it would seem too important. In the past, the barbarian land has been punished for the stubborn people, but it does not pose a threat to the court. Therefore, I think that sending General Zhang Qiu and Qiong to serve as the governor of Jiannan again is the best choice."
But after saying this, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong did not respond and just stood in the class like a mute.
Li Longji asked, "General Zhang Qiu, Yang Aiqing's words, what do you think?"
Zhang Qiujianqiong hated Yang Guozhong to the core. He used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but once Yang Guozhong gained power, he immediately attacked him and demoted him to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Now, Wei, the leader of his sect, has been completely suppressed by Yang Guozhong. When he heard Yang Guozhong's words, he realized his plan to kill two birds with one stone. Humph, don't I know what you mean? You are trying to get rid of your fate of being sent out, and you are trying to weaken Wei Xiang's power. Wei Xiang has been completely controlled. If I leave again, it will be a pity.
Kneel down and said, "Go back to the emperor, I am willing to die for the emperor, but I have no choice but to practice the qigong these days, and I have damaged my meridians and can't even ride a horse. I hope the emperor will forgive me."
Li Longji is a great martial arts expert. At first sight, it was indeed good. Zhang Qiu Jianqiong was injured and the general could not ride a horse. So why would he fight?
When Yang Guozhong saw this, he sneered in his heart: Boy, you think you are the best in martial arts in the world. You want to come to my mansion to kill me, but I didn’t think that I would seriously be seriously injured, but I did not practice martial arts and hurt my body.
After Li Linfu died, Tie Murong immediately surrendered to Yang Guozhong, but it was extremely secret. Zhang Qiu Jianqiong didn't know the truth and went to plot against Yang Guozhong, so he naturally fell into a trap.
"Well, since that's the case, Yang Aiqing, you recommend another capable minister," Li Longji was a little impatient. Indeed, such a situation had never happened before. You pushed me and gave in. You should know that going to the frontier to kill the enemy is an excellent opportunity to make contributions, but these people are not sure. Could it be that they are crazy?
"I think Xian Yu Zhongtong is my sworn brother whom I have been a child. He is a wealthy businessman in Jiannan. He is familiar with the situation in Jiannan and has good martial arts skills. He can take charge of Jiannan's troops."
"Authorized," Li Longji immediately issued an oral edict, and Xian Yu Zhongtong papers the Jiannan Jiedushi became a foregone conclusion.
Chapter completed!