Chapter 507 The Prince
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was one less thief, and it was still Li Mi, the once famous Duke of Wei, but there was not much peace in the world. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The second head sent by Wang Shichong was Li Tang's envoy, who secretly went to Henan to recruit Pei Renji and his son.
At this time, Pei Renji has been very used since he voted for Wang Shichong, and his son Pei Xingyan married Wang Shichong's niece as his wife, and he also had to be named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the prince of Jiangjun.
The Pei clan in Hedong is also regarded as a branch in Luoyang and occupies a place.
What the emperor did at the beginning made the Luoyang lord complain, and the father and son both held military power, and Pei Renji, who was well-known in the court, became the object of their wooing.
At this time, what everyone wants is naturally not any glory and wealth, it is just self-preservation.
Wang Shichong's jealousy of the Luoyang lord is not a joke, since he entered Luoyang, most of the time he has actually been thinking about how to deal with these land-sitting households in Luoyang, that is, the remnants of the Sui family.
In fact, you can't blame Wang Shichong for not accommodating people, you know, the most prosperous valve in the world, except for Jiangnan and Xijing, that is, Luoyang, the gate valve power here is very stubborn, almost no worse than Xijing Chang'an.
And Wang Shichong was not only born in Kansai, but also criticized by many people in his family background, and it can be said that he is the kind of person who is most despised by people in Luoyang.
In the past few years, the world has changed, Wang Shichong has been based on Li Mi externally, and Luoyang has been pressured internally, and he has finally reached the highest peak of his life.
It is true that he hates Li Mi, but he also hates the gate lord clan in Luoyang, these people have always looked down on him, and they will do everything to compete with him for power and profit......
Therefore, once Wang Shichong grasps the overall situation of Henan, the first thing he has to deal with is not the lost dog Li Mi, but the wealthy family in Luoyang City.
Since Wang Shichong ascended the throne, there have been more than ten Luoyang magnates who quarreled and exterminated the clan, which caused great panic in Luoyang, and there were more than one or two people who quietly escaped from Luoyang to defect to Li Yuan.
It doesn't matter if Wang Shichong gets carried away, or if he has revenge, anyway, after Li Mi was defeated, Luoyang became even more chaotic, and it is not unreasonable for the fleeing Luoyang clan to call it a bandit's nest.
Pei Renji's father and son are Li Mi's old subordinates, but they have a very good background, and they are the old ministers of the Sui family, so they are almost naturally the lifesavers of the Luoyang Gate Valve.
So, in the winter of this year, there was another big commotion in Luoyang City, and Pei Renji and his son raised troops to kill Wang Shichong......
In fact, Pei Renji didn't have any ideas at the beginning, after coming and going in Henan for all these years, Pei Renji was also tired, and finally entered Luoyang City, Wang Shichong seemed to be good to their father and son, and there was the name of Hedong Pei's family, Pei Renji was going to take a breath.
But the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, his two sons are able to do a little, and after serving Wang Shichong, they have made a lot of contributions to the pacification of Henan counties.
Pei Renji is also very helpless, his two sons are still young, and his fame is naturally not comparable to an old person like him, and he has long been dissatisfied with Li Mi, and after serving Wang Shichong, he attacked Li Mi's old subordinates who refused to return, that is, their colleagues back then.
Pei Renji persuaded him many times, but the two sons were submissive, but they all fell on deaf ears.
But how did they know that they were holding the most elite army in Li Mi's army, and they were the children of the Pei clan in Hedong, who were already feared by Wang Shichong, and now they have made great contributions, and under the more and more Henan statements, instead of being valued by Wang Shichong, they have repeatedly wanted to deprive them of their military power.
Moreover, what they did also made others who were also Li Mi's generals dissatisfied.
At this time, Wang Shichong was not polite, and began to focus on winning over Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Shan Xiongxin and others, and under the provocation, the cracks in the already uneven "Wagang Army" were even greater, which also made Pei Renji more and more uneasy.
At this time, Li Yuan sent an envoy to secretly sneak into Luoyang and come to Pei Renji to persuade him to surrender, and the Luoyang lord tried to win over Pei Renji to kill Wang Shichong, and re-established Yang Tong, the king of Yue, who was imprisoned by Wang Shichong in Hanliang Palace, as the emperor.
When Pei Renji was hesitating, and it happened that Li Mi was escorted back to Luoyang, at this time Pei Renji did a stupid thing, he persuaded Wang Shichong to leave Li Mi's life to appease everyone.
This suggestion is very good, Li Mi is no longer the Duke of Wei back then, his old subordinates have long lost any affection for him, if you use it well, everyone will feel that people like Li Mi can be treated preferentially, what do we have to worry about? People's hearts will naturally settle down.
Wang Shichong not only didn't listen to Pei Renji's words, but also scolded him for not forgetting his old feelings, and then killed Li Mi.
Pei Renji blocked his stomach and stopped talking at this time, but his henchman Jia Runpu said to Wang Shichong again, wanting him to bury Li Mi.
This time, Wang Shichong was not polite, and immediately beheaded Jia Runpu, and wanted to use his nephew Wang Xingben to join Pei Xingyan's army as a supervisor.
All kinds of things came together in one place, and finally made Pei Renji make up his mind.
In the winter, a rebellion came down, Pei Renji and others were defeated and killed by Wang Shichong, Pei Xingyan took advantage of the chaos to rush out of Luoyang City and went to Pei Xingjian, who was a Yanshi.
The two brothers discussed, knowing that there was no hope of revenge and that they were worried about their lives, so they simply led their troops north to join Dou Jiande.
Well, Henan used to be chaotic, and it is the same now, and the rapid change is dazzling.
But Wang Shichong didn't think so, and cleaned the Luoyang Gate Valve again, Li Mi surrendered to him, proudly killed the captured Tang envoy, and sent it to Li Po with Li Mi's head.
Of course, Li Po also had the right meeting, otherwise it was likely that these two heads should appear in front of Dou Jiande.
Two heads and a letter, the meaning is very clear, look at it, Li Mi let us kill it, what are the heroes in the world?
The self-righteousness and stupidity shown in this made Li Po a little surprised.
Since Wang Shichong sent an edict when he was called emperor, he felt that this person should be crazy, right? Now that he's done it again, well, this guy is really crazy.
Who Li Mi is Li Po naturally knows, but to say that he feels how amazing Li Mi is, it is pure nonsense, and Li Mi has nothing to do with him at all, who are you trying to scare with your head?
Fortunately, the other meaning is quite clear, the Tang envoy was killed for instigating a rebellion in Luoyang, even if Wang Shichong did not have the intention of going west immediately, he would not unite with Li Tang to deal with him Li Po.
In fact, the geographical location of the eastern and western capitals also determined their hostile relationship.
Of course, by the end of this year, the situation in the world seems to be more distinct, Wang Shichong is already the consensus of the people, the territory is the largest, the army is also the strongest, and the Luoyang granary is estimated to be enough for him to toss for two or three years.
Next is Li Yuan, who defeated the Xue clan in the northwest and can take a breath a little, but compared with when Li Yuan raised troops to capture Chang'an, the Li clan has undoubtedly gone downhill.
And Li Po and Dou Jiande of Hebei, Xiao Milling of Lianghuai, and Li Liang of Northwest finally stood together, and they were in a remote corner, each with its own advantages, but it could not be compared with Wang Shichong and Li Yuan, who occupied the two capitals.
At the end of the year, the Li family in Shu, who had continuously increased troops, also received a reward, and the uncompetitive Xiao Milling did not resist, and was defeated in Jianmen, and retreated to Kuizhou again.
In the final analysis, Xiao Mo still relied on the elite of the naval army, and the Tang army that entered Shu from the northwest could not be compared with the land battle, plus the chaotic Shuzhong barbarians did not listen to him at all, and the defeat of the Sword Gate was also a matter between love and courtesy.
Immediately, Li Xiaogong ordered Liu Hongji and others to lead troops to attack Chengdu, and he himself led the main force of the army to besiege Kuizhou.
There is no doubt that at the end of this year, the situation of Li Tang was gradually improving, and the Xue clan in the northwest dragged too many troops of the Tang army, and once defeated, the consequences were almost cascading.
But Li Tang, who had achieved some military victories in this year, gradually became the target of public criticism.
In addition to Guanzhong's backing in the world, it has been the foundation of the emperor since ancient times, and the reputation of the Li family is also inseparable.
Because now, the princes who can still stand firm and look forward are not as dazzling as the Li family, so they naturally want to get rid of them first and then quickly.
Like Li Po, who originally wanted to hug his thighs, he became more and more disgusted with Li Tang, the kind of condescending and unseen Kansai world-lord who always regarded himself as orthodox was stirring Li Po's nerves all the time.
In his opinion at this time, Wang Shichong and Li Yuan are both similar, which is extremely disgusting.
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At the end of the year, snowflakes have fallen from Daizhou to Jiangxian, of course, this snow is more comfortable, the so-called Ruixue Mega Year.
And from the beginning of the wax moon, Li Po rewarded the meritorious soldiers, which was similar to what Wei Chigong thought, Chen Li, the matter of looking for the appearance was quickly drowned in cheers.
Six Wei Mansions have been added, and there are not one or two people who are rewarded, and each Wei Mansion will benefit a group of people if they want to set up a framework.
In fact, the timing chosen is not appropriate, and the addition of six Weifu will cause chaos in the army for a while, and it will not be of much benefit to next year's war.
But there is no way, such a convention has been formed in the army, and Li Po also needs such a reward to eliminate the impact of the attack on Longmen.
With the change of people's positions, there are more voices supporting Li Po as king.
In addition to the fact that someone is fueling the trouble, Li Po's title has indeed become embarrassing, and the generals of the Wei Mansion feel a little awkward when they call the chief again.
The voices of the soldiers were almost ready on Jinyang's side.
Almost pinching the time, Empress Xiao's Yizhi also came to Jiangxian, of course, not to give Li Po the title of king, but to ask Li Po what he wanted.
Well, Li Po, the prince, did fall on his head without his own effort, as he said at the beginning......
(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )