Chapter 167: Temporary Tranquility
Chen Daci, the governor of Maozhou, defeated Tubo, and this news became the most sensational news in the capital a year ago, and the Wuzhou court, which was very nervous because of the successive military forces of the Tubo and the Turks, also breathed a sigh of relief.
The Tubo attacked Maozhou this time and mobilized more than 10,000 elite cavalry, but they did not expect that their whereabouts had been leaked, and they did not expect that the Zhou army, which was accustomed to being afraid of attacking but not attacking, would take the initiative to leave their military camp this time, and did not set up an ambush in a place like Minshan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but ran to Wenchuan to set up an ambush.
Since the infighting between the Tubo kings, the Tubo generals have been lost, and it is difficult to find a big future that can stand alone, because of these reasons, the Tubo soldiers and horses ate a big ambush of Chen Daci in Wenchuan, and they were defeated. When the Tibetan soldiers and horses retreated in panic, Chen Daci rose up again, waved his army to chase after him, and killed the Tubo corpses all over the field.
Chen Daci chased all the way, fought four battles in a row, won all four battles, and killed the Tubo people so much that they lost their armor and kept chasing the Tubo people into the territory of Tubo for dozens of miles, worried that they would go too deep into the ambush, so they returned triumphantly. After the four battles, Chen Daci beheaded more than 1,000 people, captured more than 3,000 Tibetan soldiers, and captured a large number of cattle and sheep that were used as food by the Tubo people.
When Wu Zetian heard the news of Longyan Dayue, he immediately ordered the three armies to commend him. Because Chen Daci won a big battle, Wu Zetian's confidence was also much stronger, and when Misa went to the palace again to ask about peace, Wu Zetian did not let him enter the palace at all, and Misa and the forbidden soldiers guarding the palace gate could not play any prestige, so he had to turn back to the Sifang Pavilion in anger.
For the Turkic envoy Mo Hegan, Wu Zetian was not in a hurry to meet him, and he held it for five days, and under Mo Hegan's repeated requests, considering that if he did not meet again, it would be New Year's Day, and there would be all kinds of celebrations and ceremonies, and there would be no time to meet with foreign envoys. Wu Zetian agreed to set up a banquet in Suyutai to entertain him.
On that day, the crown prince, the prime minister, the king of Liang and the ministers above the three grades in Beijing all attended the meeting, which was also a gathering of the emperor to the important ministers of the court a few years ago. The two sons of the crown prince, King Pyeong'en and King Yiheung, were also summoned to serve the king. The crown prince Li Xian also has a youngest son, Li Chongmao, the king of Beihai, because he is not yet ten years old, it is impossible to become a relative, so he never attended.
Mo Hegan was led to the front of the palace by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, saluted Wu Zetian, glanced at the two brocade-robed young men standing beside Wu Zetian, and asked knowingly: "These two young men beside Bixia are handsome." Presumably it is the imperial grandson of Bixia. ”
Wu Zetian said: "Not bad! Chongfu, Chongjun, this is Mo Hegan, the envoy of the Tuji State! ”
Li Chongfu and Li Chongjun stepped forward, and Mo Hegan hurriedly grabbed Shi Li and said, "Foreign Minister Mo Hegan has seen ......."
Speaking of this, Mo Hegan suddenly paused. Pretending to hesitate, he said, "Uh...... But I don't know which of the two highnesses is the current emperor's grandson? ”
Li Chongfu and Li Chongjun were slightly stunned. At the same time, he arched his hand and said: "Xiao Wang is Ping'en Wang Chongfu (Yixing Wang Chongjun)." Mo Hegan's envoy, the two of us are not the emperor's grandsons. ”
Mo Hegan turned to Wu Zetian and said: "Bixia, the foreign minister came for peace this time, Bixia introduced the emperor and grandson to the foreign minister, and the foreign minister welcomed him." But what my Khan designated is to marry his beloved daughter to the imperial grandson of your country, why did Bixia only invite the two princes. But he didn't let the ministers see the emperor's grandson. ”
Li Chongfu and Li Chongjun's faces changed suddenly, and Wu Zetian said lightly: "There are three sons in the prince's family, Chongjun, Chongfu, and Chongmao, all of whom are crowned kings. Shigeru is young. Before the age of marriage, it is because he has never been to the banquet. Now I have only appointed the crown prince, and I have not yet appointed the crown prince, why, do you want to help me choose an imperial grandson? ”
Mo Hegan hurriedly bowed and said, "The foreign minister doesn't dare, the foreign minister doesn't dare." It's just that...... Our Khan designated the non-imperial grandson not to marry, and now your country has not established an imperial grandson, how should this be? ”
Wu Zetian looked up to the sky and said indifferently: "This is easy to do, the prince's marriageable prince, now there are only Chongfu and Chongjun, both of them are phoenix sons and dragon grandsons, the emperor's nobles, and they will not insult your princess, you look at the two of them who are as compatible as your princess, although they are married." ”
Mo Hegan said slyly: "Bixia, the son-in-law that our Khan wants to choose is the imperial grandson of your country. ”
Wu Zetian said with a smile: "That's easy to do, then wait for the emperor to be the grandson, and then your country will send envoys to make peace." ”
Mo Hegan gradually became angry, and said patiently: "If your country has not established an emperor and a grandson, will my Turkic princess have to wait forever?" ”
Wu Zetian's expression became more and more kind, and he said: "My imperial grandson can wait, can't the princess of your country wait?" If the princess of your country does not marry the grandson of the emperor of the Great Zhou, then I have to wait for me to choose the imperial grandson, is it that for the princess of your country to marry, I have to hastily choose an imperial grandson? If I choose a princess and a pro-Turkic princess, if you don't marry the prince of your country, will your country immediately elect a prince? ”
"This ......"
The Turks were used to playing scoundrels, and the old lady Wu suddenly played a scoundrel with him, and Mo Hegan was speechless for a while.
When the court was arguing with each other, the ministers below were also uneasy.
At this time, Song Jing had just walked into Suyutai in the imperial history, and the last time he impeached Zhang Tongxiu and confiscated Zhang Changzong's twenty catties of copper, it was completed by the officials of the imperial history platform under the instruction of Song Jing. The two brothers, Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, have held a grudge against Song Jing since then.
But the two of them also know that Song Jing is now the middle of the imperial history, controlling the political platform, controlling the official of the Dao Dynasty, and having the right to monitor and report the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Besides, although their brothers lost face last time, they were also blessed by misfortune, and the three brothers of the same clan were all released to the state and county to take real power, so they didn't care about themselves.
Song Jing went up to the hall, looked around, and was about to go to the seat under Wei Yuanzhong and sit down, Zhang Yizhi had already stood up in a hurry, gave up his position closer to the Son of Heaven, and greeted Song Jing, and said with a smile: "Song Gong is the first person in Fang Jin, how can you sit down, come on, Song Gong please take a seat." ”
Song Jing glanced at him and said lightly: "Jing is inferior and inferior, Zhang Qing thinks it is the first, what is the reason?" ”
Zhang Yizhi's face suddenly froze, he just slapped a sycophant, who knew that Song Jing would be so serious?
Zhang Yizhi looked embarrassed, and he didn't know how to justify himself. Zheng Gao, the heavenly official on the side, was displeased when he saw it, he had taken refuge in Erzhang and became a henchman of Erzhang, as soon as he saw Song Jing's criticism, Zheng Gao immediately said coldly: "Isn't Song Gong the first in the world, if not the first, why call Wulang 'Qing'?" ”
Qing was an honorific title for others before the Han Dynasty, and since the Wei and Jin dynasties, it has become a nickname or a humble title, and it has changed again in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it has become a special title for the emperor's subjects.
Song Jing smiled and said, "Zhang Yi's position is to Jiuqing, and in official terms, he is rightly the secretary." The foot is not Zhang Qing's slave, why do you call him Lang? ”
Song Jing's sentence is a bit forceful, nowadays the word Lang is widely used, for men who don't know each other, you can be called "Lang Jun", you can also call it "noble", as for adding a Lang word according to the ranking, it is a title used by close people, many people call Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong Wulang, Liulang, are close to each other.
But the house slave is also a husband to the master and the young master. For example, in Yang Fan's Mansion, Yang Fan is called Ah Lang, Yang Nianzu is called Da Lang Jun, and Yang Ji is Erlang Jun. Song Jing deliberately emphasized the title of the slave to the master at this time, which was clearly mocking Zheng Gao in public for attaching the powerful and slapping the horse's beard.
Zheng Gao is dull by nature, he is not good at eloquence, how can he be a person like Song Jing, who is a spokesman and an official who relies on a pen and good eloquence to make a living, his face turned red for a while, and he couldn't speak. Many officials in the palace heard the two people's answers, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised when they saw that the two sides were facing each other, and they didn't even talk about the superficial harmony in the officialdom.
As soon as the palace quieted down, Zheng Gao felt even more embarrassed, and his face was only swollen and purple. Song Jing smiled, Shi Shiran walked towards Wei Yuanzhong, smiled with Wei Yuanzhong, and sat down under Wei Yuanzhong. Zhang Yizhi's cheeks twitched a few times, and he walked back to his seat with his sleeves brushed.
The officials in the palace all saw Zhang Yizhi's handsome face, and his eyes were faintly filled with anger. At this time, it was the time for Wu Zetian and Mo Hegan to answer, so Wu Zetian didn't notice the confrontation between the lover and Song Jing, but Yang Fan, who was patrolling the palace, saw it clearly.
Yang Fan frowned suddenly, he knew that the struggle between the courtiers and Erzhang was far from the time when the dust had settled, and this time it was only because of the successive invasions and peace between the Turks and Tibetans that the tension between the courtiers and Erzhang was temporarily alleviated. Once the external troubles are lifted, it is time for them to die again......
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(To be continued......)