Chapter 468: Let the Tiger Return to the Mountain
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Yang Fugong wore a loose purple round-necked robe and a crown on his head, humming an untoned song and walking through the dark corridor, exuding a slight fishy smell all over his body, although he sprayed a lot of ambergris perfume, but still couldn't hide the smell.
In the cell, Li Guochang was covered in scars and lay weakly in a pile of hay. Hearing the sound of the disconcerted song, he suddenly turned pale and struggled to sit up. Turning his head to look, it was Yang Fugong who came, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the whole person also recovered a little bit of vitality. "Your Excellency!" He screamed, even kneeling over. As soon as he moved, the bracelets and anklets on his body immediately rattled.
"I heard you wanted to see me? It's unexpected. Yang Fugong waved back left and right, standing alone outside the railing of the gloomy cell, and said in a sharp voice, with that unique sharp voice.
"At the beginning, Xuzhou said goodbye, and it has been many years. It's great to see adults so well-being. "Li Guochang's smiling face is extremely flattering, and he even directly called Yang Fugong, a eunuch who is only in his thirties, an adult." I'm ashamed, I didn't expect to be an adult again in such a place. ”
"Indeed, we didn't expect to see you here again." Yang Fugong was separated from Xu Yuan and did not step forward. Previously, Li Guochang tried his best to get a prison guard to agree to help him pass the word to Yang Fugong. He was already afraid of the rumors, and Li Jing insisted on asking the imperial court to directly execute all Shatuo prisoners of war to shock the world. As soon as I heard the news. Li Guochang couldn't sleep day and night.
After thinking about it, I thought about it for a long time. Now the only one who can help him is Yang Fugong. At the time of the Xuzhou Rebellion. Yang Fugong was the military envoy of Heyang and also participated in the battle of Xuzhou to quell the rebellion. At that time, Li Guochang knew that Yang Fugong's righteous Yang Xuanyi was a lieutenant in the Shence Army, so he welcomed Yang Fugong very well and sent a lot of money, and the relationship between the two was very good. Over the years, Li Guochang has never stopped offering to Yang Fugong in Daibei. After Yang Fugong returned to the court, he successively served as the envoy of the southern court of Xuanhui. Lieutenant of the Shence Army, Privy Council Envoy and other important positions, he also helped Li Guochang speak many times.
Li Guochang saw that Yang Fugong's attitude was a little indifferent, and secretly cursed a few damn eunuchs in his heart. But the only hope at the moment was in the hands of this eunuch, and he had to smile again: "My son's life is hanging by a thread, and I ask the adults to come to the rescue." ”
Yang Fugong saw that he didn't reprimand Li Guochang just now, and now this Shatuo barbarian actually beat the snake with the stick, claiming to be a son, and couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied. If only a year ago, Li Guochang would have called himself a son. Then he was pleased. But now, Li Guochang is just a prisoner waiting to be beheaded. There is no benefit in being his stepfather.
"I'm afraid that I can't do anything about this matter, and now the most popular person in front of His Majesty is Li Zhenguo, who is more favored by His Majesty than Tian Lingzi, and he is now strongly demanding the complete eradication of the Shatuo people." Yang Fugong sneered.
Li Guochang kowtowed to Yang Fugong fiercely, "Please rescue, if you can save your life, my Shatuo clan will only be the head of the adult from now on, go to the soup, and never give up." ”
"Shatuo, is there anyone else in Shatuo?" Yang Fugong was unmoved.
"My lord, my son Keyong has now reached the north of Yin Mountain, entered Tatar, and gathered thousands of soldiers and horses. Now, they are completely at the behest of the adults. ”
Originally, he was just thinking about the original little affection, so Yang Fugong came over. Hearing these words at this time, I couldn't help frowning and thinking about it. He was originally from Fujian, and when he was a child, he entered the palace and worshiped Yang Xuanyi's door. Eunuch father Yang Xuanyi and Yang Xuanwei were brothers, both of whom were adopted sons of Yang Qinyi, and Yang Qinyi was a subordinate of Qiu Shiliang, a famous eunuch during the Wuzong period, and later became a generation of great eunuchs. From Yang Qinyi to Yang Xuanyi, Yang Xuanprice, all the way to Yang Fugong, and Yang Xuanprice's righteous son Yang Fuguang, there are many eunuchs who belong to this eunuch family, forming the top eunuch family in the late Tang Dynasty.
But Tian Lingzi fought out of the air, but Yang Fugong was now at a disadvantage in repeated fights with him, and had to unite with Ximen Sigong, an old opponent, and the new Zhang Tai to deal with Tian Lingzi together. Ximen Sigong has the prime minister Zheng Zheng is his adopted son, and Zhang Tai has a righteous son Zhang Chengye in Li Jing's army, and has a good relationship with Li Jing, Zhang Tai also has Li Jing's full support, and they are introduced to each other.
Although Yang Fugong also has some allies outside, he cannot be compared with Zheng Jin, Li Jing, Lu Xian and other figures. Now seeing Li Guochang begging to come to the door, I can't help but feel a little moved. In the past, Li Guochang was too crazy and he couldn't control it. But now it is different, although the strength of Shatuo was almost uprooted, the bravery of Shatuo people is still needless to say. Besides, with Li Ya'er in Mobei, the strength of the Shatuo people is still there, and it is easier for him to control.
After thinking about it, it was decided that there was something to be done to save the Shatuo tribe. At that moment, after talking to Li Guochang for a while, and after getting Li Guochang's oath of allegiance, Yang Fugong left satisfied.
The sky was drizzling, and Li Jing could clearly feel the rain on his face, which evaporated in the air as soon as he touched his skin. Li Jing took a few deep breaths, spit out a mouthful of wine, and felt that his whole person was finally much more comfortable, and the suppressed anger in his heart disappeared a lot.
Just now, Li Jing heard a news, Yang Fugong and Ximen Sigong pleaded with the Son of Heaven for Li Guochang, and said a lot of words, the most unfortunate Son of Heaven actually ignored the opposition of Li Jing and Zheng Congyan and others, and actually pardoned Li Guochang and others for their capital crimes, although Li Guochang and others were removed from their original official positions, but Li Guochang and the three thousand Shatuo people saved their lives.
Moreover, according to Yang Fugong's proposal, the emperor also reorganized the Shatuo army with 3,000 Shatuo people, with Li Guochang as the military envoy of the Shatuo army, Li Youjin as the deputy envoy, and Li Quanzhong as the envoy of the soldiers and horses. Yang Fugong's subordinate brother Yang Fuguang served as the military envoy of this Shatuo people.
Li Guochang's three sons were also released, but they stayed in Beijing for the time being.
The reason why Yang Fugong can say that the Son of Heaven is actually very simple, the war in Xichuan is still going on, although Gao Biao has won several battles, but he can end the war for a while. Yang Fugong first proposed in front of the Son of Heaven to transfer Li Jing into Xichuan to deal with Nanzhao, but Li Jing naturally refused. As a result, Yang Fugong immediately proposed that the Shatuo people were brave, and now Li Guochang and others were also in the process of repenting their mistakes, so it was better to transfer the three thousand Shatuo people to Xichuan to help Gao Biao quell the chaos.
As soon as this proposal was put forward, although Li Jing, Zheng Congyan, Yu Xuan, Cui Anqian and other town generals opposed it, Ximen Sigong and Zheng Qian all supported it. Even Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian actually agreed to this proposal immediately, so that the little emperor agreed to the proposal of Yang Fugong and others after the last time, and finally released Li Guochang, who was finally caught, and rearmed the prisoners of war of Sangeshatuo.
Li Jing and Zheng Congyan, Yu Xuan, Cui Anqian and other marshals were all very ugly, they took so much effort to quell the Shatuo Rebellion, and killed and injured fifty or sixty thousand horses before and after, and now the court has a word, and these people have been released again.
Yang Fugong even asked Li Jing about wanting to bring back the more than 10,000 Shatuo captives that Li Jing had taken away, but Li Jing pushed back without hesitation and resolutely refused to open this mouth. He and the Shatuo people are real mortal enemies, how can they let the tiger return to the mountain.
Now Li Jing is really full of disgust with Yang Fugong and these people in his heart, no wonder the country of the late Tang Dynasty is getting bleaker day by day, it is these people who completely ignore the interests of the Tang Dynasty, and only know how to fight and seize power. If the Shatuo people are released now, even if there are only 3,000, it will be a great disaster in the future.
In front of everyone, Li Jing proposed to Li Yi to resign from the post of marshal of Lu Long and Datong towns.
"Now the southern part of Liaoning has reported that the Goguryeo people have been defeated by the Khitans one after another, and the Khitans are becoming more and more powerful in Liaodong, and Liaoxi has been occupied by them, and now Liaodong is gradually infiltrating for them. I was ordered by His Majesty to rebuild the Andong Protectorate and recover Liaodong and Liaoxi, and now I feel a heavy responsibility on my shoulders. In the next period of time, the Zhenguo army will face the southward movement of the Khitans with all its might, and for a while, no one will take care of other things. Lu Long and Datong are far away from the same Zhenguo army, facing each other across the sea, and the ministers are not enough, and they also ask His Majesty to agree to resign from the Datong army and Lu Longjun's envoy position. ”
Li Yi said dissatisfiedly: "Li Aiqing is dissatisfied because of the result of my treatment of the Shatuo people?" ”
"The minister doesn't dare, everything is one thing, it's really incapable."
Tian Lingzi said with a smile on the side: "Actually, this is not without the best of both worlds, our family thinks that Li Zhenguo can stay in Liaodong and deal with the affairs of the Khitans with all his might, as for the marshal of Datong and Lu Longjun, they do not necessarily have to resign, they can concurrently serve as the marshal, and then the imperial court will transfer a few capable generals to serve as deputy marshal, marching Sima, and Jiedu judge." If Li Zhenguo doesn't have a suitable candidate, we can recommend a few. Zuo Shence Army, Yang Shili, Niu Miao, Luo Yuangao, and Chen Jingxuan are not bad. ”
"I think it's a good idea." Li Yi also smiled, although he also heard Tian Lingzi recommend his brother Chen Jingxuan to him, but he didn't care.
When Li Jing heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times. He was named the commander, and Tian Lingzi sent his own people to take office, which not only did not change the facts, but went in a worse direction. What's even worse is that the emperor actually nodded in agreement.
Looking at Tian Lingzi's smug appearance, Li Jing couldn't help but be angry, and he couldn't let him succeed no matter what.
After thinking about it, Li Jing also immediately said: "Since this is the case, the minister also recommends a few candidates to His Majesty." The minister recommended the former Sizhou Thorn History, the current Zuo Xiaowei General Xin Yan, and the Sage Department Mi Haiwan, Anqing Department Shi Jingcun, and Qi Bizhang of the Qi Bi Department are all extremely suitable candidates. ”
As soon as Li Yi heard that Tian Lingzi and Li Jing had deduced the four of them, he couldn't help but feel a little unsure of who to choose.
Pinching his chin and thinking about it, Li Yi suddenly slapped his thigh: "The Duke of Jin and the Duke of Qi both recommend good talents, and it is difficult for me to make a decision for a while." However, I have a good plan to decide who will be the deputy envoy of Jiedu, who will be the marching Sima, and who will be the judge of Jiedu! (To be continued......)