Five hundred and two, a lonely hero
On November 23, the seventh winter of Zhenguan, on the penultimate day of the ultimatum of Li Er's majesty, Suning rushed to Boling with his team, which is now Dingzhou in the administrative division of the Tang Dynasty.
What did the Shandong Shi clan do for Lu, after Cui Xiaoyi's explanation, Suning probably understood, the first is that there is no psychological preparation, I am afraid that the only one who is psychologically prepared is Boling Cui's family, Cui Xiaoli, because Cui Xiaoyi said that before he set off, he had a showdown with Cui Xiaoli, Cui Xiaoli knew some things and guessed some things, so he should be psychologically prepared, and the rest of the major family histories are not psychologically prepared.
The second is that I didn't expect this incident to cause such a bad impact, so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty was condemning them, and the Hanmen scholars also drew a clear line with them, and Kong Yingda, the descendant of Confucius, also openly stood up and led a group of second-rate literati to condemn the Shandong scholars, and drew a clear line with the Shandong scholars, the emperor's blow was even more ferocious, and he dismissed twenty-one court officials in one go, except for the three families of the Li family in Longxi, the Li family of Zhaojun and the Wang family of Taiyuan, each of whom left one person, the rest of the scholars were dismissed.
Locally, those magistrates have almost all been given a handful, and the remaining vacancies are all cronies under Li Er's majesty or other cronies of important ministers, for example, Suning has three cronies who have successfully ascended to the throne, and the earliest Sanyuan County ordered Wang Yuan to settle in the central government as the vacant right attendant of the ministry, which can be regarded as a step to the sky. Suddenly promoted from the local to the central, for the Tang Empire under the centralized system, this is a leap, a leap that many people will not be able to meet in a lifetime.
At the same time, Zhou Wen, who succeeded Wang Yuan as the commander of Sanyuan County, was promoted to the governor of Yongzhou because of his excellent performance assessment, while Xu Zhi, the former commander of Chang'an County, was transferred to the position of Sanyuan County Commander.
Suning's current team has gradually taken shape, and this is probably the reward given by His Majesty Li Er to Suning for his diligence in killing the Shandong Shi clan. rewarded Yongzhou to himself. To ensure that their own interests are not harmed, these three people are their own people, and His Majesty Li Er will not appoint them like this without consideration. But. Here's the bonus. A very special bonus.
Suning's plan, although he hopes to form his own political power, form a force of the Sanyuan Gang. However, such a potential force will definitely not be allowed by His Majesty Li Er, Suning believes that even if such a potential force exists and develops, it will only be possible after he becomes a veteran of several dynasties, the older he is, the safer he is, if he lives to be eighty or ninety years old, then even the emperor will not dare to kill himself, the old birthday star, whoever kills is unlucky.
The existence of the Sanyuan Gang is just a symbolic meaning, just a reward, according to the passage of time, it is difficult to say that there will be any fixed succession model, every Sanyuan County Commander is Suning's henchman, that is unreasonable, Li Er's Majesty will not get rid of a country within a country, but also create several countries within a country, although he made a mistake for some reason in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, and wanted to restore the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and made a batch of hereditary assassins......
China's feudal system only existed in the Xia, Shang and Third Dynasties, after the Zhou, the Han Dynasty existed for a short time, the Jin Dynasty existed for a short time, and then Li Er's majesty failed to succeed, and the feudal system of Ming Taizu was destroyed by his own son, perhaps, after the Xia, Shang and Zhou, China only had centralized power, and the feudal system no longer existed.
Although Suning was very happy about the reward under Li Er's majesty, he also felt a sense of crisis, and he also asked Cui Xiaoyi about this, Cui Xiaoyi thought that his majesty Li Er's majesty regarded Suning as Li Chengqian's most important auxiliary minister, so naturally he would not allow Suning not to have a little political power of his own, which must be within the scope of control, but not too weak, and he could no longer fight back if he was knocked down by others.
Perhaps it is that the previous attacks of the Shandong Shi clan on Suning require Suning to rely on his own wisdom and the help of the major princes to save the day, and there is no real sense of his own political power to make Li Er's majesty feel inappropriate, if you blindly rely on others, then it is difficult to say whether Suning will be abandoned and betrayed in the future, and it is different if you have your own political power, after having your own political power, Suning will have the qualifications to be on an equal footing with those elders, and before that, This qualification is not possessed, although they are all heads of the family.
But Suning is a junior who needs shelter in their eyes, Suning has no political strength of his own, he has never had it, but he has military strength, and he can't say that he has no political power at all, but it doesn't belong to him, but he is an alliance, a military and political alliance, an ally, has always relied on the strength of others to fight against the enemy, not his own strength, Li Er's majesty keenly discovered this, so let Suning have his own political strength to get rid of those older generations.
Don't guess the emperor's thoughts, it's very troublesome to guess, because Cui Xiaoyi thinks that once the emperor makes Suning have enough political strength, he will test Suning on his own and conduct an assessment to see if Suning can withstand the test, which will become more and more frequent and obvious in the later period of the emperor's reign, because the emperor knows that he is about to die, and that time is the last test for all the courtiers in the transition of the Zhenguan Dynasty.
Listening to Cui Xiaoyi's analysis, Suning thought of the emperor's test of Li Shiji in history, and before he died, he ordered Li Shiji to be demoted to a distant place to become an official, and at the same time prepared the most difficult means, how smart is Li Shiji? As soon as the order arrived, he didn't even have time to return to his home, so he went to work, but was called back by the new emperor Li Zhi on the way, served as the prime minister, and successfully passed the test of death after the second majesty of Li Er.
The test for Li Shiji is like this, so what will the test for himself look like?
Suning couldn't help but think about it, but Cui Xiaoyi said that from the current point of view, at least before Suning and the crown, it is safe, but after the crown, after the age of twenty, it is estimated that it will be the beginning of the test under Li Erma, and at that time, the chips that should be given to Suning are almost given, and Suning will use these chips. To defeat those enemies, win victory after victory, develop your political power in victory, and then grow slowly, until Li Chengqian ascends the throne, then everything will be fine, and then, as long as you live until Li Chengqian's next emperor, then it will be basically safe, provided that. Suning can't be arrogant. Again, don't keep a low profile.
There is a mastermind who is different.
Cui Xiaoyi's suggestion is quite pertinent, and for the practice of this incident, Cui Xiaoyi's suggestion is that Suning go to the meeting alone. Travel to Boling. and Choi Hyo-ri battle wits and courage. Let Cui Xiaoli disarm and surrender, and at the same time lead the other three major families to surrender together in exchange for the safety of their lives. In fact, at this point, the four major families are waiting, waiting for who will be the first to lose their breath, and then they will have steps down.
They also think that this is just a compromise, and they don't think it's an end, but only by letting Cui Xiaoli understand that this is an end, and then compromising with the other three families, this is the best model for intermediaries, as for the leaders of the four major families, except for the leaders of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, they don't have to die, whether it is Lu Li of the Lu clan in Fanyang, or Cui Zhang of the Cui clan in Qinghe, they are all going to die, and these people who are going to die, there will be people around them who will give them a ride.
Cui Xiaoyi has already arranged it, it was originally left for Suning to use, and now Suning has accepted Cui Xiaoyi as a retainer, so this matter is naturally completed by the retainer for the master, Suning said that this is the trust of the retainer, whether it is the Fanyang Lu family or the Qinghe Cui family, Cui Xiaoyi needs to solve it, as for the Xingyang Zheng family, that family and Suning do not have too direct conflicts, but they have been pitted by pig-like teammates more than once, this family, of course, must also be destroyed!
As a lonely hero, Suning will enter the territory of the Boling Cui clan without an order from Li Erma, negotiate with Cui Xiaoli, and before he enters, he will write a letter to Li Erma, and the letter will say that this matter is naturally caused by himself, so it is natural to solve it by himself, so the final solution of this matter must be placed on himself, and he will enter the territory of the Boling Cui clan single-handedly and persuade Cui Xiaoli to surrender!
Suning also wrote that at this time, all families are just holding on, as long as one family surrenders, then the other families will take advantage of the situation, Datang does not need to shed blood, and it can't withstand too much bloodshed, so let yourself solve this matter, and your own family will ask Li Erma, and Li Ruihan, please tell her that you are sorry for her, and you will compensate her in the next life......
Suning's masterpiece......
The day the letter arrived in Chang'an, it was the day Suning arrived at the territory of the Boling Cui clan, the general who was responsible for surrounding the city occupied by the Boling Cui clan, Suning had also seen it, and had fought side by side in the battle of Lingzhou, so Suning expressed his thoughts, and the general was shocked, and at the same time he immediately sent someone to inform Wei Chigong of the five-body that Suning admired, but at the same time said that once Suning was in danger, he would do his best to rescue Suning!
Suning nodded gratefully, scolding and teasing in his heart, if Lao Tzu is in danger, can you come? Cui Xiaoli's lurker Infernal Affairs is the guarantee of Lao Tzu's life!
In order to show his bravery, fearlessness and sincerity, Suning also left Cui Xiaoli behind, there are too many people who know Cui Xiaoli, and now there is no Korean plastic surgery with a stick against the sky, Cui Xiaoli is still the same Cui Xiaoli, even if he changes his name to Gongsun Ce, the whole family has changed his surname to Gongsun, it is still useless, he should know or know, if the dead Cui Xiaoyi appears, then he may have to lose his life.
So it's safer to go in by yourself.
"Ben Hou is Hou Suning of Sanyuan County! Ben Hou wants to go in to meet your master, quickly open the city gate and let Ben Hou enter, Ben Hou promises, the army will not attack! Suning rode his horse to the city and shouted loudly at the Cui family general who was eyeing the city.
The Cui family general muttered for a while at the head of the city, as if someone had left, and one of the generals shouted to Suning: "Please also ask Su Hou later, someone will report to the head of the family!" ”
Su Ning waited patiently for a while, only then did he hear a voice from the city: "The head of the family asked, is it really only Marquis Su who came in alone?" ”
Suning shouted: "That's natural, Ben Hou swears to the sky, only Ben Hou will come in!" ”
There was no movement on the city, and after a while, there was movement at the city gate, Suning turned his head and looked at the army that Benhou was eyeing at him, nodded, signaled that he had no problem, and then rode forward, and waited until he crossed the moat and was close to the city gate, the gate slowly opened, and a group of thieves and rat-eyed generals looked outside, looking at themselves, and their nervous appearance made Suning want to laugh, can such a reward still fight? If it weren't for the sake of public opinion, the Tang army would have been able to take the city in one day and kill Cui Xiaoli's bastard.
"Suhou, please come in!" A slightly more formal dress of the head of the house said to Suning, the meaning in his eyes made Suning feel a little playful, this is a begging look? Or hateful eyes? This kind of look is really contradictory! (To be continued......)