Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4237 The General of the Defeated Army
Regardless of whether Yu Chigong led the army to rush to the city of Chang'an, causing people's hearts to fluctuate and the situation to change drastically, the imperial court must send people to keep in touch with the various garrisons in Guanzhong, as well as dignitaries from the ruling and opposition parties, to reiterate the legitimacy of the new emperor's ascension to the throne over and over again, and to confirm that the empire will The authority of the new leadership with Li Chengqian as the core will be...

Liu Jie, who had always been suppressed by the military and repeatedly launched counterattacks, took the initiative to invite Ying: "Let me leave this matter to my humble ministers. Although people's minds are changing and the situation is not stable at the moment, His Majesty's ascension to the throne is a matter of God's will, and his name is righteous." Where, whoever dares to openly disobey, whoever goes against the sky, the king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the heaven and the earth will not tolerate it!"

Everyone nodded at Liu Ji's remarks.

From Dong Zhongshu's theory of "interaction between heaven and man" to Ban Gu's compilation of "Baihu Tongyi", he gradually combined the natural order with the feudal society and completely perfected the theological worldview.

In short, Confucianism compares the righteousness of monarchs and ministers, father and son, and husband and wife under the feudal system with various natural phenomena such as heaven, earth, stars, yin and yang, and five elements, in order to deify the feudal order and hierarchy.

What is grade?

That is the "three cardinal guides", "the ruler guides his ministers, the father guides his son, and the husband guides his wife".

"The righteousness of the three cardinal principles is that the sun is the king and the moon is the minister", "the merits of the ministers should be attributed to the emperor, what is the law? The law should be attributed to the moon and the sun", what do you mean?The moon itself does not emit light, but its light source comes from the sun. Based on this, it is reasonable to infer that "the minister owes his merits to the king"...

The old dynasty perished, and the new dynasty was established. Zhengshuo, Fuse, and the capital can be changed, but the avenues of the "Three Cardinal Guidelines" and "Wuchang" cannot be changed.

As a result, the foundation of "monarch power granted by heaven" is thoroughly established, and the enthronement of the monarch and ministers, father and son, and husband and wife is confirmed, and no one can change it.

Of course, in order to consolidate the status and power of the ruler, people only remember that "the ruler guides his ministers, the father guides his son, and the husband guides his wife", which is not easy to be correct forever. Dong Zhongshu's words, let alone the full text when Dong Zhongshu proposed the "Three Cardinal Guidelines".

The ruler is the guide for the ministers, if the ruler is not righteous, the ministers will vote for other countries.The country is the guiding principle of the people, if the country is not upright, the people will attack it.The father is the guide for the son, the father is not kind, and the son goes to another country.The son is the father's hope, the son is not righteous, righteousness destroys relatives.The husband guides the wife, if the husband is not upright, the wife can remarry.The wife helps the husband, if the wife is not virtuous, the husband will divorce her.

"Follow the way but not the king, follow the righteousness and not the father" is Confucius' true philosophy of government, neither foolish loyalty nor cynicism...

Of course, right now it is not a dispute of theories, and no matter what Dong Zhongshu said or Confucius said, His Majesty Li Er canonized Li Chengqian as the crown prince. If His Majesty Li Er passed away without telling the world to depose the prince, the successor should be Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian is the only legal heir of the Tang Empire, whoever opposes Li Chengqian is disloyal and unrighteous, and violates the law of heaven.

And this is the so-called righteousness.

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The four armies of Li Siwen, Cheng Chubi, Qu Tuquan, and Chai Zhewei were defeated miserably, and Yu Chigong led the army to rush towards Chang'an, causing Guanzhong to shake and Chang'an to shake, causing an uproar in the government and the public.

Although the King of Jin escaped from the Taiji Palace before, summoned all kinds of troops to attack Chang'an, and even claimed to have the "inheritance edict" of the first emperor, but since Youhou Wei had a bloody battle outside the Chengtian Gate, he had to withdraw from the city and retreat all the way. As far as Tongguan, few people are optimistic that King Jin can change his fate against the sky and repeat the story of "Xuanwu Gate Change".

But in the bottom of my heart, I don't know how many people dream that King Jin can repeat this feat...

The change of imperial power means the reshuffle and reshaping of the power structure, but with Li Chengqian's ascension to the throne, his confidants are all from the old department of the Eastern Palace, and almost all important yamen are under the control of the civil and military officials of the Eastern Palace. It is difficult for the rest to intervene. Get more benefits.

Compared with Li Chengqian, who has a team from the Eastern Palace, if King Jin wants to succeed, he can only rely on others. When he rises in the future, how can he not distribute power layer by layer?Therefore, those aristocratic families and generals who had never entered the center to monopolize power in the Zhenguan Dynasty before could not help but look forward to it.

However, after all, King Jin is in a weak position and is in danger of being destroyed at every turn. Who is willing to take big risks with King Jin for the sake of unseen power and interests in the future?

So when King Jin retreated to Tongguan, no one would jump out to support him at this time.

But as long as Jin Wang counterattacks to the city of Chang'an and the situation is reversed, there will be countless people scrambling to stand up and give support...

And Yu Chigong's hurricane dash seems to show such a beautiful vision in front of those ambitious people, making them covet and look forward to it.

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After the battle of Xinfeng, Zuo Tunwei lost his troops and lost his generals. He retreated all the way from Baqiao to the west of Bashui. Only then did Chai Zhewei gather his troops and gather the remnants.

Not counting ordnance and equipment, but only the loss of soldiers reached 2%, close to [-] people died or were injured or fled or disappeared.

Moreover, this disastrous defeat caused Yu Chigong to drive straight in, and he could reach Baqiao at any time to attack the defense line of the defenders, which can be described as a serious crime.

Reluctantly gathered up the defeated soldiers, and returned to the barracks outside the Xuanwu Gate all the way in fear, but did not receive Li Chengqian's angry reprimand and warning as expected, and even the court was silent, as if he, the leader of the defeated army, will be forgotten...

Originally, he was thinking about how to get rid of the crime, but no one cared about it. Such a gap made Chai Zhewei even more frightened.

Anything abnormal is a monster, this is not a good thing...

After staying in the Zuo Tunwei barracks for a while, His Majesty the general settled down properly, healed the wounded, counted the number of people, and ordered a few lieutenants to temporarily reorganize the troops. Chai Zhewei was sitting on pins and needles. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that he should not sit here waiting to die, since the punishment has not yet come. , then return to the city as soon as possible to operate.

Because of the existence of Princess Pingyang Zhao, the status of the Chai family is a bit detached. Even if he will lose a lot and directly lead to a sudden change in the situation in Guanzhong, but with Li Chengqian's weak character, as long as he operates properly, he may not dare to push himself to the end. .

After all, the most important thing right now is not only to resist Yu Chigong's army, but also to stabilize the clan and nobles...

Chai Zhe Weizai thought about it carefully, and felt more and more that this defeat was not a big deal, at most, his prestige was damaged, but he was beaten by the right guard before, and he still had some prestige left ?
As long as he manages Zuo Tunwei well in the future, the lost prestige can be recovered slowly. The most important thing right now is to keep the title of General Zuo Tunwei...

Without further ado, Chai Zhewei handed over the general affairs to the deputy general, and led dozens of his own soldiers, rode out of the camp and galloped westward.Passing through the Youtunwei camp, seeing the bright lights in the camp, scouts scouting horses in and out in the drizzle, and strict military discipline, I felt better instantly.

So what if you, Fang Jun, are good at leading troops?

Raising the combat power of the right guards of the mob to the top of the world with one hand, and the result is not to hand over the military power honestly?
Although Lao Tzu has been defeated repeatedly, his military power is always firmly in his hands...

When they came to Jinguang Gate, they handed over the fuze. The captain guarding the city knew that Chai Zhewei led the army to go out and suffered a big defeat. Now he must enter the palace to report the battle situation and commit minor crimes. into the city.

Chai Zhewei entered the city surrounded by his own soldiers, but when he came out of the city gate, seeing the soldiers standing on both sides looking at him and whispering, he became depressed and anxious again.

Obviously, the news of his defeat was transmitted back to Chang'an, and his prestige has been lost. Even small soldiers dare to whisper in front of him, and they don't know how to ridicule them...

He didn't go directly to the palace, but went back to Duke Qiao's mansion along the long street.

Although there is martial law everywhere in Chang'an City, the situation is chaotic due to the defeat of the soldiers in front. There are often crimes, theft and robbery, which makes Jing Zhaoyin exhausted, so the family soldiers in front of the mansion are patrolling with weapons. Need strangers to approach.

Seeing the return of their Patriarch suddenly, the soldiers were startled at first, and then rushed forward to welcome them. After seeing the salute, they opened the gate. Chai Zhewei rode his horse directly into the mansion, bypassed the screen wall before getting off his horse, threw the reins to the soldiers behind him, and strode towards Leaving the main hall, he asked the steward of the mansion who came to greet him: "Are Princess Baling and Erlang in the mansion?"

The steward hurriedly replied, "It's in the back house."

Chai Zhewei strode into the main hall, asked people to prepare clean water for a brief wash, and said to the steward: "Let the two of them come over for a while, and discuss important matters."

"Here."

The steward ordered people to prepare clean water, and then went to the back house to invite Chai Lingwu and Princess Baling and his wife.

My Patriarch returns after such a big defeat, and His Majesty will definitely punish him severely. Now that he returns to the mansion to invite Princess Baling, he must want Her Royal Highness to enter the palace to intercede. ...

(End of this chapter)