A knife in love

Chapter 709

Although Li Qiufeng was suspicious, he didn't speak.But Yang Ye couldn't help but said: "Xu Shiji is a famous founding general of the Tang Dynasty, as famous as Li Jing and Li Yaoshi. This man is very talented in culture and martial arts. Moreover, he is not only outstanding in strategy, but also a person of great faith. Back then Xu Shiji was originally Li Mi Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong and was forced to surrender to Tang Dynasty. He was named Wei Guogong by Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. However, the Li Tang court was extremely jealous of Li Mi, and only gave him a title of duke in name only. In fact, he had no real power. And the imperial court has placed a lot of eyes and ears around Li Mi to prevent him from making any changes.

"After Li Mi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, his remaining troops and the territory he originally commanded were all under the jurisdiction of Xu Shiji. Li Tang's court, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and other anti-kings all wanted to win over Xu Shiji. Under the pressure of the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Mi wrote a letter Write a letter to Xu Shiji, asking him to raise his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and he will surely become a Duke. Although this letter was written by Li Mi, it is Li Yuan's intention.

"After Xu Shiji received the letter, he told all the generals. The generals thought that with Xu Shiji's strength, if he raised his troops to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, he would definitely not be inferior to Li Mi. Guo Xiaoke, the chief historian, tried his best to persuade Xu Shiji to surrender as a prince. It can be exchanged for glory and wealth. Xu Shiji shook his head and said to Guo Xiaoke and the generals that Wei Gong has already belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Originally, the people's land here belonged to Wei Gong. Giving them in my name is to profit from the defeat of the lord and claim credit for myself. It is not for a gentleman to seek wealth by means of a villain. We should record the names and numbers of states and counties in detail, as well as the household registration of soldiers and civilians. Delivered all to Wei Gong, who dedicated it to the imperial court. The right way is to give all the credit to Wei Gong. All the generals respected him when they saw that he was so righteous. So Xu Shiji made a record of the household registration of the people in the prefecture and county, and sent an envoy to Chang'an to write to Li Mi. When he first arrived at the imperial court, Li Yuan was quite surprised to hear that Xu Shiji did not play a memorial, but only wrote to Li Mi. When the envoy informed Li Yuan of Xu Shiji's original intention, Li Yuan was very happy and respected Xu Shiji even more. Reminiscing about the Lord's kindness and refusing credit is a pure minister of the past and the present."

When Yang Ye said this, he glanced at Changsun Guangming, and then said: "Such a person who values ​​love and righteousness, it is really hard to believe that he would use insidious means to harm Changsun Wuji."

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard Yang Ye's long speech.Sun Guangming, however, sneered and said, "Old General Yang, what you saw was nothing more than what was written in the books by later generations. When Li Zhi brought Wu Zetian back to the palace from Ganye Temple, Zhaoyi was conferred first, but the temptress was still dissatisfied, and she wanted to be the queen. Li Zhi was instigated by the temptress, and wanted to depose the king and queen, and made the temptress the queen. However, all the ministers in the court knew that the temptress served Emperor Taizong. She became a queen, and violated human relations, and the officials would definitely not agree. At that time, my ancestor was the most important minister in the court, and the temptress thought that as long as the ancestor supported her as a queen, no courtiers would object. So the temptress persuaded Li Zhi , went to the ancestor's house to have a banquet in person, rewarded ten chariots of golden treasure and brocade, and appointed the three concubine sons of the ancestors as Chaosan doctors. The ancestors thanked the king for his kindness, and Li Zhi retreated, saying that the queen had no children, which might be detrimental to the Tang Dynasty. , wanting to persuade the ancestors to approve of deposing the empress. The ancestors knew that the temptress had different ambitions, so how would they let her be the empress of the Tang Dynasty? It's just that the emperor came in person, but he couldn't refute it face to face, so he had to pretend that he didn't understand Li Zhi. What the boy meant, he talked about him from left to right. The temptress knew that her ancestor opposed her being a queen, and she hated her, but she had nothing to do with her ancestor, so she had to go home with Li Zhi disgruntled.

"According to the generations of my eldest grandson's family, although the temptress did not realize her intentions in the ancestor's mansion, she did not give up. She secretly sent her mother Yang to visit the ancestor's mansion from time to time, trying to persuade the ancestors to support the temptress. The best friend of the temptress Xu Jingzong was the Minister of Rites at that time, and he also persuaded his ancestors to take the lead in persuading him many times, but he was rejected by his ancestors.

"Seeing that her ancestor insisted on preventing her from ascending to the queen's position, the temptress was so angry that she no longer tried to persuade her ancestor, but turned to the court ministers as backup. At that time, the ancestor's grandson Wuji was the first among the ministers in the court. Next are Xu Shiji, Yu Zhining, and Chu Suiliang. Li Zhi was determined to abolish the king and queen, so he called these four people into the palace to discuss. At that time, the ancestor was the head of the people and the court Fu, according to court practice, Shoufu should not use power to overwhelm others. Therefore, he did not speak at that time, but just watched with cold eyes. Yu Zhining was obedient, kept silent, and dared not argue. Chu Suiliang is a loyal man, claiming that the queen is innocent, How can it be deposed? And when Emperor Taizong was dying, he took him by the hand and said, "I am a beautiful woman, and I will pay you now." When Chu Suiliang said this, tears burst into tears, and he grabbed the land with his head. Blood stained the scene. Although Li Zhi was a fool, he thought of Emperor Taizong's instructions and the benefits of the queen, but he felt compassionate. At that time, the temptress was hiding behind the screen, and when he heard Chu Suiliang speak like this, he was out of breath , and even cursed loudly, why not kill this beast?! Although the ancestors did not speak at that time, they just saw the temptress rampant, but they also changed color suddenly. Fearing that Chu Suiliang would be killed by the temptress, he took him away from the palace. middle."

At this point, Changsun Guangming glanced at Yang Ye, and continued, "Abolishing the establishment of a queen is a major matter for the court. As an important minister of the court, he should clearly distinguish right from wrong. But at such a critical juncture, Xu Shiji even excused himself from his illness. That's because he had He got the benefits of the temptress and supported Li Zhi to abolish the queen. It's just that this person is cunning and knows that most of the courtiers don't want the temptress to be in power. Therefore, although he promised to support the temptress behind the scenes, he didn't come forward publicly and waited and watched the situation. Old General Yang, a person who values ​​love and righteousness, can he do such a thing?"

Yang Ye was so refuted by his elder Sun Guangming that he didn't know how to answer for a while.Yang Yanzhao saw that his father was speechless by the refutation, and said from the side: "Mr. Changsun, this matter is just passed down from generation to generation in your family, and it has not been found in history books. I am afraid that there are incomplete and false statements in it."

Changsun Guangming said: "The Sixth General's words are correct. However, although Chu Suiliang is admonishing with his life, Li Zhi has already made up his mind to set up a temptress as the queen. He knows that his ancestors and Chu Suiliang are extremely firm in opposing the temptress' supremacy. , Yu Zhining was in the middle of the mud, and the attitude of Xu Shiji, who held the military power, was very important. Therefore, after the ancestors and others left, Li Zhi sent someone to secretly find Xu Shiji in the palace. This time because Li Zhi secretly summoned him , unknown to the courtiers, Xu Shiji recovered from his illness and rushed to the palace soon. Li Zhi said to Xu Shiji, "I plan to make Wu Zhaoyi the queen, but Chu Suiliang insisted on his own opinion and thought it was impossible. Chu Suiliang is Gu Ming. Minister, what should we do about this matter? Xu Shiji replied respectfully, this is His Majesty's family matter, why bother asking outsiders! Based on this sentence, Li Zhi knew that Xu Shiji was on his side, so he no longer had any scruples. Soon after, the king and queen were abolished, and the temptress was the queen of the Tang Dynasty. This story was not passed down from my eldest grandson's family. Sima Guang wrote it clearly in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". Six generals, you can't say that Sima Is the light also a member of our eldest grandson's family?"

Yang Yanzhao was startled, and said, "Sima Guang? "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"? Why haven't I heard of it..."

Only then did Changsun Guangming remember that Sima Guang was a minister of Shenzong's first dynasty. It was nearly a hundred years after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty. Naturally, Yang Yanzhao would not have heard of Sima Guang's name, let alone the book "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".He smiled wryly, and said: "Just pretend I didn't say that, and the Sixth General doesn't need to care about it. It's just that Xu Shiji is extremely cunning, and he is best at speculation. Although he has made many military exploits, he is not a pure minister. The temptress wants to kill him." When my ancestors were in the family, they made up a secret accusation, asking Xu Jingzong to frame the ancestors. Although Xu Jingzong was the best friend of the temptress, but the matter was important, he did not dare to come forward in person. He ordered his best friends to submit a secret report to Li Zhi, claiming to be a supervisor Li Chao, the censor, colluded with his grandson Wuji in an attempt to rebel. Li Zhi, the bastard, ordered Xu Jingzong and his servant Xin Mao to jointly try the case. Xu Jingzong was afraid that things would change again after Li Zhi saw his ancestors, so he told Li Zhi Said, the evidence of Changsun Wuji's rebellion has been exposed, and the minister is worried that if he gathers his comrades to rebel, it will cause serious trouble. Therefore, His Majesty should issue an edict to arrest him and interrogate him, so as to avoid future troubles. Li Zhi this kid also shed a few tears hypocritically, and said to Xu Jingzong, how can I have the heart to punish my uncle, what will future historians think of me?

"Xu Jingzong, a traitor, naturally knew that Li Zhi was acting, so he cited the example of Emperor Hanwen killing his uncle Bo Zhao, and the whole world thought he was the master of enlightenment, so as to strengthen Li Zhi's determination to kill our ancestors. What nonsense?" The so-called ancient teaching of "resisting the chaos" is determined to put the ancestors to death. Li Zhi has performed enough dramas, so naturally he dare not confront the ancestors, and even dare not see the ancestors' faces, so he issued an edict to cut them off. His official position and feudal city moved to Qianzhou. The ancestors and sons were also dismissed from office and exiled to Lingnan.

"It's just that Li Zhi's imperial decree shocked the court, and the ministers of the court wrote letters to plead for the ancestors. Many old ministers even accused the treacherous ministers of framing Zhongliang and asked the emperor to recall the ancestors. Seeing the anger of the crowd, Li Zhi was frightened and at a loss. When he was fledgling, he saw the courtiers being aggressive, but he was too frightened to hide in the harem, not daring to show his face. In desperation, Li Zhi summoned Xu Shiji and Xu Jingzhong to the palace to discuss countermeasures. The two gave Li Zhi an idea that as long as Since the ancestor died in another place, the courtiers naturally had nothing to say. At that time, more newcomers will be employed, and all the old officials will be deposed. The situation of the court will be completely new, and future troubles will be eliminated forever.

"Xu Shiji and Xu Jingzong's venomous plot is indeed extremely vicious. Li Zhi issued an imperial edict hypocritically on the surface, asking Xu Shiji and Xu Jingzong to review the case of their ancestors' treason and give the courtiers an explanation. Xu Shiji is extremely cunning, and has always He looked fair. So when the ministers heard that Xu Shiji was presiding over the case, they were relieved. Unexpectedly, after Xu Shiji received the imperial edict, he secretly discussed the countermeasures with Xu Jingzong. Xu Jingzong summoned Yuan Gongyu, a member of Zhongshushe, He was sent to Qianzhou to investigate the case of our ancestors' treason. Yuan Gongyu knew Xu Shiji and Xu Jingzong's intentions, and as soon as he arrived in Qianzhou, he forced my ancestors to hang himself. Although Xu Jingzong and Yuan Gongyu started this matter, but this poisonous plan did not It was from Xu Shiji."

When Changsun Guangming said this, his face was ferocious, and he said gloomyly: "Such a bastard son of a turtle, can he still be called a person who values ​​love and righteousness?!"

(End of this chapter)