Da Wei Chun

Chapter 593
During the rainy season, the vegetation sprouts.

Delicate green shoots have sprouted on the willow trees, and the spring wheat has been sown for nearly half a month, and pleasant green tips can already be seen in the field.

It was a rare sunny day, the yellow wind that blew for seven days in the middle of ten days had disappeared, and the sky was exceptionally blue.

But Li Shao was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery, leaning on the wall and looking south, his face was full of sadness.

"Mr. Shi, here we come!"

The confidant let out a low voice, pointing to a cloud of smoke in the distance, "It's less than two miles away!"

Li Yun was over sixty years old, her eyes were not so good, she squinted her eyes for a long time, and then vaguely saw a group of black spots running towards the town.

finally come!

He felt a little relieved, and slowly let out a breath: "I'll go back to the Yamen first, you stay here, and when someone comes, you directly bring them to see me!"

"No!" The confidant solemnly agreed and watched Li Shao go down the city.

In just a few breaths of effort, those black spots rushed down the city for nearly a hundred feet, and they could already see the horses and the armor on the knights clearly.

When he was approaching, he saw that the disciples of the Li family who were leading the way kept waving flags, and his confidants ordered loudly: "There is no need for inspection, just let him go!"

Then he heard that the gate of the city was opened, and the armored cavalry went straight into the city without hindrance.

But after entering the city, his nephew Li Xiu took the hundreds of riders to another courtyard in the city, and his cronies hurried down to the city, saying that Li Shijun had confessed earlier, and asked the imperial envoy to go to the town hall to clean up the dust.

Li Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the huge words "Bogulu" on the opening of the city gate.

Traveling day and night, not daring to take a break, I ran for nearly [-] miles in ten days, and finally arrived.

He gave a soft "huh", lightly clamped the horse's belly, and only took Li Cong and Li Xiaoxian, and went to the town government office with his cronies.

Left and right had prepared hot soup long ago, and there were maids to serve him in the bath, but they were all kicked out by Li Chengzhi.

After sinking into the wooden barrel, Li Chengzhi sighed comfortably as he felt the scalding hot water stimulate his pores.

Those who have tried it will know how sour it feels to ride a horse for ten days non-stop.

He is physically strong and energetic, but he still feels like his bones are about to fall apart, let alone the female relatives?

Wei Yu has already turned into a puddle of mud, even Gao Wenjun and Zhang Jingmo are at the end of their strength, if they run for two or three days, they will fall down.

Fortunately, now that he has reached his own territory, he no longer has to worry about being chased and intercepted by the enemy. If he wants to rest for a few days, he can rest for a few days.When you want to start, you can start when you want.

He didn't dare to make Li Shao wait any longer, so Li Chengzhi washed it hastily and asked Li Cong to help him undress and put on his armor.

Ordinary Mingguang Poutou, with a face mask, so others can see his two glasses at most.

Moreover, Li Shao specifically confessed that the people who served him were all close relatives in the inner house, and the news was relatively closed, so Li Chengzhi did not dye his hair or cover his face, and no one connected him with the world-famous Li Guogong.

It was less than a year since we parted, and when we saw Li Shao again, he seemed to have aged a lot.

Li Chengzhi stood tall and tall, cupped his hands and said, "I've kept Uncle Shi waiting for a long time!"

"It's okay!"

With a wave of Li Shao's hand, Li Xiu and his confidants who were waiting to welcome Li Chengzhi in the city brought food.Li Xiaoxian and Li Cong ate two bites first, and stood guard outside the door.

It can be seen that Li Shaozhi is cautious, afraid of leaking the news, even the cronies around him dare not let him know.

"Why did Gao Zhao react... so suddenly?"

suddenly?

Li Chengzhi paused slightly with the hand holding the chopsticks.

He had already sent his confidant to Li Shao to know the cause and effect, and Li Shao naturally knew that it was not because Gao Zhao thought the time was right, but because Li Chengzhi forced him to rebel.

What Li Shao asked was, how did Gao Zhao come to be so powerful?
In a short period of time, from the north of the Yellow River to the east of Guanzhong, a dozen prefectures and six towns, except for a few prefectures such as Hedong and Qi, all of a sudden, there were flames of war and rebellion everywhere.

At first glance, more than half of the world of Great Wei has fallen into the hands of rebels.Compared with the rebellion of Yuanhuai and Yu Zhongzhi in the winter of the previous year, it is like the difference between fireflies and the sun and the moon.

Li Chengzhi chewed the tendons in his mouth, took another sip of hot soup, and replied unhurriedly after swallowing it in one gulp: "Yuan Huai and Yu Zhong started the incident suddenly, but Gao Zhao made arrangements for nearly two weeks." The year is not the same day. Furthermore, it is not as it seems, every state where chaos occurs is all rebellious. It is just because it coincides with the meeting, and it is all wrong!"

Layout for nearly two years?
Li Shao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why?"

Li Chengzhi raised his chopsticks and pointed to the bread on the plate: "Uncle Shi, do you remember the shortage of food in the six towns from midsummer to autumn the year before last?"

Li Shao was naturally impressed.

Due to the severe drought in Wuchuan and Woye, the emperor ordered various ministries to raise food for relief. This also caused a financial panic in the court. The emperor had no choice but to ban strings, music, and meat in the palace.

Yuan Ke wanted to force Gao Zhao to ban the Buddha, so as to alleviate the panic of money, but it was not available. Only then did Li Chengzhi find a way to sell ice, which solved Gao Zhao's urgent need.

But it has been two years since this incident, so what does it have to do with today's chaos and the Gao-Zhao rebellion?
"It should be that time, in order to persecute Gao Zhao to ban Buddha, Yuan Ke did not hesitate to dismiss him from office and imprison him in the whole house, which made Gao Zhao feel disheartened towards the emperor. Since then, Gao Zhao has had the heart of disobedience ..."

Li Chengzhi sighed sadly, "I also came out of Shangdang, and the journey was very boring, so I guessed a few clues: just like when I returned to Beijing last year, Queen Mother Fang Yu hinted that Gao Zhao had a heart of disobedience, In a few days, Gao Zhao knew...

Another example is the secret recipe of kerosene. As soon as we presented it, the secret envoy sent by Yuan Hui to Xiazhou to visit the oil lake was able to leave Beijing, and Gao Meng, who was far away in Xiazhou, got the information and took all kinds of precautions. .It can be seen that in the deep palace, beside the empress dowager and the young emperor, and in Yuanhui's embroidered clothes and guards, Gao's eyes and ears have already been covered.

But since the palace is full of eyeliners, why did Gao Zhao, who was deaf and dumb at the time, not get the least bit of news in advance, regardless of the assassination of the late emperor or the rebellion between Yu Zhong and Yuan Huai? "

Li Shao was startled, speechless in a daze.

That's all for the former, but Yu Zhongyu hastily mobilized tens of thousands of forbidden troops to besiege the palace, and Yuan Ke, the emperor, didn't notice it beforehand, which is really unbelievable.

Regardless of the rest, with the late emperor's great trust in Gao Zhao and Yuan Ke's secretive and suspicious nature, how could it be possible not to make Yu Zhong, Liu Teng, Gao Zhao and others check and balance each other?

Just like Gao Zhao's new army, Yuanying's cronies had long been buried.

Of course, including Yu Zhong's two guards of the Forbidden Army, Liu Teng's palace mansion, and even Yuan Hui's envoys who seduced clothes, there are all hidden sons of Gao Zhao.

But what should have happened still happened. Yuan Huai and Yu Zhong's rebellion went smoothly, which is unbelievable. The whole story is really worth thinking about.

It’s not that no one doubted it afterwards, but after that, major events followed one after another, there was another rebellion in Qin and Liang prefectures, another chaos in the fertile field, another plot by Tuyuhun and Nanliang in Guanzhong, and Rouran’s invasion of the frontier... The chaos was unbelievable. The flaws are connected, and there is no flaws at all.

Furthermore, the new emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager proclaimed the throne, and the assistants were appointed in danger... The political structure of the government suddenly changed. They were busy stabilizing their position, busy fighting for power and profit. It was completely wiped clean, even if I wanted to investigate, I had no clue.

Therefore, the truth has long been buried in the long river of history.Now we can only hope that Gao Zhao's army will be defeated, and after he is captured alive, we can see if we can find out a thing or two.

"This is only one, and the second is food!"

Li Chengzhi sighed sadly, "Thinking about it now, today's fruit has already planted the root of disaster two years ago: because of the monk rebellion in Jingzhou, Xi Kangsheng used all the soldiers in the Guanzhong states to quell the rebellion, resulting in a huge harvest in Guanzhong. In [-], the people had no food left. Afterwards, the imperial court had no choice but to borrow grain from Beijing to relieve the worries in Guanzhong.

A few months later, there was a severe drought in Beizhen.According to the old practice of previous years, the nearest Guanzhong would provide relief.At that time, Guanzhong was already unable to protect itself, and there was no food left in Beijing.The imperial court could only ask the relatively affluent Hedong and Henan to raise food.

However, the house leak coincided with the continuous night rain, and then the Qin and Liang prefectures rebelled, the Woye Rebellion, Nanliang and Tuyuhun's [-] troops invaded Guanzhong, Rouran invaded Bian, etc., causing the imperial court to send the Chinese army to the expedition.

As soon as the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first, and there is no shortage of food for anything.But the relatively affluent Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan and other places have taken care of themselves.The imperial court had no choice but to resort to violent expropriation, exploiting Jin, Yan and other places and the six towns...

It was at this time that Gao Zhaoying saw a good opportunity and intentionally planted the root cause of the turmoil: Yuan Chen took the opportunity to stockpile grain wantonly, and secretly instructed Gao Meng and Gao Zhi to recruit soldiers and mobilize the monks and the people to rebel.Now the monks in Jin, Yan and other places are in chaos, and those in Ji, Bing, Fen and other prefectures have come from Congyun.The so-called injure the enemy one thousand, injure oneself eight hundred.After repeated battles, the current Chinese army still has a few battalions of soldiers who can fight, how can they overcome such a big disaster? "

This is inevitably a bit taken for granted, too far-fetched, right?
Li Shao just wanted to question, but he swallowed the words again.

If he hadn't known that Gao Zhao had taken advantage of the opportunity to garrison troops and food, how could Li Chengzhi have just set fire to Gao Zhao and had to turn back?

He frowned tightly: "According to your opinion, Gao Zhao must win?"

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely: "It's not that Gao Zhao must win, but that the imperial court must lose!"

How similar is the chaos at this time to the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the original history?

At that time, it was just a rebellion in the six towns, which caused the great Wei to fall apart. If Hu Chonghua hadn't been quick-witted, opened up the country, and used Rouran's soldiers to drive away tigers and wolves, Yuan Wei would have survived for several years.

Now, in addition to the six towns, there are more than a dozen prefectures north of the Yellow River.Not to mention Rouran, Tuyuhun, and Nanliang, since Yuan and Wei were overwhelmed, self-protection was a problem.

Even if Gao Ying, Yuan Cheng and Zhu Fu wanted to be traitors and open up the country, these mortal enemies had no soldiers to send.

At this time, the defeated prime ministers of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties had already been born, but all those with lofty ideals would always protect themselves and wait and see.When the time is right, how can we rely on a state or a county to stand on our own.

If one Gao clan falls, there will be countless other clans standing up. How can the Yuan and Wei Dynasties be invincible?

Li Shao said again: "Then what should we do now?"

Li Chengzhi pondered for a while, and spit out four words: "Respect yourself!"

"Where did Kou come from?"

"Yuan Chen!"

Li Shao was puzzled at the beginning, but after thinking about it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the imperial court is in a state of desperation, both Gao Ying and the courtiers know that this is a time of extinction.Even with the power of the whole country, they vowed to kill Gao Zhao, otherwise the world in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties would be in danger.

However, after repeated battles, Chaoyan was no longer as simple as hurting his muscles and bones. The Chinese army alone was unable to quell the rebellion, and the two prefectures of Bing and Fen, which were only a few hundred miles away from the capital, were already in chaos. Dare to use up the Chinese army?
Therefore, only the soldiers of the states and counties can be recruited, including grain and grass.

But besides Guanzhong and Hedong, where else can we go to sign Zhao?

But now that Hedong has become a barrier between Hebei, Jin and the capital, how can the court dare to move lightly?

After counting and counting, there is only one Guanzhong left!
No wonder Gao Ying made the final decision and worshiped Xi Kangsheng as the marshal of the conquest?
No wonder, when Li Chengzhi withdrew from Chencang last year, he said: As long as there is no chaos in Guanzhong, the world will not be lost!
But now, only waiting for Xi Kangsheng to come with the decree...

If he didn't want to issue an imperial edict, if he didn't want to plunge millions of people in Guanzhong into dire straits, or even go against the law, and waited for a good opportunity, Li Shao had no choice.

The clans in Guanzhong form their own system, even if they are not connected to each other, at least they communicate with each other.If you want to fight against the order with determination, no matter whether it is Xi Kangsheng or Yuan Cheng, it is guaranteed that he will not recruit a soldier or a grain of rice.

The king and Sima share the world, not only in the Southern Dynasty.In the Northern Dynasties, it would be "the family and the Yuan clan share the world"...

I don't mention the rest, just look at Yuan Ke's persecution of the Guanzhong clans during his lifetime, whether it is the Longxi Li family represented by Li Shao, or the Hongnong Yang family represented by Yang Shu and Yang Jun, there are 1 reasons to resist the edict Do not comply.

More like what Li Chengzhi said, it's not that the teacher came out of nowhere: only one Yuan Chen can make Xi Kangsheng return without success.

As long as the encirclement is not suppressed, and the suppression is not destroyed, Guanzhong is "undecided internal strife", and it can be "outside without the emperor's order."

What's more: just like Gao Zhao, secretly made Guanzhong powerful to pretend to be monks and thieves, and also like the northern states, how did the imperial court conscript troops and food in Guanzhong?
Even if there is doubt, there is nothing to be done with the power of the court.

That's why Li Chengzhi said that Gao Zhaosheng didn't know if he won, but the court would definitely lose...

The road has been pointed out to me, so it depends on whether I dare to do it.

Li Shao clenched his fists and stared at Li Chengzhi closely, his face was cloudy and gloomy, and his eyes were full of brilliance.

Li Chengzhi drank the soup calmly.

Now that the cake has been drawn to Li Shao, believe it or not, as well as whether to do it or not, are no longer under Li Chengzhi's control.

After a long silence, Li Shao hissed and asked, "What about the West Sea today?"

At this point, there is no need to hide.Li Chengzhi said calmly: "Now there are nearly [-] households and more than five guards. There are countless soldiers, grain, cattle and sheep, and the benefits of firearms..."

Li Chengzhi paused for a while, and then said: "Since the junior Shangdang went to the west, I have ordered Li Liang to send armored cavalry and a guard, pretending to be Rouran's soldiers, to invade the interior and take the three counties of Hexi first. Regardless of the rest, let's go." Just the Hexi Racecourse can increase the number of horses in Xihai by tens of thousands..."

Li Shao was very puzzled: "Why do you want to hide your head and show your tail, and why didn't you take Guanzhong first?"

Li Chengzhi pondered for a while, then laughed in a low voice: "One is because the timing is not enough, and the other is... the teacher came out of nowhere!"

Li Shao's whole body was shocked: What a teacher who came out of nowhere?
(End of this chapter)