Da Wei Chun

Chapter 654
Li Shao sighed that it was a pity, and heard a report from his cronies, saying that Cui Guang and Wei Zijian had arrived.The two stopped talking and stood up to greet each other.

The three of them are ministers in the same hall, and they are all relatives by marriage.

Li Shao's third son married Cui Guang's niece, and the second daughter married Cui Guang's son.And Wei Zijian's wife, Cui Huirong, Li Chengzhi's mother-in-law, is Cui Guang's younger sister.Cui Huirong and Li Shao's wife Zheng are also cousins, so the three of them are very familiar.

After a short chat, Cui Guang asked again with a smile: "It's just my bad luck, and all kinds of mistakes. In the end, I fell short and failed the emperor's favor. The queen mother sent Uncle Yuan as an envoy again. I think it's about time Success? I just don’t know how many benefits I promised this little thief..."

He was also not polite at all, as he spoke, he sat by the desk and read the imperial decree.

After just a few glances, he sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Lu Guogong Li Chengzhi, honest and resolute, loyal to the country, can be regarded as Hexi Pingfan... Now he can be granted the title of King of Liang, guard Hexi forever, live and kill himself, hereditary duty... I hope that I will live up to my wishes, thank you!"

Keep Hexi forever, live and kill yourself, inherit your job...

He is the Minister of Shangshu, and also serves as the right servant of the sect. All edicts, edicts, regulations, and edicts are all passed through him. How can he not understand the meaning of these few sentences?

All the land in the west of the river is Liang soil, all the people in the west of the river are Liang people, and all the soldiers in the west of the river are all Li's tribe.

The so-called country within a country, listens to the tune but not to the propaganda, that's how it is...

Not only Cui Guang, but also Wei Zijian, his eyes popped out of shock, and he was dumbfounded.

If it is true as the imperial decree says, what is the difference between Li Chengzhi and the emperor except that he cannot "proclaim himself emperor"?
This is more than raising a tiger to cause trouble, it can be called digging one's own grave and seeking one's own death, how dare the Queen Mother and the princes do this?

No matter how you look at it, this edict is a bit weird.Cui Guang and Wei Zijian's eyes were not happy, but full of horror.

Seeing the appearance of the two, Li Shao was puzzled: "Is there something wrong?"

Wei Zijian glanced at Li Chengzhi, lowered his eyelids, and remained silent.Cui Guang frowned: "Dare to ask Uncle Yuan, but the Empress Dowager has another order to declare and Chengzhi?"

There is no oral order, otherwise Yuan Cheng would have said it.

Li Shao didn't answer but asked instead, "Why did Shangshu say that?"

That is no more?

Cui Guang's heart tightened, and he said suspiciously: "Uncle Yuan was leading the army in Guanzhong, helping Xi Shangshu conquer the Gao clan, why did you send you to the West Sea as an envoy?"

"Don't hide from the book: According to the Queen Mother and His Majesty's will, Yang Yanrong should be sent to Jingzhou as an envoy. The meaning is that he and Chengzhi have a good relationship, and the friendship between the two can be used in public and private, and in love and reason. A little more leeway.

However, after Ren Chengwang came to Xiazhou, he thought that Yang Shu was only an assistant official of the prefecture and county. If he was an envoy, he would inevitably be underestimated. Even in terms of personal friendship with Chengzhi, he was far away from his younger brother.It’s to change Yudi’s mission…”

Originally, Yang Jun was sent only to Jingzhou, and Li Shao was sent by Yuan Cheng instead?
As for Yuan Cheng, he probably didn't dare to come because he was afraid that Li Chengzhi would kill him to sacrifice the flag.

After all, when Yuan Cheng and Yuan Ying were fighting together, they were afraid that Li Chengzhi would not die. If Li Chengzhi's ability to kill was fast, Gao Zhao would rank first, and Yuan Cheng would definitely rank second.

Knowing that Yuan Cheng would not even be able to leave a whole body in order to make the sheep go to the tiger's mouth, it is reasonable to simply reassign Yang Jun.

It's not that the imperial court didn't pay attention to it. After all, Cui Guang and Wei Zijian had been sent to recruit him once. The former is one of the eight assistants, and the latter is also a noble minister and Li Chengzhi's close relative. It can be said that he is full of sincerity.

Although Yang Shu is just a friend, he has a deep relationship with Li Chengzhi, so it is reasonable for him to be the deputy envoy first, and then to respect Cui Guang as the main one after he arrives in the West Sea, and then to give Li Chengzhi an imperial edict.

But Yuan Cheng changed his mind and changed to Li Shao?

Cui Guang endured his doubts and asked solemnly, "Where did King Ren Cheng go?"

"Naturally, sit in Guanzhong and take care of it in the middle to help King Qinghe, Xi Shangshu, Xing Dudu, Cui Cishi and others stabilize the Northland and the six towns."

Such a trivial matter, why do you need Yuan Cheng to sit in charge?

With Li Shao as a sitting tiger, wouldn't it be more effective to stay in Guanzhong to support him?
Wei Zijian couldn't hold back in the end, and asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask, brother, but the king of Rencheng wants to requisition grain and soldiers from Guanzhong?"

"Soldiers have not been conscripted, but food has been borrowed a lot..."

Borrow food?

The two were startled and looked at each other, seeing the horror in each other's eyes.Then it was the same again, Qi Qi turned his head and looked straight at Li Chengzhi.

Li Chengzhi was at a loss: "See what I'm doing?"

Wei Zijian sighed sadly: "Even though I already have guesses in my chest, my uncle still wants to ask you: You will definitely not accept all the rewards in this decree, right?"

Li Chengzhi was stunned, and squeezed out a dry smile: "Ask my uncle, what should be and what should not be, and what's wrong with each?"

Seems to have guessed right.

Sealing Hexi forever, living and killing oneself, hereditary occupation... This is already a country within a country.But Wei Zijian didn't see a trace of joy or complacency on his face.

What's more, Li Chengzhi just sent someone to ask Yuan Zhi to go away, and wanted to force him to recruit the soldiers and civilians of Dunhuang Town.

And this is only the second thing, what scares Wei Zijian and Cui Guang the most is that the queen mother and the court seem to have planned this festival?

Otherwise, how could it be just a light imperial decree to designate Li Chengzhi as King of Liang?
It is a country within a country, and it is also the Wei soil in name. It is necessary to discuss with Li Chengzhi after the election of the imperial court: whether the imperial court will send officials to Hexi, whether Hexi will pay tribute to the imperial court, and whether to send people as hostages to the imperial court. Who is the hostage?
If Hexi encounters foreign humiliation, how to resist.If civil strife arises, how can it be calmed down?
What's more, to the south of Hexi is Tuyuhun, and to the north is Rouran. These two have always had a deep hatred with the Yuan and Wei Dynasties. If they invade Guanzhong or the Central Plains via Hexi, Li Chengzhi will not stop them. Resistance, to fight or not to fight?

There are too many such things to list, and I am afraid that ten days and ten nights will not finish the discussion. How could Li Chengzhi confirm the title of King Liang with just one imperial decree?

That's why Cui Guang asked whether the Queen Mother had another oral order to Li Chengzhi.If there is, it means that the imperial court really intends to appease, and this time it is just to test Li Chengzhi's tone.After it is confirmed, we will definitely send important ministers to Hexi, maybe Yuan Cheng, or Cui Guang, to discuss with him the outline and the beginning and the end.

If not, it means that the imperial court had expected that Li Chengzhi would refuse to accept the imperial edict.This mission is nothing more than to show the world to people, so as to occupy the righteousness...

"Since you want to rebel with all your heart, you are a traitor. And the old man is deeply favored by the emperor, so naturally he can only swear against you. The so-called difference of ways does not conspire with each other, so it doesn't matter if you don't drink this wine today!"

Cui Guangyou sighed, and got up immediately, "But this old man knows you well, so I will give you another piece of advice, I hope you will take care of yourself: If I were you, I would not embarrass Uncle Yuan even if I don't want to belong to the court. I will definitely send him back to Guanzhong, and how fast, how fast..."

He bowed to Li Shao again: "I'm being rude to my brother today, Yuan Bo don't want to take offense."

After all, Shi Shi ran out of the hall.

Wei Zijian also bowed to Li Shao, and then said: "Chengzhi, I'm afraid something bad will happen, it's better to prepare early, don't be careless!"

Just like that, the two left hand in hand without staying for a moment.

But the strange thing is that Li Shao was neither surprised nor annoyed, just remained silent with a sullen face.

Li Chengzhi's face turned cloudy and clear, staring straight at Li Shao, all kinds of thoughts came rushing to him.

If the essays are good, since Cui Guang can be respected as a great Confucian, it is natural that he should be higher than Li Shao.In terms of military affairs, although Li Shao is not a famous general, he has more victories and fewer defeats during his conquests. He can be called the mainstay, and he is much better than Cui Guang.

When it comes to grasping the current situation, the two of them have also spent half their lives in officialdom, and they have long been as wise as fools.In terms of the understanding of the court, the empress dowager, and Yuan Cheng and others, they should be about the same.

So even Cui Guang, who is trapped in the West Sea and has closed eyes and ears, can see through the problem, why Li Shao can't see the clue?
Of course Li Shao knew why the imperial court was so hasty, except for an imperial decree, Li Chengzhi was able to be named the King of Liang without even explaining a single sentence.

He knew better why Yuan Cheng would make such a good idea and replace him as an envoy to appease Xi Hai.

It's nothing more than the fact that the imperial court has already expected that Li Chengzhi has become determined after eating the weight, and he will definitely turn his back on it.But he was afraid that Li Shao and Li Chengzhi had been in collusion, that there would be a nest of snakes and rats, and they would inform Li Chengzhi, or even make trouble in secret, so he simply kicked him away.

Then why does Li Shao know it's a trick, but is still willing to take advantage of it?

"If I stay here, how will the chaos in Guanzhong arise? That's why I know what Yuan Cheng intends to do, and I know that he is falsely passing on the imperial edict. Even if he refuses to grant the edict, Yuan Cheng can't do anything to me, but Uncle Shi still agrees. , come to Xihai!"

Li Shao sighed leisurely, "You don't know, the court has already been unable to make ends meet after several years of wars, so when Xi Kangsheng went to conquer Gao Zhao, he had already spent more money, demolished the east and made up for the west, and it was the same in Guanzhong:

The Changping Warehouse in Fanzhou County had been emptied the year before last, and it was even worse in the past two years until the summer harvest time, when all the autumn taxes in Guanzhong were collected.What's more, Xi Kangsheng begged me to borrow food several times, which has already caused the gentry and common people in Guanzhong to complain.

But now that you know that you will never submit, the court can only make plans early.The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first, whether the imperial court will send out troops, and when they will be sent is temporarily unknown, at least there must be food first.

Therefore, Yuan Cheng can be said to have made an inch this time. It is called borrowing grain, but it is actually a forced expropriation.It is no different from Yuan Yi's tyrannical government to Beizhen in the previous year.Therefore, if Uncle Shi stayed in Guanzhong, wouldn't he be helping the tyrant to do evil?

It's ridiculous that Yuan Cheng only thought that sending away the old man would turn Guanzhong into a mess, but let him do whatever he wants, and get what he wants, but he didn't know that our Guanzhong gentry had already shared the same hatred and the same heart...

So don't worry, I'm afraid Guanzhong will be in chaos before the imperial army arrives in the West Sea... At that time, you can take advantage of the situation and enter, or plot Guanzhong, or attack Luojing..."

Li Chengzhi was stunned.

He knew that Li Shao had always been looking towards him, although he was not as open as Zhang Jingzhi, and supported him without hesitation, but he was definitely not uncommon in secretly caring for him.

Regardless of other things, if it weren't for Li Shao's cover-up when he served as governor of Qizhou and Liangzhou, Li Song and others could live in Xihai safely.It is even more impossible to quietly transport so much grain out of Guanzhong and to Hexi.

But Li Chengzhi didn't expect that Li Shao's plan was so deep that he wanted to make Guanzhong mess up?
First, the Qin and Liang states were lost, and then the five northern states and six towns were lost.And because of Gao Zhao's maneuvers, I'm afraid that Hedong is not as stable as it seems.If there is another chaos in Guanzhong, there will be no pure land in the vast world of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties except Luojing.

Even with the exception of Hexi, the rest of the rebellion has been put down, but it is like a broken mirror that cannot be reversed. If there is a slight disturbance, you can rebel and rebel again, and you will rebel against the flag everywhere.

To borrow a sentence from an alchemist, this great Wei has already lost its face, and its strength is exhausted...

It was as if a pie had fallen from the sky, and there was no way out, and suddenly the willows and flowers came to light.As long as it is another person, I am afraid that it will be smashed, dizzy and at a loss.But Li Chengzhi is a prophet after all, and he knows that a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken ship can remove three catties of nails, let alone a country?
No matter how unbearable Yuan Wei is, if he dares to be cruel, he only needs to hold on to the idea of ​​being caught to death, and he can fight Li Chengzhi no matter what.

Furthermore, today's imperial court is far from the end of the road, when everything is destroyed.As long as you dare to be shameless, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory...

With a thought in his heart, Li Chengzhi bowed deeply: "Uncle Shi's great kindness, my nephew will never forget it! But as Shang Shu and uncle said, it is not the best policy for Uncle Shi to stay in the West Sea..."

Li Shao frowned: "Why?"

Li Chengzhi pondered for a while: "Last year, the imperial court collected grain in Guanzhong, and there were millions of stones, but they were not used for military supplies, but were transported to Luojing. Uncle Shi, do you know why?"

"How do you know this secret?"

Just as he asked, Li Shao smiled again, knowing that he had asked a nonsense question.

Cui Guang sits in the center and leads the ministries and warehouses. This matter was handled by him, how could he not know?
It's ridiculous to think about it, but thanks to that old thief, he just returned his righteous words and vowed that he was deeply favored by the emperor, and he swore to be incompatible with Li Chengzhi, a rebel.But have already revealed such secrets to Li Chengzhi?
Li Shao shook his head as if laughing: "Isn't it because the imperial court has prepared for a rainy day, in case you will be punished in the future?"

"No... From my nephew's point of view, there are nine out of ten chances that it was prepared for borrowing soldiers from foreign tribes..."

Li Shao was shocked: "Is this what Cui Xiaobo said?"

Li Chengzhi smiled wryly: "If the minister knows about this, the rest of the assistants must know about it, and it's impossible to keep it secret, so Uncle Shi should have heard about it a long time ago... so it's all my nephew's guess Words..."

absurd!

Li Shao wanted to ridicule, but the words came to his lips, but he couldn't get them out no matter what.

Seeing the end of the day and the end of the road, there is no way out, what else can the Queen Mother and Yuan Cheng not do?

No wonder the court was so hasty, the prince sealed it as he said, but there is no half-paper charter?

It's really just to occupy the righteousness, and to be famous for being a good teacher.

No wonder Yuan Cheng was in a hurry, as if Li Shao stayed in Guanzhong for one more day, Li Chengzhi would raise an army, urging him to go west as soon as possible?

It turned out that I was afraid that I would see through his whereabouts and report to Li Chengzhi...

I'm afraid that if he leaves the gate with his front foot, this dog thief will go to Rouran or Tuyuhun with his back foot!

(End of this chapter)