First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 201 Xiliang and Hebei

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In the inner court, there are few men, and Hu Wu is an exception.

"It is the blessing of all the people that the Heavenly Maiden protects Great Liang. After the Heavenly Maiden arrives, the disaster will be eliminated naturally. Mr. Cao intends to stop pedicures. If the Heavenly Maiden is neglected, how can this be done?" In the bedroom, Hu Wu checked Li Gui's "dragon body." "Then said directly.

Li Gui frowned, he knew very well that if he didn't open warehouses for relief, it would be difficult for the people in Hexi counties to survive, after all Li Gui cherished his reputation very much.

But if he opened a warehouse, he would not be able to build a high platform. He was afraid that he would be disrespectful to the goddess, so Li Gui was very entangled.

When Li Gui was struggling, Xie Tongshi questioned Cao Zhen in public at the court meeting, "Occasionally there will be disasters, and the people will starve to death. These people are all weak and incompetent people. Strong and brave men like us will never do this." And stuck.

Moreover, the existence of the granary is to prepare for emergencies, so how can we recklessly give favor to the weak and powerless? In order to invite fame, Mr. Cao borrowed the national grain storage to give me kindness. ? "

These words were resounding, Cao Zhen was furious, and said bluntly: "Even the weak and powerless people are also the people of our Great Liang, how can we let them starve to death?"

"Cao Xianggong's remarks are ridiculous." An Xinggui came out and shook his head and said: "I came from Chang'an. When Li Tang was fighting Xue Qin, the food and grass were not enough. The people in the pass generously donated food to support Wang Shi. , How come to my Great Liang, at this time of crisis, the imperial court is required to support the people?"

"If we open a warehouse to release grain, I'm afraid those common people only know the name of Cao Xianggong's benevolence, but they don't know that His Majesty the Emperor of Great Liang will stop working on the Tiannv Tower?" The Minister of the Household Department, An Xiuren, sneered.

"You..." Cao Zhen pointed to the three of them, "What is your intention to dare such nonsense, the truth is dedicated to the country, the gods can learn from it."

"Can the gods learn from it?" An Xiuren continued to sneer: "Mr. Cao is about to stop building the heavenly girl tower, how can the gods learn from it?"

Li Gui's face was already gloomy. The words of the An family brothers and Xie Tongshi constantly stimulated Li Gui, and the words of Hu Wu in the inner court also surrounded his ears.

Li Gui stared closely at Cao Zhen, one was worried about stopping the construction of buildings and neglecting the goddess, and the other was the most important thing, opening warehouses to release grain, the people only knew the name Cao Xianggong, but not the kindness of Emperor Daliang.

"Your Majesty", seeing Li Gui looking over with an unfriendly expression, Cao Zhen was startled and furious.

"Mr. Cao is not feeling well. Starting today, he will retire and return to his hometown, and will no longer hold any position," Li Gui said directly, waving his hand.

Cao Zhen's body was shocked, her expression was disbelief, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also shocked, the majestic prime minister of a country, only about forty years old, is returning home?It's a little ridiculous.

Cao Zhen looked at the An family brothers and the others, gritted her teeth and said, "Today I know what Liang Shangshu said is true, bullshit is harming the country."

"Your Majesty, my minister is so loyal, Cao Zhen slandered me in court, I beg Your Majesty to uphold justice." An Xiuren bowed down immediately, feeling very wronged.

"Back off", Li Gui glared at Cao Zhen and scolded, "I have given you a face, so don't be ungrateful."

After Cao Zhen heard the words, she stopped talking and turned to leave, her back was very sad.

In the 13th year of Daye, when Li Gui raised an army, it was Cao Zhen who took the lead in supporting Li Gui as the leader, but now he was also dismissed by him. Seeing this, the ministers felt even more uneasy.

The previous Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Liang Shuo, was the mastermind, but now the Minister Zuo Servant, Cao Zhen, is the first person to support Li Gui as the leader. These two people can be called Li Gui's right-hand men, but now one dies and the other dies, which is really shocking. fear.

What is even more horrifying is that just three days after Cao Zhen was dismissed, she was found poisoned and died at home. When the news came, the city was shaken.

"Bold, who? Who is it?" Li Gui was furious, and kicked the case table, "Cao Zhen and I are the first to advocate volunteer soldiers. Even if they are dismissed, they can enjoy wealth and honor. How can I kill them? Who did it!"

All the servants fell on the ground, trembling, not daring to speak.

Because Liang Shuo was poisoned to death by Li Gui's order, and he also called it to leave his whole body instead of using swords and soldiers. Now Cao Zhen is also poisoned to death. The murder method is exactly the same, and everyone takes it for granted that Li Gui ordered Kill him with poison, and the monarch and his ministers will leave.

Since then, many officials in Xiliang have fled, and Li Gui has truly become a loner.

Even if he is close to the servants, he is still in fear every day, fearing that he will follow in the footsteps of Liang and Cao. Li Gui can only be angry about this, and feels very aggrieved in his heart, but he has no choice. Knife kills.

In Anfu, the An family brothers looked happy, "Erlang, when Li Gui is defeated, my brother will return to the Tang Dynasty with the merits of destroying the country, and the position of prince can be taken by hand." An Xinggui raised his glass and smiled with excitement.

An Xiuren grinned and said, "Li Gui depended on me to break through the city, and now he is going to die at my hands. This is God's will."

An Xinggui laughed loudly, and then said bluntly: "Now that Li Gui is completely lost, we should speed up the deployment and capture him as soon as possible."

An Xiuren nodded when he heard the words, "Relying on Anjia's strength alone is not enough. I still have a little help, maybe I can give it a try."

"Who?" An Xinggui's eyes lit up, "Quickly tell me."

"Xi Daoyi", An Xiuren replied.

"Qiang people?" An Xinggui frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"My brother doesn't know something. Because Xi Daoyi was dissatisfied with Xue Ju's arrogance, he was persuaded by Li Gui to surrender, and Li Gui promised to make him the county guard." An Xiuren shook his head and laughed.

"The position of the county guard?" An Xinggui also laughed, "The Han officials such as Liang Shuo and Cao Zhen are extremely distrustful of us Hu descendants. Li Guilong has a total of five counties, how can he be evenly appointed to Xi Daoyi?" .

"What my brother said is true," An Xiuren continued, "After Xi Daoyi surrendered, Li Gui wanted to fulfill his promise, but Liang Shuo discouraged my Hu descendants from growing stronger. For nothing, Xi Daoyi and thousands of Qiang soldiers Lied to him, you said Xi Daoyi can not be resentful?"

Hearing this, An Xinggui was overjoyed, and said directly: "Is Erlang familiar with Xi Daoyi?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, Xi Daoyi came to my house for a banquet yesterday," An Xiuren said with a smile.

An Xinggui laughed when he heard this.

The undercurrent in Xiliang is turbulent, but the land of Hebei is peaceful with dragon and phoenix.

Dou Jiande was quite talented. Not long ago, he captured Hejian County, pardoned Wang Cong, the recalcitrant Prime Minister of Hejian County, and appointed Wang Cong as the governor of Yingzhou.

Both the Northwest War and the Central Plains War failed to affect Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande devoted himself to governing the land of Hebei, but the land of Yanzhao in Hebei was actually a little stable in this chaotic world, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

At the beginning of winter, five big birds hovered in the Jincheng Palace for a long time, and then tens of thousands of birds flew in one after another, circling and never leaving. Such auspiciousness shocked Hebei, and the people were amazed that it was a miracle. Dou Jiande ordered to change the name to Wufeng.

At this time, a commoner dug out a black jade from the river, named Xuangui, and presented it to Dou Jiande.

Kong Deshao, the No.30 fourth grandson of Confucius, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly said: "In ancient times, Xia Yu was ordered by a talisman, and a mysterious jade descended from the sky. Proclaim the emperor and build a great summer."

(End of this chapter)