First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 310

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Li Guangdu's behavior is a typical Hu Yi faction. When Hou Mo Chenying was stationed in Guizhou, the Sui army was strong and strong, and Li Guangdu joined him. When Hou Mo Chenying was transferred away, the Sui army was weak, and Li Guangdu was a rebel. .

Now most of the princes in the world have been pacified by the Tang Dynasty, only Lin Shihong, Liang Shidu and others are left, but the disease of ringworm and scabies, Gao Chong believes that Li Guangdu is a smart man.

As for Ning Changzhen in Qinzhou, Gao Chong doesn't have to worry. The Ning family is well-known in Qinzhou, and it is the largest wealthy family. It is no worse than the Feng family in Gaozhou. I have heard about it.

The Ning family was originally a well-known family in the Central Plains, and its ancestor was the Grand Sima Ningqi of the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period, who assisted Duke Huan of Qi to rule the hegemony, and was a famous scholar at that time.

Until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when wars broke out in the north, the Ning family moved to the south, settled down in Qinzhou, and gradually merged with the local slang. After his fortune, Ning Kui became the leader of Qinzhou slang.

After Ning Kui's death, his son Ning Mengli succeeded him as the governor of Anzhou in Nanchen. After the death of Nanchen, Ning Mengli separatized one side. When his mother treated her illness, Ning Mengli was sincerely convinced, accepting the soil and submitting it.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty changed Anzhou to Qinzhou, and still ordered Ning Mengli to be the governor of Qinzhou. Feeling the benevolence and generosity of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Ning Mengli voluntarily asked to resign and pay homage to the court to show his loyalty. Mengli died of illness, and his son Ning Changzhen succeeded him as governor of Qinzhou.

Gao Chong is not worried about the Ning family in Qinzhou, not because of Ning Changzhen, but because of Ning Chun, the younger brother of Ning Changzhen.

Coincidentally, when Gao Chong was studying in the Imperial College, he met Ning Chun, and the two could be regarded as classmates.

Ning Chun's father, Ning Xuan, was the former governor of Hepu County in the Sui Dynasty, and Ning Xuan was Ning Mengli's younger brother, so Ning Chun was Ning Mengli's nephew and Ning Changzhen's cousin.

Ning Chun is different from other members of the Ning clan. Ning Chun is considered to be the most educated member of the Ning clan in Qinzhou. He yearns for Sinology and is deeply influenced by Confucianism. learn.

In the Guozijian, Ning Chun has always regarded himself as the Ning family in Linzi, because the ancestral land of the Ning family is in Linzi, and his ancestor Ning Qi, the great Sima of the Qi State, was from Linzi. Although after several generations of integration, the Ning family has been classified as a slang , his grandfather Ning Kui is the leader of the slang, but Ning Chun has always regarded himself as a Han.

Ning Chun is now nearly [-] years old, and his father Ning Xuan is in charge of Hezhou (ie Hepu County), and he is the core figure in the Ning clan. If Ning Chun can be persuaded, then the Ning clan in Qinzhou can be established.

Because according to the news, Ning Xuan is old and dying, and his brother Ning Mengli has died for 20 years. I believe that even if Ning Xuan is thinking about Ning Chun, he will not go to war with the Tang army before he dies.

After all, it is impossible for people in their dying years to have any self-reliance ambitions. Of course, the premise is that they do not infringe the interests of their Ning family.

With this in mind, Gao Chong was in a good mood. Seeing the army crossing the river one after another, Gao Chong patted Jiang Baoyi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This trip will surely win."

The four years of Wude was destined to be an eventful year. Qin Wang Li Shimin put down Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang, Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong during this year.

Li Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao Jun, pacified Xiao Xian, and the Tang Dynasty was at its peak in its only four years since the founding of the country.

After Qin Wang Li Shimin made great achievements, he settled down to study in Qin Wangfu Literature Museum, and talked with nineteen bachelors about the classics and history collections every day, self-cultivation, but the world situation will not let this young commander rest in peace.

After the Luoyang class teacher returned to the court, Li Shimin offered his captives to the Taimiao, and Dou Jiande knelt down and begged to surrender. Logically speaking, Dou Jiande had already asked to surrender, so Li Yuan should not kill him, but Li Yuan did not intend to, and insisted on executing Dou Jiande.

On the point of executing Dou Jiande, Li Yuan was extremely resolute, and even Li Shimin's intercession was useless.

Although Dou Jiande was defeated and captured, he still had a high prestige in Hebei and Shandong. The original intention of his wife and brother Cao Dan and others to surrender was to preserve Dou Jiande. If Dou Jiande was executed, it would inevitably arouse the anger of the people in Hebei. False title to appease the old Ministry of Daxia.

However, Li Yuan decided to execute Dou Jiande for some unknown reason.

As for the other hero, Wang Shichong, Li Yuan would have been executed too.

But Wang Shichong took out Li Shimin's promise, and said to Li Yuan: "The king of Qin promised, spare me not to die."

After all, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are different. Dou Jiande was captured among the rebellious army after the defeat, while Wang Shichong surrendered before the city was broken and had soldiers in his hands, so Li Shimin promised to spare his life.

If Wang Shichong who took the initiative to surrender was killed, who would dare to surrender in the future, let alone Li Shimin's promise, Li Yuan would release him and exile him in Bashu.

But what is surprising is that before Wang Shichong's family left Chang'an, several people approached Wang Shichong and claimed to come to preach the decree.

Wang Shichong came out to receive the order in a hurry, but before he could react, he was beheaded by those people, and a generation of heroes came to an end in a daze.

It was later found out that among the people who killed Wang Shichong, the leader was Dugu Xiude, the governor of Dingzhou. Dugu Xiude voluntarily admitted that he killed Wang Shichong to avenge his father Duguji, because Duguji wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty in Luoyang and was arrested by Wang Shichong. kill.

The reason why it is said to be a surprise is that Dugu Xiude killed Wang Shichong against his will, and even falsely preached an imperial decree to lure Wang Shichong to go out. For such a serious crime, he was not questioned, and later he became the Duke of Teng.

Whether there are other secrets in it is unknown.

At Li Yuan's insistence, Dou Jiande was finally escorted to the execution ground and beheaded for public display. His old ministry was filled with grief and indignation upon hearing the news.

Just when he was feeling uneasy, Li Yuan issued an order again, forcing Cao Dan, Fan Yuan, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian and others from Dou Jiande's former subordinates to pay homage to the pilgrimage.

Under the leadership of the Cao family brothers, a group of old ministers of the Great Xia Kingdom united and determined to rebel. Fan Yuan and others supported Cao Dan as the leader, but Cao Dan had never had ambitions. After Dou Jiande was captured, Cao Dan, who was sitting in Dou Xia's hometown, Without self-reliance, let alone being alone now, she immediately refused.

Cao Dan learned through divination and hexagrams that if Li Tang was to be overthrown, only those who respect the surname Liu should be the main ones.

It happened that Dou Jiande had a general named Liu Ya, but Liu Ya thought it was the general trend for Li and Tang to unify the world, and she was unwilling to rebel.

If Liu Ya can't do it, then there is only Liu Heita, Duke of Handong County in Daxia, and everyone finds Liu Heita who lives in seclusion in Zhangnan, and explains the reason.

Liu Heikai and Dou Jiande were from the same village, they had known each other since childhood, and their family was poor. Dou Jiande often gave them financial support.

In the land of Hebei, disputes resumed.

(End of this chapter)