First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 418 Du Fengju of Ningzhou

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On the official road to Ning County, Tang Jun was marching.

Looking at the three big flags fluttering high, with the three big characters "Tang", "Li" and "Qin" written on them respectively, the soldiers suddenly felt a mighty and majestic spirit, valiant and high-spirited. Ruhong.

Li Shimin was sitting on horseback, holding a map in his hand and watching it intently.

Nian Xu, a middle-aged literati behind him, praised: "It's magnificent, just by looking at this majestic army marching, you can know that the king of Qin is famous for fighting, and it is absolutely worthy of the name."

Hearing the voice, Li Shimin came back to his senses, and said with a bright smile: "Mr. Du, are you flattering me?"

That man was Du Fengju, a private school teacher in Binzhou. He shook his head and laughed and said, "I can't afford to be a gentleman. Your Majesty can call me Fengju. If you are next to me, you will have no desires or desires, so why bother to flatter you?"

Li Shimin shook his head when he heard this, "Fengju is from Ningzhou. After this trip, he won't be in vain. Otherwise, I'm sorry Fengju for being so talented."

Du Fengju was stunned when he heard the words, and hurriedly argued: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of becoming an official."

But Li Shimin didn't listen to his details, and said directly: "There are sages in the wild, this is the fault of the court, since I found out, Fengju, you don't want to be idle and wild cranes, and besides, don't disappoint Qiao Gongshan's painstaking efforts!" ".

Du Fengju smiled wryly when he heard the words, so he had no choice but to agree. If he refused, it would not only be ignorant of flattery, but also suspected of inviting fame and favor. Not everyone is Tao Yuanming.

"Tie Yang sticks to Ning County, so I don't know what trick Feng Ju has?" Li Shimin asked with raised eyebrows.

Du Fengju shook his head and smiled, "Is the exam so fast?"

Fortunately, Du Fengju was not a silver pewter gunhead. When Li Shimin asked him to join the army to conscript Yang Wengan, Du Fengju was ready.

After pondering for a while, Du Fengju said bluntly: "The reason why Yang Wenqian was able to stick to Ning County was that the soldiers in the city didn't know the truth, and there were even more aristocratic families who waited and watched secretly supported him.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has surrendered all over the world, I believe that the army and the people in the city must not dare to rebel. The king's teacher is famous and ordered to hunt down thieves. He only needs to uphold the righteousness and clarify his will. With the prestige of King Qin, under the threat of the army, Ning County can be broken in a day ".

Hearing Du Fengju's words, Li Shimin couldn't help nodding, and continued to ask, "Then why was Qian Jiulong blocked outside the city?"

"Firstly, Duke Xun's prestige is not as high as that of the king. Second, I heard that Duke Xun has a strong character and has only stormed the city for the past few days. This move is bound to arouse fierce resistance from the people in the city. The army and the people fear morality but not prestige, fear righteousness and not fear swordsmanship, and the king attaches equal importance to morality and prestige, and success will be achieved immediately."

Li Shimin was very satisfied when he heard it, which coincided with what he thought.

After Qian Jiulong's siege of the city failed for two days, Li Shimin was thinking about this issue. There were not a few people in Longxi who supported Li Jiancheng.

One is because Li Jiancheng is orthodox.

The second is that Li Shimin used troops on a large scale in Longxi back then, killing the Longxi soldiers under Xue Ju's command and defeating them.

In fact, Longxi and even Kanxi were not friendly to Li Shimin. Most of the people who supported Li Shimin were from the Kanto region, such as Hedong, Central Plains, Shandong and other places.

Therefore, many soldiers and civilians in Gyeongju and Ningzhou supported Yang Wengan to defend the city openly and secretly, trying to support Li Jiancheng.

But now that Li Shimin came with the imperial decree, it clearly stated that Yang Wengan was a traitor, and those who followed him were punished as treason, and they were suppressed by the Qin King's illustrious and fierce name. It is expected that those people should seriously think about what they did. After all, there are very few people who really want to rebel. There are very few of them.

Kansai is the base camp of Li Tang, and the people still have a strong sense of belonging to Datang.

To put it bluntly, the soldiers and civilians in Qingning and Ningzhou only wanted to secretly support Li Jiancheng, and had no intention of rebelling.

After the general strategy was determined, Li Shimin ordered to speed up the march.

Fangzhou, Renzhi Palace, Li Yuan, who came out to escape the summer heat, lost all interest after this incident, and immediately ordered to return to Beijing.

Because of the existence of Gao Chong, Qiao Gongshan found Gao Chong to report the matter. Gao Chong quickly took over the evidence and reported the truth. The situation was always in the hands of the court. It did not follow the original track. , seized Ningzhou, threatened Fangzhou, and forced Li Yuan to hide in Phoenix Mountain overnight, lest Yang Wenqian would make a surprise attack.

Li Yuan got up and drove back to Beijing, whether it was intentional or not, he didn't mention Li Jiancheng, poor Li Jiancheng was still imprisoned in the camp outside Renzhi Palace.

The summer is scorching hot, the tents are small and stuffy, and the mosquitoes are infesting. This is not to mention how uncomfortable it is for Li Jiancheng who lived a good life since he was a child. The model of a gentleman.

Now living in this small tent, with the sound of buzzing mosquitoes and flies in his ears, the rough rice in front of him, and even the rough clothes on his body scratched his skin so painfully, Li Jiancheng hated him very much. Gradually this hatred took root in my heart.

Although Li Jiancheng was imprisoned in the Yulan Mountain camp, there were still heated discussions around him in Chang'an City. There were not a few people who defended the orthodoxy of the eldest son, and the new Zhongshu Ling, Duke Feng Lun of Miguo, was one of them.

Feng Lun, courtesy name Deyi, was born in the Feng family of Bohai, which is as famous as the Gao family. Feng Deyi's grandfather, Feng Longzhi, was an official of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zuo Pushe, and his father, Feng Zixiu, was an official of the former Tongzhou governor of the Sui Dynasty. , Generations of officials.

Moreover, the Feng family in Bohai is good at marriage. Feng Deyi's mother was born in Fanyang Lu's family, and his wife was born in Hongnong Yang's family.

When he became an official, he was an aide to Yang Su, the former Duke of Yue in the Sui Dynasty. He married Yang Su's cousin, and was later promoted to be an internal historian.

Yang Guang patrolled Jiangdu, and Yu Shiji, the minister of internal history, came to power, so he pleased Yu Shiji and worked in collusion until Yu Wenhuaji killed the king and seized power.

After Yu Wenhuaji's defeat, Feng Deyi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan despised his character, reprimanded him for flattery and disloyalty, and was dismissed from office and repatriated. For crimes, the official paid homage to Neishi Sheren, and was promoted several times thereafter, until the official worshiped the order of Zhongshu, and he was named the Duke of Miguo.

But Feng Deyi still has some talents. When Li Shimin wiped out Liu Wuzhou and pacified Hedong, he sent his army eastward to conquer Wang Shichong. Many courtiers opposed it. Only Feng Deyi stood by him, thinking that he should take advantage of the victory and fight again.Li Yuan agreed.

When Li Shimin was at a stalemate in Luoyang, the courtiers proposed to withdraw the army, but Feng Deyi came forward to object again, thinking that Wang Shichong was at the end of his rope and exhausted, so he should be eradicated completely in one go.Li Yuan agreed again.

The Turks invaded Taiyuan in the south, and the ministers proposed offering gifts to discuss peace. Only Feng Deyi believed that the Turks were hungry wolves, and only if they won the war could they make peace, otherwise the Turks would definitely make progress.Li Yuan still agrees

Through these three things, although Feng Deyi's reputation was not very good in the past, he was enough to gain a firm foothold in the court.

(End of this chapter)