First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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In the study room, Gao Junya stared at the complete picture of the Tang Dynasty on the desk for a long time without saying a word.

Gao Chong smiled when he saw this, and said in relief: "Aye, there is no need to be like this. My family's achievements are proved by our own history. Even if some people are jealous, it doesn't matter."

Gao Junya came back to her senses, and took a light look at Gao Chong, "You want to say that the clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid?" Gao Junya laughed lightly, disapproving, "I Let me tell you, that's just self-deception, prosperity must decline, this is the eternal truth.

Do you think it's normal for rumors about the Gao family to spread throughout the offices in just one day? "

Gao Chong paused and frowned, "Aye, are you saying someone is targeting you?"

Gao Junya shook her head, "You didn't understand what I meant. Regardless of whether someone targeted it or not, in one day, the three provinces, six ministries, and various government offices were so enthusiastic about the Gao family. What is this? This is the human heart? There is a high probability that later No one contributed to the flames, but it can be seen that people's hearts are unpredictable.

As you said, jealous people abound. They may have no grudges against my Gao family, but they will not be able to rise to the fifth rank in their entire lives, and we are so noble, you think they will treat them with a normal heart ? "

Gao Chong opened his mouth, a little helpless.

Gao Junya continued to sigh: "Maybe you want to say it doesn't matter and ignore it, but this is what people want, rumors can kill people."

Regarding this point, Gao Chongshen took it for granted and agreed very much, and immediately said: "Aye, don't worry, since I am aware of this problem, I have a solution. Look at this complete map of the Tang Dynasty, does it have the same problem as me? idea?"

Gao Junya turned her eyes to the whole picture, frowned even more, shook her head and said: "I understand what you mean, it's nothing more than letting it out, but I just feel unwilling for my father."

As Gao Junya said, there are so many officials in three provinces, six ministries and nine temples, and nine out of ten of them have never had contact with the Gao family, and they have no grudges or grudges, but in just one day, they are all discussing how the Gao family is doing. Noble, how beautiful, this sense of crisis is quite strong, after a long time, it will definitely be backlashed by it.

Gao Chong is not complacent. On the contrary, since Daye became Gao Chong in 13, he has been walking on thin ice, not daring to slack off, let alone underestimate the wisdom of others. There was Liu Wenjing back then, and now there is Feng Deyi. Speaking of this kind of Central Zaifu, even Wang Lishe, Cao Shenjun, who was under Li Yuan's command back then, had a clear mind.

No one is a fool, if he treats others as a fool, then the fool will be himself, this is the sense of crisis in Gao Chong's heart, so after he heard the rumors, he immediately became vigilant, and the same is true for the scheming Gao Junya .

For his father's reluctance, Gao Chong understood very well, after going through many hardships, he finally waited until this day, and by virtue of his meritorious deeds, he was promoted, and if he let it out, he would stay away from the center.

The situation has become very obvious, the center cannot accommodate a pair of father and son at the same time, and now this situation is extremely rare, the father worships Shangshu Youpushe, who is actually the prime minister, and the son worships Dali Siqing, one of the nine ministers, and has passed through the dynasties. , unless it is an extremely special age, this situation rarely occurs.

Once Gao Junya becomes the prime minister worthy of the name, and Gao Chong enters the Duke of Jue and takes charge of one of the six ministries, the challenge to the imperial power will be too great. Even if Li Shimin dares to use it, it depends on whether the Gao family dares to bear this criticism. up.

Gao Junya also didn't say such thoughtless words as resignation. Both father and son knew that the most positive and effective way is to let go outside now. For father and son, one of them must stay away from the center. Can be high rush.

This is not only out of self-protection, but also an explanation to Li Shimin, showing his heart, even if Li Shimin does not need this explanation, he still needs to be conscious, and only conscious people will last long.

"I originally thought that you would definitely not be a prime minister, and only entered the six departments. In this way, there may be no criticism, but now it seems that you still underestimated the public opinion," Gao Junya said, frowning.

Looking at his father's appearance, Gao Chong actually grinned, "Aye, you are worrying too much, just listen to my thoughts."

Gao Junya paused, does this kid have another clever plan?Dang even said suspiciously: "First of all, it is not feasible to resign. This is your meritorious service, so there is no need to resign. Second, self-defilement is not feasible, it is too clumsy, and it is easy to leave a stigma. Tell me about you idea".

Gao Chong laughed in astonishment, and said directly: "Aye, look, according to the military report sent back by Li Jing, all the Turkic tribes gathered in Dingxiang City. In all likelihood, they intend to send troops to invade the south. It should not be a big problem for the upper six, this is the accumulation of experience."

Hearing this, Gao Junya frowned, "I can understand that you don't want to let it go outside, but regardless of the Turkic war or peace, it is destined not to last in Guanzhong, so what's the benefit?"

Gao Chong sighed when he heard the words, stretched out his hand and pointed to the Lingnan area, and sighed: "This place was recruited by me. It is not bad as I expected. There must be changes in Lingnan."

Gao Junya's expression changed, and she waited for Gao Chong to continue.

"Aye, on the day the sage was enthroned, you may not have noticed that Geng Guogong Feng An did not enter the court."

Gao Chong said in a deep voice: "The governors of other states may be trapped in military affairs, so there is no need to come to watch the ceremony, but as early as a month ago, the sage sent several princes to watch the ceremony, such as Du Fuwei, King of Wu, Tian Shikang, Duke of Guizhou, and Tian Shikang, Duke of Yue. Duke Wang Hua and others are all princes who previously ruled in a separate country, and Feng An was among them. What I want to say is that among these people, only Feng An did not enter the court according to the order."

Gao Junya was startled when she heard the words, and asked in astonishment: "How dare Feng An resist the order? Does he dare to rebel?"

Gao Chong shook his head, "Feng An has no ambitions and a loyal personality. He was unable to enter the court. I guess there may be other reasons. It should be that something happened in Lingnan."

In the fourth year of Wude, Gao Chong recruited Lingnan. Duke.

At the end of the fourth year of Wude, Wang Hua, the king of Wu who ruled Shezhou, Hangzhou and other six states, took the initiative to descend to the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan was overjoyed and named the governor of Shezhou, continued to govern the military and administration of the six states, and became the Duke of Yue. .

Gao Chong is also a little confused now. He remembers that Feng An had a good reputation in history and would not rebel, but this time he refused to enter the court, and Li Shimin was already quite angry. Shu, accused Feng Ang of treason, which made Gao Chong quite confused.

All kinds of phenomena show that Feng An really seems to have the intention of treason. Not only did he not pay tribute, but when the new emperor ascended the throne, he refused to come when he was called to the court. He completely lost contact with the court. This can actually be called treason.

It's just that Gao Chong is not a history expert, and he doesn't know what happened in Lingnan during this period, but based on his trust in the general trend of history and Feng An, he feels that there must be something strange.

When Gao Chong was in Lingnan, he had a lot of contact with Feng An. He really felt that Feng An would not rebel, and if he wanted to rebel, he would not take the initiative to join him.

Hearing Gao Chong's words, Gao Junya didn't think so, but shook his head and said: "I still say that, people's hearts are unpredictable."

In fact, Gao Chong's intuition was not wrong, and his vision of people was not wrong. Lingnan Gaozhou is now in flames of war. It's just that the rebels deliberately blocked the news, and the mountains are high and the roads are far away, so the news has not spread for the time being.

Lingnan, Gaozhou, Gaoliang City.

Above the top of the city, Feng Ang looked down at the city with his helmet on. There was still blood stains on the armor. After a long time, he waved his hand tiredly, "Go home, the bandits will not attack again today."

"Aye, go back home and rest." A thin middle-aged man beside Feng An supported Feng An and said, "I'm on duty at the top of the city, talking about treacherous thieves, and beware of night raids."

Feng An nodded in relief when he heard the words, "My son is thoughtful."

This middle-aged man was none other than Feng An's third son, Feng Zhizun, who was the governor of Gaozhou.

The father is the governor of Gaozhou, and the son is the governor of Gaozhou. It is extremely rare for father and son to govern the same area. However, this is also a special detention policy for slang. .

"Aye, don't worry, the reinforcements from the eldest brother and the second brother will arrive in a few days, and it won't be long before the bandits are arrogant." Seeing Feng An's sad face, Feng Zhichen said immediately.

The elder brother that Feng Zhichen said was Feng An's eldest son, Feng Zhidai, who was appointed as the governor of Chunzhou.The second elder brother is Feng An's second son, Feng Zhiyu, who is the official governor of Donghezhou.

Feng An stopped and saw that there was no one else on the left and right, so he looked at the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield under the city, and sighed worriedly: "I am not worried about the thief. I must retreat, I am worried about the north."

Feng Zhichen was not a mediocre person, he immediately asked after hearing the words: "Aye, you mean the imperial court?"

"Yes", Feng An nodded, "I have received the imperial edict a month ago, but these thieves surrounded my city, blocked my way, and made me unable to communicate. Now the crown prince should have ascended the throne, and I...".

Speaking of this, Feng An's face was full of bitterness, "And I didn't return the court, the crime is an accomplice to treason."

Feng Zhichen heard the words and persuaded him: "Talking about the rebellion of the thieves, we are surrounded in the city, and we are really not allowed to enter or leave. It must be that Aye is unwilling to return to the court."

Feng An just shook his head when he heard the words. Feng An, who has gone through vicissitudes, has already turned pale. He knows very well that sometimes a sin is a sin, and the reason is not important, especially when the information is not clear, he can't explain it.

Feng Zhichen was the third child, and he had always been filial, otherwise Feng An would not have kept him under his command. Seeing his father's sad face, and seeing the tragic battlefield below the city, Feng Zhichen gritted his teeth with hatred.

"It's all my uncle's wolfish ambition. If my great-grandmother was alive, she would have killed all relatives, except for this traitor."

"Shut up", Feng An frowned immediately when he heard this, "He is your elder after all, his crimes will be dealt with by the court according to the law, and it is not your turn to blame."

Feng Zhichen was speechless when he heard the words, and dared not refute.

Feng An's frown deepened, and he sighed quietly: "He is going to bring my Feng family into the abyss...".

The current Feng An can be said to be very helpless, and among the rebels is his biological elder brother.

Now he is still trapped in Gaoliang City, unable to return to the court, and has lost contact with the Central Plains for more than a month. When the court hears the news of the rebellion, he will really be speechless.

The most important thing was that Feng An was worried that the imperial court would not know about the huge changes in Lingnan. This was what Feng An was most worried about. Once there was another chaos in Lingnan, he would really feel ashamed of his grandmother, Mrs. Xian.

Speaking of it, I have to mention that when Li Shimin became the crown prince a few months ago, after Li Shimin's decree became known to the world, Ning Changzhen, the governor of Qinzhou, specially presented the South China Sea Pearl as a show of respect. Li Shimin had just ascended to the crown at that time Li Shimin politely refused and did not accept the gift.

Just at this time, Ning Changzhen's nephew, the son of Ning Changzhen's younger brother Ning Xuan (the one above and the one below), Ning Daoming, the governor of Yuezhou, came to Qinzhou.

After hearing about this, he said indignantly: "I heard that the Tongbu court has already accepted the tribute from Xiangzhou and Rongzhou. Why didn't it just accept the tribute from Qinzhou? Could it be that the court is going to attack me from Qinzhou?"

Hearing these words, the old and dizzy Chang Ning was really terrified. He actually followed Ning Daoming's advice and stayed on his own. To put it bluntly, he rebelled and refused to listen to the court's order.

In the southeast of Gaozhou, there is also a tribe of slang, whose chief is Tan Dian. Although they are both slang, for many years, the Tan family and the Feng family have always been at odds and attacked each other. Tan Dian is very dissatisfied with Feng An.

Seeing the rebellion of the Ning family in Qinzhou, Tan Dian immediately responded with troops and attacked Gaozhou.

If Ning Daoming's rebellion was due to ambition, Ning Changzhen's rebellion was due to his old age, and Tan Dian's rebellion was due to his enmity with Feng Ansu, then the next rebellion of this person is simply a problem with his head.

Seeing the rebellion of Ning Changzhen, Tan Dian and others, Feng Xuan, Feng An's elder brother and one of the leaders of Feng's slang, responded by raising troops and participating in the anti-Tang Dynasty, leading his slang to attack Nanhe Prefecture governor Shining Pure pioneering Jiangzhou.

Feng Xuan was the eldest brother of Feng An's mother and the eldest grandson of Lady Xian, the Holy Mother of Lingnan. Feng Xuan's rebellion made the Feng family in Gaozhou extremely passive.

At this time, Tan Dian, the leader of the slang on the southeast coast, took the opportunity to send troops and directly besieged Gaoliang City.

In fact, it was not this time that Feng An's brother Feng Xuan had a head problem.

Ten years before the Kaihuang reign of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Zhongxuan, the slang chief of Panyu, rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and attacked Guangzhou.

In the tenth year of Emperor Kaihuang, during the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, Wei Wei, the general manager of Guangzhou, went out of the city to meet the attack, and died of stray arrows in his body.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty immediately appointed Wei Wei's deputy Murong Sanzang to inspect the Guangzhou Road Marching Chief and stick to Guangzhou.

He also appointed Shi Lang Pei Ju to be the governor of Lingnan. Pei Ju was quite strategic and assisted General Lu Yuan to win a big victory in Donghengzhou (now Shaoguan, Guangdong), killed Wang Zhongxuan's general Zhou Shiju, and arrived in Guangzhou.

At this time, Wang Zhongxuan had not yet broken through Guangzhou. There was a strong city in front and a large army behind him.

Mrs. Xian of Gaozhou judged the situation and immediately dispatched her eldest grandson Fengxuan to lead troops to help Guangzhou in order to suppress the rebellion and make meritorious service.

However, this guy Feng Xuan really has a brain problem. Seeing that Wang Zhongxuan was about to be defeated, not only did he not actively suppress the rebellion in order to make meritorious service, but because of his close relationship with Wang Zhongxuan's general Chen Fozhi, he actually stood still and watched the rebels attack the city.

After Mrs. Xian received the news, she was furious and sent Feng Xuan to jail. She sent another grandson, Feng An, to fight against the rebels.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty lamented Madam Xian's righteous deed of sending troops to quell the rebellion, and sent a special imperial edict to express his condolences.

Because of his meritorious service in assisting the Sui army in suppressing the rebellion, Feng An was worshiped as the governor of Gaozhou. In order to show his generosity, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty not only pardoned Feng Xuan's crimes, but also made him the governor of Luozhou.

It can be seen from this that Feng Xuan must have a brain problem and can't move at all. Back then because of private affairs, he gave up the opportunity to make meritorious service, and sat and watched the rebels attack Guangzhou, which almost made Mrs. Xian a fool.

Now there is no sign of rebelling against Tang and attacking Jiangzhou. The godlike operation is really incomprehensible. Feng An is also puzzled by this.