Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Li Shimin wiped his sword casually, "There are many people to be killed today, are there any suitable officials to recommend?"

"Song Shenxi is good, let him recommend a few." Xiao Ran said.

Song Shenxi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Taizong, I know several loyal ministers who were forced to leave the capital because of the treacherous ministers in power."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you for the time being and let them rush back to the capital as soon as possible." Li Shimin has no intention of selecting talents himself for the time being, as there are recommendations from capable ministers.

As an emperor and a courtier, it is more appropriate for Li Ang to choose the ministers he wants.

"Thank you, His Majesty Taizong!" Song Shenxi left the palace with a happy face.

Li Shimin sat down again and looked at Xiao Ran, "I remember you said that there are several generals available for the Cangjing Rebellion."

"The military commanders related to the Cangjing Rebellion include Cangjing Jiedushi Wu Zhongyin, Wuning Jiedushi Wang Zhixing, Pinglu Jiedushi Kang Zhimu, Wei Bo Jiedushi Shi Xiancheng, Lulong Jiedushi Li Zaiyi, Yicheng Jiedu Envoy Li Ting and Yiwu Jiedu envoy Zhang Fan."

Xiao Ran thought for a moment and gave several detailed names.

"However, Wang Zhixing is not an upright general."

Li Shimin muttered: "Tell me about it."

"Wang Zhixing was brave and courageous when he was young. He was initially a personal soldier of Xuzhou governor Li Wei. After the Anshi Rebellion, Ziqing Jiedushi Li Na plotted a rebellion and planned to kill Li Wei. After learning the news, Li Wei and Xuzhou returned to the imperial court. Li Na was furious. When they sent troops to attack Xuzhou, Wang Zhixing was good at running away and was arranged to go to Beijing to report. The imperial court sent troops to join forces with the governors of various towns to rescue Xuzhou and relieve the siege of Xuzhou. Wang Zhixing therefore became the sole general of Xuzhou and led his troops to resist Li Na on many occasions. "

"In 814 AD, in the ninth year of Yuanhe, Wu Yuanji, the governor of Huaixi Province, rebelled, and the imperial court sent troops to attack him. Li Shidao, the envoy of Pinglu Festival, and Wu Yuanji jointly planned to harass the imperial army and repeatedly sent troops to invade Xuzhou. In the tenth year of Yuanhe, the governor of Xuzhou, Wuning Army Jiedu sent Wang Zhixing to lead Li Yuan to resist the rebels. Wang Zhixing led his army to defeat the rebels. Elite soldiers besieged Feng County. Wang Zhixing marched and defeated Yao Hai's army and captured three beautiful concubines. Wang Zhixing was afraid that the soldiers would fight for them, so he killed them in public, claiming that they were not wrong, but the enemy was defeated because he was obsessed with their beauty. "

"Wang Zhixing was promoted many times. Until the 13th year of Yuanhe, the imperial court attacked Li Shidao. Wang Zhixing was stationed in Huling and joined the Zhongwu Army. Wang Zhixing destroyed the Yellow River bridge, recovered the Yellow Army, attacked Jinxiang, captured Yutai, captured and killed There were tens of thousands of rebels. After the rebellion was put down, Wang Zhixing was promoted to Yushi Zhongcheng for his merit, and later he was appointed governor of Yizhou."

"This is Wang Zhixing from the early stage. He has merit and no fault." Xiao Ran said slowly.

"It's a pity that later..."

Li Shimin was curious, "What did he do?"

"In the first year of Changqing, that is, 821 AD, the feudal towns in Hebei rebelled again, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress it. Wang Zhixing was appointed to lead troops across the Yellow River to defeat the rebels."

"In the second year of Changqing, Wang Zhixing led 3,000 elite troops to attack Youzhou and Chengde. Cui Qun, the governor of the Wuning Army, was afraid of Wang Zhixing and petitioned the court to let him leave the Wuning Army. The court did not give a reply, and Wang Zhixing had already become suspicious. Wang Zhixing led his troops back to Wuning. When Cui Qun heard about this, he was very frightened and sent people to greet him and asked the soldiers to put down their weapons and then enter the city. Wang Zhixing disagreed and led his troops straight towards Xuzhou City." "Then. , Wang Zhixing killed more than ten dissidents, met Cui Qun and the supervisor, and said that it was the intention of his subordinates. Wang Zhixing prepared escort personnel, horses and equipment for Cui Qun and others, and then led his troops to escort Cui Qun to the capital. Return to Yongqiao. There is a Yantieyuan warehouse set up by the imperial court. Wang Zhixing sent troops to loot the coins and cloth stored in the Yantieyuan, as well as the ships and property passing through the Bian River. Then Wang Zhixing sent soldiers to attack Haozhou. The governor of the state, Hou Hongdu, abandoned the city and fled to Shouzhou."

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, "Wang Zhixing was so unbridled after taking power. Didn't the imperial court send troops to suppress it?"

"No. At that time, the imperial court had just launched a campaign against Youzhou and Chengde and was unable to fight against Wang Zhixing's rebellion. In order to appease him, Wang Zhixing was appointed as the Observer of Xu Siahao Three Prefectures. With the connivance of the imperial court, Wang Zhixing began to collect money and make friends with powerful officials. Fishing for fame, and even collecting taxes to pay for military expenses." Xiao Ran shook his head and said helplessly.

"In the second year of Changqing, Li Yuan, the governor of the Xuanwu Army, was expelled by the three armies. The rebel army supported Li Yu, the capital general. Li Yu ordered an attack on Songzhou. Wang Zhixing sent troops to rescue Songzhou. He and Gao Chengjian, the governor of Songzhou, jointly defeated the Xuanwu army. "

"In the first year of Taihe, in 827 AD, Li Tongjie, the governor of Cangzhou, occupied Cangzhou and Dezhou and rebelled. Not long after, Wang Zhixing reported to the court, requesting to prepare his own food and wages, and send troops to attack Li Tongjie, which was approved by Li Ang.

"In the second year of Taihe, Wang Zhixing fought with the rebels and surrendered ten rebel generals and three thousand elite soldiers. Wang Zhixing attacked Dizhou occupied by the rebels, burned three city gates, and captured Dizhou."

"In the third year of Taihe, Shi Xiong, the commander of the Wuning army, was brave in battle and loved his soldiers. However, Wang Zhixing was cruel and cruel to his subordinates. The army planned to expel Wang Zhixing and install Shi Xiong as the governor. Wang Zhixing took advantage of Shi Xiong's presence. When he had the opportunity to perform meritorious service on the front line, he petitioned the imperial court to appoint Shi Xiong as governor. After Shi Xiong left the Wuning Army, Wang Zhixing directly killed the soldiers in the army who were usually close to Shi Xiong. Wang Zhixing also petitioned the imperial court to kill Shi Xiong for inciting military sentiment. Li Ang knew that Shi Xiong was innocent and ordered him to be spared and exiled to Baizhou."

Xiao Ran was a little confused when he finished speaking.

Since Shi Xiong was innocent, why was he exiled?

"What's going on with Li Ang?" Li Shimin was also very surprised.

Xiao Ran thought for a while and analyzed: "At that time, the court did not dare to attack Wang Zhixing, and there were even more treacherous ministers in the court. It was probably because they were worried about angering them."

"It's so useless to be an emperor." Li Shimin was extremely disgusted.

Xiao Ran was also helpless. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time was indeed a coward, so he went on to say: "In the third year of Taihe, Wang Zhixing came to the capital to pay homage. Li Ang gave a banquet in the Linde Hall, and the reward was generous. He was granted the title of Grand Tutor and the title of Yan. Prince of Men County, he also served as a minister. Later, he was promoted and promoted many times until Wang Zhixing died of illness, and he was awarded the posthumous title of Taiwei."

"Wang Zhixing has a high position, holds military power, and is harsh on his subordinates. It is easier to deal with him than Wang Shoucheng and others."

Li Shimin nodded slightly, and then asked, "Is it possible to hand over Wang Zhixing's position to Shi Xiong?"

"Of course, he made great achievements under the emperor later." Xiao Ran answered in the affirmative.

"Tell me about the other Jiedushi envoys." Li Shimin knew what was going on and was not in a hurry to go out and see what was going on outside the palace. (End of chapter)