Late Tang

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When Li Rang found Jingxiang in the barracks, he was helping the sergeants to write letters from home.

"Zizhen, the commander-in-chief is waiting for you in the tent." Li Rang said to Jingxiang with a smile, "After I told the commander-in-chief about your talents, the commander-in-chief was very interested and wanted to meet you right away."

"The commander-in-chief wants to see me?" Jing Xiang became excited, and immediately finished writing the letter, then bowed his hands and apologized to the sergeants waiting in line to write the letter, and followed Li Rang to the city.Along the way, Jingxiang was in a turbulent mood, and gratefully gave way to Li: "Thank you Qilang for the recommendation!"

Li Rang waved his hand and smiled, since he became Li Jing's seventh disciple, he can be said to have risen with the tide.It turned out that he was only rich, but businessmen don't fight with officials, and they have money but no power.But now, after becoming Li Jing's apprentice, he still has Li Jing's trust, so he can serve as the deputy judge of Jiedu and the post of military affairs officer.Although this is a civil affairs official, neither a general nor a counselor, but the Jiedu Judge of Zhen [***] is in charge of Liu Cao, and is in charge of almost everything other than military mobilization and other great powers.As for Sihu participating in the military, his responsibilities include almost all affairs except the military.

It may seem complicated, but it is extremely important.Regarding this official position, Tang Gaozu once said that it is not clear what this official should be.This is not a noble official position, but it is an extremely important position.Sihu Shenjun is in charge of household registration, accounting, roads, fields, miscellaneous Yao, burial, milling, water power, passing, marriage and other duties.The six Caos in the state are equivalent to the six departments of the imperial court and the province. Sihu joins the army and is the minister of the household department, and even in the local area, he manages more.

Li Rang smiled: "This matter is just a recommendation. The most important thing is that Mr. Wang is really talented. Wang Huzuo and Mr. Wang are old friends, and he recommends Mister's talent to Mr. Xie with all his strength. I want Mr. Xie to thank him .”

Wang Huzuo was Li Rang's subordinate. He was originally from Feng Yi in Tongzhou, Guanzhong, and later worked as a small official in Bianzhou. He was very close to Li Rang and had frequent contacts.Li Rang became Li Jing's disciple and got an important official position, so he called a group of people to help him.Among them, Wang Fa abandoned his post and defected to the town [***], and is now appointed as the governor of the town [***], Cao Canjun, the next household Cao Zuo.

Jing Xiang is a fellow villager of Wang Fa, and the two families are considered family friends.Jing Xiang is in his early twenties at this time. He was already very smart and responsive when he was a teenager. He loves reading, and is especially good at writing articles.At the end of last year, Jingxiang went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but failed to get a title on the gold list.Feeling depressed, I had to go back to my hometown and planned to take the exam again next year.As a result, after returning home, it was not long before I heard that the towns of the imperial court had pacified the Shatuo people in Daibei, and the towns entered Beijing.He couldn't help thinking about temporarily joining the feudal shogunate to seek some qualifications first.However, due to some delays due to family affairs, when he arrived in Chang'an, the towns had already left Beijing and returned to the town.

He also heard that the imperial court sent twelve towns to encircle and suppress the grass bandits, so he went to Henan again. However, after arriving in Henan, he successively visited the defense envoy of the eastern capital Jidu, Cui Anqian, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, and the envoy of Xuanwu Jiedu Mu Renyu. .But he is just a scholar who is not the first, and the towns are busy preparing to send troops, and the people below don't even give him a chance to pass the news.

In the end, I ran out of money, so I had to write letters for others in Bianzhou, but accidentally met Wang Fa, a fellow villager.Originally, he wanted to rely on Wang Fa's introduction to enter the Xuanwu shogunate, but Wang Fa resigned and wanted to join the town [***].In the end, Jing Xiang also followed Zhen [***], but Wang Fa was just a small official.Although he was Cao Zuo, he was only a ninth-rank official, and he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to introduce him to Li Jing.

But Jing Xiang didn't complain, but simply used his strengths to write letters for some illiterate soldiers and common people in the camp.Sometimes even some officers in the army asked him to write some post-war summaries, and even some official documents.

Jingxiang's writing style is fluent and beautiful, easy to understand, and his strokes are even more beautiful. He is very popular among officers and soldiers and the people accompanying the army.

These days, Li Jing also discovered that several officers' official documents were written by others, and after inquiring, he found out that it was written by a poor scholar in the army.Originally, Li Jing planned to conscript him into the army as an instructor in the army, but he forgot when he was busy.As a result, when it was rare to have a meal with his disciples today, Li Rang took the opportunity to recommend Jing Xiang to Li Jing, because he had a great talent.Li Jing thought of this person again, and couldn't help being interested for a while, so he asked Li Rang to bring him here. "Since this person is talented, how can I miss it, you bring him here for me to meet."

With excitement, when he arrived at Li Jing's temporary office in the city, his face was already flushed.

Li Jing was not the only one in the hall, the leading civil servants of the town [***], Li Zhen, Guo Chengan, Du Zhongwu, Zhang Chengye were all there, even Gai Yu was there as an exception.On the general's side, there were only eleven of Li Jing's disciples.Li Jing deliberately didn't call those generals, and purposely made the meeting into a more relaxed atmosphere.

At first, when Li Jing heard about Jing Xiang from his officers, what he heard was not the name Jing Xiang, but the respectful title of Mr. Zizhen.Therefore, Li Jing didn't care too much about it. After all, with Li Jing's reputation now, many scholars have come to join him.Among these people, to be honest, there are only two types that Li Jing can use. One is the counselors.There is also a category of practical and common affairs, responsible for handling civil affairs.It's a pity that there are very few talents in these two categories, and most of them are mere scribblers. Many people are even good at poetry and poetry, but they can't do specific affairs.For these people, Li Jing can only arrange for them to be Mr. Xi.It's a pity that most of the scholars who came to join him came to become officials, so not many were willing to be teachers to a group of Qiu Ba.

They often come here excitedly, only to return disappointed in a blink of an eye.After seeing a lot, Li Jing became less enthusiastic about the enthusiasm of these literati.But today, when Li Rang recommended him, he deliberately introduced Mr. Zizhen's identity carefully. Among them, Mr. Zizhen's name is Jingxiang, which Li Jing heard for the first time.But at that time, he was shocked, who is Jing Xiang?

If this Jingxiang is that Jingxiang, and not someone with the same name and surname, it is totally worth his shock.

There were two most famous counselors in the back beam who destroyed the Tang Dynasty, known as the Counselor Shuangbi, one was Li Zhen, and the other was Jing Xiang.Now Li Jing is already under Li Jing's command, serving as Sima of the Zhen [***] Jiedu Marching Army, and temporarily inspecting the post of Marching Staff, which is of great help to Li Jing.

And Jingxiang, in the history of the Houliang, was the number one counselor under Zhu Wen, the Taizu of the Houliang.

According to the information in Li Jing's memory, Jing Xiang was not a poor scholar, but a son of an official family.He once claimed to be a descendant of Wang Jinghui of Pingyang County in the Tang Dynasty. His great-grandfather Jing Wan was the governor of Suizhou, his grandfather Jing Xin was the governor of Tongzhou, and his father Jing Gun was the governor of Jizhou.

In history, Zhu Wen's post-Liang hegemony was greatly helped by Jing Xiang, especially in the crucial battle with Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen fully demonstrated his talents.

Since Zhu Wen had the assistance of Jing Xiang, a military adviser, his hegemony career has gradually achieved success.The first time Jingxiang's talent was revealed was in the battle with Qin Zongquan.After Huang Chao's death, the general Qin Zongquan proclaimed himself emperor, and captured the western part of Henan Province, becoming Zhu Wen's biggest opponent in the Central Plains. On the one hand, he asked for help outside.During this process, Jingxiang's ingenious schemes continued one after another, and things happened like a god, and finally defeated Qin Zongquan in Xiaocun, north of Bianzhou, causing its power to decline. Later, Zhu Wen mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress Qin Zongquan. Going to Chang'an to beheaded, Zhu Wen also became the king of Dongping County because of this.Zhu Wen greatly appreciated Jingxiang, saying that he hated meeting Jingxiang too late, and said with great emotion: "A strange man from heaven, help me!" Wen must ask Jing Xiang for advice on countermeasures.

Shi Zai Jingxiang is very scheming, and he is best at using deceit!

During Tang Zhaozong's reign, Feng Jingxiang was appointed as the inspector Youpushe and Taifuqing, and was also given the title "Yingluan Yezan Hero".

After Zhu Wen became emperor, he put more emphasis on Jingxiang. Zhu Wen changed the Privy Council of the former Tang Dynasty to Chongzheng Council, and appointed Jingxiang as a member of the Privy Council.This official position, which was always held by the eunuch in the Tang Dynasty, was even more powerful than the prime minister.

Later, Zhu Wen promoted Jingxiang to the rank of Doctor Guanglu, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Bachelor of Jinluandian University, and was granted the title of Marquis of Pingyang County.In Houliang for the first time to set up a bachelor, Jingxiang was awarded first, and Jing Xiang became the number one hero in Houliang.

Hou Liang was destroyed, Jing Xiang refused to surrender to Hou Tang and committed suicide.

Historically, Li Zhen, one of the counselors of the Houliang Dynasty, finally surrendered to the Later Tang Dynasty after the death of the Houliang Dynasty, but Jingxiang committed suicide after the death of the country.

Seeing Jingxiang, Li Jing looked him over carefully. He was about the same age as himself, six feet tall, fair skin, square face with a straight nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance!Although his body is a little thin, he is full of a scholarly atmosphere, but his eyes are very bright and energetic.

The two looked at each other, Li Jing smiled slightly, stood up, and went directly to the entrance of the hall, just a few glances, he already believed that the person in front of him was Jing Xiang, the number one counselor of Houliang.

Walking in front of Jingxiang in three or two steps, Li Jing and Jingxiang greeted each other, and then asked suddenly: "I know that Mr. is very proficient in the righteousness of "Spring and Autumn", I have some foundation now, and I really want to learn the methods in "Spring and Autumn" to Fighting for a bigger cause, I don't know what to do with it?"

After finishing speaking, Li Jing looked directly at Jing Xiang, waiting for his answer.In fact, Li Jing suddenly remembered this sentence. In history, when the hero Zhu Wen and the counselor Jing Xiang met for the first time, Zhu Wen used this sentence to test Jing Xiang.

Jing Xiang did not disappoint Li Jing, he just pondered for a moment, and then said the reply that Li Jing had seen in the history books.

"Since ancient times, the way of using soldiers is to adapt to the situation and come up with ingenious strategies to win. The ancient etiquette and customs have not been inherited, and they have changed a lot. Besides, it is the way of using soldiers. Blindly studying "Spring and Autumn" is to follow the old ways, and the result can only be in vain. But without actual effect, it is difficult to win a hundred battles, so it is difficult to have hope for the great cause of the commander.” (To be continued.)