Wentang

Chapter 431 Lingnan Chaos
In this way, the court meeting ended anticlimactically, but the impact had just begun.After the meeting was over, all the ministers hurried home, preparing to inquire about the situation in Lingnan in detail.

The news about the Lingnan Granary also leaked out and soon spread throughout the capital. Some believed it, some questioned it, and some dismissed it.

At the same time, a meeting to determine the future direction of Datang is being held.Yuwen Shiji, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others were all present.

"Cuilan, tell me what's going on in Lingnan." Li Shimin said displeased.

Yue Shan knew why Li Shimin was angry.Some time ago, Feng An was said to be credible, but today Feng Xuan's rebellion was suddenly exposed, and everyone would be angry.But he didn't panic, he had already thought of a way to explain it before.

"Forgive me, saint. I just 'see' that Feng An will be used by saints in the future. Combined with Mrs. Xian's loyalty, I think that Feng has no other intentions for the court, so I will protect the Feng family." Yue Shan said annoyed and regretted:

"Later, I sent people to investigate the situation in Lingnan in detail, only to realize that things were not that simple, but it was too late, and the sage had sent envoys to appease. Fortunately, the final result was in line with what I saw, otherwise I would be unforgivable."

Li Shimin's face paled slightly, and he accepted Yue Shan's excuse with a slight nod.Especially when he heard that Yue Shan had 'seen' the future, he no longer had any doubts.

But he still blamed him and said: "In the future, it's better to investigate such a major matter before we discuss it. Fortunately, the result is still good at this time, otherwise...you will feel better."

Yue Shan said sincerely: "Here, I understand."

This reason is naturally fabricated, you can't tell Li Shimin directly that I'm afraid to tell you the truth, you just send troops to destroy Feng An, right?

If this is true, a crime of deceiving the emperor cannot escape.Monarchs and ministers have their own positions, no matter what the purpose of the ministers is, even a white lie is intolerable to the monarch.

So Yue Shan had to use a lie to cover up the fact that he concealed information before.

In fact, the situation in Lingnan is more complicated than what Yue Shan said.

The loyalty of Mrs. Xian and his wife is unquestionable. Without them, Lingnan would have been separated from the Central Plains dynasty long ago.But the two brothers Feng Xuan and Feng An, who are the successors of Mrs. Xian's will, are not as great as their ancestors.

Feng Xuan will not mention it, Mrs. Xian has already shown disrespect to the Central Plains court when she was still there.

During the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Mrs. Xian ordered Feng Xuan to quell the rebellion. Feng Xuan and the leader of the rebel army had a close friendship, so they stood still and missed the opportunity of the war.Madam Xian was furious and directly questioned him and sent him to prison, and then ordered Feng An to fight to help the Sui army quell the rebellion.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty praised Mrs. Xian's achievements, made Feng An governor of Gaozhou and pardoned Feng Xuan's crimes.

During the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court's rule over Lingnan had existed in name only.The Feng family and the Liao chieftains superficially surrendered to the imperial court and paid tribute to the imperial court every year, but they were actually small independent kingdoms.

The overjoyed Emperor Sui Yang was very satisfied with this situation.

When Datang was established, this group of people wanted to continue playing this trick.However, Li Yuan was a more pragmatic person, he was not interested in playing games with these ambitious people, and directly refused their tribute.

Tan Dian and other bureaucrats also guessed Li Yuan's plan and directly discussed rebellion.

But the Feng family is different from ordinary slangers. They have Madam Xian's legacy and have more choices.

So the Feng family was divided into two, Feng Xuan led people to rebel with the Liao people, and Feng An took the other half to join the court.Li Yuan made Feng An the Duke of Geng Guo and guarded Lingnan.

It can be said that the Feng family's investment is exactly the same as those families in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Brothers, you go to Cao Wei, he goes to Shuhan, and I go to Soochow... No matter which one wins in the end, the family's prosperity can be guaranteed.

It's just that to everyone's surprise, there is a "wonderful flower" Ning Chun among the scumbags.This person has been well-read in poetry and books, and has always put loyalty first, and believes that loyalty to the emperor is patriotism. Not only did he not agree to rebellion, but he also raised troops to suppress rebels like Tan Dian and Feng Xuan.

Ning Chun not only has a heart of loyalty, but also has both civil and military skills, suppressing and beating several traitors.Let Tan Dian, Feng Xuan and others' idea of ​​splitting Lingnan and establishing itself as king be shattered.

A few years later, one of the chiefs died, and Tan Dian and Feng Xuan broke up and fought each other for the chief's territory.

Ning Chun is not a vegetarian, so he wants to take this opportunity to wipe out Tan Dian and Feng Xuan and other traitors.

Feng An couldn't sit still at this time, he couldn't just sit back and watch his brother be wiped out.So he found an excuse for Chen Bing to cross the border to deter Ning Chun so that he could not send troops to suppress the rebellion.

In the original history, Feng An's move completely angered the governors of the Lingnan states. Everyone jointly signed a letter saying that Feng An would rebel, and Li Shimin prepared to mobilize troops from dozens of states to crusade.

Fortunately, Wei Zheng persuaded him, saying that there was no conclusive evidence for Feng An's rebellion, and it was not justified to send troops directly to crusade.It's best to send someone to ask first, if Feng's rebellion, we will not be too late to send troops, if there is no rebellion, that would be even better.

So Li Shimin sent an envoy over there.

Feng An was also riding a tiger at that time, he either sat back and watched his brother perish, or rebelled with his brother.

Sit back and watch your brother perish?He is not reconciled.But he knew the result of the rebellion better than anyone else. With only the strength of the Feng family and the Liao people, they couldn't defeat Datang at all.

Just when he was in a dilemma, the imperial court sent someone to appease him.He borrowed the donkey from the slope and returned to the court.Feng Xuan knew that the situation was over, so he took advantage of the situation and surrendered.

Tan Dian is not stupid. At the beginning, everyone agreed to rebel together, but in the end, everyone died and surrendered. I am the only one left who can't beat Datang, so I might as well surrender together.

The Lingnan Rebellion was so dramatically settled.From then on, Feng An was relieved to be the Duke of Geng Guo in the Tang Dynasty, guarding Lingnan for the country, and Tan Dian and others never mentioned the matter of rebellion for the rest of their lives.

The history of later generations needs to delete a lot of discordant things for the sake of great unity, and beautify the image of these people.

The only thing that is more regrettable is Ning Chun, who is both wise and brave, loyal and unparalleled but cannot be reused.

Yue Shan also sent people to inquire after crossing and added Li Dewu's information to restore the situation at that time.

It's not that who is right and who is wrong, everyone has different positions and naturally chooses differently.Anyway, the end result is good.Together, we have maintained the integrity and unity of the Central Plains Dynasty, and they are all worthy of the admiration of future generations.

In this era, because of Yueshan's crossing, many histories have changed.For example, this time Li Shimin sent envoys to appease Feng An because of Yue Shan's persuasion.However, Feng Xuan, Tan Dian and others are still fighting, and have not joined the court for the time being.

In the future, the imperial court's policy on Lingnan, Feng's family and Liao people will inevitably be very different from the original history.

Most likely, the Lingnan region did not have to wait until the Ming and Qing dynasties for major development, but became the granary of the world thousands of years in advance.

Yue Shan eloquently told everyone about the situation in Lingnan one by one, and everyone showed a sudden realization that the situation in Lingnan is so complicated.

At the same time, I have a more intuitive understanding of this place, and have my own ideas on how to solve the problems here.

But no one spoke in the middle, and everyone was waiting to hear Yueshan's Lingnan development strategy.

(End of this chapter)