Tiantang

Chapter 70 The Era of Yang Guozhong
Chapter 076 The Era of Yang Guozhong
Yu Zhen shook his head and smiled lightly, "Accordingly, Zhang Xuan is really audacious. He insulted Li Linfu in public before, but now he does not hesitate to offend Yang Guozhong. He didn't pay much attention to the two prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty——Ben Gong sometimes feels surprised, where did he get such great ambition?"

Cui Ying raised her eyebrows lightly, and said worriedly, "Mother, Ying'er thinks that he is not the kind of superficial and impulsive person. Leaving aside the matter of Li Linfu, this time he declined Yang Guozhong's kindness because he was unwilling to join him. Those of Yang Guozhong's family should disdain to associate with Yang Guozhong and his ilk. It's just that he offended Yang Guozhong like this, I'm afraid..."

"I disdain to be with Yang Guozhong..." Yuzhen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "With Zhang Xuan's character, this is possible. But no matter what, this Yang Guozhong is more rogue and more difficult than Li Linfu, and he messed with him." Zhang Xuan will suffer in the future."

"He refused to join Yang Guozhong's family and blocked this way. How can he become an official in the future? As long as Yang Guozhong is there, he will have no chance."

"Forget it, Ying'er, you don't have to worry. This time, Bengong will step forward. I believe that Yang Guozhong will not refuse to give Bengong this little favor."

Yu Zhen looked at Cui Ying with a smile, "I will come forward in person, together with Cui and Zhang's family, to set a wedding date for you and Zhang Xuan as soon as possible... and then make it public, so as to build momentum for him."

"However, after getting married, Ying'er, you need to persuade this young man more, don't be too stubborn in everything... It's gratifying to be proud, but it won't work if you are too proud."

Cui Ying's heart was filled with joy, Xia Fei's cheeks were full, and she slowly lowered her head and said softly, "Mother, please make the decision."

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Princess Yuzhen personally coordinated with the Cui and Zhang families, and agreed on a wedding date for Zhang Xuan and Cui Ying--March [-]rd in the spring of the twelfth year of Tianbao.And at the regular banquet of Yuzhen Temple to be held next, the news was officially announced.At the same time, it was also announced that when Zhang Xuan and Cui Ying got married, the emperor or the imperial concubine would personally be there to officiate the marriage for the two.

If Princess Yuzhen accepted Cui Ying as a righteous daughter before, she faintly became one of the backers standing behind Zhang Xuan, but this time, she single-handedly arranged Zhang Xuan and Cui Ying's wedding date and announced it to the outside world, undoubtedly from behind the scenes. Walked to the front desk.

Cui Ying is her adopted daughter, and Zhang Xuan is her godson-in-law.

This set off a moderate "turmoil" in Chang'an City.Princess Yuzhen Li Chiying is not an ordinary princess, she is the younger sister of the current Emperor Li Longji, she has always had a close relationship with the emperor, and she is incomparably favored by Li Longji, who is not comparable to Li Longji's married or unmarried daughters.

Of course, Princess Yuzhen's speech was mainly for Yang Guozhong to read.

Yang Guozhong was annoyed when he saw Yuzhen's obvious gesture of protecting Zhang Xuan, but he was helpless.

However, in his view, as long as Yang Guozhong is still in the court for one day, Zhang Xuan will definitely have no chance to become an official again, and there will be more opportunities to rectify Zhang Xuan in the future.

First, under his secret suppression, no matter who among the courtiers recommends Zhang Xuan as an official, it will not be passed smoothly; second, as the host and manipulator of Chunwei, Zhang Xuan's hope of passing the imperial examination In fact, it has also been obliterated.

After asking Zhang Xuan for "boring", Yang Guozhong took his anger out on Li Linfu's party.

He was born in the market and was very bachelor. Once he took off his mask, he became very arrogant and direct in his actions.Impatiently, he no longer looked for any objective reasons to accuse Li Linfu of "conspiracy", and directly wrote a letter denouncing Li Linfu for his crime of harming the country and the people.

Yang Guozhong is in power, and his attitude affects the attitude of many courtiers and officials in the world.All of a sudden, the ministers, local officials, and generals of various military and military vassals also came to the table one after another, enumerating the ten crimes that Li Linfu committed to harm the country and the people... There was a lot of enthusiasm, pointing at Li Linfu who died not long ago.

Not only was Li Linfu participated in the performance, but all of Li Linfu's former confidants were also directly included in Yang Guozhong's big list of thunder strikes and eradication.

For half a month, Li Linfu's party officials were dismissed and demoted almost every day, and even imprisoned for trumped-up charges. For example, Dali Temple Minister Xu Qiao, the former Li Linfu confidant, was the first to be pulled down by Yang Guozhong.

An extremely intense political turmoil swept across the entire Tang court, and the reshuffle of the central power kicked off. People in Chang'an were panicked, and all civil and military courtiers were in danger.

In order to calm people's hearts and at the same time to appease Yang Guozhong, Li Longji had to decree to cut off Li Linfu's posthumous title and bestowal, strip off the crown and brocade robe, confiscate Li's family property, remove Li Linfu's son and son-in-law from official positions, and bury him hastily with common people's rites.

At the same time, the descendants of the Li family (Li Linfu has 25 sons and 25 daughters), Li Linfu's sons-such as Li Xiu, the general prisoner, Li Wei, the secretary doctor, Li Yu, the Taichang Shaoqing, etc.; , Zheng Ping, a member of the household department, wailang Zheng Ping, right Bu Que Du, Qi Xuan, an admonishing doctor, Cao Yuanying, a householder in Jingzhao Prefecture... exiled from his original place of origin, dismissed from office for the people, and left Chang'an in embarrassment.

Less than half a year after Li Linfu's death, the Li family, which had been prominent for decades, fell to a tragic end.

Thus, for the Tang court—the era of Li Linfu officially came to an end, and the era of Yang Guozhong came.

Yang Guozhong's power soared to the sky and reached its peak for a while.In Chang'an City, no one from the Yang family would dare to provoke them, even members of the royal family would secretly back away when they saw the Yang family going out.

Yang Guozhong is hasty and irritable in nature, speaks forcefully and has no manners.Now that the power is in full swing, he regards the country's government affairs as his own business, and makes judgments on major matters without any doubt.Get angry in the court, roll up your sleeves and shake your fists, with the aura of a gangster fighting, bossing around the ministers, ministers, civil and military officials, no one in the court is not afraid.

Yang Guozhong stabilized his power and established his authority in the shortest time with this attitude and method of a street hooligan, leaving Zhang Xuan a little speechless.

The so-called "dogs have dog ways, cats have cat ways", Yang Guozhong does not have Li Linfu's scheming, but has his own special means.As long as the emperor does not intervene, he will continue to play the role of this political hooligan without hesitation.

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In mid-October, a torrential rain suddenly fell in the city of Chang'an.After the heavy rain, the temperature began to drop, and the cold wind swept across the city, which seemed to indicate that the coming winter of Tianbao's eleventh year would be a bitterly cold winter.

Before winter came, Albus and his son finally arrived in Beijing to plead guilty to the emperor.The emperor issued an imperial edict to pardon Albus, gave him a house and ordered him to live in Chang'an for the elderly, and appointed his son Asna as Zhonglang general and Hexi military envoy, and led his troops to station in the outer line of Liangzhou. control.

Although Yang Guozhong was dissatisfied, under the deterrence of the emperor, he could not obstruct it anymore.

This is obviously to make Albus stay in the capital as a hostage.However, for the Albus father and son, this is already the best result.Although Albus was not allowed to leave Chang'an City for half a step in his whole life, he kept his glory and wealth in the second half of his life.Moreover, the tens of thousands of tribes and tens of thousands of tribes were still handed over to his son Asina to command, and the emperor did not deprive Asna of his military power. This was the thing that Albus and his son were most grateful for.

Of course, the biggest winner is not Albus, but Albus' son Asina.

These days, Zhang Xuan seldom went out, except for occasional gatherings with Pei Hui, he hardly participated in any public activities of the high society in Chang'an, and Zhang Xuan was rarely seen at the banquets of those dignitaries.

It was not until Princess Yuzhen held a "surprise banquet" for Albus and his son that Zhang Xuan was invited to attend.

(End of this chapter)