(Great Tang Dynasty)
In 880 AD, Huangchao captured Chang'an, and Tang Xizong, the son of Tang Dynasty, packed his luggage and went to Shuzhong.
Five years later, Huangchao was defeated, and Tang Xizong quickly stepped up and returned to Chang'an from Shuzhong.
When I met Daming Palace again, I remembered the summer when I left.
The palace is still magnificent, the walls are covered with vines and weeds, the streets are still dotted, but few merchants are open, and the roads are sparsely populated.
The prosperity of the past has become an old memory, and now it is lonely and has a new look.
Chang'an is still that Chang'an, but Datang is no longer that Datang.
However, it was obvious that Tang Xizong and his most trusted eunuch Tian Lingzi could sleep well this night.
Because, in the process of returning to Chang'an, the old eunuch Tian Lingzi spent a lot of money to buy Wang Jian, Jin Hui, Zhang Zao, Li Shitai, and Han Jian as righteous sons.
Moreover, Tang Xizong seems to have a little different view of Wang Jian under Toucheng, and has promoted him a lot.
Therefore, that night, Li Yi and Tian Lingzi rested in the palace, and Wang Jian led the forbidden army in the palace to protect the safety of the palace.
This forbidden army is the Divine Army.
(Wang Jian's image)
The Shence Army was almost the only elite army that the central court could directly control in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and it was able to command this army, which shows that Wang Jian's position was high and powerful.
Wang Jian was an old hooligan when he was young, and the villagers called him "Eight Thieves", and from the bottom of the society to the general of Tiance, this kind of rocket-like leap of human class is really amazing.
Of course, Wang Jian also lamented his current situation.
For a person like him from a poor background, it is very good to be a soldier and eat, it is even better to be a small leader in the army, it is very good to be appreciated by the powerful eunuch Tian Lingzi, and it is very good to be able to accompany the king to be a general.
Wang Jian was very satisfied, he was pacing outside the Hanyuan Palace, the bright moon was in the sky, he sighed leisurely, it would be good if he could pass like this for the rest of his life.
Xi Zong has experienced such a time, and of course he hopes that he can live a stable life in his limited years, but Quan Eun Tian Lingzi is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
At that time, the Huangchao Rebellion had just been pacified, in order to eliminate the Huangchao, the imperial court could be said to gather the strength of the whole country, all kinds of troops to encircle and suppress, this war, it would cost a lot of money, and as a result, the silver in the treasury was spent less and less, Tang Xizong was a hands-off shopkeeper from the beginning of his accession to the throne, how much money was left in the household, whether there was money or not, for this kind of thing, the emperor's perception was very weak.
For an emperor with a general and brutal temperament who mainly focuses on enjoying life, all he asks for is three meals a day, big fish and meat, singing and dancing all day long, and nothing else has anything to do with him.
(Tang Xizong Li Yi image)
However, Tian Lingzi is different, the emperor does his best to entrust him with state affairs, that is, basically let Tian Lingzi be the second emperor, Tian Lingzi has to do everything big and small in the court, palace expenses, official salaries, army salaries, anyway, as long as he does things, he will spend money, at this time Tian Lingzi obviously feels that the empire's financial resources are beyond his means.
Money can make the devil grind, and this penny is worth everything.
With money, you Tian Lingzi is the second emperor who calls for wind and rain, you have no money, no matter how great your power is, it will be in vain.
At this moment of lack of money, Tian Lingzi set his sights on the salt pond mastered by Wang Chongrong, the envoy of the river festival.
Wang Chongrong is the brother who adopted Zhu Wen back then.
This salt pond is an inland lake that can produce salt, we all know that the importance of salt in ancient times is no less than today's oil, this thing was a huge profit at that time, very profitable, not to mention Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, Wang Jian, this is the origin of the smuggler of salt, because it is really profitable to dump this thing.
Wang Chongrong holds the salt land in his hand, which is about the same as he has the cornucopia of Shen Wansan in folklore, he doesn't have to do anything, the salt land will automatically make money for him every day, you say who doesn't see him red, Tian Lingzi is short of money, of course he is also red-eyed, so he immediately sent a message to Wang Chongrong, asking for an equal share of the interests of Wang Chongrong's salt pool.
Anyway, your Wang Chongrong is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty and the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, so you are systematically subject to the management and constraints of the imperial court, and I Tian Lingzi represents the imperial court, and I am your leader, and the leader wants to share your profits, and you still don't send it obediently?
(Wang Chongrong image)
Tian Lingzi's imagination is very beautiful, but Wang Chongrong's reply is cruel: if you want to share the profits of the salt pool, there is no way.
couldn't talk about it, Tian Lingzi was determined to reorganize Wang Chongrong.
First of all, Tian Lingzi issued an order on behalf of the imperial court for the transfer of personnel work, to transfer Wang Chongrong out of Hezhong and reassign him to Yanhai as a jiedu envoy, and to transfer Wang Chucun, a general who was originally responsible for governing Dingzhou and Yizhou, to take over Wang Chongrong's position.
According to Tian Lingzi's plan, he kicked Wang Chongrong away and brought him to Yanhai with his arms and legs, and since then he has been out of reach, and he wants to control the salt pond in the river, and he has no chance and ability.
And as long as Wang Chucun goes to Ren Hezhong, Tian Lingzi can repeat his old tricks, like buying Wang Jian, and pull Wang Chucun under his command, and Wang Chucun becomes his own person, so isn't the salt pond also his own?
However, the appointment was issued, but the problem was not solved, because first, Wang Chongrong would not leave at all, and second, Wang Chucun was unwilling to replace Wang Chongrong.
Because, the friendship between Wang Chucun and Wang Chongrong is much deeper than that between Wang Chucun and Tian Lingzi.
Of course, this is not because both of them are surnamed Wang, but because, when the Huangchao Uprising was in place, Wang Chucun and Wang Chongrong fought side by side, and the two had a fighting friendship.
(Tian Lingzi image)
Therefore, Tian Lingzi said that Wang Chucun, you should hurry up and go to the river to replace Wang Chongrong, but Wang Chucun said unhurriedly, father-in-law, it's not that I won't go, but because this Dingzhou Yizhou is also unstable, and it has just been calmed down, if I leave suddenly, in case of turmoil again, it will not be easy to do.
is neither humble nor arrogant, tightly fitting, so that you know that I don't cooperate with you, but I still let you not find fault, this is the art of speaking.
Wang Chucun not only did not go, but also said good things to Wang Chongrong, saying that Wang Chongrong was a pillar of the country, and people were doing a good job in the river, so he had nothing to do when he was idle.
Tian Lingzi saw that Wang Chucun couldn't count on it, so he began to shake people in the group again, this time, he found Zhu Mei, Li Mei, Li Changfu, Li Sigong, and Li Keyong, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, so that these four benevolent brothers could unite to deal with Wang Chongrong, and it was best to eliminate Wang Chongrong directly on the spot.
Zhu Mei, who pacified the rebel army in the Huangchao Uprising, had military exploits and made a festival envoy.
Li Changfu, there are few historical records, only known as a local warlord.
Li Keyong is very familiar to us, General Shatuo, and he is also a ruthless man who stood out in the Huangchao Uprising.
These two people can be brushed aside, but in the end, this Xiazhou Festival made Li Sigong worth mentioning.
Because, although Li Sigong was not famous at that time, he had a very famous descendant named Li Yuanhao.
Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty during the Two Song Dynasty, once became the nightmare of the Zhao Song Emperor, and the gold content was not blown.
(Wang Chucun image)
These four people beat one person, it must be not good, even if Wang Chongrong is strong, he is a little overwhelmed for a while, and if he can't keep it, he will let the messy punch kill the master, so after hearing the news, Wang Chongrong immediately wrote a letter to Li Keyong, the content is probably like this:
Tian Lingzi asked you to come to the river to attack me, his real purpose is to let Zhu Mei, who came with you, unite with Zhu Wen of Bianzhou to eliminate you, don't believe it, because Tian Lingzi also gave me an order, as soon as you arrive in the river, capture it on the spot, shoot it first and then investigate, to ensure that there is no unjust, false and wrongful case.
What is this, this is the classic anti-inverse scheme.
Among the four people, Li Keyong is the strongest, as long as Li Keyong can win it over, half of this battle will be won without fighting.
Li Keyong was set on fire by Zhu Wen in Shangyuan Station before, and he was almost burned to death, he originally had an opinion on Zhu Wen, so when Wang Chongrong said this, Li Keyong really believed it, and immediately turned around and planned to deal with Zhu Wen first, anyway, it happened to be a new hatred and an old hatred together.
Li Keyong wanted to use troops against Zhu Wen, and the court saw that this was not good, they were all the elite of the empire, and they couldn't fight the elite elite, so they wanted to mediate as much as possible, but the court was so neat, which made Li Keyong suspect that the court was wearing the same pants as Zhu Wen in the first place, and he would not do it as soon as he wanted to fight the Zhu Wen court, and he would stop as soon as he wanted to fight the Zhu Wen court, isn't this pure favoritism? Li Keyong became even more angry, and simply joined forces with Wang Chongrong to resist the crusade of Zhu Mei and Li Changfu.
(Li Keyong's image)
Zhu Mei and Li Changfu are the best among the local warlords, but they can be compared with Li Ke, it is really incomparable, Li Ke uses this person, the intellectual talent may not be full, but in terms of force, it is difficult to have opponents, so Zhu Mei and Li Changfu, who came to crusade against Wang Chongrong, were chased and beaten by Li Ke, and they were defeated again and again.
is still a familiar plot, or a familiar taste, this is simply a classic of the emperors of the late Tang Dynasty.
This time, Xizong fled to Xingyuan, which is today's Hanzhong in Shaanxi.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, Li Keyong approached Chang'an, not to mention, Zhu Mei, who was originally serving in front of the emperor's army, also suddenly rebelled, Tang Xizong ran in front, and he chased behind, of course, Tang Xizong had experience in escaping, Zhu Mei failed to catch up with him, but although Zhu Mei failed to catch up with Xizong, she caught Li Xuan, a disciple of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Xuan, the great-grandson of Li Heng, the eighth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is also the royal family of the root Miao Hong, Zhu Mei caught a Li Tang royal family, and whimsically supported Li Xuan as the emperor, and he set up Li Xuan in the air, giving orders, wanting to cospaly Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
Of course, Zhu Mei also understands that it is impossible for one Tang Dynasty to have two emperors, and if you want to rationalize Li Xuan's throne, you must get rid of the fugitive Emperor Xizong.
Therefore, he immediately ordered his general Wang Xingyu to lead his troops to attack, and then went to chase and kill Xi Zong, but who knew that Wang Xingyu stabbed Zhu Mei to death with a backhand, and then returned to the imperial court.
(Wang Xingyu image)
In the eyes of a small person like Wang Xingyu, who to mix with is more important than how to mix, follow Zhu Mei, worry, high risk and low return, and follow the Xi Zong is different, although the Xi Zong runs away all day long, but after all, the imperial court is a big company, not to mention anything else, the big company work card is also better than the local small self-employed.
Doing unjust to others is unjust to others, and unrighteous to oneself.
It should be Zhu Mei who has this calamity, because he is not righteous to Tang Xizong, and of course he can't expect his subordinates to be righteous to him.
The night was long, the cold wind rose suddenly, some people fled in a hurry, some people fell to the ground, some people planned and planned, and some people watched the fire from the other side.
When the curtain is raised, you can see who is acting, and after the tide recedes, you can find out who is swimming naked in this troubled world.
Jiang Ziya ignored the prosperity of the world, and would rather fish in Qiangxi, and Han Xin took half of his life as a bet before he stepped onto the big stage in the early Han Dynasty.
Meng Weijun tasted all the cold seats, saw Fan Liweng successfully abandoned his armor, and envied Zhou Mengdie dancing among the flowers, sighing that Li Guang was difficult to seal the empty self-pity.
Now that every word in the court is powerful, who is there who just wants a drink and a song in the rivers and lakes to be free?
If you want to go to Lingyan Pavilion, you need to go through the ghost gate, if you go to Chang'an Road, you will not enter the Lianyun Stack.
Everyone is surviving in the turbulent times in their own way, and by the way, composing their own obvious future.