Chang'an counter-terrorism
In "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", there is a big man who does not appear, who has a heavy army in the era of the saint in the play, and has an influence on the political situation that cannot be underestimated. This person is the father of the annoying brain-dead queen Yun Xiu in the play, Shuofang Jiedushi Wang Zhongsi, who was changed to Wang Zongfeng in the play.
Historically, Wang Zhongsi was a famous general of the Xuanzong Dynasty, the main leader of the Northwest Group of the Tang Dynasty, and later the famous Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi and others were all subordinates of Wang Zhongsi in his early years. During the Tianbao years, if there were people in the military circles who could contain the An Lushan clique, which was gradually expanding in power in the Youyan region, then wang Zhongsi was the only one.
It is true that Wang Zhongsi and the prince are closely related in the play, not only that, but his relationship with the sage Emperor Xuanzong is also extraordinary, and it can even be said that he is in love with father and son. However, so what, the saint did not hesitate to kill his son, let alone look like a father and son!
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Wang Zhongsi was born as a general, originally known as Wang Xun, and his father Wang Haibinchu was the right guard of the crown prince, the envoy of the Feng'an Army, and the founding man of Fengtaigu County, who was famous for his xiao yong. In the second year of the New Century (714), during the battle against Tubo, Wang Haibin was killed. Emperor Xuanzong somehow showed great kindness and compassion for Wang Haibin's wife and children, and adopted his son Wang Xun into the palace.
When Wang Zhongsi entered the palace, he was 9 years old, that is, he was awarded an official position, according to the "Old Book of Tang , Biography of Wang Zhongsi", "from the beginning of the worship of the Emperor Sandafu, Shang Ren served the emperor, and gave the name of Zhongsi", and since then the history of the Tang Dynasty has had Wang Zhongsi as a person. The future crown prince Li Heng, also known as Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, was born in the second year of Jingyun (711), and when Wang Zhongsi entered the palace, he was 3 years old.
At the age of six, Wang Zhongsi became friends with Li Heng and "raised in confinement for many years." Emperor Suzong was in the Zhongdi Mansion and wandered with him." After Wang Zhongsi grew up, "he was resolute and taciturn, and he seriously had a martial strategy", and the saint was very appreciative and gave the evaluation that "he will be a good general in the future". As a young talent with a background and ability, Wang Zhongsi's career started very high, and when he was very young, he was put out of the exercise, "it is to try to guard the Dai Zhou Bei Driver, Datong Army Rong Vice."
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Although Wang Zhongsi was young, he was very authoritative in the army, "doing great things, being self-absorbed behind closed doors, selling meritorious veterans; prostrating himself and obeying orders." However, his good brother Li Heng, the King of Zhong, was still not at ease, worried that he would have any mistakes in fighting on the frontier, so he played Xuanzong: "Wang Zhongsi dares to fight with negative materials, and he will be afraid of death." The emperor agreed to Li Heng's request and ordered Wang Zhongsi to be recalled, "Guard Weiyang Weiwei".
Wang Zhongsi has since defended the court and has a closer relationship with the royal family. It was not until the fifteenth year of the New Century (727) that Wang Zhongsi accompanied Xiao Song on the Hexi Jiedu expedition, and thereafter held a military position on the northwestern border for a long time, with no contact with Emperor Suzong.
In the eighteenth year of the new century (730), due to the rebellion of the Khitan and Xi, Emperor Xuanzong led the marching marshal of Hebei Province with li hengyao the prince of Zhongwang, and Li Chaoyin and Jingzhao Yin Pei Lingxian as deputy marshals, leading Cheng Boxian, Zhang Wenyu, Song Zhiti, Li Dongmeng, Zhao Wangong, Guo Yingjie and other eighteen generals to fight against xi and khitan rebels. On the eleventh day of the first month of the twentieth year of the new century (732), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang made Li Yi, the king of Xin'an Commandery, the deputy commander of the march in Hedong and Hebei, transferred him from the northwest to the northeast, and led his troops to attack Xi and Khitan, while Wang Zhongsi accompanied Li Yi on the expedition.
Wang Zhongsi
Judging from the above personnel arrangements, Wang Zhongsi went out with Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, while Li Heng, the king of Zhong' and Li Heng, was the grand marshal of Hebei Province at that time, and Li Yi was the deputy, which may also be a kind of intersection, but Li Heng was obviously only the nominal commander, and they could not have the opportunity to meet in the capital.
If Wang Zhongsi is a princely party, it is a bit of an underestimation of the saint. The sage Emperor Xuanzong started a coup d'état by the king of the clan, and he was very strict with the kings of the clan, especially the crown prince. Wang Zhongsi grew up in the palace, which was dangerous and would not be unaware. Li Heng, the king of loyalty, was even more cautious and would not leave anyone with the handle of forming a party. Therefore, it is not false that Wang Zhongsi is an old friend of the crown prince, but if he says that he is a henchman, it is obviously a bit exaggerated.
From the twenty-first year of the new century to the five years of Tianbao, Wang Zhongsi's military career reached its peak. Whether it was the Later Turks and Tubo in the northwest, or the Xi, Nu, and Khitan in the northeast, they were all brutally abused by Wang Zhongsi.
A scheming saint
In the first month of the fifth year of Tianbao (746), due to the defeat of Emperor Weiming at Hehe and Long, Wang Zhongsi thus served as the Taishou of Xiping Commandery and the Governor of Wuwei County, and served as the envoy of Hexi and Longyou. At the same time, he also temporarily served as an envoy for Shuofang and Hedong Jiedushi. Wang Zhongsi, who was also the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, controlled Wanli, which had not been seen since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
During this period, Wang Zhongsi also fought with Tubo "frequently in Qinghai and Jishi, all of which were great victories" and "cut the Tugu Valley in the ink and left the country and returned". However, in April of that year, Wang Zhongsi "fixed Shuofang and Hedong Jiedu", that is, asked shuofang and Hedong to be envoys. Xuanzong's attitude was "Xu Zhi", that is, he agreed.
The old Book of Tang biography is very interesting about the reason for this resignation, "Zhongsi has been in Hedong and Shuofang for a long time, and he is well prepared for side affairs and wins the hearts of soldiers." As for Helong, I am not accustomed to material feelings. And he put himself in the name of merit and wealth, and hopes to be reduced to the past." Wang Zhongsi's military career is closely related to Helong, and the beginning, trough, and turning point of his military career all occurred in Helong, and it is obviously unreasonable to say that he "reached Helong and was quite unaccustomed to material feelings." Moreover, the mention of "living in the name of merit and wealth" is even more inconsistent with the truth, and is completely inconsistent with Wang Zhongsi's character.
The former site of Stone Castle
So why did the resignation of the two towns do things happen? Wang Zhongsi's military achievements and personalities will not happen to such a thing as "hope is reduced to the past", but it is very likely that his prestige is rising day by day, and he is worried about arousing the suspicion of the imperial court, so he takes the initiative to resign and avoid disaster. From the sixth year of Tianbao (747) to the eighth year of Tianbao (749), Wang Zhongsi's military career came to an end, because of the battle for Shibao City in the Tang Dynasty War.
Shibao City was located in Huangyuan County, southwest of present-day Xining City, Qinghai. Huangyuan County was a key place between the Huangshui River Valley and the Qinghai Lake area, and the Tang Dynasty placed the Zhenwu Army, the Shenwu Army, and the Tianwei Army. Tang and Tubo fought for this city, gaining and losing time and again. The Tang army repeatedly competed for the stone fort city, and the cost was heavy, and Gai Jiayun and Emperor Fu Weiming both suffered a crushing defeat.
When the saint used Wang Zhongsi, he had plans to retake the Stone Castle. However, Emperor Xuanzong's blind opening of the border and disregard for the life and death of the grasshopper was resisted by Wang Zhongsi. When Emperor Xuanzong asked Wang Zhongsi about the plan to attack, Wang Zhongsi said:
The stone fort is dangerous and solid, and the whole country of Tibet defends it. If the soldiers of Ruotun are strong, tens of thousands of people will die, and then things will be achieved. The subject is afraid that what he has gained is not as good as what he has lost, so please suspend the soldiers and horses, and watch the provocation and take it, and the one who calculates it is superior.
Tang Dynasty and Tibet
It was clear that Wang Zhongsi was opposed to the capture of Stone Castle At all costs. However, the emperor did not care about the feeling of the price. Wang Zhongsi even released: "Now that we are fighting for a city, we have not been able to control the enemy, and we must not harm the country, so how can Zhongsi change an official with the lives of tens of thousands of people?" In this way, this is undoubtedly contrary to the saints whose dreams are inflated.
The emperor was dissatisfied with Wang Zhongsi, and the chancellor Li Linfu, that is, Lin Jiulang in the play, had always been worried that Wang Zhongsi had achieved outstanding military achievements and would enter the picture and threaten his own position, so he "begged for his passing". In the sixth year of Tianbao, Dong Yanguang offered advice to capture Shibao City, but Wang Zhongsi passively cooperated at the front, "Yanguang was not pleased". In the end, the battle was defeated, and the imperial court attributed the reason to Wang Zhongsi.
Taking advantage of the trap, Li Linfu ordered Wei Lin, who had been the assassin of Shuo Prefecture, to make a false accusation, saying that when Wang Zhongsi was serving as an envoy to Hedong Jiedushi, he had said, "I wanted to honor the crown prince in the palace with King Zhong. Li Linfu grasped the emperor's most taboo point, one was a feudal marshal with heavy troops, the other was a crown prince who was eye-catching in the government and the opposition, and the two had old friendships, coupled with Wang Zhongsi's negative attitude toward the imperial court's open border state policy, and the elements of an anti-Tang cabal were all in place.
Right phase
The emperor was furious and ordered Wang Zhongsi to surrender his military power and enter the court to listen to the treatment, "ordering the three divisions to be interrogated and several times to be sentenced to capital punishment." Emperor Xuanzong was anxious to execute Wang Zhongsi, but His brother Shuhan, who succeeded Wang Zhongsi, tried his best to defend him and "please atone for your sins with your own official titles." In November of that year, Wang Zhongsi was demoted to the post of Taishou of Hanyang. Tianbao was transferred to Handong County Taishou for seven years. In the eighth year of Tianbao, a generation of famous generals Wang Zhongsi died inexplicably, only 45 years old.
It is worth pondering that after Emperor Suzong ascended the throne, he did not rehabilitate Wang Zhongsi, which may be a consideration for his father Xuanzong? Wang Zhongsi was rehabilitated in the first year of Emperor Daizong's reign (762), the thirteenth year after his death. The imperial court issued an edict to rehabilitate him, and posthumously awarded shangshu and prince taishi to the military department.
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Why is he being rehabilitated at this time? The obnoxious villain Yuan Zai in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" was already the prime minister at this time, and restoring his father-in-law's reputation was what he had done his best to promote. In addition, Wang Zhongsi's influence in the Tang army was enormous, and his brave generals emerged in an endless stream, such as Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi, Gugu Huai'en, Wang Sili, and Li Sheng, who had made great contributions to the suppression of the Anshi Rebellion. To rehabilitate Wang Zhongsi is to stabilize the hearts of the Tang dynasty army, and the abacus of the imperial court will always be very refined.