Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1447
The 18th year of Tianbao (695).

On the ninth day of October, the sun and the moon join the new moon, and there is a solar eclipse.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor visited Fengtian Palace in person and ordered Crown Prince Li Hao to supervise the country.

On the [-]th, the crown princess Qin gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor. The emperor specially granted amnesty to the world, and named the crown prince Qin's grandfather Qin Lun as King Wei, and his father Qin Shi as the king of Guangning County and Te Jin.

On the first day of December, the emperor issued an edict to change the name of Li Yuan, the eldest grandson of the emperor, to Li Min, and made him the grandson of the emperor.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Emperor Li Ye died of illness in the Zhenguan Hall of Luoyang Palace. He was 34 years old and reigned for 31 years.

The temple name is Zhongzong.

Emperor Zhongzong's last edict, Crown Prince Li Hao's succession to the throne, is a difficult military and state matter, and at the same time, it is up to the Empress to decide whether to advance or retreat.

On the [-]th, the Crown Prince Li Hao succeeded to the throne, honoring his grandmother Qin as the Empress Dowager and his mother Qin as the Empress Dowager.

The concubine Qin was canonized as the queen, and the eldest son Li Yan was canonized as the crown prince.

The emperor governs the government and officially exercises imperial power.

Amnesty to the world, bestowing the first rank of honorary officer on officials below the ninth rank.

Qin Lang, King of Qi in Anguo, was Taishi, Qin Jun, King of Huguoyi, was Taifu, Qin Li, King of Jinan County, was Taibao, Emperor Zhao Wang Li Zhe was Taiwei, Emperor Zheng Wang Li Longfan was Situ, and Emperor Chu Wang Li Ju was Sikong.

On the 21st, worship Di Renjie as Zhongshuling, Pei Yan as Shizhong, Liu Rengui as Zuopushe, Cen Changqian as Youpushe, Qin Xiaozhong as Zhongshushilang, Zhang Jiuling as Huangmenshilang, and Yao Chong as Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Cui Chushi was a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, Pei Yanxiu was a bachelor of the Imperial Academy and also knew how to make patents, and the eldest grandson Yuanyi was a transshipment envoy.

Lai Jinghui is the royal doctor.

Li Jingxuan was the privy envoy, Wei Xuantong, Xue Na, and Qin Lun were the deputy envoys, and Liu Shenli, Wang Xiaojie, Gao Xianzhi, and Cheng Wuting signed the privy council affairs.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Zhengdan Dynasty received pilgrimage and tribute from the envoys of the Siyi chiefs and vassals.

The name was changed to Chang'an.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiazun Taishi Qin Lang was the loyal King Qi of Xietian Town, General Tiance, and Shang Shuling.The emperor issued a special decree to enshrine Qin Lang as the god of protecting the country of the Tang Dynasty and a model for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

On February [-]th, Yangzhou Sima Li Kun rebelled in Yangzhou.

Li Kun is the third son of Li Ke, the third son of the holy ancestor Li Shimin, the king of Wu. He was exiled to Lingnan in the early years of Li Ke's rebellion case, and later vindicated Li Ke's rebellion case for Qin Lang. .Instead, Li Daozong's grandson was Li Ke's successor, who inherited the title of King Wu.

And because he is a close branch of the clan, he was not allowed to hold important positions in the two governments. He was the governor of six states in the Jianghuai area, but none of them were promoted to the center of the capital, but he was an official in all six states.

Li Kun suddenly rebelled in Yangzhou, and the banner he played was to punish traitors on the side of the Qing emperor.

This is obviously a grudge against the imperial court for not returning the title of King Wu to their family. After many years of forbearance, it finally broke out.

Li Chongfu, the Sima of Chuzhou, responded and attributed the three counties of Shanyin, Anyi and Yancheng to Li Kun.

Li Jingye, the grandson of Li Ji, who was demoted to serve as Liuzhou Sima, also raised troops to respond.

Li Jingye and Li Chongfu quickly seized the important town of Yangzhou. Li Kun claimed to be the king of Wu and set up three mansions, namely the mansion of the king of Wu, the mansion of the governor of Yangzhou, and the mansion of Kuangfu. , Li Jingye was awarded General Kuangfu.

Appoint Tang Zhiqi and Du Qiuren as the left and right long history, Li Zongchen and Xue Zhongzhang as the left and right Sima, and Wei Siwen as the military adviser.

He opened the treasury and ordered Li Zongchen, a Yangzhou scholar Cao Canjun, to go to the coin casting supervisor's workshop to drive out the prisoners and craftsmen, give them armor, and behead Chen Jingzhi, the governor of Yangzhou.

The soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou were coerced, and a crowd of [-] people soon gathered.

Although Li Kun, Li Jingye and others didn't explain who the traitors on the side of the emperor wanted to be cleared, they circulated letters everywhere, pretending to have received a handwritten letter from King Anguo Qi, asking them to raise troops to assist King Qin in the Qing Dynasty.

Grand Master Qin Lang's name is much stronger than Li Kun and Li Jingye. Even if Li Kun is Li Ke's son, Li Jingye is Li Ji's grandson, and Du Qiuren is also the nephew of Zhenguan Shangyuan Prime Minister Du Zhenglun, these are not as good as Qin Lang The name is easy to use.

Anyway, for a while, many local soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou and the surrounding areas believed that it was Qin Lang who called on King Qin to raise troops, and many people came here to take credit for it.

However, the incident went smoothly at the beginning, but Li Kun and Li Jingye began to have conflicts. Li Kun proposed to send troops to Luoyang, Qing Dynasty's side, and work hard for the king.

However, Li Jingye felt that although there were more than [-] people gathered in Yangzhou, they were actually mobs, so they should take advantage of the emptiness in the south of the Yangtze River and rush across the river with lightning speed to capture Runzhou, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Runzhou is the old capital of several dynasties in the south of the Yangtze River. It used to be named Jianye Jiankang Jinling and so on. Using this Runzhou can create more momentum and accumulate more strength.

The two were in dispute for a while.

When the Luoyang court heard about the mutiny in Yangzhou, they also quickly summoned the governors of the two prefectures to discuss matters.

The second son of the late Zhenguo Taiping Princess and Taishi Qin Lang, half-brother of the Empress Dowager, uncle of the Empress Dowager, and grandfather of the Empress, King Qin Lun of Wei, the Deputy Privy Envoy, asked Ying to lead the army to quell the chaos.

Qin Lang's eldest grandson, Qin Xiaozhong, the third-ranker of the imperial court and Zhongshumen, and Zhongshu's servant Qin Xiaozhong also expressed his willingness to go to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the chaos.

After asking the empress dowagers of the two palaces, the emperor issued an imperial edict, the deputy envoy of the privy secretary, Xue Na, the son of the former privy secretary Xue Rengui, was the general manager of Jiangnan Road, the above-mentioned generals Gao Xianzhi and Wang Xiaojie were deputy, and the general Hei Chi Changzhi was the vanguard of rebellion. As the deputy vanguard, Wei Yuanzhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the envoy of the supervising army.

Mobilize part of the Beiya Forbidden Army and the Nanya Fan Shangbing in Luoyang, as well as the government soldiers in the Central Plains and Jianghuai for conquest.

Before the general left Beijing, Li Jingye had captured Runzhou, shaking the south of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Li Hao issued an edict to pursue Li Jingye's grandfather Li Ji and great-grandfather Li Gai, as well as his father, uncle, brother and other officials and titles, regain Shifeng Shiyi, dig up his family's tomb, chop up the coffin and set aside the ashes, and take back the Ciguo Surname, restore its original surname Xu.

The emperor issued an edict to appoint Qin Xiaozhong, the king of Wu'an County and the minister of Zhongshu, as the Jiangnan propaganda ambassador.

Heizhi Changzhi was originally a general of Baekje, and later served as a general under Qin Li's command. He has served in the Western Regions for many years and has made great achievements. Now he is a general, and he is only one step away from being a governor of the town.

Like Gao Xianzhi and Wang Xiaojie, who had been generals under Qin Jun and Qin Gui for a long time, he was brought up by the Qin family. This time, he also knew that Li Jingye and Li Kun had ruined the reputation of the Qin family, so of course It must be suppressed quickly.

The black-toothed Chang Zhi led the Jingqi to go south first.

Li Jingye was still in Runzhou, and Changzhi, the black tooth, had quickly gone south to Linhuai. Liu Xingju, a native of Xuyi, occupied the county seat, and resisted the city with his brothers, refusing to accept the surrender of the rebels, let alone let them cross the border.

Li Chongfu and Yu Chizhao had been attacking for many days, and it was difficult to attack for a long time.

The military and civilian merchants in Xuyi City, led by Liu Xingju and Liu Xingshi brothers of the Canal Caobang, resisted fiercely and never showed their flaws. The powerful nobles in the city even offered a large bounty to recruit warriors and motivate young men.

Hei Chi Changzhi sneaked in in the middle of the night and raided the Liangshan camp in Yuchi Zhaodu. The rebel army was in chaos.

Xuanwei ambassador Qin Xiaozhong reported the victory to the imperial court and asked for credit for Hei Chi Changzhi and the Liu brothers.

The emperor issued a decree to confer the title of baron on Hei Chi Chang's son, Liu Xingju was conferred the title of governor of Chuzhou, and Liu Xingshi was conferred the title of guerrilla general.

Yu Chizhao's head was passed down to the south of the Yangtze River to show the public.

Xu Jingye's brother Xu Jingyou, who stayed in Yangzhou, sent his deputy general Wei Chao to reinforce Li Chongfu, the puppet governor of Chuzhou, and supported the troops to guard the dangerous land of Liangshan, the capital.

The black-toothed cavalry, although they are the elite of the forbidden army, are small in number, and the rebels are defending against danger, so it is difficult for the cavalry to gallop. Chi Changzhi also felt that he had nowhere to speak.

Some generals suggested that it would be better to bypass Wei Chao and attack Xu Jingyou first, and lead troops to capture Jiangdu. While Xu Jingye's main force is still in Runzhou, south of the Yangtze River, he can take Yangzhou in one fell swoop. By then, the entire Jiangbei area will be pacified, and Xu Jingye will also be defeated. It became a lone army.

Hei Chi Chang Zhi asked for instructions from the Propaganda Ambassador Qin Xiaozhong who came with only a light cavalry guard.

At this time, Wang Xiaojie, Gao Xianzhi, and Xue Na each led a group of troops, but they were still gathering and could not go south for a while.

Qin Xiaozhong is the eldest grandson of Qin Lang, and also the eldest son of Qin Jun. When Qin Jun resigned and returned to South China Sea, he stayed in Dongsheng Jinglue ever since.

Qin Xiaozhong stayed in the court. After serving in Luoyang for five years, he went to the Western Regions and served as a guard envoy in Tang Jun Shouzhuol on the south bank of the Caspian Sea.

It's been 13 years since I left.

From the Caspian Guard Envoy to the Huoxun Town Capital Envoy, he has served as the Dawan Military Envoy, the Hezhong Yanei Commander, the Hezhong Jiedu Deputy Envoy, the Hezhong Observation Envoy, and even worshiped the Zhongshu Minister, Jiatong Zhongshu Menxia three ranks , Entered the political affairs hall as the prime minister.

Qin Xiaozhong's official career is very smooth, after all, Empress Zhongzong is his sister, the new emperor is his nephew, grandfather Qin Lang and father Qin Jun are still guarding in Luzon, with the momentum of the Qin family as the number one powerhouse in the dynasty, his official career Every step is well laid out.

Of course, Qin Xiaozhong's luck and ability also coexist. In the Western Regions, he also experienced the barbarian rebellion, the border conflict with Dashi, and even the mutiny of the Tang army in the Western Regions. It can be said that every time, if he is not lucky, he may directly Died in the Western Regions.

Although Qin Xiaozhong only served as Deputy Jiedu Envoy of Hezhong Town and Observation Envoy of Hezhong Town, after all, he is very familiar with the local military and government, and his success in such a complicated border town in the Western Regions is not only due to his family background.

Although he came all the way, after hearing the military situation, Qin Xiaozhong quickly gave his opinion, "Now the main force of the rebel army in Jiangbei is concentrated in Xia'a, they gathered in a hurry, although they occupy the Dangerous, but actually I know Xu Jingyou very well. He is a gambler by nature. Every year in the Luoyang Polo Super League, he bets tens of thousands of guan. Although Xu Jingyou likes to gamble and play polo, even the polo team of the British government It used to be managed by him, but he is not familiar with the military and has no serious military experience at all."

"It's just that he is holding the title of duke of a county under the shadow of his father and grandfather, and he is dressed in silver. He is not familiar with military affairs, and his military strength is weak. At this time, the imperial army is coming to conquer, and the morale of the army has long been unstable. We just need to bluff our banners and make a big splash If you make up your mind, you can take down these mobs."

"Xu Jingye is still far away in Runzhou, and there is no time to rescue him because of the distance. We happened to attack one by one, first destroying the capital of Liangshan Weichao, and then taking advantage of the victory to attack Yangzhou Xu Jingyou. When the time comes to win Yangzhou, Xu Jingye is Xu Shiji's resurrection, so what? Can it stand against us?"

Hei Chi Chang's original intention was the same, seeing that Qin Xiaozhong also wanted to attack by force, he naturally patted his chest and said, give him half a day, and definitely take down Wei Chao!
(End of this chapter)