The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 145: Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger (please subscribe)
After Cui Xian finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin on the side took another sip of the wine in the glass and said, "Yes, madam, I can't figure it out at this time. How could Li An make His Majesty care so much about him? I'm also a little worried that Your Majesty will." If you are unhappy with me, you must know that we people should not be too arrogant during this period. Too many people are preparing to take advantage of us.

Jingde just came back from Tongzhou, and his second brother (Qin Qiong) is still sick. Hou Junji and Zhang Liang are also very distant from us. Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are all civil servants, and they don't like us. Takefu.

Because of our loyalty, His Majesty will directly take out some of us and take the blame! "As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin drank another glass of wine, with a sad expression on his lips.

The people Cheng Yaojin mentioned just now are Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liang, Hou Junji and others. They are a force called the Shandong Group.

This Shandong Group is not actually a strict group. They are just some Shandong heroes who came from poor families. These people attached themselves to Li Shimin in order to fight against another group called Guanlong Group. Like the Shandong Group, the Guanlong Group also It's not a real group, just a geographical name.

Li Xiaogong is a representative of the Guanlong Group, but now the Guanlong Group has been almost wiped out by Li Shimin. Li Shimin adopted the principle of giving priority to respect and respect, and let them live in separate places to supervise local officials, but he did not have any real power in his hands. .

Li Shimin wanted to boil a frog in warm water to deal with the Guanlong Group.

However, after cleaning up the Guanlong Group, Li Shimin began to deal with the Shandong Group, and the Shandong Group had two factions. One group was Li Shimin's confidants, who were considered the upstarts of Shandong.

The other faction is the Shandong gentry with a long history and powerful clan.

Li Shimin had begun to feel that these two forces of the Shandong Group were too powerful to lose, and the Shandong Group bureaucrats represented by Wei Zheng used this to make Li Shimin make more concessions in government decrees and measures.

However, when Li Shimin conquered the world, the Shandong Group also contributed many talented civil and military ministers. Therefore, Li Shimin both loved and hated this force, and he was careful to guard against it and to deliberately win over it.

People like the Shandong Group are influential and armed in the local area. Once there is any change, they will inevitably become a powerful destructive force. Therefore, in order to appease these people, Li Shimin did not hesitate to treat Wei Zheng with kindness and leniency again and again, making him a person between himself and the Shandong Group. bridge.

However, Li Shimin also made some positive moves, trying to take advantage of the internal conflicts of the Shandong Group to disrupt their power. He introduced those poor people with no family background into the political arena and became a political force secretly competing with the Shandong Group.

Yuchi Gong, who Cheng Yaojin took the blame for, was a pawn used by Li Shimin to deal with Li Xiaogong. In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Yuchi Jingde was moved to the post of governor of Tongzhou.On September 29, Li Shimin held a banquet, and Yuchi Jingde also returned to Beijing to attend the banquet.

During the banquet, someone was sitting in front of him. He said angrily: "What merits do you have to deserve to sit at my upper table?" Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, sat under him and explained to him.Yuchi Jingde was furious and punched Li Daozong in the eye, almost blinding him.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was very unhappy, stopped the banquet, and said to Yuchi Jingde: "I read the "Book of Han" and found that few of Han Gaozu's meritorious officials were able to protect themselves, so I often blamed Han Gaozu in my heart.

Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he always wanted to protect the heroes and make their descendants safe.But after you became a high-ranking official and continued to violate national laws, you realized that the murders of Han Xin and Peng Yue were not the fault of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.The most important things in governing a country are rewards and punishments.

Don't give too much undue favor. You must be strict with yourself and don't do anything you regret. " Yuchi Jingde felt frightened by this and restrained his behavior.

In fact, what happened this time was basically a double reed played by Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde, and Yuchi Jingde was a pawn played by Li Shimin. The purpose was to say this passage from "Han Shu" to the generals present.

What was the purpose? The purpose was to allow these generals to hand over all their military power, because in the sixth year of Zhenguan, the Turks in the north had been wiped out and the external threat was weakened.

At this time, Li Shimin must start to weaken the military power of his generals.Prior to this, due to years of war, the Tang Dynasty continued the military system of the Northern Zhou and Sui Dynasties.

This government military system provides sufficient conditions for generals to establish their own base in the army.Before the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin could tolerate the generals in power because of the need to deal with the Turks in the north.

But as the Turks were completely defeated, at this time, Li Shimin had to regain military power from his generals!
This was the real purpose of what Li Shimin said and did at that time.

Of course, the easiest way to get back power is undoubtedly to kill the heroes directly.

This method has been used by many kings in history. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang was the best among them.But Li Shimin couldn't use this method at that time.First of all, the Tang Dynasty had just stabilized, and although the Turks had been defeated, there were still many enemies around and these generals were needed to fight.

Secondly, the forces within the court were relatively balanced. No matter which side Li Shimin killed, it would cause changes in this delicate balance, causing the other side to quickly become stronger.

Therefore, Li Shimin could only adopt this method and gently remind his generals: You should hand over military power!

From what we can see from history books, these generals in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, no matter which side they belonged to, all surrendered their military power.Yuchigong no longer had an army under his direct control, so Li Xiaogong simply retreated to the second line, held some false posts in the court, and even enjoyed himself directly at home.

Other military generals who had contributed to the founding of the country also handed over their military power and began to gradually assume civilian positions.Only when war breaks out later, will they be recruited again, wear armor and go into battle to command the army.But as soon as the war is over, military power will be quickly returned.

It's just that Yuchi Jingde was wronged. He didn't return to the capital until the sixth year of Zhenguan, which was the tenth year of Zhenguan. Because if Yuchi Jingde didn't leave, he would be targeted by others. Leaving was also for protection. This would take the blame for Li Shimin. , This means that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Li Shimin is the emperor, and the world is in his heart. But following such an emperor, those who are injured will always be the close ones.

It's like going to work in a relative's factory. If your relative wants to make the factory bigger and bigger, then it will always be the relative who suffers.

At this time, Cui Xian looked at Cheng Yaojin and said slightly: "Since Shandong's upstart has fallen apart, why don't you find another way? Li An and we can get in touch.

I always feel that this Li An is not a simple character. Although he is only related to His Royal Highness Prince Jin on the surface, the fact is that Li An has had intersections with His Majesty and the Empress. "

"Oh, Li An has interacted with His Majesty and the Queen?" Cheng Yaojin also stopped drinking.

Cui Xian nodded: "I still remember that when Li An's rock candy store opened, His Majesty gave him a word. Many people think that it was because His Majesty liked rock candy. But I feel it is unusual. His Majesty likes too many things. Who has received a letter from His Majesty before?

There are also rumors from the outside world that the marriage between the Tang family's Xiaowu and Princess Yuzhang was broken off because of Li An, and it was Empress Changsun who personally intervened to break off the marriage. You know, there are really very few things that Empress Changsun is willing to take part in.

So I think Li An is not simple. Anyway, Dalang and Erlang are brothers, and our Cheng family has also unequivocally supported Li An. It is better to just do it to the end and we also get involved in Li An's business. After all, there is no loss to the Cheng family. Well, if Li An is really related to His Majesty and the Queen, then this is what our Cheng family has earned. "

After Cui Xian's analysis, Cheng Yaojin nodded with a decision and said: "Okay, I will go to Lijia Village in person tomorrow to have a good meeting with Li An."

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