The Four Great Cases of Wu Zetian

Chapter 56

Li Feixiong went to Taihang Mountain and Hu Shijing defended Huaiqing Mansion
But he said that Wu Sansi had treated Fei Xiong so kindly that he took out all the silver taels the next day.Feixiong pretended to be a merchant, hired a few carts, and turned around to Taihang Mountain.It was scheduled to start at the beginning of the month.It was only one day in Lufei, and it was already at the top of the mountain. When the soldiers saw the village owner coming back, they came immediately, took the animals away, and moved the silver to the mountain village.Li Feixiong went to sit down in the meeting hall, Zhao Lin hurriedly came up and asked: "Brother has been there, how is the matter going?" Li Feixiong even said what brothers Wu Sansi and Xu Jingzong had discussed.Then he washed the dust and asked about the business at the foot of the mountain, and Zhao Lin had finished his explanation.

The next day Li Feixiong checked the rosters of Heshan's big and small leaders and other soldiers.Several leaders were selected, one was Fei Wang Huai on the grass, the other was Zhu Shaji Hong Liang, and the other was Wu Meng, a two-gunner.The three of them immediately worked hard, none of them were inferior to others.First order these three people to bring [-] taels of silver each, buy pig iron gunpowder, and horses, flags, and the like, and return to the mountain within this month.to make military uniforms.Four people including Guo Quan, Qi Lin, Tao Shi and Wang Bao were appointed as the generals at the top of the mountain to supervise the drills and other things of the soldiers. They fired guns and cannons every day, and they were very powerful.

In addition, Huaiqing Mansion is only a hundred miles away from Taihang Mountain. The prefect of Huaiqing is surnamed Hu and named Shijing, and he was born as a Jinshi.Although he was pedantic and rotten Confucianism, he did not go along with Zhang and Wu. Wu Chengsi and others wanted to dismiss him repeatedly, but he won the hearts of the people.When Di Gong was the governor of Henan Province, he knew his political voice, so he played it repeatedly, and the successors couldn't do anything about him.Recently, I heard about the military operation in Taihang Mountain, and I went to inquire about it with my order. When I came back, I said that it was the party member of the King of Luling, and Li Feixiong had been ordered to lead troops to Beijing in order to regain the throne.Hu Shijing was taken aback, and thought to himself: "How can this be done? Although Empress Wu has no way, others still have excuses for doing this. How can he himself be obvious and want to seize the country. Mother and son, how to explain it? "One person was just surprised, and then thought: "This is extremely untrue. I'm afraid it's a traitor who framed the prince, used the fake to make the truth, and conspired with someone to do this, so that Emperor Wu would believe it was true and blame him so From this point of view, Zhang Changzong did not do it, but the Wu brothers must have done it. King Luling is now in Fangzhou, thousands of miles away from each other. Quite a few, Xu Jingye and others have already done this, but none of it came from him. If he wanted to hold it sincerely, why didn’t he come all the way from Fangzhou and order this strong bandit instead. To do such a big thing, this matter is obviously a suspicious case.” One side wrote He wrote a letter of love and ordered Xingye to deliver it to Governor Di Gong's yamen, asking him to make an unannounced visit in Beijing. If someone pointed directly at the prince, he could ask him to give a face-to-face report to the court to restore the matter.On the one hand, the four gates are guarded like iron barrels, in case strongmen enter.

Unexpectedly, Hu Shijing was taking precautions in the city, and Li Feixiong had already set up the banners and flags with weapons, food and grass on the mountain in full swing.Choose the first day to go down the mountain, first take Huaiqing Fucheng, and then move forward with the camera.Three days ago, they slaughtered sheep and horses to reward the three armies.Divide into four teams and order Zhao Lin, Wang Huai, Hong Liang and Wu Meng to lead the march.On the morning of the auspicious day, Li Feixiong dressed neatly and followed the military salute.After the sacrifice of the flags was over, they pulled out their teams and set off on the journey. Along the way, they came in a mighty way. The banners really covered the sun, and the swords and armors were like clouds.After traveling fifty or sixty miles that day, they set up camp and went to the village, and set off early the next morning, then headed for Fucheng.

On this day, Hu Shijing saw the report from the visiting horse, saying that the soldiers were not far from the city, so he hurried to the city to look into the distance.But on the opposite side, like dark clouds covering the land, infinite soldiers and horses came down to the city, and a big banner was written as the head: "The King of Luling leads the soldiers and horses to restore the country, General Li." All the flags are colorful.After Hu Shijing read it, he was really puzzled, and the sage ordered stones and rolling logs to be arranged on the top of the city.But seeing the bandits approaching gradually, they set up camp ten miles away from the city.In the afternoon, suddenly there was a cannon from the enemy camp, and a horse appeared among them. The leader, a general, flew to the bottom of the city with a big knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers on the city have heard this, hurry up and report your orders." The prefect Hu Shijing came to answer." When Hu Shijing saw the thief talking, he stood up and said down: "Prisoner thief, who are you, dare to pretend to be the prince, raise troops to make trouble, and attack the city! Who is the conspiracy, tell the truth Come. This government will report to the imperial court in detail that the crime lies with the leader. Maybe I can forgive you from the death penalty. If you are obsessed and don't realize it, the whole world will be the emperor's child, eating hair and practicing it, with a conscience, who would dare to be rebellious? Who doesn't know that you are an impostor? The king of Luling is far away in Fangzhou, so there is no reason why the mother's queen ascended the court and the prince seized the throne! This is obviously a trick of treacherous ministers, alienating the court. I read poetry and books at a young age, so I don't understand ethics. How can you break through a city that looks like an iron barrel!"

Li Feixiong was shocked when he heard this, and said to himself: We were discussing in Beijing, and we wanted to act in a false name, so that the local officials would believe it was true, so that we could fly to the court and frame them secretly.Unexpectedly, when he sent troops for the first time, he explained the flaws to Hu Shijing, and then how to move forward.

Now I am in a dilemma, so I have no choice but to stick to my word and debate with him again.At that time, he replied to the city: "Since you read poetry and books at a young age, why don't you understand the truth? Empress Wu raped without morals, messed up the erotic palace, killed sisters and brothers, killed kings and dove mothers, and the common death of humans and gods is not tolerated by heaven and earth. The king of Luling is the eldest son of Emperor Gaozong, the Ming emperor of the world, how can he regard his mother as adultery and disregard the principles of the society and the people? Just because Xu Jingye used an unprofessional soldier and died suddenly, he specially ordered Li to lead the soldiers in the cottage and go to Beijing to recover. Ru He is a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, why is he willing to serve a woman? If you don’t open and greet your teacher, you have committed an unforgivable crime, and you still regard the truth as false, and resist the king’s teacher. Since you don’t believe it, you will teach you about the world.” Take a corner of the official document from the side, insert an arrow, and shoot at the top of the city with a sound of the bow.Hu Shijing read it all over, and cursed down: "This is a group of rebels like you who summoned King Luo Bin and learned from the gourd to make it so common. People in the world can be deceived. If you want to deceive me, Hu, you will go to the sky. The difficulty of facing the sun, if I want to switch, the king of Luling must come in person to believe it." Saying that, order the man to knock down the rock and roll the log.Li Feixiong saw that the city was tightly guarded and there was no room for him to take advantage of it, so he had no choice but to pull his horse back to the camp so that he could attack the next day.

Let's say that Huaiqing Mansion's city guard, whose surname is Jin Mingcheng, was born as a rogue, and he usually associates with Wu Sansi's domestic slaves.Since Di Renjie came to Beijing, this group of solitary bastards did not dare to be like before, but it happened that there was a vacancy in the defense of Huaiqing Mansion, so he begged Wu Sansi to fill in the vacancy.After Wu Sansi entered Beijing from Li Feixiong, he knew that Taihang Mountain was under Huaiqing's subordinates. He was afraid that Hu Shijing would see the treacherous scheme and would hinder him, so he wrote a letter privately and ordered someone to send it to Jincheng.When the soldiers approach the city, ask him to see the opportunity, and be sure to ask Hu Shijing to play in detail, and then things will be done.

At this time, Jincheng was also surprised when he saw Hu Shijing saw the false edict. One of them thought: "Wu Sansi wrote to me a few days ago, ordering me to act according to it. Unexpectedly, he expected it. But this pedantic scholar is very stubborn, and he will win. Only then can he play it in detail." After thinking for a while, he said to Hu Shijing: "Since your lord knows that he has come here under a false name, he will eventually have the ability, why don't you just switch on this, kill him in a big defeat, and then apply for the memorial. Wouldn’t it be beautiful for the imperial court? If it is closed to the outside world, if it is set up or persisted for a long time, and the food and grass are empty, wouldn’t it be difficult to survive?” Hu Shijing knew that he was a member of Wu Sansi’s party, so he said this to induce him to open the city so that Thieves enter the city.At that time, he shouted: "This place is guarded by the government, and the defense has its own balance. You can wait and talk too much! The thieves came here and wanted to open the city to meet the enemy, so they can pretend to be fake and use the name of the King of Luling to follow the traitor. Plan. The mansion should be strictly defended, and Xingye ordered people to Fangzhou to inquire. If the King of Luling did such an illegal thing, he admitted that he would have nothing to say, and ordered me to wait for the switch to welcome him. If not, he will reply in reply. Or order people to lead troops to conquer. At that time, the authenticity and falsehood will be clear, and there will be no slander between the mother and the son." After hearing this, Jin Cheng knew that he was a pedant, and he could do what he said, so he did it at that time There are many mistakes.At that time, he said anxiously: "My lord's words are thoughtful, but there is nothing urgent. You see that he has tens of thousands of horses, raging like a fire, and within a few days, he will definitely destroy this city. Your lord is a civil servant, of course he will be dismissed from office." , the last general is a warrior, who is more responsible for fighting and disrupting. If there is an accident, it will be too late to regret. This matter is not reported to the court according to the facts. Please lead the soldiers to retreat from the enemy. How can we solve this siege? And Xu Jingye The matter with King Luo Bin has already been done first. Since the King of Luling ordered the two of them to invade the country with soldiers, can't they collude with Li Feixiong to make progress? There is no doubt that this matter must have been ordered by the King of Luling. It would be a pity if you lost your fame because of this incident, after you had a Jinshi background and suffered so much to become the prefect of Huaiqing!"

Hu Shijing saw that he argued so much, and wanted to follow this treacherous plan, he couldn't help becoming furious, and said: "The prefect of this house for this place, although he came from poetry and books, has worked hard for many years, and when he comes to a difficult place, he must follow the name and cannot listen That treacherous official trusted the private party, deceived the imperial court, and sent the Tang Dynasty to the hands of scoundrels." These words made Jincheng's face full of embarrassment, and said at the time: "You and I are divided into civil and military affairs, and we do not belong to each other. You Since you are absurd and stubborn, I can’t follow you, and this city will be lost. Everyone can do their own thing.” At that time, he didn’t say anything anymore, and went back to the yamen in a rage.A detailed article came up, saying that the king of Luling ordered Li Feixiong to attack the city and regain the world, and copied the fake calligraphy on it, ordered people to fly out of the city overnight, and asked for help in Beijing; Li Feixiong colluded and plotted against each other.In a few days, I arrived in Duzhong as early as possible.First go to the Ministry of War to deliver it, and ask him to play the Ming sage, and send troops quickly.

Wu Chengsi dismissed the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment because of his righteousness, and within a few months, he replaced the Minister of the Ministry of War.I have been working with Wu Sansi and Xu Jingzong for several days, looking forward to the news from Huaiqing Mansion, but I haven't seen them coming, and I am very thinking.This day I received Jincheng's report, and after reading it, I came to Sansi Mansion to discuss for a while, and everyone only hated Hu Shijing for not reporting it.Wu Chengye said: "This matter should have been detailed to the governor of Huaiqing Mansion. Since there are emergency documents for the defense of the city, I am the minister of the Ministry of War. I am not afraid that the court will not believe it. It will be clear tomorrow morning." Chao Kai played.

I don't know what will happen next, let's see the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)