Just as Xue Chongxun was a little irritated, Liu An laughed.Xue Chongxun frowned and said: What's so funny?
Liu An smiled and said: Is the friendship between Mr. Cui and Mr. Shao comparable to that between Mr. Xue?I heard that Mr. Cui did not treat his disciples very well at the time, and the young master left Cui's mansion because Mr. Cui's wife was masturbating.Because such a small matter is so righteous, I can't see how much kindness Mr. Cui has to treat his uncle.Even so, now Shao Bo is thinking about his old friendship and goes to pay homage to his old friends regardless of his involvement and plot against others. Why?
Xue Chongxun was silent.
Liu An said again: He came from the aristocratic family of Shilang Cui, from the capital to the local area, how many old friends are there!Now that day is scattered, it is too late for people to separate themselves from each other, so who can speak for him?Who else pays memorial service to him?The warmth and warmth of human nature, in the end, the person who dared to cry for him in public was just a guest who had been swept out of the house!Since Shao Bo can value love and friendship so much to Mr. Cui, then he is both the main and good friend of Xue Lang. Can Xue Lang trust him?
Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and soon smiled: At first, the Li Gui hand made me a little angry, so I didn't think much about it. When Mr. Liu reminded me like this, I suddenly understood, haha, that's true!
……
After Wang Changling came back, Xue Chongxun did not mention that matter, and the two reconciled as before.
At that time, Bao Cheng was recruiting soldiers, Liu An was investigating the money and grain of the Yellow River Dagang and Luoyang Treasury, Yuwen Xiao, Wang Changling and others were customizing the primary files for capturing civil and military generals, and Xue Chongxun was also asking about personnel affairs, and there was still a little more, and there was no arrangement to return to the court for the time being.
At this time, the official article came to Chang'an, asking Xue Chongxun to return to the court as soon as possible to allow the meritorious soldiers to accept the reward. However, Xue Chongxun wanted to take advantage of the temporary power vacuum in Luoyang to install his own people and expand his power, so he used the excuse of dealing with the post-war problems and delaying them again and again.
As a result, some people in the Chang'an court were still a little worried: the King of Hedong had tens of thousands of elite troops, and the direct troops controlled the army, and the generals stationed in Tongguan to manage the logistics line were also in the Taiping Party.
What does he want to do if he has not handed over military power in his hands?
Naturally, most people do not think that Xue Chongxun will rebel, and it is neither necessary nor easy to succeed. Why did he take risks?But heavy troops scattered at the gate of Guanzhong, which always makes people feel chilled...
Everyone naturally hopes that Xue Chongxun will hand over the military power back to the Ministry of War as soon as possible and dismiss the army and stationed in various places.
At this time, an official said in front of the left prime minister: The King of Hedong defeated 100,000 enemies and made great contributions to the court, but the court did not say how to reward him, and he might be dissatisfied.
The left prime minister Lu Xiang was a kind man first, but after hearing this, he blurted out: Xue Lang is already a prince with 5,000 households. How should he be granted the title?Should we be granted the title of Prince of a different surname and the Marquis of Wanhu?
The adviser said: It is just rewarding merits and actions. Everyone rewards me, but they only ignore the Lord and General. How can people convince themselves?
Lu Xiang pondered: Although Xue Lang married the royal family for three generations, he was a different surname after all... I went to the Political Affairs Hall to talk about this matter, and what is my opinion?
The seven prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall were unable to join forces, and they were always quarreling about major issues. The left prime minister Lu Xiang had enough prestige first, but he was not bold enough to make decisions. The prestige and strength of others could not convince everyone.
The same is true for this matter, some people oppose and some people agree.
Fortunately, the elders of the Gonggong Pavilion were sensible. No one said that Xue Chongxun was threatening the court with his own troops, because everyone understood that Xue Chongxun could not rebel against the court at this time.
Now, both his contributions and his status have almost reached the peak of a prince who is not a surname of Li, and no one wants to deal with him. Why is there any need to bet on him?
Everyone couldn't say anything, and it was the emperor who had the final say in his title of kings and marquis, so he had to write a letter in the end.Li Shouli didn't care, so he could only ask Dou Huaizhen to go to the palace to ask about Empress Gao.
Empress Gao was originally interested in participating in major affairs of the court, but this would be a difficult issue, and she couldn't make up her mind and did not make any statement for a long time.
Everyone speculated that Queen Gao's mind should be afraid that Xue Chongxun's achievements would shock the master, and that no one would check or balance after his status was too high.At this time, Yu Liben found another opportunity to make a comment.
At first, Empress Gao thought Yu Liben was talking about Xue Chongxun's affairs, but he looked at it and talked about something else: Last time I heard that the Zuo Prime Minister proposed to be the crown prince in the Political Affairs Hall. All the ministers agreed. Can the Empress know about this?
Queen Gao remained silent and nodded to show her awareness. She did not express her opinion just listening to what Yu Liben wanted to say.
Yu Liben bowed and stood beside the imperial throne, looked left and right, and the palace ladies were standing far under the railing, and he whispered: If Liguo is bound to be Li Chang, let alone the Empress has no descendants.King Song (Prince Li Chenghong, who was named last year), was older and should be the crown prince. Even if it was not King Song, many princes and princes were famous.The husbands wanted to urge His Majesty to determine the crown prince, but they simply wanted to use this to make the crown prince supervise the country and stabilize the court... At that time, the crown prince's biological mother was suppressed by the empress, but was she convinced?How do the Empress and the Prince get along?
Queen Gao's eyebrows were a little moved, but in a second thought, she couldn't see Mi Duan. She opened her mouth slightly, which was as red as blood, and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.
Yu Liben shut up for a while and said in a deep voice: There are many people in the palace (Princess Taiping). Now your highness is ill. Everyone hopes that your highness’s eldest son Xue Lang can come forward to protect him and avoid being bullied by others.At this moment, if the Empress clearly stated that she had truly joined Xue Lang, wouldn’t all the people in the palace listen to you?Even if the prince is established, what can I do to the Empress?
Queen Gao finally spoke softly: Eunuch Yu advised me to support the title of Xue Lang as Prince?
Yu Liben agreed, but he was afraid that he would bend his waist lower even if he didn't answer, and bowed his body to show his attitude.
Gao said lightly: I am not trying to suppress Xue Lang, but I just heard people vaguely say the meaning of the grandparents. Since ancient times, it has not necessarily been a good thing to be named a prince in a different surname.That's why hesitated.
Yu Liben disagreed: If you don’t advance, you will retreat. If Xue Lang cannot stabilize the situation, then you will be unable to speak after we are withered by then, and her safety will be worrying.Even out of filial piety, Xue Lang should establish a firm foundation. As long as His Highness wakes up, he can take charge of the overall situation.How could he refuse?
……
Just after the Gao family weighed the pros and cons, they met with the ministers with Brother Fen, and then told me about this matter and asked Brother Fen if he could. Brother Fen naturally said it was OK.
So the court officials had no objection. After some trouble in the court, Xue Chongxun, who was in Luoyang, suddenly received news from Chang'an: he was actually going to be named King of Jin!
His first reaction was of course very happy. Although it was more dangerous to be at a high position based on historical books, when the glory of promotion came to him, how many people could be so rational and calm...
Otherwise, there would be no such thing as: It is easy to advance, and it is difficult to retreat.
However, Xue Chongxun's advisers soon realized the coexistence of honor and crisis, so Wang Changling quoted the classics to persuade Xue Chongxun not to be complacent, but to be more cautious.
Xue Chongxun accepted the suggestion on the surface, but was still happy in his heart.
Before, he was hesitating whether to be enterprising or to rest assured, but he would not sway around for a long time when he was in a dilemma. When he was in a dilemma, he usually chose one by one based on his intuition and walked one by one.
At this time, his decision was of course to make every effort to make progress, and where he could develop it was calculated.
Since the court wants to be named a prince, no problem, the prince will be the prince. The officials in the prince's government are much larger in scale and can have much greater power and power. At that time, he can even try to get the royal family to agree to the Flying Tiger Regiment as his official guard.
There are hundreds of cavalrymen in Chang'an, so it is not easy for ordinary people to play tricks on him.
Now Xue Chongxun wanted to return to the court early, so he arranged personnel and asked Liu An to preside over the military and political affairs of Luoyang Prefecture, Bao Cheng controlled the Luoyang Gage Army and the Yellow River Ocang Gage Army; promoted Li Kuiyong, the right brigade commander of the Flying Tiger Regiment, to be the lieutenant and the left brigade commander, and Gong Yecheng was the right brigade commander.
At the same time, most of the garrison generals near the left of the Eastern Capital came from the old subordinates of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and Xue Chongxun recruited some Hedong heroes to supplement the Flying Tiger Regiment.
When the world's attention is on the 40,000 troops in Xue Chongxun's hands, what he is most concerned about is the military power developed by the Flying Tiger Regiment.
Before we knew it, the Hedong military general group had already begun to grow in scale. Now the Shence Army, Luoyang Army, and the Grain Protection Army are all controlled by this group.
This kind of power is not comparable to that of several people in their own hands. It is more complicated and stable. Even if the main general is replaced, it may not be able to control the three armies.
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Xue Chongxun formally mobilized his army to leave the Eastern Capital, retreated westward, and returned to the court.
When the army arrived at Tongguan, the Ministry of War issued a transfer order, allowing the 40,000 anti-rebellion troops to be scattered back to various places to station. The Shence Army was originally an army stationed in the Tuyuhun Royal City, but at this time the journey was long and he was transferred to Weinan City, the capital.
Xue Chongxun accepted the decline of the Ministry of War, disbanded the army, and led the Flying Tiger Regiment Guards and generals from various departments back to the court. Everyone was going to reward them for their merits...
Of course, the army must be dispersed by orders, otherwise, if you lead tens of thousands of troops to Chang'an, you will be called "Taiwan's army to return to the court to let the king parade in the military. Do you want to scare the emperor to death?
Except for New Year's Eve, they passed by on the road, but they were a little sad, but after a few people returned to Beijing along the post road, they might be able to catch up with the Lantern Festival and have a happy and lively time.
Everyone discussed it and thought of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Chang'an, so they rushed to the road and finally arrived before the festival.
After entering the city, everyone did not meet the people who were welcomed along the way. It was during the Chinese New Year and the festival that people were busy with lights and reunion. Xue Chongxun and others returned to the court and had an atmosphere before they entered Luoyang City.
However, the emperor held a special dynasty in Hanyuan Hall to welcome the heroes, which was a great honor.
Everyone couldn't even go back home first. First, they went to the Daming Palace to meet the saint. After dozens of generals entered the palace, Xue Chongxun rode a horse (last year he received the imperial edict to ride a car and a horse in the palace), and everyone walked and walked towards Hanyuan Palace.
Everyone was wearing armor, but the iron armored team still seemed so small under the magnificent palace.
The huge complex of buildings and wide roads, where people are as small as ants, and they can't help but feel a sense of awe of the imperial power.
Liu An smiled and said: Is the friendship between Mr. Cui and Mr. Shao comparable to that between Mr. Xue?I heard that Mr. Cui did not treat his disciples very well at the time, and the young master left Cui's mansion because Mr. Cui's wife was masturbating.Because such a small matter is so righteous, I can't see how much kindness Mr. Cui has to treat his uncle.Even so, now Shao Bo is thinking about his old friendship and goes to pay homage to his old friends regardless of his involvement and plot against others. Why?
Xue Chongxun was silent.
Liu An said again: He came from the aristocratic family of Shilang Cui, from the capital to the local area, how many old friends are there!Now that day is scattered, it is too late for people to separate themselves from each other, so who can speak for him?Who else pays memorial service to him?The warmth and warmth of human nature, in the end, the person who dared to cry for him in public was just a guest who had been swept out of the house!Since Shao Bo can value love and friendship so much to Mr. Cui, then he is both the main and good friend of Xue Lang. Can Xue Lang trust him?
Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment, and soon smiled: At first, the Li Gui hand made me a little angry, so I didn't think much about it. When Mr. Liu reminded me like this, I suddenly understood, haha, that's true!
……
After Wang Changling came back, Xue Chongxun did not mention that matter, and the two reconciled as before.
At that time, Bao Cheng was recruiting soldiers, Liu An was investigating the money and grain of the Yellow River Dagang and Luoyang Treasury, Yuwen Xiao, Wang Changling and others were customizing the primary files for capturing civil and military generals, and Xue Chongxun was also asking about personnel affairs, and there was still a little more, and there was no arrangement to return to the court for the time being.
At this time, the official article came to Chang'an, asking Xue Chongxun to return to the court as soon as possible to allow the meritorious soldiers to accept the reward. However, Xue Chongxun wanted to take advantage of the temporary power vacuum in Luoyang to install his own people and expand his power, so he used the excuse of dealing with the post-war problems and delaying them again and again.
As a result, some people in the Chang'an court were still a little worried: the King of Hedong had tens of thousands of elite troops, and the direct troops controlled the army, and the generals stationed in Tongguan to manage the logistics line were also in the Taiping Party.
What does he want to do if he has not handed over military power in his hands?
Naturally, most people do not think that Xue Chongxun will rebel, and it is neither necessary nor easy to succeed. Why did he take risks?But heavy troops scattered at the gate of Guanzhong, which always makes people feel chilled...
Everyone naturally hopes that Xue Chongxun will hand over the military power back to the Ministry of War as soon as possible and dismiss the army and stationed in various places.
At this time, an official said in front of the left prime minister: The King of Hedong defeated 100,000 enemies and made great contributions to the court, but the court did not say how to reward him, and he might be dissatisfied.
The left prime minister Lu Xiang was a kind man first, but after hearing this, he blurted out: Xue Lang is already a prince with 5,000 households. How should he be granted the title?Should we be granted the title of Prince of a different surname and the Marquis of Wanhu?
The adviser said: It is just rewarding merits and actions. Everyone rewards me, but they only ignore the Lord and General. How can people convince themselves?
Lu Xiang pondered: Although Xue Lang married the royal family for three generations, he was a different surname after all... I went to the Political Affairs Hall to talk about this matter, and what is my opinion?
The seven prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall were unable to join forces, and they were always quarreling about major issues. The left prime minister Lu Xiang had enough prestige first, but he was not bold enough to make decisions. The prestige and strength of others could not convince everyone.
The same is true for this matter, some people oppose and some people agree.
Fortunately, the elders of the Gonggong Pavilion were sensible. No one said that Xue Chongxun was threatening the court with his own troops, because everyone understood that Xue Chongxun could not rebel against the court at this time.
Now, both his contributions and his status have almost reached the peak of a prince who is not a surname of Li, and no one wants to deal with him. Why is there any need to bet on him?
Everyone couldn't say anything, and it was the emperor who had the final say in his title of kings and marquis, so he had to write a letter in the end.Li Shouli didn't care, so he could only ask Dou Huaizhen to go to the palace to ask about Empress Gao.
Empress Gao was originally interested in participating in major affairs of the court, but this would be a difficult issue, and she couldn't make up her mind and did not make any statement for a long time.
Everyone speculated that Queen Gao's mind should be afraid that Xue Chongxun's achievements would shock the master, and that no one would check or balance after his status was too high.At this time, Yu Liben found another opportunity to make a comment.
At first, Empress Gao thought Yu Liben was talking about Xue Chongxun's affairs, but he looked at it and talked about something else: Last time I heard that the Zuo Prime Minister proposed to be the crown prince in the Political Affairs Hall. All the ministers agreed. Can the Empress know about this?
Queen Gao remained silent and nodded to show her awareness. She did not express her opinion just listening to what Yu Liben wanted to say.
Yu Liben bowed and stood beside the imperial throne, looked left and right, and the palace ladies were standing far under the railing, and he whispered: If Liguo is bound to be Li Chang, let alone the Empress has no descendants.King Song (Prince Li Chenghong, who was named last year), was older and should be the crown prince. Even if it was not King Song, many princes and princes were famous.The husbands wanted to urge His Majesty to determine the crown prince, but they simply wanted to use this to make the crown prince supervise the country and stabilize the court... At that time, the crown prince's biological mother was suppressed by the empress, but was she convinced?How do the Empress and the Prince get along?
Queen Gao's eyebrows were a little moved, but in a second thought, she couldn't see Mi Duan. She opened her mouth slightly, which was as red as blood, and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say a word.
Yu Liben shut up for a while and said in a deep voice: There are many people in the palace (Princess Taiping). Now your highness is ill. Everyone hopes that your highness’s eldest son Xue Lang can come forward to protect him and avoid being bullied by others.At this moment, if the Empress clearly stated that she had truly joined Xue Lang, wouldn’t all the people in the palace listen to you?Even if the prince is established, what can I do to the Empress?
Queen Gao finally spoke softly: Eunuch Yu advised me to support the title of Xue Lang as Prince?
Yu Liben agreed, but he was afraid that he would bend his waist lower even if he didn't answer, and bowed his body to show his attitude.
Gao said lightly: I am not trying to suppress Xue Lang, but I just heard people vaguely say the meaning of the grandparents. Since ancient times, it has not necessarily been a good thing to be named a prince in a different surname.That's why hesitated.
Yu Liben disagreed: If you don’t advance, you will retreat. If Xue Lang cannot stabilize the situation, then you will be unable to speak after we are withered by then, and her safety will be worrying.Even out of filial piety, Xue Lang should establish a firm foundation. As long as His Highness wakes up, he can take charge of the overall situation.How could he refuse?
……
Just after the Gao family weighed the pros and cons, they met with the ministers with Brother Fen, and then told me about this matter and asked Brother Fen if he could. Brother Fen naturally said it was OK.
So the court officials had no objection. After some trouble in the court, Xue Chongxun, who was in Luoyang, suddenly received news from Chang'an: he was actually going to be named King of Jin!
His first reaction was of course very happy. Although it was more dangerous to be at a high position based on historical books, when the glory of promotion came to him, how many people could be so rational and calm...
Otherwise, there would be no such thing as: It is easy to advance, and it is difficult to retreat.
However, Xue Chongxun's advisers soon realized the coexistence of honor and crisis, so Wang Changling quoted the classics to persuade Xue Chongxun not to be complacent, but to be more cautious.
Xue Chongxun accepted the suggestion on the surface, but was still happy in his heart.
Before, he was hesitating whether to be enterprising or to rest assured, but he would not sway around for a long time when he was in a dilemma. When he was in a dilemma, he usually chose one by one based on his intuition and walked one by one.
At this time, his decision was of course to make every effort to make progress, and where he could develop it was calculated.
Since the court wants to be named a prince, no problem, the prince will be the prince. The officials in the prince's government are much larger in scale and can have much greater power and power. At that time, he can even try to get the royal family to agree to the Flying Tiger Regiment as his official guard.
There are hundreds of cavalrymen in Chang'an, so it is not easy for ordinary people to play tricks on him.
Now Xue Chongxun wanted to return to the court early, so he arranged personnel and asked Liu An to preside over the military and political affairs of Luoyang Prefecture, Bao Cheng controlled the Luoyang Gage Army and the Yellow River Ocang Gage Army; promoted Li Kuiyong, the right brigade commander of the Flying Tiger Regiment, to be the lieutenant and the left brigade commander, and Gong Yecheng was the right brigade commander.
At the same time, most of the garrison generals near the left of the Eastern Capital came from the old subordinates of the Flying Tiger Regiment, and Xue Chongxun recruited some Hedong heroes to supplement the Flying Tiger Regiment.
When the world's attention is on the 40,000 troops in Xue Chongxun's hands, what he is most concerned about is the military power developed by the Flying Tiger Regiment.
Before we knew it, the Hedong military general group had already begun to grow in scale. Now the Shence Army, Luoyang Army, and the Grain Protection Army are all controlled by this group.
This kind of power is not comparable to that of several people in their own hands. It is more complicated and stable. Even if the main general is replaced, it may not be able to control the three armies.
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Xue Chongxun formally mobilized his army to leave the Eastern Capital, retreated westward, and returned to the court.
When the army arrived at Tongguan, the Ministry of War issued a transfer order, allowing the 40,000 anti-rebellion troops to be scattered back to various places to station. The Shence Army was originally an army stationed in the Tuyuhun Royal City, but at this time the journey was long and he was transferred to Weinan City, the capital.
Xue Chongxun accepted the decline of the Ministry of War, disbanded the army, and led the Flying Tiger Regiment Guards and generals from various departments back to the court. Everyone was going to reward them for their merits...
Of course, the army must be dispersed by orders, otherwise, if you lead tens of thousands of troops to Chang'an, you will be called "Taiwan's army to return to the court to let the king parade in the military. Do you want to scare the emperor to death?
Except for New Year's Eve, they passed by on the road, but they were a little sad, but after a few people returned to Beijing along the post road, they might be able to catch up with the Lantern Festival and have a happy and lively time.
Everyone discussed it and thought of celebrating the Lantern Festival in Chang'an, so they rushed to the road and finally arrived before the festival.
After entering the city, everyone did not meet the people who were welcomed along the way. It was during the Chinese New Year and the festival that people were busy with lights and reunion. Xue Chongxun and others returned to the court and had an atmosphere before they entered Luoyang City.
However, the emperor held a special dynasty in Hanyuan Hall to welcome the heroes, which was a great honor.
Everyone couldn't even go back home first. First, they went to the Daming Palace to meet the saint. After dozens of generals entered the palace, Xue Chongxun rode a horse (last year he received the imperial edict to ride a car and a horse in the palace), and everyone walked and walked towards Hanyuan Palace.
Everyone was wearing armor, but the iron armored team still seemed so small under the magnificent palace.
The huge complex of buildings and wide roads, where people are as small as ants, and they can't help but feel a sense of awe of the imperial power.