In August of the first year of Jingfu (892), Tang Zhaozong Li Ye, with the help of Fengxiang Jiedu Li Maozhen, finally eradicated the Yang eunuch power he hated, but the price he paid was quite heavy. Because Li Ye indirectly contributed to the rise of a powerful enemy, and this enemy is Li Maozhen. In the next ten years, this person will become the most troublesome and vicious enemy of Li Ye and the court.
The official match between the imperial court and Li Maozhen began when Li Maozhen captured the eunuch’s old nest Xingyuan. At that time, Li Maozhen asked his son Li Jimi to know about the affairs of the Xingyuan Army (equivalent to acting as the mayor of Hanzhong City and the commander-in-chief of the Hanzhong Military Region).
The court naturally rejected Li Maozhen's request.
So the inconsistent double convenience fell into a stalemate, and it remained in a stalemate for five months, and Li Maozhen could not sit still.
Because he wanted to take advantage of the suspicion between Gu Yanhui and Wang Jian after staying in Dongchuan to draw Gu Yanhui against Wang Jian, but when the joint Dongchuan army entered the army, he was defeated by Wang Jian when Lizhou was defeated by Wang Jian. The clever Gu Yanhui sent an envoy to ask Wang Jian for peace and announced that he had broken off diplomatic relations with Li Maozhen, so the situation Li Maozhen faced was reversed in an instant. If Wang Jian and Gu Yanhui were interested, they could always send troops to crusade on the grounds that Li Maozhen defied the court and occupied Xingyuan. So in order to be prepared, Li Maozhen took another form and applied to Li Ye to be in Xingyuan.
Actually, Li Maozhen’s expression implies mystery. He only asked himself to guard Xingyuan, but he never mentioned the word "moving the town", which meant that he had to serve as Xingyuan Jiedu.Tang Zhaozong is not a fool either, he knows what Li Maozhen is making, but he does not intend to expose it. The emperor meant that since you want to play word games, I will accompany you to the end!
Li Maozhen quickly received an edict from the imperial court, but he heard from the eunuch that the emperor officially appointed him as a mountain When Nanxi Dao and Wuding Jiedushishi, his face was almost full of joy. But even if there are really flowers, I personally think that at most it is an epiphany. Because Li Maozhen clearly heard in the next minute that the imperial court appointed Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi Xu Yanruo to replace him as Fengxiang Jiedu Envoy.
Although the imperial court promised to subordinate the cut fruit and Langerzhou to the Wuding army, Li Maozhen was still very dissatisfied. After all, what he wanted was to take the lead, not to exchange the venue, so Li Maozhen decided to lie directly and refuse to give him the order.
I want to have both fish and bear paws. If you are not convinced, come and hit me!
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br0p Li Maozhen also went to the table and wrote to the prime minister Du Rangneng, who directly verbally provoked and attacked the emperor and the important officials in the court. Among them, in the statement to the emperor, there was a sentence that recorded that Li Ye blew up his hair on the spot.
This ancient phrase that completely ignited Li Ye's raging anger, I specially extracted the original text, and its words are as follows
I am hereby accepting the currency; the unexamined multiplication and broadcasting, what has happened since then?"
Translated, the meaning is roughly like this "I am worried that the military situation will suddenly change in the future, and the war will be difficult to control.At that time, the people in Gyeonggi will be harmed. I don’t know where your Majesty will go for evacuation when driving a long distance.”
This sentence can be said to be bold and presumptuous, very excessive, it is just a naked threat to . Chang'an only needs soldiers. Li Maozhen dared to taunt the emperor, saying that he was worse than his elder brother who was nearly subjugated.
So he decided to crusade Li Maozhen, and urgently summoned Prime Minister Du Ranneng for this.
understood the meaning of the emperor Li Zhendi, Du Rangneng said, "Your Majesty Li Zhendi's answer is like this With the current strength of the imperial court, he could not go to the division to conquer; Fengxiang was close to the capital, which would easily lead to danger. If you provoke Li Maozhen but can't eliminate him, then it will be too late to regret it. Even if your majesty followed the example of Han Jingdi to apologize for his mistake, I am afraid it will not help.
From the perspective of the development after engaging in it, Zhaozong did not listen to the golden words of Du Ranneng, let alone brain. He has been completely dominated by anger at this moment, so that he may have completely lost his sanity.
"Lian can't just sit here and be humiliated by others!"
Li Ye suddenly shouted, and then looked at Durang with almost heartbreaking eyes. The tone said to him: "Qing, but to adjust the army and food for me, I entrust the kings to use the army, and the success or failure is not the responsibility!" What kind of thing, but as a prime minister, facing such an emperor, he finally relented.
"Dare not obey the edict, and continue with death!"
span Always stay in Zhongshu Province, planning and dispatching the large and small affairs of the crusade against Li Maozhen. It can be described as dedicated to all.
However, what Du Rang did not know was that there were traitors in the court, so that Du Rang could speak in the morning. Li Maozhen and his ally Wang Xingyu could understand clearly that evening. The man who had betrayed the emperor and everyone was Du Ranneng's colleague and Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei.
Cui Zhaowei, with the word Yunyao, Qinghe (now Qinghe County, Hebei Province), Tang Xizong Zhonghe 3rd year (883) Guimao Division champion. This scumbag is not only a shameless person, but also a typical representative who will become more shameless after reading. And this time is his worst impact.
At first I heard that the imperial court was going to send troops to attack him. Li Maozhen’s first reaction was to kill him or not, but he didn’t kill him. He finally believed it and was very angry. As it became more and more detailed, he felt a little flustered. So Li Maozhen tried to suspend the imperial court's crusade plan. He asked his party in Chang'an to rectify hundreds of unemployed vagrants, and openly intercepted the horse team of Guanjun Rongshi Ximen Junsui on the streets of Chang'an, and called the eunuch Ximen to answer.
After all, the other party is crowded and aggressive, Ximen thought for a while, there is no other way, so I have to bite the bullet and stand out and see what the other party has to say.
"Qi Shuai is not guilty and should not be conquered, so that the people will be disgraced."
Hearing this sentence, the eunuch Simon was dumbfounded. Because it doesn't matter to him at all, and it doesn't work if he says it. In order to avoid being accidentally injured, the eunuch Ximen hurriedly shouted to the impulsive crowd: "This is the prime minister's business, I can't intervene!" But it was reasonable. Seeing that Supervisor Ximen looked sincere, not like a lie, he closed the team and left and went straight to the prime minister's way to and from get off work.
The prime ministers who were blocked by them were two people: Cui Zhaowei and Zheng Yanchang.
The two prime ministers faced questions and gave answers similar to those of Ximen Jun: "This matter was specifically entrusted to Taiwei Du (Du Ranneng), we did not participate and did not know!"
Although the answer is similar, the crowds are not satisfied. They believed that it was the two prime ministers who were prevarication and kicking the ball, so everyone was directly angry and picked up the bricks and threw them at Cui Zhaowei and Zheng Yanchang.
You should know that the prime minister was either riding a horse or sitting on his shoulders when he went out. It was completely open and there was no cover at all. Unfortunately, the two prime ministers Cui and Zheng came out to sit on shoulders. The man was beaten to blood, shouting and jumping on his shoulders and shoulders, and he really lost his old face.
Finally, relying on the guards desperately to protect them, they jumped off their shoulders and took advantage of the chaos to hide in a private house and escaped. However, the two prime ministers are said to be quite embarrassed, not to mention their gray heads and face, the official seals and court clothes they wore were lost in this chaos
The siege one after another is really sensational.
This incident soon shocked Li Ye, and he immediately ordered the relevant departments to arrest the leader of the disturbance, and gave sentencing opinions one by one without trial.
Don't need to think too much, Li Ye can also guess that this is the ghost of Li Maozhen. In addition to anger, to be honest, Li Ye also has a hint of joy, because Li Maozhen has tried so hard to mess up, and he has proved that his decision is correct. Li Maozhen is not fearless either.
Let you have a good taste of the power of the court! Wait, Li Maozhen!
In August of this year, Li Ye asked the envoy of the West to recruit Li Si and order King Zhou Yitan to recruit Chief Strategy General Li Wei served as his deputy.
and only one month later, Tan Wang Li Sizhou led the troops.
His Majesty the emperor gave Li Siwei to the Ten Thousand Forbidden Army. There is only one task: send Fengxiang Jidu Envoy Xu Yanruo to the town.
Of course, before leaving, Li Ye explained very clearly that if someone resists the decree and does not comply with it, let it be killed in one sentence!
is strictly for the rejuvenation of the Tang Dynasty Li Sizhou, who was the family of the clan Li family, also expressed his attitude to the emperor, going through the fire and water, and will not stop!
Upon receiving the news, Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu immediately commanded 60,000 troops to be stationed in Yingwu and formed a confrontation with the imperial court.
In fact, the end of the battle was actually doomed before the two teams started fighting.
Because of the 30,000 people of the Forbidden Army, it is really a patchwork, and most of them are newly recruited.
Recruits, let alone the battle on the battlefield, even the military exercises did not participate in a few times, the combat effectiveness is quite unreliable.
The situation of the 60,000 people on Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu is completely different. Their army is and the frontier army . They have experienced hundreds of battles and rich experience. They have to deal with a group of recruits who have just walked out of the training ground. problem.
On September 17th, Li Maozhen and others took the lead in attacking the army Xingping .
Seeing from a distance the Fengxiang Army's neat military appearance, sharp saber and mountainous momentum, the soldiers of the imperial army have lost all courage and began to collapse psychologically. And this collapse is reflected in behavior, and it is directly fleeing from the wind.
No need to arrange an attack formation, no need to wait for the two armies to face off, Li Sizhou instantly became a polished commander, and he wanted to cry without tears.
Following the march of the Forbidden Army, Li Maozheng and others attacked the Third Bridge by victory. After hearing the news of a major earthquake in Beijing, the officers, soldiers and the people fled into chaos and fled on their own.
The worst scene that Du Jang could foresee was finally staged: instead of frightening Li Maozhen, he led soldiers to the city.
Now that the soldiers are near the city, the alliance under the city naturally needs to know about it. However, without waiting for Li Maozhen to think about the conditions, the capital first became chaotic. Some angry citizens believed that it was the high-ranking officials of the DPRK who had troubled them, so a large group of people gathered at the gate of the imperial palace and demanded that the emperor issue an edict. Kill the people who initiated the conquest (they don’t know that the biggest main battle party is the emperor himself) Ji Fei Gou jumped, but Cui Zhaowei suddenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity. He could take advantage of this opportunity to completely overthrow Du Ranneng.So he hurriedly wrote an autograph letter and secretly sent someone out of the city to hand it to Li Maozhen.
Cui Zhaowei's letter mainly expresses one meaning: the use of soldiers is not the emperor's idea, and all the mistakes are Du Ranneng's fault!
lied and protected the emperor Cui Zhaowei At the same time, it also kept its vested interests. But Durangneng, who is dedicated to his country and loyal to his duties, is miserable.
After receiving Cui Zhaowei’s letter, Li Maozhen was furious. He was at the Linduo station in the west of Chang'an and sent a copy to the table. In this memorandum, Li Mao clearly asked the emperor to convict Du Rangneng and sentence him to death. As for the result of disapproval, Li Maozhen believes that the court has seen it clearly.
Tang Zhaozong is embarrassed. He has never felt so regretful and powerless since he was born. After all, it was because of his persistence and compulsion that this scene happened today. Now if Durang can be pulled out, buckled in the black pot, and then thrown out, it is really against Li Ye's bottom line of life. However, an even more embarrassing scene appeared for Li Ye. When he was in a dilemma, he suddenly got news that Du Rang could ask for a meeting.
Dujang was able to come up to meet the first words he spoke, and his Majesty, who was too ashamed to look directly at him, raised his head in shock.
"The minister had said it first, now please blame the minister, you can alleviate the difficulties."
Zhaozong was deeply moved after hearing Du Ronneng's words.According to historical data, he cried at that time, and cried very hurt, and couldn't help himself.
As an emperor, this is the only way he can express his gratitude to this minister who is loyal to him.
"Make a decision with Qing!"
On September 19th, in the second year of Jingfu (893), Li Ye issued an edict to delegate Du Zhou to Rangneng Shi. At the same time, he ordered the Guanjun Rongshi Ximenjun to be exiled to Danzhou, the inner secret envoy Li Zhoutong to Dingzhou, and Duan Xu to Huanzhou.
The above four states were all located in the Lingnan region, which was extremely inhospitable due to the harsh natural environment at the time. It can range from months to several years, depending on the physical fitness of the person involved)
The verdict was published, but Li Maozhen did not retreat. This obviously means that Lao Tzu is not satisfied.
There is no way, people are under the eaves, even if the emperor has to install his grandson to the end.
So the next day, Li Maozhen personally went to Anfumen, ordered people to cut off the heads of Ximen Junsui, Li Zhoutong, and Duan Xu on the spot. .
Then he sent an envoy to Li Maozhen to bring a message: "It is these three eunuchs who confuse my troops, and the United has executed them. This is not Du Ranneng’s fault!" _p7span
Li Maozhen did not reply to the emperor, but just reined in the city to demonstrate, which means that if you don’t kill Du Ronneng for a day, you will not return to Fengxiang for a day.It's just consumed by you.
Li Maozhen could see that the emperor wanted to save Du Ranneng's life. The old and cunning Cui Zhaowei naturally saw it better, so he relied on Li Maozhen's support and continued to pressure the emperor, and finally Zhaozong had to make a compromise. .
This winter in October, it is very cold and there is no snow. But what was even colder was Li Ye's heart, because he had just been forced to impose an edict to death Du Ranneng and his brother Hubu Dailang Du Honghui, and had to settle Du Ranneng with a selling official .
But the true light of a person can never be concealed by malicious planting.
Although a few years later, Zhaozong personally rehabilitated Durang Neng, restored his reputation, and gave him his honor. But I think this still does not prevent my descendants from using my way to rectify the name of this brave and loyal man again:
Du Ranneng, word group Yi, Tang Yizong Cheng In the fourteenth year of Jinshi, he was the prime minister of late Tang Dynasty. In order to quell the war and protect the emperor, he was loyal to the emperor and died.
I believe that this kind of responsibility and responsibility is the most precious spirit of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the unyielding backbone of our nation for thousands of years.
experienced the siege of Li Maozhen, the senior officials of the imperial court reshuffled, our old acquaintance, Dongdu stayed behind Wei Zhaodu was recalled to Chang'an, the same servant, and was called back to Changan. According to the censorship, Cui Yin was promoted to the positions of Hubu Dailang, Tongping Zhangshi, internal servant Luo Quanrong, and Liu Jingxuan to replace Ximen Junsui and others.Served as a lieutenant of the left and right army. It can be said that these timid and uninspiring people came to power, which basically marked the complete collapse of the imperial court's decision-making stratum.
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