Although Lu Yan was beheaded and his house ransacked, he was once a powerful traitor and a powerful treacherous prime minister. He also served as the governor of Xichuan in Jiannan Road and ran local affairs for three years. His death eventually caused a major earthquake in Xichuan's officialdom.
For a long time after the massacre of the Lu family, the entire Chengdu Prefecture was in a state of turmoil.
These days, Yaxing has suspended publishing the results, and restaurants and teahouses are full of Jianghus and scholars who are reviewing the matter, and their discussion of current affairs has almost subverted Wu Qiudao's superficial understanding of the political situation of the late Tang Dynasty.
According to what people at the time said, compared with vassal towns, the main theme of the late Tang Dynasty was clique fighting. The power of vassal towns increased greatly before and after the Anshi Rebellion. However, after the two large-scale vassal reduction campaigns of Yuanhe and Taihe, local governments had lost control of the vassal state.
The power of the vassal town has been weakened a lot, and it cannot make much waves.
Therefore, the Niu-Li party struggle and the Lu-Wei struggle were all fought on the premise that the country's situation was generally stable.
Both the Niu and Li parties were elites among scholar-bureaucrats. They turned the tide and calmed down the turbulent situation when the edifice was about to collapse in the late Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, after the Niu and Li party disputes ended, traitors like Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng acted recklessly and
The situation in Datang was pushed to the cliff.
So despite the fact that the textbooks Wu Qiudao read mentioned how powerful the vassal forces were in the late Tang Dynasty, which even influenced the later Song Dynasty to be excessively wary of local officials and border generals, the power of the vassal towns at this time was not as strong as Wu Qiudao imagined.
While they were talking about current affairs, these boring scholars brought up the gossip about Wei Baoheng and Princess Guo Shu that General Chen said. It was true that Wei Baoheng and Princess Tongchang had only been married for a year, and the princess died. How could he?
So much grace?
These scholars analyzed it in a decent manner. The reason is very simple. Wei Baoheng took advantage of the eldest princess's biological mother, Concubine Guo Shu, to talk about her visit, and seduced Concubine Guo Shu with sweet words. Therefore, after the death of the eldest princess, Wei Baoheng still relied on his pillow style to become the right-hand man.
Prime Minister.
Since the eldest princess was dead, Wei Baoheng could no longer maintain an improper relationship with Guo Shufei, so what should he do? Wei Baoheng won over Guo Shufei's younger brother, Guo Jingshu, the envoy of the inner workshop!
Later, Wei Baoheng was born to be a sycophant. The late emperor believed in Buddhism, and especially after losing his beloved daughter, he devoted himself to praying to gods and worshiping Buddha. The right prime minister Wei Baoheng encouraged the late emperor to hold a large-scale event to welcome the Buddha's bones.
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Let's count down a few hundred years ago. Emperor Xianzong worked hard throughout his life, reformed bad government, pacified the feudal towns, and created the Yuanhe Zhongxing. He had famous ministers like Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, and Li Jifu under his command. However, he was scolded by Han Yu just because he flattered the Buddha's bones.
To leave a name in history.
The scholar got excited and got a little carried away: "Can welcoming the Buddha's bones ensure peace? Not long after the Buddha's bones were welcomed into the Chang'an Palace last year, the bad news of the death of the late emperor came out! If the new emperor hadn't ascended the throne, I don't think it would have happened.
Wei Baoheng can continue to be arrogant!"
"So Lu Yan didn't lose unjustly. He is constantly being criticized, and he was willing to sacrifice his face to do shameless things like catering to the Buddha's bones for the late emperor. How can you fight with him? The entire court together can't fight him.
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A bald monk with a crooked mouth retorted unhappily: "What a pillow, the late emperor just liked this kind of sycophant. Don't talk nonsense. These words of yours are just hearsay and cannot be taken seriously!"
The scholar who talked about ancient times shook his fan: "Master, what you said is wrong. Let's not forget that our Tang Dynasty royal family has always been completely ridiculous on this matter and has a reputation of being a dirty Tang Dynasty man. What's more, I also have evidence!"
The people listening to the lecture nearby cheered: "You sour scholar, tell me, tell me! Let this bald donkey learn a lot!"
The scholar nodded with satisfaction: "It's hard to deny hospitality, so I'll tell you! In the 13th year of Xiantong, Wei Yinyu, the son of the imperial family, reported to the late emperor that Wei Baoheng had misbehaved with Concubine Guo Shu in the princess palace. This is well documented.
Does anyone know what the result will be?”
Someone with good intentions asked: "May I ask what the outcome will be?"
The scholar waved his fan again and said: "The late emperor was furious after reading the memorial. He killed Wei Yinyu with a stick and wiped out his entire family. His uncle Yin Junqing, father-in-law Cui Yuanying, and even Cui Yuanying's brother Cui Hang were all implicated and demoted to Lingnan."
"Wow!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the scene exploded.
"With such a big reaction, there must be something evil inside!"
"That's not right. If the late emperor really thought this was true, why would he keep Wei Baoheng as prime minister?"
"Who knows, maybe he has an unusual hobby, hahahahaha!"
Before the scholar could say anything more, a group of Fan Zhen tooth soldiers broke in and shouted: "Which one is the most talented scholar?"
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the scholar wanted to run away, but a boy stood up and identified him, so the group of tooth soldiers rushed forward like wolves and tigers to catch him: "Someone reported that you were discussing government affairs in various restaurants.
You dare to taint the Tian family, you are really brave!"
A few diners who were joining in the fun were also taken away by the tooth soldiers, so everyone downstairs suddenly dispersed. The shopkeeper didn't even have time to collect the money, and was so angry that he wanted to beat the boy to death. The boy took the reward and ran away.
Wu Qiudao raised his eyebrows and closed the window. It was a pity that no one told these official gossips anymore. He wanted to listen to people bragging in the tavern and teahouse, but the process of understanding the current affairs of the late Tang Dynasty was interrupted.
Feitianhu drank a large bowl of wine and said with a smile: "Captain, I'm telling you that you have to listen to these idle people in the restaurant talking about something and nothing. It's really inexplicably tight! If you have this free time, why not eat two more bowls?
liquor!"
Wu Qiudao rolled his eyes at him: "What do you know? Regardless of martial arts or fairy tales, teahouses and restaurants are the best places to spread rumors. There is a lot of useful information in rumors!"
The one-eyed dragon took two bites of the meat and said with a smile: "Captain, don't blame my son for being noisy. In fact, I don't understand why the captain listens to these things. What news can you get from this?"
Wu Qiudao smiled and said: "You see, the first emperor died to welcome the Buddha, and then the new emperor chased and killed Wei Baoheng, a traitorous official of the previous dynasty who advocated worshiping Buddhism. This at least shows that the new emperor's current attitude towards Buddhism is not good, right?"
"What works is what works, and the officials below are watching their actions. The Taoist sect should be booming in the past few years. At least in the future, when we encounter government commissions, if we reveal our identity as a Taoist qigong practitioner, will we have some advantage over those monks?"
The One-Eyed Dragon and the Flying Tiger were both stunned. It seemed to make sense! The midge was also a little surprised. He thought it was just the captain who liked to listen to rumors. After all, the captain had always had some weird quirks before. Who knew there was actually some knowledge in this.
Wu Qiudao also ate some food and asked: "So, do you think this 'Three Dishes and One Soup' team can continue to work and are not ready to leave for the time being?"