In the autumn of the second year of Tianyou, at the end of September.
Zhu Yuheng, the eldest son of Zhu Lingxu, the former military commander, led 1,500 surrendered soldiers from Hongzhou as a vanguard army. They marched to Hongzhou a hundred miles outskirts of Fushui County, defected halfway, rushed to Hongzhou City, and then surrendered to Kuang to revive the army. .
In the afternoon of the same day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Lingxu, the former military commander and the governor of Hongzhou, fled out of fear of crime. Wearing a woman's clothes, he quietly went to the west gate of Xunyang. During the customs inspection, his whereabouts were exposed. He attacked and killed the guard and named him Ouyang Liang, the governor of Jiangzhou. Han beheaded and died.
Jiangzhou was shocked and the wind roared.
These two pieces of news arrived almost in tandem, arriving at the center of the Zhou Dynasty, the sacred capital, Luoyang.
For a time, the government and the public were shocked, and the empress Long Yan was furious.
Zhu Lingxu and his son were originally a pair of demoted generals. They turned against each other in the battle of Guling and were reinstated as governor of Hongzhou. Later, they were recommended by the two kings of the Wei family. Her Majesty the Queen bought horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold and granted amnesty. She approved the Wei family's proposal and agreed to Zhu Ling's plan. Xu's father and son led the troops to go on an expedition and made meritorious deeds.
Such a pair, who were supposed to serve as role models to demonstrate the brilliance of the Divine Grace of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Her Majesty the Queen’s power of inspiration and teaching, actually defected in the face of battle!
In what Di Fuzi said to the people around him after the court meeting, it has never been heard of since Emperor Taizong.
Shen Xisheng, who had always been passionate and strong-willed, said coldly to his colleagues, "Three surnamed slaves, one after another, are so ambitious that they should be punished."
Wei Zhenzai, another old prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall, shook his head and sighed, "It's been a troubled year, it's been a troubled year."
On the day when these two frontline news came, the empress Wei Zhao led thousands of palace people and hundreds of civil and military officials out of the palace to the outskirts of Luoyang City, where they climbed high to enjoy the autumn harvest, and at the same time observed the people's autumn harvest. They went to the imperial fields, where the empress personally bent down to harvest wheat. , the "cutting of wheat ceremony" is performed, when the monarch, ministers and people are harmonious and harmonious.
As a result, the empress Wei Zhao had just granted amnesty to the whole world, and at the same time, the prince, the prime minister, and his ministers joined a long list of eminent monks who had racked their brains and lost their hair to get new illustrious titles.
On the back foot, news came that was very detrimental to the front line. It was the retaliation of the person who had been pardoned by the emperor... It was really detrimental to Long Yan.
On that day, the empress Wei Zhao's lord returned to the palace as usual. At night, many ministers received notification from the palace officials that the autumn feast that was supposed to be held in Shangyang Palace was temporarily canceled due to weather conditions.
In the morning court for the next two days, everything was obviously as usual. The old woman in dragon robe sat high on the dragon chair, sitting upright and calmly asking questions. Throughout the whole process, she did not mention anything about Zhu Lingxu and his son.
However, the civil servants and military officers attending the court meeting below could feel the calm before the storm. They always felt that the Jinluan Palace was covered with dense haze, and the thunderstorm was not falling for a long time.
They couldn't help but look at the front of the group on the right, where the two princes of the Wei family were so quiet that they no longer looked like hawks or wolves in the past.
There are also people who are keen to discover some strange things.
Hey, didn't the King of Wei just take over as the general manager of Jiangzhou Road's march, and leave Luoyang with the imperial edict, pointing to Jiangzhou in the distance? Didn't he walk around the pass and preside over the formation of the Sixth Army for the conquest army?
Why did he come back again? After receiving the news from Jiangzhou, he rushed back all night to go to the morning court? Look at the cold sweat on his back, which soaked some of the collar of the python robe... he must be dripping with sweat.
Some people gloated, some showed sympathy, and some looked on with cold eyes.
The two consecutive morning mornings were spent in this stressful and stressful time.
During this period, someone filed a report and questioned whether Jiang Governor Ouyang Lianghan enforced the law too strictly. Even though Zhu Lingxu was guilty of absconding and was suspected of defecting, at that time he was still the former military commander who had not yet been dismissed, and the largest on the Jiangzhou front line.
The official, Ouyang Lianghan, actually used the military law of city defense and directly executed him, which was a bad start.
Some people also complained, accusing the female military supervisors in Jiangzhou on the front line and the censors in the garrison for their poor supervision. They were so lax and allowed Zhu Lingxu and his son to defect so easily. One person took 1,500 soldiers and left, and the other returned.
Almost escaped from Xunyang City.
These two kinds of noises that appeared seemed to be based on matters of fact and fair questioning, but it can be related to the key points of the utterances and the subtle thoughts of the speakers. No one in the government or the public could hear it.
The ruling that interferes with the scope of liability deviates from the focus of the incident and implicitly exonerates Wei.
In addition, to a certain extent, I tested the attitude of His Majesty, who has a straight face and remains silent.
Her Majesty the Queen has set aside the memorial.
So soon, several censors came out to impeach the heirs of King Wei of Wei. They were deeply favored by the emperor and served as marshals. However, they secretly accepted bribes from Zhu Lingxu and his son, recommended treacherous ministers, deceived the Holy See, and had disobedient intentions. They should be suspended from office and investigated. Others
Find good generals and take charge of the overall situation on the front line as soon as possible.
The Minister of Xia Guan retorted with a righteous face, saying that His Majesty the King of Wei is loyal and loyal, and does not trust those he employs, and does not use those he doubts. Zhu Lingxu's matter may be a conspiracy by Li Zhengyan and others to alienate His Majesty and the commander-in-chief. He must investigate and betray the enemy.
Lower ring.
Although the whole incident was the defection of Zhu Lingxu and his son, the issue that everyone was debating gradually shifted to whether it was still necessary for the heirs of King Wei of Wei to continue to lead the army to quell the rebellion.
Regarding the appointment and removal of the chief military officer of Jiangzhou Road, the separatists and the Wei family once again had a fierce quarrel.
But later, along with more detailed information about the defection of Zhu Lingxu and his son, the results of the investigation by the female official Caichang, and the unified confessions of the officials involved in Jiangzhou, they were handed over one by one to the old woman in the dragon robe in the Luoyang Palace.
's imperial case.
Soon, Wei and his crony officials who used their interests to win over became disappointed.
On the fifth day, after the meeting of hundreds of officials and the imperial meeting in the East Hall Nuan Pavilion, the Empress of Zhou formally issued the decree:
Zhu Lingxu and his son were demoted to low status, and their families were confiscated for the crime of rebellion. In the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhu family in Hongzhou never hired anyone. At the same time, Caichang was ordered to be a female historian, and Jiangzhou officials strictly investigated her accomplices;
Then he granted the title of Li Fusu, the crown prince of Xunyang King, to serve as a farewell to Jiangzhou and to assist the Jiangnan pacification ambassador. King Xunyang Lixian took charge of Xunyang City, pacifying the officials and the people, and calming the hearts of the people on the front lines.
He also issued a book and conferred the title of Zuowuwei General Qin Jingqin, who was recuperating in Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, as the general manager of the march in Jiangnan Road. He mobilized troops and horses and commanded Jiangnan Road to suppress the rebellion. He went to Jiangzhou that day to take charge of the overall situation.
Jiang Governor Shi Ouyang Rong was again appointed as Commander Shi of the Jiangnan Road Marching Battalion to assist the army in suppressing the rebellion...
Orders were issued one after another.
The ruling and opposition parties were silent for a while, and then there was an uproar.
There is already a Grand Marshal of the March of Jiangzhou Road, and now a Grand Marshal of the March of Jiangnan Province has been appointed, which seems to have a bigger name than "Jiangzhou Road"... Some attitudes are self-evident.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Wei Wang Wei, the general manager of Jiangzhou Road Marching Army, wrote a letter complaining of illness and requesting to return to Beijing to recuperate.
The empress refused and dismissed it.
Wei Jisi wrote again.
The empress should not.
Write another letter.
After doing this three times in a row, he finally approved the word "quasi", which was extremely precious in the eyes of everyone in the Wei family and the emperor's grace was so great.
The official position of Chief Military Officer of Jiangzhou Road was not taken away, but Wei Jisi returned to Luoyang in despair.
All the food and supplies for the troops and horses that had been prepared before were respectfully handed over to Qin Jingqin, the veteran general who was about to take office.
As for the generals of the expeditionary army who were "carefully" appointed by King Wei, they naturally returned to their respective families. Qin Jingqin certainly would not appoint his predecessor's team...
When Ouyang Rong received the imperial edict from the capital, he was inspecting the construction of the Donglin Giant Buddha between the two peaks.
He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing the news.
Qin Jingqin, the old general of Qin, once stood out as a young general when he was conquering Dongyi during the reign of Emperor Gaozong and the Second Holy Emperor. He was a veteran of the three dynasties and a great general... Well, he was a famous general in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He had fought for many years and accumulated a lot of experience in Dongyi.
He had military exploits. Before going to Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River to recuperate the year before last, he was promoted to General Zuo Wuwei.
And speaking of it, Ouyang Rong actually had a relationship with Mr. Qin before...
As for the other arrangements of the empress, he was not surprised. Only the appointment of Li Dalang as Jiangzhou's special driver made Ouyang Rong a little silent.
The so-called "Don't drive, don't drive" actually originally meant accompanying the governor when traveling.
Generally speaking, a state is not established in ordinary states. Even if it is established, it is only for the children of the Li family to hold the post concurrently. It is regarded as an honorary title. However, in the Zhou Dynasty, the empress' surname is Wei, and the children of the Wei family have begun to enjoy this kind of treatment.
Therefore, the current official positions in various states in the world are all held by the descendants of Li and Wei, and their reputation is greater than their reality.
Although in theory, Yizhou Biejia's status is above Changshi and below the governor, he has long since lost real power. Even though he is the nominal second-in-command, the actual second-in-command is still Changshi.
However, if a state is not governed, it can be regarded as having the power to supervise the local governor and can restrain the governor of the state.
Logically speaking, Ouyang Rong should be happy that he can help further restrain Wang Lengran by taking charge of Jiangzhou Biejia from Fusu.
However, Empress Wei Zhao did not grant the title of King Xunyang Lixian this time, but took a different approach to grant the title of Prince Li Fusu to Jiangzhou. This faintly sent a signal...
Even though he had expected this day for a long time, when it came, Ouyang Rong still sighed:
"Dalang has finally come to the front of the stage this time. He is being noticed by his grandmother. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse..."
As for the new position he received as battalion commander of the Chinese Army.
Ouyang Rong raised his head, looked at the Buddha and was quiet for a while, then turned around and returned to Jiangzhou Hall.
He silently took out an empty memorial, studied ink calmly, and wrote a letter...
A few days later, an ordinary memorial arrived in Luoyang.
Soon, a piece of gossip quietly spread from Feng Pavilion in the imperial city.
Ouyang Lianghan resigned from his position as commander of the Jiangnan Road Marching Battalion on the grounds that assisting King Xunyang in making statues was cumbersome and his own abilities were insufficient. He asked His Majesty to re-select talents, or to ask General Qin himself to recommend talents who could be used easily.
, to avoid break-in time.
The words of resignation were sincere and extremely serious.
The government and the public looked sideways.
Talk about it with pleasure.
The empress acquiesced.
Nor did he argue with Ouyang Lianghan about making concessions or making concessions.
Of course, if he dared to resign directly, Ouyang Rong must not have cleared his name.
After all, to clear your name, you have to be a prince or prime minister, a minister of the imperial family, or a close confidant of the emperor. A mere petty official dares to use the emperor to clear his name. What if the emperor directly allows his resignation and will never care about you again?
, where to cry.
Therefore, at this juncture, Ouyang Lianghan's move clearly means that he really wants to resign.
I give you this kind of "hard-working" but "high-achieving" job, to earn military merit and not even get a share of the cake?
This can't help but make a small number of officials in the court who originally disliked Ouyang Rong treat Ouyang Rong in a different light, as if they are indeed not people who want to gain fame...
As a result, this popular position was left vacant, and was recommended by Qin Jingqin, the marching general manager of Jiangnan Road who later took office...
Ouyang Lianghan still served as the governor of Jiangzhou, assisting King Xunyang in making the statue. At the same time, as a Jiangzhou official, he also assisted the new chief officer's conquest army, which was regarded as free work.
In a troubled autumn, when the storm subsides, people's hearts gradually calm down.
Today I am hosting friends from far away. I have been busy for a long time and I can’t bear to ask for leave. This chapter is a bit short. Let’s be lazy for a while. Tomorrow will be business as usual. Hug my dear brothers or2