Tian Wenxiu returned to the official office angrily and went directly to Chief Shi Cui Wenjing's official room. The news of his alliance with Cui Wenjing had already spread throughout Hexi, and they no longer needed to cover it up.
After Pan Liao submitted his resignation, Guo Song adjusted the functions of the governor's office and handed over most of the government affairs that were originally handled by the chief historian to Zhang Qiu'an, the military recorder, while he took back the other part and handed it over to several staff.
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After all the work, Cui Wenjing still didn't gain any power and was still ignored, which made him extremely depressed and secretly cursed Tian Wenxiu for his incompetence.
It stands to reason that Tian Wenxiu, as the supervisor of the army, has the right to remove other officials of the governor's office except the Jiedushi, and also has the right to deal with military generals, but the premise must be that the Jiedushi recognizes and cooperates with him in exercising his power. If the Jiedushi does not recognize the supervisor, he will
If they did not have the power to supervise the army, then they would have no choice but to file a lawsuit before the emperor.
Tian Wenxiu walked into the official room and said to Cui Wenjing: "We want to impeach Guo Song and ask the Holy Father to remove his military governor!"
Cui Wenjing stopped writing and said in astonishment: "What happened?"
Tian Wenxiu said with anger on his face: "He refused to obey the decree and did not agree to send his wife and daughter to Chang'an. He openly defied the emperor's holy will!"
"Then what reason does he have?"
"He said that his wife was six months pregnant and could not bear the pain of traveling long distances."
Cui Wenjing shook her head, "Unless it's postpartum weakness, six months of pregnancy doesn't seem to be an excuse!"
"That's why our family wants to impeach him. We have endured him all winter and have seen through what he has done. We don't take the emperor seriously at all."
Cui Wenjing took out a report from the drawer and handed it to Tian Wenxiu, "This is what Lu Xiangguo sent to me before the snow closed the road last year. Luo Yu's second son sued Guo Song in Chang'an for seizing Luo's family property and asked the court to
To uphold justice, Lu Xiangguo asked me to find out the truth. I investigated all winter, and basically found out that the situation is true. It is the current winery and vineyard of the Hexi Army. It used to be the property of the Luo family, and the Luo family and his son were arranged by him to be collaborators with the enemy.
The crime shall be punished by execution.”
Tian Wenxiu quickly took over the investigation report and asked, "What's the problem?"
"The problem is that this crime of collaborating with the enemy is too vague. As far as I know, many Sogdian businessmen do business with Shatuo, and the Luo family is just one of them. It is really far-fetched for him to use this crime to kill the Luo family and his son. It is obvious that he wants to
Of course, he did not seize the Luo family property as his own, but used it as military property to solve the military salary problem, but this approach is too bad and is absolutely not allowed by the court. Supervising the military can be used as a reason for impeachment."
Tian Wenxiu was overjoyed. He had racked up many accusations, but there was always a lack of evidence. Now with this report, he is much more convincing.
Cui Wenjing reminded him again: "Last time, the supervisory army told me that Zangjiange was also monitoring Guo Song. You'd better cooperate with Zangjiange, so that the contents of your impeachment are supported by Zangjiange's report, and your credibility will be higher.
Much higher.”
Tian Wenxiu nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Chang Shi, for reminding me, I will discuss it with them!"
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Tian Wenxiu was intensively planning the impeachment of Guo Song. This was his first military supervisory report, which was extremely important. Tian Wenxiu prepared carefully for three days and met with Cui Wenjing twice before he wrote a 10,000-word report eloquently.
When the supervisory army reported, he immediately sent his confidants to ride fast horses to deliver the report to Chang'an.
At the same time, in cooperation with the supervisory army's report, Zangjiange also wrote a secret report at the intelligence point in Zhangye, and his associate Mao Sanlang volunteered to send it to Liangzhou.
But what is unexpected is that as soon as Mao Sanlang left the city with this secret report, Wang Yue presented it to Guo Song.
“You can really make it up!”
Guo Song sneered: "You actually said that my wife stuffed pillows into her clothes and pretended to be pregnant for six months."
Guo Song used his pen to erase the previous paragraph with ink, leaving the words "Six months pregnant". He then imitated the other person's handwriting and added the word "OK" on it, so that it became "Confirmed to be pregnant."
six months'.
Guo Song changed an envelope, sealed the letter, repainted it, and handed it to Wang Yue, "Let him continue delivering the letter!"
The advantage of this kind of subversion is that the other party cannot verify it, and each side takes a different reporting route, which is finally summarized in the hands of Emperor Li Shi. This leads to conflicting statements from both sides, which weakens the credibility of Tian Wenxiu's report.
When Tian Wenxiu's impeachment report and Zangjiange's daily report were sent to Chang'an, it was already mid-February.
At this time, the situation in Hebei and the Central Plains underwent major changes.
At Li Na's suggestion, Zhu Tao of Youzhou, Wang Wujun of Zhaozhou, and Tian Yue of Weizhou agreed to form a joint alliance to establish their respective countries and jointly fight against the Tang Dynasty.
Li Na took the lead in launching an attack and established the State of Qi in Qizhou, offering sacrifices to heaven and calling himself the King of Qi. He was followed by Tian Yue who established the State of Wei in Weizhou and called himself the King of Wei. Wang Wujun established the State of Zhao and called himself the King of Zhao. Zhu Tao established the State of Zhao in Youzhou.
He worshiped heaven, established the country of Ji, and called himself the King of Ji.
They were all said to be lonely and widowed. They built palaces and established imperial courts, which kicked off the official rebellion. The news spread quickly throughout the world, shocking the entire Tang Dynasty.
At this moment, Li Shi wrote to the emperor Li Shi, begging the emperor to restore his title of Nanping County King.
The great changes in the situation in Hebei and the Central Plains made Li Shi restless for several days and felt haggard mentally and physically.
In the imperial study room, Li Shi tiredly said to Lu Qi and Li Bi: "I didn't expect that Lieutenant General was very good at choosing time. He actually submitted a letter at this time, asking me to restore his position as Nanping County King. If I remember correctly,
, he hasn’t withdrawn his troops from Tangzhou, Mianzhou and Anzhou yet! Nor has he canceled the vassal office he established."
Li Bi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this is a typical case of taking advantage of others' misfortune. We will never agree to his rude request. We will never agree to any of his requests before he withdraws his troops from Tang, Mian and An."
Speaking of Wang Jue, the court’s attitude must be tough on this point.”
Lu Qi shook his head, "Wei ministers disagree with Li Xiangguo's opinion. Lieutenant General must have received the alliance request from the four rebel ministers, but he couldn't find a reason to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. He wrote to Your Majesty at this time, hoping that we could reject it.
He would have an excuse to participate in the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty."
Li Bi sneered and said: "Lu Xiangguo's idea is too childish! Does he need us to give him a reason to rebel against the Tang Dynasty? He is just testing the court's attitude."
He then said to Li Shi: "Your Majesty, we must not be weak in this matter. We must send more troops to Xiangyang. The minister suggested that Liu Qia's army go south to the Huaihe River line to prevent the martyrs from going north to support Li Na. At the same time, Chen Shaoyou was ordered to gather troops.
Yangzhou, to prevent the enemy from sneaking into Yangzhou."
Lu Qi sneered and said: "Li Xiangguo himself admitted that even if we reject the tyranny, he will still rebel. In this case, what else can he do by writing to the court? Just rebel directly. Do we still need to be more vigilant?"
Lu Qi said to Li Shi again: "Your Majesty, I think the traitors actually don't want to rebel. Four rebel ministers proclaimed themselves king, but he didn't respond. This shows that he is still hesitating. He wants the court to pay the price to compensate him for not rebelling."
Because of the loss, Wei Chen thought that at this time, he should appease Lie Li, not only to make him the Prince of Nanping County, but also to give him the title of Ping Zhangshi and Prince Shaobao.
In addition, as long as he does not rebel, the imperial court can even subsidize him with some salt taxes. Your Majesty, we must severely punish the feudal towns that rebel, but we must also appropriately reward those feudal towns that always stand with the imperial court."
"Xiangguo Lu, you have sided with the imperial court and made many military envoys, so why are they not rewarded? You are appeasing and compromising, showing weakness to ambitious people, which is definitely not a good strategy!"
"alright!"
Li Shi interrupted them unhappily, "I have a terrible headache. Stop arguing and step aside. Let me decide this matter!"
The two prime ministers resigned, and Li Shi paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his hands. He felt that the fierce request was not too much. He just asked for the restoration of the king's title. If the minimum price can be paid to bring peace to the southeast, of course it would be the best result.
Li Shi looked at the map on the wall and sighed. It's better to give in appropriately when it's time to give in!
In the afternoon, a decree came out from the Imperial Study Room, and the world agreed to restore the title of the tyrant Nanping County Prince, and to confer him the title of Pingzhangshi, Prince Taibao. However, Li Shi did not mention the matter of appropriate compensation for the salt tax.