Chapter 541 Guessing the Sacred Heart with Conceit
In Luoyang Palace.
Li Shimin had a headache these days, his eyes were swollen and wept, so he couldn't even read the memorial. He was lying on the couch, and the imperial doctor inserted silver needles and smoked moxa for the emperor.
The room smelled of wormwood, and Li Shimin couldn't open his eyes more and more.
"Continue reading." The emperor closed his eyes and said.
The servant Wang Lin hurriedly continued to read, "Xifeng Bulai led 30,000 people to escape from Diezhou, but was blocked by Qin Lang, Duke of Wei. The grass is edible, the road ahead is blocked, and the Duke of Qi pursues him closely, so Xi Fengbu Lai leads the crowd to surrender to Duke Wei."
"Tang Jian, Duke of Ju, and Zheng Yuanxuan, Duke of Pei, are one step late."
"A few days ago, Tang Jian and Zheng Yuanxuan brought Xifeng Bulai and other chiefs and thousands of children to Luoyang to meet His Majesty. They also pledged a thousand horses, ten thousand sheep, three thousand taels of gold and two taels of silver as trophies. Wan Liang come here."
"The Dukes of Qi and Guo have already led their ministries from Diezhou, and the Duke of Wei has led 3,000 troops to stay in Diezhou to deal with the aftermath."
······
"besides····"
"What else? What are you fumbling about?"
"There is also Zheng Yuanxuan, the Duke of Pei, who impeached the Duke of Wei, Qin Lang, for his incompetence in governing the army. He indiscriminately killed innocent people in the hinterland of the party, especially many prisoners. After Diezhou Xifeng Bulai and other Qiangs returned, they forced the Qiangs Leave all property, livestock, and even armor, weapons and mounts, and return to the tribe with only one piece of clothing and one iron knife per person. Qin Lang also divided up the spoils without authorization, and he personally kept a lot of property!"
"Pei Guogong asked the imperial court to investigate and deal with it severely."
Li Shimin waved his hand.
After a long time, the emperor summoned Zhang Liang, the governor of the town, to meet him.
"Qin Lang fought another big victory, and he fought very beautifully, you know that?"
Seeing the emperor leaning on the couch with his eyes closed, Zhang Liang couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking for a while, so he could only test out, "This time when the Qiang people rebelled, the Duke of Wei really showed bravery. Diezhou, who has lost several parties, is comparable to the champion of the Han Dynasty, Hou Huo Qubing."
Li Shimin laughed.
"This analogy is not bad. Qin Lang's performance in rescuing Songzhou from thousands of miles away is indeed remarkable. Not only did he reinforce Qin Qiong in Songzhou, and he tried to keep Songzhou safe, but he also severely injured the Qiang bandits who made trouble. Huo Qubing is also right. Qin Lang is Huo Qubing, and Qin Qiong is comparable to my Wei Qing. If it were not for Qin Qiong and his son, the court would not know how much loss it would suffer this time."
After a few words, the emperor changed the subject and asked Zhang Liang if he knew about Qin Lang's robbing of the Qiang people after they surrendered, private distribution of spoils, and killing of prisoners.
Zhang Liang lowered his head, not knowing what the emperor was thinking.
But now that Qin Qiong and his son had just won a big battle, he didn't dare to offend easily, so he said, "I have also received some secret reports about these things, but I haven't verified them yet, so I dare not report them without authorization."
"Since the Zhen Fusi has also reported it, it means that these things are true." Li Shimin sat up and rubbed his swollen eyes. , to share the pressure for Qin Qiong. After breaking through the Qiang tribe, the prisoners were killed because it was difficult to take them away, and they were worried that they would reveal their whereabouts. The cavalry went deep into the Qiang land and marched thousands of miles to attack for two months. They attacked and killed more than 30,000 Qiangs of the Dangxiang Zhuang before and after, and each cavalry killed ten Qiang people.
"Qin Lang said that it was difficult for him to carry the head in the Qiang area. Although he also cut off the left ear of the enemy after killing the enemy, he was forced to throw it there because it was too difficult to carry. He said that he built left ears in various places. The Erjingguan also left stone inscription records there. Zhang Liang, send someone to check the Zuoerjingguan mentioned in Qin Lang's report."
Li Shimin's words have fully demonstrated that he believes that Qin Lang is falsely reporting his military achievements. Three thousand Qingqi entered the party's heart, and after two months of fighting, it was not easy to survive under the siege of tens of thousands of Qiang people. More than ten thousand people?
Li Shimin didn't believe it.
The emperor was even more dissatisfied with the fact that Qin Lang used this to record military merits for his subordinates, and then awarded them rewards in Diezhou.
"Your Majesty, it is impossible to kill more than 30,000 people. This time the Qiang invaded by 100,000 people. The court mobilized tens of thousands of horses and fought several beautiful battles. In the end, they killed less than 20,000 enemies and captured more than 20,000 people." .”
"So I asked you to check it out. Qin Lang said that there is a left-eared temple, and also mentioned the characteristics of the location and address. Then you go to find those places, dig out the left-eared temple, have a look, count it, and check the number. .”
As for the fact that Qin Lang robbed Xifeng Bulai and others to belong to the Qiang people, and privately shared the spoils, especially the private distribution of a large amount of property, Li Shimin did not intend to ignore it.
"A merit is a merit, a demerit is a demerit, if there is a demerit, then reward, if there is a demerit, then reward, public and private are distinguished, and rewards are fair. I can't just ignore Qin Lang's faults because of his deeds, otherwise I will only set a bad example for future generations Zhang Liang, how do you think I should reward and punish Qin Lang?"
Zhang Liang quickly shook his head, saying that he did not dare to speak about this matter, and if His Majesty was undecided, he could ask the prime ministers.
Above the court meeting.
The emperor asked the prime ministers about it.
Changsun Wuji was the first to speak, "Your Majesty, in the former Sui Dynasty, the general Shi Wansui defeated Datou Khan, but the Sui Dynasty did not reward him, but instead sought a way to convict him. Don't record small faults, those who promote great beauty will not be flawed, and if small merits are not rewarded, great merits will not be made. Although some people impeach Qin Lang for some crimes, compared with his merits, they are only small faults, and the flaws do not cover up the merits. Forgive his small faults and reward his great achievements!"
"Xiao Qing?"
The censor doctor Xiao Yu is in charge of Yushitai, who is responsible for impeachment supervision. He advocates similar to Wei Zheng, that merit is merit and demerit is demerit.
"I also think the same way as Zhuqing. I don't hide my flaws, and I don't overthrow my merits. Qin Lang has made great contributions to aiding Songzhou and breaking the party. He ordered Qin Lang's military rank to be a general of hussars, and gave him thousands of pieces of silk. A total of 1,900 households."
"However, Qin Lang had no way to govern the army. He was fined for three years, dismissed as prime minister, and demoted to the governor of Diezhou."
The envoy Chijie, the governor of the military in Diezhou, and the governor of Diezhou.
Fangzhou was abolished and belonged to Diezhou.
Relegation from the prime minister to the governor of Xiazhou is not a light punishment. Although the governor of Xiazhou is from the third rank just like the governor of Shangzhou, Diezhou has only a few households, and Fangzhou has only about 2,000 households. Not as large as a county in the Central Plains.
A border conflict may wipe out the entire state.
However, the emperor also considered heroes like Qin Lang, and at the same time the current situation in western Xinjiang, so he added a decree to set up a Zhechong mansion in each of Die, Dang, and Wu prefectures, and three central mansions with 3,000 people.
Diezhou set up united soldiers, one for every ten dings, almost natives, return to farming in spring and summer, gather in autumn and winter, and give food pickles.
The Qiangdi tribe attached to Diezhou recruited soldiers near the city and troops close to the side, and drew one cadre for each account.
And specially set up a frontier army in Diezhou, and gave the army the title of Town West Army, with 3,000 soldiers.
The emperor still gave Qin Lang a lot of soldiers.
Three Zhongzhe Chongfu were set up along the three states of the Qiangshui River Valley, with a total of 3,000 soldiers. At the same time, considering the nature of the border of Diezhou, the possibility of war conflicts is high, so a permanent border army was specially set up.
The Zhenxi Army is equivalent to a border defense military area, with a total of 3,000 regular troops, and soldiers from Diedangwu and other Zhechong Prefectures are dispatched to guard the border in turn.
In addition to 3,000 regular soldiers, the Zhenxi Army will also have native soldiers and local soldiers near the city. In terms of military strength, it is still relatively sufficient.
Of course, the supply of grain and grass is the responsibility of the imperial court.
Qin Lang is the governor and governor of Diezhou, Liang Jianfang is the envoy of the Zhenxi Army, Xi Junmai was promoted to the captain of Zhechong Prefecture in Diezhou, Gao Zhensheng and Gao Kan were both promoted to the military ranks, and they served as Dangzhou and Wuzhou Zhechong Prefectures at the same time Captain.
Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an to serve as the prince's left guard to lead the vice-leader, and the word "censorship" was removed.
The generals who followed Qin Lang were all promoted in rank and rank, but their positions were equivalent to demotion. Demotion from military officer of the East Palace to the local government was regarded as a clear reward for them and a disposition for them to have no way to manage the army.
Qin Qiong has made a lot of contributions this time, and there is nothing to blame.
So the prime ministers discussed for a long time, but they couldn't figure out how to add a seal.
In the end, it was Li Shimin who made the final decision. He gave Qin Qiong a total of 2,000 households before the seal, and rewarded slaves with 100 household registrations, and gave 3,000 pieces of silk, and promoted Qin Qiong's Shifeng Songzhou Governor to Shifeng Songzhou Governor.
And the imperial court sent the Ministry of Industry and General Supervisors to Songzhou, built the Songzhou Governor's Mansion, assisted Qin Qiong in building Songzhou City, and sent agricultural officials and herdsmen from Si Nong Temple and Taipu Temple to guide Qin Qiong in reclaiming wasteland and grazing in Songzhou .
In contrast, Qin Lang was at a bit of a disadvantage. He made great contributions, and his official rank was promoted to the military rank of Hussar General. It's just silk, but he was dismissed from the title of prime minister who participated in political affairs, and was demoted to be the governor of border states.
No matter how you count, you will lose money.
Fortunately, the emperor did not send someone to take away the money, food and livestock rewards that Qin Lang distributed to him. This large sum of property barely made up for Qin Lang's injured heart.
The imperial decree was sent all the way from Luoyang to Diezhou.
After Qin Lang received the decree, his complexion was as usual, but Gao Kan's generals were a little dissatisfied, especially Gao Zhensheng, although he didn't dare to speak ill of the emperor, he kept scolding Zheng Yuanxuan there, maybe it was his trickery .
These few East Palace warriors have all been promoted in their official ranks. For example, Mr. Xi bought the honor of the upper guard. This is the tenth transfer honor. Although there is no such thing as the Zhu Guoxun that Qin Lang invited for him, but Not too bad.
But their job errands were all transferred to Diedangwu Zhuzhou, and they were forced to stay in Bianzhou and couldn't go back to Chang'an. Everyone was still very upset.
"Stop arguing, Your Majesty's will, I will carry it out. It was originally said that we will go back after the aftermath is over, but now our three thousand people have been moved to Qiangshui by the imperial court, and a new Zhechong Mansion has been established, and they have been transferred to Zhenxi The army is stationed in rotation."
"Come on, the new Zhechong Mansion, the new Zhenxi Army, and even the Diezhou Governor's Mansion are newly established. We are busy, so we have to keep an eye on Dangxiang Qiang and Tuyuhun. Otherwise, if the Qiang bandits invade, then We are all defenseless."
Liang Jianfang was not so dissatisfied when he became the military envoy of the Zhenxi Army, but he was also a bit psychologically disappointed, "Shouldn't we appeal this matter? We have made great contributions, but everyone will inevitably be dissatisfied with the result."
"What's wrong with you? Didn't each one of you get promoted, and they all got honors, not to mention that everyone's money and livestock are not less, and the benefits are not less, so don't quarrel. Stay at ease, after autumn, there may be another meritorious service coming to your door, you don't want such an opportunity? A lot of people in Chang'an City want it!"
When Qin Lang said this, Liang Jianfang, Gao Kan and others felt much better.
(end of this chapter)