Chapter 75 An Old Debt
Just when Qin Lang received Li Shimin's secret mission and was about to go to Hebei, Qin Qiong was quickly summoned by Li Shimin.
After a secret discussion between the emperor and ministers in the East Palace, an imperial order came out from the East Palace.
The imperial edict changed Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, to be the king of Jiangxia County, and the governor of Lingzhou was transferred to Yongzhou Zhizhong, acting as the post of prefect and pastor, and in charge of the military and political power of Gyeonggi.
Edict Yongkang County Duke, Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor Shi, and Lingzhou Road Marching Chief Li Jing were appointed as Lingzhou Governor and Prince Zuo Siyu.
Immediately after these two edicts, the governor's office of the central capital of Liangzhou was promoted to the governor's office, Qin Qiong, the general of the left guard, was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, Yang Gongren was appointed as the governor of the governor's office, and the former governor of Liangzhou was called King Le. Li Youliang returned to Beijing to serve as Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.
At the same time, Li Shimin joined Yan Wang Li Yi to open the government office and the third division, and named Li Yi's younger brother Li Shou the governor of Lizhou.
But Li Shimin gave a secret order to his confidant General Yuchi Jingde, asking him to lead 8,000 elite riders out of Jingzhao to deploy on the front line in the west of Beijing.
Even Qin Qiong was awarded 20,000 elite soldiers to accompany him to Liangzhou, in the name of preventing Turks.
Pingkangfang.
Town Fusi Yamen, Qin Lang called Zuo Sima Cui Dunli.
"Zheng Sima has been promoted to the secretary province to be a secretary, and Cui Sima has lost a companion in the department." Qin Lang laughed.
Cui Dunli looked at Qin Lang, feeling dissatisfied, and said with a cold face, "It's such a pity that a scum like Zheng Xuanli came out of the aristocratic family. It's shameless to betray your daughter and nephew for glory."
"Compared to Yun Dingxing, Zheng Xuanli is still far behind. It seems that shameless people like to betray their nephews, don't you think so?"
Yun Dingxing was the father of Yun Zhaoxun, the deposed prince Yang Yong of the Sui Dynasty. After Yang Yong was deposed, Yun Dingxing immediately went to seek refuge with Yang Guang, and personally poisoned eight of Yang Yong's sons, including three relatives and nephews. Later, after Yang Guangjiang was killed, Yun Dingxing immediately worshiped at Wang Shichong's knees, and helped to approach Yang Tong to give way to Yang Shichong, and even became a captain in Wang Shichong's Zheng Dynasty.
As soon as Wang Shichong died, he immediately switched to the Tang Dynasty, and was even named Duke of Guide County. Even after the Xuanwu Gate Change, Li Shimin was in charge of the Tang Dynasty, but because he was Li Shimin's boss back then, and Yun Dingxing was able to speak well, this guy is now General Zuo Tunwei. The wind is blowing.
However, Yun Dingxing cheated his son-in-law and killed his nephew, but he was ridiculed by the people all over the world. This person started out as a merchant, because he flattered and flattered the rich and powerful Yu Wenshu, he was able to become a general, and later sent his daughter to Yang Yongdong Palace as a concubine. It is extremely shameless to rely on her daughter to get favored and rise to the top, and to speculate all her life.
Cui Dunli was originally Qin Lang's cheap uncle, and now he says that shameless people like to harm nephews in front of him, which is scolding the monk for a bald donkey.
Cui Dunli looked ugly, but when he thought of his sister repeatedly telling him to be more polite to Qin Lang, and thinking about Zheng Xuanli, whom he looked down upon, he could sell his daughter for glory, and it was nothing to bow his head to his nephew Qin Lang.
"Sanlang, I know how much I offended you before, isn't that uncle, no matter what, we are all one family, right? Just be magnanimous and stop worrying about the past. Uncle is also in trouble now, you Help a bunch of uncles."
Qin Lang felt much better.
This Cui Dunli made things difficult for him as soon as he crossed over, looking down on him and Qin Qiong in every way, it was simply disgusting.
Now that the backer has fallen, and he has become a panicked dog, he finally knows to beg him for mercy.
"Where did Uncle say this? You are an elder. Our Tang Dynasty governs the country with filial piety. Naturally, I have to respect and respect you. Last time I asked Uncle to kill the Julu King. Uncle did a good job. Your Highness has a good impression of you now, and thinks that you have drawn a clear line from the past. It's a pity that uncle asked you to recruit Xue Wanche last time and wait for you to fail. Otherwise, you might have been transferred to an important position in the center of the three provinces. It’s not the turn of Zheng Xuanli, who betrayed his daughter and nephew, to become a secretary.”
Cui Dunli said, "Although the Secretary Cheng is a fifth-rank official, the Secretary Department is the most jobless and powerless Qingshui Yamen. Except for the management of books and classics, he has no power. The fifth-rank officials in that yamen, even the seventh-rank officials under Zhongshu It's even worse, Zheng Xuanli is completely ruined this time, he will rise and fall, and there will be no future for him."
Qin Lang smiled, "Uncle, things didn't go well last time, forget it, I also want to let Uncle make some contributions earlier, so that I can go back to Zhongshu Province again, not to mention being promoted to Zhongshu Sheren, at least you have to be reappointed as Zhongshu Tongshi Sheren, if you do a good job, maybe His Highness is happy to give you a job as a subordinate, and that is an important position that enjoys the power to refute."
"Saburo is so grateful for taking care of my uncle." Cui Dunli was finally moved.
"We are all one family. Don't we talk about two different families? In fact, I have a suitable task. After finishing it, I will be promoted to Shizhong immediately, but it will definitely be no problem to resume the post of Tong Shiren. , I just don’t know if you dare to accept it, Uncle.”
"What task?"
"Before the East Palace was attacked, among the letters confiscated in the East Palace, there were many letters between Lujiang King Li Yuan and the deposed prince. After reading it, His Highness was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan, and felt that he was no longer suitable to serve as the governor of Youzhou. So I want to send him back to Beijing. Uncle just happened to go to Youzhou to deliver an order to call Li Yuan back to Beijing."
Cui Dunli was shocked.
"Uncle, don't listen to nonsense. Li Yuan is a famous king of the clan. How could he rebel? Besides, Li Yuan has always been cowardly and incompetent. He would not dare to rebel if he borrowed ten or eight of his guts. So let's say this trip The task is to take credit for it. When it is done, it means that my uncle quelled the crisis in Hebei by himself and beat a hundred thousand troops. Isn’t this a great achievement? Even if you are promoted to the third level, it is more than enough. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come again ah."
Qin Lang persuaded with a smile.
"If Uncle is afraid, forget it. I can let Ma Zhou or Wei Zheng go. They will definitely be very willing to take this chance of making great achievements for nothing."
Cui Dunli hesitated again and again, but finally he was moved.
"Okay, I'll go."
After dismissing Cui Dunli, Qin Lang sat in the public room and laughed.
This Cui Dunli is also bold, but he is not all lying to him. If he can really bring Li Yuan back to Chang'an, it will indeed be a great achievement.
However, with Wang Junkuo in Youzhou, the possibility of him successfully bringing Li Yuan back is very small. Of course, even if the matter fails, Cui Dunli will not be in any danger. Even if Wang Junkuo wanted to rebel, he had to give these Shandong families a face.
Summon Wei Chang, Liu Jiu and other confidants.
"Go to Hebei?"
"Well, Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo may be going against each other. We have to go over there to find out the situation. I have asked Cui Sima to go to announce the decree first. He knows it. Let's pretend to be a caravan and go north later and act secretly. I I know that Liu Jiulang and Lin Sanlang are rangers from the frontier and are familiar with the Northland, so I will bring you along this time."
The two naturally have no opinion.
But Ah Huang has an opinion, "Sanlang, I, Lao Huang, used to travel across Shandong. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, I also rode on both sides of the Yellow River and beat the six counties of Shandong with a mace. I also have face in the rivers and lakes. I am going to Hebei now." , it will be more convenient for me to go with Saburo."
Qin Lang has now learned the details of Ah Huang from Qin Qiong that morning, knowing that this guy used to be a thief, and he also led a team to set up a pole at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At one time, his power had thousands of people, and he was considered a hero.
"Okay, since Ah Huang said that he has a face in the green forest of Jianghu in Shandong, then bring Ah Huang this time."
"Sanlang, I'll go too." Qin Yong said.
Ah Huang immediately said, "Young Master Sledge Hammer should go, I have some small faces in the Shandong arena, but when Young Master Sledge Hammer fought with the Duke of Qi in Shandong, that was the most prestigious."
Wei Chang also wanted to go, but Qin Lang finally decided to bring only Qin Yong, Ah Huang, Liu Jiu and Lin San. In addition, Wei Zheng expressed his willingness to go with him. The rebel army who joined in Hebei was later captured by Dou Jiande and stayed in Hebei for a long time.
"Our operation is kept secret this time, let Cui Dunli go out in the open, and we walk in the dark. In order to cover up our identity, we pretend to be a business group and get a batch of goods from Chang'an to Youzhou. We don't need too many people, except us. Just a few, and another twenty or thirty brothers from the action team will do.”
Wei Zhengdao, "Hebei produces silk and white porcelain, and Youzhou is close to the frontier, and there is a lot of trade in livestock and fur. I think we can sell some goods from Chang'an, such as wine from Gaochang, Sanle pulp from Persia, colored glaze from Fufu, and Tianzhu. Frosting sugar from the Sogdians, spices from the Sogdians, etc.”
"Mr. Wei said well, but we have to do enough acting. Let's purchase a batch of good goods from Chang'an and go north. This will not easily reveal our identity. Maybe we can make a lot of money in Youzhou by then. The money we make is just right. When we share money, we can also give reward money to everyone during the New Year's Day." Qin Lang agreed very much.
Wei Zheng somewhat despises Qin Lang's behavior of poking around to make money, but he still acquiesces that it's easy to conceal his identity.
"What if Li Yuan and Wang Junkuo really rebelled?" Qin Yong asked.
"It doesn't matter if you really want to rebel, we just bring the information back."
"I mean what if they rebel and we get trapped?"
"Your Highness also has many confidantes in Hebei, so we are afraid that we will have nowhere to go?" Qin Lang didn't care.
On the other side, Liu Jiu smiled and said, "I think Sanlang is eager for their rebellion. I always feel that Sanlang's action is well-prepared, otherwise there is no need to mobilize people like this. I just don't know where Sanlang's self-confidence comes from. What is the purpose?"
Qin Lang said with a smile, "What purpose can I have, I am just a brick of the Tang Dynasty, and the crown prince will move it wherever he thinks it is needed."
Several people who were familiar with Qin Lang's actions all laughed together.
"Although I don't know who Sanlang's target is, I know that this guy is miserable. He was targeted by Sanlang. If he doesn't die, he will have to peel off his skin." Liu Jiu stroked his beard and said.
Qin Lang laughed out loud.
(end of this chapter)