Three days later, Zuo Weiwei General Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, moved to Nao County, and Li Shenfu, the marching commander of Hedong Road, withdrew south to Xinzhou.
For Li Shenfu, this was exactly what he wanted... When the time came, Liu Shirang wrote a letter to impeach him for refusing to rescue Yanmen.
Li Shenfu knew very well that Liu Shirang had only two thousand soldiers under his command, and guarding Yanmen Pass was not foolproof. Moreover, if the defeated troops refused to return to the pass, the defeated troops might attack the city with force... He expected the Turks to break through Ma as soon as possible. Yi, turn to attack Yanmen Pass.
For this reason, Li Shenfu even complained that without reinforcements, Yuan Junzhang had not yet conquered Mayi for more than half a month... What a waste!
On the day Li Daoxuan moved to Guoxian County, Zuo Weiwei general Xue Zhong led 500 elite cavalry and 1,000 infantry to Yanmen, and was warmly welcomed and properly accommodated by Li Shan.
Liu Shirang didn't expect it at first, but soon... he realized that Yanmen Pass was nominally his leader, but Xue Zhong, Kan Leng, and Li Gaoqian did not obey orders. Instead, they obeyed the acting magistrate Li Shan.
After reacting, Liu Shirang was so angry that he actually ignored himself... He could compete with Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian. After all, they had similar status back then, but how could he tolerate Li Shan, an uncrowned kid with a yellow mouth, seizing power.
From then on, letters of memorial flew to Chang'an like snowflakes.
Li Yuan in the Tai Chi Palace was speechless. You, Liu Shi, are a dog that cannot change and eat shit!
It’s really a dog, and a mad dog at that!
Bite whoever you catch!
The first one to impeach was Li Shenfu, King of Xiangyi, then General Zuowuwei Li Gaoqian, then Duke Li Huairen of Guantao County, and even King Li Daoxuan of Huaiyang was not spared!
Okay, Liu Shirang, do you really want to have trouble with someone named Li?
The emperor I am is still surnamed Li!
The Yanmen garrison was short of troops, so the acting magistrate Li Shan set up a barracks for the wounded to support him, and summoned the government soldiers during the slack time. According to the rules, it was indeed overstep of his authority. However, considering that the Daizhou Fourth War was the place where Turks could attack at any time, the acting magistrate had the right to temporarily Recruiting government soldiers.
What's more, Li Shan ran to Yanmen at night and guarded the pass with meritorious service... In Li Yuan's view, Liu Shirang, Li Gaoqian and even his cousin Li Shenfu were not good birds, but Li Shan was the only bird with flawless white feathers.
Of course, Li Shan has reported almost everything one by one through Princess Pingyang this month... In this regard, only Qi King Li Yuanji can match him in Hedong.
Li Yuan lowered his head and glanced at the memorial in his hand, and couldn't help but curse again. Now the war in Jiangnan is stalemate, and the Jianghuai army is extremely powerful, but Hedong has become like this again!
This was Liu Shirang's memorial to impeach Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan... Li Yuan was so angry that he laughed after getting it!
Didn't you, Liu Shirang, always complain that the Yanmen garrison was under-strength?
He also used this as an excuse to impeach his immediate boss Li Shenfu, the military commander of Hedong Road!
Now Li Daoxuan has sent partial troops to replenish the troops at Yanmen Pass, but you want to impeach him? !
Alas, Liu Shirang was indeed mad... he wrote frantically to impeach anyone he disliked.
However, Liu Shirang was not mad... he was too shameless to explain clearly in the memorial that he, Li Huairen, had actually seized power at Yanmen Pass.
What's more, when he said these things... Li Yuan's first reaction was, you Liu Shirang is also a veteran, why are you such a waste? !
Gu Tao
Putting down the memorial, Li Yuan picked up a document on the case, pondered for a moment and then raised his voice: "Summon the prince, the king of Qin, and the prime ministers and assistants of the three provinces."
On Chengtianmen Street, Pei Shiju was walking out of the Menxia Province on the west side and happened to see his cousin Pei Ji coming out of the Shangshu Province on the opposite side.
"Third brother." Pei Ji said hello and said with a smile: "I came to Beijing yesterday evening with a sense of justice, and I was about to pay a visit to my third brother today."
Pei Shiju had been away from his hometown for a long time and had no impression of Pei Huaiyi. He only knew that he was the younger brother of Pei Huaijie who was thrust into Tiance Mansion. He nodded and was about to ask a few questions when he saw Yang Gongren, the Secretary of the Central Committee, coming over.
"Brother Hongda."
Yang Gongren respected everyone... But Pei Shiju was not in a good mood recently, and he hummed with a smile, "Gongren is graceful and elegant, his progress and actions are impressive, he has the image of a majestic brother."
The expression on Yang Gongren's face froze. Although the prime minister was actually Shangshu Zuopushe Pei Ji, he was also the nominal prime minister as Zhongshu Ling, and he was also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel... In the past two years, he had never cared about anything. Pei Shiju, who cared too much, was so mean in his words.
The "Brother Wei Hui" that Pei Shiju refers to is Yang Gongren's father, the former Sui Dynasty King Yang Xiong... Yang Xiong is eight years older than Pei Shiju, so he can indeed be called that.
Pei Shiju's meaning is very obvious. I am the same age as you, how dare you, a little brat, to call me Brother Hong?
Pei Ji was a little surprised. When he was in his prime, his third brother was sharp-tongued and unyielding, but now that he is older, he often keeps things quiet... Why did he suddenly change from normal today?
On the side, Yu Wenshiji, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, pulled Yang Gongren away, looked back, and his eyes collided with Pei Shiju's... Yu Wenshiji showed a sarcastic smile.
Pei Shiju had long known from Li Dewu that Yu Wenshiji knew the inside story, and protected Li Shan several times, and even donated the former Shen Guogong Mansion to Li Shan.
Of course Yuwenshiji knew why Pei Shiju was so uncharacteristic... Although it was limited to the inner house, it was not difficult for Yuwenshiji to inquire carefully.
Recently, there was a fire in Pei Shiju's backyard, and it was a mess. Although Li Dewu did not resign as a county captain in Chang'an, he no longer went to the county office. The couple turned against each other, quarreled all day long, and made sarcastic comments... Well, Li Dewu was a broken man, anyway, now I am the soon-to-be son-in-law of the Pei family, and I have given birth to a son. I don’t believe what you can do to me!
It's pitiful that Pei Shiju is so old that he still has to deal with such trivial matters when he is old, and he hates Li Shan even more in his heart... Before he left, he set a fire, which made Pei's house restless day and night.
Thinking of this, Pei Shiju pinched the memorial in his sleeve.
The Menxia Province is responsible for reviewing the memorials and has the power to refute the edicts proposed by the Zhongshu Province. At the same time, the memorials submitted by ministries, academies, temples, local officials and generals are all sent to the Shangshu Province, and then reviewed by the Menxia Province. Only then will it be submitted to the emperor for approval through the Central Publishing House.
But today, Pei Shiju was going to bypass Zhongshu Province. He heard that Yang Siyi, the eldest son of Zhongshu Ling Yang Gongren, was Li Huairen's friend. Of course, he had enough reasons.
When recommending an official or holding a position, the recommender is jointly and severally liable. Pei Shiju felt that his reasons were sufficient.
As Pei Shiju slowly walked into the Tai Chi Palace while talking to Pei Ji, he was thinking in his mind that if he had known this, he should not have sent Li Shan to Yanmen!
Who would have thought that Yuan Junzhang actually returned in defeat, and that he had attracted tens of thousands of Turks this time and could not attack Mayi for a long time... It is already mid-October. Even if the city of Mayi is defeated, there is a possibility that the Turks will attack Mayi again. Not big anymore.
Pei Shiju did not expect that in just a few months, the situation in Daizhou and Shuozhou changed drastically. Li Gaoqian was defeated, Liu Shirang was trapped, and Li Shenfu stood still. On the contrary, Li Shan became famous in another battle at Yanmen Pass.
The most important thing is that Pei Shiju is old-hearted. He can see that in the current situation in Hedong, if Yanmen is not accidentally breached, Li Shan will not be threatened in Dai County. Instead, because of his military exploits and because of Huaiyang The arrival of Wang Li Daoxuan led to an increase in the right to speak.
Wait until next year, or even before next year, with Yanmen's military exploits in hand, Li Shan is likely to be promoted and transferred back to the court by His Majesty, and from then on he will skyrocket to ninety thousand miles.
This is what Pei Shiju never wants to see.
