[Dengzhou asks for surrender]
Peaceful recruitment is the established strategic policy of the central court, so Yang Fuguang can carry out the recruitment work openly and with great fanfare without any taboos. In other words, Yang Fuguang should happily give Wang Xianzhi a "token".
The token, like today's contracts and agreements, has no fixed format. Sometimes it is the commander's sword, sometimes it is a belt, or it is a letter written in black and white. In short, no matter what the specific form, it is recognized as binding and binding. It is a reflection of sincerity.
Does Wang Xianzhi hold a token of peace and peace from the imperial court? If there is, then the truth will come out and be irrefutable. But history is obviously not like this. The Central Special Investigation Team ultimately failed to find out the truth. It seems that they did not find the irrefutable evidence of the "token".
If there is no token, there are two possible explanations:
1. Wang Xianzhi does not;
2. Wang Xianzhi had it, but was hidden by Song Wei.
We continue to analyze, if Wang Xianzhi does not exist, then there are two possibilities:
1-1, Yang Fuguang did not give it to him;
1-2, Wang Xianzhi was too excited and forgot to ask for it, and Yang Fuguang also forgot to give it.
All possible situations are listed here. Let us travel back to that time, act as a member of the special investigation team, peel off the cocoons, and find the truth of the matter:
First of all, the proposition "Yang Fuguang forgot to give, and Wang Xianzhi also forgot to ask for" is difficult to implement in practice, and it is not logical, because the letters exchanged between the two parties are natural tokens, and the messengers are natural witnesses.
Then "being deceived or taken away by Song Wei" seems to be the only logical explanation.
not that simple.
The most difficult part of a case is often not the case itself, but the intrigue behind the case - the game of forces behind the scenes.
Okay, here are the selling points of this book. Now, I will show you the story behind the story:
Song Wei was very powerful in his own right, had many military exploits, held a large number of troops, and was backed by the prime ministers Wang Duo and Lu Xie;
Yang Fuguang, the great eunuch. His godfather was the eunuch Yang Xuanjiao.
Don't be busy, the relationship between them is really not that simple. For example, Song Wei and Prime Minister Wang Duo.
In order to support Song Wei, Wang Duo did not hesitate to fall out with his benefactor, Zheng Tian. Zheng Tian had a kindness and support for Wang Duo. However, in this case, Wang Duo's attitude towards Song Wei was very interesting.
In this case, Wang Duo was biased towards Yang Fuguang.
The reason is simple: I use you because you are useless.
The reason why Wang Duo supported Song Wei before was because of Song Wei's attitude towards the Cao Army, which was passive, inactive, and deliberately indulging the enemy.
Wang Duo's brother, Wang Luo, was a hostage in Shicao's army, so Wang Duo asked the court to recruit people peacefully instead of suppressing them with force. The "incompetence" of Song Wei, the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression, and the steady retreat of the government and army provided external support for the peaceful recruitment. Look, if you can't suppress it, you might as well recruit people.
The Zhongwu troops on the ground in Henan were excellent and brave, and Cui An, the military commander of Jiedu, was so powerful that he shocked the group of thieves. Wang Duo deliberately divided his army and assigned the Zhongwu Army task force to Song Wei. He also suppressed the fierce general Zhang Zimian and assigned the Zhongwu Army in Zhang Zimian's hands to Song Wei for deployment.
Everything Wang Duo did pointed to the same strategic goal: recruiting troops!
Now, Song Wei "captured alive" the grass army veteran Shang Junchang, doesn't it just prove that forceful suppression is feasible? Then why do you still recruit people? Let Song Wei continue his efforts and capture Wang Xianzhi as well?
Of course Wang Duo doesn't want to see such "truth".
On the contrary, if Yang Fuguang wins this lawsuit, it will prove that the grassroots army can solve the problem through peaceful recruitment.
Therefore, on the surface, this case is about Song Wei and Yang Fuguang competing for credit, but the underlying logic is a competition between the "war faction" and the "peace faction".
Wang Duo was a "peace advocate" under the guise of a "main war faction", so he supported Yang Fuguang and advocated peaceful recruitment.
We already know the powerful political energy contained in Prime Minister Wang Duo, so...a more terrifying speculation emerged before our eyes, making us shudder: Shang Junchang was indeed captured alive by Song Wei, and Wang Duo secretly instructed Yang Fuguang Shang Shu grabs the merit.
A record in the "Old Tang Book: The Benji of Xizong" also supports this guess:
"In February (the fifth year of Qianfu), Wang Xianzhi's remnants of his party attacked Jiangxi and tried to recruit Song Wei to send troops, but they were repeatedly defeated. However, he still issued an edict to Xianzhi. Xianzhi wrote to Wei, asking for a festival ax, and Wei pretended to grant it. Zhi ordered his generals Shang Junchang and Cai Wenyu to enter the court, but Wei killed the Junchang and Wenyu for favor."
Song Wei first "failed him repeatedly", and then "falsely promised him". In black and white, it was Song Wei who tricked Wang Xianzhi into surrendering, and then captured Shang Junchang.
However, the "Huang Chao Biography" in the same book also records that "Fuguang sent the judge Wu Yanhong to acquit the crime by the court and give him an official title. Xianzhi ordered Shang Junchang, Cai Wenqiu, and Chu Yanwei to go to Yique one after another to plead guilty... During the Song Dynasty To threaten the restoration of light and capture Que..."
The "Biography of Yang Fuguang" in the same book also records that "the judge Wu Yanhong was sent to the city to express the imperial edict, and Chao immediately ordered his general Shang Junchang to return to the country with an oath. The summons sent Song Wei to harm his achievements, and sent troops to attack the thieves. Chao was angry and resumed his work. rob……"
This is what I hate about "Old Book of Tang", it is self-contradictory. In particular, the records in "The Biography of Yang Fuguang" are full of loopholes.
No wonder Song Renzong evaluated the "Old Book of Tang" as "the records are not accurate, the details are missing, the literary talent is unclear, and the facts are scattered", so he issued an edict to re-compile it, and thus the "New Book of Tang" came out.
Then let's look at the relevant records in "New Book of Tang":
"The Chronicles of Xizong": "In December (the fourth year of Qianfu), Shang Jun surrendered, and Song Wei killed him."
"Huang Chao Biography": "Fu Guang sent his subordinate Wu Yanhong to recruit thieves. Xianzhi sent Cai Wenqiu, Chu Yanwei, and Shang Junchang to surrender. He wanted to plead guilty to Yi Que, and also left a letter to Song Wei asking for Jiedu. Wei Yang promised it, and went up He said, 'We will fight with you until we capture him.' Fu Guang firmly promised that he would surrender."
"The Biography of Yang Fuguang": "The summons envoy Song Wei attacked Xianzhi in Jiangxi. Fuguang was in the army and asked the judge Wu Yanhong to make an appointment for the thieves to surrender. Xianzhi sent General Shang Junchang to bind himself as promised. He was so powerful that he secretly asked Emperor Xizong to punish him. …”
Another authoritative history book, "Zizhi Tongjian", also supports the theory that Yang Fuguang surrendered and Song Wei stopped him halfway.
If the principle of the minority obeying the majority is followed, Yang Fuguang and the "Peace Party" behind him will naturally win the case.
The truth is the truth and will not yield to the majority or favor the minority.
The authoritative historical materials on the "Dengzhou Surrender Case" have been listed above. They are very brief and without any expansion.
The shorter the content, the greater the amount of information.
Since the authoritative records are ambiguous and contradictory, we might as well put it aside for the time being and reason backwards from the subsequent results to provide reasonable logic.
After Shang Junchang and others were killed, Wang Xianzhi was furious and started looting. However, Song Wei defeated him in one fell swoop. Wang Xianzhi himself was killed and his head was sent to Chang'an...
stop!
This result also seemed to confirm that everything was under Song Wei's control. Song Wei set up a trap to deceive and kill Shang Junchang, which angered Wang Xianzhi and caused him to give up guerrilla warfare and instead fight with the official army, and was subsequently destroyed by the regiment.
The fact that Wang Xianzhi was shot to death became indirect evidence supporting Song Wei's deception to kill Shang Junchang.
Looking further back, when Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, Prime Minister Lu Xie was dumped and forced to commit suicide. And Lu Xie was Song Wei's backer in the court.
Wang Duo and Yang Fuguang became the representatives of the civil servant group and the eunuch group. The combination of the two had huge power. Lu Xie and Song Wei were naturally difficult to resist.
Looking back at the "Dengzhou surrender case", my personal opinion is that Song Wei was telling the truth, and Yang Fuguang was most likely instigated by Wang Duo to steal credit from Song Wei.
The "Dengzhou surrender case" is a smokescreen for political struggle.
There are no cases that cannot be solved, only cases that cannot be solved.
Just one word "Jing" is enough to convey the meaning.
The evidence was insufficient and the facts were unclear, but he was eager to kill people and silence them. He beheaded Shang Junchang, the key witness in the case, and others, which also confirmed the power of the black hands behind the case.
This case has become a historical mystery.
Let's adjust the timeline back to before Wang Xianzhi was killed and take a look at Wang Xianzhi's last days.
