【The Emperor is happy with Shu】
Huang Chao took control of Chang'an, and Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty fled in panic to the land of Shu.
Shu was the royal refuge of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty. During the famous "Anshi Rebellion", Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji fled west here, and Xu Tu was revived. Quan Gaotian Lingzi took this as a good omen and persuaded Xizong of Tang Dynasty to follow Emperor Xuanzong's example.
In order to create a stable rear area, Tian Lingzi instigated Tang Xizong to "bet on three rivers" and let his confidants serve as the top leaders of Shu, which was regarded as a front line for escaping westward. Among them, Tian Lingzi's brother Chen Jingxuan served as the governor of Xichuan, replacing Cui Anqian, and assigned a sinecure to the disobedient Cui Anqian to step aside.
Chen Jingxuan was born in a humble family, and his family was poor since he was a child. He made a living by selling cakes and was in the same company as Wu Dalang. After Tian Lingzi gained power in the palace, he was promoted to the rank of general of the Forbidden Army, and then appointed as the governor of Xichuan.
When the news reached Shu, everyone was quite surprised and wondered who Chen Jingxuan was. The former Jiedushi envoys, such as Gao Pian and Cui Anqian, were all famous and distinguished figures with distinguished backgrounds and outstanding military exploits. Chen Jingxuan, who is he? What achievements?
Some brave people took advantage of this opportunity, gathered a group of people, pretended to be Chen Jingxuan's team, gave instructions to the local government, demanded bribes, and required them to provide various supplies. Just like those who pretend to be soldiers or high-ranking officials to commit fraud now.
Their deception is very low-level. Although there were no photos, audio or video recordings at that time, there were still official documents, official letters and official seals. Otherwise...I, Tang Xizong, will pay.
The fraud group was quickly discovered by the government and all were executed.
After that, Chen Jingxuan himself rushed to Shu and took office.
Although Chen Jingxuan relied on Tian Lingzi's support and his cultural level was somewhat lacking, we cannot arbitrarily conclude that he is a loser. In today's terms, Chen Jingxuan's emotional intelligence is very high, he can observe people's emotions, and he is familiar with official etiquette. Like his younger brother Tian Lingzi, he is versatile.
When Tang Xizong escaped from Chang'an and went south via Xingyuan, Chen Jingxuan was ready to welcome him.
Running before and after running, busy in and out. Chengdu is kept in order, and the streets and lanes are swept spotlessly.
After everything was sorted, Chen Jingxuan also sent three thousand infantry and cavalry to the north to greet him and escort the holy driver to come for guidance.
You might say that no one else would do the above tasks, so it’s no big deal.
Yes, this is indeed a routine preparation for the meeting. If you do these well, you will just pass the test, or just barely do well.
Chen Jingxuan certainly did an excellent job because he considered an easily overlooked but very difficult issue and handled it appropriately.
The emperor's entourage. That's the problem.
As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Big leaders are generally approachable and have authority, but they are not domineering. On the contrary, some of his minions are often arrogant and unruly. Especially the entourage who followed the emperor, not to mention their arrogant expressions.
Chen Jingxuan had the experience of working in the Forbidden Army and knew the virtues of these gangsters better, so he had already formulated countermeasures to scare the monkeys.
There was a team in Chengdu to welcome him, and there were also people who stood in front of the emperor's entourage. The followers and officers who came to Chengdu early fell under Chen Jingxuan's dense sky net. They didn't know that Chen Jingxuan's spies were everywhere in Chengdu, and their every move was being monitored.
One day, several servants from the Royal Garden were wandering around the palace, curling their lips and grinning, or laughing and talking wildly. They put their hands on their hips and pointed with one finger, as if they were leaders inspecting. "The children are happily walking in the palace with arms linked together."
"Oh, they say Xichuan is a barbaric place where birds don't shit, but now it seems that it's not bad!"
Private banter. This sentence seems inappropriate, and it is a private discussion, not a public statement. What are the consequences of this sentence?
The answer is, beat to death with sticks. A total of 50 people were killed, and their bodies were dragged to the downtown area and exposed to the public.
From then on, the royal entourage was strictly disciplined. No one dared to make irresponsible remarks or make judgments. No one dared to be disobedient and they were all very obedient to discipline.
Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty was about to arrive, and Chen Jingxuan personally went to Lutou Pass to greet him.
Because Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty fled in a hurry, without notifying all civil and military officials, and without organizing the orderly evacuation of the government, a large number of senior cadres suffered in Chang'an City. This also led to the current Chengdu government-in-exile lacking talents, incomplete organizational structure, and lack of government agencies. The vacancy is huge.
But for Tian Lingzi, this was a good opportunity to sell his official position and win titles.
After Tang Xizong settled down in Chengdu, officials one after another fled Chang'an and rushed to Shu on their own to meet with the emperor. Among them, Le Penggui, a trainee legislator (right Supplement), was well aware of current affairs. He took the initiative to meet Tian Lingzi, kowtowed to Tian Lingzi, and showed great respect to Tian Lingzi, so he was soon promoted to a Hanlin bachelor.
Tian Lingzi often holds family banquets, which actually opens the door to bribery. Anyone who wants to be promoted can blatantly bring some trivial means to show off his meaning. If he doesn't even mean this, it will be too boring.
One day, Tian Lingzi held a banquet and invited high-ranking officials to the banquet.
Before it was time to eat, Zhang Jun, a doctor from the Ministry of War, was the first to come to the door and kowtow to Tian Lingzi with a "thud-bang-dang".
Facing Zhang Jun who was so respectful and polite, Tian Lingzi just smiled coldly and said, "You're early, just sit down and go."
"Hey." Zhang Junpidianer sat on the lower seat and waited honestly.
Tian Lingzi glanced at him sideways and said to himself that you will look good later, so that you can show off your wits!
What is Zhang Jun so clever about?
Eunuchs generally come from extremely humble backgrounds (you wouldn't be able to do this job if you weren't humble), and due to acquired physical defects, this group is highly discriminated against. Especially the great scholars who were of noble birth, well-read poetry, and were Jinshi, looked down upon these eunuchs, and it was a great shame to kneel and kowtow to the eunuchs, not to mention it was too embarrassing to do so in public.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the civil servants in the court even called themselves "Qingliu" and derogatoryly called eunuchs "turbidity" to show that they would not collude with them. The two groups were incompatible.
In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the "South Ya Bei Division Struggle" broke out between the two groups in order to compete for power, which made the two groups even more hostile to each other.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a scholar who passed the imperial examination met an eunuch by chance. The two were old acquaintances, and the scholar greeted the eunuch. The scholar was regarded as an "eunuch" and was ostracized by his colleagues. , his political career was sentenced to death, he was relegated to the wilderness, and disappeared for the rest of his life.
He ended up like this just because he said hello to the eunuch, which shows the attitude of the scholar-official class towards eunuchs. Any contact with eunuchs was viewed as shameful, despicable, and degrading.
Zhang Jun received an invitation from Tian Lingzi. If you want to keep your official position, you have to go to the banquet and kneel down and kowtow to the dead eunuch. How to do it? Okay, let’s do the next best thing. If you have to kowtow, don’t kowtow in public. By the way, I went early and was the first one to arrive. There was no one else in the room, just the two of us. I kowtowed to him and no one knew. Haha, just do it!
This is Zhang Jun's little idea, a little clever.
Who are you hiding from? Hiding Tian Lingzi? You not only insulted his lower body, but also insulted his upper body's head.
When all the guests arrived, the banquet officially began. The host Tian Lingzi raised his glass to toast and said a few words.
"Everyone, Zhang Langzhong and I belong to the 'Qing Zhuo' group respectively. Thanks to him, he thinks highly of me and often praises me both inside and outside the court——"
Zhang Jun quickly said politely, "No, no, Master Tian, please give me the award..."
"But -" Tian Lingzi glanced at him from the corner of his eye, "Since you don't want my innocence to be stained, don't be so hypocritical and don't change your upright attitude. Why hide in the shadows and kneel down to thank you for the banquet?"
He said this in a weird way, which made Zhang Jun so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
Zhang Jun, who was humiliated by Tian Lingzi, will appear later in the article. At that time, he will humiliate himself. Throughout his life, he can never do without the four words "humiliating himself". Life has become a joke.
The brothers Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan, one inside and one outside, controlled Xichuan, Tang Xizong, and the court.
Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty gave Chen Jingxuan the title of prime minister. Chen Jingxuan sent general Li Yuan to lead the Huangtou Army, an elite division of Xichuan, to go north to King Qin, and later sent another elite shooting battalion of Xichuan to the north to support him.
Both elite groups were founded by Cui Anqian back then, and now they have become a stepping stone for Chen Jingxuan to get promoted and make a fortune. Forefathers planted trees for future generations to enjoy the shade.
The Huangtou Army and the Shenshe Battalion did not disappoint Chen Jingxuan and Tang Xizong. They went all the way north and won consecutive battles. They stationed in Xingyuan and were ready to regain Chang'an.
Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan were very happy. Although the world was in chaos, the scenery here was unique, not to mention that they could profit from the chaos. Good, good, good!
Xichuan is the Xichuan of Xichuan people. We temporarily call all the former Chang'an officials, including Tian Lingzi, who moved westward with the Holy Spirit, the "Chang'an Gang" (because the "Conglong Sect" has been used in the Huang Qi regime, so as not to cause confusion), and the local Xichuan The officials, soldiers and civilians called them the "Indigenous Gang".
Tian Lingzi controlled the imperial court internally, relied on Chen Jingxuan externally, and through other means such as selling his official position and winning titles, he became the veritable leader of the "Chang'an Gang". When he was in Chang'an, he had basically controlled the court. When he arrived in Chengdu, there was no doubt that his power had risen or fallen.
But he should not despise the existence of the "native gang" because of this.
A distinguished guest, no matter how distinguished you are, is still a guest. Do not overshadow the guest and usurp the host. This is the way to be a guest.
Tian Lingzi forgot the identity of his guest, forgot that the court in his hands was a court in exile, and that the "Chang'an Gang" came here not for leadership inspection, but to seek refuge in exile.
Soon, the master "native gang" will teach him a severe lesson.
This lesson almost cost him his life.
