[Two or three things about "Half-Day Prime Minister"]
Huang Chao led the Cao army through most of China, causing irreparable trauma to the Tang Dynasty.
At the local level, the Huangchao Uprising reshuffled the local vassals and towns, pushing the separatist situation of vassalages and towns to a climax, laying a solid geopolitical foundation for the future chaos of the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms"; at the central level, the "Huangchao Uprising" became a game between major political forces material.
The political struggle made Huang Chao successful, making him famous far beyond Qiu Fu and Pang Xun; Huang Chao's uprising also contributed to the political struggle in the court. Huang Chao would not have thought that after so many years of hard work, the biggest beneficiary would be an eunuch—Tian Lingzi.
Tian Lingzi first united with Yang Fuguang, another leader of the eunuch group, to jointly attack the civil servant group, knocking Zheng Tian, Zheng Congfan, Wang Duo, Cui Anqian and others off the historical stage.
Later, when the "Tian Faction" and the "Yang Faction" were about to face the test of involution due to uneven distribution of spoils, Yang Fuguang died in time. So Tian Lingzi launched an offensive against the "Yang faction" eunuch forces without any scruples, first squeezing out Yang Fugong in the court, and then disintegrating the "Zhongwu Eight Capitals" outside the court, and neatly won the final victory of the "Tian-Yang Battle" .
At this point, no one in the DPRK, whether it was the civil servant group or the eunuch group, could compete with Tian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi almost completely controlled the central court. It was only at this time that Tian Lingzi safely put the "saint's return to Chang'an" on the agenda.
First of all, Wang Hui, the "half-time prime minister", was appointed as the remaining guard of the Daming Palace and the repair envoy of the Gyeonggi pacification system... In short, the royal decoration team was the contractor responsible for rebuilding the Chang'an Palace.
Comrade Wang Hui's deeds are very inspiring. The old man Xuanzong passed the imperial examination and worked as a secretary to the then prime minister Xu Shang. Later, an opportunity that could change his destiny appeared in front of him: Emperor Xuanzong wanted to recognize him as his son-in-law.
At that time, the literati and officials despised the prince-in-law the most, and looked down upon the promotion based on nepotism. The prince-son-in-law was the number one soft-boiled man in the world, and marrying a princess would be an insult to the ancestors. Wang Hui politely declined. Therefore, Xuanzong searched for Yu Cong, and finally let Yu Congyong take on the important task thanks to the relationship between Hanlin scholar Zheng Hao.
This is an interesting thing about Wang Hui, which makes countless singles envious and jealous.
The second incident also occurred during the Xuanzong period. Prime Minister Xu Shang was removed from office and demoted to Jingnan Jiedu Envoy. Xu Shang admired his secretary very much and relied on him at work. He wanted to take Wang Hui with him and continue to let him serve as his staff.
However, Xu Shang was demoted and sent abroad during this trip. He was embarrassed to say this to Wang Hui because he did not want to delay his future.
Unexpectedly, Wang Hui came to visit at this time and offered to accompany the old leader to Jingnan. Xu Shang was delighted and moved. He held Wang Hui's hand with great excitement and shook it for a long time. "You will definitely have a bright future in the future!"
Xu Shang was right, and Wang Hui later became the prime minister. However, he only served as prime minister for half a day, setting a world record. This is the third thing Comrade Wang Hui did - "half-day prime minister".
Wang Hui's initiative to accompany his senior superiors to be demoted and released from official positions won Wang Hui a good reputation in the court. He survived the entire Yizong Dynasty, gradually became a Hanlin bachelor, and finally made his mark in the Xizong Dynasty and became the prime minister.
The day when Wang Hui paid homage to the prime minister was the day when Huang Chao invaded Chang'an. Therefore, Comrade Wang Hui unfortunately only served as prime minister for half a day. On the same day, Huang Chao settled in Chang'an City.
Wang Hui, Yu Cong and other senior officials failed to escape and were captured by the Cao army, who then forced them to serve as prime ministers of Huang Qi's regime.
So Wang Hui pretended to be seriously ill and deaf and dumb.
When Wang Hui refused to marry the princess, he was already over forty and was frail and sickly. This was his excuse for refusing to be the consort. It was the end of the first year of Emperor Xizong’s Guangming reign (December), and a full 21 years had passed since Emperor Xuanzong’s death! In other words, when Wang Hui was caught by Huang Chao, his score was 60+. So as long as his acting skills are online, he can get away with it.
The Huangchao gang really believed it, but with the attitude of "it can still be saved", they specially invited an old Chinese medicine doctor for Wang Hui, hoping to adjust his health to a level where he could serve as an official.
Wang Hui took advantage of the lax supervision and escaped, ran to the river, and then sent a memorial to the Chengdu government-in-exile to report on his work.
Chengdu was very moved. The imperial edicts to pay homage to the Minister of War and the envoys from all over the capital to comfort and urge the formation were all in vain. Moreover, the most critical "Tongping Zhangshi" disappeared and was not dismissed, but it did not appear again. In this way, Wang Hui's "prime minister" disappeared in a daze.
Now, as Tian Lingzi began to prepare for Xizong's return to the capital, he remembered the experienced Comrade Wang Hui again, so he gave him the task of repairing Chang'an.
【Who else】
Chang'an, which had been ravaged by war, was almost in ruins. Under Comrade Wang Hui's serious and responsible work, one-tenth of Chang'an City was finally restored, making the palace suitable for living. So he went to the emperor to report on the progress of the work and respectfully invited the emperor to return to Luan.
Tian Lingzi posted an emoticon of the Crocodile Gang boss in "Kung Fu" to the eunuch group, "Who else?"
The crowd should have been silent, but a new eunuch named Cao Zhicu (pronounced the same as "que") raised his hand at an inappropriate time, wanting to challenge the majesty of senior Tian Lingzi.
Cao Zhicu was originally a son of a wealthy family in Huayuan (now Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, north of Chang'an), and he was very courageous. When Huang Chao captured Chang'an, Cao Zhicuo fled back to his hometown, gathered local young warriors, and built a fortress camp south of Mount Saga to resist the bandits and protect the people of the land.
After establishing his foothold, Cao Zhiqi selected a death squad. He first practiced "pour mouth", and after obtaining the fourth and sixth level certificates in Henan and Shandong dialects, he then disguised himself, infiltrated into the grassroots army, and carried out terrorist attacks under the cover of night. .
This kind of "center-blooming" terrorist attack achieved astonishing results. The grassroots army was greatly frightened. At first, they thought they had offended the gods and suffered divine punishment. Then they began to doubt each other and arrested "ghosts" indiscriminately. In short, the grass bandit army is unstable and has low morale.
When the news reached Chengdu, the imperial court greatly appreciated Cao Zhike's heroic deeds and promoted him to the rank of chief eunuch (a regular servant in the province). He was given a goldfish bag and a purple robe (a rare skin of third grade or above). In the eunuch circle, Cao Zhike was equivalent to He was promoted from the Street Office to the State Council.
Cao Zhiqi's courageous strategy was only reflected in the military. He knew nothing about politics, and he knew nothing about the energy contained in Tian Lingzi.
First of all, Cao Zhicu believed that he was the first contributor to regaining the capital and driving away Huang Chao. What about Er Zheng, Wang Duo, Yang Fuguang... Don't get me wrong, I am not targeting anyone, I am saying that everyone here is rubbish.
Secondly, he made no secret of his arrogant ambitions and spoke freely. Cao Zhiqi publicly declared that he would conduct a "doomsday judgment" on the entourage at Dashan Pass. He would only let back those who he liked and who looked like human beings; those who were dissatisfied would be "spiked by the Qing Emperor". ".
Both inside and outside his words were hinting to people that he would take advantage of the geographical convenience to launch a coup or a political purge. As for the title of "the traitor around the emperor", Tian Lingzi naturally did his part.
Cao Zhiqi publicly called Itada Lingzi.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. It is not that they are not afraid of tigers, but they do not know tigers.
Tian Lingzi only handed over a two-inch piece of paper with Cao Zhicu's name written on it. This was the summons from the underworld.
After receiving the note, Zhu Mei, the governor of Yingning, immediately sent troops to secretly sneak into Mount Saga and launch a surprise attack on Cao Zhiqi. Cao Zhiqiu was completely unprepared and was instantly wiped out.
"Who else?"
Everyone was as silent as a cicada, except Tian Lingzi, who was looking forward to the meeting.
In the first month of the fifth year of Zhonghe in the Tang Dynasty (885), the Xizong government-in-exile left Chengdu under the escort of Chen Jingxuan, drove back to Beijing, and arrived in the capital Chang'an on March 12.
