[An Zhongjie walking down the altar]
If the war continues, the armies of both Sichuan and Sichuan will take advantage of the convenience of waterways to go north from Kuizhou and go straight to Luoyang. At this time, if Jingnan and Huainan also jointly launch an attack, then Shi Jingtang's main force will not be able to rescue King Qin in time, and soon Maybe as soon as I arrived in Chang'an, I heard the "Xingjiaomen Mutiny" coming from Luoyang again.
The painful lesson of Li Cunxu's defeat in Shu and the destruction of his country was right in front of him. Li Siyuan was a personal participant and he had a deep understanding of this. The war between Sichuan and Sichuan must end, immediately! immediately!
Shi Jingtang returned without waiting for the edict, and received Li Siyuan's approval. Not only did he not be held responsible, but he was granted the title of Tongping Zhangshi, Deputy Envoy of the Sixth Army Guards, General and Prime Minister, and also in charge of the Imperial Army.
Immediately afterwards, Li Siyuan issued an edict to blame An Chongjie, saying that he had alienated Meng Zhixiang, Dong Zhang, Qian Liu and the central government. Define An Chongjie as the chief culprit of the war criminal in the Sichuan War, and add two "unfounded" crimes to him:
One is to secretly pick up his son who was left as a hostage in the center, which is evidence of rebellion;
The second is to plot to lead an army to attack Huainan in order to gain military power...
Is this unnecessary?
This is a must have!
An Chongjie, who was once all-powerful and powerful, was treated as a scapegoat by Li Siyuan and perished.
Later, Li Siyuan sent envoys to the two Sichuan provinces, saying that the war between the two Sichuan provinces was entirely due to the treacherous minister An Zhongjiao, who forged the emperor's imperial edict and sent out troops to attack without permission. , I love you with all my heart.
An Chongjiao was Li Siyuan's letter of surrender to Liangchuan. Use An Zhongjiao to exchange for peace in the world.
Meng Zhixiang accepted the court's sincerity and transferred Li Renhan back to Kuizhou; Zhao Tingyin, who had stayed behind in the Lizhou Zhaowu Army, took the initiative to hand over the Lizhou Zhaowu Army to Li Zhao, who was fighting alongside him. Meng Zhixiang spoke highly of it, but Disagreeing with his request, Meng Zhixiang finally became an adult under Zhao Tingyin's repeated insistence.
Since then, Li Renhan in the southern battlefield and Zhao Tingyin in the northern battlefield have returned to Chengdu. The war between the two Sichuan and the Central Government of the Later Tang Dynasty ended here.
Meng Zhixiang is not stupid. The reason why he accepted Li Siyuan's truce is because the Sichuan War has achieved his strategic goal. This is the best time to cash out profits. Otherwise, can he still overthrow the Later Tang Dynasty and unify the world? ? Next, his strategic purpose will be to eliminate Dong Zhang of Dongchuan and unify the two Sichuan.
The story line of the civil war between Sichuan and Sichuan is put aside for the time being, and we will look back at the death of An Zhongjie.
An Zhonghui was born in Hongmiaozheng and was a son of a martyr. His father was An Fuqian. When Zhu Wen annexed Yanyun and Zhu, Li Keyong sent the "three An brothers" An Fushun, An Fuqing and An Fuqian to lead troops to rescue. Defeated and killed. An Chongjie has been working under Li Siyuan since he was a child. For more than ten years, he worked hard and made suggestions for Li Siyuan. He was regarded as a confidant by Li Siyuan, and even became his right-hand man after he gained power.
After Li Siyuan ascended the throne, An Zhongjiao took unifying the world as his own responsibility and devoted himself to his responsibilities.
Good intentions may not necessarily lead to good things. Compared with Li Siyuan, An Zhongjie was a little more eager for quick success and quick success. The previous article has devoted a lot of space to introduce the relationship between the major political forces during Li Siyuan's period and the Central Committee of the Later Tang Dynasty. An Zhongjie played a big role in it, and Always appear as a "hawk".
Objectively speaking, An Chong's teachings outweigh his merits in dealing with these major issues.
For example, on the issue of money and silver between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, "excessive money on gold" became one of An Zhongjiao's capital crimes; and on the issue of Sichuan and Sichuan, striking while the iron is hot. Looking back, An Zhongjiao's handling of the issue of two Sichuan and Sichuan was very typical. In fact, forcibly advancing the war between the two rivers caused heavy losses to the court, so "forcing the two rivers to rebel" became another capital crime for him.
Li Siyuan's court was very weak, whether it was politics, military, or economy, it was weak in all aspects, so Li Siyuan showed compromises and concessions everywhere, which was a bit cowardly. But An Zhongjie is in sharp contrast to him, like a keyboard warrior who talks too much. If he just talks loudly, that's it, but he really puts it into practice and destroys the country endlessly.
An Chongjie is a vivid example of a "patriotic thief". Sometimes, our forbearance is not cowardice, but keeping a low profile and biding our time. It is not that we will not retaliate, but that the time has not come yet.
The only time An Chongjie acted "dovishly" was when dealing with the Huainan issue. At that time, in order to stabilize the internal affairs, Xu Zhigao falsely claimed that he would surrender his country and surrendered the land of Huainan to the Central Plains, hoping to gain the sincerity of An Chongjiao. An Chongjie was successfully deceived into giving a priceless jade belt as a token to Xu Zhigao, and advised Li Siyuan not to interfere in Huainan's internal affairs with force, and to wait for his surrender with peace of mind.
Xu Zhigao deceived An Zhongjie's feelings.
An Chongjiao finally "dove", but was teased like this, so he became furious and tried his best to instigate Li Siyuan to use force against Huainan. Fortunately, Li Siyuan was wise and did not listen. An Chongjie's deep hostility towards Huainan also became the source of another capital crime for him.
In fact, these accusations of capital crimes were not the real reasons for Li Siyuan to execute An Chongjie, but an excuse.
An Zhongjiao fell from the altar because he made too many enemies. He has an upright and resolute personality, and does not rub dirt in his eyes. He can actually become an excellent leader of the Discipline Inspection Commission. However, with the rapid growth of his power, it is inevitable that he will not be able to suppress his inner demons, his morality will not be matched, and he will seek personal gain while serving the public good.
The real direct cause of his ruin was that he was involved in the most dangerous political struggle and touched the bottom line that no ruler should touch - the establishment of a prince. The water here is too deep and he can't control it.
After Li Siyuan came to the throne, in just a few years, An Zhongtang taught the party to fight against dissidents and showed no mercy in rejecting dissidents, which was formidable:
1. Douluge and Wei Shuo
These two people were the prime ministers of the previous dynasty (Zhuangzong Li Cunxu). They were useless snacks, sycophants, and had nothing to achieve. As the emperor and the courtiers, there is nothing wrong with removing these two people. It's just that An Chongjie's methods were a bit cruel. At that time, the two former prime ministers had been convicted and deprived of all official positions. They retired at home and permanently withdrew from the political stage. They no longer posed a threat to An Chongjie, but An Chongjie Chongjia still wants to kill them all, investigate the two people's mistakes on the Jingnan issue, and punish them with death.
2. Ren Wan
He was ostracized because of his different political views from An Chongjie. He was also deprived of all real power and retired at home. An Chongjie also falsely accused him of secretly working with Zhu Shouyin and sentenced him to death.
The unjust deaths of these three senior officials of the former dynasty, especially the death of Ren Wan, caused An Chongjie's image to plummet. People of insight accused him of being narrow-minded, avenging personal vendettas, killing everyone, and being inhumane. Even An Zhongjie himself felt that it was a bit excessive, but he had to do this even if he blamed himself.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, An Chongjie created a terrifying persona for himself: "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish."
