【The end of An Zhongjiao】
Faced with An Zhongjie's provocation, Li Siyuan was furious, "There is such a big mess in my family, and you still congratulate me?"
With Yang Yanwen's silence, the suspicion of the "River Mutiny" cannot be dispelled for a long time. As a result, Li Congke was dismissed from his post as Hezhong Jiedushi and was placed under house arrest.
Dismissal from office was not the result that An Chongjie wanted. He must put Li Congke to death. Since Li Siyuan refused to listen to him, he would follow the mass line.
An Zhongjiao deceived the innocent prime ministers Feng Dao and Zhao Feng, and asked them: "The Jiedushi seriously neglected his duties and caused a mutiny in the military town and was expelled. What crime should he deserve?"
Feng Dao and Zhao Feng are famous for their pollution-free products. They are excellent academics and moral models, but they are also very silly and naive. Li Siyuan was uneducated and almost illiterate, so An Zhongjie had to help recite all the memorials. However, An Zhongjie also did not graduate from elementary school. For these parallel four-litter, four-six-eight lines, quotations from classics, and the Three Emperors Before Opening His Mouth After shutting up, the Five Emperors either couldn't read it fluently at all, or they stumbled through it and didn't understand its meaning. Then they invited Feng Dao and Zhao Feng, the bachelors of Duanming Palace, to help Li Siyuan translate the memorial and answer questions. Solve doubts.
Although An Chongjie is uneducated, he knows how to control people. He must be beneficial to villains and righteous to gentlemen. Although he single-handedly promoted Feng Dao and Zhao Feng, An Zhongjie did not boss them around as a benefactor. Instead, he treated them as courteous and virtuous corporals. His words and deeds revealed his admiration for educated people, and he often treated them with respect. He talked about the rise and fall of the country and the great righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and built himself into a capable minister who cared about the country and the people and dedicated himself to death, which moved the two scholars to the point of bursting into laughter.
When framing Li Congke, An Chongjie also followed the plan, avoiding the most important and taking advantage of the less important, and secretly changing concepts. Feng Dao and Zhao Fengshen thought so, so they reported to Li Siyuan, accusing Li Congke of neglecting his duty and abandoning the town, and should be severely punished.
Li Siyuan slammed the two prime ministers' memorials on the table, "These two nerds know nothing about Mao! What are you meddling in!"
The two simple boys were unwilling to give up and gave full play to the fine tradition of "literary remonstrance". When they saw that the memorial was not answered, they went to Li Siyuan to argue in person, "Please follow the meaning of the Spring and Autumn Annals and punish the commander who has failed in his duty. Be a warning to others!”
Li Siyuan knew that they were being used by some people with ulterior motives, so he did not get angry at the two prime ministers. He just reminded him tactfully: "The rebellion in Hezhong has insufficient evidence and unclear facts. The conclusion has not been finalized yet. Why do you two insist on it?" Forcing me to kill someone? When I heard what you two said, it didn't seem like it came from your original intention."
A few days later, the two prime ministers solemnly came out to discuss matters when they went to court.
There was a moment of silence in the court hall.
Li Siyuan simply treated the two of them as nothing and handled the petitions of others as if nothing had happened.
The next day, An Chongjie discussed the performance in person.
Li Siyuan sighed and said: "In the past, when I was a low-level officer, my family was very poor, so I relied on this child to pick up horse manure and sell it for money to supplement the family income. Now that I am the emperor, do I want to repay kindness with hatred? You keep saying that you will Deal with it strictly in accordance with the law, okay, then what do you think we should do strictly? Come on, I’ll leave it to you, what do you think we should do?”
An Zhongjie refused to accept the sword, "How dare I interfere with your majesty's flesh and blood ties? Please ask your majesty to judge!"
Li Siyuan said angrily: "I have already asked him to stay at home and think about it. What else can be done?"
An Zhongjiao's first plan failed, so he tried another one. He wanted to add more materials to Li Congke.
Suo Zitong was granted the title of Military Envoy in Hezhong because of his meritorious service in quelling the "rebellion" in Hezhong, and succeeded Li Congke. After taking office, Suo Zitong followed An Chongjie's secret instructions and handed over many weapons in batches, reporting that they were made privately by Li Congke.
Making and storing weapons and armor privately is a conspiracy to rebel, and is a capital crime.
The evidence of Li Congke's "rebellion" was irrefutable. An Zhongji spoke uprightly and insisted on Li Congke's execution.
Li Congke hid in his home and prayed to gods and Buddhas every day for help. Apart from that, he could do nothing about An Chongjie's persecution.
All civil and military officials wanted to avoid Li Congke like the god of plague, for fear of harming themselves. Political struggle is ruthless.
There was only one honest and upright official who lived in the same alley as Li Congke. He was not afraid of rumors and often visited Li Congke's home.
Li Congke was deeply moved by the fact that a friend in need is a friend indeed, and the two gradually became good friends who talked about everything, laying a solid foundation for friendship. Later, Li Congke ascended the throne and vigorously promoted his friend.
This loyal and upright official has great literary talent and has an extremely miserable life experience. His name is Lu Qi, and his story will be revealed one by one in the following article.
Lü Qi and Li Congke had a heart-to-heart relationship, giving Li Congke advice and helping him polish the memorial. However, these efforts were of no avail when fighting against An Chongjie.
The one who really withstood the heavy pressure of An Zhong's teachings was Li Siyuan's favorite concubine Wang Defei.
This Wang Defei was named "Defei" in the third year of Tiancheng (928), and "Shufei" in the second year of Changxing (931). After Li Conghou ascended the throne, she was named Taifei, and she was posthumously named Xianfei. Therefore, some history books call her "Wang Shufei", and some people who like to attract attention call her beautiful name "Hua Jian Sha". This book calls her "Wang Defei".
The previous article has already mentioned the history of Wang Defifei's rise to power, and it was An Chongjie who helped her to connect the dots. However, An Chongjie repeatedly admonished Wang De's concubine and unintentionally offended her.
An Chongjie never expected that it would be Concubine Wang De who finally snatched Li Congke from the hands of death. Concubine Wang De is the first sister in the harem, and her pillow style is very powerful.
After several months of overt and covert fighting, Wang Defei gradually stabilized her position, and then launched a counterattack against An Chongjie.
On this day, two generals of the Forbidden Army, Li Xingde and Zhang Jian, reported an explosive news: An Zhongjie recruited troops without authorization, claiming that he would personally lead the army to conquer Huainan, and also asked a wizard to predict good or bad luck for him. The source of the news is a small character named Bian Yanwen.
Li Siyuan was shocked, so he asked the commanders An Congjin and Yao Yanchou, "Is An Chongjie going to rebel?"
The two of them clapped their chests to vouch for An Zhongjie, "Your Majesty, this must be a false accusation! An Zhongjie has served your Majesty for thirty years, and he knows the power of Lu Yao. Your Majesty still doesn't know who he is? What's more, he has received the emperor's favor and his body is How can he rebel when he is in a high position and enjoys endless glory and wealth? We are willing to use the lives of our entire family as guarantors for him!"
Li Siyuan beheaded Bian Yanwen, and then summoned An Chongjiao to eliminate the misunderstanding.
As the monarch and his ministers talked, they couldn't help crying. This is not pretending, this is the true expression of the two people's feelings. At this moment, the monarch and his ministers had a vague premonition in their hearts.
In political struggles, the emperor may also be a small player, and there are many things that even the emperor cannot change.
