This is a critical time point (February 931): the war between Sichuan and Sichuan became increasingly worse. Meng Zhixiang of Xichuan conquered Kuizhou and his forces bordered Jingnan; Shi Jingtang did not obey the imperial edict and withdrew his troops without permission; Xu Zhigao of Huainan completed the transition of power smoothly. After taking control of the Southern Wu regime, Qian Liu's Wuyue Kingdom temporarily severed diplomatic relations with the Later Tang Dynasty...
Once Xichuan Meng Zhixiang and Huainan Xu Zhigao form an alliance, Jingnan, a capricious villain, will definitely join them. Then the entire Yangtze River Basin will form an "anti-Tang Alliance". Under the leadership of Xichuan and Huainan, they will re-complete the Yangtze River and beyond. With the integration of forces in the south, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be staged again on the land of China, with Tang, Shu and Wu.
Li Siyuan must sacrifice An Zhongjiao.
After dismissing An Zhongjie from his post, Li Siyuan first summoned Li Congke. The father and son held each other's arms and cried. Li Siyuan said to Li Congke with tears in his eyes: "We almost never see each other again!" Then, he was promoted. Li Congke became the general of the Forbidden Army.
Immediately afterwards, Li Siyuan issued an edict to restore all official positions and titles of Qian Liu, and sent senior officials to visit the Wuyue Kingdom to tell Qian Liu that the previous order for him to retire was a false imperial edict issued by An Chongjiao.
Wang Defei was also promoted to "Wang Shufei" at this moment (Shufei is the highest level in the concubine hierarchy, and the original "Shufei" Cao has been promoted to queen).
Li Siyuan's queen was Cao. She was modest and introverted, extremely low-key, old and yellow, and was not favored by Li Siyuan. She also knew that Li Siyuan liked Concubine Wang De the most, so when they proposed to appoint the queen, Zeng Qian gave way to Concubine Wang De on the grounds that she was frail and not good at socializing. .
Concubine Wang De was self-aware and did not dare to do anything to undermine her concubine, so she resolutely resigned. Finally, Concubine Cao Shu was canonized as Empress Cao, and now Concubine Wang De has replaced her as "Concubine Wang Shu".
Shi Jingtang, who returned from the defeated army, not only did not receive any punishment, but also served as the deputy envoy of the guards of the Sixth Army and became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army.
Zhu Hongzhao, who betrayed An Chongjiao, was also promoted to the envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan.
The eunuch Meng Hanqiong served as the envoy to the North Academy of Xuanhui.
Li Congke, Wang Defei, Shi Jingtang, Zhu Hongzhao, Meng Hanqiong... An Chongjie's political opponents were all promoted and gained greater power.
Especially Meng Hanqiong and Wang Defei, they are almost the reincarnations of the "scheming father and Liu" and eunuch power during Li Cunxu's period.
When An Zhongjiao was in charge of the government, although he was stubborn and opposed to dissidents, he was also serious and meticulous in his work. Whenever the palace's expenditure slightly exceeded the budget or was unreasonable, An Zhongjiao would reject it and report it to Li Siyuan. Therefore, when An Chongjie was in power, the chaos of "three public consumption" in the palace almost disappeared.
But now, Meng Hanqiong directly bypassed the Privy Council and the Third Department and directly debited the central treasury without even issuing a white note. It was just Meng Hanqiong's verbal order.
The amount of public funds misappropriated by Wang Defei and Meng Hanqiong is too large to be counted.
Privy Councilors Fan Yanguang and Zhao Yanshou witnessed what happened to An Chongjie with their own eyes. They could only turn a blind eye to Wang Defei and Meng Hanqiong's blatant violations of discipline. When discussing national affairs, only Wang Defei and Meng Hanqiong turned a blind eye. He looked down on his horse's head and was submissive, just to save his life.
An Chongjie had previously proposed that he seek a military town to support himself in his old age, away from the center of political struggle, so that he could spend his old age in peace. Now that he has the River Guard Army, can he get his wish?
hehe. Political struggles have always been a matter of life and death, so there is no reason to quit midway.
The imperial court killed an eunuch named An Xilun on the charge of "secretly instructed by An Chongjie to spy on the emperor's daily life."
Spying on the emperor's daily life is to spy on the emperor's physical health and travel plans. Generally speaking, this is not a minister's concern for the emperor, but a sign of rebellion.
The verdict clearly states that this guy was ordered by An Zhongjie, and his accomplice has already surrendered to the law. Can the mastermind An Zhongjie still escape the punishment of the law?
An Chongjiao was greatly frightened, so he hurriedly went to Shu and asked to resign as the military governor of Hezhong.
Li Siyuan approved and allowed him to serve as Crown Prince and Grand Master.
On the day Li Siyuan issued an edict approving An Chongjie's resignation, An Chongjie's two sons in the capital, An Chongzan and An Chongxu, set off from the capital and rushed to Hezhong.
As soon as the brothers entered the house, An Zhongjie was shocked. An Zhongjie was shocked and exclaimed: "Why are you back?"
Some historical data say that they fled back privately out of fear. In fact, it was framed by someone.
According to custom, generals or ministers who are leading troops away from home must keep their families in the capital. On the surface, it is a privilege granted by the lord. The general's children are given a civil servant job in the capital, but in reality they are held as hostages to prevent the general from returning. Former defection and rebellion. Therefore, privately welcoming family members to the front line or military towns under their jurisdiction is a taboo and an important evidence of rebellion.
When Zhu Zhen was in Caozhou, Zhu Wen became suspicious of her because she welcomed her family members privately, and eventually killed Zhu Zhen in tears; Li Siyuan's eldest son Li Congshen was also left by Li Cunxu, and was brutally killed because "Mingzong entered the Wei Dynasty"; Meng Zhixiang Take the family members privately from Taiyuan to Chengdu because he really wants to rebel...
Now, two stupid sons were tricked into the river. Isn't this the irrefutable evidence of their "rebellion"?
An Zhongjie didn't even have time to scold his two stupid sons, so he tied them up immediately, wrote a memorial to explain the whole story, and expressed his loyalty to the emperor. He then sent his trusted aides to carry the memorial, escort his two sons, and quickly returned to the capital to clarify the facts. .
The next day, a eunuch who had a good relationship with An Chongjie came to the river. After seeing An Chongjie, he immediately burst into tears and could not calm down for a long time.
The ominous premonition became stronger and stronger. When the sobbing eunuch slowly regained his breath, he finally said a bolt from the blue: Someone has accused you of treason. The emperor has urgently recruited Li Congzhang, the governor of the Shaanxi Province Baoyi Army. In order to suppress the river, he also sent infantry commander Yao Yanchou to lead his troops to the river. The person who came was not good!
The following record is very touching, it can be said to be a tearjerker. I would like to declare that the following is not fabricated, but is a translation from official history:
After listening to the eunuch's narration, An Chongjie did not show any panic or fear. Instead, he showed shame and self-blame. He said: "I have been deeply favored by the emperor and will never be able to repay it until my death. How can I rebel? It's just treachery." It's just a false accusation, but this will worry the emperor, and he will trouble the court to mobilize the army, and waste people and money all because of me. This is my crime!"
An Chongjie's two sons were detained and imprisoned as soon as they arrived in Shaanzhou. Li Congzhang and others had also controlled all access to the ground in the river. The arrogant An Zhongjiao has now become a turtle in the urn.
Li Siyuan sent the imperial envoy Zhai Guangye as the central special investigation team to Hezhong to investigate the "An Zhongjie rebellion" case.
