Chang'an, Shengpingfang, Duzhai.
In the evening, the steward Quan Rui walked into the study and saw Du Youlin sitting there with a worried look on his face. It must be because now that he is appointed as Jingzhao Shaoyin, he is suppressed by Jingzhao Yin Yang Guozhong.
"Alang, this is today's greeting card."
Du Youlin handed over the stack of greeting cards and first saw the names of Liu Yan and Wu Qi. He knew that these were the officials Xue Bai had brought to the capital years ago, taking advantage of the Wang Fei case.
He looked through it for a while and liked the calligraphy and wording of these people very much. In addition, he had already read their files, and he couldn't help but sigh: "They are all talented people. Their disciples and old friends are all good people, so they are important ministers." the cornerstone of it.”
He said it as if he knew how to be an important minister. Quan Rui nodded repeatedly in admiration.
"The villain replied, Alang will meet them tomorrow afternoon."
"Can."
As Du Youlin said this, he turned to one of the greeting cards, but was startled and said, "This person is not good."
Quan Rui looked around and saw the word "Yan Wu" written on the name of the visitor, which was very unfamiliar. He couldn't help but ask: "Alang, who is this?"
"Xue Lang has been picking and choosing, but he still picked out such a evil star."
Du Youlin murmured to himself and took out Yan Wu's greeting note. After thinking about it, he still had to meet him, but he was a little scared to see such a person at home, so he said: "You reply to him Well, let’s meet at Jingzhao Mansion the next morning.”
Quan Rui agreed and stepped back, still a little confused. Alang seemed to be very afraid of Yan Wu, but he didn't know why.
…
After Du Wulang passed the Ming Jing examination, he had been elected for two years. It was time for him to seek an official position this year anyway.
On this day, he was forced by his grandfather to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to participate in the election, but he was blocked from the door before he could even enter.
The world was in trouble. With the death of Yang Zhao and the demotion of Xue Bai, they, the members of the Yang Party, had no one to support them. Except for those who went to Yang Guozhong, most of the others had trouble with their official careers.
Du Wulang didn't care about this. He was happy that he could not keep his official position and returned to Shengpingfang from the imperial city in a relaxed mood.
When he returned home, someone was coming out of Du's house. He was tall and handsome. Du Wulang thought it was Xue Bai who had come back, so he rushed forward happily.
"Xue Bai!"
The person who came turned around, but it was not Xue Bai, and his appearance was very different from Xue Bai's.
It's not that this man is ugly, but his temperament is extremely sharp.
He is about twenty-four or five years old, with very high eyebrows and slanted straight eyebrows. He has a sense of overly heroic spirit. He has a beard and looks calm and mature. The most eye-catching thing is his black and white eyes. Clear and radiant.
As soon as they met, Du Wulang was shocked by the other party's aura. He took a step back and apologized: "I...I recognized the wrong person."
"Yan Wu, courtesy name Ji Ying." The other party crossed his arms and saluted, and said, "You must be Du Wulang."
"Have you heard of me?" Du Wulang was a little surprised.
He felt that the Yan Wu in front of him was really as his name suggests, mighty and as sharp as an eagle.
"I know that Wulang and Xue Lang are close friends." Yan Wu did not praise Du Wulang, but said directly: "Although I have never met Xue Lang, he promoted me from Taiyuan Prefecture to join the army to Jingzhao Prefecture. Now that I have arrived in Chang'an, I heard that he has been demoted?"
"Although this is the case, you don't have to worry. Xue Bai will return to Chang'an soon."
Yan Wu looked at Du Wulang and said after a moment of reflection: "It seems that the news of Nanzhao's rebellion is true."
"Ah, you actually know?" Du Wulang became more and more surprised and invited Yan Wu into the house: "Let's talk in the hall, come."
Yan Wu glanced back at Du Zhai, his eyes a little sarcastic, because he knew that Du Youlin was a timid and cowardly person, so he said: "There is a wine shop in Leyou. You and I can go over and have a drink and talk."
Du Wulang didn't understand why, but he was taken to the wine shop and sat down in a private room.
Yan Wu was informal and chose a suitable place to talk. He sat down without paying attention to the stains on the floor from the drinkers' vomit. He passed the waiter and ordered the food and drinks directly without asking Du Wulang's taste.
"Also, I want newspapers. Get any newspapers you can buy."
"Your Majesty, the court won't let you..."
The shopkeeper was still nagging, but Yan Wu had already handed over two bunches of money and a look that was not easy to offend.
After a while, the food and wine were brought out, and there were a few newspapers under the tray.
Yan Wu pointed at the newspaper and said: "Geluofeng has captured Yaozhou and the thirty-two cities of Xiaoyizhou. This news is spreading throughout the city, and Genu can't suppress it even if he wants to."
Du Wulang picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and praised: "Good wine."
"Xue Lang was demoted for his direct remonstrance to Nanzhao, and he wanted to use Nanzhao's rebellion to stage a comeback." Yan Wudao, "But he ignored one thing. Saints don't like Zhijian. This has nothing to do with whether Zhijian is right or wrong. If he proves he is right, he will be reinstated."
After that, he looked at Du Wulang's expression again.
On that fat face, two slit-like eyes were bent, showing a somewhat mysterious smile.
"Brother Yan, I really know what Xue Bai plans to do about the problem you mentioned." Du Wulang said, "I am also the fifth son of Chunwei after all."
"Do you really know?" Yan Wu seemed a little unconvinced.
"We are not forcing the saint to admit that he is wrong." Du Wulang said: "Just like the case of Tianbao Six Years Wild Wisdom Xian, the disciples made trouble, and the trouble was caused by the slaves deceiving the saint and blocking the way of speech. Who is the right person? Do you want the saint to admit his mistake?"
Only then did Yan Wu realize that although Du Wulang looked stupid, he was not without ideas. Perhaps because he has been around Xue Bai who is famous all over the world for a long time, he has seen many things and has become somewhat capable.
From this we can probably know what Xue Bai is capable of.
So Yan Wu asked the next question, "If Lang Xue can be reinstated, who will he recommend to pacify Nanzhao?"
"Ah, ask me? I haven't even defended the election yet." Du Wulang said, "Of course, Xue Bai can even push my grandfather to the position of Jingzhao Shaoyin. Of course he can handle this matter. But he also needs to recover. Officer, let’s wait until the imperial court decides to pacify Nanzhao.”
At this point in the conversation, Yan Wu was willing to mention his difficulties a little. He was a person who was unwilling to show his weaknesses easily, and said: "I was recommended by Xue Lang for promotion. Now that I have arrived in Chang'an, he has been demoted and the officials have not informed me. body."
"Then it's useless for you to find my grandpa." Du Wulang replied readily, "I know who you should go to..."
~~
The dusk drums in Chang'an City are ringing again.
After having enough wine and food, Du Wulang returned to Du's house stroking his belly. Thinking back to his conversation with Yan Wu, he felt very proud.
"I can also stand alone."
When Xue Yunniang came out, he commented on himself like this.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Du Youlin came over with a serious face and shouted: "Who are you going to drink with?"
"I met my grandpa, it's Yan Wu, he was recommended by Xue Bai..."
"I know who he is, you come with me!"
Du Youlin's face was hesitant, and he turned back to the study, closed the door, and immediately pointed at Du Wulang and scolded: "You know what kind of person he is, so you went to drink with him."
"Grandpa, Yan Wu is very talented at first sight. Xue Bai picked him out from so many petty officials..."
"How could I not know? Yan Wu is Yan Tingzhi's son." Du Youlin sighed, stroking his beard, "Back then, I had a good relationship with Yan Tingzhi."
Yan Tingzhi was also one of the famous officials of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. When Yao Chong was the prime minister, he served as You Shiyi, and when Zhang Jiuling was the prime minister, he served as Shangshu Zuocheng. At that time, Zhang Jiuling originally planned to recommend Yan Tingzhi to serve as prime minister, but he was squeezed out by Li Linfu, killing two birds with one stone. Beijing.
From this point of view, Yan Wu is a very suitable candidate to win over. He has a lot of problems with Li Linfu and is very talented.
Du Wulang only felt that no wonder Xue Bai would recommend Yan Wu.
"Isn't that just right?"
"Just right?" Du Youlin said, "But Yan Tingzhi's son has a somewhat...different temperament."
Because he knew Yan Tingzhi, he knew some of the Yan family's affairs, so he frowned and started talking.
"Yan Tingzhi had a son at an old age. He had a son when he was almost fifty years old, and he loved him very much. But Yan Wu's biological mother, Pei, was not happy with Yan Tingzhi. When Yan Wu was eight years old, he asked Pei, Pei replied, 'Your father only loves his concubine Aying', do you know what Yan Wu did?"
Du Wulang shook his head.
"He took a hammer, went to Aying's house and smashed her head."
"ah?"
Du Wulang was shocked and couldn't believe it.
"You must know that he was only eight years old at the time." Du Youlin tugged at his beard and said, "After the incident, the servants told Yan Tingzhi, 'The man killed someone by mistake,' but Yan Wu replied, 'Is there a minister who treats his concubines well but treats his wives poorly? Killing the child is not a joke."
"Then...then he..."
Du Youlin shook his head and said: "Yan Tingzhi is not angry, but is surprised by Yan Wu's extraordinary performance and praises him as 'the real son of mine'."
Du Wulang couldn't help but feel scared when he thought about the scene when he and Yan Wu were drinking together today.
Without thinking, Du Youlin continued: "There is another thing that I also heard from others. When Yan Wu was young, he lived next to a military envoy in Chang'an. He saw a daughter in his family who was extremely beautiful, so Yan Wu abducted her. , escaped from Guanzhong. When he hired a boat to go south in Gong County, he saw the military envoy and his men chasing him. Yan Wu got the little lady drunk, untied the pipa string and hanged her to death. Her body sank into the river. When the military envoy caught up, Searching the ship has turned up no evidence."
"ah……"
Du Wulang didn't know what to say.
"It is true that Yan Wu is talented, but he is cruel by nature. At best, he is just like Wu Qi." Du Youlin said, sighing: "Although Wu Qi is also a great person."
He was talking about the famous Warring States general Wu Qi who killed his wife. Even though he knew that such a figure could achieve great things, he was still afraid of interacting with him.
"I will meet Yan Wu at the government office. Don't let me see you interacting with him privately again, remember?!"
"Yes, my child has remembered it."
Du Wulang was still frightened, so he exited the study, took his wife's hand, and said, "Official life is too dangerous. It's better for me not to ask for fame."
…
The next day, Yan Wu came to Du's house again to look for Du Wulang, but Du Wulang said he was not there.
But one day later, Yan Wu did not go to Jingzhao Mansion to see Du Youlin.
The Nanzhao rebellion was spread everywhere in Chang'an City, but the sage did not recall Yan Zhenqing, Li Bi, Xue Bai and others. These people who thought they had foresight were still losers.
Xue Bai could not protect himself. The petty officials he had tried so hard to win over entered Chang'an and had no choice but to defect to others, Chen Xilie, Yang Guozhong, and Zhang Bian.
Even the few people like Yan Wu who approached the Du family first seemed to have been screwed by the Du family and his son.
~~
Xingqing Palace.
Several newspapers were placed on Li Longji's desk.
When he saw the sentence "Southwest is not in peace, Huashan is closed", he felt that everyone in the world was laughing at him, and he couldn't help but got angry and threw the whole newspaper out.
"Too presumptuous."
The territory of the Tang Dynasty had not lost a single state or county in decades, but when Nanzhao rebelled, even the news could not be suppressed.
"Xue Bai deserves to be killed for inciting public opinion. Ge Nu is also a waste, and he can't even hold himself back." Li Longji said, "To be so presumptuous, it seems that I indulged him too much in the past."
Gao Lishi whispered: "The saint is saying that these messages were released by Xue Bai?"
"Who else could it be if it wasn't him? He created the newspaper, he was the first to talk about the Nanzhao incident, and he also wrote the poems against Li Bai."
"That's right. The old slave thinks it's a little too obvious."
In a word, even Li Longji was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Can it be that stupid?"
After a moment, he thought of the current situation in the court and ordered: "Check it."
…
Ningqin Princess Mansion.
Zhang Bian met Yan Wu, watched him go away, and said with emotion: "Xue Bai has a good eye for people. The few people he picked out from countless humble officials in the world are all talents."
"Although Yan Wu is talented, his nature is too cold and cruel."
"During the Warring States Period, Wu Qi killed his wife and his mother died without returning. How desolate was it? However, when he was in Wei, the Qin people did not dare to go eastward; when he was in Chu, the three Jin Dynasties did not dare to seek south."
"What the consort said is true."
Zhang Bian paced, thinking, and realized that this was a golden opportunity to replace Li Linfu's phase.
The whole situation is roughly consistent with Xue Bai's plan. Li Linfu's loss of Wang Zhi is equivalent to breaking an arm. Coupled with the Nanzhao incident, Li Linfu's prestige has fallen to the bottom. Even the saints stopped sealing Huashan, but Li Linfu failed to suppress the news. His incompetence was obvious.
Changes occurred in Nanzhao, and the government and the public were in an uproar. It coincided with the coming of spring, and there was a lot of discussion. They all accused Genu of obstructing the hearing of the emperor and misdirecting the border war. The emperor needed a more talented and famous prime minister.
The saint must be unable to bear all these troubles lately.
The only thing Xue Bai got wrong was that a saint makes decisions based on his mood, not right or wrong. Just when Xue Bai completed his plot against Li Linfu, his own impression in the saint's mind became extremely bad.
In other words, the whole plan went smoothly, only one Xue Bai was sacrificed, and Zhang Bian could only move towards the phase more resolutely.
"Consort." At this time, a staff member rushed into the hall.
"Call 'Shaoqing'." Zhang Bian's temperament was a little different from the past, a little less chic and a little more solemn.
"Yes, Shaoqing. Xue Bai sent people evidence. It was Zhang Qiantuo's memorial that was stolen by Li Yanye when he entered the Memorial Hall in Jiannan. It can prove that the Yunnan government has been alert to Geluofeng's rebellion for a long time, but the court news Block up and down.”
"Give it to me." Zhang Bian took it and glanced at it, his eyes became more solemn, and said: "Let his people publish it."
"They said they couldn't publish it anymore."
"Why?"
"The imperial court refused to allow the publication, and his men have withdrawn from Chang'an."
Zhang Bian said: "You go and make arrangements, don't leave any traces."
Publishing a newspaper is not difficult. Nowadays, there are many people in Chang'an City who can publish private newspapers. They hire a group of people to do it. No one knows who spread the rumors.
Zhang Bian was cautious and did not want to do this, but this time Xue Bai gave very important evidence. Once it is presented, the anger towards Li Linfu that the government and the public have accumulated for more than ten years will burst out at once.
Stand upright? Do you really think that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are standing on the same level?
It is not difficult to build a reputation first, but the difficulty is that presenting this evidence will inevitably offend saints, such as Yan Zhenqing, Li Bi, and Xue Bai. If it is submitted by others, the source is difficult to explain.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bian had some thoughts and understood why Xue Bai submitted this evidence to him.
He hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind, then started writing the memorial.
This memorial first came to the rescue of the saint, believing that Li Linfu was responsible for failing to prepare for the rebellion in Nanzhao. Secondly, he recommended a group of people who he thought were very familiar with the situation in Nanzhao. Although their official positions were not high, they were all famous. To the people of that time.
Among them are Yan Wu, the son of Shangshu Zuocheng Yan Tingzhi, who killed his father's concubine at the age of eight; Liu Yan, who was known as a child prodigy at the age of seven. When he was eight years old, he was consecrated to Mount Tai by a saint, dedicated "Ode", and was awarded the title of Secretary Sheng Zhengzi; Li Bi is also a child prodigy who is waiting for imperial edicts at the age of twenty; Yan Zhenqing is the most famous person in the world for his small regular script; Xue Bai is a seventeen-year-old number one scholar...
~~
"Zhang Bian can't bear it anymore."
Li Longji sighed with emotion after reading the memorial.
Gao Lishi also spoke kindly to Zhang Bian and said, "The prince-in-law also wants to share the saint's worries."
"That's right. He really wanted to share my worries for me." Li Longji recalled it and thought of Zhang Shuo, but he was still not happy.
He hated Zhang Shuo's authoritarianism, but after so many years, he couldn't remember the little things that made Zhang Shuo offend him. Only the impression was always there.
"I know that in terms of style and talent, Zhang Bian is much better than Li Linfu. Over the years, Li Linfu has also aged."
After hearing Li Longji say good things about Zhang Bian, Gao Lishi turned around and said bad things. What he pays attention to is balancing the saint's emotions, saying: "Although it is true to share worries, Zhang's consort has really been selfish in his recent actions."
"How could I not see it? He may be the mastermind behind the manipulation of public opinion."
"He must not dare. The old slave believes that the young man Xue Bai is impulsive, and he doesn't think that the prince-in-law dares to touch the saint's face."
"That's enough. I know what these people are thinking."
Inexplicably, Li Longji felt more comfortable.
Things returned to the fight between ministers. It was Zhang Bian and Li Linfu who were competing for position. It was unbearable, but it was something he, a saint, could control.
In comparison, Li Mi and Xue Bai bluntly stated that Nanzhao wanted to rebel. It was more difficult for people to accept it. A few young people thought that the emperor was deaf and blind, so they wanted to slap him in the face to remind him?
It turned out that Zhang Bian took advantage of their youth and arrogance to deal with Li Linfu.
Thinking of this, Li Longji's anger subsided a little, and the remaining anger turned to Zhang Bian. After that, he thought that all Zhang Bian wanted was phase, and he was afraid that this matter would also be taken advantage of.
There is only one person who really wants the throne, Li Heng.
"saint?"
"Ge Nu is probably old. Let's see who among these people can handle the Nanzhao matter properly."
With a stroke of his pen, Li Longji decided to allow Zhang Bian to compete with Li Linfu for position, each doing his or her best, because he needed to resolve these recent troubles as soon as possible.
As for who to give the phase to, it is his power as a saint.
~~
On the third day of March, spring is at its strongest in Chang'an, and several fast horses gallop into the Chunming Gate.
Xue Bai left Beijing on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month and wandered around for a month and a half, refusing to cross the Blue Pass. However, within three days of receiving the edict, he rode back to Chang'an because the saint called him back to the court to serve as a censor.
It was already Tianbao's ninth year, and he knew that the situation in the world could not be changed in Chaozhou. Only Chang'an was the head and heart of the Tang Dynasty.
Is it possible to return to Chang'an by chance?
No, in the case of Nanzhao, he showed ability, vision, and determination. So, as long as the Nanzhao incident occurs and the matter is there that needs to be solved urgently, no matter who wants to solve this trouble as soon as possible, they will use him, at least once they use him, they can calm public opinion.
As long as there are still people who want to compete for the throne, even the throne.
And Xue Bai has encouraged enough people to fight, and these people can't help but come out to bear Li Longji's dissatisfaction. And use him to solve the problem in this critical moment.
…
Just after the Spring Festival, Chunmingmen Street was full of candidates and students from various states and counties. In addition, the Nanzhao rebellion and the suspension of Xiyue were everywhere. People could be seen everywhere criticizing state affairs. It was so lively.
Someone poked his head out of the window of Kangjiadian and shouted.
"Xue Lang is back!"
With this drink, many people came out of the wine shop and teahouse, singing various poems.
Xue Bai was blocked there, unable to advance or retreat. He wondered whether it was his own initiative or Zhang Bian's instigation.
"Gentlemen, you only know the poems about Lantian Station, but can you remember how Xue Lang went to Lantian Station?!"
"If you want to eliminate evil things for the saint, you are willing to cherish your remaining years!"
In the end, most of their shouts merged into the same poem.
"Where is Yunheng Qinling's home? Snow embraces Languan and the horse can't move forward." It was originally a rather desolate sentence, but Xue Bai's situation changed. He did not pass through Yunheng Qinling, but returned to Chang'an's home, and his horse's hooves did not step on it. After passing Lan Pass, even the poetic meaning changed and became a denunciation of Li Linfu.
The people cheering at this time may not like Xue Bai, but they can freely vent their grievances for more than ten years, blaming all the faults of "the changes in the southwest, the suspension of Huashan, and the disgrace of the saint" on Li Linfu.
Morale is boosted.
After reading more than ten poems and discussing many political affairs, another group of scholars rushed over from the west of Chunmingmen Street, shouting as they walked.
"What are you doing? Are you going to welcome the criminals who rebelled against Nanzhao?!"
"It was Xue Bai who pushed hard and rebelled against King Nanzhao, and you dare to make things worse."
"..."
Xue Bai was still riding on his horse, looking around. He had just returned to Chang'an and already felt the turbulence of public opinion.
But rather than saying that public opinion was raging, it was better to say that the battle for power had reached the final stage. Both Zhang Bian and Li Linfu were working hard to prove that they could handle the Nanzhao matter better.
Li Longji hoped to use this to cover up the embarrassment of suspending Huashan.
These thoughts of the superiors are often unknown to the scholars. These scholars argue fiercely and blush, thinking that they are right, but they do not know that they are already manipulated puppets.
"Ge Luofeng had long wanted to rebel and captured Yaozhou in one fell swoop. Who forced him to rebel?"
"The news of the death of Zhengzi Fengjiayi reached Nanzhao, and Geluofeng just rebelled against it. How could it have nothing to do with Xue Bai?"
"Why didn't you tell me why Feng Jiayi absconded?"
Suddenly, more people came and shouted: "The King of Nanzhao has come forward to apologize. There is no real rebellion in Nanzhao!"
After hearing this, the people here didn't take it seriously, and laughed loudly: "Ge Nu is still pretending to be peaceful, it's ridiculous."
"How can the imperial court publish a list that is false?"
"Yan Zhenqing, Li Bi, and Xue Bai had made predictions long ago, but they were demoted instead. Because Ge Nu deceived everyone and blocked the Holy Spirit from listening, he now wants to cover up the Nanzhao incident in order to keep his position. Can we believe it?"
This is true. Li Linfu's strategy now can only be to go all the way to the dark side and reduce major issues to minor issues; and if Zhang Bian wants to replace Xiang Xiang, he must face up to the Nanzhao rebellion and come up with counter-rebellion strategies.
The saint probably planned to take a look, and if he could cover it up, he would continue to use Li Linfu. If he couldn't, he would have to change his appearance.
But Li Linfu did have some tricks up his sleeve, and in the midst of the commotion, someone actually came running with the papers on the list.
"Ge Luofeng said, 'I have nothing to do, and God can learn from it. The emperor of the ninth level cannot inherit the beauty of being so close. How can a loyal minister from thousands of miles away be harmed by treachery?' He did not want to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, but he was actually harmed by treachery!"
Xue Bai frowned when he heard this and shouted: "Who is the traitor?! Ge Luofeng dares to say that I forced him to rebel thousands of miles away?!"
"Xue Bai, why did you accuse Geluofeng of rebellion? Was it because of the memorial of Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yunnan?"
"Yes," since Zhang Bian recommended Xue Bai to return to the court, Xue Bai was really not afraid to take the responsibility and immediately said: "The evidence that Li Yanye stole Zhang Qiantuo's memorial is conclusive."
"Then let me tell you that the Nanzhao rebellion was blamed on Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yunnan! Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yunnan, solicited excessively, repeatedly violated the constitution, and had an affair with Luo Feng's wife..."
Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar and forgot about the argument. They only talked about Zhang Qiantuo's affair with Geluofeng's wife.
"Gentlemen! Nanzhao has sent an envoy to Chang'an to plead guilty. Ge Luofeng said, 'Due to Qian Tuo's slander, Tang and Nanzhao were suspicious of each other. Now Tubo is watching the provocation in the sky of waves, as shameless as a clam and a crane. Captured by a fisherman. He lived in begging and saw death. He thought about gains and losses, but luckily he changed his ways. The imperial court ordered us not to discuss current affairs arbitrarily."
Such content does make some people feel that the situation has eased.
Most of the original anger has dissipated.
"Gentlemen!" Xue Bai asked, "Ge Luofeng is over forty years old, and so is his wife. Zhang Qiantuo is guarding a place under the holy orders, will he miss the important affairs of his family and country just to have an affair with a barbarian Tibetan woman in her forties?"
"That's Ge Luofeng's concubine..."
"If it was a concubine, how could Zhang Qiantuo, who was guarding Yaozhou, meet Ge Luofeng's concubine? Unless Ge Luofeng offered her up on purpose."
After Xue Bai finished speaking, he drove his horse forward, grabbed a piece of paper, and tore it up.
"Nanzhao had long had the intention of rebelling, and Genu also knew it, so he ordered Zhang Qiantuo to build the city, collect it, repair armor and train troops. However, Genu misjudged the situation, and the situation got out of hand. At this time, he still passed the blame to On the generals who died loyally to their country.”
He raised his voice and asked: "If you were Zhang Qiantuo, would you have an affair with Ge Luofeng's wife? Would it be chilling to have such a posthumous reputation?"
The responses from the crowd were sparse.
But some people have realized that Luo Fengchu, the king of Nanzhao, was deliberately treasonous. Under his seemingly pious apology, he hid a very cunning and ambitious heart.
Some people can also see from this so-called "fornication case" that the people in power in the prosperous Tang Dynasty have begun to become weaker. Can they really not see that Ge Luofeng's words are wrong? I was just willing to give the little Nanzhao King a chance to quibble.
(End of chapter)
