"Guan Jun Rong Xuanwei, the envoy?" Wang Wenzuo suddenly turned pale after hearing this name, and secretly cursed in his heart that this was obviously a job for eunuchs after the Mid-Tang Dynasty, so why did this couple give it to him so early?
"What's wrong? Wang Qing thinks this official position is not good?" the queen said with a smile.
"Wei Chen doesn't dare!" Wang Wenzuo said with a strong smile: "It's just that Wei Chen has a rough knowledge and has never heard of the official position of the Military Rong Xuanwei Disposal Envoy, let alone the duties and responsibilities of this official position."
"It's not surprising!" The queen said with a smile: "There is no precedent for this envoy to look after the army, and naturally Wang Qing has never heard of it. As the name suggests, this envoy to look after the army, to comfort the troops, and to watch all the troops." The strength of the army is the envoy who handles all matters, and controls the attacks and generals of each military office!"
After Wu finished explaining the origin of the power and position of the military envoy Rong Xuanwei, he thought that Wang Wenzuo would immediately kowtow to express his gratitude, but he didn't expect that the other party was sitting there. He didn't respond for a while and seemed to be stunned. He thought that the other party was stunned and smiled. : "No one can hold this position unless he is a trusted official of the Emperor! Wang Qing, you are the first to hold this position, and you will definitely be famous for generations to come!"
"That's weird! If you become this ghost official, even if you are a good person, your reputation will not be as clean as it is!" Wang Wenzuo thought to himself, but his mind was spinning rapidly, looking for reasons to refuse to take this official position. In fact, the queen did not lie. In later generations, all the people who served as the envoys of Guanjun Rong Xuanwei were famous and powerful, such as Yu Chaoen, Qiu Shiliang, Tian Lingzi and others. Unfortunately, they were all eunuchs. Since Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Yu Chaoen as the envoy to observe the army and supervise the Jiujiedu soldiers to attack the Anshi rebels, this official position has been closely linked to the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty. Later, it simply became the exclusive official position of the eunuchs, with honorary titles Generally speaking, the eunuchs who command the Shence Army will also have the additional title of military envoy. "Junrong" has also become the honorific title for the eunuchs who command the Shence Army. It is not accidental that this official position is monopolized by eunuchs. As the emperor's domestic slaves and unable to raise offspring, eunuchs can gain the emperor's trust more than civilians and military generals and clan relatives. Therefore, eunuchs can gain the emperor's trust and hold such crucial military power; And Wang Wenzuo has a wife and children. What's the difference between taking this official position and roasting himself on the stove?
"Your Majesty the Queen!" Wang Wenzuo thought for a moment: "It's not that I am recommended by a minor minister. I am really not talented enough to hold this position. Please, your majesties, please appoint a minister with high virtues and high prestige to be the upright minister, and the subordinate minister will be appointed as an assistant minister!"
The Queen was stunned when she heard this. The move proposed by Wang Wenzuo was a very common practice at that time, which was to appoint an important minister with high reputation and qualifications as the chief official, but the specific job would be a deputy position. Seeing the posture of Li Zhi and his wife today, Wang Wenzuo knew that there was no way to escape today, so he had to take a step back and ask someone taller to take the blame.
"You make sense!" The queen thought for a moment and nodded: "It's a good thing not to be greedy for power, but now that Tubo is prosperous, Guanzhong is the heart of the country. Half of the world's military headquarters are in Guanzhong. If the military headquarters in Guanzhong can't If it is refined, the world of the Tang Dynasty will be unstable! Wang Qing, you must be brave enough to do your job!"
"Mom, is this a question of whether you are brave or not? Working for you and your wife, a hundred lives are really not enough!" Wang Wenzuo cursed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be grateful, bowed his head and knelt down: "Your Majesty is so kind to me, so naturally I will do my best to organize the Guanzhong Military Mansion so that the soldiers will be excellent and the Lord will have no worries!"
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Palace City, Yanxi Gate.
"Master, please mount the horse!" Sanqiu led the horse to Wang Wenzuo diligently and said with a smile: "How about it? What official position does the saint want you to do?"
Wang Wenzuo didn't answer. His unsmiling face was the best answer. Sancho didn't ask any more questions. He skillfully helped Wang Wenzuo get on the horse. He was about to get on the horse and leave when a eunuch's sharp voice came from behind.
"General Wang, General Wang! Please wait a moment, wait a moment!"
Wang Wenzuo turned around and saw a familiar face - the eunuch who had led him into the palace before was catching up from behind, panting. He had to dismount again, raised his hands and saluted: "Is there a decree?"
"Bring it here!" The eunuch waved his hand, and several eunuchs behind him presented two rattan boxes.
"This is--?"
"These are just the utensils used by the Queen for dining!" The eunuch said with a smile: "Her Majesty the Queen thought it was good, so she asked the slave to bring it and asked General Wang to accept it!"
"This is not good!" Wang Wenzuo said with a bitter smile: "How can the things made by the emperor's rituals be something that I can bear?"
"This is a gift from Her Majesty the Queen, please accept it from General Wang!" The eunuch emphasized his tone, and Wang Wenzuo could only nod his head and bow down: "Thank you for your generous gift, Your Majesty!"
On the way home, Wang Wenzuo remained silent, and Sancho followed closely without saying a word. When he walked into the house, Wang Wenzuo suddenly sighed: "Sancho, do you know? Women are a hundred times more troublesome than men!"
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Tai Chi Palace.
"Wang Wenzuo was not happy to learn that he was appointed as the military envoy?" Li Zhi frowned: "Awu, are you sure?"
"Confirm!" Wu took off his shawl, revealing his smooth and plump shoulders, and sat next to Li Zhi: "Obviously, he was not happy at the time. In the end, he asked for a highly respected and loyal minister to be the envoy. He should be Deputy!”
"That's not surprising!" Li Zhi smiled: "Wang Wenzuo is a smart man. He should also know that there are too many things involved in rectifying the Guanzhong Military Mansion, so he wants to use the reputation of an important minister to frighten the group. He only acts as a deputy. Naturally It saves a lot of trouble!”
"It should be like this!" Empress Wu sat down next to her husband: "But he actually takes power and position so lightly. If it were someone else, even if they smelled a little bit, they would rush up and be unable to drive them away. But He's good, but it seems like the imperial court is begging him!"
"Yeah!" The smile on Li Zhi's face disappeared: "What Awu said is that Wang Wenzuo does not care that much about power. Now it seems that I still looked down on him in the past!"
"Looking at me, he may not look down on power, but with Hong'er here, he feels that the power will be his sooner or later, and there is no need to go out and grab it now!" Wu sneered: "He is leaving today The concubine then rewarded him with gold and silver vessels for entertaining him. Do you know what his answer was?"
"How to say?"
"He said that these utensils are all palace rituals and he dare not bear them!"
"Haha!" Li Zhi laughed when he heard this: "I like this about him. He is self-aware and abide by his duties. Only such a minister can last for a long time! Hong'er has a good vision!"
"Really?" Mrs. Wu snorted coldly: "I think he doesn't take our couple's reward to heart at all. Anyway, this world will belong to Hong'er sooner or later. Hong'er will still be stingy if he wants something. give him?"
Hearing what Wu said, Li Zhi's expression changed slightly, but that's all. The sentence "Sooner or later, this world belongs to Hong'er" really touched his sore spot. From a rational point of view, this sentence is indeed correct. It is even the result of Li Zhi's arrangement all along, but reason is one thing and emotion is another. As the Lord of Ten Thousand Chariots, Li Zhi's reverse scale is his position of power. Even if the prince he personally established wants to take away the power from him, it will cause him great pain.
"It is indeed inappropriate to let Wang Wenzuo be the envoy of Guanzhong Guanjun Rongxuanwei!" Li Zhi suddenly said.
"But, I have already told him. If we change again, will there be another trouble?" the queen asked.
"We haven't even asked the Political Affairs Hall to issue an edict, so what if it has changed?" Li Zhi sneered: "Besides, it's not like I don't want Wang Wenzuo to be the envoy of Guanzhong Temple to appease the troops!"
"Does that mean-?"
"Release Xue Rengui!" Li Zhi said: "Let the political hall issue an edict, pardon his original sin, let him serve as the marching commander of Jilin Road, and control the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion and the Japanese military affairs!"
The queen was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled and said: "Okay, your majesty's move to remove the firepower is indeed a brilliant move!"
"This is not a clever move. The whole world is not the king's territory, and the soldiers who lead the land are not the king's ministers. No matter it is Silla, Goguryeo, or the Japanese country, they are all the innocent sons of the few! Today, Haidongbandang, a tiger minister is sent to take charge. , which is also what it should be!”
"That's right!" The queen held up her hands and said with a smile: "It just so happens that Gao Kan can't handle it alone. Why not let Xue Rengui go to the south and Gao Kan to the north. If the two of them echo from the north to the south, they will definitely be able to calm down the chaos in Haidong?" The couple laughed.
It turns out that "Chicken Forest" is an ancient myth of Silla: It is said that in the ninth year of King Tujie of Silla (the eighth year of Yongping, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 65 AD), the king heard the crow of cocks in the early morning at Shilin, west of Jincheng, and after dawn, the king ordered everyone to go there. Lin looked at it and saw a golden calf hanging on a tree. A white rooster crowed under the tree to pick up the calf. There was a little boy among them. The king ordered him to adopt him. He grew up and was extremely intelligent, so he was named Yan Zhi. Because it comes from the golden calf, Jin is the surname and Shilin is changed to Jilin. In 663 AD, after Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty pacified the Baekje Restoration Movement, he established the Jilin Prefecture Governor's Office in Silla. King Kim Fa-min of Silla was appointed as the governor of Jilin Prefecture, with prefectures and counties under it, which reflected the "international power" of the Tang Empire. The whole country is covered by the sky, and all ministers belong to it. The national prestige of all states and counties at home and abroad is thin. This approach undoubtedly stimulated the self-esteem and vigilance of the Silla people, but at that time Goguryeo had not yet been wiped out and Silla was still weak, so Jin Famin accepted this humiliating official position. Today, seven years later, Chang'an once again sent Xue Rengui as the marching director of Jilin Road, which was obviously a threat. As for the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion and the Japanese Kingdom, these were actually owned by Wang Wenzuo. Li Zhi sent Xue Rengui to control the troops in these two places. It is obvious what his thoughts were.
"Now that it has been decided, let's let the Political Affairs Hall do it overnight!" Li Zhi said with a smile: "Doing the two things at the same time will save you a long night and more troubles!"
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The overnight work of the Zhengshitang brought quite a shock to Chang'an City the next day. People living in such a great city, regardless of high or low, sat together and discussed everything that had just happened, trying to taste the special flavor from it.
"This son of a bitch, Xue Rengui, doesn't know how much good he has stuffed into his head!" A stout man with a full beard cursed angrily. Judging from his mottled arms, he should be a dyeing workshop craftsman: "I just ruined a hundred thousand people." The lives of the soldiers were not even up for a year, and they were turned into some kind of overworker or some kind of marching commander! Damn it, a whole hundred thousand people, just gone, and there is no way to explain it!"
"This cannot be entirely blamed on General Xue!" A veteran with a scarred face defended Xue Rengui: "This defeat to the Tubo people was because the deputy general Guo Daifeng disobeyed orders and advanced rashly. When he conquered Tiele and Goguryeo, he was Lien Chan. Winning streak!”
"Deputy General Guo Daifeng, he is the chief general! Even if his head is not cut off, he will be severely punished. How can he be reinstated so quickly? Is there no one in the court who can be a general?" The sturdy man said angrily. retorted.
"That's not necessarily true!" The veteran laughed and said: "There are really not many generals in the Tang Dynasty who can lead an army of 100,000 to conquer the east and west. Of course, you won't understand this kind of thing if I tell you. !”
"You -" the dyer was furious when he heard this and looked at the veteran fiercely, but the veteran didn't care and asked: "By the way, the edict said that Wang Wenzuo should be the envoy to observe the military appearance, Xuanwei and disposal of the military mansions in Guanzhong. , what kind of official is this? Why have I never heard of it?"
"There are many official positions in the imperial court, what's so strange if you don't know!" Someone else smiled and asked an officer who was sitting next to the wine shop and teasing Hu Ji: "Master Wang, do you know what kind of official Guan Junrong is?"
"I've never heard of it!" The officer didn't look back and grabbed Hu Ji's hand with a smile: "Ignore those idiots. By the way, tomorrow is my day to take a bath, why not go to Ci'en Temple and have fun? "
"How can that happen!" Hu Ji withdrew her hand from the officer: "I am not as lucky as you, husband. The shop owner bought me to sell wine and please you. If I accompany you to Ci'en Temple, Who will sell the wine?”
"What's the matter!" the officer surnamed Wang said with a smile. He took off the money bag from his waist and shook it twice, making a clattering sound: "Do you hear? As long as you nod, I will talk to your boss! "
When Hu Ji heard the noise, her eyes were immediately attracted to the money bag. Just as she was thinking about how to respond, a hand stretched out from beside her and snatched away the money bag from the officer surnamed Wang. The officer was furious, drew the sword in his right hand, turned around and shouted: "Which bastard is tired of living and dares to play with your ancestors - Brother Murong, why is it you?"
"Of course it's me!" Murong Miao threw the money bag in his hand into the air, and then caught it: "Wang Zhenen, you are quite a romantic person! Where did you get rich, you come to see the Orchid on the street, and you also go to Ci'en Temple. Playing tricks?"
Wang Zhenen laughed dryly and said: "Brother Murong, please stop joking. Why don't we just have nothing to do and have fun?"
"Nothing to do? Then you are in trouble now!" Murong Miao snorted coldly and threw the money bag to Wang Zhenen: "Gather your people together and go to my residence at night. I have arrangements!"
"Yes, yes!" Wang Zhenen quickly took the money bag and shouted to Murong Miao who was leaving: "Brother Murong, don't worry, I will definitely have a lot of people before dark!" (End of Chapter)
