Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Kang Yueshan said: "Lu Chengqing also said just now that he has no one in his hands who can do this important matter for him. If you continue to refuse, then the matter of presenting congratulatory gifts to Chang'an will come to naught. In this way, the matter of his promotion back to Chang'an Maybe you really have to procrastinate, think about it, your kid has indirectly hindered his promotion, can Lu Chengqing not blame you?"

I rely on!

Guo Ye looked at Kang Yueshan sullenly, and said in a daze: "Can this also be connected? Can this also make sense?"

Kang Yueshan said helplessly: "Others may not, but the old man and Lu Chengqing have known each other since the early years, so how can I not understand his character. He takes this matter very seriously, otherwise he would not be honored as the governor of Yizhou. He came here to Longxi County on purpose, do you really think that he is celebrating your extermination of the water bandits? You kid is thinking too simply."

Could Lu Chengqing be this kind of person?That's too weird, right?Could it be that he can't poop, and blame the earth for being unattractive, and the feng shui position of the latrine is unfavorable to his horoscope?

Then Guo Ye said angrily: "If Inspector Lu is really this kind of person, hmph, then what's the point of Guo Ye offending him? I'm not the money in everyone's pocket, so I can't expect everyone to like me, can I?"

"Haha, you kid must be sharp-tongued!"

After Kang Yueshan laughed, he suddenly looked at Guo Ye with a solemn expression, and said, "Do you know the real origin of Lu Chengqing? Do you know why he was suddenly demoted from the position of the left servant of the Ministry of War to a small town like Yizhou in the middle of Shu?" where?"

After asking a few questions repeatedly, Kang Yueshan looked at Guo Ye's young and somewhat exaggerated face, and said with concern: "If you knew something, you wouldn't make such a hasty decision."

Chapter 199 Kang Yueshan Explodes Gossip

"Wasn't he the left servant of the Ministry of War earlier? As for how he was demoted, where can I find out?"

Guo Ye looked at Kang Yueshan in puzzlement, and said, "We are just a small eighth-rank military commander in Yizhou in the middle of Sichuan. We were born in a small mountain village in a remote county, too far away from the temple, and there is no news!"

After saying that, he looked at Kang Yueshan with Qi Yi's eyes, obviously asking the old man to popularize what is going on.

Kang Yueshan signaled Guo Ye to sit down first, then found a seat and sat down slowly, and then said: "This is a long story, you only know that Lu Chengqing and I are from the army, and you only know that he was Serving as the left servant of the Ministry of War, there are some old things that you don't know clearly."

"Hurry up, Mr. Kang, it's not kind to play tricks to entertain your appetite at this time!"

Guo Ye's curiosity was suddenly aroused again. The historical data of later generations must be somewhat lost and faulty, obviously no one involved knows clearly.Immediately, Mr. Guo's heart of gossip ignited, and he hurriedly urged.

Kang Yueshan was still doing his signature move, stroking his silver beard on his chin, and sighed: "Although Lu Chengqing and I came from the same army, but their backgrounds are different. I was born in a rough place in my early years, and then joined the army of the King of Qin to make military exploits many times. But he is different, because he has a good father who loves his father's shadow. His father was the hero of Conglong who fought against the Sui Dynasty in Taiyuan, so this kid was a year younger than me. After all, once he entered the military camp, he was on an equal footing with me under King Qin's tent. Otherwise, as a literary man who insists on words, can he get along well in the army?"

Speaking of this, Kang Yueshan's face turned slightly rosy, obviously a little excited and a little grievance, and he still remembered this aggrieved thing back then.

Immediately afterwards, Kang Yueshan continued: "After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor enshrined meritorious ministers after he ascended the throne, and this boy's father died early. The Supreme Emperor thought of the old man's merits and old feelings of Lu's family, so he gave it to Lu Chengqing as hereditary." A Duke of Fanyang was directly transferred to a civilian position. During the ten years of Wude's reign as the Supreme Emperor, this kid took advantage of his father's shadow to rise up every step of the way. Work until Zhenguan three years."

Obviously, the more Comrade Lao Kang talked, the more resentful he became. In his eyes, Lu Chengqing was useless, and he got what he is today by relying on his dead father's old book.

Guo Ye was obviously also shocked by Lu Chengqing's background, hey, does Lu Chengqing still have this background?

The Supreme Emperor mentioned in Kangyue Mountain Pass is Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and Lu Chengqing's father turned out to be Li Yuan's rebellion in Taiyuan.

If Kang Yueshan didn't say it today, he really wouldn't know, and the history of later generations didn't seem to have recorded these things. Obviously, in the following 1000 years, there were some damages and omissions in the historical materials, so that there were faults.

What is Conglongzhichen?

That is, before the other party becomes the emperor, you will serve him loyally by his side, supporting and following him all the way until the other party ascends to the Great Treasure.

The final result is that one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

And Lu Chengqing's father is the chicken and dog who ascended to heaven, but it's a pity that his father didn't have the blessing to enjoy the treatment of a minister of the dragon, so he had to pass this blessing on to Lu Chengqing, his son.

It turned out that the era of fighting father had already prevailed in Datang.

If King Qin Li Shimin hadn't launched the Xuanwumen Incident, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan would still sit firmly in the Dragon Court. Guo Ye believed that Lu Chengqing would be the youngest minister of the Ministry of War in the history of the Tang Dynasty if he couldn't memorize it. Maybe he could go further.

This kid is basically an old minister of martial arts. It seems that Li Shimin is very kind. After killing the prince's brother and the king's younger brother, and taking his father off the throne and confining him in the cold palace, he can still let Lu Chengqing, an old minister of martial arts, continue to work for three years. The left servant of the Ministry of War.

Immediately, he boldly guessed at Kang Yueshan: "It turns out that Governor Lu still has this background, no wonder, no wonder. But Mr. Kang, believe it or not, I can guess why he was demoted."

Kang Yueshan saw that Guo Ye was playing tricks of speculation again, and said immediately: "Well, let's guess why Lu Chengqing was demoted."

Guo Ye said confidently: "Everyone knows that the current emperor was not only named the King of Qin before he ascended the throne, but was also named General Tiance after defeating the combined forces of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong in the fourth year of Wude. And since Lu Chengqing has grown up with his father's Yin De, he naturally belongs to the old minister of Wude. Now that His Majesty has been on the throne for three years, he, the former minister of Wude who has occupied the position of the left servant of the Ministry of War for three years, should abdicate to give way to the virtuous, right? "

Guo Ye didn't carelessly say anything about the Xuanwumen incident, nor did he mention Emperor Taizong's Xuanwumen killing the prince and King Qi, and driving the old man off his horse. He knew that these were the taboos, scars, and taboos of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. , Only fools will blindly bring disaster on themselves.

He more or less understands the truth that misfortune comes out of his mouth.

Although what he said was very cryptic, Kang Yueshan could still hear clearly. He couldn't help but glanced at this smart boy with admiration, and then said: "You know quite a lot. In the fourth year of Lian Wude, King Qin led his army to defeat Wang Shichong. You can remember things like Dou Jiande’s allied forces clearly, hehe, it seems that you are not ignorant. But—”

His tone suddenly changed, he shook his head and denied Guo Ye's guess, and said: "You guessed wrong this time, you have underestimated His Majesty's mind and demeanor too much, he can keep the old ministers of the Prince's House, and advise the doctor at the court Wei Zheng, why can't you tolerate Lu Chengqing, the left servant of the Ministry of War?"

what?

Not because of this?

Guo Ye was a little dumbfounded, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "What's the reason for that?"

Kang Yueshan stroked his beard again, paused, and said slowly: "I also heard this from Mr. Su, the captain of Zhechong in Chengdu Mansion. Hehe, after all, Chengdu Mansion is the seat of Jiannan Road. The news from the court is naturally our little one. Yizhou needs to be well-informed. If you say that Lu Chengqing's dismissal and relegation are really unjust, the fault is that he is too villainous. Since you know that there are two lines of old ministers of Tiance Mansion and old ministers of Wude in the court, then you You should have heard of the prince's old ministers, right?"

The old minister of the prince?Isn't it the courtiers who were loyal to Prince Li Jiancheng?

After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor. In order to quickly stabilize the somewhat turbulent situation and show his broad-mindedness as a benevolent monarch, he continued to retain the old officials built by the prince as officials in the court.

The most typical person is Wei Zheng, an advising doctor who is known for his stupid personality and dares to speak out. He was the iron rod of Prince Li Jiancheng at that time.

For example, Wei Ting, a famous minister of Zhenguan, Zheng Shanguo, general Feng Li and others.

These people were retained by Li Shimin to serve as officials in the court after Li Shimin ascended the throne. They did not belong to the former ministers of Wude or Tiance Mansion, but belonged to the former prince with the most embarrassing status.

Therefore, there were three factions in the imperial court during the Zhenguan period. The old ministers of the Tiance Mansion were the most popular, the former Wude ministers were the most qualified, and the prince's former ministers?It is the most embarrassing, but the least afraid of death and the most generous, they dare to do anything.

Anyway, accusing the emperor of negligence and denying the emperor's decision-making is basically done by these stupid ministers from the prince's former ministers.

Hearing Kang Yueshan mention the third faction now, Guo Ye nodded again and again, expressing his understanding.

Then he pricked up his ears and continued to listen to the old gossip Kang Yueshan continued to break the news.

Seeing this, Kang Yueshan continued: "Although our Majesty is kind-hearted and broad-minded, as the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, which is the most reasonable saying."

Guo Ye was very disdainful in his heart. His Majesty Li Er, Emperor Taizong, is kind-hearted?Not necessarily, such a thing as killing a brother and forcing the palace to seize the position is something that a kind-hearted person can do?

As for being broad-minded, that's a matter of opinion. He kept Wei Zheng, Wei Ting and others, maybe it was a means of political speculation.

But these are too far away from him, more than a hundred and eight thousand miles, what he cares about is how Lu Chengqing was demoted.

Then he hurriedly asked: "Master Kang, you can directly cut to the point. Why was Governor Lu deposed and demoted to Yizhou? It's really unkind to tease your appetite. This is my refusal to carry out the congratulations Does the matter of Chang'an have anything to do with it?"

Kang Yueshan's mouth was a little dry, he licked his dry lips, and then said: "No hurry, no hurry, it's not dark yet, the old man has a lot of time to talk to you about this matter."

After speaking, he stood up straight away and searched around the living room for tea soup to quench his thirst.

Damn it, Guo Ye spat in his heart, this old man gets more and more energetic when he is in a hurry, he really is a lazy donkey who grinds a lot of shit and piss.

Immediately, he yelled to the outside of the living room: "Come here, serve tea soup, serve good tea soup, Mr. Kang is thirsty!"

Kang Yueshan laughed, then turned back slowly, sat on the original chair, leaned back slightly, closed his eyes slowly, put his left hand on his thigh and knee, and his right hand on the Eight Immortals table. Tapping his fingers, the rhythm is quite neat.