Days are everlasting

Unlike Chen Xuanli, who was not well-known to future generations until Emperor Xuanzong forced the death of Concubine Yang during the Tianbao period, Wang Maozhong was a character who came to an end after being famous for a while during the Kaiyuan period.

There are too many outstanding figures in the Kaiyuan period. In terms of ability, he can't compare with the best of the civil servants—and the history books are compiled by the civil servants. The main body they describe is of course people on their own side—better than vicious or reviled. Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others are also much better than him.

Wang Maozhong's whole family was demoted to slavery because of his father's crimes when he was young. Fortunately, he became Li Longji's servant.

Until the 18th year of Kaiyuan, Wang Maozhong, who made great contributions to Li Longji's seizure of the throne, was a celebrity in front of Li Longji, but his words and deeds became more and more extravagant, and his attitude towards the emperor's servants was also very bad. Therefore, he has long been a thorn in the side of many people.

One of the people who hated Wang Maozhong the most was Gao Lishi, the confidant of Emperor Li Longji.

Wang Maozhong was insatiably greedy, and when he was praised a lot, he forgot his duty.

He has two wives, the first wife and the second wife. Both wives were named Mrs. Guo by Li Longji, and his heirs even got the fifth-rank official position at an early age. , almost unsealable.

In the conversation with Li Longji, Li Yuan mentioned the commander of the three guards in the palace. The so-called General Chen refers to Chen Xuanli. At that time, he was even put in charge of the General Forbidden Army, which shows the trust in him; General Ge refers to Ge Fushun, and Huo Guogong refers to Wang Maozhong, although Ge Fushun and Wang Maozhong are still favored by the emperor, but soon, they will come to an end. Yes, there is a reason for Li Yuan to mention this matter at this time.

Last year, in the middle of the 17th year of Kaiyuan, Wang Maozhong married Ge Fushun, a general of Longwu who was also in charge of the guards, which caused dissatisfaction among a group of courtiers.

Qi Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, expressed his concerns to Li Longji during the ban, "Forbidden soldiers in Fushun Dian should not marry Mao Zhong. Mao Zhong is a villain, if you spoil him, you will become an adulterer." Unfortunately, this kind of It is a forbidden Chinese language that is not enough for outsiders, and it was leaked again. Qi Han and Dali Cheng Macha talked about it, so the emperor who originally promised Qi Han "I Xu thinks about it" separated Qi Han and Macha. Monarchs and ministers demoted officials for reasons.

It can be said that until the 17th year of Kaiyuan, or even at this time in the 18th year of Kaiyuan, the emperor still had a certain amount of trust in Wang Maozhong.

However, with the emperor's suspicion and Wang Maozhong's unrestrained behavior, it is already obvious what the final result will be.

Li Yuan, who was partly spoiled, practiced it with Taizong Li Shimin, and then the empress Zetian and her elders filled it up, and then arranged this chapter. Although Wang Maozhong, who was the beginning, was not Li Yuan's main target, But as an introduction, he must be unlucky.

The ancestors of A Piao beside Li Yuan, Zhongzong and Ruizong are soft-tempered, and Gaozong is also very kind-hearted. Whether it is in terms of life achievements or conduct, the one who has the most similarities with Li Longji should be Taizong Emperor Li Shimin. Empress Zetian herself was born in the harem, and she was a master in palace fighting. With the addition of the two parties, Li Yuan had roughly figured out Li Longji's possible psychological reactions, and had already prepared countermeasures.

Pulling Wang Maozhong into the water was not only because he was disgusted by the emperor because he would sooner or later commit suicide, but also because he wanted to sell favors to Gao Lishi.

Otherwise, there are many people in the court who can be Li Yuan's target, or directly targeting his brother, it is better than moving Wang Maozhong, the emperor's favorite minister.

To be honest, all of these are just for the purpose of maximizing profits.

Li Yuan picked Wang Maozhong as the starting point, of course Li Longji would be interested.

To be honest, Wang Maozhong has nothing to do with Li Longji's harem. He is very arrogant, and even Gao Lishi, the emperor's close minister and celebrity Gao Lishi who often meets, doesn't give him any good looks. He can be counted on to curry favor with the imperial concubine in the harem ?

Later generations said that the treacherous Prime Minister Li Linfu colluded with Concubine Wu Hui and killed Li Longji's first prince and the three sons of King E and King Guang. It depends on his identity. Li Linfu's surname is Li, but he is not the Li with five surnames and Qiwang. He is the serious Li Tang clan, the great-grandson of Li Shuliang, the cousin of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan's cousin Changping Su Wang.

To put it bluntly, Wang Maozhong was the confidant of the current emperor, how could he be so hard-pressed to support a certain prince to consume his holy favor when the emperor was in his prime?

So he has no stake in the princes, and it is precisely because of this that the emperor did not suspect anything when Li Yuan mentioned him at this time.

"How many times have you met Mao Zhong, and you say that about him? Let you make such a comment, there are not many generals in the palace who are good?" Li Longji only joked, his tone was very relaxed, and he was not annoyed.

"Aye, you don't understand. The other two generals are fine. Huo Guogong's reputation in the palace is really bad!" Li Yuan didn't say anything official to Li Longji, and he had the right to take it as his own. joking.

"Criticism? He is a foreign minister, even though he is in charge of the Imperial Army, what kind of reputation do he need?"

"Why don't you use it? When Auntie is giving a banquet, if you invite those wives into the palace, Huo Guogong's family is extremely prestigious." Li Yuan curled his lips.

Li Longji laughed twice: "Mao Zhong's two wives are both the wife of the country that I named him. He is my confidant after all, and he has worked hard without credit. This is a blessing for everyone, and it is nothing to enjoy. Just because of this matter, then Mao Zhong is too wronged."

"How can this be possible? Aye is magnanimous and sympathetic to his subjects, but Huo Guogong only thinks that this is what he deserves. Even the wife of his family said that there is no contribution from her master, my lord. It is really a joke that the throne can be so stable. Aye was born to be the emperor. I heard that Huo Guogong was born in Korea. How could he have such a big relationship with him? If it is said that he swore to die for Aye, could it be that Huo Guogong is the only one? I heard from Aunt that Aye is both civil and military. At the beginning, Ah Weng's throne was also helped by A Ye. Without Ah Weng and A Ye's name, how could that person be so courageous and capable? The one who serves Aye with all his strength, General Gao is the first caring person, who has seen him take the credit and be proud?" Li Yuan kept talking, criticizing Wang Maozhong and his two wives over and over in terms of trivial matters.

Li Longji heard it amused: "Although you are convinced, things are still too simple. I see, you still don't like Wang Maozhong!"

Although Li Longji said so, he didn't mean to blame Li Yuan at all.

In fact, in Li Yuan's words, he was extremely flattering to him, and this dragon fart made him feel so comfortable.

What is the natural emperor's life, why is Wang Maozhong not born as a Gaolin slave, Ruizong Li Dan was able to win the throne at the beginning, mainly because of Li Longji's son, all the achievements are attributed to Li Longji, how could he be unhappy?

Moreover, when Li Yuan was talking about the matter, he deliberately concealed the part of Li Longji's fight with Princess Taiping when he was the prince. Wang Maozhong, as Li Longji's confidant, did have a lot of merit in this matter, but what Li Yuan emphasized was not This, Li Longji took advantage of the situation and ignored this not-so-good time.

Li Yuan didn't refute Li Longji's conclusion, he just acted stubbornly.

"In the end, Mao Zhong has nothing to do with you. If you hate him so much, don't think of him as Hachiro!" Probably speaking happily, Li Longji spoke surprisingly, and directly compared Li Yuan and Guangwang Li Wei. The contradictions are brought to light.

Li Yuan let out a sigh: "The eighth brother is different from Huo Guogong, Aye, don't think about it."

"Why is it different?" Li Longji said with great interest, "You also said that you went to the memorial to get angry with your eighth brother. Balang's martial arts are excellent, and Mao Zhong looked like this when he was young. Both of them are arrogant, I'm afraid it's not because you are usually angry in your heart, and you listened to others talking about Mao Zhong's affairs, you empathized, and you took all your anger towards your eighth brother on Mao Zhong."

Just after saying this, Li Yuan is still doing well, I don't know what Li Longji thought of, his face is not as happy as before.

Li Yuan secretly laughed twice in his heart, and replied: "What can the eighth brother accomplish? Comparing him with Huo Guogong will still reduce Huo Guogong's military achievements!"

"You said Mao Zhong earlier, it seems that people in the palace hate dogs, not like a general in charge of the guards, but a lucky villain, now compared with your eight brothers, it is still far surpassed? Look at you, you get along well with other people, why can't you get along with Wulang and Balang?" Li Longji scolded Li Yuanlai in a tone full of affection.

"It's none of my business. The eighth brothers are jealous of Aye's treatment of me! These brothers and their aunts are all Aye's favored figures in the past, but with aunts, they will lose their color, ah Ye treated me so well, they were dissatisfied, and they couldn't say anything to Aye, so they had to find me to vent their anger!" Li Yuan seemed too sincere when he spoke at this time.

"Look at you, you are talking nonsense. Look at what you said, as if I have treated them badly." Although Li Longji was scolding Li Yuan, the meaning in his words was not to blame him.

"Anyway, that's what it means. But Aye, don't worry, the eighth brother's ability is not as great as that of Huo Guogong. I will obey him when he earns his own military merit. Now, Aye, can you Just don't help them!"

The author has something to say: The sentence "born emperor's life" was changed from Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, "I am born to be the general's life". I have to say, it is quite domineering.