Chapter 337 Baishui Man
In August of the second year of Yonghui, the court made a personnel change, appointing Zhang Xingcheng as Shangshu You Pushe, while continuing to serve as Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin, and appointing Gao Jifu as Shizhong.
The next few months were the worst months of the year in the second year of Yonghui for the court. Not only did the barbarians in several prefectures under the control of the Tang Dynasty rise up and rebel against the Tang Dynasty, but there were also earthquakes in some places.
This is really a continuous stream of natural disasters and man-made disasters.
"Report to the Saint, hurry up in Langzhou within 800 miles!" A Jinwuwei soldier rushed over, stopped in front of Li Chengqian's infantry, and knelt on one knee in front of Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian, who was about to return to Liangyi Hall to handle government affairs, was stopped by someone. When he heard that the urgent message was 800 li, he was shocked!
"What big thing happened in Langzhou? It actually required an urgent message of 800 li!" Li Chengqian exclaimed.
Wang Quan hurriedly stepped forward to take the bamboo tube from the soldier's hand and turned around to hand it to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian hurriedly opened the seal and poured out the urgent message inside. After opening it and reading it, he was immediately furious. Baishui Man dared to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and invade Massachusetts, which made him very angry.
"Quickly call the left general Zhao Xiaozu to Liangyi Hall to see me, and notify the three provincial offices to prepare the imperial edict appointing Zhao Xiaozu as the chief of the Langzhou Road Army and send it to Liangyi Hall for me." Li Chengqian said. "Yes!" The eunuchs took the order and went their separate
ways. One went to summon Zhao Xiaozu, and the other went to the three provincial offices to convey the emperor's will. "Get up!" Wang Quan called on the eunuchs to raise their guards and return to the Liangyi Hall. The kneeling Jinwu Guards hurriedly stepped aside to make way for the emperor, and watched Li Chengqian and his party leave before returning to their posts. Li Chengqian had just arrived at the Liangyi Hall when Zhao Xiaozu followed. "I am the General of the Left Army, Zhao Xiaozu, and I am here to see the Saint." Zhao Xiaozu saluted Li Chengqian. "No need to be polite, stand up!" Li Chengqian said. "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Xiaozu thanked him and said, "I wonder why Your Majesty summoned me to see you so urgently. Is there something important going on?" "I just received an urgent message from Langzhou 800 miles away. The Baishui barbarians in Langzhou rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and invaded our Tang Dynasty prefecture, Mazhou. I want you to lead troops to Langzhou to quell the rebellion and control the situation." Li Chengqian said. "I am willing to help Your Majesty quell the rebellion of the Baishui barbarians and recover Langzhou and other places." Zhao Xiaozu said. "I will appoint you as the general manager of the Langzhou Road, and you will lead the army to quell and attack the Baishui barbarians." Li Chengqian said. "I obey your order!" Zhao Xiaozu said. "The situation is urgent. You should go to the Ministry of War immediately to get the fish token and set off to Langzhou immediately. This is the imperial edict appointing you as the general manager of the Langzhou Road." Li Chengqian said. On the way back to the Liangyi Hall, Li Chengqian sent people to the three provinces to pass on the message and draft an imperial edict to appoint Zhao Xiaozu as the commander-in-chief of the Langzhou Road. Before Zhao Xiaozu came to the Liangyi Hall, the officials of the three provinces signed the edict, and then handed it to Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian drew the word "imperial" on the edict and stamped it with the seal. "I accept the order!" Zhao Xiaozu bowed, stretched out his hands to take the edict, and then left the Liangyi Hall and went straight to the Ministry of War. After Zhao Xiaozu took the fish token from the Ministry of War, he immediately set off for Langzhou and mobilized the soldiers of the prefectures near Langzhou to fight against the Baishui barbarians. "Everyone! The Jinwu Guard caught a person who climbed over the palace wall and entered the Zuo Cangshu of Taifu Temple to steal today." An eunuch came to report. Zhao Xiaozu had just been sent to quell the rebellion in Langzhou, but a thief had appeared in the palace. Li Chengqian was furious. What had happened recently? First, the barbarians rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and now someone dared to steal from Zuo Zangshu, who was in charge of money, miscellaneous goods, and the taxation of the country. He was really bold. He wanted to see who it was? Who dared to steal the money of the court? "Who dared to be so bold as to steal the property in Zuo Zangshu?" Li Chengqian asked. "I report to everyone! It was Lu Wencao, the deputy driver of Zuo Wuhou, who crossed the palace wall to steal from Zuo Cangshu, but was discovered by the Jinwu Guards who were patrolling and passing by, so he didn't succeed." The eunuch said. "Bring him to me, I want to see if he has three heads and six arms." Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said. Baishui's rebellion and invasion of Massachusetts already made him very angry, and now there was another case of theft by a court official, which made Li Chengqian even more unhappy. "Yes!" The eunuch took the order and retreated. After a while, he brought two Jinwu Guards and escorted Lu Wencao to Li Chengqian. "Your Majesty!" The two soldiers clasped their fists and saluted. "The guilty minister Lu Wencao, the deputy driver of Zuo Wuhou, pays homage to the saint!" Lu Wencao knelt down and said. "Lu Wencao, do you know your crime?" Li Chengqian asked. "I know my crime!" Lu Wencao hastily admitted his guilt and confessed without hesitation. He knew in his heart that it was useless to make excuses, and only by confessing could he be lenient. Who made Lu Wencao unlucky? He had just taken Zuo Zangshu's money, but before he could be happy, he was discovered by the Jinwu Guards. Then, he was captured by the Jinwu Guards. He was a bachelor, and seeing that there was no way to escape, he simply did not resist and let himself be captured by the Jinwu Guards. Anyway, resistance was meaningless, and he would suffer a beating instead. In order to avoid physical pain, Lu Wencao cooperated very well, and it was effortless for the Jinwu Guards to capture him. "As the Zuo Wuhou Bieji, your duty is to supervise and correct, but you broke the law knowingly, did not do a good job of supervision and correction, and even staged a supervisory theft. Tell me, how should I deal with you?" Li Chengqian said. "I know that I have committed a serious crime. Please, Your Majesty, please consider that I have no merits but have worked hard in the past, and that this is only my first offense. Please, Your Majesty, please be lenient with me." Lu Wencao said hurriedly. "Humph!" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, "You have committed such a crime, and you still want me to forgive you. If I forgive you today, I will." "Others will follow your example tomorrow, climbing over the high wall to steal property from Zuo Cangshu. This is unacceptable! Come on, drag Lu Wencao down and behead him! To serve as a warning to others!" The Jinwu Guards immediately stepped forward to drag Lu Wencao out and prepared to behead him. "Saint, have mercy! Saint, spare my life!" Lu Wencao panicked and struggled constantly, begging Li Chengqian to spare his life. No matter how Lu Wencao struggled, it was useless. The hands of the two Jinwu Guards clamped him tightly like iron clamps and dragged him out. It was also Lu Wencao's bad luck that he was not caught earlier or later, but just when Li Chengqian learned about Baishuiman's rebellion. Who made Lu Wencao run into Li Chengqian's gun at this critical moment? It would be strange if he didn't take it out on him.
If Lu Wencao had been caught before this incident, or if he had been caught a month or two later, Li Chengqian might not have been so angry that he would have ordered his execution.
This was all the result of fate.