Amid the vague fighting and roaring roars of constant offensives and wars in the suburbs of Chang'an, the camp was in all directions in the pass, and the ambassador was recruited in Longyou, Hexi. Under the planning of the Chinese book order Zheng Qi, the new crown prince and supervising the country’s election office was established. The great court meeting that was convened was finally held as scheduled in the hastily repaired Yanying Hall.
Wearing a crown of topaz and three beams of Jinxian, wearing a purple diadem with seven and five chapters, and a jade sword, golden tortoise charm, and golden belt on his waist; also dressed up and standing with solemn expression, the empty throne representing the authority of the emperor Above the first level on the lower left, his eyes were sharp and heavy, looking at every civil and military minister who had entered the hall.
I saw that the chests and shoulders and arms of the civil servants who entered the court successively were also embroidered with names such as Luan title long ribbon, crane title Ganoderma lucidum, magpie title Seicao, geese title prestige, Jun falcon title flower, Rehmannia glutinosa cross-branch, etc.; On the formal dress and court clothes, they have become beautiful patterns such as Ruima, Horned Beast, Xiong Xi, Flying Tiger and so on.
With so many colors of Zhu Ziqinglan, under the roll call and correcting wind of the imperial envoys in the hall, they are gathered together in batches of respect and inferiority. It can be said that the hall is full of animals and the fairy grass and Ruizhi complement each other. However, Zheng Tian, who lived above the group of officials, inevitably gave birth to some similar feelings of sight.
That was the Huichang first year (841) of the Wu Zong Dynasty.
Zheng Qi, who was born in the big house of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, was highly regarded by his father Zheng Ya as an assistant to the prime minister Li Deyu. It was also the first time that he stood under the outer steps of the Yanying Hall, standing with other Men Yin children; praying to the emperor Yaoyao, who was invisible in the hall, thanked him.
However, in the second year of Huichang (842) in the next year, he stood out with the Jinshi and No. 1 in the imperial examination. When he entered the official position as the Xuanwu Army Jiedu Official, he was only 18 years old when he was added as the secretary of the provincial school. One of the youngest Tanhua Lang at the burning tail banquet that year. I was able to stand under the outer colonnade of the Yanying Hall and listen to famous legends.
In the sixth year of Huichang (846), he took part in the selection of the department of officials, passed the examination for the Diocesan subject, was awarded the title of Weinan County Lieutenant, Zhishi Guan, and began to be a place that is completely different from that in the Guan Pavilion career. But the good times didn't last long. At that time, Li Deyu's party gradually lost its power in the fight between Niu and Li.
His father Zheng Ya was demoted to Guizhou (to rule present-day Guilin, Guangxi) and Xunzhou (to present-day Meizhou, Guangdong); Zheng Tian went south to serve his father without waiting for the officials to try again after two years of tenure. After that, he went to study at home without being an official, and wasted a full ten years.
And these ten years have been enough for most people to polish their spirit and enterprising spirit, or to compromise with reality; but it is clear that Zheng Tian, who is from a famous background, is not included in this list. He is more and more focused on scholarship and thinks that he will cultivate the heart and mind. Keep hope.
In the first year of Xiantong (860), when the first emperor came to the throne, the Niu Dang prime ministers such as Bai Minzhong and Linghuzhu of the Niu Dang were successively removed and released; he finally ushered in being called to return the edict and served as the Hedong Army. He was engaged in the government and was called into the court to serve as a member of the Yu Ministry.
However, as an uncle of the same race who was at odds with Naofu's politics, Shang Shuyou Cheng Zhengxun, who was also the one-party leader of Linghuzhu and others, firmly opposed the appointment of him to the Shangshu Province. So Zheng Tian, who was able to stand outside the Yanying Hall for the third time, had to accept the edict to return to Hedong.
It was not until the five years of Xiantong (864) that Zheng Xun had retired from his illness, and he could not enter the dynasty. He was first appointed as a member of the Criminal Ministry, and soon he was promoted to the county magistrate of Wannian County (in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and Chang'an County co-ruling Chang'an City), and he began his second career of pro-people and political governance. This term came to the ninth year of Xiantong (868).
He was recommended by the Prime Minister Liu Zhan, and he was changed to the position of Hubu Langzhong and Hanlin Bachelor, and he was also given a knowledge system. Later, he was changed to the post of Zhongshushe, and the following year (869), he was promoted to be a minister of the household department and served as the imperial decree of the Hanlin scholar. It was the first time to stand on the side corridor of Yanying Hall.
In the eleventh year of Xiantong (870), Tang Yizong died of an illness because of his love for Princess Tongchang, and executed the imperial doctor Han Zongshao who was in charge of diagnosis and treatment, and arrested more than 300 relatives. Liu Zhan, the prime minister at the time, tried his best to admonish, and was dismissed as an envoy of Jingnan Jiedu. Zheng Tian, who was at the top of the Yanying Hall at that time, was regarded as the choice for his successor.
However, he praised the benefactor Liu Zhan in the draft edict to dismiss, in order to support Liu's proposition. However, Tang Yizong, who had angered his love for women and became faint, was relegated to the Citizen History of Wuzhou (Guangxi Wuzhou) on the charge of Party affiliate Liu Zhan under the appeal of Tongchang Princess Wei Baoheng.
It was not until the 14th year of Xiantong (873) that Wei Baoheng was removed from the imperial court. All officials previously ousted by Wei Baoheng were recalled. Zheng Tian was able to return to the dynasty and was awarded as the standing attendant of Zuo Sanqi; he was also changed to the post of minister of war from the official department, and returned to the Yanying Hall for the second time.
He has since been transferred, and by the fourth year of Qianfu (877), he had been an official to Kaifuyi Tongsansi, Xingmen Xialang, Jianbu Shangshu, Tongping Zhangshi, supervised the history of the country, and led the master of Xiandian University. Together with Lu, he holds the state affairs as the prime minister.
At that time, although the country had been suffering from chaos, there was still something to do and ZTE was expected to go. The Pangxun chaos in the southeast was easily flattened, and the Hexi Longyou, which was occupied by Tubo, was also affected by the rise of the Guiyi Army. Leading the soil to return to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many foreign insults and some famous ministers can command Gao Pian and Cui Anqian to calm him down.
However, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. The famines in the Kanto area began year after year, and the grass thieves in various places became more and more fierce. First, Wang Xianzhi rushed to Changyuan, Puzhou, and between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, he was finally brought back by the southeast camp in Huangmei (now northwest of Huangmei, Hubei).
At the same time, there were more than Dang Huang Chao in Shandong, raging in the Central Plains, moving south to Jianghuai, Jingxiang, East Zhejiang, Fujian and other places "to a million", repeatedly defeated officers and soldiers, and openly demanded the banner of the "Tianping Jiedushi".
At that time, most of the ministers of foreign affairs, such as Zheng Tian, were inclined to recruit, suggesting that they should be appointed as Lingnan Jiedu Envoys and be detained in the land of Lingnan. But the analysis is so powerful that the memorial is called:
"The Huangchao Rebellion Army rose due to famine and looted money and food. This has gradually grown and swept the country. It is better to forgive its guilt and stabilize it with an official position, and when the time is right, it will be wiped out."
"Most of the people who follow the chaos are just trying to survive. As long as there is a good harvest, they will inevitably be homesick. When the army is separated, the Huang Chao will not fight and destroy itself."
However, another prime minister, Lu Xie, who was in collusion with the large inner group of eunuchs, was selfish and relied on the Huainan Jidu Envoy Gao Pian. Advocating continued suppression. As a result, the two parties quarreled again during the instigation of the political affairs hall.
The emperor also hoped that Gao Pian would succeed in one fell swoop, and finally adopted Lu Xie's proposition, who was devoted to fighting. As the leader of the solicitation faction, Zheng Tian had to leave Yanying Hall again for the sixth time and became a leisure minister of the East Capital of the branch.
This idle cast was scattered until the court regained him and returned to the Palace of Yanying, but the situation was already ruined. Wang Duo, the prime minister of Sanyue in the main town of Jinghu, almost flees away from the thieves; the famous general (Li Shuo) after the Hunan Observatory Li is a contemporary Zhao Kuo who talks on paper without fighting.
And after Liu Jurong, the handsome man in Shandong, Jiangxi recruited Cao Quanzhu and defeated the invading thief army; the "wall city of the country" Huainan Jiedu, who was highly hoped by the imperial court, made Gao Yan old and faint. Xiu acts in the name of avoiding the battle and indulges in the thieves to cross the border;
The army of the Kwantung Fifth Route Domain jointly intercepted the thieves and Huai Shang Surabaya, but they retreated one after another as soon as they approached the enemy; only Jiangxi’s most resolute recruiter Cao Quanluo and his son were left, and the Tianping army was trapped in the thieves’ battle. In the end the whole army was destroyed.
Then, the loyal army Jiedu made Zhou Ji be suspicious of thieves and died in the East in vain. The troops were merged by Yang Fuguang and retreated to Guanzhong to avoid the battle. The Taining Army's Jiedu made Zike let his troops stick to Tongguan and be isolated and less aid, until the weapons were exhausted and the food was exhausted without knowing where they were.
However, the few support troops who came to King Qin spontaneously, because they were dissatisfied with the generous treatment of the hastily recruited horses in Beijing, they dissipated the army and seized their luggage, so they mutiny halfway through. Even the emperor himself was bewitched by Tian Lingzi, abandoning millions of subjects in the capital, and leaving Xixingshu alone.
Therefore, Zheng Tian, who was recalled to Beijing to preside over the situation, faced such a desperate situation of collapse and deterioration and domestic and foreign difficulties. At that time, in front of the overwhelming thieves, even if he was called the "Prime Minister of the World" by the world, there was nothing to do, and he could only leave Yanying Hall in a hurry for the seventh time.
When he rushed to Fengxiang, he summoned the military generals to discuss the thief. However, all the generals believed that the thief army was powerful, and suggested waiting for the army of King Qin to gather around before making plans. Zheng Zhen was so angry that he fainted to the ground. Although he was awakened, he was still unable to speak.
As a result, Huang Ni's envoy to surrender arrived in Fengxiang at exactly this time. The local military envoy drafted a thank-you form in the name of Zheng Tian, expressing his intention to return to Huangchao, and hosted a banquet to entertain the envoys. As a result, all the generals cried during the dinner.
He woke up to learn about this situation, thinking that people's hearts were not yet tired of Tang, so he summoned the generals to show his righteousness, and finally got the support of the generals. He pierced his arm and formed an alliance with the generals, and took the opportunity to repair the city, renovate the ordnance, and train the soldiers. At the same time, he secretly contacted the surrounding vassal and towns and made an appointment to fight for thieves.
After the arrival of Qianshuo Fang Jiedu, Tang Hongfu, Jingyuan Jiedu, Cheng Zongchu, etc., all led their troops and arrived in Fengxiang. In addition, it reorganized and integrated the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from all towns in the west of Beijing and the Zuoshencexing camp, rewarding money for the army, and beheading the envoys as a sacrifice to the flag.
Therefore, at the most critical and desperate moment of the country, he not only worked hard to persevere; he also formed a response with brother Yang Fugong, the flying dragon envoy who was stationed in Sanguan, and he repeatedly blocked and defeated the aggressive and threatening forces of the thief army.
More things happened later. But he was always able to fight with indomitable defeats and setbacks, always fighting on the front line against the thief army; even in Fengtian, in order to avoid the division and infighting of the Fengxiang town army, he went to the northwest;
However, after a year-long trial and strategizing, he successfully brought back an army of King Qin Kings; and the army recovered most of Guanzhong, and even invaded Xijing, and brought the country-thief Huang Ni and his team to the thieves who disrupted the world. The remnants were struggling to destroy them in the city of Chang'an.
Therefore, although Zheng Tian did a lot of things that were not possible, and used power and calculations in order to quell thieves and restore the country; it can be said that they are the benchmarks and principles of his life's actions, and he is basically worthy of the father of the family and the country. Also worthy of the limits of the world's famous ministers.
Now, Zheng Qi, who has been able to stand in the Yanying Hall for the eighth time and preside over the grand plan of the military state, under the great crisis of the possible fall of the three rivers in Jiannan, also has to go against Li Tang's inheritance and maintain the past home and country, and again violate his morals. Doing a pretentious act to deceive the king.
Fortunately, Peng Jingrou, the superintendent of the battalion camp, was also able to find him from the surviving clan in the city, he found a posthumous son of Li Yi, the eighth son of the first emperor, who is said to be the eighth son of the first emperor, Li Mi, who is now only seven years old; he was dressed up. After that, I was staying at the back of the temple, and I waited for the pilgrimage to be carried out after Xuanda's ministers.
However, after three poles on that day and the ban on the whip and the ascent of the drums, the majority of the halls that were already standing still still contained fairy grass and Ruizhi, and the situation of few beasts and beasts in clothing made Zheng Tian faintly dissatisfied and feeling dazzling. .
Then, under his sign, the marching Sima Sunchu, who was Zuo Mu, did not walk to Zheng Tian in a hurry and whispered:
"Let's not hide it from the old man, now that most of the generals of the Western Army have not arrived, and the envoys sent to the various ministries have not heard back..." (End of this chapter)