034 Ways to Solve Contradictions
Shengzhou’s taxes were robbed by a group of water bandits, and it is still under Yangzhou’s jurisdiction. If this matter is not handled well, trouble will follow. Now, Yangzhou is playing the court while it is starting to attack Hongze Lake. Regardless of whether the water bandits who have eaten the gall of the bear heart and leopard can be eliminated, anyway, the posture must be done. ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
When the two memorials of Shengzhou and Yangzhou were delivered to the emperor, Li Longji was furious, and immediately sent the eunuch and hussar general Yang Sixue to Yangzhou to investigate the matter in detail.
There is a reason why Li Longji is angry. During this time, he is feeling a headache for his servant Wang Maozhong, who has always been valued.
Wang Maozhong was a slave of Li Longji when he was the king of Linzi. Because he participated in the suppression of Wei, the Taiping princess made great contributions to the rebellion, and later because he was able to kill Xiao Zhizhong, etc., Li Longji gave him the award after he succeeded. The rank of general, and finally promoted to the general of the auxiliary country.
And because he was Li Longji’s domestic slave, Li Longji was also very fond of him, allowing him to slowly climb to a high position. Later, together with Wang Maozhong’s momentum, his sphere of influence even penetrated into the Forbidden Army, and Wang Maozhong also took his daughter Married to the son of General Zuolong Wuwei Ge Fushun, and the two became in-laws. In addition to Ge Fushun, Wang Maozhong also had a lot of contacts in the Forbidden Army, including General Tang Diwen, General Zuo Wuwei, General Li Shoude from Zuo Wuwei, General Wang Jingyao from Right Weiwei, and so on.
Here, General Zuo Wuwei, Li Shoude, was also Li Longji's domestic slave like Wang Maozhong, and Ge Fushun also followed Li Longji to participate in the Tang Long coup, and they were all people Li Longji trusted.
Now that this group of people have gathered together, they cannot be said to be insignificant. For Wang Maozhong, ordinary people really dare not provoke them. Therefore, for a time, Wang Maozhong will not put ordinary people in his eyes at all, especially eunuchs. In my eyes, I scolded those who didn't like it, and occasionally kicked my feet. In this way, I accidentally contradicted the group of eunuchs headed by Gao Lishi. Where there are people, there will be contradictions, and contradictions are everywhere.
Wang Maozhong usually scolds eunuchs most often as eunuchs and crippled. This inadvertently stung Gao Lishi. Although he was not directly scolded Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi still felt humiliated.
Regarding Gao Lishi, Wang Maozhong naturally had some scruples, and he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of him, after all, Gao Lishi was a person by the emperor's side. Wang Maozhong did not target Gao Lishi, which does not mean that Gao Lishi did not target him, because the eunuch Wang Maozhong scolded was the same kind of person as Gao Lishi.
Now Wang Maozhong has offended people and groups that shouldn’t be offended. Now he still doesn’t know it. Now he is still asking Li Longji for his orders, wanting to be a minister of the military, but Li Longji naturally did not agree, but Wang Maozhong was extremely unhappy about this. One incident caused Li Longji to kill him, and now, Li Longji wanted to kill him.
This also starts from Gao Lishi. If you want to bring down Wang Maozhong, it is definitely impossible to speak yourself. You must find someone else to speak, or Li Longji may not be able to listen. So Gao Lishi found a person, an official of the foreign court, and this person was Qi Huan, the servant minister, why did he look for him, because Qi Huan also couldn't understand Wang Maozhong's arrogance and domineering, and the two hit it off.
Wang Maozhong is now very graceful, and most of the generals of the imperial army who are stationed at the north gate of the palace are attached to him, and he even handles the promotion of many people. For this, Gao Lishi and Qi Huan can see clearly, and Li Longji, who started the coup, can also see clearly. Gao Lishi knew how powerful it was, and now was an opportunity, so Qi Huan told Li Longji about it in private.
Qi Huan didn't talk nonsense, only that Ge Fushun was in charge of the imperial army and should not be married to Wang Maozhong. Just such a sentence, without saying more, this matter buried a thorn in Li Longji's heart, which shows how much Gao Lishi understands Li Longji.
After thinking about it for two days, Li Longji couldn’t help it, so he talked about the matter with Gao Lishi. Now, it’s easy to say something. Gao Lishi said bluntly that this matter has to be dealt with early, and it may cause disaster if it is too late. Moreover, the appointed confidant is not necessarily just Wang Maozhong.
At this time, Li Longji hadn't even thought of killing Wang Maozhong, but afterwards, Li Longji had to re-examine how he treated Wang Maozhong. This matter was promoted by Gao Lishi. Wang Maozhong had a son a few days ago. Gao Lishi was ordered by Li Longji to give gifts to Wang Maozhong's new born son. The most important gift was to appoint this newborn as a fifth-ranked official.
As soon as Gao Lishi came back, Li Longji asked Wang Maozhong what his attitude was after receiving the reward, but Gao Lishi said that Wang Maozhong held the child and said to him, this child is too small for the fifth grade official, shouldn't it be the third grade official? In this way, it is obvious that Wang Maozhong is still dissatisfied with not getting the Shangshu position, because the Shangshu position is the third grade.
Sure enough, Li Longji was furious after hearing this. When he killed Webster's back then, Wang Maozhong did not blame him on both ends, and he did not blame him. When he thought that Wang Maozhong dared to resent him because of an official position, Li Longji was furious.
And Gao Lishi’s next sentence really shook Li Longji. Gao Lishi said that the servants at the North Gate were too big to be officials. Now they wear a pair of pants and become a heart. If you don’t deal with it sooner, I’m afraid it will be necessary. There was a big mess, but these words refer to the most sensitive part of Li Longji.
That's why Li Longji was so angry now. He added fuel to the fire when he heard that something like this had happened here in Yangzhou. Otherwise, he would not assign Yang Sixue to investigate.
But less than ten days after Yang Sixue set off, Taiyuan Military Supervisor Shao Yin Yan Ting sent a report, saying that Wang Maozhong had asked them for armor weapons.
At this time, Wang Maozhong was completely finished, and immediately, Li Longji issued an order: "Wang Maozhong acted unfaithfully and complained to the emperor. He was demoted to Yangzhou. Don't drive. Left-leading general Ge Fushun was demoted to Bizhou. Don't drive. Left Jianmen General Tang Diwen was demoted to Zhenzhou member and do not drive. Youwuwei general Li Shoude was demoted to Yanzhou member and do not drive. Youweiwei general Wang Jingyao was demoted to party state member and do not drive. Youweiwei general Gao Guangji was demoted to Taoism Don’t drive outside the state."
After the imperial decree was issued, Wang Maozhong's four sons were also demoted together, all below. But five days later, Li Longji made another decree and gave it all to death. Since then, the eunuch forces headed by Gao Lishi have become the most favored group of people.
In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was a little uncomfortable, and Gao Lishi didn't dare to say much. Li Longji sighed and said, "Oh! Although I am rich in the world, there are only a handful of people who are credible, my brothers, not credible, parent-child, but trustworthy, relatives, hehe, so make friends... I can’t believe it, his Wang Maozhong is the best proof. Only Gao Lishi, I can believe it."
Gao Lishi also fell on his knees when he heard the words, but he did not expect that Li Longji would say such a thing, and he also bowed down on the ground and said: "The words of the saint made the old slave panic." (End of this chapter)