Chapter 942 The King is wise
After Li Tai saw this, he frowned slightly at first, but then relaxed again.
He could vaguely guess that Li Bi probably wanted to establish a legacy that he was appointed by Yu Wentai, so as to preserve some of the original personnel traditions of the Sino-foreign Mansion.
However, Li Tai never denied or rejected the fact that he was supported by Yu Wentai, including this time he first sent troops to Heluo and then turned to Tongguan. He didn't even intend to declare that Yuwentai's eastern expedition was a wrong decision, because after all, he turned defeat into victory. Only Yuwenhu and others violated Yuwentai's arrangements and abandoned Yiyang without permission, which triggered a series of defeats for the Chinese and foreign divisions. .
Because a victory for Li Tai, He Luo, and Li Tai made his reputation and prestige reach a new high. There was no need to demean and destroy Yu Wentai to establish his authority. Secondly, if we want to deny the correctness of Yuwentai's decision to march eastward, we need to conduct a very in-depth liquidation and eradication of Yuwentai's power and influence.
The Kansai regime can be said to have been established by Yu Wentai, and his influence can be said to have penetrated into all aspects. If Li Tai wants to completely draw a clear line with Yu Wentai, a major change of blood will be necessary. But now that Kansai has just experienced such a huge military defeat, can it still withstand more profound political turmoil and purges?
If it is admitted that Yu Wentai's Eastern Expedition was a failure, it would also be a big blow to the morale of the Kansai soldiers who had just suffered a setback, and it would be particularly difficult to recover.
Although he also rescued many children of the soldiers, a considerable number of Kansai warriors still died in this campaign, which will inevitably make their relatives and friends extremely sad. As a result, they were heartbroken, but the court told them that this campaign was wrong in itself and should not have been launched. This would directly make them question and distrust the entire military system!
Many people feel that Li Tai's journey to Kansai has been so smooth and smooth.
But Li Tai actually knew very well that his seemingly smooth rise process included assessing the situation time and time again and seizing opportunities again and again. Especially when the conditions were not met, he would never rashly take some strategic risks and launch What challenges beyond ability.
He has a profound understanding of the context of the times, can seize and utilize every opportunity, and ensures that he is always walking on the right path. Furthermore, he also has self-awareness. If there are still obstacles and crises at every step, it is really unjustifiable.
Of course, he cannot be exhaustive and comprehensive, especially in the turbulent environment of the Three Kingdoms. People's hearts are like ghosts. Generally speaking, people with a little bit of willpower will seize interests and trample on rules without a bottom line. of. Variables arising from human selfish desires are always unexpected, and even with extreme intelligence it is difficult to guard against them all.
For example, this time he led his army to the north for reinforcements. From Duguxin's escape to Yiyang's defeat, as well as all the chaos in Guanzhong, he could not have predicted it.
But fortunately, he is still on the right path and still has the ability to clean up the mess. For example, he was directly accepted by the soldiers in Tongguan. Is it really just because of his amazing charm?
Even though it was not him, it was another person who led the army in a bloody battle in Heluo, turned the tide, retreated and defeated the enemy troops in front of Tongguan Pass, and recruited and rescued a large number of scattered soldiers and fellow countrymen. The Tongguan soldiers What reason is there to exclude them?
Next, as Li Tai learned more about the situation in Guanzhong, he gradually understood why Li Bi and others kept such a low profile. Especially when the order from the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office declaring Dugu Xin's crime to Tongguan was placed on the desk, the whole hall was completely silent and a pindrop could be heard.
Li Tai's eyes passed over the signatures of the crime one by one, and then he looked up at the people in the hall, and saw that everyone was bowing their heads in silence. He then looked at Yu Wenhu and asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhongshan, Gong Lueyang behaves like this." Are you abandoning your homeland?"
"Lue, Mr. Lueyang was so arrogant and willful that he committed such a heinous act. It is indeed a heinous crime and should be severely punished!"
Yu Wenhu was called out again. He didn't have time to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, so he hurriedly stood up and answered. At the moment, he deeply feels what it means to be troubled internally and externally, betrayed by everyone, and has no trust in his heart.
After listening to Yu Wenhu's statement, Li Tai nodded slightly, raised his hand to signal him to take a seat temporarily, and continued to listen to others reporting the changes in the situation at Customs.
After hearing everything, he finally understood why Li Bi and others were still trapped in Tongguan. Once he entered the pass, he would have no power to resist. To be honest, with this situation, even if I were in their position, I wouldn't have a good way to deal with it.
The hysterical actions of Yu Wenjue, Li Zhi and others really give people a unique and beautiful feeling of beating a master to death with random punches. The root of this chaos has actually been present in all the hegemony regimes since the Six Towns Mutiny.
Even since the Five Husties, China has admired violence and despised rules. Whoever can abandon the constraints of morality and law becomes more powerful. But in fact, the higher you are, the more rules you need, because you can't be strong forever, and violence is never a person's exclusive tool. As cruel as Lord Qi Gaoyang, after death, his wife was raped and humiliated, and his son was tortured and killed, which is also a kind of retribution.
For example, Li Bi, Da Xiwu and others in front of us were once outstanding figures of the generation who created the situation. However, because they lost control of their power, they were no longer as strong as before. They did not even dare to return to Guanzhong, and now they have to kneel down. Lying at Li Tai's feet, I hope he can abide by some personnel rules.
It's just that the rules Li Tai agrees with and abides by are still different from their understanding.
After pondering for a while, Li Tai asked everyone: "Do you still remember the reason for the disaster in Heyin in the old year of Wu Tai?"
When everyone in the hall heard what Li Tai said, their faces changed slightly, and their eyes looking at Li Tai showed fear.
In the first year of Wutai in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the conflict between the Queen Mother Hu and her son Yuan Xu, the Emperor Xiaoming, gradually deepened. In order to be able to rule the government for a long time, the Queen Mother Ling poisoned Emperor Xiaoming to death, and used Emperor Xiaoming's newborn daughter Yuan Yuan as her heir to inherit the throne. Probably Empress Dowager Ling herself felt that this approach was too absurd, so she soon appointed the three-year-old clan boy Yuan Zhao as emperor instead.
This move naturally attracted the attention of people all over the world, and among them, Er Zhurong, the leader of Qihu who had long been secretly disobedient, was the most active. He immediately led his troops to march into Luoyang in order to avenge Emperor Xiaoming. After that, although Er Zhurong occupied Luoyang, he felt that his strength was still not strong. In order to suppress the opposition forces and establish his authority, he massacred all the ministers in Heyin.
Of course everyone present had heard the story of the Heyin Incident, and some of them had even personally participated in the Heyin Incident as a member of Er Zhurong's tribe at that time. When they heard Li Tai suddenly talk about this matter, they all couldn't help but think about it. Could it be that Li Tai also planned to follow Er Zhurong's example and create another uprising in Heyin in the name of entering the DPRK to quell the rebellion?
It should be noted that the Li family of Longxi at that time was one of the famous families that suffered the heaviest casualties in the Heyin Incident, and many Beizhen warriors such as Gao Huan and He Bayue were Er Zhurong's generals at that time. It is difficult to say that at that time, Are your hands stained with the blood of Luoyang officials?
Now that Li Taizheng, a member of the Li family in Longxi, was gaining power, it seemed reasonable to massacre these soldiers and their descendants in Guanzhong to avenge his past grievances, settle old scores and clean up his political enemies at the same time.
When the thoughts flowed to this point, everyone became more and more frightened. Even Li Bi and others only secretly watched Li Tai's expression and did not dare to speak easily.
Li Tai took in the changes in everyone's expressions, and naturally understood what they were thinking, but he did not explain much, but continued: "The old man was a filial piety and hunted in the west, and He Liuhun was not ashamed to bear the ugliness of chasing the king. , the people of Luoyang were violently moved to Hebei, from Heyang to Ye, the roads were filled with corpses, and the fields were starved to death. Their cruelty was the same as Erzhu!"
In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, internal and external troubles and frequent wars occurred. Luoyang, as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was naturally devastated. If the Heyin Incident created by Er Zhurong was the persecution of the Gongqing nobles, then Gao Huan's hasty move of the capital to Yecheng after Emperor Xiaowu fled west was the persecution of the Li people.
Three days after the edict was issued, the chariots were dispatched, with a household of 400,000 people, all in embarrassment. In just sixteen words, it produced more blood and tears than the Heyin Incident recorded in the history books, but the vast majority of the victims could not speak out.
"The king's business moved westward, and Kansai was ordered to do so. The officials from Otsuka Zai and below worked hard to ensure that the great unification was continued. Otsuka Zai was dedicated to the king's affairs. Although he fell down and coughed up blood, he still went on the march. It was a pity that the career was suspended due to the failure of the year. People deplore.”
When Li Tai said this, he stood up from the table again. When the people in the hall saw this, they all stood up and looked up. They heard Li Tai continue to say: "I have been ordered to save the crisis and put an end to the chaos. I know my responsibility." It is a serious matter that cannot be done by one person alone and requires the help of the masses.
In the former, there are often giant bandits who deceive the world in the name of fighting chaos. Now I make an appointment with you and the elders of Guanxi. This time I will return to the court to fight the chaos. The guilty will be punished, the punishment will be measured, and there will be no indiscriminate punishment! Observe these three principles, safeguard the country and protect the people, and those who disrupt the law will not be spared, no matter how small! "
"Your Majesty is wise!"
After a short silence, Li Bi took the lead in worshiping and praising him. Upon seeing this, everyone else followed suit and worshiped in the hall.