Chapter 229 Yan Zhenqing

【In troubled times, human lives are worthless, and the transmission of information becomes extremely difficult.

When Hebei was in turmoil, Yan Zhenqing, who was trapped in Ping'an County, did not know the news of Changshan County.

When he led his army to Changshan County, he saw only the body of his nephew Yan Jiming and the news that his cousin Yan Gaoqing's family was locked up and taken to Luoyang by the rebels.

Yan Jiming was Yan Gaoqing's son. He was captured by the rebels and threatened to surrender to Yan Gaoqing. Yan Gaoqing refused, so his son was killed on the spot.

At this time, Yan Zhenqing did not have much time to grieve. After collecting his nephew's body, Yan Zhenqing led the rebels on the road in a hurry. He was going to capture Wei County, block the rebels' way back to the north, gradually kill the rebels, and save the country from the rebellion.

Yan Zhenqing was in high spirits in Wei County. At that time, he thought that the rebellion would soon end.

But soon, the news of his brother's death, the fall of Chang'an, the ascension of Emperor Suzong, Guo Ziyi had to go to Lingwu to meet the emperor and give up Hebei, and so on came one after another. The chaos that Yan Zhenqing thought would soon end became far away again.

The only good news was probably that Yan Zhenqing investigated the fact that Wang Chengye had embezzled Yan Gaoqing's achievements, and the villain Zhang Tongyou was beaten to death.

The Tang army recovered the eastern capital Luoyang. Yan Gaoqing's eldest son Quanming went to Luoyang to find his father's remains, packed the coffin and escorted it to Chang'an, and reburied it in Fengqiyuan. Yan Zhenqing returned to Chang'an to worship his brother.

This time, Yan Zhenqing also did not have much time to grieve. Chang'an had just been recovered not long ago. He needed to do his part for the court and looked forward to the end of the rebellion.

But unfortunately, Yan Zhenqing did not wait for the end of the war the following year, but instead waited for his demotion.

Yan Zhenqing was a man of upright character. He had been in the officialdom for 51 years and had changed his official title 49 times. This shows that he was upright.

This was his experience in 758. He was disliked by the prime minister and was transferred from the Imperial Censor to the governor of Fengyi, and then to the governor of Puzhou. He was then falsely accused and demoted to the governor of Raozhou.

In October of this year, when Yan Zhenqing passed by Luoyang, he went to offer sacrifices to his uncle Yan Yuansun, the father of Yan Gaoqing, and his uncle's family.

He wrote "Sacrificial Essay to Uncle" and engraved it as an inscription to commemorate the loyal and heroic deeds of his cousin's family.

Later, Yan Zhenqing wrote "Sacrificial Essay to Nephew" for his nephew who was buried by his own hands, because his nephew is still buried in Hebei.

And the loyal and heroic Yan family seemed destined to be ended by Yan Zhenqing.

In the reign of Emperor Dezong, the well-known treacherous prime minister Lu Qi was not involved in human affairs and was reprimanded by Yan Zhenqing many times, which made Lu Qi hate him.

At that time, Li Xilie, the governor of Huaixi, had captured Ruzhou. Lu Qi suggested sending an old minister with high moral character to confront Li Xilie and convey his will. Lu Qi believed that this old minister with high moral character must be Yan Zhenqing.

Another prime minister, Li Mian, believed that if a national elder was lost like this, it would be a loss of face for the court!

But what the officials did not expect was that Emperor Dezong agreed.

At that time, almost all the civil officials advised Yan Zhenqing not to go, but Yan Zhenqing said that the emperor's order could not be violated, and after making arrangements with his family, he set off generously.

But before leaving, he looked at Lu Qi and said: When your father's head was sent to Pingyuan County, his face was full of loyal blood. I couldn't bear to wipe it with clothes, so I licked it clean with my tongue myself. Now you don't even have the tolerance to tolerate others?

Lu Qi's father was Lu Yi, who died for his country while sitting on the Imperial Censorate. His head was chopped off by the rebels and sent to Hebei together with Li Jian and Jiang Qing. It was Yan Zhenqing who killed Duan Ziguang and buried these three loyal people.

No one could have imagined that the situation would be like this 28 years later.

After entering Li Xilie's camp, Li Xilie imprisoned Yan Zhenqing for a year and a half, intending to make Yan Zhenqing surrender, but failed.

In August 784, Yan Zhenqing was hanged to death at the age of 76. 】

"The Yan family has two or three generations, three loyal heroes."

Li Shimin whispered:

"This is also the style of the Tang Dynasty."

As for Dezong, he Li Shimin didn't want to see it at all.

Let's not talk about how the emperor was, one by one, the treacherous ministers were picked one by one.

Once there was someone who spoke badly, the emperor would not listen.

Later generations also said that it was the family style of the Li Tang Dynasty. Since he inherited the family style of Li Shimin, why didn't he learn from himself and Wei Zheng as a mirror?

Thinking in his mind, Li Shimin also glanced at Wei Zheng, and happened to meet Wei Zheng's eyes.

After bowing, Wei Zheng said:

"Your Majesty, have you heard of the Yan family precepts?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said he didn't know.

"I speculate that this Yan Zhenqing should be from the Yan family of Linyi, Langya."

"His ancestor is the great Confucian Yan Zhitui, who is said to have written family precepts."

"It explains how to teach children, manage the family, be moral, admire the virtuous, encourage learning, and save trouble."

Teaching children! Li Shimin was quite interested in this, but when Wei Zheng said this, he remembered:

"Yan Zhu, Yan Shigu, was promoted to the position of Zhongshu Shilang by me and was granted the title of Langya County Man. Later, he resigned in the name of mourning. Now it is estimated that he should be in mourning soon."

Li Shimin was quite impressed, because he had just been promoted, and Yan Zhu resigned in the name of mourning.

This made Li Shimin feel very uncomfortable, and he always felt that the other party was deliberately avoiding suspicion, but later he got busy and temporarily forgot about it.

Now it seems that he was wrongly accused. Well, I will definitely summon him to ask in detail later.

Although it may not be useful, it is better than doing nothing.

"This Lu Qi is really a beast!" Du Ruhui said bluntly.

"How can this Lu Qi be promoted to prime minister with such behavior?" Fang Xuanling was shocked... Oh no, after Fang Guan's rise from a leisurely minister to the general of the army in less than half a year, this Lu Qi does not seem to be surprising.

So in the end, he could only sigh:

"The treacherous prime minister controls the government, and the loyal and good are still excluded."

"It has only been twenty years since the An-Shi Rebellion, and the old disaster has been forgotten."

...

Zhang Fei couldn't figure it out:

"This Tang, Xuanzong was stupid in his later years, and Suzong didn't look like a monarch either."

"That Li Yu was Daizong, and he also looked stupid, and this Dezong was a traitor."

"With so many stupid monarchs, how did the Tang survive?"

Fa Zheng laughed:

"Isn't it the legacy of the prosperous Tang?"

"Just like Yan Zhenqing, who was still bleeding for the court during the reign of Dezong, he was blessed by the prosperous times."

"Only then can he not fear death and dare to speak frankly."

Zhang Fei had nothing to say, and could only sigh that the legacy of the prosperous Tang was so terrifying, and he really didn't know what it was like at its peak.

Liu Bei didn't want to talk anymore, he was afraid that he would laugh as soon as he opened his mouth.

Before that, he had many complaints about Adou, but now it seems that he was wrong.

And at this time, Liu Bei had already understood why later generations sighed "If you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou".

Let’s not talk about the distant past. If any of the emperors during the An-Shi Rebellion had been replaced by Zhongmou’s uncle, they wouldn’t have been beaten like this.

Not to mention Adou. I wonder if Li Mi, who was called the real Zhuge by the light curtain, missed our Adou when “the emperor didn’t listen”?

Liu Bei tried hard to hold back his smile and keep his face normal. When he looked up, he saw a copybook with many corrections.

What is this?

The latter part is not easy to write. I chose several angles but was still not satisfied. I will make it up tomorrow