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Chapter 172: You Xiaowei General Li Hun

Wei Baoluan not only told the King of Qi Yang Nan in a vague way, but also told the two uncles who stayed in Kyoto, Wei Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wei Jin, and also wrote a secret letter to Wei Fusi, his cousin who was dismissed from office because of the "deviant" case of King of Qi Yang Nan.

Wei Fusi's father was Wei Shikang, a famous minister of Middle-earth, and Wei Shikang's uncle was Wei Xiaokuan. Among the three sons, Wei Shikang's second son Wei Fusi was the most famous and became the Neishisheshe. Neishisheshe was the former Zhongshushesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshesheshes, and is also absolutely loyal to the emperor.

Wei Fusi was very loyal to the emperor and the emperor also trusted Wei Fusi very much. The king and his ministers had the same ambitions and got along well. However, as reform entered the "fast lane", the two had increasingly different differences in their reform ideas, and it was only a matter of time before the king and his ministers parted ways. After the "despair of virtue" case of King Yang Lam of Qi broke out, Wei was at the center of the storm and was full of dangers. In order to protect the family's interests to the greatest extent, Wei Fusi resolutely "cut off his arm", and this "wrist" was Wei Fusi.

Wei Fusi's uncle was Wei Chong, the former Minister of the Civil Affairs Department, and Wei Chong's daughter was the Prince of Qi. The heroine in the case of King Qi's "devil" was Wei Chong's other daughter, Wei Fusi's cousin. Because of this in-law relationship, Wei Fusi naturally became the core figure of the political power of King Qi Yang Nan, and was also the "vanguard" who promoted Yang Nan to the East Palace. However, if his efforts failed, he was naturally expelled from the center and removed from all positions.

Wei Fusi's fate is closely related to the Wei family in Guanzhong, and the interests of Wei family in Guanzhong are closely related to the King of Qi Yang Nan. In the battle for imperial rule, King of Qi Yang Nan was closest to the crown prince. Although Wei also had the royal grandson of the King of Emperor Yang You, Yang You was too far away from the crown prince. Unless a miracle occurs, it is impossible. Therefore, Wei can only place all his strength on King of Qi Yang Nan. In Wei Baoluan's view, uncles Wei Ji and Wei Jin have important positions, and every move is under the attention of their opponents, and their movements are very inconvenient. Wei Fusi, the cousin who was demoted at home, not only has convenient conditions to give advice to King of Qi Yang Nan, but more importantly, if King of Qi Yang Nan could "make a comeback", Wei Fusi would have made a comeback.

The second person Wei Baoluan asked for help was Li Hun, the General of the Right Guard who was responsible for guarding Kyoto.

Li Hun is the tenth son of Li Mu, a famous general in Central China. Li Mu came from the Chengji Li clan in Longxi. There are three families in Longxi. The most famous one is the Chengji Li clan and the descendant of Li Ling of Han. The second is the Didao Li clan in Longxi. Li Hu, one of the eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, was from the Didao Li clan, and it is said to be the descendant of the Qin general Li Xin. Another family is the Tianshui Li clan in Longxi. Li Jing, the general of the Right Wuwei of the Wei Prefecture, came from the Tianshui Li clan.

When the Northern Wei split, Emperor Xiaowu of Wei traveled west to pass through Guanlong and gained strong support from the local aristocratic group of Guanlong. Among them, the three brothers Li Xian, Li Yuan and Li Mu of the Chengji Li clan of Longxi rose up. The founding of the late emperor, Li Mu was extremely rewarded and became the Grand Tutor, praised and was not named, with a fief of 3,000 households. Although his descendants were in their infancy, they were all awarded the fifth rank of Yitong. There were more than a hundred people in the entire family who were given official titles, and their power was extremely powerful. Li Xian and Li Yuan died early, and Li Mu lived long and died of illness in the eighth year of Kaihuang at the age of 77. With Li Mu's death, his sons and nephews also died one after another. The scenery of Chengji Li clan in Longxi was no longer there and his power declined sharply.

Now supporting Li family in Chengji, Longxi is Li Mu's tenth son, Li Hun, the right-hand general of the Guard of the Guard; another is Li Shanheng, the son of Li Mu's third son, Li Ya, who is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the deputy chief of the dynasty of finance; another is Li Min, the grandson of Li Mu's elder brother Li Xian, who is now the general of this dynasty. Although he is not a central member, because he is the son-in-law of the current niece, a very special niece, with great power, even surpassing Li Hun, the contemporary head of the Li family in Chengji, Longxi.

Li Min's mother-in-law was Princess Leping, the eldest sister of the current dynasty, Princess Leping was the last empress of the Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty. She and her only daughter became a symbol of the political legacy of the Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty. The Sui Dynasty built by the late emperor was abdicated by the Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty and gave it to each other. Therefore, in theory, the new dynasty had to treat the surviving clans of the previous dynasty with a "gratitude" mentality, but in fact this was impossible. In order to maintain the "benevolence and righteousness" of the new dynasty, both the late emperor and the current emperor offered Princess Leping high to block the "mouth" of the people in the world. Therefore, this pair of mothers and daughters still had a respected political status and an influence that should not be underestimated in the Guanlong aristocratic group.

Princess Leping has only one daughter, so she is of course very strict in her choice of son-in-law. In addition to being a good match, she must also inherit the political legacy of the previous dynasty represented by their mother and daughter to the greatest extent. In this way, the choice of this son-in-law is very narrow. Not only should she have considerable political strength in the previous dynasty, but she also has huge power in this dynasty, and has outstanding achievements in the two dynasties and the two royal families. There are not many wealthy families in Guanlong that can meet this condition, and the Chengji Li family in Longxi is definitely one of them, so Princess Leping chose Li Min. Although there were hundreds of candidates for the Guanlong family when choosing a son-in-law, in fact, they were all "green leaves" and filled with the scene.

Princess Leping died of illness on the way to Tuyuhun in the Western Expedition. Before her death, she had no son, so she regarded her son-in-law Li Min as her son and begged the emperor to give all her fiefs to Li Min, which means that Li Min inherited the increasingly thin political legacy of the previous dynasty left by her. Princess Leping also pleaded with her to take care of her daughter and son-in-law on her behalf. The emperor solemnly promised, and this promise was of great significance, which was equivalent to giving Li Min and his wife a gold medal to avoid death. From this we can see that with Li Min's prominent family background and unique political status, even if the emperor excluded him from the center, his political influence on Middle-earth exists and cannot be ignored.

However, Li Min's voice is still very limited in the matter of imperial unification. Among the Li clans in Chengji, Longxi, the only one who can truly influence the imperial unification was Li Hun.

The Li family in Chengji, Longxi is the first native Han noble family in Longxi, and the Wei family in Guanzhong is the most wealthy family in Guanzhong. The two major families start from the overall interests of the noble family in Guanlong Han noble family. It is inevitable that they will form an alliance, and political marriage is even more indispensable. Although there are inevitably conflicts and conflicts between the two families, since the split of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the three Han noble groups and the noble group in Shandong, Heluo and Hedong have flocked to each other. The local Han noble group in Guanlong is due to its historical and cultural heritage.

The serious disadvantage is at an absolute disadvantage, and everyone has to unite and seek interests. After the struggle of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, they finally rose up by relying on military merits and became the core force of the emerging aristocratic group in China. In this dynasty, the emerging aristocrats represented by the Wei family in Guanzhong and Chengji Li family in Longxi were already comparable to the ancient aristocrats represented by the five super wealthy families in Shandong. The most important manifestation is the political marriage with the royal family and the ancient wealthy families.

Before the founding of the country, the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the chief minister of the government, and the power was monopolized. The important ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuchi Jiong, Sima Xiaonan and Wang Qian occupied Hebei, Jingxiang and Bashu respectively, and launched mutiny to overthrow the late emperor. At a critical moment, Li Mu, who was in charge of the Jin Dynasty, became a key figure. If he also participated in the mutiny, the late emperor would not have the power to fight back and would inevitably be defeated. Both sides fought for Li Mu, and after Li Mu carefully weighed the pros and cons, he sent his youngest son Li Hun to Chang'an and brought the late emperor a iron, which means that only the late emperor could achieve unification in the Middle Land.

He firmly supported the late emperor. The late emperor was overjoyed, so he took Wei Xiaokuan as the commander and tried his best to defeat Yuchi Jiong, winning a decisive victory. As Li Hun, as Li Mu's secret envoy, was naturally appreciated by the late emperor and promoted his title. Soon after he followed Jin King, who was the king of Jin, and served as the commander of his personal guard brigade. He followed Jin Shang to expedition to Jiangzuo. Since then, he has become the confidant of Jin Shang and assisted Jin Shang to rule Jiangzuo. After becoming the crown prince, he served as the general of the left military guard, and led the crown prince Zongwei. After becoming the throne, he served as the general of the right guard until now.

Because of the special merits of the Li family in Chengji, Longxi, and the special relationship between Li Hun and the emperor, the emperor specially appointed Li Hun to lead the crown prince Zuowei, hoping that Li Hun could do his best to assist the crown prince as if he were assisting him. After the death of the prince, King Yang Nan of Qi was the first heir of the natural order. Now the emperor did indeed belong to the King of Qi, and specially ordered Li Hun to take 20,000 guards in the Eastern Palace to assist the King of Qi.

However, the next thing became complicated. The emperor was reluctant to set up a crown prince, and the King of Qi, Yang Nan, who was expected to become the crown prince, became the target of public criticism and was surrounded and intercepted by various forces. Li Hun, who was ordered to assist and protect the King of Qi, fell into an embarrassing situation. He had to use all his strength to protect the King of Qi and devote all his energy to fulfill the mission entrusted by the emperor. But at the same time, he could not see the hope of King of Qi entering the Eastern Palace, because he knew that the emperor had put the imperial rule without restrictions in order to promote reform. The emperor's move not only pushed King of Qi to the edge of the cliff, but also put Li Hun on the fire. Li Hun was desperate, and his fate was tightly tied with the King of Qi. In order to reverse the crisis, his only way was to push King of Qi Yang Nan to the throne of the crown prince as soon as possible. For this reason, the Li family in Chengji of Longxi and the Wei family in Guanzhong once again formed a political alliance.

Since the prosperity of the political politics of the family clans of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the aristocratic families have pursued the principle of different high and low status in marriage. Marriages are only carried out between families with similar status to ensure that their aristocratic rank will not decline due to improper marriage and absolutely avoid "missing marriage and official positions". At the heyday of the aristocratic politics of the family clans, "missing marriage and official positions" is a serious crime, which will be punished and even despised by the geniuses. Guanzhong Wei family, Longxi Li family and other local Han surname nobles in Guanlong were able to marry the royal family and marry the five super wealthy families in Shandong, indicating that their political status in Middle-earth has risen to a new level, and the emerging aristocratic group that rose with military merits has grown into a huge political force that can affect the fate of Middle-earth.

After the unification of Middle-earth China, the politics of aristocratic families gradually went to a "downhill", but the strict hierarchy system passed down for hundreds of years and the values, folk customs and customs derived from this hierarchy, such as "missing marriages and official ranks", and the concepts that gentry and common people must not intermarry, etc. cannot be changed in one day. The royal family of this dynasty continued to marry core members of emerging aristocratic groups such as the Wei family in Guanzhong and the Li family in Longxi, and members of the emerging aristocratic group with the Han family in Guanlong as the core force also married each other. Among them, the marriage between the Wei family in Guanzhong and the Li family in Longxi has been continued for several generations.

The Li family in Chengji, Longxi and Wei family in Guanzhong formed an alliance to join hands to join forces with the emerging aristocratic group with the local Han nobles in Guanlong as the core force, and helped King Yang Nan of Qi to launch a "charge" to the Eastern Palace. As a result, conflicts between the monarch and the ministers arise, and conflicts are inevitable.

During this Eastern Expedition, the emperor appointed Li Hun as an important task and ordered Li Hun to guard the capital. It seemed that this was the emperor's trust in him, but the actual situation was just the opposite. The emperor no longer trusted Li Hun. In the case of King Qi's "deficiency", Li Hun was jointly and severally responsible, but because the Wei family in Guanzhong "cut off their arm" at a critical moment and reached a compromise with the emperor, Li Hun escaped by chance, but the trust between the monarch and his subjects was therefore reduced to a minimum.
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