Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

In the Zhongwai Mansion of Tongzhou, no one knew that the King of Taiyuan had entered Tongguan. After Yuwen Jue realized that the power of people's hearts had been integrated to a certain extent, he was already considering his own reputation. He felt that his title of Duke of Lueyang was not worthy of the current power and was not enough to shock people.

Since Emperor Tuoba Kuo was now placed in the Zhongwai Mansion, it was not a delusion for Yuwen Jue to consider these things, and it was convenient to obtain the emperor's recognition. However, when he discussed this issue with his subordinates, there were still many disputes and no unified opinion could be reached.

For example, Li Ji, Li Hui and several other sons-in-law of the Yuwen family felt that the coffin of the Grand Chancellor was still in Tongguan and had not returned to Tongzhou for formal mourning, so it was still a bit inappropriate for Yuwen Jue to inherit the title of the Grand Chancellor.

Before, Yuwen Jue had married concubines to win the hearts of the people on the grounds that his father's coffin had not returned and he had not yet mourned. Now, several brothers-in-law used this as an excuse to prevent him from making further progress in his reputation, which naturally made him extremely dissatisfied.

However, although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to turn against these brothers-in-law directly. Although his guards have expanded to thousands of people, the tens of thousands of troops controlled by the Zhongwai Mansion still need to rely on these Wuwei generals to lead and control. Now several people always express their submission to him, but if they really turn against him, Yuwen Jue will be very uneasy.

But in private, he couldn't help but said angrily: "The Wuwei are conservative and still unwilling to bow down to me. It's really annoying! Now Li Boshan is leading his troops to the west. Although Tongguan can still resist him, my reputation is inferior to his. What name can I use to control the people in Guanzhong to fight against the strong enemy!"

Feeling Yuwen Jue's ardent desire for progress, soon a new confidant and favored general Yifu Feng said to Yuwen Jue: "What the Wuwei said is just Lueyang It is not appropriate for the Duke to inherit the title of Lord Shangguan for the time being, but it does not say that another title cannot be granted! Now the affairs of state and government all depend on Duke Lueyang, but Duke Lueyang's official title is still the same as that of ordinary people, which is naturally very inappropriate. If you don't give him a respectful title, how can you command the inside and outside? "

When Yuwen Jue heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he patted Yifu Feng on the shoulder and laughed, "If I get the title of king, I will reward you with the title of county duke!"

Yifu Feng was very happy after hearing this, and kowtowed repeatedly to thank him. When other confidants saw this, they also rushed to offer strategies and heatedly discussed what kind of king title should be given to Yuwen Jue. Apart from other things, at least in terms of popularity, it should not be inferior to Li Boshan's King of Taiyuan!

Li Zhi was originally Yuwen Jue's number one confidant, but as Yuwen Jue recruited more and more party members, he gradually stopped listening to Li Zhi. Moreover, Yuwen Jue was willful and mischievous most of the time, but Li Zhi still needed to deal with the serious affairs of Zhongwaifu.

Especially as the situation has deteriorated recently, Li Zhi has been thinking about a way out.

For example, evacuating Guanzhong also requires supplies to maintain consumption along the way, but the previous army's eastward expedition has consumed most of the accumulated supplies of Zhongwaifu. Recently, Zhongwaifu seems to be very busy, but in fact it is only limited to Tongzhou. The rest of the prefectures and even Chang'an, Yongzhou, do not cooperate with the orders of Zhongwaifu.

In this case, Li Zhi needs to speed up the collection of supplies if he wants to evacuate Guanzhong. And he also needs to win the support of external parties such as the Turks, so the personnel of Zhongwaifu's previous negotiations with the Turks must be sorted out.

Many things piled up on the desk, and Li Zhi did not have much time to accompany Yuwen Jue to make trouble. So it was not until Yuwen Jue's new confidants sent the memorial to the emperor to ask for the title of king for Yuwen Jue that Li Zhi learned about it.

He hurried to the emperor's residence to retrieve the nonsense memorial and burned it directly, and then came to Yuwen Jue to question: "Who is the audacious fool who dared to encourage Duke Lueyang to abandon the succession of the master and ask for his title?"

"I, I just feel that my title is vulgar and not prestigious enough..."

Faced with Li Zhi's cold questioning, Yuwen Jue couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

After hearing this, Li Zhi said in a deep voice: "Lord Lueyang is the heir of the Lord, which is the most honorable title! Ask yourself, what achievements have you made since you took charge of the government that are worthy of such special honors? At present, there are serious foreign threats, and Lord Lueyang should not make such a sensational move!"

"My father built this country, and I succeeded him. What's wrong with being the emperor? How dare Si Lu be so presumptuous!"

Yuwen Jue was a little embarrassed at first, but seeing that Li Zhi still had a bad look and a scolding tone, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry for a while, and immediately raised his eyebrows and said angrily.

As Yuwen Jue's face changed, the party members around him also showed bad looks. For example, Yi Fufeng and others who had been enthusiastic about giving advice to Yuwen Jue before directly drew their swords in their hands and surrounded Li Zhi.

A crazy atmosphere and environment cannot tolerate rationality. Even Li Zhi, the initiator, is now resisted and hostile because he is not crazy enough.

When he noticed that the atmosphere here was different, Li Zhi suddenly felt horrified and sweaty. He did not dare to accuse Yu Wenjue of his nonsense anymore. Instead, he knelt on the ground with a plop and said quickly: "Gong Lueyang. Worry, humble positions also have plans. But now the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office is not the place where the imperial court rules. Even if the monarch has a special title, it is difficult to show his respect. The emperor intends to belittle him. Now that Duke Lueyang wants to enter the court, he should show his majesty and honor by accepting the title in front of the ministers in the court. "

When Yu Wenjue heard what Li Zhi said, the anger on his face subsided slightly, and he looked at Li Zhi and said: "Si Lu is my confidant, but if you have any suggestions, I respectfully submit them. As long as what you say is reasonable, how can I not?" Accept it? Don’t you know that it would be more honorable to enter the imperial court? But now that a powerful enemy is coming, how can I have time to go to Chang’an to receive the title? I can do whatever I haven’t done after defeating the enemy!”

"As a humble post, I would like to obey the king's order, but please ask the king to wait for a short while and allow me to prepare cultural relics to complete the ceremony."

Hearing that Yu Wenjue still insisted on being granted the title of king, Li Zhi could only nod in agreement, delaying it for a while in the name of preparing for etiquette. At the same time, he hoped that his father who was going to Chang'an could send back the good news as soon as possible, otherwise he would let it go. If Yu Wenjue continues his nonsense, the situation in Tongzhou will probably collapse immediately.

At the same time, far away in the Yongzhou Prefecture in Chang'an, Li Yuan looked at the indifferent Li Mu in front of him angrily and said loudly: "Xianqing, why are you still stubborn? If Li Boshan is really a kind person, why? Gathered such a powerful force in a short period of time?

My family has been the confidant of Otsuka Zai for a long time, and everyone in Kansai knows it. Even if there is no trouble for the younger generation, after Li Boshan enters the customs, will he spare me and other old confidants lightly? The only solution for now is to gather those remnants of the overlord who cannot tolerate them and retreat to Yuanzhou. This is the only way to protect ourselves in the long term! "

"Brother, you are too paranoid! If the King of Taiyuan is really just greedy and has no justice, he has already led his people to enter from Wuguan. Why rush to save Heluo? Now you will be blocked outside Tongguan. Not the Shannan Division!”

Li Mu looked at his brother and said earnestly: "What's more, before his death, the Lord entrusted the King of Taiyuan to continue his work. Brother, you believe in the evil words of a child and want to force you to run away and bring disaster to my family. I will never allow it. You continue to cause great trouble!"

As early as the Jiangling War ended, there had been hidden differences between the brothers. Now at the critical moment that determines the future of the entire family, the conflicts have completely erupted.

In order to prevent his brother from making further mistakes, Li Mu simply ordered his slaves to imprison Li Yuan in the house. However, the next morning, Li Mu was told that Li Yuan persuaded the slaves guarding him to escape over the wall. After Li Mu learned about this, he was very upset. He could only immediately send his troops back home and report the plan of Li Yuan and his son to his eldest brother Li Xian, who was left behind in the village.

However, these disputes and contradictions did not affect Yu Wenjue's mood. After his repeated urging, Li Zhi finally reluctantly prepared a conferment ceremony for him, which will be held in the Zhitang Hall of the Chinese and Foreign Government.

But just before the ceremony was held, a group of hundreds of armored soldiers suddenly came galloping from the east.

This group of armored soldiers went straight to Tongzhou City. When the city defenders heard the news and rushed to fight the enemy, the leader shouted loudly: "The Taiyuan King's Brigade has arrived at Tongguan and will return to the court to quell the chaos in the near future. Today, a certain envoy I would like to inform the soldiers and civilians of Tongzhou that officials should stay at work and people should stay at home. Soldiers from all prefectures should return to their respective camps. Anyone who is armed and causing chaos in the market will be killed!"

"The King of Taiyuan is here..."

Hearing the shouts of these knights, all the soldiers and civilians inside and outside Zuo Tongzhou City shouted in surprise, but some of these shouts were in surprise and some in fright. After hearing this, the soldiers who were originally armed with weapons and guarding the city were too busy reining in their horses and did not dare to step forward.

Under the awed gaze of these soldiers and civilians, these knights came directly to the city gate and posted the message of King Taiyuan's return to the court to quell the rebellion. Then they mounted their horses and walked around to the next city gate, saying at the same time Still shouting for King Taiyuan's order to inform the army and the people.

The arrival of these knights quickly attracted many soldiers and civilians from home and abroad to watch. After hearing the content of the order, many people dispersed and hurriedly rushed to their homes according to the order of King Taiyuan. . As for the soldiers, although they were not ordered to return to camp immediately, they did not dare to step forward to stop them.

Soon the news spread to the inner and outer palaces in the city. Li Zhi and others were naturally shocked after hearing the news. They did not expect that the indestructible Tongguan could not block the Taiyuan King's brigade.

Not to mention what their respective moods and plans were like, the officials who had been gathered together to attend the conferring ceremony of Duke Lueyang immediately dispersed, no longer afraid of the shouts and interceptions of Duke Lueyang's cronies, and the scene suddenly became tense. Then there was chaos.