Chapter 541: Nangong Wang's Choice Zhou Zhi was pushed out by the Shenlong Guards and shot to death with random arrows, and then his head was cut off and handed over to the duty division for disposal.
In accordance with Kong Sheng's instructions, Shenlongwei recorded the turmoil related to Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhi's death into a secret file, which was one of the secret cases investigated by Shenlongwei and will be kept for future reference.
Zhou Zhi died.
From the time he infiltrated Chang'an to the time he died, it was only a dozen hours before and after.
And Zhou Zhi is the chief planner and chief military advisor of Shi Siming's rebellion, and Zhou Zhi's death is probably a major irreplaceable loss for Shi Siming.
This is good for the imperial court to exterminate Shi Siming in the future.
Of course, Kong Sheng's killing of Zhou Zhi is also very likely to lead to Shi Siming's rebellion again.
Kong Sheng's heart was cold and calm.
He had never been so calm and sober as he was now.
He understands more and more that in this chaotic world full of traps and conspiracies, in the game of blood and fire, he can't have any woman's kindness, and he can only let himself fall into the abyss of no return.
He never takes the initiative to provoke anyone, but if anyone takes the initiative to come to the door, he is not afraid of things.
It can only be that whoever gets in the way will kick away, and whoever swings a knife to pounce on him will be killed to get rid of the trouble.
You want to kill me, I can't be indifferent.
He knew better in his heart that since the moment he knew Nie Chuchen's background, the two had never had a chance to be together.
He and people like Shi Siming are destined to be irreconcilable, how can he be reconciled with Shi Siming's daughter Qin Se It's just that God made people make people helpless and angry.
Nie Chuchen's life experience made him immediately realize some major hidden danger and source of crisis, that is, Nangong Wang.
Fan Yuncong is Zhou Zhi's pseudonym, then Nangong Wang is Zhou Zhi's apprentice, if Zhou Zhi turns Nangong Wang against him, with Nangong Wang's scheming methods, I am afraid that he will set off a bloody storm in Chang'an City, although it will not ruin the overall situation, but it will definitely ruin Kong Sheng's big event.
At the very least, it will directly break the originally close cooperative relationship between Kong Sheng and the emperor.
Just kidding, Kong Sheng's henchmen and subordinates are Fan Yang Shi Siming's internal response, and Kong Sheng can't tell if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Kong Sheng would never allow this to happen.
Therefore, he temporarily decided to take the eagle Xiaobai and return to Chang'an overnight, and he must eliminate the hidden dangers of Nangong Wang.
It's just that he didn't expect to directly bump into the meeting between Zhou Zhi and Nangong Wang.
Nangong Wang's attitude made Kong Sheng slightly change his initial decision.
He originally wanted to expel Nangong Wang directly from his command, but now it seems that he wants to give Nangong Wang a chance and a choice.
But in fact, he knew better that such a choice was very painful for Nangong Wang.
And from the moment he killed Zhou Zhi, there was an irreparable rift between him and Nangong Wang and Nie Chuchen, and it was difficult to go back to the past.
And because of this, he also formed a deep enmity with Fan Yang Shi Siming, and they were incompatible.
But Kong Sheng has no regrets.
And now, he is still willing to give Nangong Wang a chance to choose, but he himself can't choose.
Zhou Zhi is Shi Siming's sworn friend, infiltrated Chang'an to plot misdeeds, and posed a huge threat to Kong Sheng's safety, so he had to eradicate it.
"Nangong Wang."
Kong Sheng said lightly.
Nangong Wang was silent for a moment, but still bowed: "The mountain people have seen the great general suddenly return to the city, so he must have been suspicious of the mountain people for a long time."
Kong Sheng smiled slightly: "Your master Fan Yuncong turned out to be Shi Siming's confidant Zhou Zhi, I just knew it not long ago."
If it weren't for Chu Chen's infiltration into our army to assassinate Ning Kingdom, I wouldn't have been able to find out.
But since Chuchen is Shi Siming's daughter and Fan Yuncong is the incarnation of Zhou Zhi, how can I rest assured that you will stay in Chang'an City and Shenlongwei?"
Nangong Wang sighed lightly: "Sure enough."
My teacher is like this, and the mountain people are also inexplicable.
But no matter what, the mountain people will not take refuge in Fan Yang's traitors, and it seems that the general has never regarded the mountain people as his own. ” "There are no eternal self-people, only eternal interests.
Your master, is it your own person You are willing to stay with me, it is nothing more than thinking that I can bring you things that others can't give, you are an ambitious person, once Shi Siming is willing to give you what you want, you will return to Fan Yang, in fact, it is not impossible.
Kong Sheng's voice was flat: "Nangong Wang, in fact, I know you far more than you know about me.
You are different from Wu Xianwu Xie these people, you have never regarded yourself as Kong's subordinate, different roles, different positions, different mentalities, how can you turn around and complain that Kong has never treated you as your own person?"
Kong Sheng's rhetorical question made the corners of Nangong Wang's mouth twitch, speechless.
Kong Sheng's words were heart-wrenching, revealing all kinds of truths about his past one by one, and the window paper was pierced, what else could he say "I have had trust in you, limited trust, of course.
But I have a cautious suspicion of your loyalty.
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Now it seems that my judgment is correct.
Although you rejected Zhou Zhi just now, you ask yourself, can you refuse once, can you refuse a second time When Fan Yang offered enough price, can you still refuse?"
"If you had just answered Zhou Zhi, you would have died.
Kong is not merciful to betrayers, you should know better than anyone else.
But now, I'm willing to give you a chance and a choice, if you're willing to stay, we're still back to normal, still exist as strategic partners, I'll give you what you want, and all you need to do is do things for me, I'm more like your boss and you're a professional employee. ” Nangong Wang was silent when he heard this, and only after a long time did he smile bitterly and said: "General, my teacher has raised me for more than ten years, and now you have killed him in front of my eyes, and you want me to act as if nothing happened, this mountain man really can't do it, I'm sorry."
Kong Sheng smiled indifferently, "That's okay, you can leave on your own, and I will go into the palace to explain it to Your Majesty."
But please remember that after you leave, if you go to the mountains and forests and are willing to lie dormant, if you go to Fanyang and become my enemy, the next time, the day you and I meet again, you will be enemies of life and death.
You should be clear about Kong's methods of the enemy. ” "Even if it's you, Kong will never show mercy, please remember."
Nangong Wang was silent, and his expression became calmer.
After a while, he slowly took off the fourth-rank official robe of the deputy envoy of the Shenlong Guard, bowed deeply to Kong Sheng, and strode out of the hall.
The reason why he resolutely left was that Kong Sheng killed Zhou Zhi, he couldn't work peacefully with the enemy of the killer, and the other was that Kong Sheng pierced the last camouflage window paper, and he felt that it would be more difficult to integrate into Kong Sheng's small group in the future, leaving people in vain, so it was better to leave and find another way.
As Kong Sheng said, Nangong Wang is an ambitious person, and after he leaves Chang'an, it is impossible for him to return to the mountains and forests.
And even if he is the most optimistic about Shi Siming's Fan Yang faction, he will still throw himself into Fan Yang, with his capital in Chang'an and by Kong Sheng's side, and with his status as a disciple of Zhou Zhi, he will get an ideal position in Fan Yang.
In the future, Shi Siming can achieve the best, if he can't do it, maybe Nangong Wang will take his place to achieve his ambitions.
Although Nangong Wang has always claimed that he only has the desire to "emulate Zhuge Kongming to assist the Ming Lord", and does not have his own ideal of being the king and hegemon, Kong Sheng saw through him at a glance, but he didn't break it.
A person like Nangong Wang, he may have been looking for an opportunity all his life, but he may not have this opportunity.
Originally, if there was no Zhou Zhi's business, Kong Sheng would not have pierced this layer of window paper, because as long as Nangong Wang had no chance, he would not threaten.
There was an indifferent smile on the corner of Kong Sheng's mouth, he didn't keep it, let alone send someone to stop it.
He was even more afraid that Nangong Wang would throw himself at Fan Yang, because Nangong Wang had very few secrets here, at most he had arranged a few henchmen in Shenlongwei.
Kong Sheng will then clean up the inside of the Shenlong Guard, and it is impossible for Nangong Wang to plant nails and eyes and ears inside the Shenlong Guard.
Kong Sheng also killed Nangong Wang.
It's just that he and Nangong Wang have shared a period of hardship after all, and there is also Nie Chuchen's affection, Kong Sheng is not a real cold person after all, he still decided to let Nangong Wang go.
The so-called Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, after all, it is an old man, even if it is an enemy in the future, it is not easy to be kind and righteous.
Because at least so far, Nangong Wang has not done anything to endanger the Marquis of Chang'an and betray.
After Nangong Wang left, his whereabouts were unknown.
He didn't have a family in Chang'an, so he walked easily, carrying a package and a bad horse, and opened the city gate overnight and went.
Kong Sheng entered the palace overnight to see the emperor.
How he explained to the emperor, outsiders don't know, anyway, Kong Sheng talked with the emperor in the emperor's bedroom for most of the night, and at dawn the next day, he unknowingly rode the eagle Xiaobai and flew away from Chang'an City, and no one knew about the major changes in this night.
However, what shocked the government and the opposition was that in the afternoon, a major personnel change news suddenly came out from the palace, and the deputy envoy of Shenlongwei, Nangong Wang, resigned and returned to the field, and the emperor issued an edict to transfer Suiyang Taishou and Chengzhang in the imperial history to tour Beijing, and serve as the deputy envoy of Shenlongwei, and Feng Zhong Yibo and Yinguanglu Doctor.
This was Kong Sheng's suggestion, which was also approved by the emperor.
As for the candidate to replace Nangong Wang, Kong Sheng had already thought about it on the way back.
Shenlongwei is a major officer, not a person trusted by the emperor, not a person who is extremely loyal to the emperor, and cannot be appointed, the reason why Zhang Xun was selected is mainly because of Zhang Xun's loyalty and reputation, which is famous all over the world, and with Kong Sheng's strong recommendation, the emperor reluctantly agreed.
As for why Kong Sheng chose Zhang Xun, it is also the result of weighing the pros and cons.
At present, Shenlongwei, as a duty yamen, actually urgently needs a capable official, and at the same time, because of the particularity of Shenlongwei, he also needs a cool official who is strict and fearless in the face of the ministers and magnates.
Taking the overall consideration, relatively speaking, Zhang Xun is more suitable.
Besides, he was only a deputy envoy, and he was only acting during Kong Sheng's return to Chang'an, and when Kong Sheng returned to Chang'an, everything was calm, and the emperor figured out this section, and he was calm.
However, Kong Sheng's secret music shocked the emperor greatly.
In fact, the emperor is far from being as mediocre as the outside world observes, he doesn't trust Shi Siming very much, but he just gave a hundredfold enthusiastic response on the surface, and he was crowned the king and rewarded, and he also issued three edicts in succession to praise him, but in fact, it was just a delaying tactic, ready to settle accounts with Shi Siming after the autumn.
But the emperor didn't expect that Shi Siming would send someone to sneak into Chang'an in an attempt to plant nails around him, which directly angered the emperor.
The emperor also issued two secret decrees on the same day, one was for the Li Department of King Zhao, ordering him to quickly hand over the military power to Guo Ziyi, who would lead all the counterinsurgency soldiers and horses, and wait for the next transfer order of the imperial court.
In this regard, Kong Sheng played an important role.
He talked with the emperor all night, and finally made the emperor realize that the reason why the rebellion has not been settled for a long time is that in addition to the objective factors such as the sinister situation and the intertwined rebel forces, his inability to fully give Guo Ziyi, the world's famous generals, real military power is also an important factor.
Before, he let the crown prince Li Yu and Guo Ziyi and others restrain each other, and now he has let the Zhao Wang Li family sit in Luoyang, and it is difficult for Guo Ziyi and other generals to spread their hands and feet.
Let Guo Ziyi, as the deputy commander of the world's soldiers and horses, command the battle, and Guo Ziyi will have full authority to arrange counterinsurgency matters.
As for the crown prince Li Yu, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he should still be in name, but he is only in the distance, and his people are in Chang'an and do not fight.
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In this way, it not only appeased the crown prince Li Yu, but also gave Guo Ziyi substantial power, the best of both worlds.
As for Shi Siming for Fan Yang, Kong Sheng suggested that the appeasement reward should still be maintained and the policy should remain unchanged.
In the general righteousness, the imperial court should take the initiative.
But the imperial court can't easily send people to Fanyang, for the time being, let Shi Siming control Fanyang and other places, and wait for him to resist the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.
And at that time, Guo Ziyi and other five-way armies in Luoyang recuperated, and formed a five-way encirclement with elite divisions, and Shi Siming couldn't jump.
In fact, in Kong Sheng's view, Emperor Li Heng's biggest advantage is that he can listen to other people's advice when he is calm.
As long as your suggestion can convince him and make the emperor feel reasonable, then there will be a play.
This requires a high level of language art and a skill to control people's hearts, and Kong Sheng is the most indispensable and good at this.
Kong Sheng did not directly put forward his own suggestions, but combined with the general trend of the world, sorted out all kinds of intertwined clues little by little, one by one, and one by one, and gradually led the emperor into his logical thinking track, so that the emperor himself agreed and took the initiative to make a decision.
This is the wisdom of Kong Sheng, and in a sense, the wisdom of the emperor.
Because few people can sit down and discuss state affairs with the emperor, they can analyze the situation so thoroughly for the emperor, and the quarrels in the court attack each other, so that the emperor gets bored when he listens to it, where can he still listen to other people's suggestions.
There is also a secret decree for Lingwu Taishou Lin Yong, which is taken away by Kong Sheng.
The emperor clearly stated in the edict that when Kong Sheng's escort army arrived in Lingwu, Kong Sheng would temporarily assume the responsibility of the governor of Lingwu Prefecture and dispatch Lingwu and the first-line soldiers and horses in the northwest to prevent the Hui people from taking risks to invade the Tang Dynasty.
Although this is unlikely, it exists.
In addition to these two secret decrees, there is also a public decree, that is, to canonize the crown prince Li Yu as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, sit in Chang'an, dispatch in the center, and set up the generalissimo's palace and the East Palace.
This was already expected by the government and the opposition, but the emperor also shook a shot, and only let the crown prince receive a false name and no real power.
He sits in Chang'an, the so-called generalissimo is in name, and the so-called generals are not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, and even the orders of the monarch can be resisted, not to mention the orders of the crown prince.
Therefore, from this point of view, Li Yu did not intervene in the army this time to get the supreme military power he wanted.
Li Yu was bitter and angry.
Got a false name, but didn't get real power.
Guo Ziyi's victory over the counterinsurgency is good, he also has glory on his face, if Guo Ziyi and others suffer defeat, he, the generalissimo of the remote leader, will also have to take responsibility for it, and even infamy through the ages.
The only thing that calmed Li Yu was that Li Xi, the king of Zhao, was also stripped of his military power by the emperor and transferred back to Chang'an to continue to be his idle prince.
This can at least show that King Zhao, who has lost his military power, will no longer be qualified to compete with Li Yu for the position of prince in the future.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yu did not have a seizure.
Recently, the faction in the East Palace has been very noisy in the court, because it feels that Kong Sheng has sent an envoy to leave Chang'an, and only Li Mi and Du Hongjian are left by the emperor's side, and the princelings feel that the opportunity has come, and they are vigorously pushing Li Yu to regain his former authority and glory.
Therefore, at the court meeting, it almost became one-sided for the East Palace faction.
Except for the people of the queen's relatives faction who rely on the queen's favor and occasionally compete with the East Palace faction, Li Mi, these powerless royalist ministers, is difficult to become a climate at all.
Although they are in the official residence and lead the government and the opposition, many of the subordinates under their command are people from the East Palace, which is equivalent to putting them in the air, because of the existence of Li Yu, Li Mi and others did not dare to clean up the people of the East Palace, in fact, it is difficult to clean up, because of the large number of people, it will affect the whole body. oshow7 t1706231537: