Chapter 18 Chapter Fourteen Who Is the Master and Who Is the Guest——The Story of Lu Long's Rebellion
Reading Through the Three Springs·A Different Kind of History of the Late Tang Dynasty
陈力舟
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2018-03-16
...here again.
The unknowable and irresistible force led Mr. Liu, Lulong Jiedu envoy, to walk in a remote and unfamiliar space until he walked into a quiet noon many years ago.
At that time, there, the extremely brilliant noon sun was divided into pieces by the cracks in the father's sleeping tent.The flakes of sunlight, as well as countless fine dust flying in the sunlight, filled the entire space.Every speck of floating dust is an unreasonable babble whispering in his ears.The various granular sounds are integrated into a moor like a piece.
In the dimness, Mr. Liu saw a person with his back to the couch secretly mixing a handful of powder into a bowl.The white powder quickly melted into the white buttermilk and became invisible.The man turned around tremblingly, walked to the couch, and handed the bowl to his father Liu Ji.Liu Ji with a sickly face was reclining weakly on the couch, like a half dead tree, lying there without any activity.He wanted to reach out for the bowl.However, the hands that were handed over were shaking so badly that several drops of buttermilk splashed into the palms of my hands.Liu Ji raised his head in surprise, but didn't say anything.
What a haggard, sickly face it was.
Mr. Liu saw his father Yu Si's face so vividly, with deep wrinkles engraved on his shriveled face.It had been a long, long time since he had looked at his father up close.But he is familiar with these wrinkles, just as he is familiar with the palm lines on his own hands.According to legend, when his father was born, the room was filled with darkness.The midwife and maidservant suddenly saw a giant snake coiled in the black air, hissing and spitting snake letters like will-o'-the-wisp.Amidst the screams, a baby fell to the ground.That is Liu Ji.This hero reincarnated from a long snake was once full of vigor and power, but now he is tortured by illness and worries.
A pair of eyes that had almost lost the brilliance of life were staring at Mr. Liu with doubts—his heart tightened suddenly: the person who poisoned the buttermilk with his back turned to his father, the person who handed the bowl to his father, It is himself!
There is no record of what happened after that.Only the blood stains on the skirt of the robe, like clusters of scarlet durian flowers, blooming in the darkness without boundaries.
Can't avoid it.The face that had been blurred for many years suddenly became clear again, and it became hideous—it was the face of his father who was twisted in pain after being poisoned, dangling in front of, behind, above his head, and under Mr. Liu, like an ancient bell in Xiaosi Temple. , in the wooden swaying, swaying, swaying reveals a blindly detached and mundane indifference...
The same dream has been done dozens of times.A leaden nightmare firmly suppressed Mr. Liu in his sleep. Even when he was struggling in vain in sleep, he could clearly experience the suffocating weight of this nightmare.However, as soon as he closed his eyes, he returned to the noon when death was flying around many years ago.There was never a time when Mr. Liu didn't turn over with a shrill howl, and fell back from the terror in his dream to his never-warm bed.Still in shock, he sat down in the never-extinguishing candlelight.But the faltering flames couldn't bring him even the slightest bit of anger.A small cold snake swallowed a dark brown letter and swam silently along his spine, meandering through the densely packed ice-like sweat beads on his back, and finally coiled into a church in his heart. A circle of heart palpitations—the father, and the elder brother who was killed by him with a basswood stick, took revenge on him cruelly after death: erratic ghosts haunted and haunted Mr. Liu's dream after he closed his eyes. The night after opening my eyes is endless.
The torment of the nightmare made Lu Long Jiedu make Mr. Liu's remaining time lifeless.He didn't expect that the heinous crimes he committed in the fifth year of Yuanhe ruined the peace of the rest of his life forever.
In the fifth year of Yuanhe, Li Chun (Tang Xianzong) crusade against Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Chengzong for the first time.After receiving the edict from Chang'an, the surrounding towns rose up one after another.Lulong Town is adjacent to Chengde.After learning the news of Chang'an's conquest of Chengde, Liu Ji immediately summoned his generals to discuss the southern expedition to Chengde.Unexpectedly, the general Tan Zhong asserted on the spot that the emperor would never recruit Lu Long's army, and Chengde would not prevent Lu Long from going south.After hearing this, Liu Ji scolded on the spot: Why don't you just say that I colluded with Wang Chengzong and rebelled against the court!
In a rage, Liu Ji ordered people to throw Tan Zhong into the prison.
Unexpectedly, the news that the scouts brought back to Youzhou proved what Tan Zhong said was true: on the border with Lulong, Chengde had no defenses at all.Chang'an's edict was also sent to Youzhou the next day, ordering Liu Ji to "specially protect the northern border" and not to go south.
Surprised, Liu Ji released Tan Zhong from prison, wanting to ask for clarification.Tan Zhong told him that it was Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Lu Congshi who was sowing discord.The villain at both ends of the first mouse wrote to the court, claiming that Lu Long and Cheng De had colluded with each other.The emperor misunderstood the slander and refused to let Lu Long send troops.In this way, Wang Chengzong avoided the dilemma of being attacked by Lu Longjun and the imperial army from the north to the south.The cunning Lu Congshi flattered Wang Chengzong and impressed the emperor with loyalty.But Liu Ji was in a dilemma-the emperor and the people of the world thought he was in collusion with Wang Chengzong; but Wang Chengzong only accepted Lu Congshi's love.
After listening to Tan Zhong's analysis, Liu Ji suddenly realized, and immediately marched south with an army of 70,000, to prove his loyalty to the emperor and the world.Before leaving, he appointed his eldest son Liu Wei as the deputy ambassador to stay in Youzhou.
When the army went south to Yingzhou, Liu Ji fell ill.His second son, Liu, is always the governor of Yingzhou, so he naturally had to do his filial piety at his father's bedside.Mr. Liu has long been dissatisfied with serving as the governor of a state under his father and brother.But for many years, no matter how diligent he is, Liu Ji has always adhered to the dogma of establishing a family to grow up, and has no intention of changing course.The disappointed Mr. Liu secretly found his confidant...
Soon, a person falsely claiming to be from Chang'an came to Liu Ji's camp.He told Liu Ji that because Lu Long's army was sluggish and delayed the war opportunity, the imperial court had appointed his eldest son Liu Ji as Jiedu envoy.
This is fake news full of flaws.But Liu Ji, who was sick, was in a daze, and remembered what Tan Zhong had said not long ago.It seems that the performance of beheading thousands of levels and sieging cities and villages in the past few months has not won the trust of the emperor.After cleaning up Xichuan Liu Pi, Xia Sui Yang Huilin and Zhexi Li Qi, is Li Chun going to attack him?It happened so fast and so suddenly.Liu Ji was in chaos, and he never thought that this was his son's conspiracy.
Under Mr. Liu's arrangement, new news reached his father the next day.This time, people told Liu Ji that the festival rewarded to Liu Ji had been sent to Taiyuan, and he would soon cross the Taihang Mountains and enter Hebei.Jingjie, which symbolizes the authority of Jiedushi, will legally give power to Liu Ji's eldest son.The news of Yishuai before the battle came one after another, and the whole army was terrified.Liu Ji was furious.He suspected that Liu Yu, who stayed behind in Youzhou, conspired with the imperial court to usurp his position while he was away.
conspiracy!This is a conspiracy!
In Liu Ji's eyes, dozens of generals who have been close to Liu Fu are all participants in the conspiracy.They didn't know anything about the matter on the surface, but they were all grinning secretly, calculating, waiting to welcome the new Jiedu envoy Liu Wei.Liu Ji killed them frantically, leaving no one suspicious.Outside the camp, dozens of corpses were lying in disorder.However, that didn't stop the dire news from arriving on the third day.Liu Ji was disappointed to learn that the new banner issued to Liu Ji had passed Daizhou and was about to be sent to his barracks.
All because of Liu Wei.The person who is supposed to replace him must be summoned immediately for interrogation.Mr. Liu lost no time in recommending his confidant to his father to stay in Youzhou instead of Liu Yu.
After receiving his father's order, Liu Yu handed over Youzhou without hesitation, and flew south to Yingzhou.
Liu Wei is coming.The lie is about to be exposed.But Mr. Liu is not afraid.He knew that the time had come for the picture to show up.From the moment the fake news was released, he methodically proceeded to meet this final moment.When those who supported Liu Fu were executed one by one, and the order to recall Liu Fu was also sent to Youzhou, Mr. Liu knew that his father was no longer of any use.He couldn't let Liu Ji realize suddenly after seeing Liu Ji.
On that sunny noon, Mr. Liu handed his father a bowl of buttermilk...
At this time, Liu Yan and his party had just arrived in Zhuozhou.Before he could see his father in time, he fell into a pre-arranged trap.Liu Yan was told that his father was unwilling to listen to any explanation from him.When he was stunned, two ferocious executioners had already stood in front of him.Looking at the basswood stick, Liu Wei, who didn't know the inside story, closed his eyes in pain.
After hearing that Liu Ji and Liu Yu's father and son died suddenly, Chang'an ordered Liu Zong to succeed him as Jiedu envoy.
"New Book of Tang" says Mr. Liu is "a cunning thief, especially treacherous", and he is a very scheming person.He carefully concealed the truth of the matter, and pretended to be a fairly obedient courtier in front of the heroic Li Chun.Perhaps Chang'an was not ignorant of the tragedy outside Zhuozhou.However, Chengde still has the stubborn Wang Chengzong, Huaixi also has the arrogant Wu Yuanji, Ziqing also has Li Shidao who dared to send assassins into Chang'an to kill the prime minister... In this era of ghosts and monsters flying in the sky, the emperor really has no energy to pursue the truth of the past. Youyan's murder case also has no strength to lightly start a war against Lu Long while attacking Chengde and Huaixi.Not only did Mr. Liu not pay the price for his sins, but his official status soared, he was named the Duke of Chu, and he gradually became the inspector Sikong...
Li Chun didn't expect that his son would follow Mr. Liu's example and show his father his white teeth in a few years.
I imagined myself standing on the city wall of Youzhou, leaning on the battlements, watching owls flying up and down in the cold air at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain.In the springs I described, those owls with or without feathers flew around against the gray background of the times from beginning to end.Li You (Tang Muzong) himself is an owl who rebelled against his father!In the Yuanhe Palace Change, he killed his father and opened a door to hell for himself.Not only Li You, but the entire dynasty will step by step towards the abyss of eternal doom.
History will record Li You's nightmarish life, as well as Mr. Liu's nightmare of Lulong Jiedushi who committed the same crime as him.There are lingering memories and haunting ghosts in every nightmare—justice that cannot be administered by human beings is finally enforced by ghosts.
Hundreds of monks hired with a lot of money replaced the armored warriors and formed a human wall around Mr. Liu.It seems that only they can protect Mr. Liu's creepy soul surrounded by ghosts.Even the sound of chanting scriptures could not relieve the murderer's nerves for a moment.The troubled and tortured Mr. Liu knew that it was time to give up.Everything in the world of mortals is tainted with bloody smell that cannot be washed away.If you can't wash it off, you have to give up.For penitents like Mr. Liu, the Chinese religion has long reserved a decent way out for them: Buddhism.
The illogical Chinese religious teachings always allow a frivolous and casual attitude to replace deep reflection and repentance of real sins.In front of the mountain gate, all kinds of sinners lightly brush off the dust of the secular world on their robes, and they also shake off all their sins-"How many sad things in life, don't let them go to the empty gate."Putting on black clothes, they knocked on the wide and boundless mountain gate, entered the hall and entered the room, seeking spiritual comfort in front of the ancient Qingdeng Buddha.
Chang'an received the memorial from Mr. Liu.He begged Li You to let him become a monk.He wants to exchange everything in his hands for a night of deep sleep.
The eunuch in Chang'an brought Mr. Liu a purple monk's uniform, the talisman of the Tianping Jiedu envoy, and the edict appointing him as a servant.One patricide generously allowed another patricide to choose any of the three options: becoming a monk, becoming an official in another place, and entering the court for the elderly.However, before the edict was sent to Youzhou, Mr. Liu had already become a monk.The pale man couldn't wait to escape from the city surrounded by the undead.
After hearing the news, Mr. Liu's mansion was surrounded by many soldiers.They wanted to keep Mr. Liu.
In the eyes of Youzhou people, the retribution of ghosts is just a kind of illusory myth, and it is impossible for people to give up such a beautiful enjoyment in this world for it.They don't care about Mr. Liu's evil deed of killing his father and brother.What's this?Didn't An Lushan and Shi Siming, the spiritual idols of the three towns in Hebei, all die at the hands of their sons?
After brutally killing several soldiers who prevented him from leaving, Mr. Liu rode alone and disappeared from our sight forever, leaving a long series of heavy hooves in the night.
In the world of mortals, there is one Jiedu Envoy named Mr. Liu missing.
In the Hongye Temple, there will be an extra Baihao monk named Dajue.
Before retiring from the world, Mr. Liu had a comprehensive consideration of the political situation in Youzhou.According to his arrangement, Lulong Jiedushi's jurisdiction will be divided into three.
Mr. Liu chose Xue Ping to manage the prefectures of Lingping, Ji, Gui, and Chan.He is the great-grandson of Xue Rengui, the legendary general who "fixed Tianshan with three arrows".Grandfather Xue Na was also a famous general in Weizhen West Frontier.Xue Ping is the real queen.More importantly, he has a very deep background in Heshuo.His father Xue Song is the historical prototype of the protagonist in the novel.
When he was young, Xue Song was "heroic and heroic, unwilling to make profits, riding and shooting himself with physical strength", and defected to the tent of Anlu Mountain.In the rebel army, he was as famous as Tian Chengsi, Zhang Zhongzhi and other Hebei heroes, and he was a famous general.Unlike Xue Gang in the folk novel, Xue Song did not become the final winner.With the death of An Lushan and Shi Siming one after another, the rebel army that had lost its core fell apart, and the sun was dying, so Xue Song had no choice but to surrender to the court.However, anyway, the later Xue Song changed his old appearance, "sincerely serves his post, and has a good reputation", which is quite different from the arrogant and domineering Wei Bo Jiedu envoy Tian Chengsi.The legend of the Tang Dynasty tells the story of his confrontation with Tian Chengsi: At that time, Tian Chengsi of the leader Heshuo had always wanted to annex Xue Song's territory.On a moonless and starless night, Xue Song's servant Hongxiannv sneaked into Weizhou and stole a gold box from Tian Chengsi's bedroom without anyone noticing.After getting the gold box, Xue Song repaired a letter, attached the box to the letter and returned it to Tian Chengsi.The cunning Tian Chengsi certainly understood Xue Song's subtext: This time my people can enter your bedroom and take the gold box, and they can also take your head next time.Tian Chengsi had no choice but to temporarily dispel his ambition to covet Xiangxi.
As the son of Xue Song, Xue Ping was very loyal to the court and had a long history with Heshuo.Let him manage Lingping, Ji, Gui, and Chan states, which can be said to be suitable for people and places.In Mr. Liu's plan, his wife Dang Jingzhao Yin Lu Shimei can serve as the observer envoy of Ying and Mozhou.As for the Youzhou headquarters, Mr. Liu recommended Zhang Hongjing, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, to the emperor.
Zhang Hongjing's grandfather was Zhang Jiazhen, a famous prime minister during the Kaiyuan period, and his father Zhang Yanshang was also a prime minister.When he was still a teenager, Zhang Hongjing, who was born in the Zanying family, was appreciated by many people for his extraordinary demeanor.Legend has it that one day, young Zhang Hongjing was traveling with Ma Sui, Li Baozhen, Lu Qi, Lu Zhi, and Li Fan, and met Prime Minister Du Hongjian.Du Hongjian, who is good at identifying talents, carefully looked at the juniors in front of him, and came to a conclusion: From now on, these energetic young people in front of him will all appear in the future.The poet Du Mu's grandfather, Du You, was a veteran of several dynasties, and he also admired Zhang Hongjing very much. He had long asserted that he would be the prime minister.
When he was in Chang'an, Zhang Hongjing showed a simplicity and sophistication that his father could not match.Just as those old officials predicted, he will soon succeed his father and ancestors and become prime minister.This is what the poet extolled, "The family occupies the first peak of Zhongtiao".The Zhang family in Hedong was named "Three-phase Zhang family" for this reason.Zhang Hongjing's mother Miao was the daughter of Taishi Miao Jinqing.In "Tang Kingdom History Supplement", Li Zhaozhong said that the Miao family "is the most expensive woman in modern clothes, and there is no one like this".Just because her father, father-in-law, husband and son successively became prime ministers.What is even more admirable is that she ignored the objection of her husband Zhang Yanshang and chose Wei Gao, who was just a poor and humble scholar at that time, as her son-in-law.This wise choice made her well-developed network of relationships even bigger.Later, Wei Gao was granted the title of King and Taiwei of Nankang County, and Weizhen was in the southwest for more than 20 years.It is said that from then on, no one of the famous family dared to despise his poor son-in-law.
In the 14th year of Yuanhe, Zhang Hongjing, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, served as the Jiedu envoy of Xuanwu, and later transferred to the Jiedu envoy of Hedong.The former Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Han Hong severely punished and tyrannized the government, and the former Hedong Jiedu envoy Wang E was greedy for money, and the people of the two places complained a lot.But after Zhang Hongjing took office, he quickly won the hearts of the army and the people with his honesty, sincerity, tolerance and generosity.
Hedong and Lulong are only separated by a mountain, Mr. Liu has long heard of Zhang Hongjing's reputation.He very much hoped that the former prime minister's elegant demeanor would exert a subtle influence on the rebellious Yanzhao warriors.
Despite the above arrangements, the experience of living in Youzhou for many years still tells Mr. Liu that the unruly Lu Long will never bow to the court easily.Since the Tianbao period, it has been used to doing things on its own.In addition to dividing Lulong into three parts and selecting suitable candidates to lead the three regions, Mr. Liu also sent a domineering general like Zhu Kerong, who is known as the soldier and horse envoy, to Chang'an.This is another move he arranged to play: to separate the arrogant soldiers from the brave generals, and eliminate hidden dangers invisible.If those tough soldiers wanted to make waves, they couldn't find a suitable leader to serve as their leader.
From Mr. Liu's heart, he also hopes that the imperial court will treat Zhu Kerong and others with courtesy.After the Anshi Rebellion, Hebei and Chang'an were like enemy countries, and they were very separated.Perhaps, Zhu Ke's integration into the DPRK gave the two sides a chance to reconcile.The gorgeous red and purple clothes will cover up the bloody memories brought to both sides by fighting on the battlefield in the past few decades.Chang'an can use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to win over heroes from Hebei, shorten the psychological distance between Chang'an and Hebei, and re-cultivate Hebei's sense of identity with Chang'an.
We can't help but be impressed by the appropriateness and thoughtfulness of Mr. Liu's plan - this is the last good deed of a Xie Xiao.Behind him are Lu Long's tens of thousands of restless tiger and wolf troops and a not too bad situation.
A few days later, people found Mr. Liu, no, the body of the monk Dajue in Dingzhou.
When news of Dajue's death reached Chang'an, Zhu Kerong was once again trudging his way up the steps of the Zhengshitang under Zhongshumen.
This former titan can't remember how many times he has been here.When he walked through the well-dressed civil servants with a dull face, he knew in his heart how different he was.They thought that a martial artist like Zhu Kerong was ignorant, stupid as a pig, and couldn't feel all this.But he actually has a very sensitive heart.In Youzhou, there is not so much red tape to cover up the contradictions between each other.All competition for survival is carried out in a bloody way.Today, you may be surrounded by fronts and backs, and you may be majestic, but tomorrow you may be cut to pieces because of a disagreement.Life and death are just moments.Zhu Kerong remains sensitive to hostility at all times.
In Zhu Kerong's eyes, Chang'an is decadent, coquettish and bizarre.In the final analysis, he also looked down on the well-dressed people in Chang'an.Compared with You Yan's Jiu Jiu Wu Fu, they are so weak from body to soul, they have not been baptized by the wind and snow in the frontier.The unscrupulous young knight-errant in Beijing rides a five-flowered horse and a three-foot sword at his waist, but he only knows "clear songs and dances before falling flowers".The majestic city wall of Chang'an blocked the cold north wind for them, and also limited their vision, so that they could not see the magnificent scene of geese falling into the sky.
But now, he, Zhu Kerong, has to bow down to the arrogant Chang'an bureaucrats cautiously, with smiling faces, hoping that they can give him an errand.On the eve of being sent to Chang'an, Mr. Liu vividly described the infinite prosperity of Chang'an to Zhu Kerong.Now, Zhu Kerong also has to admit that Chang'an has towering palaces and magnificent city walls that cannot be compared to Youzhou.But he is just a stranger living in it.Du Fu recalled his life in Jinghua and wrote:
Zhu Kerong can't express his feelings in verse.But the bitterness in my heart is no less than that of Du Fu.He has been detained in the capital for many months, and there is not much money left from Youzhou, but the courtesy that Mr. Liu described for him is still a mirror image.Zhu Kerong had to run around in Youye, begging for a job to make ends meet.Such a negligible hope was ruthlessly crushed.The high-ranking prime ministers prevaricated him coldly.In their view, Zhu Kerong is just a warrior who doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters. He doesn't understand the rules and regulations, and he doesn't have the necessary elements of fame and family status to get involved in Chang'an officialdom.There is no place for him in Chang'an.
Today, when Zhu Kerong pushed open the door of the Political Affairs Hall without much hope, he found that the situation was different from the past.The prime ministers told the indifferent general in a cold tone: You can go back to Youzhou.
Zhu Kerong was a little taken aback.Behind the indifferent expressions of the prime ministers, there was a kind of unconcealed relief.Zhang Hongjing, the new Jiedu envoy sent by the imperial court to Youzhou, has officially assumed his post, and there has been no disturbance or any disturbing signs.In the eyes of the prime ministers, with Zhang Hongjing taking over Youzhou, the problem has been solved: this feudal town that has been making waves for decades is submissive to the imperial court.It seems completely unnecessary to keep Zhu Kerong.These borders will be as rude and dishonest as barbarians.The chancellor did not at all regard them as serious colleagues, nor as opponents who had to be dealt with seriously.
Come from there, go back there—Zhu Kerong was carelessly driven back to Youzhou like a lost dog.
After leaving the Zhengshitang, Zhu Kerong went back to the lower place, packed his luggage briefly, walked through the neighborhood of Chang'an hungrily, and quietly walked out of the city.This is the last time he wandered the streets of Chang'an.At the moment when he stepped out of the Chunming Gate, a trace of regret flashed through Zhu Kerong's heart. "If you don't see the grandeur of the imperial residence, you will know the dignity of the emperor" - Chang'an is the most beautiful place in the world.But Zhu Kerong knew better that this beautiful city did not belong to him.In Chang'an's Luhuaixiangmo, he slowly developed a feeling of despair.
Zhu Kerong's grandfather, Zhu Tao, understood this decades ago.
At the end of the Anshi Rebellion, Xue Song, Tian Chengsi and other old Anshi generals divided up Heshuo.Youzhou belongs to Li Huaixian's territory.Both Zhu Tao and his elder brother Zhu Xi were partial generals under Li Huaixian's command.Together with Zhu Xicai, they murdered Li Huaixian.The imperial court sent former prime minister Wang Jin to replace Zhu Xicai.But it turns out that Youzhou simply cannot tolerate a bureaucrat from Chang'an.Three months later, Zhu Xicai drove Wang Jin away.He didn't stay in the position for long, either.Zhu Xi replaced him as the new Lulong Jiedushi.He sent his brother Zhu Tao to go to Chang'an with three thousand soldiers to participate in the autumn prevention in the west of Beijing.
When the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the Hu people often invade the frontier, plundering the rich women and the crops that are about to be harvested.Therefore, whenever the golden wind blows, the imperial court will conscript all troops to attack the Hu cavalry who invaded the bandits-this is "anti-autumn".In the hundred years after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo cut off the Hexi Corridor connecting Chang'an and Anxi.As the poem says: "Usually there are thousands of miles of borders in Anxi, but today the frontier defense is in Fengxiang."The Tang Dynasty had to prevent autumn in Fengxiang, a short distance from Chang'an, to prevent the Tubo people from driving straight in, burning, killing and looting.The Hebei Fanzhen surrendered to Chang'an on the surface, but never participated in the autumn defense.Youzhou dispatched three thousand troops this time for the first time, which made Tang Daizong (Li Yu) secretly happy, and specially summoned Zhu Tao.However, Zhu Tao knew very well that his world was not in Chang'an.For a general born in Hebei, it is difficult to do anything in Chang'an, which values family status and Jinshi background.Zhu Tao didn't want to pin his future on the emperor's temporary favor.After the end of the autumn defense, he left Chang'an without hesitation.
After returning to Youzhou, the cunning Zhu Tao coaxed and lied to him, urging his elder brother Zhu Xi to also appreciate the scenery of the emperor's hometown at the foot of the emperor.Impressed by his brother's rhetoric, Zhu Xi went west to Chang'an with great interest.As soon as he walked away, Zhu Tao immediately found an excuse, killed more than 20 generals, and cut off his brother's wings.Knowing that Zhu Bian was in Chang'an, he had no choice but to acquiesce to this fact.For him, the best ending to return to Youzhou is to act as his brother's puppet.In view of this, Zhu Xi had to stay in Chang'an.
Since then, the two brothers have embarked on different paths.Zhu Tao of Youzhou held great power and called the wind and rain. Together with Wang Wujun and Tian Yue, he usurped the throne and became the leader of the three towns in Hebei.The clouds in the sky have changed their shapes for Zhu Tao, who is infinitely beautiful.The famous general Ma Sui said bitterly that Baiyun was ignorant and dared to create auspicious omen for the rebels.But Zhu Xi was trapped in the shallows of Chang'an like a dragon out of water.The imperial court gave him an official rank, but not real power.In Chang'an, he had no subordinates, territory, relatives or political partners.This determines that Zhu Xi can only be frustrated in the temple.He later got involved in the Chang'an rebellion inexplicably, and finally died in the rebellion shamefully.
The completely different experiences of grandfather and uncle are undoubtedly a great inspiration to Zhu Kerong.He quickly put his disappointment aside.The hunger and cold in front of him could not change Zhu Kerong's ambition, but only made him full of resentment towards Chang'an and the people in Chang'an city.Li Bai's sentence "Laughing up to the sky and going out, how can I be a fluffy person in my generation" may be the best portrayal of Zhu Kerong at this time.Walking out of the gate of Chang'an City Wall, I imagined that this ragged Youzhou warrior would face the long road to the east and the long sky at the end of the long road, and let out a long and sharp howl...
The whole process can only be summed up in four clichéd but appropriate words: Zonghuguishan.
Like Zhu Kerong, the new Zhang Hongjing also came to Youzhou, which he was not familiar with and could not adapt to. After Zhu Kerong's uncle and grandfather killed Li Huaixian, the imperial court appointed Wang Jin, who had served as a prime minister, to succeed Lu Longjie. degree to make.He was a descendant of the well-known Taiyuan Wang family and the brother of the poet Wang Wei.But Wang Jin was quickly pushed out.Except for Wang Jin's short three months, only Zhang Hongjing was not born in Youzhou and became its leader-this is the first case in nearly a hundred years and the only case in two hundred years.
Under the surprised eyes of the Youzhou people, Zhang Hongjing sat on his shoulders and entered Youzhou City.
This is a majestic city with nine miles from north to south, seven miles from east to west, and ten gates. Like a fierce tiger at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain, it opens its huge mouth to the sky, and blows in the wind from all directions.The Yongji Canal dug by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and the 3,000-mile Royal Road that started in Yulin converge here, forming a channel that radiates in all directions with Youzhou as the center.As the eastern edge of Huma's southward route, Youzhou has an incomparably unique position "with Hutuo in the front and easy water in the back, with mountains and fertile fields stretching thousands of miles".During the Kaiyuan period, the imperial court set up ten Jiedu envoys on its long border.There are only 490,000 elite soldiers in the ten towns.The Fanyang Jiedu Envoy (later renamed Lulong Jiedu Envoy) stationed in Youzhou had 91,400 people, the most among all towns.An Lushan, a mixed race of Hu and Turks, took this as his lair and swung his south finger, trying to overthrow the Chang'an dynasty in one fell swoop.
According to Yao Runeng's records in "The Deeds of Anlu Mountain", during the Anshi Rebellion, the rebels "took Fanyang (Youzhou) as Yanjing,... set up Tianhua and other gates, the Shuyamen Building as Tingzheng Building, and Jiedu Hall as Ziwei temple".Therefore, Youzhou is the epitome of Huhua Hebei, the core of the separatist forces, the source of the rebellion, and the first city outside Chang'an.
But in the eyes of Zhang Hongjing on the shoulder, Youzhou is just a deserted city on the border.
The road has pits and hurdles, which are suitable for horses and hooves, but not for exquisitely decorated incense cars; the houses are simple, and the Jiedu Hall, which was once called the Ziwei Temple during the rebellion, cannot compete with Chang'an or even those luxurious ones in Taiyuan. Compared with the palace yamen.The only thing worth seeing is the majestic Jibei Tower.Compared with Chunming Gate and Yanxia Gate in Chang'an, the skeletons of tall buildings in Youzhou are magnificent but rough.
What Zhang Hongjing couldn't get used to even more were the people from Youzhou.
When Jianyu passed slowly through the path flashed by the crowd of onlookers, he could clearly feel that there was a disturbing light in the countless gazes.surprised?hostility?Yes, all right, but not quite right.People in Chang'an, Taiyuan, Bianzhou, and even other places outside of Hebei do not have such sharp eyes.They would not stare at their parents so unscrupulously.That is not advocated by Confucian etiquette, and it is also not allowed by the court law.If it was in Chang'an, Jing Zhaoyin, who suppressed the local area, would have used a long whip to disperse the onlookers with such gazes.What made Zhang Hongjing more uncomfortable was the contempt for legal authority and hierarchy contained in his presumptuous eyes.
This is true for the little people at the bottom, let alone the soldiers, horses and vanguards who are sitting on heavy troops.When Jiu Jiu warriors lined up to visit the new Jiedushi, what Zhang Hongjing saw was rough behavior, what he heard was noisy human voices, and what he felt was frustration.Rough palms and rough faces formed his impression of Youzhou people.Everyone is so different from those elegant talents and descendants of prominent families in Chang'an!
Facing the iron horse Shuofeng's Yanshan Pass, Zhang Hongjing was "thinking of Chang'an at this time of year, when a hundred flowers bloom in the deep alleys of Zhumen".He sincerely missed the scenery of Chang'an "covered with crowns" and the young and golden hairpin guests with green temples.The haggard feeling of being in a foreign country is like smoke and mist, lingering in the heart, and it is difficult to dispel for a long time.This made it impossible for Zhang Hongjing to enter the state quickly like he did in Bianzhou and Taiyuan.When inspecting the military camp, receiving generals, and other tedious government affairs, he asked his staff to show up, and he only showed up in the Jiedu Hall for about ten days.The ascension to the board of directors once every ten days is also hasty, more like a ceremony that has to be perfunctory.In this way, Zhang Hongjing can avoid contact with those rude generals as much as possible.Most of the time, he would rather lock himself in the mansion alone, flip through books, and write.
Zhang Hongjing's grandfather, Zhang Jiazhen, was a collector of calligraphy and painting, and his own big characters "are not because of learning from others, but they are majestic in nature".His father, Zhang Yanshang, is also good at calligraphy and painting, and he is known as "Miaohe Zhong (Zhong Yao) Zhang (Zhang Huaiguan), with ancient ink marks".Zhang Hongjing himself has "three changes in calligraphy style, which is called by the times".Only in this small space, can Zhang Hongjing find a long-lost elegant atmosphere from the famous brushes and inks hanging on the four walls and the shelves full of scrolls——
A closed door separated Zhang Hongjing and Youzhou into two worlds.
Youzhou people were surprised by Zhang Hongjing's performance.
In Heshuo, power is associated with force, not procedure.In the desert, toughness is the only basis for power.For many years, the Jiedu envoys of the three towns in Hebei were supported and deposed by the army, and the imperial court had little say in personnel replacement.
Taking Youzhou as an example, Li Huaixian, the first Jiedu envoy after the Anshi Rebellion, died at the hands of brothers Zhu Xicai and Zhu Xi.Tang Daizong (Li Yu) wanted Prime Minister Wang Jin to be the Jiedu envoy, with Zhu Xicai as the deputy Jiedu.But Wang Jin became familiar with the unspoken rules of power in Youzhou in three months, and wisely gave up the position of Jiedushi to Zhu Xicai, rewarded the army by himself, and then returned to Chang'an.Unruly Zhu Xicai forgot that the basis of her power is the support of her subordinates, so her arrogance and lawlessness made the people of Youzhou unbearable, and she was killed by her subordinates soon.People all recommend Zhu Xi as the queen.Zhu Tao later replaced him.After Zhu Tao died of illness, the army promoted Liu Pang as Jiedu envoy.Because when he acted as an agent for the Jiedu Mansion, he won the hearts of the soldiers.Liu Tong died of illness after only three months in office.His son Liu Ji took over as Jiedushi under the support of everyone——
This is also a kind of "democracy", an alternative democracy that votes with knives and guns instead of paper slips.
Therefore, Jiedu envoys must mingle with their subordinates.Like the Hu people, the Youzhou people agree with a relatively simple way of life, and they do not deliberately emphasize their rank through details of life such as clothing, carriages and horses.They have become accustomed to Jiedushi who smelled of sweat and smell like them, a Jiedushi who stood up on the battlefield and danced with spears and clubs, and a Jiedushi who looked no different from them in appearance. Jiedushi.
But the Zhang Hongjing in front of them has a graceful and solemn demeanor, a lofty and arrogant look in his eyes, and a reclusive demeanor—he is incompatible with Youzhou, and even the whole of Hebei.
The judge Zhang Hongjing relied on most was Wei Yong.His history is not recorded in the history books.However, the fact that Zhang Hongjing, who had been in officialdom for a long time, favored this "young and frivolous man" and appointed him a judge showed that he probably had a superior family background.Most of Zhang Hongjing's shogunate were descendants of aristocratic families.Li Deyu, who is famous all over the world, was once his aide.The surname Wei is most expensive in the south of Chang'an City, and "Yong" is the ancient name of Guanzhong.I guess, Wei Yong is very likely to be born in the noble "Jingzhao Webster".
If it was in Bianzhou or Taiyuan, Zhang Hongjing would definitely not indulge his staff like this.However, in Youzhou, a border town where Hu Feng was prevalent, he felt unbearably lonely.There were no elegant gentry or great bureaucrats living in the countryside to pay homage to Zhang Hongjing's poems; there were no celebrities and talented scholars who passed by to talk about Chang'an scenery and Luoyang anecdotes to relieve him of the depression in his career.Only these aides in front of me can be talked about.Speaking of which, Zhang Hongjing is also a descendant of Youzhou's old surname.His ancestor Zhang Zizha served in the Sui Dynasty and served as the prime minister of Hedong County all his life. The Zhang family moved from his hometown of Youzhou to the Yi family of Puzhou, Hedong.To Zhang Hongjing, it is already the seventh generation.Therefore, the history books say that Zhang Hongjing was born in Hedong.
For him, this native place only marks the space where his ancestors once lived.Zhang Hongjing himself spent most of his life in Chang'an and Luoyang.Therefore, he can completely regard himself as a native of Chang'an.
No matter how different personalities are between the reckless Wei Yong and the elegant Zhang Hongjing, they both come from Chang'an, have a common cultural background and common topics, and the same is true in their contempt for the people and customs of Youzhou.It's just that one is more restrained, while the other doesn't know how to hide it.每当韦雍带着案牍来到张弘靖面前，用略带京师口音的腔调，向他娓娓叙说政事，恍惚间，张弘靖又回到了长安宅院的小厅。他舒适地倚在那里，和三五士子一起坐而论道。眼前的幽州，仿佛只是一个不经意谈起的遥远话题……张弘靖简直不敢想象，离开了韦雍他们，自己将如何饮尽那份孤独。
在不知不觉中，张弘靖给了韦雍们太多的宽容。
大军夜间宿营的时候，要提防敌军偷袭。将士们在睡梦中神经也绷得紧紧的。伸手不见五指的黑夜，敌友不分。一有风吹草动，往往三军皆惊。不明就里的将士会误以为有敌情，在黑暗中自相踩踏，甚至挥刃乱砍，自相残杀。这就是所谓“夜惊”，也称“营啸”。所以，军中最重视夜间安宁，不允许任何人发出异常声响。当年，田承嗣就是因为营地肃整宁静，如无一人，赢得冒雪巡军的安禄山赞赏的。《通典·兵典》里还记载有一条严厉的军纪：“军夜惊，吏士坚坐阵，将持兵，无欢哗动摇，有起离阵者斩。”
数年前，有个狂生叫崔膺，是大将张建封的座上宾。一日深夜，他兴之所致，竟然在大营里长啸当歌。三军夜惊。如果不是张建封知道事态严重，赶紧将他藏入自己的大帐中，愤怒的士卒会把他生吞活剥了。在第二天的筵席上，余怒未消的监军宦官突然对张建封说：我与你要无条件地互相满足对方一个请求。张建封点头同意。监军使说：我有个请求，把崔膺交给我。
张建封心知，人家不肯放过这个狂生，要追究昨晚营啸的责任。他略一沉吟，慷慨地说：我遵守约定，满足你的要求。
监军使大喜，连连道谢。等酒过三巡，张建封从容地说：我也有个请求。
监军使立刻说：听你吩咐。
没想到，张建封的请求是：把崔膺还给我。
监军使一楞，知道被绕进去了，苦笑着摇了摇头。在座诸将，都被逗乐了。在笑声中，崔膺总算拣回了性命。可见，夜间喧哗，是犯了军中大忌的。
作为边陲重镇，入夜后的幽州就如军营般寂静，避免屯守城中的兵马夜惊。
长安也有宵禁。六街传鼓，通衢大道上就不再有人影。不过，里坊之中，不禁行人。特别是“花径逶迤柳巷深”的平康坊里多少美人艳帜高张，惹来人影如梭、灯火如昼。张弘靖的幕僚习惯于长安“银烛树前长似昼，露桃花里不知秋”的奢靡夜生活，根本没有将幽州的宵禁规矩放在心上。每到夜幕降临，他们金樽新开，玉人在抱，纵情享受北地胭脂的别样风情。灯前舞，醉后歌，纸醉金迷的筵席一直到深夜时分才散去。长安的少年郎们带着七、八分酒意，摇摇晃晃地跨上金辔玉鞭的骏马，呼朋引伴，大呼小叫地穿过幽州的大街，招摇回府。道路两边，忍气吞声的幽州将士们不得不举着火把，站在寒冷的夜风中，为他们照亮归路。
可张弘靖也只是摇了摇头，没有说什么。谁没有年少轻狂过呢？上了年纪的节度使用慈爱的目光看着韦雍，就象看着自己淘气胡闹的子侄一样。
幽州的将士们越来越少看见他们的节度使了。张弘靖的隐退，把年轻的属官和幕僚推到了前台。在这些替张弘靖行使权力的人眼中，幽州人冥顽不化，蠢如鹿豕。他们经常任意刑罚兵卒，剥夺朝廷给他们的赏赐，甚至于动辄称他们为“蛮虏”。有一回，韦雍还语带讥讽地对士卒们说：“今天下太平，汝曹能挽两石弓，不若识一丁字！”
这些细节日积月累，使幽州将士对张弘靖的幕僚们越来越反感。如果把后来发生的一切都归咎于这些少不更事的长安公子，也不能说是公允的。张弘靖自己就没有读懂河北。
有一日，张弘靖偶然路过安禄山的坟冢，很惊讶地看到安禄山的坟冢依然完好。在一个被灌输满君臣礼教和大唐律例的脑袋里，叛臣贼子不是早就应该被掘墓鞭尸、挫骨扬灰了么？可几十年后的今天，安禄山居然在幽州的缭绕香烟中，安享受着人间的血食供奉。望着对安禄山的墓碑鼎礼膜拜的人群，张弘靖一脸惘然。
这个生在长安的人不懂得，被长安定性为叛贼的安禄山，在河北人心中的形象迥然不同。对河北以外的地方来说，安禄山是一张凶神恶煞似的面孔、一个被千万人唾弃的名字和一段不堪回首的灾难岁月。可在河北，特别是幽州，安禄山是传奇、是神话，甚至是神。如果张弘靖能心平气和地向幽州的野老乡人探听一下，就会听到关于这个叛贼的种种神奇传说。
突厥人以阿史那和阿史德两姓为贵。有的学者认为，阿史那掌政权；而阿史德掌神权，是他们的巫师。一汗一巫，两个家族“构成了突厥游牧贵族权力基础的两大支柱”。相传，安禄山的母亲就是一个以卜为业的阿史德氏女觋。商人相信，简狄吞玄鸟之卵，生下他们的祖先契；周人相信，姜嫄踩了巨人的脚印而怀孕，才有了他们的祖先稷。河北人则相信，这个女觋在多年前的某个暗夜里，向突厥人的斗战之神轧荦山虔诚祈祷后，神奇地怀孕了。河北人心目中的安禄山就是他们的契和稷，和伯利恒的耶酥一样，来自神的恩赐，是神的力量在人间的化身。
在阿史德氏临盆的那一天，神秘的天光照亮了柳城的穹庐。在山林、在草泽，在天高地迥的塞外，所有的禽和兽在那一刻仰天嘶鸣。诡异的天光和鸟兽的鸣声中，一个男婴呱呱坠地了。异常的征兆惊动了当时坐镇幽州的范阳节度使张仁愿。他所派出的飞骑风一般地穿过幽州城门，驰向草原深处，去寻找那个不同寻常的婴儿。他们循着蛛丝马迹找到了阿史德氏的庐帐，可是母子两已经杳无踪迹。女觋机警地把婴儿藏匿在一个不为人知的地方。为了纪念这个神赐的奇迹，阿史德氏给了婴儿最初的名字“轧荦山”。直到她改嫁突厥将军安延偃，孩子才改名为安禄山。这个名字，后来被刻进了唐朝的衰亡史。
很多年后，安禄山已经坐上张仁愿曾坐过的位置。女觋母亲设计的那个诞生场景光怪陆离，他从中汲取了不少灵感。多年来，安禄山从没有忘记把自己装扮成无所不能的祆教之神。当唐玄宗（李隆基）搂着“回眸一笑百媚生”的杨贵妃，沉醉在骊山的缓歌慢舞中，幽州的巫师们却在苍茫的暮色中敲起手中的鼓，和着异国风情的音乐载歌载舞，迎接驮着百万数的异方珍的胡商驼队。诡秘的异域音乐中，安禄山换上华丽的胡服，高高地坐在重床上。百名精心挑选出来的胡人随侍在他的左右。在安禄山面前，陈列着祭祀神明用的牲牢。缭绕的香烟和香烟中闪烁的宝光宝气将他烘托得恍若神人。
无数的信徒们匍匐在安禄山的脚下，向上天祈求福气……当他们抬起卑微的头颅的时候，恍惚看见在缭绕的香烟中现出了一个高大的形象，那是安禄山，也是象征光明的祆神。
人群沸腾了。他们以为真神降临在幽州的红尘，为他们带来了吉祥。神鼓“卜砰”响起，巫女们和着激昂的胡乐翩翩起舞，暮色里到处扭曲着疯狂的人影。
在送往长安的奏章中，安禄山也夸耀过自己的“神迹”。他告诉长安天子，面对大肆吞噬营州禾苗的蝗虫。自己焚香祝天。两日后，成群的鸟从北方飞来，吃尽了所有蝗虫。老迈的唐玄宗对这奏章只是一笑置之。
契丹阉人李猪儿砍杀了这个不世出的枭雄。在这个案件中，安禄山的儿子安庆绪扮演了幕后主谋，和李宥在元和宫变里的角色一模一样。
可是，幽州人、九姓胡人永远不会忘记，安禄山给了他们征服天下的雄心壮志。这个大腹便便的枭雄只是回到了天上，在飘荡着死者弯曲身影的天穹中继续当祆神。田承嗣就敢冒天下之大不韪，尊安禄山、史思明父子为“四圣”，立祠拜祭，公然为旧主扬幡招魂。直到今天，安禄山依然让河北，特别是幽州的无数士卒、庶民肃然起敬。他神魔一体，就是“轧荦山”——战无不胜的斗战神。
张弘靖不能理解这种糅合了复杂种族、文化、宗教和政治内涵的现象。他生于上元元年。这一年，安禄山已经被弑三年了；连弑父的安庆绪也在上一年死于非命。从张弘靖懂事的时候起，安禄山就一直是凶残、肮脏和猥亵的恶魔形象。为了抹去那段黑色记忆，长安象一个被过度刺激的精神症患者，对每一点安禄山的痕迹都发出歇斯底里的尖叫，清除着勾起恐怖回忆的每一点细节。在这种氛围里长大的张弘靖，对安禄山极端厌恶和排斥。也许他容忍了幽州人的粗鲁、无礼和无知，可他不能原谅前几任节度使如此荒唐的“疏忽”，更不能容忍河北人对一个反贼的顶礼膜拜。
来到幽州后，张弘靖一直以清净无为的态度来治理幽州。他唯一一件主动的举措，就是在众目睽睽之下，掘开了安禄山的坟墓，曝骨荒野。张弘靖要让幽州人知道，安禄山不是神，只是一个注定不能皈依大地的孤魂野鬼。
可是，张弘靖错了。幽州人对安禄山的迷信没有因为坟墓的毁坏而破除。他们保持了缄默。抗议是没有用的，幽州人清楚天下人是如何评价安禄山的。可这消灭不了他们心中的神。冰冷的眼光看着张弘靖的铁铲翻起陈年的泥土。眼光里的敌意如四阖的暝烟，越来越浓……暮尘渐起，张弘靖步履蹒跚地回到自己的府邸。厚重的门在他身后徐徐关上。
在河北人眼中，渎神的张弘靖注定要遭到报应的。
报应很快就到来了。
长庆元年秋的一天，幽州的街道上风一样地，掠过一匹紫骝。就象王昌龄诗句里说的那样：“莫学游侠儿，矜夸紫骝好”。幽州的健儿们爱马如命。一匹神俊的马是他们的骄傲。在众人面前炫耀爱驹和自己高明骑术的机会，他们是绝不会放过的。幽州人惯看闹市里的纵情驰骋，对这种表演，他们从来不吝啬赞叹和掌声。
可是，人们高昂的兴致突然象被寒流冻住了。
拐角不远的地方，一支长长的队伍正沿着街道迤俪而来。那是判官韦雍的前导卫军。在幽州，只有他喜欢前呼后拥的出行排场。紫骝狂奔的路线和前导卫军行进的大道，正好呈一个直角。所以，韦雍的亲兵和紫骝上的骑手都没有看见对方。就在前导卫军大摇大摆走到十字路口时，才蓦然发现了那匹撒蹄狂奔的马……在旁观人群的尖叫声中，一场惨剧眼看就要发生。
说时迟，那时快，紫骝上的骑手缰绳一紧。刹那间，整匹马人立起来。在一声嘶溜溜的长嘶中，后蹄完美地人立，前蹄划出完美的圆弧，完美的骑手和胯下的骏马如同舞者亮相。停顿片刻后，高高扬起的前蹄才猛地砸在地上。人与马，如同一体，岳峙渊停般一动不动。惊骇后是几秒的沉寂，人群中突然爆发出一阵震天的喝彩声。幽州人最佩服旁观控马娴熟的英雄。他们完全被骑手的精湛表演所折服。
脸色苍白的韦雍这才回过神来。望着东倒西歪的前导卫军，他忍不住恼羞成怒，厉声呵斥手下，捉拿眼前这个敢于冲撞他的大胆狂徒。紫骝上的骑手是幽州军中的士卒。他也知道自己闯下了大祸，一声不吭，任由韦雍的亲兵拽下马来，捆绑结实，摁倒在尘土里。旁观者心中惋惜，可也没说什么。毕竟，冲撞判官，罪有应得。
当两根椴木刑杖取来时，围观的人群开始窃窃私语。看来，韦雍要对肇事者当街施行杖刑。
元和年间，书法家柳公权的兄长柳公绰新拜京兆尹，前往光德坊京兆府。按旧例，京兆尹出行的时候，仪刀团扇，戟阵追随，很有威仪。在路上，也是一名神策军小将纵马冲撞了他的前导。中使、闲汉、神策军，是所谓长安街市上的三大恶，一般人对他们的违法行径大多睁一只眼闭一只眼。可柳公绰却命人用刑杖，将那个神策军小将当街毙杀。这件事曾在长安轰动一时。事后，李纯诘问他，怎么敢擅自打死神策军的人。柳公绰从容地说：军中偏裨，跃马冲过，这就是没有将陛下的法律放在眼中，而不仅仅是侮辱臣。臣杖杀的是无礼之人，而不是针对神策军将。
李纯听后，只能悻悻地问：“卿何不奏？”
柳公绰回道：“臣只合决，不合奏。”
那么谁应该上奏呢？
“在街中，本街使金吾将军奏；若在坊内，则左、右巡使奏。”事已至此，就连天子也没什么可说的。
生长于长安的韦雍对这段故事当然耳熟能详了。他根本没有觉得杖责一个冲撞他前导卫军的士卒有什么不妥。可年轻的判官不知道，杖刑在长安很常见，可河北人却非常厌恶它。闻讯赶来的几个偏稗将领聚在一起，商量了一下，公推一个老成的人去见韦雍，恳请年轻的判官换一种刑罚，来处置闯祸的骑士。没想到，好言好语却换来了一阵劈头盖脸的叱责。韦雍哪里会把什么幽州的风俗放在眼里，固执地要按自己的意思行刑。
椴木刑杖上下翻飞，很快就把受刑人打得皮开肉绽，鲜血淋漓。刑杖打在肉体上发出的“扑扑”闷响，在幽州人心间回荡。
那一夜，阴霾漫空，没有星，也没有月。幽州大营里，呼噪声震耳欲聋、惊天动地，在冰冷的空气中炸开。当天晚上，军营中传来的声音：卢龙兵变了。
压抑数月的怒火熊熊燃烧，借着这点小事蔓延开来。无数士卒从四面八方涌向节度使牙门。牙门里还有张弘靖的上百牙兵。可面对汹涌的人潮，还有一张张拉开的强弓、出鞘的战刀。他们纷纷扔下手中的兵刃，束手就擒。在几个士兵的挟持下，面无人色的张弘靖被带出了牙门，关押到蓟门馆。
韦雍和他的同僚们已经被疯狂的乱兵给杀了。另一位判官张彻是位忠厚长者，在军中口碑不坏。乱兵们打算放了他。张彻回头说道：你们反叛朝廷，马上就会被族灭的！
杀红了眼的乱兵顿时骚动起来。几个人一拥而上，乱刀如雨，将张彻也当场杀死了。
当夜色渐渐褪去，理智似乎又回到了这些疯狂的人身上。
情绪渐渐平静下来的变兵们开始意识到，自己有多么鲁莽。次日早晨，乱兵们纷纷来到蓟门馆，求见张弘靖，想乞求他的宽恕。他们愿意洗心革面，仍然尊张弘靖为帅。在这些粗鲁的武夫看来，昨夜的骚动算不上什么大不了的事情。从安史之乱起，河朔就习惯于哗变。以下犯上也是一种河北旧事——它是大一统帝国的固有政治秩序以外的一个特例，是使这一区域区别于其他州郡的特殊传统。
然而，在这个紧要关口，张弘靖沉默了。
我相信，如果换作一位出身于河朔行伍间的节度使处于张弘靖当时的境地，他铁定会毫不犹豫地以很实际的姿态接受乱兵的忏悔，因为他深谙河北的特殊传统。可是，张弘靖不愿意宽恕。武力胁迫下的宽恕，伤害了一名有良好教养的士大夫内心所信奉的原则，还有外表必须维系的高贵。所以，我能理解张弘靖的沉默，尽管它是如此的不合时宜。面对激奋情绪构成的汹涌波涛，身陷囹圄的节度使以为这样可以维护他剩下的尊严。
但是张弘靖错了。他错过了挽救时局的最后时机。
在得不到宽恕的情况下，变兵们转而选择拥立新帅——百年来，他们一向是这么做的。以下犯上在河北三镇是再正常不过的事情了。自己的首领自己拥立。遥远的长安凭什么用一纸文书来决定谁是幽州人的首脑？幽州人更喜欢自己决定命运。刘总已经抛弃了幽州，刘家没有什么人可以统帅三军了。这时候，乱兵突然想起，在很久很久以前，在刘总、还有他的父亲、祖父执掌卢龙节度使大印之前，幽州是属于朱氏家族的。于是，乱兵潮水般地涌向朱家。
前卢龙节度使朱滔的儿子朱洄卧病在床已有多日了。当乱兵推举出来的首领闯进他的寝室，这位老将大惊失色，还以为发生了什么不测之祸。听乱兵说出来意后，朱洄说：我年老多病，已经无意接掌卢龙了。不过，他向乱兵们推荐了自己的儿子。乱兵们心想，只要是朱家后裔，就还有些号召力，纷纷表示赞同。这时候，从低垂的帘幕后，转出朱洄之子——
他就是从长安失意归来的朱克融！
半个时辰后，蓟门馆的门猛地被踹开了。
枯坐在胡床上的张弘靖面无表情地抬起了头。他看见一个健壮的将军趾高气扬地站在他面前。
几个月前，张弘靖在随从的前呼后拥下，鲜衣怒马，往幽州方向逶迤而来。与此同时，朱克融正沿着相反的方向去长安。两个人的人生轨迹，仿佛将就此成为两条永不相交的平行线。谁也没有想到，他们还是在这蓟门馆内历史性地相遇了。只不过，两个人的境遇正好被颠倒过来了。昔日落魄长安的朱克融志得意满，接过了本来属于张弘靖的位置。来自长安的骄子张弘靖却沦为他的阶下囚。
等张弘靖结束幽禁生活后，悄悄走过蓟北楼下，蹒跚地踏上南谪的路途。看着失意的背影，我突然想起一副楹联的上句：