Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Wang Yifang Angrily Rebukes Li Yifu and Cheng Yaojin for Expedition to the Western Turks

Li Shi of Zhao County, Li Yifu laughed. Yes, there are many celebrities in the Li family in Zhaojun, and Li Yifu is extremely envious. He once insisted on becoming relatives with Li Chongde and becoming his family.Li Chongde hated Li Yifu's face, but Li Yifu was so powerful that he couldn't afford to offend him, so he resentfully put him on the family tree (probably his grandchildren).When Zhongshu ordered Li Yifu and others to scold him in court, Li Zhi was furious and demoted him to stay in another place for a while.After Li Chongde learned about it, he immediately cleared him out of the family tree, which led to his tragedy.

Li Yifu came back after being killed and became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. He especially hated villains, so he collected many charges against Li Chongde, filed a complaint with Li Zhi, and Li Zhi, who was sweating all over his forehead, sent Li Chongde to prison.Li Yifu learned from Xu Jingzong's practice of killing Zhao Chiman. Li Chongde committed suicide because he could not bear Li Yifu's personality insult.Now, Li Yifu no longer has to squeeze into other people's genealogy, he is a nobleman. The noble man Li Yifu belonged to Empress Wu, and he became a person Li Zhi trusted. The story begins with a royal servant named Wang Yifang.

Wang Yifang is a Jinshi of the Mingjing Department. He worked hard from Lianshui, Jiangsu to Chang'an, and climbed up step by step with his own ability to reach his current position.Wang Yifang is a very filial person and a righteous man, but he is personally unlucky.The most unlucky thing for him was to make friends with Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang's rebellion didn't pull him into the water, and he couldn't pull him down.Later, Zhang Liang died, and Wang Yifang was inexplicably relegated to Ji'an, Danzhou (Hainan Island) as the county magistrate. Wang Yifang worked here for three years and was convinced by the local people.He even went to Gelidong to discuss the establishment of a school with the chief. The chief admired his behavior, set up classes and taught Confucianism widely.People regard Wang Yifang as the first person who led the Confucian culture in Hainan Island. Hundreds of years later, another great person was also demoted to Hainan. His name was Su Dongpo.Life in Hainan Island was very difficult, but there was always a person by his side, and Wang Yifang never left him.

This person is Zhang Liang's nephew Zhang Jiao. It is said that Zhang Liang's nephew has become estranged from Wang Yifang, but Wang Yifang still takes care of him generously.What's even more outrageous is that not long after, Zhang Jiao kicked his legs and was about to let go.Before he died, he did not forget to tell Wang Yifang that he must help him take good care of his children. In addition, he did not want to leave his bones in other places, so please send them back to his hometown.Wang Yifang agreed, and he did what he said. He took care of Zhang Liang's nephew's son, and traveled thousands of miles to send Zhang Jiao's coffin to his hometown.When Li Zhi heard about Wang Yifang's feat, he admired him so much that he promoted him to serve as a censor, and corrected the mistakes of the emperor and all officials by his side.

In fact, Wang Yifang is an incomprehensible person. He has the opportunity to directly work in the central government.Back then when Wei Zheng fell in love with him and insisted on marrying his daughter to him, he found reasons to refuse. After Wei Zheng's death, Wang Yifang married Wei Zheng's daughter immediately. The man asked, "Why are you doing this?" Wang Yifang replied very emotionally: "I didn't want to be attached to the rich and powerful at the beginning, but now, I want to fulfill the prime minister's wish and appreciate his kindness!" Li Zhi expected Wang Yifang to clean up the filth of the court, and Wang Yifang gave Li Zhi a satisfactory answer.

It started with a female prisoner in Dali Temple. It is still unknown what crime the female prisoner committed, but it is estimated that this woman has a very strong personality, and it is very possible that she committed murder and set fire.This girl was extremely beautiful, and her flair came from those ladies of the family, so Li Yifu fell in love with her at first sight after seeing her, dizzy and unable to hold back, ordered Bi Zhengyi, the prime minister of Dali Temple, to release this woman.Regarding Li Yifu's feat, Bi Zhengyi said no. But under the threat of Li Yifu, the woman was released.Li Yifu took the female prisoner back home with peace of mind, took her as a concubine, and started their happy life under the eyes of everyone.Dali Temple lost a criminal for no reason, and Dali Qing Duan Baoxuan, who was in a supervisory position, reported the situation to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi asked people to investigate, and the person in charge of the investigation was Liu Rengui and others in the matter. Li Yifu knew that Liu Rengui couldn't be bribed, so he just kept doing nothing, threatened Bi Zhengyi's family with life, and forced Bi Zhengyi to commit suicide.But Li Yifu miscalculated, because Liu Rengui, who was in charge of investigating the case, was not so easy to be fooled by others.After careful investigation, he finally understood Li Yifu's crimes.Liu Rengui also miscalculated, that is, when Li Yifu is about to be arrested, someone will always run to Li Zhi to intercede for him.

Liu Rengui understood that it was not that simple. Everyone understood that it was not a question of whether the emperor could bring an official who had broken the law to justice, but a question of how the emperor and empress would deal with the heroes who had helped them eradicate the power of the elders.Wang Yifang must have understood the truth, but he told himself that he had to be worthy of his responsibilities as he received the salary of serving as a censor.My job is to impeach lawbreakers, even if the opponent is the emperor's favorite minister, even if it means death, I will not hesitate!

Wang Yifang found his mother, the only thing he can't let go of is here. "A child is not filial, impeachment will endanger the loved ones, and if it is not impeached, the corpse will be a vegetarian meal. Mother, how should the son make a decision!" The queen mother looked at her child kindly. Wang Yifang thought that the mother would panic, but from the mother's eyes, he saw only kindness.The queen mother said quietly: "The mother of the royal mausoleum in the past, she killed herself in the name of becoming a son. If you can serve the king with all your loyalty, I will die without regret!" Wang Yifang suddenly stood up and walked towards the palace.He submitted a letter that frightened all the officials of the court: Li Yifu killed the prime minister of Liupin Temple without authorization, and his crime is punishable!

According to the regulations at the time, the impeached must move and bow their heads, stand under the court hall, and confront the censor standing above in court.But Li Yifu obviously didn't take this system seriously, he hurried to the court, saw Wang Yifang was reading a memorial, immediately interrupted, and began to defend himself.This action stimulated Li Zhi's nerves. Li Zhi pointed at Li Yifu and said angrily, "Li Yifu, get back down, get down!" Look at the expressions of everyone, if anyone has a happy expression, he will definitely kill that person in the future.

Li Yifu's actions angered Li Zhi, and even angered Wang Yifang. Wang Yifang was furious, and sternly reprimanded Li Yifu, the sky-shaking sound of angry reprimands wafted in the sky above the court hall, all the officials were shocked, and Li Zhi was too shocked to speak.Li Yifu glanced at Li Zhi wrongedly, then at Wang Yifang, and retreated resentfully.Wang Yifang continued to read the memorial, listing Li Yifu's crimes one by one. Everyone present knew that Wang Yifang's life was not long.Afterwards, Li Yi's mansion was at large, while Wang Yifang was demoted by Li Zhi to Laizhou (Shandong Laizhou) to serve as Sihu and join the army because he insulted important officials of the court.The imperial court promoted officials several times, but Wang Yifang still stayed where he was despite doing things for the people.He resigned his official position, lived in Changle (Weifang, Shandong), taught and preached, and had a wide influence.Later, the queen mother passed away, and Wang Yifang went back to Sizhou to observe his filial piety for three years, and lived in seclusion, and there was no news from then on. Wang Yifang is lucky. Under the care of Li Yifu, many people had a worse life than him. Almost everyone who dared to speak was killed, and those who remained were those who praised Li Zhi's farting as "the treasure of heaven and earth".Changsun Wuji was over, so was Chu Suiliang, and Han Yuan was over, but Empress Wu didn't seem to want things to end like this, she was not the kind of person who was easily satisfied.Changsun Wuji is indeed finished, but he is not dead. If she didn't kill them all, she always felt a lump in her heart. She asked Xu Jingzong to figure it out, and Xu Jingzong conveyed Empress Wu's intentions to Yuan Gongyu, a member of Zhongshushe, and he asked Yuan Gongyu to figure it out.Yuan Gongyu was able to do things well, and after getting the order, he went all the way to Qianzhou.He started the review, which was actually Empress Wu's will, but he put on the emperor's greetings.For several days in a row, Yuan Gongyu acted like a ruffian, almost driving the old grandson Wuji crazy. Finally, Yuan Gongyu said what Li Zhi meant: "You commit suicide!" After hearing this, Changsun Wuji knew that the situation was over, so he put a rope on the beam of the house and hanged himself. Hearing that Changsun Wuji had died, Xu Jingzong was very happy. But Empress Wu's hatred has not dissipated, she will not be satisfied with the status quo, she ordered Han Yuan and Liu Shi to be killed as well, and she wanted to die without leaving any traces. It is a pity that when the messenger went to Han Yuan, Han Yuan had just died a few days ago and was put into the coffin.The messenger was afraid that Empress Wu would be worried, so he deliberately dug out the coffin and stabbed Han Yuan's body twice, which was considered solid.Liu Xi, who lived in Xiangzhou, had a worse life. He was still reflecting on his past life, but was dragged out by the envoys sent by Wu Zetian and beat him violently, and he was beaten to death. Wu Zetian encouraged Li Zhi to order all the three families of Changsun Wuji, Liu Xi, and Han Yuan to be brought to justice. Li Zhi listened to his wife very much. The three families of Changsun Wuji, Liu Shi, and Han Yuan were all exiled, and all their close relatives were exiled to Lingnan. Anyone who disobeyed the letter was hanged).Empress Wu also expressed her intentions that she should not be soft on the relatives of the conspirators. The punishment of being exiled to Lingnan is too light. This is not Li Zhi's community, this is the world of Zhonggong! There was a commotion inside and a commotion outside, the rebellion of the Western Turkic Khan Helu finally came to fruition. In the Tang Dynasty, the army led by General Zuowuhou Liang Jianfang, General Youxiaowei Qibi Heli (General Manager of Gongyuedao March), General Youxiaowei Gao Deyi, General Youwuhou Wu Ren (Deputy Director) and others successfully defeated He Lu, giving the It was a big blow to him.In the past two or three years, He Lu had time to rest, and fought around to expand his territory, which caused dissatisfaction with other tribes in Western Turks, and sent envoys to Chang'an to borrow troops.Jiebi Dadushe was bullied by He Lu to the point of embarrassment. He was determined to write a letter to Li Zhi, requesting to form an alliance and kill He Lu in the Gobi. Li Zhi readily agreed to Jiebi Datushe, but Li Zhi's assurance did not make Jiebi Datushe happy, because next, He Lu did something even more heinous. Governor Yuan Lichen of Fengzhou led his envoys through Suiye and was blocked by He Lu's troops, but if you look carefully, you will find that Yuan Lichen is actually facing the buttocks of He Lu's army.What He Lu really meant was to swallow Jiebi Dadushe's tribe in one gulp.Yuan Lichen waited for a long time, and finally waited until He Lu withdrew his troops, but the scene before him made him unable to do anything. All the tribes under Jiebi Dadu's command were killed by He Lu and became He Lu's people. How do you let the old man do it? No way, Yuan Lichen led the envoy back to the Tang Dynasty intact.They reported the local situation to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi asked the officials to discuss, and finally issued the order to go to Helu. In August of the first year of Xianqing (AD 656), Cheng Yaojin, a 67-year-old veteran general, took up the post of chief of the army on Congshan Road.Cheng Yao's golden sword is not old, and he won the first battle.Of course, He Lu would not be so stupid as to use his cronies to resist Cheng Yaojin's vanguard. He let Geluo and Chuyue Erbu act as human shields, and was beheaded by more than a thousand levels.The Congshandao army continued to march, and then greeted the Tang army's tribes, and they really saw the horrible state. Zhou Zhidu, the deputy general manager, led the army straight to Yancheng, and attacked Tuqishi, Chu Mukun and other troops in Yancheng.