Chapter 122 General Zhengxi
Qiu Luan and his grandfather Qiu Yue are completely different people. He is inferior to his grandfather Qiu Yue in terms of character, ability, or other aspects.
Originally, he would not inherit the title directly, skipping his father. However, his father was not in good health and had diseases, so he could not perform his duties normally. Therefore, Qiu Luan skipped his father's feud. Chang had the opportunity to inherit the Marquis of Xianning.
Although the enemy family at that time was also a family of Xunhou, Qiu Yue, as the "creator of the generation", did not accumulate any family fortune for the enemy family because of his personality problems and family background. He was focused on training soldiers. During the war, therefore, after Qiu Yue's death, the enemy's family did not have a decent property.
Therefore, although the young Qiu Luan was a marquis, his living conditions were average. He lived in Suzhou Lane inside Chongwen Gate in the capital. The house was as simple as the house of an ordinary Beijing official. Peng Ze, the Minister of War at that time, saw the poor living environment of his enemies and thought of the achievements of Qiu Yue, the Marquis of Xianning, and he couldn't help but feel good about his enemies.
Therefore, Peng Ze often walked around with his enemies, and renamed Qiu Luan, whose nickname was Changsheng at that time, "Luan", and gave him a new name of Boxiang and a new name of Zhizhai. It can be seen that Peng Ze really liked Qiu Luan when he was young, and Peng Ze often praised Qiu Luan in front of the ministers.
However, Qiu Luan did not soar into the sky as Peng Ze hoped. Qiu Luan's psychology seemed a bit distorted as an adult. He did not like his hometown of Pingliang Zhenyuan, which his grandfather often mentioned, but he liked it. The "ancestor" Qiu Li claimed to be from Yangzhou Prefecture, and he also considered himself a Yangzhou native.
At that time, Zhao Shichun and his father Qiu Chang were communicating with each other about Pingliang's customs and customs. Because of his inferiority complex regarding his identity, Qiu Luan was very disgusted with Zhao Shichun, thinking that Zhao Shichun was mocking his family for being of "bastard" origin. .
This shows how small Qiu Luan's popularity is. Not only is his ability inferior to his grandfather, he even refuses to recognize his ancestral home.
But just such a person stood up at a very important historical juncture.
Although Qiu Luan did not want his ancestors, he was very clear-headed about the fight for his ancestors by the then young Emperor Jiajing. In the third year of Jiajing's reign, Qiu Luan unequivocally supported Emperor Jiajing in the "Great Ceremony" incident, thus gaining the favor and favor of Emperor Jiajing. By October, Qiu Luan was lucky enough to be appointed to command the capital. Xianwu Camp, one of the twelve regiment camps.
In March of the eighth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing was promoted to Qiu Luan as the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi, laying a solid foundation for his subsequent official career.
It can also be seen from this that Emperor Jiajing also wanted to train his own team.
But it is a pity that Qiu Luan's abilities are really limited. In the 17th year of Jiajing's reign, due to the civil strife in Annan, he asked for surrender. Emperor Jiajing took the opportunity to send troops and ordered Qiu Luan to be the chief military officer to quell the rebellion.
As a result, Qiu Luan exposed his arrogant nature when he arrived at the local level, and tried to get Anyuan Hou Liu Xun, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi, to kneel down and worship him. How could Liu Xun, who was also a marquis, tolerate Qiu Luan's arrogance? Naturally, he would not give Qiu Luan face.
When Qiu Luan saw that Liu Xun was so unwilling to give face to his "angel", his pride suddenly exploded. He even went so far as to ignore Emperor Gu Jiajing's ambition to conquer Annan and start fighting among themselves before the war even started.
Qiu Luan wanted to use Emperor Jiajing to deal with Liu Xun when he impeached General Yunyun for disobeying Liu Xun, but how could Qiu Luan take advantage of Emperor Jiajing?
His behavior, in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, means that he has no tolerance for others, and he can't even control his own subordinates. He still wants to complain to him. This can still sustain the peace of Annan. Responsible?
So Emperor Jiajing was also disappointed and blamed Qiu Luan for being arrogant and arrogant, and called him back to Beijing. Someone will take over the important task of quelling the chaos in Annan.
It can be said that this was originally intended to help Qiu Luan, who was soaring in the wind of Annan, but because of his own ignorance and stupidity, he missed the opportunity of Emperor Jiajing to train him.
However, Emperor Jiajing was also someone who missed his old love. He did not hide Qiu Luan directly, but still gave Qiu Luan many opportunities.
Later, Qiu Luan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, and as deputy general, he followed Shizong to Chengtian for a southern tour. Later, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province and was granted the title of palace protector. It can be seen that Emperor Jiajing loved Qiu Luan so much that he did not forget to give Qiu Luan opportunities and favors.
But Qiu Luan never seemed to have truly understood Emperor Jiajing's expectations of him. He always felt that he was awesome and would get angry at anyone he didn't like. He was a complete fool. Later, because he and Zeng Mian attacked each other, Emperor Jiajing was also disappointed with him, so he was jailed and punished.
But Qiu Luan was lucky, Zeng Mian himself was not clean, and he soon ended up in prison. As a result, Qiu Luan seized the opportunity again and impeached Zeng Mian for his illegal activities in prison. At this time, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes to Qiu Luan again and allowed him to be released from prison.
After being released from prison, Qiu Luan naturally did not have the same favor as before, so in order to restore his former glory, Qiu Luan was also a person who was good at seizing opportunities.
Taking advantage of Datong's new defeat, the court temporarily had no suitable candidate to arrange for Xuanda to take sole responsibility. At this time, Qiu Luan's thoughts became vivid.
This position seemed like a trap to others, but Qiu Luan saw an opportunity.
For this reason, Qiu Luan began to bribe Yan Shifan and became a candidate for the general army of Xuan Da.
And Yan Shifan was also a cheat. He didn't even know that his father looked down on a waste like Qiu Luan, but he still sent Qiu Luan to Emperor Jiajing behind Yan Song's back.
Emperor Jiajing looked at Qiu Luan, whom he wanted to train in the past, and felt soft in his heart. He thought that after experiencing the ups and downs of life, Qiu Luan should have been washed away, so he could give him a chance. .
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing did not hesitate much. On the third day of the intercalary lunar month, Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to enable Qiu Luan to guard Datong, post the seal of the General of the West, unite the troops to declare greatness, and at the same time restore the "Palace" "Guarantee" title.
For a time, Qiu Luan was considered to be extremely prosperous. With the expectations of Emperor Jiajing and the glory of General Zhengxi, he went from the capital to Datong to take office with extraordinary magnanimity.
After hearing the news, Zhu Zaijing, like Gao Gong, sighed.
Zhu Zaijing sighed: "The Marquis of Xianning is good at everything, but he has no self-awareness. Your Majesty may have made a mistake this time."
After Gao Gong heard Zhu Zaijing's sigh, he also said: "There is no one available in the imperial court now. The Marquis of Xianning was favored by the Holy Spirit in his early years. This time he can be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Xuanda and the General of the Western Expedition. It is also expected, the prince does not need to sigh."
Zhu Zaijing said: "Isn't this the king's emotion? Is he worthy of the general who conquered the west? At that time, Wei Wu's ambition was to conquer the west. General, now that this seal is hanging on the waist of the Marquis of Xianning, I really don’t see that he has any courage to bear the weight of this seal.”
“If the imperial court can send another emperor who understands the art of war and strategy. Governor Shi Xuanda, maybe it will be better."
(End of this chapter)