Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 168
Wang Pu expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, the officials nodded approvingly, "Shi Congyun is indeed a minister with the upper hand, the mainstay. If he hadn't been in Huainan, I wouldn't be able to win it if he was right. I'm afraid it will be next year at the earliest."

Listening to the officials talking, Wang Pu said, "All the officials are as insightful as a torch, and there is no one who can use people to know people." While speaking, his subordinates inadvertently dropped the wrong chess piece.

The official nodded happily, "I will naturally have those who are capable, and I will not be stingy with rewards."

While the two were talking, they continued to make moves. After a few moves, the official reversed the situation, and after a while, Wang Pu conceded. The official stroked his beard and smiled proudly.

Wang Pu bowed his hand, he had followed the official family for the longest time, and knew the official family's character best. The official family was a competitive person, and he wanted to compete with Tang Taizong.

So he knows how to get along with the officials best, and he is also the person most trusted by the officials.

The official stood up and walked through the arch of the side yard, and he also got up to follow.

Outside the vermilion wall, the courtyard is full of autumn chrysanthemums, which are fragrant and charming, but their minds are not on these beautiful flowers.

"I originally wanted Shi Congyun to come back and lead the inspections in front of the hall, and lead the army in front of the hall for me." The official said as he walked among the fragrant flowers, he did not continue.

Wang Pu was half a step behind, and said, "The officials are worried."

"Well, looking at all kinds of past events over the past few decades, I have personally experienced a lot, how can I rest assured." The official walked in front of him, without any intention of hiding.

Wang Pu nodded, he understood the concerns of the officials.

From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, it is common for powerful generals to rebel, and many countries have perished due to the rebellion of generals. If Shi Congyun is handed over to Shi Congyun, who is sure that he will not be the next Du Chongwei?Or the next Li Yun.

"I asked Li Chongjin to lead the bodyguard department. He has such abilities, he is a member of the family, and he is ordered by the immortal king, so people will not discuss it.

But I want Zhang Yongde to lead the front office, but now it is different.He is from his own family, and he is afraid that his ability is not enough, his credit is not enough, and he is not enough to convince the public. "The official said as he walked: "I am also worried that Shi Congyun will be dissatisfied because of this. "

Wang Pu listened to it and thought in his heart, unknowingly Shi Congyun had reached the point where officials could care about him, even such a big matter had to consider his feelings.

If it was a few years ago, the officials would not care.

From the Battle of Gaoping to the present, it has only been a short period of four years, and Shi Congyun has reached such a point, he is really a young hero, a rare talent.

It is his duty to share the worries of the officials, so he said, "It's nothing, the officials.

Shi Congyun has made great contributions, and he has also made many mistakes.

Robbing someone's concubine, and openly asking for bribes, these things are actually not big things, and they are nothing compared to his achievements, but they can be big or small.

Fan Zhi and others spoke up, and it was indeed Shi Congyun who did the work. The officials could use this as an excuse to prevent Shi Congyun from being in charge of the inspection.

As for Shi Congyun, I thought that the officials must have seen it clearly. This man is powerful, but his temperament is also very obvious - greedy for money and lustful.

While marching and fighting abroad, as the commander-in-chief, he also robbed other people's women. It was rumored in Beijing that he asked his concubine to help him accept bribes, hoping for nothing but money.

The officials could punish him for the reason of Fan Zhi and other ginseng, and reward him with gold and silver beauties to reassure him. As long as the rewards and punishments are appropriate, he will definitely be convinced. "

The official stopped, thought for a while, and then said: "Zhang Yongde was appointed as the inspector of the capital, and Shi Congyun was promoted to the deputy inspector of the capital."

"The officials are wise." Wang Pu bowed his hands, and he knew in his heart that Zhang Yongde's talent was not as good as Shi Congyun's, and he was not on the same level as Zhao Kuangyin, Li Chongjin, and Xiang Xun.

Even in terms of military exploits, Shi Congyun, Zhao Kuangyin, and Shi Yanchao in the army all surpassed Zhang Yongde, but Zhang Yongde was a relative, and the officials dared not easily hand over the high position of real power, such as the inspection in front of the palace, to outsiders unless they had to.

I feel a little emotional in my heart, the officials want to be Tang Taizong, but the situation is different from that time, the chaos of today's world is not the end of Han Dynasty, nor the end of Sui Dynasty.

The official thought about it, and probably felt that Shi Congyun should be compensated, so he said: "On the day of the class teacher, I will personally lead all the officials to Chenqiaoyi to welcome him back in triumph."

In Kunning Palace, Empress Fu was listening to eunuch Wei Min talking about all kinds of battle reports that he had heard in the past two days. There was a light gauze curtain in front of her, and there were exquisitely chopped autumn melons and fruits. She was dressed in luxurious bright red long hair. skirt.

Two days ago he brought up the matter of letting the second sister into the palace to serve the official's family. The official's family was very happy and agreed. Who knew that after a few days, he was in poor health, coughing constantly, and unable to eat, so he put the matter on hold.

Over there, Wei Min was talking endlessly through a layer of veil below, "Who would have thought that Marshal Shi used his troops like a god to conquer Shouzhou, Haozhou, Sizhou...
He also ordered his generals Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Yanchao, Wang Shenqi, Gao Huaide, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, and Murong Yanzhao."

"Okay, okay, I don't know so many people's names, I want to talk about important things." Empress Fu said impatiently.

The eunuch nodded again and again, and continued.

Empress Fu couldn't help but blushed when she heard that Shi Congyun was coming to Jinling and forcibly snatching the concubine who had taken over the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Everyone listened to the officials, only the bold boy Shi Congyun stared at her.

He thought he didn't know, and when he thought about Shi Congyun's nature and what she did in Southern Tang Kingdom, anyone could guess that there must be some ulterior and dirty thoughts in his mind, and every time she thought about it, she blush and her heart beats.

She also remembered the scene when she met him in Zhengyang and he stared at her, thought of the scene where he commanded decisively and defeated Liu Yanzhen's tens of thousands of troops, those scenes had long been engraved in her mind, they were the most shocking and unforgettable scenes she had ever seen in her life things.

I thought to myself that he was young, but he was really capable. I was right, and married the sixth child to him early on. Now that their father and son have done meritorious service, the Shi family has more power, which is a great thing for the Fu family.

More importantly, the trusted concubine next to Shi Congyun reminded her of something.

After the sixth child got married, it was not easy for her to enter the palace to meet her, but they would make an appointment to meet their companions in the royal garden outside the palace.

At that time, she met Shi Congyun's concubine several times. It is said that she was Zhao Shijian, the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, after Zhao Ying. Well, not like ordinary women.

When talking to her, she told a lot of stories, such as allusions such as "Zeng Sheng killed someone".

Empress Fu didn't understand at first, but it took a long time to realize that she was implicitly implying that as long as many things happened, even if the officials didn't mind at the time, it would be difficult for everyone to guard against, and they would always remember it when it came to the critical moment. Common sense.

Empress Fu has seen a lot in her life, so of course she understands what she wants to say and what she wants to express.She wanted to say that the officials had a grudge against her, and she couldn't control her.

Empress Fu was upset at the time, thinking that a little concubine would dare to speak like this in front of her?

But when she came back and thought about it, she felt more and more reasonable, and gradually understood what Zhao Shijian wanted to do and what he wanted to convey. She was amazed that it was no wonder Shi Congyun loved her so much.

At the same time, he kept pretending to be confused and didn't give any answer.

Because Shi Congyun was not qualified at that time.

At this time, the situation changed, and she asked out of nowhere, "What do the ministers think, has anyone impeached him?"

"Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others did impeach Shi Congyun, saying that as the commander of the army, he took the lead in violating the law and discipline, and that he lost the dignity of the country."

Empress Fu suddenly became nervous, clasped her hands in front of her knees, "Is there anyone to protect him?"

"Wei Renpu, Wang Pu and others felt that it was harmless and not a big deal."

Only then did she feel relieved, thinking to herself, looking for an opportunity to test the official's attitude.

I am so worried about him because he is the husband of the sixth child, and Zhao Shijian's words are justified. The officials have a grudge against her, but at this time, the powerful officials in the court can be relied on.

Now that Shi Congyun and his son have reached this point by relying on their own abilities, and he is his brother-in-law, they are all considered a family. There is no way to get through with the official family, and it may be the best choice to rely on the historian.

After thinking for a while, he said: "You go back, someone will give you a reward, and you will tell me when you have news. If there is any news that is not good for the Shi family and his son, please come and tell me immediately."

Wei Min nodded happily, and then withdrew.

After Wei Min stepped down, she thought about it for a while. After the Huainan battle, the Shi family father and son must have become powerful and valuable, but they are foreign ministers after all.

In a daze, she thought of the scene of Shi Congyun staring at her closely among the crowd, the young man's eyes that wished he could swallow her up, she could still vividly remember her, her face turned red immediately, unconsciously The room was already muddy.

During the mid-autumn festival in autumn and August, Shi Congyun and the generals meet at Wokou.

In Tu Shanshui Village, hold a big feast and get drunk with everyone.

All the generals gathered together, elated, toasted him one after another, expressing their admiration and respect for him, and even Li Chongjin, who had always been at odds with him, had a drink with him.

However, Shi Congyun was happy when he was happy, and he also saw that the generals were also divided into small groups.

For example, Zhao Hongyin, Zhao Chao, Zhao Pu, Shi Shouxin and others headed by Zhao Kuangyin.

There was another group of people headed by Li Chongjin. Everyone was eating, drinking and having fun, but they all followed them.

But at this time the most people are still on his side, Xiang Xun, Pan Mei, Si Chao, Cao Bin, Li Chuyun, Wang Huan, Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Shi Yanchao, Gao Huaide, Shen Zhiyi, Guo Guo Ting Wei, Murong Yanzhao, Luqiu Zhongqing and others were all by his side.

There is also Zhang Yongde who came to join in the fun.

But Wang Shenqi hesitated when he went to pour wine, because he, Zhao Kuangyin and himself were all friends, and Zhao Kuangyin was beckoning him, and he didn't know which way to go.

Wang Shenqi went to Zhao Kuangyin's side, but he just went to say hello, and soon turned back to Shi Congyun's place. Shi Congyun pretended to be drinking and didn't care, laughing and talking to everyone.

But he inadvertently changed the wine bowl in his hand and poured tea for Wang Shenqi, who doesn't know how to drink.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that although Old Zhao sent Wang Shenqi away with a smile, his expression froze obviously.

The greatest contribution to this victory is undoubtedly Shi Congyun.

If the credit is divided into three classes, Shi Congyun is the unique first echelon; after that are Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Yanchao, and Li Chongjin; and then there are many other generals who have made meritorious service.

During this period, Shi Congyun also met several unfamiliar and familiar characters, such as Shi Shouxin, the commander under Gao Huaide, Zhao Kuangyin's Jiedu Tuiguan, and Zhao Pu, the former Chuzhou military judge.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the people who yelled and shouted the most were nothing but wars.

Bragging about beautifying one's bravery, adding some good memories that didn't exist at all, each of them said with a red face, as if each of them was stronger than Xiang Yu.

But what everyone is most interested in is the matter of Shi Congyun going to the Southern Tang Dynasty to snatch the princess. From the perspective of civil servants, this is a matter of impeachment. To them, this group of generals, it is a long face. The more people talk about it, the more curious they become, and they all say they want to see him. See what kind of woman can make Shi Dashuai fascinated.

Shi Congyun drank too much wine and was happy, so he went to the big tent at the back and took Zhou Xian out to meet the crowd, which made everyone laugh and boo him loudly to get him back to work.

Unexpectedly, when Zhou Xian returned to the big tent after the banquet, Zhou Xian had already cried aggrieved inside, which made him flustered for a while.

Shi Congyun's thinking at the time was that it was normal to treat Zhou Xian as his own family and meet his brothers and friends who were born and died.But Zhou Xian didn't understand it that way, and felt that Shi Congyun despised her and didn't respect her so he let her show her face in front of everyone.

Shi Congyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was probably due to the difference in the environment and the way of thinking. So while explaining his original intention to her, and comforting her with his own actions, he finally convinced the rosy-faced Zhou Xian to believe him.

In the next few days, the armies began to deploy according to Shi Congyun's order, and the armies from all over the country gathered in the direction of the vortex except those left behind. The war came to an end, and the next step was an orderly withdrawal.

Withdrawing troops is also a technical task, not to mention homesickness, at this time the soldiers are also the most courageous, and they are going to leave anyway, so what if they take a pistol?Many people have this idea.

So the more it comes to this kind of time, the more he can't relax. He must arrange everything properly and supervise the soldiers well, so as not to lose the hearts and minds he won so hard in Huainan.

A few days later, the imperial edicts from the government and the letters of appointment from the Privy Council came down one after another.

Start rewarding and arranging generals, many of them will guard various places.For example, Yucheng was appointed by the Privy Council and began to guard Gwangju for a long time to train envoys for the Gwangju regiment, because he had not had any problems in guarding Gwangju for more than a year.

At the same time, many officials and generals who surrendered in the Southern Tang Dynasty also arranged for them to station in various places in Huainan, such as Zhu Yuan, Bian Hao and others.

The most important personnel appointment was that the government issued an edict to appoint Li Chongjin as the commander of the bodyguard Ma Bujun, lead the Huainan Jiedu envoy, and guard Yangzhou.The official means to hand over all the southern gates to Li Chongjin.

As for Shi Congyun and the many generals who were going back to Beijing, the officials did not offer rewards for the time being, and they had to wait until they returned to Beijing.

A few days later, the armies from all over the country made a lot of money, fought for almost two years, and those who survived were all happy, and started to march from all over Huainan, both by land and water, to Daliang.

Everyone is happy on the way home.

On the way back to the north, Shi Congyun traveled by land, and the navy was led by Si Chao and Li Chuyun.

Zhou Xian rides a carriage and rides a horse by himself. Compared with the initial resistance, Zhou Xian is now much more obedient, especially after showing her his "masterpiece", he is completely overwhelmed by the arrogance of domineering, although the poems are memorized. Yes, but it feels good.

When he was halfway there, Wang Zhong rushed up curiously and asked him: "Deputy Commander, can you be the Commander-in-Chief when you go back this time? You must have contributed the most to the Tang Kingdom, and Zhang Yongde is far inferior to you."

"You don't understand." Shi Congyun shook his head, "Do you think who is the commander-in-chief really only depends on merit?"

"Why not?"

"Forget it, forget it, let me tell you that you don't understand either, anyway, you won't be able to be the palace commander when you go back this time."

In history, Zhao Kuangyin's contribution is much greater than that of Zhang Yongde, but until Guo Rong's death, Zhang Yongde always inspected him. Capable Li Chongjin and Zhao Kuangyin.

To put it bluntly, this is not something that can be determined by credit, and the officials only worry about their own people.

Shi Congyun also knew in his heart that his achievements could be inspected by the capital, but he was not a member of the royal family, so he did not expect to be inspected by the capital. The only thing he hoped for was that Guo Rong would not suspect him.

Then he thought of the two juicy cabbages at home. He was very excited after not seeing them for half a year. He glanced at the carriage beside him, Zhou Xian was sitting in it, and felt a little guilty, thinking that they wouldn't fight, right?I don't have that kind of experience and experience.
(End of this chapter)