Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 258 Zhang Wu
In autumn, Shi Congyun's itinerary was very tight.

As soon as the officials left, internal and external incidents followed one after another, starting with Li Chongjin from the outside.

Guo Ting said that the words of Wang Shenqi and others made Shi Congyun clear the clouds and see the fog, and instantly realized that his own advantage was actually very large, and all of these can be traced back to a letter from Li Gu.

Li Gu was the first to tell him the news. After he returned to the capital first, he could represent the central government by controlling the imperial city. Li Chongjin dared to confront him at this time, and he immediately became a traitor. Rebellion is two things.

The prestige of the Great Zhou court has been demonstrated during eight years of continuous conquests.

If they had to make a choice, the soldiers would definitely be willing to fight with the victorious Shi Congyun, rather than against him.

In the end, Shi Congyun sent Shao Ji and Guo Tingwei to go north, Shao Ji led the troops to block the Yellow River ferry, and Guo Tingwei was in charge of bringing the queen's edict to demand that Li Chongjin return to Beijing immediately.

And this time the troops were dispatched completely different from the previous ones. In the past, the dispatch of troops was decided by the officials and the Privy Council. The officials and the Privy Council made the final decision, and these generals could take the soldiers out of the camp only after they took orders.

But this time is different. Shi Congyun’s Qin King was largely because the queen was frightened and wanted to appease him, so he was named king. There are many people who are named king these days. In fact, the most important thing is that his identity is checked in front of the palace.

Similarly, the most important thing Shi Congyun requested this time is to add Luqiu Zhongqing as the deputy privy envoy, Li Gu as the auxiliary minister, and continue to lead the left servant to shoot.

Shi Congyun himself has the title of Pingzhangshi under Tongzhong Shumen, and this Pingzhangshi Fu Yanqing, Li Chongjin and others also have it, but theirs doesn't work because they are foreign generals.

Fu Yanqing is in Hebei, Li Chongjin has been in Yangzhou for a long time, only he is in the capital.

This time, the Privy Council has Luqiu Zhongqing on the side of the Privy Council, Shang Shusheng Zuo Pushe is Li Gu, and the third judge who is in charge of the army's logistics is also Li Gu. Shi Congyun just explained the meaning, and the edict to send troops will come down soon. He even asked Shao Ji to rectify the army first, and sent him an imperial edict the next day.

This time the troops were dispatched, not following the will of the officials and the Privy Council, but his own ideas, which was different from any previous one.

After that comes the official funeral and the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.

Just like most monarchs of the Five Dynasties, everything was kept simple, the country didn't have that much money, and the court didn't have much energy to spend, and there were still many important things to deal with.

On the day of the imperial mausoleum’s burial, there was a moderate amount of rain in the sky, and several old ministers burst into tears. Empress Fu also cried until her eyes were red, and Shi Congyun also cried. The scene was very touching and tear-jerking. The touching scene of dutiful son.

The light rain in autumn made the atmosphere even more desolate. After the funeral that day, the royal relatives of several clans had to stay to guard the mausoleum, and several concubines of the official family needed to guard the mausoleum for the official family.

He took a look at the concubines of the official family, they were all young and beautiful, after all, Empress Lifu was mostly out of political considerations, and these concubines were the ones who really won the favor of the official family with their sex skills.

Their fate will not be very good. After three years of guarding the tomb, they will most likely be imprisoned in the back garden of the palace to observe festivals for the officials.

Houyuan is not the concept of a harem. The northernmost part of the palace is the Kunning Palace, which is the palace where the queen lives. But in fact, there is a wide area behind the Kunning Palace, which is the Houyuan.

The back garden is used for the concubines of the emperor, the women who the emperor had passed away, or imprisoned. After all, without status and identity, life must be difficult.

Many concubines of Guo Wei, the previous emperor, stayed there, such as Cao Bin's aunt.

The same fate awaits these young women. After guarding the tomb for three years, they will be sent to the back garden, and they will not be able to get out until they die.

These women are not old and fading, most of them are young.

The youngest looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she was a little ignorant when she cried with everyone, looking around curiously, completely ignorant of her tragic fate in the second half of her life, and also did not understand why the women accompanying her cried so sadly.

They didn't cry for the officials, but for themselves, but children still don't understand.

In the cloudy and rainy weather, Shi Congyun looked at these hundreds of young and beautiful women, and felt that it was a waste. At such a young age, he could remarry after his husband died, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, everyone watched him behave.

I thought that the same is true of officials. People who usually look dignified and dignified are actually like loli behind their backs.

Thinking of this, Shi Congyun was quite touched, he was different, he didn't have a glamorous appearance, but a filthy back, and he just robbed other people's wives directly, just like he took the army to rob Zhou Xian back then, anyway. Obviously nasty.
The queen is much better, because she needs to be a regent, and there are many important matters that need to be handled by her. The queen doesn't even have to guard the tomb for her husband. It is impossible for the court to have no queen to preside over the overall situation.

Even Shi Congyun took the lead in bowing down, and led many generals to persuade the queen, put state affairs first, return to the palace to preside over the overall situation, and the officials will forgive if they know.

According to the old rules, after three times of persuasion and three refusals, the empress finally "reluctantly" moved back to the palace, accepted the congratulations of all officials, and officially regented.

The crown prince's enthronement ceremony was also very hasty. Guo Zongxun was only a six-year-old child who didn't understand anything at all. The queen was dressed in a luxurious dress, elegant and luxurious.

She held the little prince who was watching nervously with one hand, and raised the other hand to make the kneeling officials stand up.

In front of her, the military generals are headed by the inspectors in front of the palace, Qin Wang Shi Congyun; the civil officials are headed by Zuo Pushe, who sentenced the third secretary Li Gu.

The two congratulated the court respectfully, and then Shi Congyun and Li Gu went out and read a speech to congratulate the court. Shi Congyun's speech was written with Zhou Xian's help, so Li Gu doesn't need to worry about him.

Then all the officials paid homage again, calling them long live and thousand live.

Afterwards, Empress Fu announced loudly that the new king will succeed to the throne, and starting from next year, the name will be changed to "Zhangwu" and the world will be amnesty.

After hearing the year name, all the officials were shocked, and they looked at Shi Congyun, a young man at the front of the hall, because everyone knew that he must have done it. Worship, but it can't decide major events. It is Shi Congyun who really influences the court situation.

With Shi Congyun's current prestige and power, he can do what "swords go to the palace, enter the court without going, praise without fame", but he is still respectful, respectful to the queen, and abides by all the rules of the court. He didn't even bring a sword, and he didn't have any arrogance other than bringing the knife to the temple.

So that everyone is very suspicious.

In fact, they didn't understand Shi Congyun at all. For the ancients, these treatment was very face-saving and stylish. The false name of being able to wear shoes to go up and walk quickly was meaningless to him.

What he cares about is the real things, such as the recruiting letter for the deployment of troops, immediately drafted by a Hanlin scholar, let him have a look, and then let Luqiu Zhongqing add the seal of the Privy Council to the queen's desk, and the queen will seal it as soon as possible delivered to him.The next day, Shao Ji was able to lead the army out of the camp.

As for those who are usually respectful to the queen, and worshiping her from time to time, it is completely fine for Shi Congyun, he can kneel as he pleases, and he doesn't need money, as long as she is obedient and obedient.

Anyway, there is no pressure on him to kneel down to a woman. It would be great if everyone kneels down to each other.

But people in this era do not understand, so many people feel surprised.

The ascension to the throne lasted until the afternoon. By the time the court was over, all the officials were already very tired, and many older officials almost broke their legs.

But many people still leaned towards Wei Renpu and Li Guwei, carefully asking: "My lord, does this year name mean the king of Qin?"

Wei Renpu smiled as he walked: "What are you talking about, the queen is regent, this is naturally the queen's meaning."

The official smiled awkwardly, and it was not good to ask again.

"Sir, I am sincerely asking."

"Mister-in-law, don't try to shirk, just reveal something. I'm a petty official, how can there be such an opportunity as Mr. Xiang, who can know the secrets of the inner court, and the position of Mr. Xiang is very important. He is the arm of the court and the pillar of the society. It's okay to leak a little bit of information casually." Enough said for us, right?"

"Yes, yes, let's say something, Mr. Xiang." The crowd gathered around and asked again.

Wang Pu, who had always been straightforward, couldn't get used to seeing them like this, so he snorted and said, "Are you afraid? There's nothing to ask about it! Whatever the court decides, as a minister, it's up to you to implement it."

Some Privy Council officials were dissatisfied, and said in a strange way, "Hmph, the prince of the palace is often in the capital, enjoying the glory and wealth, so he speaks freely and forcefully, unlike us who travel north and south, eat and sleep in the open, so the words are not so forceful, so we have to humbly beg the public."

"You..." Wang Pu blushed, and when it came to the pain point, he was a staff member of the government, and most of the time he was recruited by the government himself. He was in charge of the Kaifeng mansion, and the officials of the Privy Council often had to run with the army, which was very hard.

"Okay, okay, each of you say a few words less, and I'll give you some advice." Li Gu spoke, calming down everyone's quarrel and attracting everyone's attention.

During this change, the smart people knew that Li Gu and King Qin were on the side, so they immediately pricked up their ears.

"The reign name of Zhangwu has been similar in history. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei used the reign name of Zhangwu. Zhangwu is the name of ancient music and dance. Zhangzhe Zhangye must also have the meaning of demonstrating martial arts and leveling the world.

However, there is always a cover-up, and there is a suspicion of lack of confidence, and it only took three years for Liu Bei to die."

Some impatient officials couldn't help it, "Li Gong, don't talk about history, we are not interested in this matter."

"Zhang Wu, highlighting martial virtues, and leveling the world, compared with the implicit Zhang Wu, the meaning is more obvious, and this year name was indeed proposed by the King of Qin." Li Guping said straightforwardly.

Having said that, everyone fell silent.

"In this way, King Qin's thoughts can't be more obvious, and everyone doesn't need to worry too much, let's perform their duties, maybe we can still be famous in history;
From the first year of Xiande to the present, the King of Qin has conquered year after year, winning countless battles, and even the Khitan people are no match for them. I think everyone can see this. From Xiande to Zhangwu, it is actually expected. " Li Gu stopped and said seriously.

Everyone also stopped, thought carefully for a while, and nodded one after another. Indeed, Zhang Wu seemed to be expecting this.

"Zhangwu", Shi Congyun slowly wrote down two large and correct characters. The characters are large, but they are not good-looking. Zhao Shijian looked down on his calligraphy.

"What do you know? It doesn't matter whether you look good or not, what matters is murderous intent, understand."

This is the new year name he gave to this country, and it is also the year name representing his era-Zhangwu.

An era name can basically represent the will of the ruler, the direction of the country, and so on.

For example, after Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he changed the Yuan to "martial virtue", hoping to shift from martial arts to benevolent government, and from conquest of the world to peace and stability.

Zhuge Liang changed the Yuan to "Jianxing" after Liu Bei's death, which basically indicated the national policy after the Shu Kingdom.

After the official succeeded to the throne, it was changed to "Xiande". Now it is the sixth year of Xiande. It can be seen that when the official succeeded to the throne, the people in the court were dissatisfied, and the people in the country were fluctuating. The official wanted to appease the local people and all the officials with benevolence.

But now, in the sixth year of Xiande, Shi Congyun changed the name of the country to Zhangwu. His ambition and desire for expansion are all condensed in these two characters.

Zhao Shijian refused to accept his statement and wrote it again, which looked better, but it was not as murderous as what he wrote, probably because he was very big, and Zhao Shijian was too handsome.

"What does the queen think?" Zhao Shijian asked.

"She is very obedient." Shi Congyun answered irrelevantly, "The family has more money than I thought."

"Do you think they only bribe you? There are still many noble women who have taken the route of me, Liumei and sister Zhou, and we have put them in the treasury." Zhao Shijian said quite proudly, slightly tilting his pretty face Chin, as if asking him for credit.

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, "Thank you for your hard work, I will definitely try my best to serve you well!"

Winter came as soon as it was said, and the first snow in Daliang came very quickly, and before Shi Congyun woke up early in the morning, there was already a light layer of snow in the small courtyard in the north.

He is so busy these days that he does not touch the ground, most of which are checking the rewards for the soldiers.

People from Li Gudu's branch came to pull money and goods from the back door of Shi Congyun's mansion. Shi Congyun didn't let them pull it for nothing, but asked them to write an IOU.

After several days of calculations by the Department of Economic Affairs and the Department of Branches, coupled with continuous savings and deductions, they finally came up with a reliable reward plan. After rewarding the soldiers of the Imperial Army, they can also leave 23 yuan in emergency funds for the treasury .

However, this emptied Shi Congyun's small private warehouse, and at the same time was so frugal that even the stone carvings on the official graves were reduced.

Shi Congyun felt guilty, so he could only send Fan Zhi to burn incense to apologize to the officials, and promised to make up for it after the turnaround.

In fact, Shi Congyun has another convenient and easy way to reward the soldiers, which is to seize a large amount of armor, horses, saddles, tents, weapons, etc. from the Khitan people. These things are very valuable, if not handed over to the soldiers They will definitely be willing to pick up goods for money.

But he refused, gritted his teeth and wanted to confiscate all the armor, horses and tents, because if they did not confiscate, these things would either end up in the hands of local armed forces, such as powerful clans, Jiedu envoys, or in the enemy's country. Big trouble for him.

He has already written the two big characters of Zhangwu, these things must not fall into the enemy's hands, and he must take them back even if he gritted his teeth.

But at this time, not only the country's internal difficulties, Li Chongjin's matter has not yet come to fruition, Shao Ji and Guo Tingwei have not brought definite news yet.

Zhangwu and Zhangwu are very simple to write, but at the beginning, he was overwhelmed. Everything is difficult at the beginning. The first year of Zhangwu is destined to be a difficult one. After passing through, it will be bright, Shi Congyun thought.

(End of this chapter)