Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 345 Anger
Xianzhou is to the west of Taiyuan, only more than 100 miles away from Taiyuan. Zhe Dejian showed his loyalty and cooperated with the imperial army. After knowing that the imperial court sent troops to Hedong, he sent troops from Fuzhou (Fugu County) to fight all the way across the Yellow River and conquered Lanzhou. (Lan County) to the city of Xianzhou (Loufan County).

After that, Shi Congyun sent Jing Si to lead troops to the west to join him, and the combined forces captured Xianzhou and killed the governor of Xianzhou.

Zhe Dejian also took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to meet the emperor, because Xianzhou was not far from Taiyuan.

Shi Congyun agreed and let him come with Jing Si.

When meeting Zhe Dejian, Shi Congyun originally thought that he should be a martial artist, because he can fight wars and is also a member of the party.

I never thought that although Zhe Deli was tall, he could be said to be bookish, and he knew the etiquette of the Han people very well, and his speech and behavior showed that he had read books, and he had read a lot.

Shi Congyun was greatly astonished, praised him a few words, and then affirmed his contribution.

Zhe Dejian salutes.

During the banquet, he talked inside and outside. In his words and deeds, he repeatedly expressed his loyalty to the court, and expressed his willingness to do everything for the court several times.

Shi Congyun was very pleased with his loyalty, but he also understood what he expected.

Zhe Dejian had personally gone to Daliang to show his loyalty before, and got the promise from the regent Empress Dowager Fu that their Zhe family would be able to handle government affairs for generations.

The Dangxiang people were a large number of mixed ethnic groups who moved westward from Qinghai to avoid the pressure of Tubo when the Tang Dynasty was weak and unable to suppress Tubo.

The Zhe family was one of them. They were at odds with the Tuoba Li family, another major branch of the party, who later established the Xixia Dynasty, and they lacked a sense of security. Only by relying on mountains can we feel safe.

But the previous promise was given by the queen mother of the previous dynasty. Now that the dynasty has changed, Zhe Dejian is also very afraid that the new emperor of Qin will not recognize him, so he is eager to perform meritorious service, so he immediately came to see him.

Shi Congyun understood what he was thinking, and appointed him on the spot as the envoy of the Jingnan Army in Fuzhou, with the right to preside over the affairs of the state.

He blocked his mouth with a very high reward, but he didn't say a word about the offspring of the Zhe family, because the reward given by the emperor was too high, and Zhe Dejian couldn't even open his mouth, so it seemed too intrusive .

Shi Congyun had his own plan in mind. He hoped that the Zhe family would guard the frontier well, but he didn't want it to be difficult to control, so he gave the Zhe family a huge reward, but he always kept their lifeline in check. But he didn't say a word about it.

Zhejia is reluctant, and if he wants to keep his current status, he must work hard to fight for him.

That night, although Zhe Dejian finally failed to get the emperor to open his mouth to promise future generations, he was very happy. He knelt down again and again to thank him.

Shi Congyun responded graciously to him, and the Zhe family deserved it for their military exploits.

After that, Jing Si was also rewarded heavily and promoted to the commander of the Fourth Army of the Cavalry Army.

The next day, by the Fen River, Shi Congyun felt a little dizzy. He drank too much alcohol last night, so he wanted to go outside Taiyuan City to see the living conditions of the people in Shanxi, and sober up by the way.

"Old man, how is the harvest this year?" Shi Congyun asked an elderly man by the Fen River.

Most of the people in the vicinity avoided them as soon as they saw them, and even the bold ones just watched from afar behind low walls and eaves, or under trees, separated by tens or hundreds of steps.

There was only a white-haired, skinny old man sitting lazily on the side of the road, half-closed his eyes and refused to leave.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while, he came out today to relax, and secondly, to show the Emperor Qin's love for the people, so as to win people's hearts and appease the newly settled Shanxi.

As a result, he and the imperial army behind him ran away as if they were tigers.

Shi Congyun was very embarrassed. He, Emperor Shi, also wanted face, so he insisted on dragging the old man to ask about his health. Even if the emperor was in front of the old man, the old man ignored him at all. He didn't answer Shi Congyun's questions, and the situation suddenly became even more embarrassing.

The soldiers behind him avoided looking at him again and again.

There is also a bad-tempered soldier who has already pinched the handle of the knife, and said angrily, "Old man who doesn't know what is good or bad, do you know who is in front of you! Are you looking for death!"

Shi Congyun raised his hand to stop him, "If he doesn't leave, he is not afraid of death."

His Emperor Shi's face was important, but he would not kill people for the sake of face. That would not only make him appear incompetent, but also make people feel that he was moody and unsafe around him.

Complaining in my heart, saying that extreme joy begets sorrow, everything has really gone wrong in the past two days, there has been trouble in the rear, and I have lost face, I am so unhappy at home.

Hearing what he said, the old man spoke weakly instead: "Anyway, it doesn't matter if you come from the south or the north, it's the same to kill and rob. Anyway, I can't live, so I'm not afraid of death.

If you want to kill, kill it, and kill it happily. "

He said, with an indifferent and indifferent expression on his face, as if his own life didn't matter, and it was too difficult to live.

There are actually a lot of such old people in the entire Hedong, or the Yellow River is quite a lot. A large number of young and old people died in the wars in successive years since the end of Tang Dynasty, leaving behind a lot of old people. Most of them can hardly support themselves and cannot survive.

Seeing the old man waiting to die, Shi Congyun had mixed feelings and emphasized again: "We are not here to kill people, nor are we here to rob you."

"Have you brought any food?" Shi Congyun turned around and asked.

Several soldiers nodded, took off the water belt around their waists and handed over a small bag of wheat cakes, soldiers usually carry these things.

Shi Congyun took it, handed it to the astonished old man, and then ignored him.

The large group of people passed the bewildered old man and continued to move forward, slowly heading south along the bank of the Fen River. Shi Congyun didn't ride a horse, but walked slowly along the river, looking at the new green world on both sides of the river. Smoke from cooking by the river in the distance.

On the other side of the Fen River, there were vaguely many people busy in the fields, and there were people resting and talking under a birch forest in the distance.

Seeing him looking over there, someone said: "Official, some people are going to ask someone to come and ask questions?"

"No, take a look." He had a lot of troubles in his heart that were difficult to explain to outsiders, and he was suddenly absent-minded. It turned out that being an emperor was not so easy.

Regarding the situation in the south, he hardly talked to anyone, because this kind of struggle is invisible, secret and needs to follow unspoken rules.

It's like getting a thorn in your finger, it will be very painful and even unbearable, but you can't chop your hand because of it, you can only take a more subtle method

Because this is an internal conflict, overreacting can also hurt yourself, and you need to properly control the intensity.

If he is too tough, the bureaucrats may completely oppose him, and he will not be able to sit firmly as an emperor. If he is too weak, the bureaucrats will think that he is easy to bully, and they will ride on him in the future.
This kind of entanglement and dilemma made his brain feel a little swollen, he couldn't figure out what to think about, his temples were about to explode, he didn't know where he was going, if it wasn't for the alert soldiers next to him, he almost stepped into the river go.

Walking aimlessly, my thoughts have drifted far away, farther than the white clouds reflected in the river, the green and blue sky.

In the clear reflection in the water, Shi Congyun vaguely saw a fast horse running towards this side along the sparkling river in the distance. When he raised his head, the soldier saw him far away and shouted: "Officials, officials, officials!" , Liao soldiers are coming!"

The accompanying officials were very dissatisfied, and said: "Don't be rude in front of the emperor!"

The soldier who rode close was stunned for a moment, afraid of the prestige of being an official, he even got off his horse and bowed down, not daring to shout anymore, and said respectfully: "Officials, there is news from the north that there are Khitan soldiers in the north of Xinkou."

"Who reported it?"

"Guo Jin, the defender, the scouts of his platoon met the Khitan forward. They said that there were many people, a few numbered in the thousands, and there might be people behind."

Shi Congyun was already full of troubles, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know how to figure it out, he was neither advancing nor retreating. When he heard that the Khitan people dared to go south, he was full of anger and depression. All of a sudden surge out!

Angrily said: "I'm still here, who gave them the guts! How dare they go south!"

Shi Congyun said loudly: "Bring my horse here, and go back to order soldiers!"

When everyone saw this, they didn't dare to speak too much, they quickly pulled the horse over, he got on the horse, beat the horse and galloped towards Taiyuan City, many soldiers followed, and the others were left far behind. The officials and eunuchs on foot stayed by the river to eat dirt with a dazed expression on their faces.

Running wildly all the way, Shi Congyun felt a surge of anger in his heart, and the horse under his crotch galloped, leaving only a shadow on the road, surrounded by cavalry behind him, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes scared the people looking away from a distance.

Seeing Taiyuan City in front of him, Shi Congyun slowly slowed down his horse and said loudly, "Come on!"

"No!" The soldiers quickly stepped forward.

"Go, call Wang Shenqi, Li Chuyun, Wang Quanbin, Li Hanchao, Dong Zunhui, Liu Qingchuan, Meng Xuanzhe, Han Baozheng, Xiang Gong, Dang Jin, Jing Si, Zhe Dejian, and Yang Jiye, and let them Go to the palace hall to meet me!"

As he said that, Shi Congyun angrily raised his whip and pointed to the north: "I want to personally deal with those Khitan thieves who don't know the heights of heaven and earth!"

"Promise!" All the soldiers agreed loudly and aggressively, the voice echoed outside the city, and the murderous aura overflowed all over the place.
(End of this chapter)