Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 361 The World Shakes
It was approaching New Year's Eve again, and this was the seventh year since Zhang Zhao came to this era. At this time, it was already the third year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty, [-] AD.

In this year, Xu Zhigao changed his name to Li Sheng, changed the name of the country to Tang, and was called Southern Tang in history.

Shi Jingtang formally ceded the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and Khitan, Yelude Guangzhao set the imperial capital as Shangjing, promoted Youzhou to Nanjing, and Nanjing to Tokyo.

And in four more years, the son emperor Shi Jingtang would die of depression in the humiliation, and the great turmoil in the land of Shenzhou would also begin.

Zhang Zhao, who lives in Liangzhou, has just completed the most important feat for all Hexi Longyou Tangers, unifying the seventeen prefectures of Hexi Liangzhou.

The angels Lu Dao and Liu Tao sent by the later Jin Dynasty have also returned to the Central Plains. Just wait for the negotiations between Zhang Zhao and Shi Jingtang to be completed. The Cheng, Wu, and Qin prefectures are missing, but there are Yi, Xi, Hui, and Hexi Longyou Ten from the original four prefectures. The eight state household registration atlas will be handed over to the Central Plains court.

Since the second year of Xuanzong Dazhong in Tang Dynasty, in [-] A.D., Zhang Zhao's great-grandfather Zhang Yichao raised troops to overthrow the tyranny of Tubo.

In the 90 years, Tang'er in Longyou, Hexi, went through many twists and turns, and finally returned to his homeland, which is about to be completed in the hands of Zhang Zhao.

This is also the reason why even if Shi Jingtang is a shameless son-emperor, Zhang Zhao still has to obey the Central Plains court. Returning to the country in Longyou, Hexi, is the obsession in the hearts of all ethnic groups, especially the descendants of Tang'er.

The Zhang family in Shazhou started their business with this and used it to unite the hearts of the people. Even a traverser like Zhang Zhao has to rely on this righteousness to unite and lead the various clans under his command.

What he Zhang Zhao obeyed was not Shi Jingtang, the son-in-law, but the Central Plains court, who was righteous and determined to return to his homeland. As for who sat on the throne, it was not that important.

The persona Zhang Zhao created for himself now is not a warlord who ruled one side, but a loyal minister of the country who is not stained by mud.

Of course, as a loyal minister, returning to the country in the eighteen prefectures of Longyou, Hexi is a concrete manifestation of loyalty to the country.

So it is also the responsibility of Zhang Zhao, a loyal minister, to write down the fault of assassinating the king.

Therefore, at the same time that Shi Jingtang officially ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to Khitan, Zhang Zhao sent a sincere but emotional memorial.

Zhang Zhao said in the memorandum, "Khitan was a courtier of the Central Plains in the past. Although it has suddenly become powerful today, it is still a barbarian. The fundamental land of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun must not be handed over to Khitan."

It is a private matter for everyone (Shi Jingtang) to regard Yelu Deguang as his father, and it is a public matter to cede the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Minister Wuwei County King, Hexi Longyou Jiedu Ambassador absolutely dare not agree with this sale of territory, I hope everyone will take it back.

If the Khitan people threaten them with force, I would like to send [-] elite soldiers from Longyou, Hexi, to go out of Hetao to respect the king and fight against the barbarians!
As soon as this melody was released, the whole world responded. In the later Jin Dynasty, An Chongrong, Liu Zhiyuan, Yang Guangyuan and other real power factions fell into trouble one after another, saying that they should respect the king and fight against the barbarians.

This made Shi Jingtang's face green, so he could only quickly let Liu Zhiyuan go out to serve as Xuzhou Jiedu envoy, marrying his daughter Princess Chang'an to Yang Guangyuan's son Yang Chengzuo to appease him.

For An Chongrong, who was the most violent in words and actions, while appeasing, he was preparing to crusade.

In addition to the Later Jin Dynasty, Meng Chang of the Later Shu Dynasty, Li Sheng of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Qian Yuanguan of Wu Yue all took the opportunity to write or send letters to Shi Jingtang, expressing their opposition to the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

This made Shi Jingtang extremely passive and embarrassed. Counting the emperors of the Central Plains, even a foolish emperor like Emperor Jin Hui had never been looked down upon so much.

But the matter has come to this point, the Khitan has already occupied or won over the mighty and powerful factions in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun step by step, Shi Jingtang agrees or does not agree, it does not help the matter.

In this year, the Central Plains Dynasty lost the two very important barriers of Yanshan and Yinshan for the first time, and the land of Hebei opened its doors.

The land of strong vassals that once produced Weibo Yabing and Yinqiang Xiaojiedu began to face the grassland cavalry frequently, and it was no longer as strong as it used to be.

. . . .

In the Daning Palace in Tokyo, Shi Jingtang, Sang Weihan and others who were in a state of desperation were discussing.

Liu Zhiyuan and Yang Guangyuan calmed down, and An Chongrong also made two preparations.

Later Shu and Southern Tang were purely here to gain Shi Jingtang's prestige, so they can ignore it for the time being.

As for Qian Yuanguan of Wuyue Kingdom, it is easy to deal with. Wuyue is weaker than other feudal towns. Since Qian Miao, they have all humbled the Central Plains court and did not establish an independent country. Instead, like Zhang Zhao, they obeyed the Central Plains.

Qian Yuanguan's request in this letter is also very simple. In the past years in the Later Tang Dynasty, because of the issue of envoys, the court of the Later Tang Dynasty had some conflicts with Wu Yue.

Although An Chonghui was later punished, the court of the later Tang Dynasty returned to Qian Miao the real and false official positions such as king of Wuyue and marshal of the world's soldiers and horses.

But after Qian Miaoxuan's death, Qian Yuanguan did not get these official positions in the Later Jin Dynasty.

So Shi Jingtang immediately asked Sang Weihan to order someone to draw up an edict, Jin named Qian Yuanguan the king of Wuyue, marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and other positions, and sent angels to appease him, and he could calm down.

But in the end, when Zhang Zhao came here, Shi Jingtang, Sang Weihan, Shi Chonggui and a group of Shi Jingtang's confidantes didn't know how to deal with it.

Because in addition to this memorial against the cession of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, Zhang Zhao also mentioned two major issues.

One is the return of the original eighteen prefectures of Qinhui from Guashai, Lianglan, Shanhe, Minkuo, Weitao, West Gansu, Gansu.

The other thing is that Li Shengtian will ask for the closure of four places in Anxi, Khotan, Shule, Suiye, and Ningyuan, with millions of people and thousands of miles of land.

The temptation of these two things to Shi Jingtang has reached the point where it cannot be increased.

He betrayed the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and the whole world looked down on him, but if there were two things, the return of the eighteen prefectures in Longyou, Hexi, and the request for seals in Anxi and Khotan, it would divert attention and greatly enhance his reputation.

But at the same time, Zhang Zhao's appetite was also very big. The first one was the eighteen prefectures in Longyou, Hexi, returning to China, and Zhang Zhao took Qinzhou with him.

You must know that although Qinzhou belonged to the original Longyou Jiedushi, it is currently controlled by the Central Plains court, and Kangfu is the Jiedushi of Qinzhou Xiongwu Army.

Zhang Zhao put Qinzhou in the eighteen prefectures, the meaning is very obvious, this is to ask Shi Jingtang to hand over Qinzhou to him.

But Qinzhou is different from other places. The Xiongwu army alone has tens of thousands of soldiers and a population of hundreds of thousands. In addition, it also belongs to the Guanzhong area.

When Zhang Zhao obtained Qinzhou, it was as if he had the hand to open and close the gate.

Moreover, after Zhang Zhao had Qinzhou, Chengzhou, which originally belonged to the Jiedushi of Longyou, and Wuzhou, which is now called Jiezhou, could not be kept.

With the three prefectures of Qin, Cheng, and Tier, Zhang Zhao could even get in touch with Hou Shu to some extent.

In addition, Zhang Zhao expressed that he could contribute [-] Hexi cavalry to the imperial court, so that Shi Jingtang could get rid of Yang Guangyuan's threat to a certain extent.

I hope to get blacksmiths, stonemasons, carpenters and other hundreds of craftsmen in exchange, and I also hope that when Hexi recruits all kinds of talents from the Central Plains, it will get the help of the court.

Finally, there is the marriage between Murong Xinchang and Shi Jingtang's [-]th younger sister, Princess Yongle. Zhang Zhao hopes that it can be settled as soon as possible, and after the marriage, the two can return to Hexi.

You know, Murong Nobunaga has been in Tokyo for almost a year. He communicated extensively and made bold moves. He has established the bold and chivalrous image of the Hexi people among the Central Plains people.

If we can still bring Princess Yongle back to Hexi, it will greatly remind Zhang Zhao of the prestige of A Weng, Princess Yongle.

A group of people thought hard in the Daning Palace, and finally came to the conclusion that they could only agree.

Because of Zhang Zhao's three conditions, in the long run, it will be harmful to Shi Jingtang, because it will cause Zhang Zhao's prestige to increase sharply, and Zhang Zhao will stretch his hand into Guanzhong, which will cause serious trouble in the future.

But for Shi Jingtang, he is currently in a state of desperation, and domestic opposition is rampant, and he still has to raise silk cloth, salt, sugar and tea as a tribute to Khitan.

What's more, it is necessary to balance the power of the powerful generals and keep one's position as the Son of Heaven. There is not much room for turning around.

What Zhang Zhaoneng gave him, whether it was the return of the eighteen prefectures in righteousness, or the Hexi Xiaoqi Suowei Forbidden Palace, was what Shi Jingtang urgently needed, not to mention that Shi Jingtang owed Zhang Zhao hundreds of thousands of guan.

In the end, Shi Jingtang also had to bow his head in the face of reality.

This kind of thing, once there will be a second time, bowing to Khitan is bowing to Zhang Zhao, it seems that it is not so difficult for him to accept.

However, before agreeing to Zhang Zhao's request, Shi Jingtang secretly ordered Kang Fu to move the Xiongwu army and the residents of Qinzhou as far as possible, leaving only an empty shell of Qinzhou for Zhang Zhao.

Then arrange the Xiongwu army and the residents to the site of Fengxiang Jiedushi, so as to strengthen Li Congzhen's strength.

So on the surface, Shi Jingtang made great contributions to quelling the chaos in Guanzhong, and added Qi Wang Li Congxuan as Qin Wang.

He also transferred the 2000 people of the Zuolongwu Army controlled by Li Congchang's younger brother Li Congchang back to Fengxiang Mansion. Just as Li Congchang had just died of illness, he returned blood to the newly defeated Fengxiang Army in the name of sending the coffin back to his hometown.

This is to rely on the Fengxiang Jiedu envoy of Qin Wang Li Congzhen to fight against Zhang Zhao!
However, Shi Jingtang never expected that the old fox Kang Fu had already accepted Zhang Zhao's money, and secretly promised a granddaughter to Zhang Zhao as a child. Only God knows how obedient he is.

As for Li Congzhen, although Shi Jingtang knew from An Shenqi's memorial that he was beaten badly by Zhang Zhao's Guiyi Army, he had no idea how badly Li Congzhen was beaten.

If he knew that Li Congxuan was beaten to the point of despair by Zhang Zhao, he would understand that using Li Congxuan against Zhang Zhao, using this method of feudal town versus feudal town to deal with the Guiyi army, it is hard to say how effective it would be.

. . . .

Liangzhou, the mansion of the Prince of Wuwei County, Zhang Zhao was watching a song and dance on New Year's Eve.

Dancing in the arena was a slender beauty with picturesque features.

She was wearing a fiery red brocade dress, her dancing posture was soft but firm, and she had beautiful eyes, she glanced at Zhang Zhao who was sitting in the main seat from time to time, obviously she was very satisfied with Zhang Zhao.

The attitude was so eager that even a veteran like Zhang Zhao who had a lot of women couldn't help it, so he could only pretend to chat with Li Shaozong who was accompanying him at the banquet.

"Cousin Shaozong, the seventh cousin is still as hot-tempered as she was when she was young!"

Li Cunhui's father, Li Xiuyun's brother Li Shaozong, who was dancing gracefully, was a little embarrassed when he heard the words.

His younger sister is unparalleled in beauty, not to mention her figure, but she has a hot temper, which is unbearable for ordinary people.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember when you were a child?" Li Shaozong squinted his eyes, acting like an elite salesman.

"That happened many years ago. Now I have learned the book and respected the ceremony, and I am much more reserved and gentle. If it weren't for the saying that I will marry a hero in the world, I would have been married by Hao Erlang, a rich family who broke through the family."

"Really?" Zhang Zhao expressed doubts. Ordinarily, Li Xiuyun's family background, coming to Zhang Zhao to be a concubine who is basically like a concubine is not such a good thing.

Li Shaozong is really willing to just send his own sister here?Moreover, he looked afraid that Zhang Zhao would not accept him.

Li Shaozong was about to say that it was absolutely true, but when he raised the corner of his eyes, he saw the girl walking towards Zhang Zhao, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Brother Wang, I have teased you back then, don't you remember it? Otherwise, if you marry me back home, you can tease me every day!"

As she said that, Li Xiuyun blinked her eyes, which made Zhang Zhao find out the image of a quirky little pepper in his mind.

hiss!This one seems to be really not so easy to bear, since he was young, he dared to love and hate, bold and pungent.

Uh!Li Shaozong was even more embarrassed. He just said that the girl is reserved and gentle, and now he will come up to sell it by himself.

At this moment, Cui Huxin, who was on duty outside the door today, came in, holding a piece of silk cloth with words written all over it.

Zhang Zhao asked Guo Tiance to take it over and take a look. It turned out that Murong Xinchang had sent it back.

Shi Jingtang had already agreed to Zhang Zhao's conditions, and he wanted to add a title to Zhang Zhao.

(End of this chapter)