Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 598 Hu Xuanwu, I'm Not Happy Now
Marrying a wife and taking a concubine are two completely different experiences, and the same is true for Zhang Zhao who took a concubine.

At the time of the big wedding, he was overwhelmed by all kinds of red tape, but now that he accepts the big talisman and Gao E Niang, he is much more relaxed. He doesn't even have to welcome the relatives, he just needs to wait in the palace.

Here, the Gao family and the Fu family first equipped their daughters and dowry, and arrived at the Suzaku Gate of Qianyuan Palace on time at the auspicious time.

Then accompanied by Gao Eniang's elder brother Gao Xingzhou and Dafu's elder brother Fu Zhaoxin, they were sent to the inner palace.

Then Gao Xingzhou sent someone to tell the inner palace attendants that Empress Cao Yanxi, who had been prepared a long time ago, would lead the inner servants, maids and guards to Xuanwu Gate, one of the main gates of the inner palace.

The bridesmaid invited by the sending team was He Fujin, who was one of the thirteen loyalists of Xingjiao sect certified by Zhang Zhao, and was a life-and-death friend of Dafu's father, with high morals and high esteem.

More importantly, after Zhang Zhao entered the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, in order to change the atmosphere, he highly respected loyalty.

The 13 people and descendants who were the last guardian of Zhuang Zong Li Cunxu in the Xingjiao sect in the past have been reused.

The "Thirteen Loyal Officials Protecting the Lord" with the story of Xingjiaomen's escort has been half completed.

When Zhang Zhao returned to the Central Plains from Yangzhou, he specially ordered Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to have Gu Hongzhong, a famous painter of the Southern Tang Dynasty, accompany him to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. picture.

Gu Hongzhong is a famous painter who painted "Han Xizai Night Banquet" in history, especially good at figure painting.

Among the 13 people, Fu Yanqing, He Fujin, Wang Quanbin and others who are still alive are among the reused ones.

Hou Yi and others, who already had moral flaws, reused their son Hou Renbao.

People who have passed away, such as the eldest son of Xia Luqi, reward their descendants generously as riches and honor.

Although He Fujin has not been released yet, Zhang Zhao has already conferred his official titles on the positions of Inspector Taiwei and General Zuo Longxiangwei. These two titles are all false titles, and they are obviously exposing his qualifications to outsiders.

At the same time, He Fujin's son, He Jiyun, was also transferred from Chenzhou back to Tokyo, and went to Weifanshang, Zhongsu, the capital of Regret Mountain.

It is also obvious that after being gilded like Gao Huaide, the son of Gao Xingzhou, he will be released as a general.

With the halo bonus of Thirteen Loyalties, the Fu family and the Gao family will carefully select He Fu to be the best man.

Even Empress Cao Yanxi was going to wait in the palace for Fu and Gao's second daughter to pay a visit, but when she saw He Fujin outside the palace gate, she drove out to meet him at the palace gate.

Don't underestimate Zhang Zhao's actions, under his strong admiration, He Fujin and other 13 people are like dazzling pearls, shining above the heads of all warriors.

No one said anything on the surface, but An Shuqian, An Shenyue and others have long been envious of them, and they wish they could go back to the Xingjiao sect and become loyal ministers themselves.

As for the younger generation, after the development of the thirteen families in Xingjiaomen, they suddenly realized in their hearts.

It turns out that if Lao Tzu doesn't have much power, he can pass on to his descendants just by being a loyal minister!

It can be said that after Zhang Zhao's deliberate pursuit, being a loyal minister, something that has not been mentioned much for almost 200 years, has suddenly been frequently talked about recently.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate, after going through a set of cumbersome etiquettes, the sending-off team went back home, and the two girls followed Cao Yanxi to visit Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao, who became the bridegroom's official again, was sitting in the inner palace at this moment, waiting for the two delicate ladies to salute her.

But Zhang Zhao, who was planning to see the beautiful figures of the two women, was immediately disappointed.

Because the two little ladies were directly overwhelmed by the gorgeous Zhai clothes, and their heads were also crowned with nine dragon and phoenix flower hairpins, which almost completely covered their faces.

However, Zhang Zhao still observed it with great interest, until the servant came to remind him that it was time for the Great Court Meeting, Zhang Zhao nodded and left.

Empress Cao Yanxi sent the two daughters to the harem with a little sour heart.

But she was just a little sour, because she knew the importance of the emperor accepting this second concubine.

This can be seen from the walking ceremony. This time, the folk marriage model was used, instead of being sent directly to the palace according to the original practice. It starts with super beauties and talented people, but directly belongs to the concubine.

Zhang Zhao chose to hold the grand court meeting on the day when the concubine was accepted, also because there was a big move to be made.

A group of local tyrants from Hebei who had just had a great time in Tokyo were brought directly to the scene of the Grand Court Meeting.

Although these people are undeniable leaders in the countryside of various states and counties, and they have the power of life and death, but a national-level official event at the level of the Grand Court is still enough to deter them.

Just like Tazhai Dongshu is so arrogant, if you take him to Zhongnanhai and scare him, he will still be like a gray grandson.

What Zhang Zhao wants is this effect.

On such a solemn occasion, and under the strong oppression of Zhang Zhao himself and tens of thousands of imperial guards.

It is said that local tyrants from Hebei came to Tokyo to negotiate terms with the emperor, but in fact it was just that the local tyrants knelt on the ground and listened to the emperor's orders.

Of course, if Zhang Zhao goes too far, these people will definitely quit after returning to the local area and recovering, so Zhang Zhao still wants to give them some sweetness.

The specific solution is that Zhang Zhao will not demolish their Wubao at all, but the population of Wubao must be counted and registered by the court.

The taxes that should be paid must not be less than one penny, and those who Wubao cannot support must be released.

Don't think that everyone can have enough to eat after arriving in Wubao. Such a paradise will not exist in troubled times.

In fact, the ranks in Wubao are even more cruel. It is normal for farmers at the bottom to starve to death.

However, compared to those who are scattered in the wild, they have the freedom to starve to death, but in Wubao, as long as the people above do not agree with you to starve to death, you do not have this freedom.

This is the reason why all dynasties have hoped to eradicate Wubao. It is not that their combat power is so powerful that the state machine cannot destroy it, but that this closed social structure is very suitable for raising the dead.

He can't beat you on the battlefield, but he can raise dead soldiers, and then use dead soldiers to assassinate court officials who are relatives of the emperor. He can also use dead soldiers to disrupt grassroots law and order and even collude with foreign enemies.

If there is any trouble in the countryside, with the help of these people, it is likely to cause a lot of trouble.

Zhang Zhao asked them to open the Wubao for the imperial court to inspect, in order to break the Wubao's self-contained pattern.

If there were fewer people in Wubao, the hierarchy and oppression were not as deep, and independence would soon disappear.

At the same time, each Wubao tyrant must agree to sell half of the cultivated land to the court, and the court will use these cultivated fields to distribute to the people who do not belong to Wubao.

Zhang Zhao's payment method is that you sell one mu of mature land to the imperial court, and the imperial court will give you the ownership of five acres of abandoned land, and then give you the normal land price as a purchase.

Of course, the most important thing is that the local tyrants in each Wubao must quickly organize Dingkou, so that they can respond to the imperial army's northward march, and contribute the hoarded grain and grass. The imperial court buys them at market prices.

In addition to these requirements, the rest is the benefits. Zhang Zhao gave Hebei a total of [-] places for the pilot test of Mingjing, Mingshu and other subjects.

This is to let them go down and assign official hats, and the pilot testers will be appointed to the rest of the states and the center as officials.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao also decided to organize Zuoqianniuwei and Changshan Town among the people of Hebei.

In the future, there will be seven pro-army and eight towns of the forbidden army. This is a chance for the brave men in the land of Hebei to stand out.

However, the selection of Zuo Qianniuwei and Changshan Town is not up to them.

This is to go through the selection and assessment of the imperial court, and strictly follow the rules of pro-army and forbidden army.

All of this is actually a redistribution of benefits.

Zhang Zhao took some of the shares of the Great Zhou Kingdom and asked the local tyrants in Hebei to offer real money to buy them.

After that, the local tyrants in Hebei became a member of the imperial court.

Guo Tiance explained the plan one by one to the local tyrants in Hebei. The local tyrants kneeling on the ground also looked at me and you, all showing satisfied expressions.

They still approve of Zhang Shengren's plan, and they can feel that Shao Tianzi is indeed showing goodwill to them.

Many times, when people hear the combination of Wubao and Haoqiang, the word separatism immediately pops up.

But in fact, except for the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wubao local tyrants are generally not big.

There was no way for the Eastern Han Dynasty, who said Han Guangwu was too weak, in fact, he was pushed to the emperor's seat by the local tyrants in Hebei.

At this time, the local tyrants in Hebei only controlled hundreds of people with one surname, and then several families gathered together to form a Wubao. They could not resist the Khitan army going south, and it was even more impossible to resist the imperial court's iron cavalry.

No one was stupid enough to really think that by relying on Wubao, they could be independent from the imperial court.

What they are after is to keep the power of some population as much as possible, and to fight against the rebellion of the court, absolutely no one thinks about it.

Originally, they actually had another way to go, and that was to support Liu Zhiyuan.

Liu Zhiyuan's small imperial court in Hedong is much smaller than Zhang Zhao's Great Zhou, and its power is also much weaker.

In addition, without such large bases as Hexi Longyou and Guanzhong with a combined population of 7 million, Liu Zhiyuan's bargaining power against the local tyrants in Hebei is much lower, and it is easier for the local tyrants to take more benefits from Liu Zhiyuan.

It's just a pity that they are not local tyrants from Henan or Huainan, they are local tyrants from Hebei.

Ever since the land of Yanyun was occupied by the Khitans, the number one life and death enemy of the local tyrants in Hebei is the Khitans, not one of them.

As far as Liu Zhiyuan is hooking up with the Khitan, a local tyrant in Hebei who has just experienced the locust invasion of the Khitan army, he cannot accept it emotionally, cannot ignore it in reality, and cannot look at it in the long run.

Who knows if Liu Zhiyuan will sell them in order to enter the Central Plains like Shi Jingtang did?

Therefore, after a brief silence, the local tyrants all put their heads on the ground again.

One of them, an old man in his seventies from Dingzhou raised his head slightly and shouted at Zhang Zhao.

"Caomin thanked the sage for his heavenly grace. The land of Hebei has suffered many catastrophes. Today, finally, a sage came out, willing to take pity on our people who are waiting to survive under the Khitan's iron heels."

At this time, Zhang Zhao finally stopped sitting on the throne, but walked down quickly, and then helped the old man up.

"The Khitan has occupied my country, and sooner or later we will have to pay the price. I am willing to wait with Weng to restore the country!"

Hearing what Zhang Zhao said, the local tyrants in Hebei all stood up, and the repertoire of my Tang Dynasty, Shan Hu Wu Wu, came immediately.

I saw the local tyrants from Hebei with Gao Xingzhou in the middle, An Shenqi and Fu Yanqing lined up on the left and right, Huangfu Chong and the old man followed closely behind.

Hundreds of people first shouted long live in a neat and rhythmic manner, and then jumped up with small steps.

Zhang Zhaoneng could see that the dancing movements were not restricted, but could be freely played.

For example, Gao Xingzhou is imitating the actions of a heroic warrior on the battlefield, holding a knife in the air in his left hand, and holding a paddle in his right, taking two steps forward in a stabbing motion, and taking a step back as if vaguely defending.

On the other hand, An Shenqi did whatever he wanted, and her dancing posture was similar to that of the guys bouncing around in bars in later generations.

Fu Yanqing had to follow a lot of rules, dancing according to the rhythm of King Qin's formation dance.

The old man is not old, and he dances like a sumo wrestler, and the rest of the postures are various.

However, although the dancing styles are different, there are no fools among them, because no one chooses to dance the most popular Hu Xuan Dance at this time.

Hmm...the local tyrants from Hebei are dancing around in the palace and in front of the emperor, that's really a bit dark humorous.

After accepting the dance of the local tyrants in Hebei, Zhang Zhao officially became their emperor, and the problems in Hebei were solved on the surface.

These combined groups of tooth soldiers from various towns and local tyrants above the ground will soon provide guides, food, and other assistance to the imperial court in Zhang Zhao's battle against Liu Zhiyuan.

Of course, it is impossible for all the people in Hebei to submit to Zhang Zhao, and Liu Zhiyuan will win over some of them.

The current structure was also reached under Zhang Zhao's compromise. Without the threat of Khitan in the future, it will definitely need to be changed.

After the local tyrants danced, they went on one after another, because the next issues had nothing to do with them, and the biggest issue among them was that Zhang Zhao was about to change his name.

No change!The word Zhao is really too common.

At this time, most people like to use Yan, Cun, and Zhao as middle characters when naming people, such as Zhao Yanjin, Zhao Yanshou, etc., which sound like the two brothers, but in fact they have nothing to do with each other.

As for Zhao characters, names are also used a lot, and Fu Yanqing's son is called Fu Zhaomou.

Zhang Zhao's Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites was called Zhang Zhaoyuan. In history, he changed his name to Zhang Zhao in order to avoid Liu Zhiyuan's taboo.

What is even more exaggerated is that there are countless people named Zhang Zhao in history, and the most famous one is of course Zhang Zibu, a leader of the Sun Wu local faction.

In addition, there is also the son of Zhang Pu, the Duke of Guangping in the Northern Wei Dynasty, also named Zhang Zhao, who served as the governor of Youzhou and the general of Pingdong. He is also a celebrity.

At the same time, there was also a famous Zhang Zhao in the Southern Dynasties, the dutiful son whose father died crying and vomiting blood, and his parents went behind closed doors for more than ten years. As for other unknown Zhang Zhaos, there were many more.

Even in this dynasty, there are countless people named Zhang Zhao or Zhang Zhaomou or Zhang Mouzhao everywhere.

Zhang Zhao now somewhat understands the sufferings of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bingji.

The word "sickness" is also very common. He didn't change his name, and the people dared not even mention the word "sickness". The prison was even full of people who violated the taboo of the emperor's name.

So Liu Bing had no choice but to change his name to Liu Xun, and then release all the people who committed the name taboo from prison.

However, it is not that there are no emperors who choose hard anus. Our Emperor Taizong Wen Li Erlang is a typical example of hard anus.

The words "Shimin" are more common than the words "Illness" and "Zhao", but Li Erfeng was able to bear the taboo of letting Quan Tian come down to avoid him.

It's just that Zhang Zhao doesn't have such a good psychological quality, and since his later generations, his character of not wanting to cause too much trouble is still imprinted in his heart, so Zhang Zhao plans to change his name.

So when the local tyrants in Hebei went down, Li Fang, a Hanlin scholar next to the emperor, who knew Zhizhi, announced it for the emperor.

鉊 and Zhao have the same pronunciation, and this 鉊 is not commonly used in daily life at this time. The original meaning is to cut something with a metal utensil (multi-fingered sickle).

Zhang Zhao chose the character for 鉊 because he did not need to change the pronunciation, but Zhang Zhou inherited the Tude of the Tang Dynasty as Jinde, and the character next to the golden character was just right for the time.

The last layer of meaning is the superficial meaning, which means that Zhang Shengren will raise his weapons to harvest the rulers or other separatist forces who refuse to submit to the world, as well as the Khitan northern captives.

And after Zhang Zhao changed his name to Zhang Ting, he had to do another important thing, which was to give his surname.

Among the four King Kongs of Zhang Shengren, except for Wang Tongtong, there is no complete official name so far.

Man Xiong was born in the Guiyi Army, but his parents died in the battle of the bridge when the Ganzhou Uighurs attacked Dunhuang. He grew up eating a variety of meals.

He is called Man Xiong because he is as majestic as a bear, but also a bit arrogant, so he is called Man Xiong. What is his father's last name?He didn't remember it himself, and others couldn't explain it clearly.

Qiong Re Duojin knew exactly who he was, he was a Tubo shepherd slave on the Qingtang Plateau.

But after Zhang Zhao occupied Liangzhou, Qiongre Duojin's small tribe began to claim that their ancestor was Hexi Tang'er who was captured on the plateau, and they were very jealous of others saying that he was born as a Tubo shepherd slave.

Dunzhu's life experience is even more confusing. His mother doesn't even know where she came from, and who is Dunzhu's father?
The name Dunzhu is a very common name for men and women on the Qingtang Plateau. The word Dunzhu is transliterated from Tubo dialect into Chinese.

Ton means work, bead means completion, and the combination means completion of work. In Tubo dialect, the combination means a person who is capable of accomplishing things. Putting it in Chinese, it means success and fame.

However, as Zhang Zhou's founding minister, he always bears a Tubo name like Dunzhu, which is not too outrageous.

Besides the three of them, Ma Shacai and Ma Yaozi also had to change their names.

Ma Shacai was born in the gang of Ge Duma thieves. His surname is not Ma, but a man slave. Shacai is obviously a curse word, which means that it is a thief who raises horses. Obviously, it can no longer be used as a name.

Ma Yaozi knows his surname is Ma, because when he was bought by Luo Xianda to be trained as a dead soldier, he was raised by an old woman. The old woman's surname was Ma, so Ma Yaozi took the surname Ma.

However, although the old lady Ma gave Ma Yaozi the warmth of a home, she was not very educated, so she only called him Yaozi according to the nickname commonly used by Shazhou Haner, and gradually Ma Yaozi became his real name.

Now that Ma Yaozi is successful and famous, he has not broken his promise to marry Yuniang, who is much older than him, but has been waiting for him for five or six years.

But his adoptive mother died early, and he didn't want to be called Ma Yaozi for the rest of his life, so he wanted Zhang Zhao to give him a nickname.

In other words, the court of our sage Zhang really came from a bitter background!Half of the generals basically don't talk about their ancestors, and many of them don't even know their parents.

So after Zhang Zhao changed his name, he gave them the character Zhao in his name, and this Zhao was originally the descendant of Zhang Zhao's generation of Long Tong Zhang family.

Dunzhu was given the name Zhang Zhaojiu by Zhang Zhao because of the meaning of success and fame in his name.

Qiongre Duojin was given the name Zhang Zhaojie, and Ma Shacai was given the name Zhang Zhaojun.

In order to commemorate his adoptive mother, Ma Yaozi was given the name Ma Zhaoyuan by Zhang Zhao without changing his surname.

Man Xiong originally Zhang Zhao wanted to name him Zhang Zhaoxiong, but Man Xiong didn't want the word Xiong. He felt that he was loyal and wanted the word loyalty.

So in the end, Zhang Zhao named Man Xiong Zhang Zhaozhong with a strange face.

Uh!I don't know what the idea of ​​the board after 200 years is, and whether it will launch the weapon of causality, and criticize it.

And it's not as simple as bestowing a name, Zhang Zhao asked Zhang Lieming to enter the palace to serve as the clerk who gave the name this time. Currently, Zongzheng of the Long Tong Zhang family is Zhang Huaiqing who is still in Liangzhou, Chengtian Prefecture, Xijing.

So Zhang Zhao asked Zhang Lieming to make a record, and then sent it to Liangzhou for Zhang Huaiqing to file.

Once this set of procedures is gone, it means that the wild bear Zhang Zhaozhong, the horse killer Zhang Zhaojun, the Dunzhu Zhang Zhaojiu, and the Qiong Reduojin Zhang Zhaojie have officially entered the family tree of Long Tong Zhang.

But Ma Yaozi Ma Zhaoyuan didn't change his name, so Zhang Zhao sheltered his eldest son as Jinyi's personal guard for thousands of households, and was transferred to Zuoyu Forest Guard to listen to him.

Ma Yaozi's eldest son is not his own son, but the oil bottle brought by Yuniang, who is 15 years old this year.

Out of a similar experience to Zhang Zhao, Ma Zhaoyuan was extremely strict with his son and named him Ma Xiongxin.

One is to borrow the name of Shan Xiongxin in the Complete Biography of the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and the letter at the end also has the taste of hoping that his cheap son will become Zhang Shengren's number one good son, Murong Nobunaga.

Therefore, although Ma Zhaoyuan is not included in the Long Tong Zhang family tree, Ma Zhaoyuan is not particularly regretful. It is not in vain for his son Ma Xiongxin, who has been carefully cultivated for ten years, to get the best start.

But the matter was not over here. After retiring from the court, Zhang Tie brought Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojun, Zhang Zhaojiu, Zhang Zhaojie and Ma Zhaoyuan directly to the harem.

Empress Dowager Ciyou Li Shi, Empress Dowager Cisheng Song Shi, and Empress Cao Yanxi's two concubines Cao Yannai, Li Ruoliu and Zhang Tie's eight children over three years old are all here.

There is also a ceremony to be held here, that is, the two empress dowagers will replace Zhang Chengfeng, Zhang Cheng’s father, who has passed away for more than [-] years, and accept Zhang Zhaozhong (Barbarian), Zhang Zhaojun (Ma Shacai), and Zhang Zhaojiu (Dunzhu) , Zhang Zhaojie (Jongre Duojin) and Ma Zhaoyuan (Ma Yaozi) are adopted sons.

Among them, Man Xiong was two years older than Zhang Tie, Dunzhu, Ma Shacai, and Ma Yaozi didn't even know how old they were, and Qiongre Duojin was three months younger than Zhang Tie, but Zhang Tie rearranged them uniformly.

Zhang Tie's elder brother, Zhang Tie, who died early, is the elder brother, Zhang Tie himself is the second brother, Man Xiong is the third, Qiongre Duojin is the fourth, Ma Yaozi is the fifth, Ma Sha is the sixth, and Dunzhu is the oldest. seven.

Uh, Ma Shacai is not a child at all, he is very loyal.

After sorting, the five kowtowed to Zhang Zhao, calling them the second elder brother. Zhang Zhao asked the third son Zhang Xianjing to be the leader, and then brought his two elder brothers Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Xianzhao and younger brother Zhang Xianzhi to bow their hands and pay respects to the five uncles one by one.

The other five people also bowed to the end and received the salutation of the princes.

As soon as the four brothers came out, Li Ruoliu's advantage was immediately revealed.

Because in addition to the third son Zhang Xianjing, the eldest son Zhang Xiancun, the second son Zhang Xianzhao, and the fourth son Zhang Xianzhi, these three brothers were all born by Li Ruoliu.

This is Li Ruoliu's greatest reliance, and it is also what Cao Yanxi and Cao Yannai are most worried about.

The little aunt insisted on relying on her aggressive belly to carve out a way in the harem.

Seeing Zhang Ting and Zhang Xianjing leading the way, the two sisters also heaved a long sigh of relief.

They let go of the situation where the Cao family almost dominated the harem, and what they got in return was Zhang Ting's basic establishment of Zhang Xianjing's identity.

Zhang Ting secretly glanced at Zhang Xiancun, seeing that the boy was not dissatisfied at all, but just a little disappointed, he sighed in his heart.

Son!I'm doing this for your own good, you're in good health, and I can hold power for at least 40 years.

If you are established as the prince, then when you ascend the throne, you will be almost 60 years old?

In the ancient and modern world, is there any prince with 40 years?The complaint of Brother Ma's second son has been lingering in Zhang Chang's ears.

Zhang Xianjing is only less than four years old, even if he is a prince for 40 years, he is only 44 years old, it doesn't seem too miserable.

And Zhang Zhao regards Man Xiong and other five people as brothers, in fact, there is an urgent political need.

Zhang Zhou's foundation is too weak now, and the relatives of Long Tong Zhang's family, Zhang Teng, can't actually trust them. It's not that they have the ability to overthrow Zhang Zhao, but that they can easily form a separatist regime.

The use of Man Xiong and other five people is actually an insurance policy for the two empress dowagers, empress, imperial concubine and sons.

In case something happens to Zhang Fu, there are loyal Uncle Xiong and other uncles in the town, Ma Shacai, Ma Yaozi, etc. outside, plus Murong Xinchang, Li Cunhui, and Zhang Liecheng, the general safety can still be guaranteed.

Even if they reached some kind of tacit agreement and the world finally fell into Murong Xinchang's hands, then there should be no problem with the lives of these five people, Li Cunhui, Zhang Liecheng, Zhang Tie's two mothers, his wife and children.

If there is no problem with Zhang Tie, then there are five reassuring candidates who can be granted arbitrary power and released to suppress the Quartet.

For example, when Mengshu, Nantang, Nanhan and other places were just pacified in the future.

So at this point, Zhang Zhou's last flaw in politics has finally been filled.

(End of this chapter)