Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 636 Will Guo Rong Become Chai Rong?
In the second year of Shaoming, 947 A.D., on the third day of August, after being fooled by Zhang Shengren, although Shuluping still did not believe that Zhang Ting would not be greedy for the land in Liaodong and Liaoxi, he also initially believed that Zhang Zhou did not launch the fortress in a short time ability to attack.

This is indeed the case, but Shuluping underestimated Zhang Cheng's appetite.

Zhang Ting not only wanted to discuss Liaodong and Liaoxi, which belonged to Goguryeo's hometown in Luping's eyes, but he also wanted the Peninsula, Wa Kingdom, Mobei, and the Tunguska Wasteland.

However, Shu Luping didn't believe that Zhang Tie was useless, and the Khitan nobles brought by her believed in Zhang Teng. After all, Zhang Shengren's acting skills and directing ability have almost reached their peak.

Moreover, according to the general situation, it is very dangerous to arrange Zhang Ting's self-directed and self-acted, which is almost a military remonstrance.

Even Yelu Abaoji, the founder of Khitan back then, didn't dare to play like this. Who knows if someone will do a fake show for real?

But Zhang Ji dared to, because his control over his subordinates was far beyond what Yelu Abao could match.

So these Khitan nobles who were unwilling to retreat to Jingbian City and other places to eat snow immediately influenced Shuluping's decision.

After Shuluping's subordinate Shan army was wiped out, the always tyrannical Empress Dowager had to listen to the aspirations of her subordinates.

In the same way, Zhang Ting also made concessions on certain issues. For example, when determining the Khitan Lord, Zhang Teng did not object at all to Shuluping's self-proclaimed proposal that Yelu Lihu be the Khitan Lord.

He didn't even take away the Yelufu Sage who was delivered to his mouth, as if he really didn't want to go out.

Are you kidding me, Zhang Sheng is not stupid, that is to say, Shu Luping is always confused, thinking that her beloved youngest son is a wise and tyrannical master.

But in fact, everyone knows that Yelu Lihu is a fool who has everything but no brains.

Even if Khitan is still in the Yelu Deguang period, Yelu Lihu can bring down the country, let alone now.

At this time, Khitan's internal affairs had long been in chaos, because it was only thirty years since Yelu Abaoji forcibly unified the eight Khitan tribes.

Internal dissatisfaction with Yelu Abaoji's family occupying the Khitan Khan's position is numerous. The Bohai, Jurchen, and Shiwei in the old forests of the Northeast, and even Wang's Koryo south of the Yalu River, also have no fuel-efficient lamps.

If Zhang Tie's soldiers were to suppress the situation, they might unite and fight to the death, but if Zhang Tie lets go, God knows how much trouble will be caused.

With Shuluping, who is about to be seventy years old, and Yelu Lihu, who is a brain-dead, Zhang Tie doubts that their mother and son will not be easy to settle down, let alone accumulate strength.

And if Yelu Lihu is not in the position, change someone, even if it is Yelujing, Zhang Tie is a little worried.

Because the Sleeping King of Daliao is actually not bad at governing the country, and now he has not gone through the long-term depression caused by Yelu Ruan, and his ability is far stronger than that of Yelu Lihu.

So under such circumstances, Zhang Tie quickly reached an agreement with Shuluping that Khitan removed the title of Daliao Kingdom, and the monarch changed his title to Emperor Khitan King, and Zhang Teng admitted that the Khitan King was Yelu Lihu.

The two sides are bounded by Chengde Mansion in the north and Jinzhou in the east, and open Yuguan in Chengde Mansion and Pingzhou as mutual markets.

Zhang Ting returned more than [-] Khitan captives who were detained in the Central Plains as slave labor, and sent back the corpses or ashes of dozens of generals and officials including Yelu Ruan, Yelu Wuzhi, and Xiao Han.

Khitan returned more than [-] people who had been kidnapped from the land of Youyun.

Before leaving, Zhang Tie secretly ordered Zhang Xibao to lead five hundred riders out of Yunzhou to Yuerlo, and told Yelu Yaliguo, the youngest son of Yelu Abaoji, who had been secretly communicating with Zhang Zhou, to take the tribe to Fengzhou for a generation. Settled in the Hetao area.

Because Zhang Tie knew very well that Yelu Yaliguo's private account, which had more than [-] people, would definitely become the next best offensive opponent of Shuluping, who was eager to restore his strength.

At the same time, Zhang Ting appointed Yelu Yaliguo's eldest son, Yeluhe who sent Yelu Abli to Liangzhou, as the governor of Fengzhou.

If Yelu Yaliguo is willing to lead the tribe south to Fengzhou, then the tribe can only be handed over to Yeluhe, and he himself will go to Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo as a wealthy idler.

Of course, if Yelv Yaliguo is unwilling to come to the south, then I hope he can withstand Shuluping's calculations.

Afterwards, Zhang Wei first established four of the eight new Khitan tribes to be established, and handed over Yelu Sizhong and others to the command of Murong Nobunaga, allowing Murong Nobunaga to stay in Pingzhou.

And appointed him as the governor of Andong, fully responsible for the strategic compression work facing the west of Liaoning. The Tuyuhun tribe in Hedong also began to slowly gather towards Pingzhou and Chengde.

At the same time, Pei Yuan in Pingzhang of Hexi Province, Jia Yanchang in Pingzhang of Longyou Province, and Zhe Dejian in Pingzhang of Shuofang Province also received orders to mobilize Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and other herdsmen in their jurisdictions to prepare to move eastward.

The reason why these Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people were moved first was because they were nomadic or semi-nomadic people, and it was much easier to move than the Han people, at least it was not easy to get to the place, and they had to reclaim wasteland and so on.

Wu Luan, the defense envoy of Ningxia Province, was also ordered to start recruiting strong and sturdy Hengshan party members in the Hengshan area. After basic training, he was transferred to the Youzhou area. The famous Hengshan Bubazi seemed to be appearing in advance.

After arranging everything, Zhang Tie led the army back to the division.

In the Northland, Yan Jin of Pingzhang of Hedong Province, Gao Xingzhou of Fanyang Army Jiedu of Beiping Prefecture, Fu Yanqing of Zhangde Army Jiedu of Changshan Prefecture, and Murong Nobunaga, Governor of Andong in Pingzhou, will form the Four Musketeers of the Northland, responsible for The entire north suppressed dissatisfaction and guarded against Khitan.

And just when Zhang Ting led his army back, Guo Wei also took his family from Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong to Yaoshan County, his hometown in Xingzhou, Hebei Province, which is later known as Longyao County in Xingtai, Hebei Province.

What about the war between Hedong and Zhou, Guo Wei consciously fought rather aggrievedly at the beginning.

Because apart from Shi Hongzhao who had already died in battle, his teammates Bai Zairong and others were standard pig teammates.

But when Guo Wei calmed down and conducted a careful deduction, he found that no matter how he deduced, the defeat of the Hedong Army was inevitable.

The difference is that the deal is settled with one hammer, or slowly besieged to death in Taiyuan, there is no chance of winning anyway.

As for Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei cannot say that he has no feelings, because he was indeed single-handedly promoted by Liu Zhiyuan, but he would not have such deep feelings that he would not like Zhou Suyun.

So after thinking about it, Guo Wei was ready to take the initiative to move closer to Zhang Ke.

However, he knew very well in his heart that it was very difficult for him to be reused for someone in his forties who once held a powerful opponent.

Looking at the whole Zhang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, and An Shenqi are the veterans who can be reused.

Among the three, two married their daughters to Zhang Ting, and they were very favored.One had already made a bet when Zhang Ke was still a nobody.

More importantly, these three men all had the reputation of being loyal and brave during the battle between Jin and Liao. This is what Zhang Ting admired the most, and it is also the biggest reason why the three of them can be reused.

Even Li Shouzhen's family property, Zhang Wei left half of it to Li Shouzhen's mother and wife. It is said that the emperor remembered the great contribution of Li Shouzhen's first attack on Khitan during the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng.

As for Guo Wei, at that time he was loyally helping Liu Zhiyuan try to seize the throne of the emperor, and he didn't even think about going to fight Khitan, so he didn't even have the merits of size.

After figuring this out, Guo Wei basically has no hope that he can be reused in Zhang Zhou.

But he can live on the remaining family property that Zhang Tie did not confiscate, and he can still live well.

But the younger generation of generals who followed him, including nephew Li Chongjin and son-in-law Zhang Yongde, couldn't just spend their lives like this!
Guo Rong did not follow Zhang Tie at this time either, because he wanted to move his family from Taiyuan like Guo Wei, but not to his hometown in Xingzhou, but to Luoyang, the capital of God.

Because Guo Rong is now the Marquis of Zhang Zhou's army Zuobao Taowei, he naturally wants to put his family members in Luoyang, the capital of God, or Kaifeng in Tokyo.

Seeing Guo Rong come to say goodbye to him, Guo Wei pondered for a moment before asking: "I heard that the sage called you Sanlang instead of Dalang in Taiyuan Mansion?"

Guo Rong hesitated for a moment, but still nodded slightly, because Guo Rong is ethically the adopted son of Guo Wei, so Zhang Tie should call Guo Rong Da Lang.

But if Chai Rong is counted as Chai Shouli's son, Chai Shouli has five sons, Guo Rong is the third, and the order of Sanlang is exactly the order of Guo Rong in Chai's family.

Guo Wei sighed, "I adopted you in the past, it seems that one is because a certain child has no children, and the other is because your biological father Chai Shouli is careless and invisible. You were lonely and young at the time, so I gave you a place to stay.

But these are all superficial reasons, the main reason is because your mother is barren, and a certain family fears that she will have no one to rely on in the future, so the adoption of Brother Rong is to give Yingniang a support. "

Speaking of this, Guo Wei couldn't help but burst into tears, "Who would have thought that she would leave me in advance."

"My lord, my condolences. My mother is going west with the crane. She ascended to bliss early. I think she will have a very happy life in the heaven and fairy world." Guo Rong burst into tears.

When he was two or three years old, his mother left him and ran away. His father was a libertine and didn't care about him at all. Xiao Guorong often ate his last meal without his next meal.

Only after his aunt Chai took him to Guo's house did he have a family, so his affection for his adoptive mother and aunt was even deeper.

"Three years ago, we were the ones who killed you! If you hadn't been recalled from the Hexi Army that day, you would at least be in the same position as Zhe Deyuan, who was guarding Yunzhou, and you wouldn't be a little Du Yuhou now." .”

Guo Rong bowed down immediately, "There are no parents who are not right. Besides, if my son doesn't come back from Hexi, how can he be filial to his mother's sick bed and see him for the last time?"

"You're a good boy!" Guo Wei let out a long sigh, "But I can't keep you. From now on, you should change your surname back to Chai?"

"Are you going to drive the child out of the house?" Guo Rong's voice began to tremble.

He has been with Guo Wei and Chai since he was ten years old, and now he has 16 years. He has already regarded the Guo family as his home. Although he had a premonition in his heart, it was still difficult to accept it for a while.

Guo Wei shook his head, "It's not that XX wants to drive you away, but that you have a great future now, and there's no need to ruin your future for XX's old age."

Guo Rong kowtowed to the ground, and said with a choked voice: "In the world, I have never heard of anyone who left his father for the sake of glory and wealth. This is so unfilial! If someone behaves like this, what face does he have to live in the world?"

Seeing this, Guo Wei stomped his feet anxiously on the ground, "It's not that you want to leave now, it's that the old man can't tolerate you anymore, you know?

The old man already has a son, and he wants to pass on all the property to his son, so I want to drive you away, do you understand? "

Guo Rong raised his head, looked at Guo Wei with tears on his face, and then shook his head calmly.

"It's true that my father wants to drive me away, but it's not for this reason. Besides, if it's for the family property, the child can swear in front of Brother Qing and Brother Yi that he will never be greedy for a penny of the adult's family property."

Guo Wei was silent, did not speak for a long time, and finally sighed after a while, "But you continue to follow a certain family whose surname is Guo, what should you do with the emperor? You are only 26 years old, are your abilities going to waste?"

Guo Rong was also silent, but after a moment of silence, he shook his head firmly, "The sage has a broad mind and governs the country with loyalty and filial piety. Maybe he is trying to test, but as long as I tell the truth, the sage will not mention this matter again. .

On the contrary, it is the lord, he is Liu Zhiyuan's confidant, so many heroes in the Hedong army have received the support and favor of the lord.

If they are not reactivated by the sage, those people will feel uneasy, and it will be dangerous for one or two people to arrange slander. "

Guo Rong's words hit Guo Wei's heart, and this was what he was most worried about.

With Guo Wei's status in the Hedong Army, if Liu Zhiyuan became the emperor, he would be the capital of prosperity.

But now, I am afraid that many people wish that Guo Wei would die early, so that they would not be neglected by the emperor because of the favor he had received from Guo Wei.

If one or two treacherous and ungrateful people come out and make a false accusation, as Guo Rong said, it will be really dangerous.

"Then bring Brother Jin and the others. I heard that the saint has set off to the south. Let's go to Beizhou to see him."

. . . .

Zhang Tie did have an idea, wanting Guo Rong to restore the Chai surname, and even considered whether to accept Guo Rong as a foster son.

But in the end, considering Guo Rong's life expectancy and the fact that it involved too much, I finally gave up.

It's just that Zhang Ting didn't expect that his little thought would cause such a big disturbance in the Guo family.

When Zhang Ke was stationed in Beizhou that night, Guo Wei took Guo Rong outside to ask for an audience.

Of course, Guo Wei would not say foolishly that he did not want Guo Rong to change his surname, nor would he say that he was seeking an official in order to gain Zhang Ting's trust.

Guo Wei came under the pretext of recommending talents for the country.

It is true that Zhang Wei has a little bit of fear towards Guo Wei, well, it cannot be said that he is jealous, at least he is a little afraid to use Guo Wei before he has figured out the way of Guo Wei.

Because once this kind of person is used, it will be of great use, and if he wants to occupy a high position, it is impossible to appoint Guo Wei as the official position of governor, that would be an insult.

As for Guo Wei's personal likes and dislikes, Zhang Ting has no idea, and even knows Guo Wei's ability very well.

In terms of governing the country, Guo Que'er, who was a little rascal in his youth, is just very capable. Compared with Guo Rong, who has a bad temper, Guo Wei is even better at governing the country.

So Zhang Ke just didn't want to use Guo Wei for the time being, but he was still very polite to him. When he heard Guo Wei begging to see him, even though it was getting late, he immediately summoned him.

The monarch and his ministers were sitting in the Fu family's courtyard and discussing matters very affectionately.

In fact, since ancient times, the number of etiquette among Chinese monarchs and ministers is far less than what later generations thought.

Before the Tang Dynasty, kneeling and worshiping were common, that was because people used to kneel and sit, and corresponding kneeling and worshiping were not unusual and had no special significance.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or in other words, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, after high stools became popular, there were only a few occasions for kneeling.

Even kneeling down at every turn will be considered as inappropriate and rude. If ministers kneel indiscriminately at court meetings, they will be punished.

It was only in the Ming Dynasty that the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers began to be deliberate and cumbersome.In the Qing Dynasty, it reached its peak. Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, and kneeling to respond to affairs, became the norm.

Guo Wei sat on a slightly lower brocade stool, while Guo Rong stood behind him with his arms tied.

Zhang Tie was sitting on a large Hu bed, and they chatted for a while, Guo Wei said to Zhang Tie with a smile.

"I have been suffering from foot problems, and recently it is even more difficult for me to walk, I am afraid it will be difficult to serve everyone again.

It's just that there are still many civil and military heroes who followed me in the past, so I want to recommend these talents to His Majesty so that they can serve as His Majesty's minions. "

At this time, the imperial examination was not yet formed, and recommendation was a very important channel for seeking talents. With Guo Wei's status, he did have the right to recommend talents to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Ting was also very happy when he heard the words. He didn't want to use Guo Wei for the time being, but he was still very interested in the talents recruited by Guo Wei's vision.

"This is a statement for the country. I don't know what kind of talent it is to win the Qing family's favor?"

Guo Wei cupped his hands on the stool, "In the past, Lu Yan, the secretary next to the minister, was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. Of.

Pan Mei, Pan Zhongxun, a great celebrity, was a close follower of his ministers. He was beautiful, well-versed in the art of war, and he was loyal, brave, and righteous.The reputation is not obvious because there is no stage to display it. If you meet King Yan Zhao, you can be Le Yi.

Shi Yanchao, a native of Yunzhou, is brave and swift, and he is a man of great determination. He can make soldiers work hard, and he can be a vanguard.

The minister's son-in-law, Bingzhou Zhang Yongde, is unparalleled in bravery and has a good command of poetry, astronomy and geography. He treats people with humility and can be a general. "

Zhang Ting's eyes lit up, and among the four recommended by Guo Wei, two were highly appreciated by Zhang Ting, namely Lu Yan and Pan Mei.

Lu Yan is knowledgeable and talented as a prime minister. Whether he is governing the local area or sitting in the center, he is a famous minister of a generation.

Not to mention Pan Mei, an absolute star, if it wasn't for the fact that the Northern Song Dynasty's plate was too small, Pan Mei's reputation in history would have been even greater.

More importantly, these two people can be said to be the only ones with a bit of conscience among the officials of the Later Zhou Dynasty in history.

In history, after Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao added a yellow robe, the generals who followed Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion and Zhao Pu and others tried to figure out Zhao Kuangyin's intentions, and felt that among Guo Rong's sons, Chai Zongxun could not be killed.

But when the remaining children who were a few years old died, no one would pay attention to them, and they were just used to frighten others.

So they arrested Chai Rong's concubines, King Ji and King Qi, and planned to kill them.

The two children were so frightened that their faces paled, and their cries moved the ground. Their condition can be described as miserable.

But in order to save their lives, even Fan Zhi and Wang Pu, who were deeply favored by Chai Rong, dared not persuade them against their will.

Only Lu Yan and Pan Mei couldn't bear it, and risked their lives to persuade Zhao Kuangyin, Lu Yan shouted to Zhao Kuangyin: "Yao and Shun will not abolish Zhu Jun, and now Zhou Chan will let him live?"

Zhao Kuangyin hesitated, and then asked Pan Mei, his most trusted general. Pan Mei didn't dare to disobey Zhao Kuangyin, but she couldn't bear to kill the two little babies. Uneasy."

With Lu Yan and Pan Mei's objections, Zhao Kuangyin finally failed. Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's hesitation, Pan Mei hurriedly took away King Xiao Ji, while Lu Yan took away King Qi, and each went home.

Later it was recorded that Pan Mei adopted Ji Wang Chai Xijin, which may be false.

However, in order to protect Qi Wang Chai Xihui, Lu Yan resigned from office and returned to his hometown to adopt Chai Xihui, changing his name to Lu Xuan.After he became an adult, he married his daughter Lu Jin to him and preserved the blood for Zhou Shizong Guo Rong. This should be true.

It's not easy to do this!On the occasion of wearing a yellow robe, they risked the lives of the whole family to save the two little babies that everyone thought should be damned.

"I don't know if Lu Yan and Pan Mei are in Beizhou?"

Of course, the more such talents Zhang Tie has, the better he is, and his mood immediately improved a lot, and his impression of Guo Wei also improved a lot.

Guo Wei nodded, "When I arrived in Beizhou, I brought them here, and they are waiting outside the palace to be summoned."

Zhang Ting was overjoyed, "Called Lu Yan, Pan Mei, Shi Yanchao, and Zhang Yongde for an audience."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Tie suddenly looked at Guo Wei as if he remembered something, and said with a smile.

"Guo Gong recommended his son-in-law, Zhang Yongde, since he did not shy away from relatives, but I heard that Guo Gong's nephew, Li Chongjin, was also brave and decisive, so why didn't he recommend him?"

Guo Wei looked at Zhang Ting and replied: "My nephew Li Chongjin is indeed a hero. It's a pity that he is frizzy and doesn't read well. He can only be a brave general. He is not Wang Zuozhi's talent, so I didn't recommend him."

If it were another emperor, Guo Wei would definitely be suspicious of his reservations, but Zhang Ting knew that Guo Wei was telling the truth.

In history, after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, Zhang Yongde survived exquisitely, and he was still alive and well.But Li Chongjin didn't know who he knew in Huainan, so he lost ground, so he had to sacrifice his whole family for Hou Zhou.

However, it can also be seen that although Li Chongjin is less capable than Zhang Yongde, he is more straightforward.

So Zhang Ting also said to Guo Wei: "Even if he is just a brave general, he is still a great talent of the Zhou Dynasty! Summon him and let Li Chongjin also enter the palace to have an audience."

Guo Wei not only did not have the slightest doubt when he heard that Zhang Tie, but also called Li Chongjin in, and his impression of Zhang Tie changed greatly.

After the five people came in, Zhang Tie asked them one by one carefully, and Lu Yan was indeed well-educated and knowledgeable.Pan Mei is not only handsome and upright, but also handles well.

Zhang Yongde has talents in various fields, and Shi Yanchao and Li Chongjin are also brave generals who can at least compete with Zhao Yanjin and Wang Quanbin.

Immediately, Zhang Ting promoted Lu Yan as Zhongshu Zhizhao, Pan Mei entered Regret Mountain as a general, Zhang Yongde came out as the governor of Cangzhou, Shi Yanchao and Li Zhong entered the left and right Long Xiangwei as generals .

Guo Wei saw that Zhang Ting was so generous, of course he didn't know that Zhang Ting knew the reputation of these people from history, and thought that Zhang Ting was trying to save him face, so he immediately choked up with emotion.

"I followed Liu Zhiyuan in the past, and I didn't know the time. There were many battles with the saint. I didn't want the saint to be so magnanimous. Your majesty is really the king of heaven. Liu Zhiyuan is not as far as your majesty!"

Zhang Ting laughed, if Guo Wei could really be used by him, it would be good, at least Zhang Ting was going to take down Ma Chu and Nanping, and then he would be able to use it when he attacked Shu in three directions.

Because Zhang Ting planned to transfer Ma Zhaoyuan (Ma Yaozi), the governor of Pingzhang of Jianghuai Province and Wuning Army of Xuzhou Prefecture, to be the chief general of the army going south.

It happened to let Guo Wei go to guard Xuzhou, while examining his ability, while seeing if he really surrendered.

At this time, the prime minister of Tokyo, Zhang Xichong, sent an urgent envoy. It turned out that Ma Xiguang couldn't stay anymore and wanted to go back to Chu.

Zhang Tie immediately ordered Guo Wei to accompany him to Tokyo, and the army accelerated.

The matter of Ma Chu had been laid out for more than half a year, and it was time to close the net.

(End of this chapter)