Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 655

Tanzhou City, before this year, the city was built by Ma Yin, Ma Xisheng, and Ma Xifan father and son, which is enough to be called the Pearl of Huxiang.

Especially during the period of Ma Xifan, this gentleman started a large-scale construction project in the northwest of Tanzhou City.

The main halls such as Jiulong Hall, Jinhua Hall, and Jiayan Hall were first built, and then the sixteenth floors of Tiance, Guangzheng, and Qinzheng were built.

Among them, the Tiance Building was later expanded into the Tiance Mansion, which is extremely prosperous, and the railings are all decorated with gold and jade, and the walls are painted with cinnabar.

Especially for cinnabar. At that time, there were not many cinnabar mines in Ma Chu. When Ma Xifan was worried about this, a mountain suddenly collapsed in the east of Tanzhou, and cinnabar mines gushed out like hills. There is a symbol of heaven.

But all of these were reduced to ashes after Ma Xie entered Tanzhou.

After the Wuping army and the Langzhou barbarians ransacked Tanzhou City, they set a fire and burned almost all of Ma Chu's palaces and buildings.

Even Ma Xi'e can only live in a side hall of the Jiulong Temple that has not been completely destroyed.

As for Tanzhou City, it was already full of ruins, but when it rained a little, the mud would cover the legs of pedestrians.From time to time, there are corpses that have not been completely cleaned up, causing birds and beasts to eat them, or emitting an unusually unpleasant smell.

In the entire city of Tanzhou, the more than ten thousand remaining residents and more than ten thousand soldiers and civilians had little clean drinking water, nor did they have enough firewood to survive the winter.

The poor living conditions also caused the small-scale spread of infectious diseases such as dysentery, and the whole city was like a ghost.

But in the face of such harsh conditions, Ma Xie did not take any countermeasures, but locked himself in the Nine Dragon Palace, drinking and having fun all day long.

There is a male favorite Xie Yanyu, who is Ma Xie's confidant and small gate envoy. When he goes out, he will accompany Ma Xie and sit above the generals.

All the political affairs of the state of Chu were appointed as Ma Xichong, the same mother and brother who had tipped him off.

However, after Ma Xichong came to power, news of the conquest by the imperial army and the ensuing defeat of Yuezhou Xiancheng and Lishui Xiaodukou Town spread before he even started talking.

Ma Xichong immediately cut himself off from the inside and outside, not even the distress messenger sent by Ma Xie's parent and son Ma Guangzan from Langzhou. His plan in mind was to sell Ma Xie immediately after Zhang Qian arrived in Tanzhou, so that In exchange for glory and wealth.

Uh, no!It's not that all political affairs, large and small, were handed over to Ma Xichong. At least the Jingbian army composed of civilians from various states was detained in Tanzhou, and the commander Wang Jinkui and deputy commander Zhou Xingfeng took them to clean up the rubble of Tanzhou city and rebuild the government office. Waiting for the heavy manual labor is an order given by Ma Xie himself.

So far, Ma Xie has achieved the ultimate in everything that a subjugated king can do.

In history, he was quickly overthrown by his younger brother Ma Xichong, and then the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to attack and destroy Ma Chu.

And now, Southern Tang is unable to come, but the imperial army that is a hundred times stronger than Southern Tang has arrived.

At the beginning of November, there was snow in Tanzhou, and the people and soldiers in Jingbian were even more miserable. At this time, I don't know where the news came from.

It is said that the emperor of the Central Plains drove a car with Kowloon, supported by auspicious clouds, and traveled three thousand miles in one night to Hubi Mountain.

After the arrival of the Son of Heaven, King Wu Mu appeared in the incarnation of King Huaguang, and paid homage to the Son of Heaven as a courtier.

It turns out that the Son of Heaven of the Central Plains is not only the Supreme Heaven of Buddhism, but also the same as Emperor Taizong Wen of the great dynasty, the emperor Erlang Xiansheng in the Ziwei Emperor's Palace descended to earth.

Emperor Erlang Xiansheng is the eldest son of the Heavenly Emperor. Huaguang Tianwang is one of the four pioneers under the command of Erlang Xianshengdijun. He was sent by the emperor to carry out benevolent government and stabilize Huxiang. Now that the emperor is here, he will naturally return the power of Hunan. .

At this point in the world line, another change has taken place. The Erlang God in the original history has evolved from a true emperor to an emperor, and has become the eldest son of the emperor of heaven. He is a veritable son of heaven.

This kind of rumor with religion and mysticism is very lethal. In addition, Ma Yin has a very good reputation in Chu. You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the people in Hunan and northern Guangxi, and the king of Chu who built Ma Yin for Ma Yin Temple move.

Ma Chu, from officials and soldiers to ordinary people, was willing to believe that Ma Yin became a god, and even more willing to believe that the imperial army came to take over Chu peacefully.

Therefore, the little bit of orthodoxy in Ma Xie disappeared without a trace immediately, and a large number of Ma Chu officials abandoned their posts and went to Hubi Mountain to pay homage to Zhang Tie.

On the third day of November, that is, the third day after the interview between Zhang Tie and Ma Xizhen, Ma Xichong sent envoys to Hubi Mountain to ask Zhang Tie for refuge.

However, Ma Xichong was probably frightened and went to the doctor in a hurry. The envoy he sent turned out to be He Zhongju, one of the [-] scholars in Ma Chu's Tiance House.

This is simply a joke!You, Ma Xichong, lured Ma Xie into Tanzhou, burned down the entire Tiance Mansion, and you still expect He Zhongju, one of the eighteen scholars of the Tiance Mansion, to speak good words to you?
Not to mention that Yuan Yougong, the horse envoy of the left horse infantry of the Wuping Army who led Guo Rong to raid Zhu Jinzhong, was He Zhongju's brother-in-law.

As a result, He Zhongju, who was supposed to be an envoy and lobbyist for Ma Xichong, immediately threw himself down in the dust when he saw Zhang Tie.

"Saint, Ma Xie and Ma Xichong have been vicious to wolves. Anyone in the Chu clan can forgive them, but these two are unforgivable. Please send troops immediately to kill these two thieves!"

He Zhongju is a native of Daozhou (now Dao County, Hunan Province). This person was in the Five Dynasties, and he was considered a different kind.

He is a talented man similar to Sun Guangxian. He was born in a farming family, his parents died early, and he was forced to take on the burden of the family at the age of 12. However, this man was not discouraged, but studied while farming.

At the age of 13, because he was too poor to pay taxes, he was arrested and displayed at the gate of the county government office.

It happened that Li Honggao, who was the county magistrate at the time, passed by the county government gate. He Zhongju shouted loudly to attract Li Honggao's attention, and immediately took a five-character poem.

Said: "Siyu came to prison, and threw his family to the shackles."Poor two pieces of wood, but one flower. '

Li Honggao was immediately shocked as a child prodigy, not only exempted him from taxes, but also tried his best to help him.

Later, after studying hard, He Zhongju went north to the Later Tang Dynasty, successfully passed the examination of Jinshi in the Later Tang Dynasty, and served as an aide to Li Congrong, King Qin of the Later Tang Dynasty.

After Li Congrong's death, He Zhongju returned to Hunan and was recommended by Li Honggao as one of the [-] Scholars of Tiance Mansion.

He Zhongju, who came from poverty, knew the hardships of the people, was magnanimous and generous, diligent in administration and caring for the people.

A sentence from the year before last, "Trees greet high birds and return to the deep fields, and clouds pass by the setting sun over distant mountains." 'Handed down to later generations, he is a rare great poet of the Five Dynasties.

For such a person, Zhang Tie certainly knows how to deal with it, and this is what he is best at.

At this moment, Duke Zhou vomited his nourishment, Cao Mengde came out to meet him, Liu Xuande threw Adou in anger, etc., all blessings were given to me, Zhang Dashengren, Khan, Supreme Heaven, and Dijun.

He laughed and opened his hands, and rushed out of Nanyue Temple like a gust of wind, and "accidentally" tripped over the threshold and almost fell, showing a bit of urgency.

Zhang Tie took He Zhongju's arm and lifted him up, "I am in China, and I have also heard that you are a great talent. I am not happy to win Chu. It is really a blessing for me and the people of Chu to win Zhongju!"

He Zhongju didn't expect that Zhang Tie would treat him with such an attitude. What do Confucian literati like most?Of course, it's the drama of the sage king, the master, the virtuous and the corporal the most!
When He Zhongju heard the words, he was so moved that he trembled all over. He held Zhang Ting's arms and bowed down again.

"A small official in Chu, who has not been able to help the emperor, and who has not been able to prevent the chaos in Tanzhou, is not worthy of the sage's attention!"

Of course Zhang Ting would not let He Zhongju bow down again, and immediately helped him up again when he was about to kneel down on the ground.

"Zhong Juxiu should belittle himself, Ma Xie and Ma Xichong's crimes are not your fault.

Now that the people of Tanzhou are in danger of being upside down, please ask Zhongju to teach a certain how to enter Tanzhou quickly without making people miserable. "

When He Zhongju heard the words, he stopped being pretentious with Zhang Ting, "When I left Tanzhou, I had already contacted Wang Jinkui, the commander of the Jingbian Army, and Zhou Xingfeng, the deputy commander.

The soldiers of the Jingbian army have been suffering for Ma Xie for a long time. As soon as the court heavenly soldiers arrive, they immediately split open the west and south gates of Tanzhou with big axes, and welcome the king's division into the city. "

Zhang Ting nodded. He was somewhat familiar with the name Zhou Xingfeng, but he did not expect that this person was the Jiedushi of the Wuping Army who drove out the Southern Tang Dynasty in history and finally separated the land of Ma Chu.

But since I have such a little bit of familiarity in my mind, it should be more or less able to leave a shadow in history, and I think it is not an ordinary person. If such a person is willing to offer the west and south gates of Tanzhou, it must be appropriate.

In fact, it is not impossible for Zhang Tie to attack directly with his army. However, after repeated turmoil in Chu, the people fled to the swamps and hills. In addition, it is winter and it is difficult to collect food. Therefore, in order to reduce the logistical pressure, Zhang Tie only brought Eight thousand steps to ride.

If these people attack the city directly, the soldiers will not be strong enough to easily damage the soldiers. The only remaining fireworks in Tanzhou may also be wiped out. Now that someone can offer the city, it is a wish.

"Then Ma Xi'e's son is guarding Langzhou, can Zhongju have a good plan?"

Apart from Tanzhou, the essence of the whole Machu is Langzhou, Zhang Ting asked immediately.

Xu Zhong raised his hands and replied: "When Ma Xie entered Tanzhou, he took away most of the Wuping Army.

After Zhu Jinzhong's defeat, Ma Guangzan did not dare to let Xidong barbarians and Wuping's defeated troops enter the city, so most of the defenders in Langzhou City were not Ma Xie's confidantes.

Zhang Yegong has already cut off the connection between Langzhou and the barbarians in Wuling Mountain. They lost their rescue, and the one who hesitated was only the direction of Tanzhou.

If the sage can decree to enumerate Ma Xie's crimes, order a crusade, and send a letter to the city, the Langzhou soldiers will bound Ma Guangzan and come to offer the city. "

Zhang Ting understood, "Zhong Ju said that the reason why the defenders of Langzhou did not open their doors to offer the city was because they were afraid that Zhen would forgive Ma Xie, so they dared not capture Ma Guangzan?"

"That's true, so as long as His Majesty orders a crusade, Langzhou can be pacified." Xu Zhongju replied affirmatively.

Zhang Tie was relieved now, and he immediately asked Li Fang to draw up a crusade edict, and ordered Zhang Cheng to inform Zhang Zhaojun that he was ready to contact the people in Langzhou at any time to seize Langzhou.

As for Zhang Tie himself, he planned to lead his army to Tanzhou at starry night to take down Ma Xie and Ma Xichong.

. . . .

In the second year of Shaoming in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on November 947th, [-] A.D., Zhang Tie issued an edict of crusade at Hubi Mountain, reprimanding Ma Xie for treasonous crimes such as treason and self-reliance, disrespecting the imperial order, and looting Tanzhou with troops. E immediately left the city and surrendered.

On that day, Zhang Yu ordered Li Cunhui to lead six thousand cavalry, and the soldiers came to the outside of Tanzhou. Only then did Ma Xie know that the imperial army had already defeated Zhu Jinzhong and had reached Tanzhou.

Frightened, he immediately ordered someone to summon Ma Xichong, who was in charge of military and political affairs.

But Ma Xi Chongjiu waited for Xu Zhongju to return, and immediately knew that something was wrong.

He went out from the north gate of Tanzhou with his personal entourage, and wanted to escape to Yuanzhou (Yichun, Jiangxi) in the Southern Tang Dynasty. As soon as he left the city, he was discovered by fishermen on Yuanshui (Yuanjiang).

The fishermen hated Ma Xichong for causing chaos in Tanzhou, so they gathered people to kill Ma Xichong and more than ten followers, and captured him and sent him to Tanzhou.

Almost at the same time, Wang Jinkui, Zhou Xingfeng and others opened the west gate and south gate of Tanzhou City as promised to welcome Li Cunhui's army into the city.

Li Cunhui drove straight in, Ma Xie's confidant Hunan Army Commander Tang Shizhu led more than a thousand soldiers to resist.

But how could they defeat Zhang Zhou's army? After fighting for half an hour, Zhang Cheng shot and killed Tang Shizhu. More than a thousand Hunan soldiers were killed, more than three hundred were killed, and the rest were all captured.

Afterwards, Li Cunhui captured dozens of concubines, concubines, male pets and others in the ruins of the Nine Dragon Palace.

On November [-]th, after the Langzhou garrison received Zhang Tie's crusade, as expected, the soldiers captured and killed Ma Xie's son Ma Guangzan and dozens of Ma Xie's family members.

Zhang Zhaojun executed more than [-] generals and officials including Ma Guangzan just outside the city of Langzhou in accordance with Zhang Ji's edict, and Langzhou was pacified.

On November 13th, Zhang Ting had just entered Tanzhou, and Ma Xizhen, an old Taoist, led Ma Xizhan's eldest son Ma Guangquan, the eldest son of Ma Xizhan, and [-] of his wives, as promised.

On November [-]th, Zhang Zhaojun sent Guo Rong, Zhao Kuangyin and other generals to attack in separate directions. On the north and south banks of the Yuanjiang River, they once again smashed Xiang, Tian and other Langzhou Creek caves with more than [-] barbarians, and captured dozens of barbarians, big and small. The corpses floated for dozens of miles, and hurriedly retreated to Wuling Mountain.

Peng Shisong also took Zhang Ting's edict and returned to Xi, Chen and other prefectures to persuade his father Peng Shichou to go to Tanzhou to see Zhang Ting.

. . . .

In Tanzhou City, Zhang Ting was walking on a piece of rubble, followed by only a strong man with a blue bird tattoo on his neck, which was Guo Wei.

"Is the Taiwei still in good health?" Zhang Tie asked indifferently, Guo Wei had a vacant position as a inspector Taiwei, so Zhang Teng called him Taiwei.

Although Guo Wei didn't know why Zhang Ting asked him this, he still answered politely: "Although I am nearly fifty years old, I can't fight ten catties of rice and meat like Lian Po in the past, but I can still serve as a saint for ten years. .”

Zhang Ting laughed, and didn't mention it anymore. In history, Guo Wei died in 954, which is still seven years away. Moreover, in history, the reason why Guo Wei died within a few years of being emperor was because of Liu Chengyou.

No matter who is in his fifties and dozens of members of his family are killed suddenly, he can't hold back.

Not to mention that after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, it is normal for Guo Wei to deal with government affairs day and night in order to suppress the pain.

Today's Guo Wei doesn't have those worries. It is estimated that if he lives for more than ten years, the problem should not be serious. The matter in Hunan can be left to him with confidence.

So Zhang Ting pointed to the ruins of Tiance Mansion, which was once brilliant but now a pile of rubble, and said to Guo Wei.

"Look here, Taiwei. In the past, Ma Wumu followed the example of Emperor Taizong Wen and opened the Tiance Mansion. He recruited scholars from Hunan as the [-] Scholars of the Tiance Mansion. Soon, the land of Hunan, where the people have been struggling since the Leiman disaster, was settled down.

Looking around the world, the only ones who have been able to promote culture and education in the past century are Li Min of the Southern Tang Dynasty and King Wu Mu of Chu.

Zhu Wen of the former Liang Dynasty and Li Yazi of the later Dynasty are not enough to be the masters of the world.

Because they only know how to destroy and don't know how to build. If Ma Yin could be in the position of Zhu and Li, the world would have been stable long ago. "

Guo Wei was noncommittal, because what Zhang Ting said was a bit absolute, and Guo Wei felt in his heart that it was actually possible for Zhu and Wen to engage in construction.

Of course, it was impossible for him to refute Zhang Ting's words, so he nodded and asked, "Does the sage want my minister to promote culture and education in Hunan and secure the Quartet?"

There was a smile on Zhang Ting's face, "Taiwei really knows me. Today, the world is gradually changing from chaos to order, and you are guarding Hunan for me. If you can follow the strategy of King Wu Mu of Chu and reuse the local scribes, you will be able to rule the place quickly. "

Guo Wei shook his head again and again, "I am a warrior. I have never studied. I am not talented in promoting the rule of law. I am afraid that I will fail the entrustment of the sage."

Zhang Tie burst out laughing. If he looked at Guo Wei meaningfully, he was joking. How could it be possible that Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was more comprehensive in governing the country than Guo Rong in history, could not promote culture and education, and could not govern Hunan well.

"Such as Gao Xingzhou, An Shenqi, He Fujin, etc., really can't, but you, Guo Wei, can definitely!"

Guo Wei's expression changed twice, and he finally plucked up the courage to look at Zhang Ting: "I am a surrendered minister from the east of the river, and it has only been a few months since I belonged to Hunan. The sage suddenly gave me full power, so I am not afraid that I should not do anything wrong." Do you think about it?"

These words were really the words that Guo Wei had kept in his heart for a long time. He even felt that Zhang Ting put him in Hunan on purpose, just to make him think about what he shouldn't, so that he could have an excuse to kill him.

Zhang Tie didn't look at Guo Wei, but looked at the rubble in front of him and said: "Taiwei Hugh, you have to think more, I use you because I know you are capable of defending Hunan for me.

Of course, if you dare to change your mind, I don't even need to personally mention the tiger and wolf teacher. You only need to send one or two officials with swords and pens, and you can only catch them with nothing. "

As he said that, Zhang Ting finally looked at Guo Wei, "Employees are not suspicious, and suspects are not! I dared to use you, but I never thought that you would have two minds, let alone fear that you would have two minds."

Guo Wei finally prostrated himself on the ground, amidst the rubble, and said loudly: "Thanks to the saint's trust, I dare not do my best!"

(End of this chapter)