Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 461
It is not surprising that Xue Xiuyi submitted his resignation. At the age of 78, he is sick and bedridden now. I am afraid that he has little chance of getting better. Not much effect.

In addition to agreeing to the resignation, Gao Cheng also rewarded him with [-] bolts of cloth and silk to comfort him.

Xue Xiuyi resigned, Gao Cheng simply set up the governor's office of Yingzhou, and Gao Yue was the governor of Yingzhou. If Yuwen Taidong came out, he would be in charge of Jianghan's defense and wait for an opportunity to support Hu Luguang.

After Gao Cheng arrived in Jiangling, Xue Guyan, the guard of Yiling, went to Jiangling to ask for an interview. After receiving the consent, Xue Guyan ordered his deputy to guard the city on his behalf, and he rushed to Jiangling to report to Gao Cheng that he had guarded Yiling A survey on the geography and humanities of Chuzhou.

"If Your Majesty has the heart to go west, the last general is willing to be the pioneer!"

Xue Guyan bowed to the ground and took the initiative to ask Ying to say.

"General Xue Gu, get up quickly. I put the general in Yiling to let the general know the geography. In the future, when the army goes west, it will make the general a vanguard general."

Xue Guyan is undoubtedly a fierce general. When he was under Gao Huan's command, he once galloped his horse and pressed his lance, bravely fighting the sky thunder. Li Yuanba would call him an expert when he saw it.

Compared to Li Yuanba who was suddenly struck by lightning, Xue Guyan was lucky, but his eyebrows and temples were scorched by the thunder, but this courage cannot be faked.

What Gao Cheng said was not nonsense, Xue Guyan was used to guard Yiling at the beginning, it was to prepare for the future invasion of Shu, so that Xue Guyan could familiarize himself with the geography.

The reason why Xue Guyan was in a hurry to ask for a fight was because of Wang Jue.

There are two ways for Gao Cheng’s generals with foreign surnames to be crowned kings. One is to meet the three elements of being crowned kings when the country was founded, that is, Xindu Yuancong was born, he had the title of county duke, and he had outstanding military exploits.

Xue Guyan was Gao Huan's old department when he guarded Jinzhou, so his background is naturally not a problem.

The first Western Expedition failed, and he and Dou Tai rescued Gao Huan together, and fought with him in the South and North, and his military achievements would naturally be enough.

It happened that before Gao Cheng founded the country, Xue Guyan was only a county duke, one level behind, so he didn't catch up with the founding county kings.

The second route is naturally after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he was crowned king because of his military achievements. This route no longer requires the identity of Xindu Yuancong.

During the battle to pacify Jiangling, Xue Guyan was awarded the title of Duke of the County, and was immediately assigned to guard Yiling, without any chance of meritorious service.

Seeing a large number of veterans retreating to the second line, Xue Guyan has not been close to the threshold of fifty for a few years.

We all know that Gao Cheng will fall out of favor in Gao Cheng's eyes if he is over [-] years old. Even Gao Aocao and Peng Le are not immune.

In other words, this is King Gao's protection for them. I hope that these veterans who have fought for their Gao family for more than 20 years can enjoy their old age in peace, and don't end up shrouded in horse leather.

Most of these people have achieved success and are willing to accept Gao Cheng's favor, so they retreated to the second line and trained in the rear.

But Xue Guyan, as the only general who has not been crowned king among the living Jinzhou veterans, is no less anxious than Hou Jing before.

Of course, there is nothing to complain about in a hurry, after all, the standards are clearly laid out here.

Of course the Duke of Gaoqi cannot be passed on to future generations, but when he thinks of meeting all the old brothers in Jiuquan in the future, the room is full of county kings, and he is the only Duke, he really loses his status.

Xue Guyan got Gao Cheng's promise, and went back to Yiling full of joy, ready to be his pioneer in the western expedition.

In fact, Gao Cheng didn't need to learn about the geography and hydrology of Sichuan from Xue Guyan's mouth, and the spies of the Listening and Watching Department were not just for nothing. The pre-war preparations to be familiar with geography had already been prepared after the capture of Jiangling.

The army left Jiangling and went north along the Han River. Before reaching Xiangyang, Han Gui, king of Ande County, died of illness in the army.

Han Gui is the brother of Gao Huan's first love, Han Zhihui, and the uncle of Gao Cheng's seventh brother, Gao Huan. Yaowai were all dealt with by Gao Cheng.

Looking at Gao Huan's face, Gao Cheng just drove Han Gui to Bingzhou.

After this incident, Han Gui changed his mind and never did any evil deeds again, but Gao Huan died of illness in Chang'an soon after.

After Gao Cheng came to power, due to the relationship between Han Gui and his seventh brother Gao Huan's uncle and nephew, he was very wary. He would order Han Gui to go with him during his personal conquests and inspections. He has the opportunity to lead an army alone as the general.

He treated him harshly during his lifetime, but he still wanted to give him plenty of honor after his death. King Xiao Gao was never stingy when he gave gifts to Yuan Cong's veterans.

There is no need to repeat the posthumous official positions, and it is more Korean track to match Gao Huan's temple.

In fact, the Han Gui in history entered Gao Cheng’s temple, but if Xiao Gao Wang operated it, there was no reason not to put He Liuhun’s brother-in-law and him in the same temple.

Han Jinming, the son of Han Gui, also toured the south with the army. Gao Cheng was demoted to a rank as usual, and made Han Jinming Duke of Ande County.

Han Jinming was the most knowledgeable among the noble sons. Gao Cheng originally wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law. After all, he only had six sons, but his daughters were in groups. Finding a good husband for them was not much easier than governing the country.

But after ordering Chen Yuankang to investigate secretly, he found that this person was fond of wine and party, attracted guests, cost tens of thousands of dollars for a table, lived extravagantly, and frugality was the most taboo.

This kind of personality is destined to attract Gao Cheng's dislike. Of course, he understands that everyone has the right to choose the way of life, but once the extravagant atmosphere spreads, the consequences will be extremely serious.

Things after death can't be controlled, at least before the unification of the world, this opening can't be opened, otherwise the noble class will quickly corrupt.

Since Xiao Gao Wang took power, he has also maintained his frugal personality.

Xue Xiuyi resigned, Gao Cheng gave three thousand pieces of cloth, and Han Gui died of illness, but Xiao Gao Wang didn't say anything, he just gave him posthumous mourning honors, without any actual material rewards.

Han Jinming complained quite a bit about this, and when he drove across the Hanshui River and entered the border of Henan, when he arrived in Luyang, Guangzhou, he also conveyed it to Gao Cheng's ears.

It is not a trivial matter to have a grudge against the emperor. Zhang Tang in the Western Han Dynasty invented the crime of defamation creatively. Even if you don't say anything, I believe that you can be punished if you have complaints in your heart.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Yan Yi, an honest and upright minister, died in this way.

Han Jinming complained to Gao Cheng, but everyone who listened to him came to report to Gao Cheng.

When Gao Cheng summoned Han Jinming, he was already at war with each other.

"It's just a little gold, silver and silk cloth, so why complain."

As soon as Little Gao Wang spoke, he frightened Han Jinming out of his wits, and kept crying for forgiveness.

In view of the fact that Han Gui's body was still alive, Gao Cheng did not kill Han Jinming, but instead gave him [-] bolts of silk. However, this title has nothing to do with Han Jinming, and was reduced to a commoner, inherited by his younger brother.

At the same time, rumors were secretly released, saying that Han Jinming's life was too extravagant, and the emperor disliked him, so he was exploited.

(End of this chapter)