Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 595 The dawn of world domination
By the Yellow River, Fu Yanqing and his eldest son Fu Zhaoxin were crossing the river.

However, Fu Zhaoxin, who was in his teens, was going to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo for the first time, so he seemed very excited and curious about everything he saw.

One of the biggest characteristics of the five generations of warriors is that they get married and have children relatively late.

For example, Fu Yanqing was born in the second year of Tang Zhaozong Qianning (895), the same age as Liu Zhiyuan, and is now 51 years old.

But his eldest child, the eldest daughter Dafu is only 16 years old, and the eldest son Fu Zhaoxin is only ten years old.

The other two Hebei fierce generals who are as famous as Fu Yanqing are even more exaggerated. Gao Xingzhou was born in the first year of Guangqi (885) of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty. He is 61 years old this year. .

An Shenqi is 49 years old this year, and his eldest son, An Shouzhong, is only 14 years old.

This is simply getting married and having children later than later generations!
However, this is a last resort. If the warriors licking blood on the edge of the knife don't take advantage of their youth and strength to quickly rise to the top, then what awaits them will be old people with injuries and poverty.

The Five Dynasties was the golden age of warriors, but this golden age often brought a lot of disorder.

Even Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi's family background and such bravery are facing the possibility of losing their lives at any time.

Fu Yanqing's elder brother Fu Yanchao and younger brother Fu Yanrao were both killed in their prime, and Gao Xingzhou's father and uncle also died in the army. The five generations were disordered, which can be seen.

Fu Yanqing's trip to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo was for very important matters, because the news from outside the Great Wall became more and more urgent, and it was obvious that Liu Zhiyuan had colluded with the Khitan people.

But in the Central Plains, the Hexi Army under the emperor's command fought continuously for several years, and was so homesick that he had to let half of the people go home to visit relatives, and was unable to launch a big war in a short time.

Of course, the most important thing was that after the emperor selected his eldest daughter and Gao Xingzhou's eldest daughter as concubines, he never made any further moves.

Even the daughter of the Kang family held a simple ceremony and was brought into the palace, but the daughters of the Fu and Gao families were still raised in the mansion.

Of course, Zhang Zhao also gave an explanation, meaning that a high-standard ceremony was held before the daughters of Fu and Gao were allowed to enter the palace.

Fu Yanqing looked at the vast river and sighed, what kind of high-level ceremony is going to be held?

The emperor's intention was to ask Fu and Gao to take the initiative to represent the soldiers and generals of the family of military generals in Hebei, and to explain clearly to the emperor what to do in the future.

What can be touched and what can't be touched?What kind of power you can have and what kind of power you can't have, the emperor will choose to recruit Hebei's generals into the court.

Otherwise, Fu Yanqing's heart skipped a beat. Seeing what Shao Tianzi meant, he would not hesitate to send Hebei generals who still wanted to play the old way to Liu Zhiyuan's side, and then completely wiped them out in the decisive battle between Hedong and Hexi. clean up.

So not long after crossing the Yellow River, when they arrived in Fengqiu, Fu Yanqing met Gao Xingzhou.

Gao Xingzhou arrived with the Shanbei heroes who had been deeply tied up with the Gao family since the time of Emperor Wu Li Keyong.

An Shenqi also brought along his 14-year-old eldest son, An Shouzhong, and a considerable number of local tyrants from Shatuo and Sogdia.

Even Huangfu Chong, Huangfu Yu's nephew, arrived with Huangfu Yu's ten-year-old eldest son, Huangfu Jie, and thirty or forty real heroes.

In the past, he, Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and Huangfu Yu were the famous three generals in Hebei. At least half of the generals and local tyrants in Wubao in Hebei had a close relationship with them.

Most of An Shenqi's tribe lived on the Taihang Mountains at the junction of Hedong and Hebei, and they also had great influence in Hedong and Hebei.

Everyone didn't expect to meet here, so they quickly sat together, sifted a few corners of wine, cut some mutton and haggis, and started talking.

The oldest Gao Xingzhou drank a large bowl of wine, then wiped the wine from his beard, and said with emotion.

"A weak champion of a certain family has been in the army for almost fifty years. He has seen his father and uncle die tragically, and he has also seen his brothers and companions killed.

I once thought that Emperor Zhuangmiao was the hero who ended the troubled times, but I didn't expect it! "

When Fu Yanqing heard Gao Xingzhou mention Li Cunxu, he also took a big gulp of wine.

Gao Xingzhou's father, Gao Siji, and his three brothers were unjustly killed by Emperor Wu Li Keyong, so their affection for Zhuangmiao Li Cunxu was very limited.

But Fu Yanqing is different. His father, Fu Cunshen, was originally called Li Cunshen, and he was one of the Thirteen Taibao under Jin Wang Li Keyong.

Therefore, at Fu Zhaoxin's age, Fu Yanqing accompanied Zhuang Zong Li Cunxu who was more than ten years older than him.

Li Cunxu treats him like a younger brother, and the two have a very deep relationship.

Fu Yanqing couldn't help sighing, "If Zhuang Miao still exists, the world would have been stable by now, right?"

As the most orthodox representative of Daibei and Hedong warriors, An Shenqi nodded in agreement.

"I sent people back to my hometown to investigate this time, and I saw that the land in the east of the river is still the old way.

The generals are arrogant, the officials of the prefectures and counties are useless, and the people either hide in the mountains or rely on Wubao to survive.

Liu Zhiyuan's ambition is also the same as that of the commander of the feudal town one or two hundred years ago.

If he becomes the emperor, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos again, and he does not know when he will be safe.

But the current household registration is less than half of what it was when Zhuangmiao entered Luo. If this chaos continues, either we will be slaves of a foreign race, or our descendants will be slaves of a foreign race.

A certain person is really tired of this meaningless fighting. "

Fu Yanqing smiled miserably, whether she was thinking of Li Cunxu, or her elder brother Fu Yanchao and younger brother Fu Yanrao who were killed in the rebellion, tears seemed to glisten in her eyes.

He looked back to the other side, where Fu Zhaoxin, An Shouzhong and Huangfujie who were about the same age were laughing and having fun.

"Since the fall of the Great Dynasty, there have been two hundred years of chaos, and now that the Holy Master has appeared, let this chaotic world end in our hands!
Let this kid wait and enjoy the wealth and honor of Cheng Gong Huailiang and Qin Gong Huaidao. "

Cheng Huailiang is the son of Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Huaidao is the son of Qin Shubao. These two people have nothing to say about their achievements, but under the shadow of their father, they have been high-ranking officials and rich salary all their lives, and they are as chic as they want.

Now Zhang Zhao's "The Complete Biography of the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty" has become popular inside and outside the Great Wall, across the country, and even the older generation like Fu Yanqing have begun to compare themselves with the heroes in the biography.

In life, and struggle for a lifetime, the biggest wish is to support parents at the top, honor the wife in the middle, and shelter the children and grandchildren at the bottom.

When Fu Yanqing said that, Gao Xingzhou and An Shenqi laughed along with them, and the slight dissatisfaction in their hearts because they were about to hand over the forces entrenched in one side finally dissipated.

An Shenqi even jokingly said to Gao Xingzhou: "If my son can be in the situation of Cheng Huailiang, it will be considered a blessing.

But if it is used by the public, if it is not Huo Piaoyao in the future, it must be a hero like Dou Wenhou! "

. . . .

In November, after Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi, and relatives and friends of the Huangfu family arrived outside the Kaifeng mansion in Tokyo, Zhang Zhao finally began to prepare to accept Dafu and Gao Eniang into the palace.

How could I, Zhang Shengren, not be greedy for such two delicate girls, who also have the addition of identity and historical temptation.

But he knew that he must be cautious when dealing with such a beauty from such a family background.

If we say that in Henan, there are few people in the wild, and there are many local tyrants and castles.So in Hebei, there are no people in the wild, only local tyrants and Wubao.

Moreover, Wubao in the Henan area usually has hundreds of thousands of people, and it can pull out one or two hundred men, and a little bit of tattered bamboo armor and wooden shields are not bad.

However, in Hebei, the Wubao are often connected together, and there will be a large number of intermarriages between several Wubao, and local tooth soldiers and even tooth generals will also participate.

They watch and help each other, and they can mobilize thousands of strong men at every turn. The armor is not good, but it is definitely better than the herdsmen on the grassland, and they have the custom of riding and shooting.

Moreover, between Wubao, there are still a large number of bow and arrow clubs and gun stick clubs that serve as links. Although the number of people is small, their force is tyrannical.

Unless they encountered the scale of the Jinliao War and they were powerless, the rest of the small groups, whether it was the imperial court's imperial army or the Khitan cavalry going south, they were not afraid at all.

It's not that they are here. Historically, the Khitan has won the Yanyun Sixteen States for so long, how can the land of Hebei still have a good one?
Even in the Northern Song Dynasty, under the suppression of the Zhao family court, the martial arts in Hebei were not completely suppressed, otherwise heroes like Yue Wumu would not have been born, and simple knives would not be everywhere.

So accepting Dafu and Gao E Niang is actually the same thing as accepting Hebei tycoons to the court.

As Zhang Zhao said, he was willing to ensure that the martial arts in Hebei continued to exist to a certain extent. After all, they had to contribute to clearing the desert and defeating Wang's Korea.

But Zhang Zhao definitely cannot accept the current situation. Zhang Shengren has already decided in his heart that if the local tyrants in Hebei do not bow their heads and take the initiative to integrate into the new Great Zhou Kingdom.

Then he would rather push these people to Liu Zhiyuan's side, and then spend some time sweeping them, together with Liu Zhiyuan, into the dustbin of history.

But Zhang Zhao still has a sense in his heart, because he has come to a good time.

Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi, including Huangfu Yu who committed suicide and died for the country, although they all have various moral problems.

But the flaws do not hide the strengths. These general leaders in Hebei still have a bottom line and persistence on the issue of loyalty.

They can also understand Zhang Zhao's difficulties as an emperor who is determined to end the troubled times, and they know Zhang Zhao's determination clearly.

At this time, it was almost the era when there were the most loyal ministers and righteous men among the commanders of the Five Dynasties.

Therefore, when the news came that Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi and members of the Huangfu family had arrived in Fengqiu, Zhang Zhao was extremely excited.

He hugged Mrs. Cao San, who was sorting out the documents for him, and whirled around several times.

Mrs. Cao San was also extremely excited, and her eyes shone with admiration.

"Congratulations to Erlang, there have always been turmoil among warriors all over the world, first in the three towns of Hebei, second in Huainan Yabing, and last in the Xingsheng place in Hedong.

Now with the death of the tiger thorn in Huainan and the equalization of the land in Chuzhou, only the three states of Hao, Si, and Shou remain under threat.

Gao, Fu, and An brought their relatives and old friends into the court, and the land of Hebei will eventually come under the control of the court.

There is only one area left in the east of the river, where the land is narrow and the people are few, and Liu Zhiyuan is very old, so he is definitely not Erlang's enemy.

Since the decline of the great dynasty, the vassals and towns in the world have been separated, and the lawless situation of the warriors will come to an end in the hands of the saints. "

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Zhao was both happy and emotional.

"Among the pioneers in history, Han Gaozu took only seven years to rule the world.

Guangwu of the Han Dynasty also started from Weimo, which took only twelve years.

It took only ten years for Emperor Taizong of the Great Dynasty to assist Emperor Gaozu to rule the world.

It has been fifteen years since I, Zhang Zhao, left Anxi in the second year of Changxing (931) of the Later Dynasty. In fifteen years, let alone unified the world, I did not even have half of the country.

In all dynasties, there has never been such a difficult founder of the country. It is only today that he has seen the dawn. "

The door creaked, and the door of the study was pushed open. It turned out that Empress Cao Yanxi had arrived with a plate of cantaloupe. She looked at Zhang Zhao with wet eyes, not hiding her intention of defending.

"At the time of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, and the hearts of the six countries were not attached, and the world suffered from Qin for a long time. The main force of the Qin army was actually defeated by the overlord of Chu.

In the later Han Dynasty, when Wang Mang usurped the throne, his perverse actions were unpopular. First, there was the chaos in the green forest and red eyebrows, and then Emperor Gengshi raised the banner. Emperor Guangwu even abandoned his wife and married the Guo family.

Emperor Taizong of the great dynasty, his family was originally from the Guanlong Hao family, and he could rule the world for ten years, except that Emperor Taizong was the lord of the sky.

In fact, it relies on hiding behind the world's heroes to stay away from disputes, recuperate in secret, and wait until Guanzhong becomes prosperous before sending troops to the world.

Only my husband, who started from scratch, came here from west to east through hard work, and also wanted to change the atmosphere of the world, repeat the rituals of the week to set the rules, even if there is a world in twenty years, he will still be the hero of the ages. "

Sure enough, his wife was caring. After Zhang Shengren listened, Mei's nose was bubbling.

At this time, Cao Yanxi had just given birth to a son, and even though her body had not yet recovered, the queen's domineering spirit was not bad at all.

"Tomorrow, let Xin Chang'er take Jing'er to meet the people in Hebei outside the city.

Li Fang was ordered to inform Guo Tiance that the Privy Council would organize the six guards of the pro-army, the seven towns outside, the left and right guards, and the polo teams of the towns and towns.

We organized a polo match on the school field in the west of the city to celebrate the heroes of Hebei and their return to the country. "

Jing'er is Zhang Zhao's fourth son, and Zhang Xianjing, the first son born to Cao Yanxi.

Hearing Zhang Zhao's order, the two sisters Cao Sanniang Yannai and Empress Cao Nineteenth Niang Yanxi met their eyes with unspeakable joy.

These two sisters have been sticking to Zhang Zhao recently, because everyone from Hebei is coming, they are afraid that Zhang Zhao will send his eldest son, Zhang Xiancun, to meet the Hebei general.

The biggest threat to the two sisters now is their little aunt Li Ruoliu who is also loved and loved forever.

The little aunt has a constitution that is easy to conceive, and she likes to give birth to boys. Now she has given birth to three princes for Zhang Zhao. The eldest son, Zhang Xiancun, and the second son, Zhang Xianzhao, are both born of Li Ruoliu.

Moreover, the eldest son, Zhang Xiancun, has a great literary talent, and his painting skills have begun to be recognized by everyone. He is also humble, polite and handsome. He has an excellent reputation both inside and outside the court, and Zhang Zhao likes it very much

This has in fact posed a considerable threat to Zhang Xianjing's status.

So the two sisters of the Cao family have been secretly trying their best to make Zhang Zhaoduo notice Zhang Xianjing, who is just over three years old, and try to get father and son to get along as much as possible.

Where Zhang Zhao didn't notice, the Gong Dou had already started.

. . . .

Polo, this thing was not invented by the British, but due to the issue of discourse power, it was forced by Western propaganda to make it seem that Chinese people don't play polo. It is the patent of Western Gentlemen.

But in fact, as early as the Han Dynasty, polo was very popular.

Because this is an excellent way to exercise riding skills, practice coordination, enhance the relationship and competition among soldiers, and maintain the style of folk riding and archery.

So how could Zhang Zhao not pay attention to it? It's not just that simple. Zhang Zhao personally set the detailed rules for polo.

He also ordered all the pro-army, forbidden army, Gyeonggi guard army, and local town army to form polo teams, and established a polo league competition system.

When there is no war, the polo league is the best pastime for soldiers.

After more than a year of development, in addition to the army, many private polo teams have also been formed.

Even Tokyo City formed a folk polo league under the establishment of Kaifeng Governor Xue Juzheng, and even played more points matches than the army, because they didn't have to worry about fighting.

Zhang Zhao is also thinking about promoting some civilian teams that have played well to the army's league competition to form a second-level competition system.

What is good at the top will be effective at the bottom, but Zhang Zhao still doesn't understand enough. It's not as simple as the appearance of a polo team among the people. In fact, a women's polo team has already appeared among the people.

Moreover, due to the influence of the emperor's preference for long-legged beauties, and the fact that playing polo requires women to be tall and long-legged, in Tokyo recently, at least for the past six months, long-legged ladies who were not liked by everyone before have suddenly become popular. .

If a young lady of any family is tall and has long legs, she will definitely be recommended to learn how to play polo.

Because after this, it is easy to marry into the generals from Hexi.

There are only so many Hexi pro-army and forbidden troops that Zhang Shengren brought to the Central Plains, and even fewer are unmarried, and they can play polo.

Even the horse market in Tokyo has skyrocketed. Horses, which were originally rare, have gradually entered the civilian families who have begun to settle down and have some assets because of the huge increase in demand, resulting in lower costs.

On the same day, they came to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo and local tyrants in Hebei, and received a grand welcome and hospitality from the imperial court. Not only the prime ministers and senior officials of the imperial court were present.

Zhang Zhao's six righteous sons, Zhang Liecheng, Marquis of Shicheng, Murong Nobunaga, Lord of Qinghai County, Li Cunhui, Lord of Shouchang County, Bo Zhe Deyuan of Yinzhou, Zhao Yanjin, Uncle Dunqiu, and Yang Jiye, Marquis of Zuojin Wuwei, also attended the celebration.

The banquet was of such a high standard that it has never been seen before, and everyone was directly arranged to live in the Chu Garden in the inner city, which is close to the imperial city.

On the bright side, of course Zhang Zhao would not say that it was Hebei Yajiang and local tyrants who came to discuss state affairs with him. He used the excuse that the emperor accepted Dafu and Gao Eniang as concubines, and it was the empress Cao Yanxi who came forward and expressed that she would It's a special event.

Therefore, when Li Xiaofeng arrived at Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo under the escort and accompaniment of Jin Yi's personal guards during the work of Hou Shu, what he saw was such a big scene.

Li Xiaofeng was completely shocked. In terms of wealth, Kaifeng in Tokyo is not as good as Chengdu, which has been at peace for a long time and is located in the land of abundance, but Kaifeng in Tokyo has a grandeur and boldness that Chengdu does not have.

While on the road, Li Xiaofeng found out that it was said in Shu that Guanzhong and the Central Plains suffered successive disasters.

But what Li Xiaofeng saw was that the people were indeed not very rich, and there was still a problem with eating enough in many places. Many people could only satisfy their hunger with wild vegetables and a little grain.

But this itself was not caused by the court of Zhou State. On the contrary, Zhou State officials have been providing disaster relief.

And the method of disaster relief is not to distribute food directly to the people, as long as people don't starve to death on a large scale, they don't care.

Instead, the officials are in charge of the sowing of winter wheat and the preparation for the next year's farming. Where conditions permit, they are still organizing the people to repair the water conservancy.

This is sensible!

Li Xiaofeng understands very well that this year's farming has come to an end, and distributing food rations to the people can only save a temporary emergency. The fundamental solution is to restore farming and restore water conservancy.

Therefore, along the way, what Li Xiaofeng saw from the faces of Guanzhong and the people was not the pain of this year's poor harvest, but the desire for next year's harvest.

And since passing through Luoyang and even arriving in Tokyo, Li Xiaofeng has another feeling, the people here are much better than those in Guanzhong and other places.

There are many Conglong heroes from Hexi who settled in the surrounding area, so the countryside is relatively rich.

Coupled with the construction of the palace city, the restoration of the city, the dredging of the river and the construction of water conservancy, even in winter, the area from Luoyang to Tokyo is in full swing.

The people were only as tired as dead dogs and refused to move, but absolutely no one died of starvation.

"Wu Na Xiao Lang, get out of the way quickly, be careful that Xue Lifei hurts you!"

Li Xiaofeng was still feeling emotional in the middle of the road outside the city, he didn't want to rush over a cavalry team of at least twenty people.

On the horse's back was a man's attire, revealing two round, long-legged women on both sides of the horse.

At that time, the woman was tall and slender, with picturesque features, but she was full of heroism, which was different from the general unfeminine softness, and immediately attracted Li Xiaofeng's attention.

At this moment, he was not wearing the official uniform of the Shu Kingdom, and the guards escorting him were also dressed as merchants. The old man with the donkey next to him saw Li Xiaofeng's gaze and quickly reminded him.

"My lord, don't look at it, be careful, she will come and beat you later!"

"He dares to beat someone? A woman dares to beat her husband?"

Li Xiaofeng's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Of course, the husband here does not mean the husband of later generations, but the literal meaning, which refers to a man.

The old man looked like he was joking, "Why don't you dare? This is a tigress from Hexi, the fourteenth daughter of the Cao family in Shazhou.

The last time Nanping Wang Shizi's wife and brother offended her, she was held down and beaten easily, so fierce!How about trying to yell loudly a few times. "

Uh.!Li Xiaofeng coughed dryly and stopped talking.

Everything in this Tokyo city is good, except that there are too many horses. It is fine for men to ride horses and shoot arrows, but women can also ride horses and shoot arrows. They also speak extremely loudly. They often walk around in men's clothes.

Beauty is beauty, it's really scary, maybe those tough women in the history books in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were like this.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng quickly retreated to the corner of the street, looked at the Tokyo city wall in the distance, and said to the guards in brocade clothes who escorted him.

"I would like to trouble your lord to inform you, I will change into the crown clothes right here, and wait for the arrangement of Feng Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites."

Not long after, a Yuanwailang came out of the city to greet him, "Feng Shangshu asked me to inform the matter that the envoys of Shu should cooperate with Gao Gong, the deputy envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, and Ma Gong Xiguang, the deputy envoy of Wu'an Army Jiedu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The envoy Li Gong Jingda, the envoy of Runzhou Township, and Pei Jian, the envoy of the Wuyue Kingdom, lived in Yongding Palace in the east of the city."

Li Xiaofeng opened his mouth, wanting to refuse, because this is asking him to live with envoys from other countries.

But these envoys actually came to pay homage to Emperor Zhou, but he was not!

It's just that at this time Li Xiaofeng still didn't say anything, because he knew very well that if he didn't understand the meaning of the matter, there would be consequences.

(End of this chapter)